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You should visit the City of Zamboanga, there's plenty of Latino's there. Plus they're all hottie. hahaha:lol:

sige para matahimik kayo ito pic ko.


guapo di ba?:D:D:D:D:lol:
http://cdn.davesdaily.com/pictures/905-fugly.jpg

what do you think mi @amigo32 ? Mexican, Filipino or whatever?:D

typical filipino spanish mestizo family - Sarita Perez de Tagle

http://photos23.flickr.com/27390124_0feac0b462.jpg

They can be taken as an absolutely mexican family from the north of Mexico or even as a spanish family from Spain.

You should visit the City of Zamboanga, there's plenty of Latino's there. Plus they're all hottie. hahaha:lol:

do they really name latinos in zamboanga? more appropriate to call filipinos asianohispanos than latinos IMO.

what do you think mi @amigo32 ? Mexican, Filipino or whatever?:D
uy dinabaw...puede naka madawat spanish bai...kaligo sa ha!!!!!!:jk::lol::lol::lol:

yeah kinda spanish doings why we have same spanish names but do not have spanish blood. like i have a mexican friend amanda who came here together with my cousin and they we're both having their vacation in cebu and she was amazed when she over-heard two girls murmuring in the jeepney saying: "gwapa sa? (refering to her) and told me, THAT WAS SPANISH!!!!!:lol::lol::lol:

WOW that words sounds like "she's pretty isn't?" in spanish

uy dinabaw...puede naka madawat spanish bai...kaligo sa ha!!!!!!:jk::lol::lol::lol:

hindi ako yan.... mi amigo amigo32 y amigo amigoendf :lol:!

WOW that words sounds like "she's pretty isn't?" in spanish

Yes, it means pretty. A lot of spanish words are being used in our language. Even our numbers, we still use uno, dos, tres, cuatro. The days like Lunes, Martes, Miyerkules, Huwebes... :)

:lol: WOW! this thread is so cool. anyway, no use posting my pic! i look more chinese only in a darker skintone! :lol: anyway, anyone? is "fontalelle" and "acejo" a spanish or italian surname? :lol: i got it in a book but the book says that these are filipino names!!??

By the way guys, I have to say, if you meet a mexican or travel to Mexico someday, please be very pacient with my people, because...

...I don't know, maybe political reasons, after the USA took the administration, our goverment tried to "erase" the history of our ties with the Phillipines.

Now the things are changing and more and more mexicans (as me :D) understand how many ties, ethnical, cultural, historical, etc. we share with you, but unfortunly many mexicans doesn't know yet.

So please be pacient if you see a mexican getting shocked by the idea Ok? Is not their fault :(

^^

add to that

mercado (market)
tela (cloth)
pantalon (pants)
casa (house or sometimes may mean a prostitute's house)
calle (street)
comida (food)
mesa (table)
almacen (tindahan/sari-sari store)
papel (paper)
pluma (ballpen)
coche (car)
perro (dog), in Cebuano it's "iro"


etc.


These are some of the words that I've learned when I was growing up.

..

Actually, Philippines itself is under the Viceroyalty of New Spain (or today's Mexico) during its 300 years under Spanish Colonial Rule. The Spanish that we were influenced was that of the Mexican hybrid. The officials report to the viceroy of Mexico and onwards to Spain.

That is why there is a striking similarity between Mexicanos and Filipinos when it comes to culture and language.

...I don't know, maybe political reasons, after the USA took the administration, our goverment tried to "erase" the history of our ties with the Phillipines.



What do you mean?

^^ I saw the Mexican reaction in last year's Miss Universe when they saw Estados Unidos de America candidate.

:lol: WOW! this thread is so cool. anyway, no use posting my pic! i look more chinese only in a darker skintone! :lol: anyway, anyone? is "fontalelle" and "acejo" a spanish or italian surname? :lol: i got it in a book but the book says that these are filipino names!!??


We have a neighbor whose surname is Acero.

Hehe..

What do you mean?
Some of our goverments in the 20th century were not very openly friendly with the anglo culture of the USA.

^^ I saw the Mexican reaction in last year's Miss Universe when they saw Estados Unidos de America candidate.

Exactly

oh yeah it's small...here you go... people say I look egyptian though..

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b198/kyle_Lark/1_763246708l.jpg

Kyle, you have Basque blood right?

Exactly

Why is it so in Mexican case?

Filipinos love the Gringos so much that some emulate themselves to be Americanos and not Filipinos.

Perdoname para preguntando un question controvercial.

^^ very complex to explain in a fast way. I promise to do it in the future.

All I can say by the moment is that it's a love-hate relationship with them.
And again, please be pacients many mexicans don't know very well all the background we share with you. Please be pacients with them. :(

^^

For me, Kyle looks like those Aztecs or Mayan judging from the bridge of his nose and skin color.


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By the way guys, I have to say, if you meet a mexican or travel to Mexico someday, please be very pacient with my people, because...

...I don't know, maybe political reasons, after the USA took the administration, our goverment tried to "erase" the history of our ties with the Phillipines.

Now the things are changing and more and more mexicans (as me :D) understand how many ties, ethnical, cultural, historical, etc. we share with you, but unfortunly many mexicans doesn't know yet.

So please be pacient if you see a mexican getting shocked by the idea Ok? Is not their fault :(


so how do you react to that? it was interesting to note that in one of the late max sloven's editorial in the philippine star and i forgot the exact word but the idea was that latin american countries view filipinos as their "brown brothers" because obviously we share some common culture and when a filipino UN representative shares his views he is most sided by latin american countries...and it feels so good, really noting the fact that we are miles apart but there is the sympathy present among former spanish colonies.... very inspiring.:)

do mexican need snip snip down below as the lady suggested?

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j187/tonioboi/l_c660705e6551cb8807b1f69705270283.jpg

Yes, it means pretty. A lot of spanish words are being used in our language. Even our numbers, we still use uno, dos, tres, cuatro. The days like Lunes, Martes, Miyerkules, Huwebes... :)

yeah but it depends where you are in the philippines. there are spanish words in tagalog that other philippine languages do not have and vice versa and some already corrupted. also other terms are quite misleading like "seguro" in spanish is sure but in tagalog its maybe, etc.

so how do you react to that? it was interesting to note that in one of the late max sloven's editorial in the philippine star and i forgot the exact word but the idea was that latin american countries view filipinos as their "brown brothers" because obviously we share some common culture and when a filipino UN representative shares his views he is most sided by latin american countries...and it feels so good, really noting the fact that we are miles apart but there is the sympathy present among former spanish colonies.... very inspiring.:)

How do I react to the mexicans who don't know about our shared history with the Phillipines? I try to educate them about our shared history :)

And yes, it's inpiring :)

^^ are you a teacher or something? have you been to the philippines already? you should see it too. our cities basically looks familiar. the typical church adjacent to the town hall, a cemetery, and a plaza.:)

yeah but it depends where you are in the philippines. there are spanish words in tagalog that other philippine languages do not have and vice versa and some already corrupted. also other terms are quite misleading like "seguro" in spanish is sure but in tagalog its maybe, etc.

Yeah...but we use sigurado, from the root word "siguro". anyway, maybe you can help posting pictures that look like Mexicans :)

Amigoendf: It's nice to know that you have a broader perspective of culture and history. By the way, our President speaks Spanish.

Amigo por siempre. Yo habla Espanol pocito :) not sure if it's grammatically correct.

do mexican need snip snip down below as the lady suggested?

Excellent pic :okay: This could be any mexican couple in Cancun.

^^ are you a teacher or something? have you been to the philippines already? you should see it too. our cities basically looks familiar. the typical church adjacent to the town hall, a cemetery, and a plaza.:)

Nop, I'm not a teacher, and I'm not meet personally the beautiful Phillipines yet, but is one of the countries in my list :) and beside Manila, I want to meet many many many places inside all the islands and territories :)

And as some of you look interested by the aztecs and mayas, I'm interested in the vernacule cultures of the Pillipines beside our common heritage.

^^ You're welcome to visit our country. I have friend from Brazil who also speaks Spanish. The brazilian friend is now assigned in Bangkok. You will experience the warm hospitality of Filipinos.

bienvenida!

^^ are you a teacher or something? have you been to the philippines already? you should see it too. our cities basically looks familiar. the typical church adjacent to the town hall, a cemetery, and a plaza.:)

and the Fiestas in honor of patron saints being celebrated throught the country in different towns, cities.

http://www.mukamo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/marian-rivera-marimar.jpg


THE MARIMAR OF THE PHILIPPINES!!!!
filipina actress marian rivera is a typical spanish-mexican-filipino beauty.:)

Mexican singer Ana Gabriel:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p60/Dayana_o18/ana-gabriel-35563.jpghttp://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p60/Dayana_o18/ana-gabriel-35561.jpg

^^ Marian Rivera also speaks Spanish

http://www.mukamo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/marian-rivera-marimar.jpg


THE MARIMAR OF THE PHILIPPINES!!!!
filipina actress marian rivera is a typical spanish-mexican-filipino beauty.:)

She's absolutely beautiful !!! :bow:

Some Filipinos are often mistaken as Mexicans in the United States because of their names. Some Filipinos look Mexicans plus the fact that most filipinos(although not all) have spanish names.

Estas son actrices filipinas. Parecen mexicanas?

Kristine Hermosa

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL460/4927978/10148948/307971963.jpg



KC Concepcion
http://meisphere.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/kc.jpg

Isabel Granada

http://www.pep.ph/images/news/d92217516.jpg

Before any violent reaction, i just posted the pics to be able to know if our actresses look Mexicans to Mexicans.. hehehehe

^^ They even look more european than some mexican actresses he he. Any of them could act in a mexican telenovela. By the way, they are gorgeous.

I don't understand, Why the pics can recieve a violent reaction?

^^ It's because some forumers here might think that this is another thread dedicated to mestizo-espanol filipinos. I don't want this thread to become another subject of debate about spanish atrocities, blah, blah.. By the way, congratulations to your thread!

^^ They even look more european than some mexican actresses he he. Any of them could act in a mexican telenovela. By the way, they are gorgeous.

I don't understand, Why the pics can recieve a violent reaction?


Ahehehe, some mexican actresses are quite popular here besides Thalia. I like Jacqueline Bracamontes!

