I'd like to be an honorary Pinoy.
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I just noticed something guys. When I look at my paypal history for almost everything I've purchased for my BMW it has been sent to a guy with a TOTALLY non-white dude name. There is no Bill or Bob or Zeek or Frank Smith (well Zeek is pretty redneck so nevermind). What I see though are all amazing names like Po Yong Ji Soung and Hoon Jun Si and I'm a jealous because this is all Samurai Sunday stuff (which I grew up with).
I need a Pinoy nick name. This way when I go to E60 meets I can be the only white guy there and at least have a Pinoy name to introduce myself with. I believe most of this forum is of an Asian persuation.
If so, I've earned my stripes by now.
Nok-Su-Kow, maybe?
I need a Pinoy nick name. This way when I go to E60 meets I can be the only white guy there and at least have a Pinoy name to introduce myself with. I believe most of this forum is of an Asian persuation.
If so, I've earned my stripes by now.Nok-Su-Kow, maybe?
Back to you, Howie or should I start calling you HowHow
you see most filipino nicknames consist of two repeated syllables like BongBong, JunJun, CheChe, or even BlingBling 
Here are some Filipino interesting facts:
In the Philippines, Filipinos were introduced to the English language in 1762 by British invaders, not Americans.
What is the world's 3rd largest English-speaking nation, next to the USA and the UK? The Philippines.
Los Angeles, California was co-founded in 1781 by a Filipino named Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, along with 43 Latinos from Mexico sent by the Spanish government.
The one-chip video camera was first made by Marc Loinaz a Filipino inventor from New Jersey.
The first ever international Grandmaster from Asia was Eugenio Torre who won at the Chess Olympiad in Nice, France in 1974.
This son of two Filipino physicians scored over 700 on the verbal portion of the Standardized Achievement Test (SAT) before age 13 - Kiwi Danao Camara of Punahou School, Hawaii... Edward Sanchez, a Mensa member, bagged the grand prize in the first Philippine Search for Product Excellence in Information Technology.
Who was the Filipino-American dancer who scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT? Joyce Monteverde of California.
(Yes! Many foreigners have noted that the Filipino population has Asia's highest rates of inventors and international beauty queens.) Two Filipina beauties, Gloria Diaz and Margie Moran, chosen as Miss Universe in 1969 and 1973.
Pure- or part-Filipino celebrities in American showbiz include Von Flores, Tia Carrere, Paolo Montalban, Lea Salonga, Ernie Reyes Jr., Nia Peeples, Julio Iglesias Jr., Enrique Iglesias Lou Diamond Phillips, Phoebe Cates and Rob Schneider.
The first Filipino act to land a top hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 1960s was the group Rocky Fellers of Manila.
Latina-American pop star Christina Aguilera lost to Filipina vocalist Josephine Roberto aka Banig during the International Star Search years ago. In a mid-1999 MTV chat, she said that competing against someone of Banig's age was "not fair."
Besides gracing fashion magazine covers, this international supermodel from Manila had walked the runways since the 1970s for all the major designers, like Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Donna Karan,Gianni Versace and Yves Saint Laurent - Anna Bayle.
Who is the personal physician of United States Pres. William Clinton? Elea! nor "Connie" Concepcion Mariano, a Filipina doctor who was the youngest captain in the US Navy.
The first Filipino-American in US Congress was Virginia Rep. Robert Cortez-Scott, a Harvard alumnus.
Distinguished British traveler-writer A. Henry Savage Landor, thrilled upon seeing a Bicol landmark in 1903, wrote: "Mayon is the most beautiful mountain I have ever seen, the world-renowned Fujiyama (Mt.Fuji) of Japan sinking into perfect insignificance by comparison."
Mayon volcano has the world's most perfect cone.
Filipinos had their first taste of Mexican chili and corn during the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade (1564-1815). In return, Mexico's people had their initial taste of tamarind, Manila mango and a Filipino banana called racatan or lakatan.
Founded in 1595 by Spaniards, the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, Philippines is older than Harvard and is the oldest university in Asia. University of Santo Tom! as in Manila,established in 1611, is Asia's second oldest.
Who's the Filipina senator popular for her colorful jargon, delivered in a mile-a-minute speed and in a weird Harvard-meets-Ilonggo accent? Atty. Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
The first female president of the Philippines sworn into 0ffice in 1986 was Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.
Who was the first Asian and/or Filipino to snatch America's Pulitzer Prize? Philippines Herald war journalist Carlos P. Romulo in 1941. (He was also the first Asian to become UN President.)
The first two Filipino-Americans to garner the same award 56 years later were Seattle Times' Alex Tizon and Byron Acohido, ! who is part-Korean.
Filipino writer Jose Rizal could read and write at age 2, and grew up to speak more than 20 languages, including Latin, Greek, German, French and Chinese. What were his last words? "Consummatumsst!"("It is done!")
