The Northern Island of Luzon was just hit by Typhoon Ondoy. Now its about to be hit by Super Typhoon Parma. Thousands of people have already lost their homes, over 200 people have died, there probably isn't any clean water after the flooding, probably more people will die of unsanitary living conditions, and now they have to worry about a fucking SUPER Typhoon!
My Dad's side of the family is from Luzon. I know I have some family in Manila, as well as close friends of my parents and good friends I've met and stayed with when I've visited. If you were thinking of sending a few bucks my way via paypal, please send it to the Red Cross in the Philippines.
From Wikipedia: Benigno Servillano Aquino, Jr.(November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983), popularly known as Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. and by his nickname Ninoy, was a former Philippine senator, governor, vice governor and mayor and a leader of the opposition to the rule of Ferdinand Marcos. He was assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now named the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor) upon returning home from exile in the United States. His death catapulted his widow, Corazon Aquino, to the limelight and subsequently to the presidency, replacing the 20-year-old Marcos regime.
Any Filipinos, Filipinos by Blood, or anyone who appreciates freedom, I suggest you check out the entire speech.
This seems to be a stupid question that Filipino Americans can't properly answer. But, ask a Filipino in the Philippines and they'll say "yes" and look at you like an idiot.
Whenever I narcissisticly google "Space Mexican" I'll find an entry in a Filipino's blog about it and how I'm Filipino.
I don't have any trouble with this, although I do scratch my head since I haven't found any blogs about "Speak No Evil" on any Mexican blogs. Either I'm not searching hard enough or maybe its because Mexicans are more likely to go out, drink, dance, have a quinceniera, than some Filipinos who stay home and log onto (enter social network website here) all night.
I find a pattern. Filipino blogger who mentions that I'm Filipino.
This clever science fiction story is also a social commentary by Filipino artist Elan Rodger Trinidad. Read the whole piece at Theory of Everything Comics, and don’t forget to check out Elan Rodger’s afterword.
Very easily one of the best online comics I've ever read. "Speak No Evil" is a one-shot scifi webcomic made by a Filipino, Elan Rodger Trinidad. Well worth the few minutes it takes to get through the whole thing.
There's a bunch on livejournal entries, although the Google isn't finding them right now.
I can only speculate why this phenomenon is happening.
1) I mentioned that I was Filipino in the afterward. (Which wasn't a pride thing. I just wanted to show some sort of legitimacy to the story. That this was a story about immigration in general rather than the plight of the Mexicans.)
2) I hit a chord with the Filipinos because the immigration experience depicted was much closer to the Filipino experience than the Mexican experience.
3) A single voice sings "Dahil Sa'yo" while everyone is singing "Besame Mucho".
4) Just as Manny Pacquiao beat Oscar De La Hoya, so too will the Filipino readership of Theory of Everything Comics obliterate the Mexican readership!
5) Mexicans think I'm being racist when I talk about Space Mexicans, or creepily sympathetic (which is LIKE racism).
The Basilio B. Garrote Memorial Library was founded by my Mother, Loreta Garrote Trinidad, in 2007. It's in the town of Cortez, on the island province of Bohol, in the South East Asian country of the Philippines. This is my Mom's way of giving back to her family and her hometown.
It's the sort of thing that I wish that all Filipino Americans who proclaim "Pinoy Pride" would put their energy or money in, rather than: just getting a tattoo in ancient Tagalog, fixing up their Hondas, writing cliche spoken word pieces about being filipino, joining a filipino gang, chisme, being in a beauty pageant, or producing a bad PCN. (Pilipino Cultural Night-- usually its a sort of play produced by the Filipino Club at a college or University which incorporates traditional Filipino dance, hip hop dance-- for some reason, and someone singing. It's the sort of thing that that you go to because a family member is in it.)
Basilio B. Garrote, the man that the library commemorates, was my grandfather who was a councilman in Cortez. He passed away when my mother was very young. I've obviously never met him, although I hear that my older brother resembles him in mannerisms and body type. My brother also carried this tradition in local politics and community service by starting the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council.
Although third world countries need food, health care, money, etc., there are several charitable organizations that help in these fields. We tend to forget that these things will continue to stay as charities, as handouts, and not as self sufficiency until these societies are properly educated. Individuals' imaginations need to be tickled and the laughter that comes from such tickling can end up to be solutions to everyday problems. And the more little problems are solved, the easier bigger problems are taken care of.
I've donated several old art books and comic books to inspire any young komikeros (filipino comic artist) and to help exercise their imaginations. (Y'know, if Star Trek has inspired scientists to create cloaking technology, what do you think a few good books will do to kids whose families can't afford decent shoes?) I've also heard that the library has gotten some illiterate adults motivated to learn how to read.
I wish there was a website for the library, but I'm just a slightly competent web designer and even if I was a fully capable web designer, my mother asking me to do a website (or almost anything computer/art related) for her is as much of a bother when she used to ask me to take out the garbage, wash the dishes or water the lawn.
I don't think my mom is asking for any monetary donations right now. But I don't think she'll deny any, since shipping books to the Philippines isn't free, the library was just expanded in May and Mom employed her cousin to run it, all this from her own pocket.
She is always going to used book sales and swap meets. She also collects old books from friends. I'm not one to simply give away my mom's e-mail on my blog, but you can reach her on her (and my dad's-- I think) youtube account, or e-mail me: elanrodgertrinidad@gmail.com if you have any good books to donate (especially if you're in Los Angeles).
Or contact us if you want to know more about my mom's library. Maybe there are people out there who want to do something similar, I'm sure my mom has some tips. Maybe there are people who ARE doing something similar and trading tips with my mom would be a good thing.
All I know is that she started a great thing and I'm very fortunate that this sort of woman raised me. I'd like to see this great thing expand, both as a bigger and better library and I'd love to see it copied, not just in the Philippines, but in places that really need it.
At comicbookreligion.com some one (or a team) has meticulously cataloged every superhero and comic book character so fanboys can site more fictitious facts to answer the question: "Who'd win in a fight..."
The award in question is the 2008 Elan' Rodger Trinidad Award in Comic Book Excellence and Bad-assery. How do you think Will Eisner won all those Eisner Awards? He took initiative and made his own award ceremony!
The winner of this year's Elan' Rodger Trinidad Award in Comic Book Excellence and Bad-assery, who by coincidence wasElan' Rodger Trinidad, got to go to the Eagle Rock Jollibee and ordered the Chicken Joy Bucket with an Ube Shake and Halo Halo. (Remember, all you non-Filipinos who've stumbled into Jollibee ORDER THE CHICKEN JOY, NOT THE BURGERS!-- at least when you're in the US Jollibee, if you're in the Philippines, the burgers are all right.)
Covers with food seems to be their specialty. Y'know, to this day, after living in America for about forty years, my mother still calls it "picha pie".
BASTOS!
This is how I was introduced to the band, when I went to the Philippines when I was-- I think 20. They kept showing this on MTV Asia because they won an MTV award for it. I've tried to sing this on kareoke sing-a-long. Despite my non-existent Tagalog, I was able to hang in there.
Now I ought to work on God(tm) (c) 2XX8 *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. All rights reserved. God and all related characters, titles, names and documents are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this deity with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental.because someone in London, England is eagerly awaiting to read it. (Not you Timmy.) And I need 1000 true fans (and a paypal account) if I ever hope to draw and write comics for a living.