These are typical Filipinos.

http://www.filipinasoul.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/winning+shot_faces+of+manila-1.jpg


http://www.kibaka.org/Kibaka%202006/Kibaka%20Chairman/Camp%20Kibaka/mga%20isda%20na%20sariwa,%20mabilis%20mabili%20sa%20palengke.JPG

sometimes, whenever i am chatting with lationos on the net, they always think that Filipinos have "ojos achinados." ("singkit ang mata" in tagalog) hahaha. Some think that all Asians look Chinese.

Filipino actor but he played some roles as a Mexican in Hollywood
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/totoylopo/t-17-paquito.jpg

Mexican singer Ana Gabriel:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p60/Dayana_o18/ana-gabriel-35563.jpghttp://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p60/Dayana_o18/ana-gabriel-35561.jpg

this mexican singer looks like Filipina. hehehe.

Filipino actor but he played some roles as a Mexican in Hollywood
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/totoylopo/t-17-paquito.jpg

He remains me other filipino actor who played mexican characters in Hollywood several times:

Lou Diamond Phillips:

http://i3.iofferphoto.com/img/item/324/647/66/La_Bamba.jpghttp://www.fredhayes.com/photogallery/Lou%20Diamond%20Phillips.jpg

Me on my avatar. amigoendf, do I look like a Mexican?

^^ I need to see a more big picture, the pictures of the avatars are too small hehe. But I think so :) Yes.

^^ I need to see a more big picture, the pictures of the avatars are too small hehe. But I think so :) Yes.

:lol:

can't show you a bigger picture of mine:D I've tried posting a bigger one but it looks like javaman:D see dinabaw's posted pic:D:lol::lol::lol::lol:

^^kaw pala ang nasa avie? ayaw ug pahalata ha! :D

^^

He looks like Waway..


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^^

He looks like Waway..


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Mas guapo si Waway:D

^^^^
i assume amigo32 was way older (40's?). if that is you in your avie. well, you're in your 30's then. hehehehe.
do i look like a mexican? hmmmm. i look like a martian more than a mexican. hehhee

^^^^
i assume amigo32 was way older (40's?). if that is you in your avie. well, you're in your 30's then. hehehehe.
do i look like a mexican? hmmmm. i look like a martian more than a mexican. hehhee

I'm 69:D

^^^^
your favorite number, right? :banana::banana:

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/CurbsidePuppet/1_393521675l.jpg
He's a friend from San Antonio, TX. He's Tex-Mex but I thought he was Filipino-American at first. I even asked him which province did his family come from!

Thalia singing a Tagalog OPM... she's a lot better than some so called Filipina-Mestizas who would not even try to speak Tagalog. :lol:

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And our very own Regine Velasquez, she looks like my Mexican co-worker in LA.
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I love thalia...

does any one knows Litzy? she is mexican and popularly known to Filipinos as Daniela...

Litzy is hot! She looks Mediterranean to me. The type that you would see if ever you would hie off on a Greek vacation.

yep agree..

do mexican need snip snip down below as the lady suggested?

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j187/tonioboi/l_c660705e6551cb8807b1f69705270283.jpg

Hey Dinabaw if she a Davaoeña? She looks like a person that I know in Davao. Is her surname Ramos?

Soy el de en medio con saco gris

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7936/s1050164ox9.jpg

:)

Amigo, I hope you don´t mind but in this picture you guys can pass for Filipinos. Although, you would look more "foreign" but its not impossible to fine Filipinos who can look like you. You can look like my cousin here. :lol:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/2929052577_e393eb9a4a_o.jpg

A photo of my family on a fiesta.

so how do you react to that? it was interesting to note that in one of the late max sloven's editorial in the philippine star and i forgot the exact word but the idea was that latin american countries view filipinos as their "brown brothers" because obviously we share some common culture and when a filipino UN representative shares his views he is most sided by latin american countries...and it feels so good, really noting the fact that we are miles apart but there is the sympathy present among former spanish colonies.... very inspiring.:)

I love that article and RIP Max Soliven! It reminded me of what the Philippines should be internally and internationally.

BY THE WAY By Max V. Soliven
The Philippine Star 06/30/2006

The word from Spain is that our Presidenta has charmed Spanish parliamentarians and all she met in Madrid with her excellent command of Spanish. It’s true enough that GMA – most of us here don’t realize – grew up speaking that language. Her mother, Evangeline Macaraig Macapagal was a fanatical Hispanophile with an eye for nuance and punctillo.

Just as eloquent, it might be added parenthetically, is our Foreign Affairs Secretary Bert Romulo, who earned his Doctorate in Laws from the Universidad Central de Madrid sobresaliente.

I’m happy that on this journey, Spaniards and Pinoys alike were reminded of our heritage, our legacy from Madre España born of a common faith and four centuries of close embrace, albeit as the farflung colony of an Iberian people who found themselves trying to rule a globe-girdling empire even before they themselves had become a nation.

Several years ago, when this writer went to Buenos Aires, I was hosted by some leaders of the Senate of Argentina.

I was later to carry the personal invitation of then President Carlos Saul Menem to President Joseph Estrada to come on a state visit to Argentina. When Erap accepted, I had warned our irrepressible former Chief Executive: "Compadre, you may look somewhat Castillian, indeed like a Mexican Pancho Villa, but for Chrissakes don’t try to give any of your speeches in Spanish!"

The truth is that Erap can emote in English quite fluently, despite his efforts to denigrate Inglis-Inglis or war-war but he can’t even manage Chabacano. In any event, when we got to Santiago, Chile, where he, too, had been invited by their President, he rashly produced a speech written in Spanish. To his consternation, the lights in the banquet hall were dim and flickering, and he stumbled blindly through what must have been a floridly written address. It was a period of agony for him and all of us Pinoys in the audience. But when he concluded his bumbling performance, Estrada gave "El Presidente de la Nacion de Chile, and all the grandees and VIPs assembled, a solemn wink, and mischievously cracked: "How did you like my Spanish?"

They guffawed in appreciation and rewarded him with thunderous applause. The country bumpkin act had saved the day for Erap para sa Masa, even without his getaway jeepney.

In Buenos Aires he was more cautious and stuck to English . . . of sorts. He was even awarded by the famous Jesuit University there with a Doctorate in Humanities or whatever. When he descended the podium, his former classmates greeted him: "Now comes the hard part – to get an Ateneo High School diploma!" (He had been booted out of the Ateneo for fighting an American classmate mano-a-mano, in a slugging match quite different from the Pacquiao-Larios dust-up this Sunday).

But I digress.

Coming back to my own reception in Argentina’s Senate, I was cornered by the deputy Speaker (I think), who had been scheduled to receive me in his office for 15 minutes, but the visit turned into 45 minutes or more, because he loved to reminisce about his old friends who were Filipinos – he truly loved our people whom he viewed as "kindred Latins."

"Why did you abandon us?" The distinguished, elderly solon finally remarked. "It has done you, my hermanos, no good. Did you know? The reason my old friend the late General Carlos P. Romulo was elected President of the United Nations General Assembly is because the Philippines belonged to the Hispanic and Latin American bloc. In every UN vote, whenever our compatriots from Filipinas posed a resolution, we would all vote solid: an automatic 29 votes (today, I might say but correct my arithmetic, 32 or more)."

The Senator snorted. "What did you get when you decided you were African-Asians, or something like that. The Africans pay you no heed, the Asians vote against you or ignore you! Is it too late to come ‘home’ to us, with whom you truly belong?"

That is the question.

* * *

Despite so many people lining up to file "impeachment" cases against her yesterday (and former Vice-President Teofisto "Tito" Guingona – susmariosep – preaching civil disobedience), La Gloria must have enjoyed her sojourn in Madrid and her visit to her friends, His Majesty King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia.

By this time, she must also have met with Prime Minister/President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose Socialist PSOE Party had defeated former President Jose Ma. Aznar’s then ruling Partido Popular (and its candidate Mariano Rajoy) in a stunning upset, carried over the top by 10.903 million votes in March 14, 2004.

Just as Winston Churchill had led Britain during the war years to victory over Hitler, but had been defeated and his party turned out of power in the first postwar elections, Aznar had propelled Spain to unprecedented prosperity in his eight years in office – only to see his foes, the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE), grab 164 seats in parliament (Congreso de los Diputados), while the Partido Popular under Aznar’s successor Rajoy, garnered only 148.

The crushing defeat was attributed to last-minute accusations of a government cover-up in the terrible Estacion Atocha bombings of four packed trains the preceding Thursday which had killed 200 commuters and gravely injured 1,500. The Basque separatist guerrillas of ETA had initially been blamed by the Aznar government, but then it surfaced Saturday that, contrary to earlier assertions, Islamic terrorists had detonated those "movil" backpacks which exploded with deadly efficiency – the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades, reputedly a branch of al-Qaeda.

The irony of the situation is that my wife, Precious, and this writer had arrived on a flight from Manila only the night before. We had been met at Barajas airport that Wednesday (March 10) by our Ambassador, Joseph Delano "Lani" Bernardo y Medina, and Jose "Pepe" Rodriguez. I had remarked when we motored into Madrid that the capital looked too peaceful and serene for a place where the election campaign was in its last few days. Everybody had expected a Partido Popular win.

The following morning, about 7:35 a.m., blasts from the nearby Atocha station rattled the windowpanes of our hotel, the Westin Palace. Three powerful bombs exploded within five minutes of each other in three districts of the city – on trains bound for the centrally located Atocha. If the terrorists had got their timing "better," they might have obliterated a hundred more people waiting on the train platforms. In any event, the victims were executives, employees, workers, students, housewives, school children – coming into the heart of the capital for work or study. The second cluster of bombs exploded at the Estacion Santa Eugenia. A third at Pozo del Tio Raimundo devastated several coaches.

On the twisted rails it was a scene from hell. Blood and body parts everywhere.

That Day of Infamy will be forever remembered.

The pity of it is that I remember the city was sunny and bright, like a clear day in early spring. Madrid was as pretty as a picture. The sky azure blue.

Inside the station, there were grisly scenes of wrecked coaches, the dead with limbs blown off, the wounded being painfully carried off, blood streaming from face and body, to clinics, aid stations and overflowing hospitals.

