December 2010
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I Write As I Write: Random historical thoughts →
iwriteasiwrite: Over the long holiday there were three historical ideas that I was working through (as in randomly staring off into the distance during get togethers), really unrelated to anything else I’ve been working on lately. Yeah. In some sense you can separate the Spanish period into two broad…
Dec 29th
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Patayin ang 'Pilipinas'
May tatlong pangalan ang ating bansa: “Filipinas,” “Philippines,” “Pilipinas”. Ibinasbas sa atin ang una ng kolonyalismong Espanyol at siya nating opisyal na pangalan sa loob ng tatlong siglo. Itinatawag naman sa atin ang ikalawa ng imperyalismong Amerikano at opisyal nating pangalan ngayon sa Ingles. Bersiyong Tagalog ng una ang ikatlo at batay sa orihinal na...
Dec 29th
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MLQ3 on Tumblr!: Portrait of the Azkal as... →
mlq3: Beyond the flag waving, there’s the inevitable backbiting. Usually said as as a barely-audible afterthought, and more in private, when the rah-rahing majority have moved away from the water cooler and someone eventually screws up the “courage” to carp, “ah, yes, but are they really Filipino?”…
Dec 18th
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