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Say, anyone ever notice that whenever they portray the life od Dr. Jose Rizal, Seiko Usui a.k.a. O-sei-san is never seen or even mentioned?

I personally think that's because of one of two reasons:

• She's a geisha, and that makes people think 'prostitute'
• Rizal basically interacted with (i.e. hired) her just to practice nihonggo, which is actually sort of part of a geisha's job description.

I see. But I just thought it would be awesome to see O-sei-san being portrayed at least once.

Does the ordinary Filipino on the streets know what a geisha is, anyway?

edited 16th May '15 5:36:35 PM by judasmartel

That would be nice, yes, but there wouldn't be much to portray (I myself don't know much about their encounters). Even biopics need to entertain, I guess.

And re: common filipino perception of a geisha, see the first point in my previous post.

Not much information about her, I guess?

Say, have you heard about Seiko Usui's daughter Yuriko Charlton being actually sired by Rizal and not by Alfred Charlton (her eventual husband) and that Yuriko is one reason Japan invaded the Philippines in World War Two?

But I think it's also connected with the "Hitler-is-Rizal's-son" Urban Legend too, though.

edited 18th May '15 10:13:49 AM by judasmartel

Just passing through for a roll call, thank you.

Still occasionally pass through, though not much.

Yeah, so I noticed.

I have so many ideas in my head right now I might explode.

I have this desperate need to unload.

Our divers were on point.

I swear the video will never get old for me.

If the NBA has the Splash Brothers, then Philippine diving also has the Splash Brothers.

That's what happens when we train swimmers exclusively from Imperial Luzon (unless the Splash Brothers are NOT from Imperial Luzon of course) for only FOUR DAYS when our neighbors have trained for MONTHS before the event.

Maybe PSC should get some of the Badjao people to join the Philippine swimming and diving program. That could not go wrong...

Don't you think it's kind of ironic, that we live near bodies of water yet we can't swim yet our neighbors who don't have ANY swim better than us?

Swimming pools.

edited 17th Jul '15 8:28:36 PM by judasmartel

In other news, the Philippines joins Kuwait, Palestine, and one East Asian nation (Hong Kong OR Mongolia) in Group B of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championships in Changsha, China.

Iran, Japan, Malaysia, and one South Asian nation (most likely India) form Group A.

South Korea, host China, Jordan, and Singapore form Group C.

Taiwan, Lebanon, Qatar, and Kazakhstan form Group D, the Group of Death of this tournament, with all four teams in the Asian top 10 and have placed in the Top 4 within the past decade.

Poor Andrea Brillantes. 12-year-old child star from Channel 2 becomes a victim of certain interest groups.

"We tried to tell you, people. All those Chinese cartoons with those pre-teen girls who dress like hookers are ruining our youth.

"Goddammit, onee-chan Why did you jerk off in my room? Now everyone will hate me. WAAAAHH!!!'''

edited 10th Jul '15 8:28:22 PM by judasmartel

Anyone has ideas on how to parody Philippine Soap Opera tropes?

Well, I never thought Freddie Aguilar's Anak is THAT popular worldwide.

Too bad the West won't spread it.

That goes to prove the world that Filipino talent is world-class.

Oh hai guys! I'm actually from Makati myself. Been lurking around a couple of years before I graduated and started my own account. This stuff is so interesting I actually used it to help in my English Lit classes—and as a guide for my own stories. I'll just be hanging around!

Welcome to the Filipino Tropers' Coven.

Thanks, although I'll have to admit, you seem to be the only one posting of late.

But there was interesting stuff going on in this thread some time back.

UPCAT season loooooms.

Oh God, I remember when I had to take that.

It's pretty intense, but I did have to go through a lot of revising … so much of the test I spent wondering why there were still questions like "Which Caesar was killed by Brutus?" or something, and the options were: a) Julius Caesar, b) Augustus Caesar, c) Philip C(a)esar, d) Kuya C(a)esar … As if anyone would mistake the Filipino Cesars for Roman leaders. :P

That, and funnily enough, my other primary memory of the UPCAT is flirting with one of the other test-takers in my seat row. Nothing came out of it, though, because we both went abroad after that.

Oh, and P.S. good luck to all you UPCAT takers! And do avoid the traffic. (But if everyone avoids the traffic then they simply create traffic in another time and another place, so … good luck anyway.)

They are testing the examinee's history knowledge, and trolling the examinee at the same time.

Or maybe they just ran out of Caesars to use. Too bad those are the only Caesars the average Juan knows … but come on, the very least they could've used the inventor of Caesar salad—at least his name's spelled right, although it's his first name and not a title. Because I find it jarring when they have to change spelling just to make the Pinoy Cesars fit. (Super OCD, lol—a little.)

The really funny one was the NCEE, because I remember having to read sentences in a whole new language for the comprehension tests (although a simple, made-up language at that).

edited 26th Jul '15 5:41:35 AM by mirisu92

This is a bit delayed, but did you know that Anak is the most translated Filipino poem? Even beating Mi Ultimo Adios.

I find that I want to use tagalog in online convos then remember that not many speak it.

Sana lang.

Kaya ko mag-Tagalog! :D Di ko nga lang alam ano pag-uusapan ko. :x

I share the opposite problem when it comes to Filipinos. My Filipino is so choppy and awkward. :/

I can speak Filipino! I have no idea what to talk about, though.

edited 7th Aug '15 7:42:49 AM by TheTomatoFairy