At the strike of 1 p.m., a nation united in grief – prayed. Everybody from folk in the street, to Cabinet members, to "everyman" bowed their heads in silent prayer for the dead, and for succor for the dying. The cadavers piled onto the floor of the Convention Center – where international fairs are usually held – right in one of Madrid’s posh districts, signalled the shocking electoral turnabout of March 14. Terrorists, it was later said, "changed" the course of a democratic election.

This must never be allowed to happen again. In our country, the alarums may sound shrill and unnecessary. But remember Madrid!

What we should emulate is the courageous way in which the Spaniards responded.

Next day, the rain in Spain fell – not on the plain – but on millions of Spaniards marching in sorrow and fury in their cities and urban centers in the wake of the tragedy.

In Madrid, an angry and determined multitude of 2.3 million demonstrators paraded, although drenched by incessant downpours, holding flickering candles under their soaked umbrellas, the Madrileños expressed their solidarity and their condemnation of terrorism.

A letter sent to an Arabic-British newspaper late Thursday night tried to claim responsibility for the outrage in the name of the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades, a branch of al-Qaeda – but few believed it then, including President (Prime Minister) Jose Ma. Aznar and Interior Minister Angel Acebes, although both were careful not to completely absolve the Muslim terrorist movement.

Friday night’s surging crowds continued to chant, "Quien ha sido?" (Who did it?) followed by a wrathful "Asesinos!" (Assassins!).

When you consider that Madrid’s population is just three million, to have 2.3 Madrileños pouring into the streets, jamming avenues, broad boulevards, and parks – a heaving sea of umbrellas and indignant, prideful, weeping humanity – you better believe that everybody in that metropolis turned out to demonstrate.

Some cried out, "No esta lloviendo – El Cielo esta llorando!" (It is not raining – Heaven is crying!). Nothing is more poetic and steeped in passion than the Spanish language.

Marchers were cheering, "Hoy, somos todos Madrileños! Somos todos Españoles!" (Today, we’re all Madrileños! We’re all Spaniards!"). It was an expression, from the heart, of a mounting spirit of solidarity – no more "regionalism" to split this politics-wracked nation apart.

Let me just say that to be in Spain, at this poignant moment – to witness this "coming together" to glimpse the bravery and pain, the outpouring of national spirit was to feel privileged and somehow ennobled.

All day Thursday, after coming from the carnage of Zona Cero, this writer saw thousands lining up at vans marked "Donaciones de Sangre" (blood donations) to donate blood for the wounded and the dying, as well as clinics and hospitals. Flowers and candles were being placed at the Atocha, the Pozo and Santa Eugenia stations where the "Goma Dos" explosives, in 10 different explosions, had created such havoc and gore. Prayers were being said everywhere. Volunteers were queuing up to offer their services. Taxi drivers were offering free rides to the families of the victims as they searched for their loved ones, whether still living or already dead.

It was also admirable on the part of the authorities – within hours of the tragedy – to get the trains back on track and running. A nation fighting back refusing to be cowed, vowing justice and retribution.

And Friday night, Spaniards marched. In Barcelona, Spain’s second city – where the Catalans, too, are restive – 1.3 million demonstrated in "solidarity", unity and support, sharing the grief, holding up the ideal of one Spain. They were in the streets in Valladolid, Zaragoza, Oviedo, Valencia, Sevilla, Santiago de Compostela (up north in Galicia), Santander, Toledo, Pamplona, Teruel, Alcala de Henares – a roll call of Spanish cities. Even in Bilbao, in deepest Euskadi.

I wish our own people, so divided, fault-finding and fractious, could somehow find such unity of heart and purpose, not in sorrow – but in joy. We’re called, in a survey, 7th among nations who take pride in themselves. Pinoy Pride is what brought us to Everest, to victory in the SEA Games, to win through in so many unheralded ways.

We have inherited the Spanish flaws of character. Let us, however, not forget the iron in the Hispanic soul, which was shown on the battlefield, in the conquest of new worlds, in the soul-searching of poetry and literature which characterizes its literature. Our hero, Dr. José Rizal hated Spanish tyranny but loved Spain.

Which is why he sought not separation from the Mother’s womb, but for Filipinos to be treated with equality and respect. Does this make him a flawed hero? The brilliant thinker, writer and Ambassador Leon Ma. Guerrero, who was more amazingly literate in his cups then in his other, lesser moments, once wrote a book calling Rizal, The First Filipino. Perhaps this is true, not in the cynical sense, but in common sense.

Hey Dinabaw if she a Davaoeña? She looks like a person that I know in Davao. Is her surname Ramos?



Amigo, I hope you don´t mind but in this picture you guys can pass for Filipinos. Although, you would look more "foreign" but its not impossible to fine Filipinos who can look like you. You can look like my cousin here. :lol:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/2929052577_e393eb9a4a_o.jpg

A photo of my family on a fiesta.

Yes I think so :)

Mexicans and Filipinos are brothers...

One thing i loved and obviously we inherit it from mexicans is the Leche Flan (Milk Flan)

love the vanilla flavor, with caramelized sugar...

Yep, is delicius :tongue2:

The mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez and his rival the filipino Manny Pacquiao, when they are together is easy imagine that both are from the same nationality:

http://www.notifight.com/artman2/uploads/1/pacquiaoMarquezFarina1.jpg

hmm... i know i don't look mexican or spanish at all!

here's a proof...
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/CurbsidePuppet/araw053108-129.jpg

but what if i would alter that picture a bit? would i look more mexican? huh?

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/CurbsidePuppet/araw053108-129-1.jpg

although my mom has filipino-japanese-spanish extractions, it is my dad's filipino-chinese that is more evident.

hola mexico!:banana::banana::banana:

^^ Nice mustage in the second pic he he :wink2: I like it very much.

No wonder Filipinos can relate to telenovelas so much. The birth of it was Marimar in the 1990's. Although it was dubbed in Filipino, but it made such a huge success that it left an imprint to the telenovela pop culture of everyday Filipino.

By the way, we call ourselves "Juan de la Cruz." :)

Yep, is delicius :tongue2:

The mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez and his rival the filipino Manny Pacquiao, when they are together is easy imagine that both are from the same nationality:

http://www.notifight.com/artman2/uploads/1/pacquiaoMarquezFarina1.jpg

yeah, Manny looks like a Chinese Mexican. :lol:

hmm... i know i don't look mexican or spanish at all!

here's a proof...
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/CurbsidePuppet/araw053108-129.jpg

but what if i would alter that picture a bit? would i look more mexican? huh?

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/CurbsidePuppet/araw053108-129-1.jpg

although my mom has filipino-japanese-spanish extractions, it is my dad's filipino-chinese that is more evident.

hola mexico!:banana::banana::banana:

you forgot the sombrero. :lol:

We have some who look Mexicans because we have Eurasians and Amerasians. Since a lot of Mexicans are mestizos or hybrid of Euro Spanish and the Indians, Aztecs.
there are differences between the "Indios" of Mexico and the "Indios" of Philippines. the Indios of PHilippines have flat noses and chinkier eyes. :lol:
Just wondering why are the telenovelas of Mexico always show the European looking people and the native looking people are always portrayed as maids?

^^ Same scenario in the Filipine Entertainment business. The mestizo looking artists always get the lead roles and contravidas while "indio/native" looking artists have minor roles...except for some exemptions of course.

Yup^^ hmm... I wonder where we got that from.

^^ Same scenario in the Filipine Entertainment business. The mestizo looking artists always get the lead roles and contravidas while "indio/native" looking artists have minor roles...except for some exemptions of course.

It's just the fact that mestisa/so looking are the ones with good looks. US have those alot of times especially lately. See how alot of mixed black, mixed asians, european mix americans stands out and turn out to me movie stars.

I think this is partly why there are many filipinos are claiming to be mixed race, it's subconsciously uplifting to feel good looking from the idea of having mixed blood.

Yeah, crappypants is right, while there are some mexicans that looks filipinos or vice verse, I think that there is still a big number of mexicans that doesn't look filipinos. Just like crappy said, one big distinction is that majority of filipinos have smaller or flat nose, while you rarely seen that in mexico, skin tone is pretty much the same so it is mostly what makes filipinos looks mexicans. But I think there are more filipinos now that looks more like asians or chinese, there are many times that I would also mistake filipinos as Vietname but what I really noticed is that, I am having hard time telling filipinos apart from Indonesians.... it's sooo hard to tell, thai people too are very much the same with filipinos. With Mexicans? it's definitely easy to tell even without hearing them talk.

ifyou ask me.. there is very litle difference in filipino and indonesian looks. we look VERY similar

That's why I said, I always have hard time telling if the Indonesians I see is filipinos or not because I have made many many mistake talking to an Indonesian thinking they are filipinos, even vibes sometimes when you look at someone you can tell if they are one of you, that always fail when it comes to Indonesians, sometimes when they speak english, it almost sounded like they have filipino accents.

oh yeah it's small...here you go... people say I look egyptian though..

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b198/kyle_Lark/1_763246708l.jpg

It's your Pharoanic nose that makes you Egyptian looking, Kyle. ;) And do you walk like an Egyptian as well? :nuts:

:lol: :jk: :nocrook:

Corny pills! :bash:

I think plenty of us here would look mexican, despite the huge RB population I'm sure there are plenty of Taco Eaters here...

There's that "taco" again! :naughty: ( :rofl: )

Yup^^ hmm... I wonder where we got that from.

Hehe yep, well... I think that's unfortanly one of the not so nice things about our same colonial past :(

Perhaps we can open another thread about the cruelty of the spanish conquerors with our both countries (Don't worry, in Mexico was the same :( terrible thing) but let's try to keep this thread in a "light" way.

We like it or not, today, we share 330 years of history (or more??), lets try to see the positive side and how two countries so far as Mexico and the Phillipines can be so near in so many aspects :) to build a better future without the mistakes of the past.