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Woah I just learned a lot about Filipinos, thanks Frank . I have some Filipino friends and grew up in a predominantly Asian city and true story, all of my Filipino friend's moms are nurses. And some of the families have quite a bit of money yet I have no idea what their parents do for a living besides nursing, strange.
Gotta love Sisig (introduced to me at the Gerry's grill meets) woot!
On a side note, Hapas or more specifically mixed Cuacasian and Asians are
... funny thing is that the half Filipino and Caucasian people I know barely look Asian, if at all.
. I have some Filipino friends and grew up in a predominantly Asian city and true story, all of my Filipino friend's moms are nurses. And some of the families have quite a bit of money yet I have no idea what their parents do for a living besides nursing, strange.Gotta love Sisig (introduced to me at the Gerry's grill meets) woot!
On a side note, Hapas or more specifically mixed Cuacasian and Asians are
... funny thing is that the half Filipino and Caucasian people I know barely look Asian, if at all.
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I will tell you why Filipino women are nurses. Its the same reason there are many Indian people who own or operate gas stations, 7-Elevens, why so many Greeks / Italians own restaurants, and why there are so many Polish cleaning ladies, Polish painters, etc. It is because the community is very tight and friends talk to friends, family talks with family, they influence and encourage each other, share knowledge, and it spreads like wildfire. That is why its so important to have a strong sense of pride in your heritage and family.
This is something that America has mainly lost in the past 50 years, sadly.
P.S. - "HowHow" will do just fine. hahahaha
This is something that America has mainly lost in the past 50 years, sadly.
P.S. - "HowHow" will do just fine. hahahaha
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First and foremost, I wanted to congratulate John(pjinca)and David(Dbae) they are now naturalized Pinoys
Back to you, Howie or should I start calling you HowHow you see most filipino nicknames consist of two repeated syllables like BongBong, JunJun, CheChe, or even BlingBling
Here are some Filipino interesting facts:
In the Philippines, Filipinos were introduced to the English language in 1762 by British invaders, not Americans.
What is the world's 3rd largest English-speaking nation, next to the USA and the UK? The Philippines.
Los Angeles, California was co-founded in 1781 by a Filipino named Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, along with 43 Latinos from Mexico sent by the Spanish government.
The one-chip video camera was first made by Marc Loinaz a Filipino inventor from New Jersey.
The first ever international Grandmaster from Asia was Eugenio Torre who won at the Chess Olympiad in Nice, France in 1974.
This son of two Filipino physicians scored over 700 on the verbal portion of the Standardized Achievement Test (SAT) before age 13 - Kiwi Danao Camara of Punahou School, Hawaii... Edward Sanchez, a Mensa member, bagged the grand prize in the first Philippine Search for Product Excellence in Information Technology.
Who was the Filipino-American dancer who scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT? Joyce Monteverde of California.
(Yes! Many foreigners have noted that the Filipino population has Asia's highest rates of inventors and international beauty queens.) Two Filipina beauties, Gloria Diaz and Margie Moran, chosen as Miss Universe in 1969 and 1973.
Pure- or part-Filipino celebrities in American showbiz include Von Flores, Tia Carrere, Paolo Montalban, Lea Salonga, Ernie Reyes Jr., Nia Peeples, Julio Iglesias Jr., Enrique Iglesias Lou Diamond Phillips, Phoebe Cates and Rob Schneider.
The first Filipino act to land a top hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 1960s was the group Rocky Fellers of Manila.
Latina-American pop star Christina Aguilera lost to Filipina vocalist Josephine Roberto aka Banig during the International Star Search years ago. In a mid-1999 MTV chat, she said that competing against someone of Banig's age was "not fair."
Besides gracing fashion magazine covers, this international supermodel from Manila had walked the runways since the 1970s for all the major designers, like Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Donna Karan,Gianni Versace and Yves Saint Laurent - Anna Bayle.
Who is the personal physician of United States Pres. William Clinton? Elea! nor "Connie" Concepcion Mariano, a Filipina doctor who was the youngest captain in the US Navy.
The first Filipino-American in US Congress was Virginia Rep. Robert Cortez-Scott, a Harvard alumnus.
Distinguished British traveler-writer A. Henry Savage Landor, thrilled upon seeing a Bicol landmark in 1903, wrote: "Mayon is the most beautiful mountain I have ever seen, the world-renowned Fujiyama (Mt.Fuji) of Japan sinking into perfect insignificance by comparison."
Mayon volcano has the world's most perfect cone.
Filipinos had their first taste of Mexican chili and corn during the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade (1564-1815). In return, Mexico's people had their initial taste of tamarind, Manila mango and a Filipino banana called racatan or lakatan.
Founded in 1595 by Spaniards, the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, Philippines is older than Harvard and is the oldest university in Asia. University of Santo Tom! as in Manila,established in 1611, is Asia's second oldest.
