On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:56:05 +0800, Angelo Pardinas
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>    Hi .. been off for a long time - became part of the unemployed
>statistic for a few months.

So solly.

But you may or may not know that just because someone is unemployed
doesn't mean that person will be part of the gummint "statustics"
on the unemployed.  To be considered "unemployed", one would have
to LOOK for JOBS (and show Uncle Same that s/he is trying :-).
A very misleading stat.  because at the WORSE economic times when
people give up looking for a job, the unemployment stat actually
goes DOWN == the streets are just filled with lots of people
not employed and not looking for a job.  :-)


>>  small snip here <


Isn't it ironic that I am the only "Asian", "Oriental", "yellow fellow",
"slant eye" and "non-sushi-eater" on the list and wasn't in the
free-for-all?  ;-)

Oh, I almost forgot ... I am the official "Chink Turd" -- a title I
treasured ever since the Owner of this list Jeff Kell bestowed it
on me.  :))

For 1 tank of free diving in Cozumel -- which of you archivists
can identify the EXACT occasion for that immortal utterance?



THAT's one of the benefits of DIVING!!!   Folks, you should try it
more often.  :-))))

< Humongous snip on the origin of the Filipinos >

> Do Filipinos in general
>resent being called "Asians" - in general I think no.

Deoends on who says it and how it's said.  In general I don't think
so.  Most ferners can't tell a Chinese from a Korean or Japanese,
and certainly can't tell a Filipino from a Burmese or Chinese, for
the most part -- those who are descendants of slant-eyed rickshow=
coolies from China -- my SMART ancestors.  :-)


The funny thing about
>Filipinos is that our culture and people are so diverse that we actually
>"categorize" each other. Filams (Filipino-Americans), Mestizos/mestizas
>(usually thos with spanish blood), tsinoys (Filipino-Chinese), Bumbay
>(Filipino-Indians) .. then you have the provinces - Ilokano (Ilocos),
>Cebuano (Cebu) etc. Being called "Asian" is just another name, besides
it's
>true .. so as long as it's not said in a demeaning way then it's ok with
>us.

The last line is what I said, in different words.

But I learned a new word "tsinoys" -- I think it must carry some words
in Cantonese.  As for Bumbay, why are then not called Bombaysians?  :_('

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>- Angelo

ElPezNeuvo, aka Chink Turd once upon a time.