:cheers:

Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade made a lasting imprint. :)

Mexican Singer Nadia:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z22/MirellitaMiami/Nadia_GDL.jpg
http://www.nuevosiglonews.com/moxie/moxiepix/b1_997.jpghttp://espanol.geocities.com/la_garita_jalisco/images/nadia_academia.jpghttp://www.neboint.org/sectionimages/esp/Nadia.jpg

hey amigo...i did some research last night and i found out that there is more to the mexican-filipino friendship that binds us. in the philippines you can see that there is a town called mexico in the province of pampanga and in mexico, when texas became independent after the mexican-american war and eventually joined the union, texas was part of mexico then and is the mexican province of nueva filipinas (new philippines) how great is that!!!!!:banana::banana::banana::banana:

"kindred Latins."

thanks animo!!!! that was the exact word though !!!!! sorry for the brown brothers...:lol::lol::lol:

http://www.mukamo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/marian-rivera-marimar.jpg


THE MARIMAR OF THE PHILIPPINES!!!!
filipina actress marian rivera is a typical spanish-mexican-filipino beauty.:)


She looks like my wife.... my wife is mexican. Really pretty girl.

The Spanish invaded and colonized both countries.This is why you look so similar.The Spanish blood runs.

Kyle, you have Basque blood right?

yeah, by different bloodlines...

@kimber.... a pharaonic nose??

In Acapulco the taxi driver said there's a small community of Filipinos . the Mexicans would refer to them as Chinos. Perhaps they came from the Manila Acapulco galleon trade and also from the cruise ship workers or merchant marines who have settled there.
They also have a small CHinese community. That's probably why some Mexicans look Asians.
Filipino movie stars look more Latino since they are mostly mixed, but if you go in the inner boonies you would see the locals look like Indos.
Mixed races are always the better looking ones. Those South American beauties are a mixture of 3/4 European and 1/4 Indian, that's why they look better than the pure bred European.
If you see a person that can pass for Latino, Asian or Pacific Islander then it's probably a Filipino. :lol:

Mexican Singer Nadia:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z22/MirellitaMiami/Nadia_GDL.jpg
http://www.nuevosiglonews.com/moxie/moxiepix/b1_997.jpghttp://espanol.geocities.com/la_garita_jalisco/images/nadia_academia.jpghttp://www.neboint.org/sectionimages/esp/Nadia.jpg
She's like a Filipina... to me! :D

^^the corner picture looks like Mickey Ferriols. someone post a photo of Mickey ferriols.

hey amigo...i did some research last night and i found out that there is more to the mexican-filipino friendship that binds us. in the philippines you can see that there is a town called mexico in the province of pampanga and in mexico, when texas became independent after the mexican-american war and eventually joined the union, texas was part of mexico then and is the mexican province of nueva filipinas (new philippines) how great is that!!!!!:banana::banana::banana::banana:

Very interesting. and yes, I sow a map of that map of the Mexico of Papanga, is great :)

^^Mexico city is beautiful.

In Acapulco the taxi driver said there's a small community of Filipinos . the Mexicans would refer to them as Chinos. Perhaps they came from the Manila Acapulco galleon trade and also from the cruise ship workers or merchant marines who have settled there.
They also have a small CHinese community. That's probably why some Mexicans look Asians.
Filipino movie stars look more Latino since they are mostly mixed, but if you go in the inner boonies you would see the locals look like Indos.
Mixed races are always the better looking ones. Those South American beauties are a mixture of 3/4 European and 1/4 Indian, that's why they look better than the pure bred European.
If you see a person that can pass for Latino, Asian or Pacific Islander then it's probably a Filipino. :lol:

No wonder there is a dress called "Chino Poblada."

Much of the goods from Acapulco-Manila trade are from China as a result of the Sangley merchants presence in the Philippines. In return, they trade for silver coming from the Americas in which the Chinese use this as currency and the like.

Manila and Acapulco were already international trade hubs of the Pacific.

Yep, is delicius :tongue2:

The mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez and his rival the filipino Manny Pacquiao, when they are together is easy imagine that both are from the same nationality:

http://www.notifight.com/artman2/uploads/1/pacquiaoMarquezFarina1.jpg

manny looks like a mayan descent...

Just to make things clear the name Mexico of a town in Pampanga was the Spanish corruption of an archaic Kapampangan name of the area "Masicu" also spelled "Másíku" from a phrase w/c means where the river bends ;)

I wanted to share pictures but then I myself has more of a chinese look than mexican. Let me look for pictures of my family/relatives though we have more of basque blood.

Mexican Singer Nadia:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z22/MirellitaMiami/Nadia_GDL.jpg
http://www.nuevosiglonews.com/moxie/moxiepix/b1_997.jpghttp://espanol.geocities.com/la_garita_jalisco/images/nadia_academia.jpghttp://www.neboint.org/sectionimages/esp/Nadia.jpg


Nadia looks like a Filipina to me also... Does she look like Mickey?


http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6366/sinukuanwebmultiplyug5.jpg

That's why I said, I always have hard time telling if the Indonesians I see is filipinos or not because I have made many many mistake talking to an Indonesian thinking they are filipinos, even vibes sometimes when you look at someone you can tell if they are one of you, that always fail when it comes to Indonesians, sometimes when they speak english, it almost sounded like they have filipino accents.

For me, I have a hard time distinguishing between Filipinos and Malaysians. hehehe..

In my neighborhood, most mexicans who live there think that filipinos are chinos.

In my neighborhood, most mexicans who live there think that filipinos are chinos.

ikaw lang ba nakikita nila?:D medyo singkit ka kasi:D

uumm, oo pero may mga filipino friends naman sila. :D

i like this thread........

nice one


Filipinos and Mexicans have same culture and heritage.....

http://www.heartlandfellowship.com/uploaded_images/family-718499.jpg

Some mexicans in this pic can be mistaken as Filipinos.

si fulgoso nasaan?:D

i love mexico! :) one of my best friends is una mexicana and she loves filipino food... lol...

^^ :okay:

More pics of the mexican singer, Nadia (I'm a little beat fan of her :D)

http://www.lasnoticiasmexico.com/sitebuilder/images/nadia_la_academia_2035-399x600.jpghttp://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2323/siguenlostriunfosmw4.jpg


Even when I want to keep the topic only in pics... I can't resist not to post this video of Nadia because...

...she's singing a Thalia's song "Amor a la mexicana" ("Mexican way of love") :

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Mexican Singer Nadia:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z22/MirellitaMiami/Nadia_GDL.jpg
http://www.nuevosiglonews.com/moxie/moxiepix/b1_997.jpghttp://espanol.geocities.com/la_garita_jalisco/images/nadia_academia.jpghttp://www.neboint.org/sectionimages/esp/Nadia.jpg

on the right picture, the chubby one, she looks a bit like Charice Pempengco... :D

Nadia looks like a Filipina to me also... Does she look like Mickey?


http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6366/sinukuanwebmultiplyug5.jpg
Who is she? Nice pic.


Mexican (very) important composer Armando Manzanero:

http://ortegareyes.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/armando-manzanero.jpghttp://www.elconfidencial.com/fotos/noticias/2007071613manzanero.jpg
http://www.elpais.com/recorte/20070714elpbabart_7/LCO340/Ies/Armando_Manzanero.jpg

as far as i can remember, phil - mexico relation is taught in as early as fifth grade history through the galleon trade.

thru this trade, the philippines got corn, potato, papaya, avocado, tomato etc... from mexico. it is also said that mexico got rice from the philipnes.

as far as i can remember, phil - mexico relation is taught in as early as fifth grade history through the galleon trade.

thru this trade, the philippines got corn, potato, papaya, avocado, tomato etc... from mexico. it is also said that mexico got rice from the philipnes.

and the Manila mango?:D

@kimber.... a pharaonic nose??

Yup, the bridge of your nose resemble that of the ancient Pharoahs. :colgate:

In my neighborhood, most mexicans who live there think that filipinos are chinos.

You're a very good example of that, JM. :okay:

and the Manila mango?:D

More like Manilla Mango. :lol:

Mexican singer Ana Gabriel:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p60/Dayana_o18/ana-gabriel-35563.jpghttp://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p60/Dayana_o18/ana-gabriel-35561.jpg Ana Gabriel is an Asian Latina (meaning she does have Asian roots), she has a nice singing voice.

Mexican (very) important composer Armando Manzanero:

http://ortegareyes.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/armando-manzanero.jpghttp://www.elconfidencial.com/fotos/noticias/2007071613manzanero.jpg
http://www.elpais.com/recorte/20070714elpbabart_7/LCO340/Ies/Armando_Manzanero.jpg[/QUOTE]
Now this here is Sr. Manzanero!!! Mi idolo. He's more of a composer though sometimes he plays on his piano with Luis Miguel & David Bisbal. I like his version of "Nada Personal" -duet by Sr. Manzanero with Ana Torroja. :)

Many classic English songs had Spanish-Mexican origins. One song, "It's Impossible - by Perry Como", was originally the Mexican "Somos Novios" - composed by mi idolo, Armando Manzanero. Unfortunately, an American agent copied his melody and turned it into "It's Imposssible". A US judge ruled against Manzanero and so the poor guy lost all his royalty rights to it. :ohno: But despite that, in latter years, many people now acknowledge he really is the original composer. :)

The best rendition of Somos Novios are the ones I heard by Andrea Boccelli duet with Christina Aguilara, or another one - solo by Luis Miguel.

he must have jumped ship in acapulco. :lol:

hey amigoendf, seems like you're the only mexican here, why don't you invite some of your mexican friends and forumers here so that there will be more interactions between the two groups. I would be more fun i think.

I think plenty of us here would look mexican, despite the huge RB population I'm sure there are plenty of Taco Eaters here... I looooove Tacos Al Pastor and Tacos Alambre, new discoveries I made in Mexico city, D.F. One fine day I gorged on 10 Tacos al Pastor in one sitting...:lol:
By the way guys, I have to say, if you meet a mexican or travel to Mexico someday, please be very pacient with my people, because...

...I don't know, maybe political reasons, after the USA took the administration, our goverment tried to "erase" the history of our ties with the Phillipines.

Now the things are changing and more and more mexicans (as me :D) understand how many ties, ethnical, cultural, historical, etc. we share with you, but unfortunly many mexicans doesn't know yet.

So please be pacient if you see a mexican getting shocked by the idea Ok? Is not their fault :( Hole Amigo en D.F., Que paso? Incidentally, today the 12th of October is Dia dela Raza, Dia dela Hispanidad or Columbus Day.