Who's the Filipina senator popular for her colorful jargon, delivered in a mile-a-minute speed and in a weird Harvard-meets-Ilonggo accent? Atty. Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
The first female president of the Philippines sworn into 0ffice in 1986 was Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.
Who was the first Asian and/or Filipino to snatch America's Pulitzer Prize? Philippines Herald war journalist Carlos P. Romulo in 1941. (He was also the first Asian to become UN President.)
The first two Filipino-Americans to garner the same award 56 years later were Seattle Times' Alex Tizon and Byron Acohido, ! who is part-Korean.
Filipino writer Jose Rizal could read and write at age 2, and grew up to speak more than 20 languages, including Latin, Greek, German, French and Chinese. What were his last words? "Consummatumsst!"("It is done!")
Back to you, Howie or should I start calling you HowHow
you see most filipino nicknames consist of two repeated syllables like BongBong, JunJun, CheChe, or even BlingBling Here are some Filipino interesting facts:
In the Philippines, Filipinos were introduced to the English language in 1762 by British invaders, not Americans.
What is the world's 3rd largest English-speaking nation, next to the USA and the UK? The Philippines.
Los Angeles, California was co-founded in 1781 by a Filipino named Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, along with 43 Latinos from Mexico sent by the Spanish government.
The one-chip video camera was first made by Marc Loinaz a Filipino inventor from New Jersey.
The first ever international Grandmaster from Asia was Eugenio Torre who won at the Chess Olympiad in Nice, France in 1974.
This son of two Filipino physicians scored over 700 on the verbal portion of the Standardized Achievement Test (SAT) before age 13 - Kiwi Danao Camara of Punahou School, Hawaii... Edward Sanchez, a Mensa member, bagged the grand prize in the first Philippine Search for Product Excellence in Information Technology.
Who was the Filipino-American dancer who scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT? Joyce Monteverde of California.
(Yes! Many foreigners have noted that the Filipino population has Asia's highest rates of inventors and international beauty queens.) Two Filipina beauties, Gloria Diaz and Margie Moran, chosen as Miss Universe in 1969 and 1973.
Pure- or part-Filipino celebrities in American showbiz include Von Flores, Tia Carrere, Paolo Montalban, Lea Salonga, Ernie Reyes Jr., Nia Peeples, Julio Iglesias Jr., Enrique Iglesias Lou Diamond Phillips, Phoebe Cates and Rob Schneider.
The first Filipino act to land a top hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 1960s was the group Rocky Fellers of Manila.
Latina-American pop star Christina Aguilera lost to Filipina vocalist Josephine Roberto aka Banig during the International Star Search years ago. In a mid-1999 MTV chat, she said that competing against someone of Banig's age was "not fair."
Besides gracing fashion magazine covers, this international supermodel from Manila had walked the runways since the 1970s for all the major designers, like Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Donna Karan,Gianni Versace and Yves Saint Laurent - Anna Bayle.
Who is the personal physician of United States Pres. William Clinton? Elea! nor "Connie" Concepcion Mariano, a Filipina doctor who was the youngest captain in the US Navy.
The first Filipino-American in US Congress was Virginia Rep. Robert Cortez-Scott, a Harvard alumnus.
Distinguished British traveler-writer A. Henry Savage Landor, thrilled upon seeing a Bicol landmark in 1903, wrote: "Mayon is the most beautiful mountain I have ever seen, the world-renowned Fujiyama (Mt.Fuji) of Japan sinking into perfect insignificance by comparison."
Mayon volcano has the world's most perfect cone.
Filipinos had their first taste of Mexican chili and corn during the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade (1564-1815). In return, Mexico's people had their initial taste of tamarind, Manila mango and a Filipino banana called racatan or lakatan.
Founded in 1595 by Spaniards, the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, Philippines is older than Harvard and is the oldest university in Asia. University of Santo Tom! as in Manila,established in 1611, is Asia's second oldest.
Who's the Filipina senator popular for her colorful jargon, delivered in a mile-a-minute speed and in a weird Harvard-meets-Ilonggo accent? Atty. Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
The first female president of the Philippines sworn into 0ffice in 1986 was Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.
Who was the first Asian and/or Filipino to snatch America's Pulitzer Prize? Philippines Herald war journalist Carlos P. Romulo in 1941. (He was also the first Asian to become UN President.)
The first two Filipino-Americans to garner the same award 56 years later were Seattle Times' Alex Tizon and Byron Acohido, ! who is part-Korean.
Filipino writer Jose Rizal could read and write at age 2, and grew up to speak more than 20 languages, including Latin, Greek, German, French and Chinese. What were his last words? "Consummatumsst!"("It is done!")
haha. My wife is an RN - My wife and I are both Filipino btw. Anyhow, thanks for the history lesson.
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