I love your city. My fave street there is Calle Tacuba or anywhere between the Zocalo and the Bellas Artes. My fave place for Tacos al Pastor is Cafe Vizcaino along Tacuba or the El Trompito along Calle Londres. Many places in your city (or at least the atmosphere) remind me of Manila's districts like Malate, Ermita or Makati. The districts near Guadalupe remind me so much of Quiapo or Baclaran. I don't know what you mean but I found the people of Mexico City DF to be very warm, friendly and easy to get along with (maybe coz we don't discuss political things for opening lines...) :) Another beautiful place is the Polanco district and also the La Condesa district. Many old houses remind me of the art deco houses along Taft Avenue in Manila. It's too bad no one thought of preserving our art deco homes on Taft Ave.

Your city also has some naughty side to it. :lol: A taxi driver told me that every Saturday along Calle Aldama is marihuana day. I saw teeners dressed up in black and smokin weed (?) along the Calle coz it was near one tourist bazaar. On Sunday, we even went exploring underneath the Metro subways and we were also caught up in some student protest demonstrations (very U.P.-like) on the Hidalgo terminal goin to the Universidad terminal... :lol:

I looooove Tacos Al Pastor and Tacos Alambre, new discoveries I made in Mexico city, D.F. One fine day I gorged on 10 Tacos al Pastor in one sitting...:lol:

:lol: Kyle was alluding to a different kind of taco, Mercato. :naughty:

hey amigoendf, seems like you're the only mexican here, why don't you invite some of your mexican friends and forumers here so that there will be more interactions between the two groups. I would be more fun i think.

Sure I will :) Some of them already are usual forumers but they usually stay only at the spanish language phillipine forum.

They are good mexican forumers but I guess they think twice about invite others forum because some of our compatriots are totally crazy :crazy:

I love tacos too!

I looooove Tacos Al Pastor and Tacos Alambre, new discoveries I made in Mexico city, D.F. One fine day I gorged on 10 Tacos al Pastor in one sitting...:lol:
Hole Amigo en D.F., Que paso? Incidentally, today the 12th of October is Dia dela Raza, Dia dela Hispanidad or Columbus Day.

I love your city. My fave street there is Calle Tacuba or anywhere between the Zocalo and the Bellas Artes. My fave place for Tacos al Pastor is Cafe Vizcaino along Tacuba or the El Trompito along Calle Londres. Many places in your city (or at least the atmosphere) remind me of Manila's districts like Malate, Ermita or Makati. The districts near Guadalupe remind me so much of Quiapo or Baclaran. I don't know what you mean but I found the people of Mexico City DF to be very warm, friendly and easy to get along with (maybe coz we don't discuss political things for opening lines...) :) Another beautiful place is the Polanco district and also the La Condesa district. Many old houses remind me of the art deco houses along Taft Avenue in Manila. It's too bad no one thought of preserving our art deco homes on Taft Ave.

Your city also has some naughty side to it. :lol: ... :lol:

WOW! You know very well my city, and you are rigth, By sow it on TV I found some areas (and people) of Manila similar to some Mexico City areas :)

Ana Gabriel is an Asian Latina (meaning she does have Asian roots), she has a nice singing voice.

Now this here is Sr. Manzanero!!! Mi idolo. He's more of a composer though sometimes he plays on his piano with Luis Miguel & David Bisbal. I like his version of "Nada Personal" -duet by Sr. Manzanero with Ana Torroja. :)

Many classic English songs had Spanish-Mexican origins. One song, "It's Impossible - by Perry Como", was originally the Mexican "Somos Novios" - composed by mi idolo, Armando Manzanero. Unfortunately, an American agent copied his melody and turned it into "It's Imposssible". A US judge ruled against Manzanero and so the poor guy lost all his royalty rights to it. :ohno: But despite that, in latter years, many people now acknowledge he really is the original composer. :)

The best rendition of Somos Novios are the ones I heard by Andrea Boccelli duet with Christina Aguilara, or another one - solo by Luis Miguel.

Double WOW! How do you know so much about mexican music?? :)
WHere are you from? It's great. :D And yes Armando Manzanero is one of the most respected mexican composers, I love too the owrk of him with Luis Miguel and others singers l:)

oh and I listen to Bacilos...
I love their songs, Tabacco Y Channel and Cara Luna.

:lol: Kyle was alluding to a different kind of taco, Mercato. :naughty: ay caramba lo siento.. mi IQ a la papelera otra vez... Well, both kind of tacos are nice to look at, nice to eat too Q rrrico :lol:

another rrrrrb^^ :lol:

^^ :rofl:

:D:D:Dbwahahahahaha

@ Amigo en D.F.
soy desde ciudad d Cebu, Filipinas central, pero ahora trabajo en singapur.
well incidentally, we just did our first visit to your city and we love it! Now that I'd seen both sides (I meant both cities), I can really say many parts of Manila do look like Mexico city and vice versa. :banana:

I just like Mexican music. A good friend told me most Latin artists get their first big break in the Latin scene (for both US & Latinoamerica) if they can conquer the Mexican market. Like, Shakira got her first big break in Mexico. Other artists I looove and have their CDs are Alejandro Fernandez, Mana, La Oreja de Van Gogh (too bad they've disbanded), Gloria Estefan, Alejandro Sanz, Enrique Iglesias, Eros Ramazzotti, Thalia, Gipsy Kings, Sin Banderas, Juanes. Claro, me gusta tambien the old cantantes like Omara Portuondo and por supuesto, Trio los panchos!!! Many Filipinos do not know this but many Mex songs of Los Panchos dominated the AM radio scene in post war Filipinas during the 50s & 60s accdg to my uncle. - songs like Cielito Lindo, Historia de Un Amor y La Cucaracha... etc :cheers:

another rrrrrb^^ :lol:
:?:? how come? I thought burrrrritos were for the rrrrbs and tacos were the opposite? Now burritos do look like this and a taco looks very different, it looks like that... Now 'tis very confusin'...:lol: well, u guys can invent all sorts of doble entendres... one of these days i'll catch up... albeit slowly. :lol:

^^ That's funny, Mercato. The use of slang, SSC-specific slang, changes so often here. Sometimes it's hard to catch-up and keep up-to-date with it. :colgate:

So, if....Burritos are XY and Tacos are XX; therefore, Quesadillas are RB then. :lol:

Corny pills! :bash:

^^ :lol: :lol:

Double WOW! How do you know so much about mexican music?? :)
WHere are you from? It's great. :D And yes Armando Manzanero is one of the most respected mexican composers, I love too the owrk of him with Luis Miguel and others singers l:)

This music Suavemente and O Ye Como Va, are these Mexican? I like those oldies. I feel like dancing each time I hear these tunes.

@ Amigo en D.F.
soy desde ciudad d Cebu, Filipinas central, pero ahora trabajo en singapur.
well incidentally, we just did our first visit to your city and we love it! Now that I'd seen both sides (I meant both cities), I can really say many parts of Manila do look like Mexico city and vice versa. :banana:

I just like Mexican music. A good friend told me most Latin artists get their first big break in the Latin scene (for both US & Latinoamerica) if they can conquer the Mexican market. Like, Shakira got her first big break in Mexico. Other artists I looove and have their CDs are Alejandro Fernandez, Mana, La Oreja de Van Gogh (too bad they've disbanded), Gloria Estefan, Alejandro Sanz, Enrique Iglesias, Eros Ramazzotti, Thalia, Gipsy Kings, Sin Banderas, Juanes. Claro, me gusta tambien the old cantantes like Omara Portuondo and por supuesto, Trio los panchos!!! Many Filipinos do not know this but many Mex songs of Los Panchos dominated the AM radio scene in post war Filipinas during the 50s & 60s accdg to my uncle. - songs like Cielito Lindo, Historia de Un Amor y La Cucaracha... etc :cheers:

Latin music reached modern mainstream USA courtesy of the late Selena from Tijuana, Mexico. Before that, there was some sort of a delineation.

he must have jumped ship in acapulco. :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

@ Amigo en D.F.
soy desde ciudad d Cebu, Filipinas central, pero ahora trabajo en singapur.
well incidentally, we just did our first visit to your city and we love it! Now that I'd seen both sides (I meant both cities), I can really say many parts of Manila do look like Mexico city and vice versa. :banana:

I just like Mexican music. A good friend told me most Latin artists get their first big break in the Latin scene (for both US & Latinoamerica) if they can conquer the Mexican market. Like, Shakira got her first big break in Mexico. Other artists I looove and have their CDs are Alejandro Fernandez, Mana, La Oreja de Van Gogh (too bad they've disbanded), Gloria Estefan, Alejandro Sanz, Enrique Iglesias, Eros Ramazzotti, Thalia, Gipsy Kings, Sin Banderas, Juanes. Claro, me gusta tambien the old cantantes like Omara Portuondo and por supuesto, Trio los panchos!!! Many Filipinos do not know this but many Mex songs of Los Panchos dominated the AM radio scene in post war Filipinas during the 50s & 60s accdg to my uncle. - songs like Cielito Lindo, Historia de Un Amor y La Cucaracha... etc :cheers:

I remember my first big impression about the Phillipines, it was several years ago, and I was watching CNN and I sow many reportages about Manila and I remember I was thinking "OMG! their city and they look so similar to us". From that moment I noted many other similitudes, even in some of our modern cultural issues.

This music Suavemente and O Ye Como Va, are these Mexican? I like those oldies. I feel like dancing each time I hear these tunes.

unfortunly that two songs aren't mexican :( but are cool songs I absolutely agree with you :D "Oye coma va" It was from a central american guy, his name was Gerardo and Suavemente by a caribean guy named Elvis Crespo, but...

THALIA is mexican !

:nocrook: http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/9193/thaliaci6.jpg :nocrook:

Marimar, awwww!:D

I remember my first big impression about the Phillipines, it was several years ago, and I was watching CNN and I sow many reportages about Manila and I remember I was thinking "OMG! their city and they look so similar to us". From that moment I noted many other similitudes, even in some of our modern cultural issues.
Which reminds me. The similarities are not only in the big cities but also in the pueblos or towns. Coz after the tour of Teotihuacan, the guides took us to a typical large pueblo with a fiesta. Good lord, the streamers, banners and town trimmings (even the town houses) looked like any town in Laguna like Nagcarlan, Liliw, Los Banos, Santa Cruz, etc... The only difference with that pueblo is the signs are all in Spanish and it was right beside a cactus farm (for tequila)...

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/CurbsidePuppet/1_393521675l.jpg
He's a friend from San Antonio, TX. He's Tex-Mex but I thought he was Filipino-American at first. I even asked him which province did his family come from!

Elder? anong ward o stake? if you have an idean what im talking about.

Latin music reached modern mainstream USA courtesy of the late Selena from Tijuana, Mexico. Before that, there was some sort of a delineation. oh yea, even Selena herself looked like a Filipina :)

Marimar, awwww!:D

http://foro.telenovela-world.com/~diane/marimar/left.jpg

The coolest scene of that telenovela was when the evil b*tch rich girl makes Marimar put in knees and take a neck lace from the dirty watter of the ground :cry::cry: :cry::cry:

Marimar was recorded at Ixtapa that's a mexican beah in the Pacific sea, I think it could looks a little beat as a phillipine beach:

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^^ That's funny, Mercato. The use of slang, SSC-specific slang, changes so often here. Sometimes it's hard to catch-up and keep up-to-date with it. :colgate:

So, if....Burritos are XY and Tacos are XX; therefore, Quesadillas are RB then. :lol:

Corny pills! :bash:

:lol:

Like This:

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Yummy!

http://foro.telenovela-world.com/~diane/marimar/left.jpg

The coolest scene of that telenovela was when the evil b*tch rich girl makes Marimar put in her knees and take a neck lace from the dirty watter of the ground :cry::cry: :cry::cry:

Marimar was recorded at Ixtapa that's a mexican beah in the Pacific sea, I think it could looks a little beat as a phillipine beach:

QkZkVhbw3L8

Marimar is being reaired over and over on philippine TV... jejejeje.. I can't remember how many times it was aired in the Philippines. Marimar is being aired once again. weekdays, 11:30-12 noon. jajaja.. As of the moment, a filipino channel is airing Las Tontas no van al cielo, honestly, i don't like the story though i like jacqueline bracamontes. jajaja..

Some of our singers look like Latinos.


Gary Valenciano
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h134/cool_as_ice/garry.jpg

http://www.titikpilipino.com/images/artist/gary_valenciano.jpg

Zsa-Zsa Padilla

http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/pictures/00004494.jpg

^^ Actually, Gary V's mother is Puerto Rican.

:lol:

Like This:

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Yummy!

delicioso..

Part 5, explains more the ties between mexico and philippines..not just the culture, trade but faith as well..

^^ that's the docu i've posted in a mexican forum months ago.. Unfortunately, it has no subtitles so they did not understand what it meant..

Let us not forget Asia's Queen of Songs Pilita Corrales ;) also the first female artist to top Australian pop music charts long before Olivia Newton-John.

http://questing.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/pilita-14.jpg

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/4/4c/Pilita_Corrales_El_Filipina.jpg

she also recorded numerous songs in spanish ;)

These actresses can also look like Mexicans..

Charlene Gonzalez

http://www.pep.ph/images/guide/14af06eca.jpg

http://cmsadmin1.pep.ph/blogs/cessays/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/charlenenoel.jpg

Lucy Torres Gomez

http://www.pep.ph/images/writeups/d0260d55a.jpg

hi amigoendf, is there any singer in Mexico called as MDO? i dunno if its a group or a solo artist, the song SOLO A TU LADO QUIERO VIVIR is on my playlist, really like this song, its a love song right...

I do really like latino songs, i am a fan of Chayanne(yo te amu,song from meteor garden 2), Juanes (volverte a ver, a dios le pido, no siento penas and offcoarse la camisa negra, everytime i hear this i am reminded of boracay, its a beach party music) and Julio Iglesias..he has some english song with spanish version, im more to listening those of spanish version like di melo...and by the way Julio i think is a half Filipino, her mother is a filipina not sure...

http://foro.telenovela-world.com/~diane/marimar/left.jpg

The coolest scene of that telenovela was when the evil b*tch rich girl makes Marimar put in knees and take a neck lace from the dirty watter of the ground :cry::cry: :cry::cry:

Marimar was recorded at Ixtapa that's a mexican beah in the Pacific sea, I think it could looks a little beat as a phillipine beach:

QkZkVhbw3L8


Here's a short interview of a Filipina host to Mexican actor Eduardo Capetillo.. the Sergio of Marimar!

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hi amigoendf, is there any singer in Mexico called as MDO? i dunno if its a group or a solo artist, the song SOLO A TU LADO QUIERO VIVIR is on my playlist, really like this song, its a love song right...

I do really like latino songs, i am a fan of Chayanne(yo te amu,song from meteor garden 2), Juanes (volverte a ver, a dios le pido, no siento penas and offcoarse la camisa negra, everytime i hear this i am reminded of boracay, its a beach party music) and Julio Iglesias..he has some english song with spanish version, im more to listening those of spanish version like di melo...and by the way Julio i think is a half Filipino, her mother is a filipina not sure...

No, not Julio, his son Enrique is half-filipino. His father Julio is pure Spanish and his mom is Filipina-Spanish.

delicioso..

Part 5, explains more the ties between mexico and philippines..not just the culture, trade but faith as well..

that video is no longer available..

i found another vid!

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that video is no longer available..

i found another vid!

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yep its the same...
you have the part where jessica went to a ziggurat. that tallest pyramid in mexico?

This music Suavemente and O Ye Como Va, are these Mexican? I like those oldies. I feel like dancing each time I hear these tunes. I first heard Oye Como Va from Carlos Santana, but the original composer could've been someone else. I think Santana is a Chicano, or Mex American. Later I heard the Oye Como Va version from Celia Cruz (Latin Grammy Awards 2001).

Santana figured in a controversy on a Gloria Estefan album, I think 90 Millas. Coz some Gloria fans accused him of bein' pro-Castro; as opposed to the stance of the Estefan group which is anti-Fidel Castro or Cuba Libre. Gloria herself had to come out with a statement denyin' any controversy.

hi amigoendf, is there any singer in Mexico called as MDO? i dunno if its a group or a solo artist, the song SOLO A TU LADO QUIERO VIVIR is on my playlist, really like this song, its a love song right...

I do really like latino songs, i am a fan of Chayanne(yo te amu,song from meteor garden 2), Juanes (volverte a ver, a dios le pido, no siento penas and offcoarse la camisa negra, everytime i hear this i am reminded of boracay, its a beach party music) and Julio Iglesias..he has some english song with spanish version, im more to listening those of spanish version like di melo...and by the way Julio i think is a half Filipino, her mother is a filipina not sure...
No, not Julio, his son Enrique is half-filipino. His father Julio is pure Spanish and his mom is Filipina-Spanish.

@leii_tomo: The group MDO, I think is a reincarnation of the pop group Menudo. I'm not really sure on that one though.

@esagerato: Julio Iglesias has a son named Julio Iglesias Jr; also a singer. Maybe leii_tomo was referring to him, and not his dad.

hi amigoendf, is there any singer in Mexico called as MDO? i dunno if its a group or a solo artist, the song SOLO A TU LADO QUIERO VIVIR is on my playlist, really like this song, its a love song right...

I do really like latino songs, i am a fan of Chayanne(yo te amu,song from meteor garden 2), Juanes (volverte a ver, a dios le pido, no siento penas and offcoarse la camisa negra, everytime i hear this i am reminded of boracay, its a beach party music) and Julio Iglesias..he has some english song with spanish version, im more to listening those of spanish version like di melo...and by the way Julio i think is a half Filipino, her mother is a filipina not sure...
Enrique Iglesias' mom is Isabel Preysler and I read that she is nicknamed "Guapa" or La Guapa in Madrid circles. I also like Enrique's new Cd 95-08 Exitos coz all of the songs are his #1 hits. It's also bein featured onboard Singapore Airlines Krisworld on the flt to LA.
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The tallest pyramid (exposed) is probably the Temple of the Sun. You can probaby burn a million calories climbing up to the top. But it seems like the Templo Mayor (still buried) at the Zocalo could be a lot bigger.

@leii_tomo: The group MDO, I think is a reincarnation of the pop group Menudo. I'm not really sure on that one though.

@esagerato: Julio Iglesias has a son named Julio Iglesias Jr; also a singer. Maybe leii_tomo was referring to him, and not his dad.

thanks kiro, yep i was referring julio jr.

Enrique Iglesias' mom is Isabel Preysler and I read that she is nicknamed "Guapa" or La Guapa in Madrid circles. I also like Enrique's new Cd 95-08 Exitos coz all of the songs are his #1 hits. It's also bein featured onboard Singapore Airlines Krisworld on the flt to LA.
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The tallest pyramid (exposed) is probably the Temple of the Sun. You can probaby burn a million calories climbing up to the top. But it seems like the Templo Mayor (still buried) at the Zocalo could be a lot bigger.

i see, thats why jessica have said on the vid that her trainor will be happy, if she can go up to the top...

By the way guys, my internet some times get very slowly, so please be pacient if you see me online and don't recive any reply from me ;)

These actresses can also look like Mexicans..

Charlene Gonzalez

http://www.pep.ph/images/guide/14af06eca.jpg

http://cmsadmin1.pep.ph/blogs/cessays/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/charlenenoel.jpg

Lucy Torres Gomez

http://www.pep.ph/images/writeups/d0260d55a.jpg

Yes absolutely :)

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i found another vid!

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Great videos!!!!

You know what would be cool? A mexican telenovela taped in the Phillipines with a mix of mexican actors and phillipine actors

Great videos!!!!

You know what would be cool? A mexican telenovela taped in the Phillipines with a mix of mexican actors and phillipine actors

great idea, hope networks here can put on with this idea..though it was done i think by GMA already the soap is TI AMO, the lead actor is a latino, and the rest are filipinos

currently ABS do have a soap called KAHIT ISANG SANGLIT, this one they have malaysian actors with filipinos... some shots were taken in malaysia and then later on the main setting is in Philippines..

Maybe they can put something like a 50 percent mexican cast and 50 percent filipino cast..

http://photos.friendster.com/photos/36/05/18195063/1_664774011l.jpg

Do I look like a Mexican or Not?:D

You look like a friend I have called Marino, he's from Veracruz the only detail maybe is that your nose is more strainght, our noses usually are more rough, but you look very similar to my friend Marino and he's mexican.


These are mexican kids from Veracruz:

http://www.codexlagman.com/jpgs/codexlagman_074b.jpg

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/DSC01883.jpg
I'm sure I look more Chinese because of my eyes...

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/soccergirls.jpg
filipina soccer girls... is there anyone from them who looks mexican?

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/DSC00663.jpg
these really look mexican, aren't they?

You look like a friend I have called Marino, he's from Veracruz the only detail maybe is that your nose is more strainght, our noses usually are more rough, but you look very similar to my friend Marino and he's mexican.



really? do you have a picture of Marino? :D

and btw, about the nose.. I got it from my abuelo.. :)

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/DSC01883.jpg
I'm sure I look more Chinese because of my eyes...

hehe, same with me, my mom has chinese-spanish blood and my father is pure pinoy...

http://photos.friendster.com/photos/52/23/14883225/1_790811655l.jpg

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/soccergirls.jpg
filipina soccer girls... is there anyone from them who looks mexican?

Yes, and in the second pic specially the girl with the bottle in her hand.

tuwing nasa san diego ako lagi akong napapagkakamalang mexicano.. nagugulat na lang ako kumakausap saking latin nagtatanong ng directions. :lol:

http://i33.************/5lrtoi.jpg

tuwing nasa san diego ako lagi akong napapagkakamalang mexicano.. nagugulat na lang ako kumakausap saking latin nagtatanong ng directions. :lol:

http://i33.************/5lrtoi.jpg

ay guapo! :D:D:D

^^:lol::lol:

parang umiba ang ihip ng hangin!

I think alot of Filipinos look like mexicans because of our accent and culture. And because we both have spanish influences. Went I was in Granada, Spain years ago I heard 2 guys talking about stuff, then I heard them mentione "Villalobos" but the "V" sounded like "B", which was "billalobos". I was surprised and, I found it funny at the same time because now I knew where Filipinos got this kind of pronunciation from.:lol:

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/soccergirls.jpg
filipina soccer girls... is there anyone from them who looks mexican?

tuwing nasa san diego ako lagi akong napapagkakamalang mexicano.. nagugulat na lang ako kumakausap saking latin nagtatanong ng directions. :lol:

http://i33.************/5lrtoi.jpg

everything in u looks mexican except the nose, ive never seen a mexican with those type of noses, they r more "asian" I think what makes Filipinos look like mexicans or viceversa is that mexicans have a lot of indians (natives) that are believed to come from south Asia which look very similar to filipinos. Some Filipina actresses look very european they can even go to any western country and pass by locals

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/DSC00663.jpg
these really look mexican, aren't they?

They are very asian to me, i don't know with others....

MYX looks cambodian to me, alot of times, mexicans would come up to just about anybody and speak to you in spanish because alot of them doesn't speak english even if they live here for years and years, sometimes, they expect you to speak spanish to them instead of them speak english to you, so when a latin mostly mexicans tried to speak spanish to one, it's either, they don't speak good english, they are not comfortable to speak in english or they thought where hoping you speak spanish since alot of americans or immigrants are bending over backward to them just because they knew most mexicans doesn't really speak english for most part.


Now, Il Tenore, He looks a bit more thai to me because thais usually have bigger noses.

so this is off topic, but i was just watching national geographic's show called taboo: witchcraft in which they featured mexico's rituals and beliefs -- and it is very similar to that of the philippines' -- very interesting...

^^ i dont think it's OT, if the purpose here is to foster ties.
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when one exits from the Grand Cathedral at Zocalo on weekends, to the left are lots of Aztec shamans dressed in traditional attire and performing Catholicized Aztec rituals to both locals and tourists alike. The smell of incense is everywhere.

I remember the chupacabra (tho its origins are puerto rican), sightings had been made in mexico. It's their version of somethin like Cebu's "sigbin".

They are very asian to me, i don't know with others....

MYX looks cambodian to me, alot of times, mexicans would come up to just about anybody and speak to you in spanish because alot of them doesn't speak english even if they live here for years and years, sometimes, they expect you to speak spanish to them instead of them speak english to you, so when a latin mostly mexicans tried to speak spanish to one, it's either, they don't speak good english, they are not comfortable to speak in english or they thought where hoping you speak spanish since alot of americans or immigrants are bending over backward to them just because they knew most mexicans doesn't really speak english for most part.


Now, Il Tenore, He looks a bit more thai to me because thais usually have bigger noses.
Those soccer girls look more Malay or INdon to me. The Americas Indians have more sharp features, noses and eyes. The only thing similar is the color of skin and hair. A lot of ignorant whites in the US think everyone with brown skin is a Mexican. Asians are Chinese, etc..etc..

Now, Il Tenore, He looks a bit more thai to me because thais usually have bigger noses.

Thai rin ako? parang andami na ng lahi ko ah! hehe!
nalilito na ako! :D

thanks sa observation @mwg12a! :)

Matanong nga kita kabayan:

Ano ang nakikita mong kalagayan ng Pilipinas pagkalipas ng 12 taon?
What will be the state of our nation, the Philippines in the year 2020?

:horse:

JP

^^ Pasensya na. Isipin ko muna America. Taga-rito na ako eh. Dapat maayos muna rito. Kung magiging maayos sa Pinas, uuwi na ako roon.

Para sa bayan, di ako magpapanic dahil sa nangyayaring parating daw na The Great Depression II.

Mukhang nagkatotoo ang mga sinabi ni Herbert Marcuse at Erich Fromm ukol dito....

^^

Mahirap talagang mag-isip sa ngayon ng ibang bagay bagay lalo na kung tungkol sa pang malayo pang panahon.

^^

Tulad mo rin ako, uunahin ko muna ang nagaganap na crisis ngayon.
Huwag mag-panic at ipalagay ang kaluoban para maging handa sa mga darating na paghamon.

In these times of crisis, I wonder if there are still Filipinos aspiring to make their VISION of the future Philippines a reality.

bakit ba poproblemahin mo na ang parating pa lang na problema, may problema ka na ngayon yun muna gawan ng paraan:D
malay mo hindi mo na aabutin ang panahon na yun:D

^^ Pasensya na. Isipin ko muna America. Taga-rito na ako eh. Dapat maayos muna rito. Kung magiging maayos sa Pinas, uuwi na ako roon.

this makes me wonder how many Pinoy expats would consider going home in the fortunate event Pinas ever gets fully developed as a progressive country.

No offense to those who posted photos of themselves in this thread, but it seems to me that all of the sudden everyone wants to know if they can pass for a Mexican. I find that a little too weird.

^^ yes, that's a little bit weird.. maybe it's because of the influence of telenovelas.. most of the mexican actors there are european-looking.. hahaha..

^^ :lol: now i know what JP really means !

this thread is Camwhoring Mexican style :D

No offense to those who posted photos of themselves in this thread, but it seems to me that all of the sudden everyone wants to know if they can pass for a Mexican. I find that a little too weird.

Hey, I was just about to post a photo here of me with my family members because I think among us, I am the Asian looking. The rest can pass for Mexicans. But now that you said it is weird, I better not. :lol:

^^no Lili, feel free to post your pic.. everyone is allowed! Kimber is just asking why.. hehehe

^^ :lol: now i know what JP really means !

this thread is Camwhoring Mexican style :D

i dont want this thread to become like that!

http://www.elmanana.com.mx/upload/foto/3/9/7/Yolanda%20Andrade.jpg


http://www.titikpilipino.com/images/news/vina2004.jpg
Vina Morales (http://www.titikpilipino.com/news/index.php?aid=191&offset=0&expanded=1)

http://bp0.blogger.com/_J6smb7zeulI/RzJY-uF6tUI/AAAAAAAAJU4/U4nv178TnP0/s320/carlos+agassi+phillip+burrows+1.JPGhttp://bp0.blogger.com/_J6smb7zeulI/RzJY9uF6tSI/AAAAAAAAJUo/VB57TvvyT-A/s320/carlos+agassi+phillip+burrows+8.JPG
Carlos Agassi (http://mykiru.blogspot.com/2007/11/carlos-agassi-as-phillip-burrows-in.html)

yes, that's a little bit weird.. maybe it's because of the influence of telenovelas.. most of the mexican actors there are european-looking.. hahaha..

Ahh....the wonders of television....NOT! :ohno:

Hey, I was just about to post a photo here of me with my family members because I think among us, I am the Asian looking. The rest can pass for Mexicans. But now that you said it is weird, I better not. :lol:
no Lili, feel free to post your pic.. everyone is allowed! Kimber is just asking why.. hehehe

:lol: You can still post your photo, Lili. No rules barring that. I was just saying that I found it weird that everyone started joining the bandwagon. But to me, you're the quintessential Dalagang Pilipina (sa pag-iisip, sa pag-sasalita, at sa pag-gagawa). :okay:

^^ I would probably be an old man by then at the rate things are currently going.

I was debating posting since I don't know if I should expose the faces of my family members when they are not SSC members. Just a bit. Tell me what you think then I'll delete it later.

I am the most Asian looking. The others can pass off as hybrids or Mexicans.

yung lalake sa baba, at yung batang lalake lang ang Pinoy na pinoy, ikaw at yung iba puedeng mapagkamalanng Mexican. hehehe

akala mo master na ako sa pag kilatis ano:D

antayin natin si amigoendf, sya magsasabi

^^ @ Lili. yes you're right on the Mexican looks. Your mom looks like Susan Roces and your dad looks like Mat Ranillo Sr. or Luis Gonzales. :yes:

@Lili: The woman beside you and the man beside her, and the couple (I assume are your parents) on the bottom row could pass for Mexicans.

I was debating posting since I don't know if I should expose the faces of my family members when they are not SSC members. Just a bit. Tell me what you think then I'll delete it later.

I am the most Asian looking. The others can pass off as hybrids or Mexicans.


puede naman maging Meixican Lil's btw saang side ba ng family mo mga Veneracion ?

yung lalake sa baba, at yung batang lalake lang ang Pinoy na pinoy, ikaw at yung iba puedeng mapagkamalanng Mexican. hehehe

akala mo master na ako sa pag kilatis ano:D

antayin natin si amigoendf, sya magsasabi

nako type mo ata yung lalaking bata :lol:

Ian Veneracion, kapatid ni lili:D

nako type mo ata yung lalaking bata :lol:

Mexican lang ang type ko:D:lol::lol::lol: baka magalit si lili:D

That's my father and mother in front (on the bottom row). Thanks Mercato for the compliments on my parents. Yeah, I happen to think so. :yes:

Hey @dinabaw, please don't quote because I am going to delete that soon. Thanks! :)

^^ Edited it, Lili.

^ Thanks Kimber. :)

ok sorry di ko alam na hindi pala puedeng i quote

FYI, next time, if you don't want your photos to be quoted by another forumer, place the "image tags" within the "quote tags" of your original post.

Example: abc123xyz

No offense to those who posted photos of themselves in this thread, but it seems to me that all of the sudden everyone wants to know if they can pass for a Mexican. I find that a little too weird.
i dont want this thread to become like that! Correct on both counts. The greater significance of the cultural element is drowned out by other things and it gives a wrong impression to some neutral observers. Herein is another case of to each his own, tho' personally I prefer the cultural element to be heard more. Still, if it can attract this much publicity, hopefully folks would be more understanding then? And from there they can take a kinder view of that part of their cultural & religious heritage. :)

Hispanidad is all about the culture, not about the race. If it were so, then large parts of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic would be excluded coz of the black populations whilst large parts of Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras and even Mexico would also be excluded for havin brown populations. Ditto for Filipinas & Guam. The concept of race as defining national identity died out a long time ago with the collapse of all the bygone empires. If race was central to defining national identity, thence all "immigrants" and "coloureds" should be rightfully expelled from several European countries and North America, right? :)

The reason why the other visitor from Madrid told us that in Espana they call it Dia de la Hispanidad is coz it is a celebration of the mestizaje of cultures. :)

Di ba looks ang sabi ng thread starter?

How about the Diaz Family as in Paquito, Romy, Joko and Cheska Diaz. Can't find pictures of them but they are of Pinoy/Mexican descents as well .

ate lili, I didnt see the pics

Btw, most people from Acapulco, Mexico look like Filipinos

i have noticed Mexican blood are stronger than the Filipino blood

here's my half-mexican cousins (both men)....

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/498/cousinsiw5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

here's another Mexican cousin of mine( right) , her mother is more caucasian than "mexican" ...

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9017/cousinz117ze2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


and i have noticed Filipinos prefer to have interracial marriage/relationship w/ Mexicans and vise versa :)

http://www.titikpilipino.com/images/news/vina2004.jpg
Vina Morales (http://www.titikpilipino.com/news/index.php?aid=191&offset=0&expanded=1)

http://bp0.blogger.com/_J6smb7zeulI/RzJY-uF6tUI/AAAAAAAAJU4/U4nv178TnP0/s320/carlos+agassi+phillip+burrows+1.JPGhttp://bp0.blogger.com/_J6smb7zeulI/RzJY9uF6tSI/AAAAAAAAJUo/VB57TvvyT-A/s320/carlos+agassi+phillip+burrows+8.JPG
Carlos Agassi (http://mykiru.blogspot.com/2007/11/carlos-agassi-as-phillip-burrows-in.html)

carlos agassi may look like one but in his veins run a persian blood.

^^akala ko si vina pa rin yung nasa baba:lol: si carlos agassi pala.
actually carlos loks very middle eastern

would you though?

No offense to those who posted photos of themselves in this thread, but it seems to me that all of the sudden everyone wants to know if they can pass for a Mexican. I find that a little too weird.

I was feeling myself as some kind weird too hehe. Maybe the best thing is posting other else people pics :) can be any people except ourselfs and we can include some relatives (only as a forumer personal choice) and celebrities. Also we do comments but not making questions about "how much some one looks?" :)

We most not forgett this thread is for fun.

I want to say: The video of the Phillipine Television was amazing, I watched the next video with the female host climbing the Sun Piramid.

I really apretiate that because she could only touch the common history, but she went to some off topics (like the piramids)

If I visit the Phillipines I will be interested in meet not only the common ties with Mexico, but also all the vernacule cultures :)

Byt the way... very nice pics, dinabaw :)

^^ come hell or high water I would. Meanin, I'd be retirin there anyway - developed or not, at the rate things are goin.

me too:D andito kasi ako eh:D

bakit ba poproblemahin mo na ang parating pa lang na problema, may problema ka na ngayon yun muna gawan ng paraan:D
malay mo hindi mo na aabutin ang panahon na yun:D

you're simply the best! :D ayos! yan din ang sagot ko sa tanong. at mananatili ako sa pinas, pumunta man ako sa ibang bansa at manirahan ng mahabang panahon (maybe 2-3years) pero pinas will always be my home. nandito ang lupa at bahay ko pati na ang aking pinakamamahal. :D

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/DSC01013.jpg
I think the guy in blue looks a little Mexican...

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/seriousban.jpg
what about this one? this is my friend...

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/ron.jpg
I think he really looks mexican...

^^except for the eyes... heheh...

no he's Brazilian:D:D:D

pre paano kung may gustong magpakasal sa atin na Mexican:D sarap ng tacos, buritos at quesadillas doon pre:D

pre paano kung may gustong magpakasal sa atin na Mexican:D sarap ng tacos, buritos at quesadillas doon pre:D

puede rin pero maaari naman natin silang dalhin dito, di ba pre? at pagsaluhan natin. :D

^^:lol:

everything in u looks mexican except the nose, ive never seen a mexican with those type of noses, they r more "asian" I think what makes Filipinos look like mexicans or viceversa is that mexicans have a lot of indians (natives) that are believed to come from south Asia which look very similar to filipinos. Some Filipina actresses look very european they can even go to any western country and pass by locals

:lol: pango ka daw MYX, :D di bale guapo ka pa rin naman. ayos lang yan. :D

They are very asian to me, i don't know with others....

MYX looks cambodian to me, alot of times, mexicans would come up to just about anybody and speak to you in spanish because alot of them doesn't speak english even if they live here for years and years, sometimes, they expect you to speak spanish to them instead of them speak english to you, so when a latin mostly mexicans tried to speak spanish to one, it's either, they don't speak good english, they are not comfortable to speak in english or they thought where hoping you speak spanish since alot of americans or immigrants are bending over backward to them just because they knew most mexicans doesn't really speak english for most part.

Now, Il Tenore, He looks a bit more thai to me because thais usually have bigger noses.

Those soccer girls look more Malay or INdon to me. The Americas Indians have more sharp features, noses and eyes. The only thing similar is the color of skin and hair. A lot of ignorant whites in the US think everyone with brown skin is a Mexican. Asians are Chinese, etc..etc..

Thai rin ako? parang andami na ng lahi ko ah! hehe!
nalilito na ako! :D

thanks sa observation @mwg12a! :)

ang sinabi nila kapatid na Il Tenore, PANGO ka raw at malaki ang ilong (bigger nose) kaya ka mukhang Thai. :D :lol: :D


http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/ron.jpg
I think he really looks mexican...

yeah, i think he is brazilian. :D

Elder? anong ward o stake? if you have an idean what im talking about.

antipolo 2nd, antipolo stake. elder velasquez yan. umuwi na.

no he's Brazilian:D:D:D

Parang si Pele with the yellow and green suit :D

i missed lili's picture.
any chance she'd post it again...?

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/ron.jpg
I think he really looks mexican...

This one looks Cambodian or Laos, and yes because mostly of the eyes, same dark brown complexion Cambodians and Laos has.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/seriousban.jpg
what about this one? this is my friend...
She looks very filipina, most mexicans has deepset eyes, pointed nose that resembles caucasians or middleasterners.

Those soccer girls look more Malay or INdon to me. The Americas Indians have more sharp features, noses and eyes. The only thing similar is the color of skin and hair. A lot of ignorant whites in the US think everyone with brown skin is a Mexican. Asians are Chinese, etc..etc..

This is very very true, and even with asians, once Americans see someone who looks asian, they automatically, assume, say or consider them as "Chinese" . I don't know why some filipinos get really flattered if they are mistaken for someone else but they fail to realized, there are many americans who can be ignorant when it comes to races.. No offense folks..

Actually at work, I kind of got offended a few times just because I work with mostly white coworkers and most of us are guys in the department, there is just a Mexican American who doesn't speak spanish, me and once a black dude with us. Their remarks would be "same thing, you all look alike to me or us" and sometimes there are jokes like "You look like one of those arabic terrorists" but since we were all joking, I don't take it seriously" I do fight back on jokes like those by saying "this or that guy looks like an Irish terrorist connected to IRA" So yeah, when we hear americans commented you look like this or that, chances are, they are a bit misinformed on what certain races look like, in other words, ignorant.


No offense to those who posted photos of themselves in this thread, but it seems to me that all of the sudden everyone wants to know if they can pass for a Mexican. I find that a little too weird.


Actually, this is something that really weird me out with alot of filipinos, they get all excited and so proud if a foreigner would mistook them to somebody else other than being filipinos. It's like a source of pride and confidence. It's not necessarily wrong but it's just so different just because most other races aren't as ecstatic as the pinoy counterpart when someone asked them about their heritage or physical appearance, infact most Americans and Canadians especially the caucasian ones takes offense if someone asked them if they have a bit of a blood of whatever other races or nationality especially when they really have none. I've learned it the hard way, my brother who is half caucasians sometimes get offended when someone asked him about his race.

^^matatakaw. :lol:

Filipinos aren't the only ones. I could think of a lot of our Asian neighbours who think the same way. Some expat Indians are proud to have either mixed Arab or mixed AngloSaxon blood; in fact, even in their behaviour they behave more British than the Brits in the UK. Heck, they even use archaic English phrases no longer used in Britain. Ditto for the ones in Goa, the Indians there are proud to have their Portuguese heritage.

Nationalist Malays would confide to me and say they are shocked at all the glitzy photo ads and billboards all over town. If a foreigner were to come he would think Singapore is a country only of exotic Eurasians and mixed Chinese - what they call "Peranakan"-the Straits born mixed Chinese. Even most Chinese here still give preferential treatment to the "Ang-Moh" - white man. Chinese girls on dating sites rush with open arms to the Europeans. All this to a point where the foreign visitor would now even think that the local Malay & Indian population are also foreign, too, & from out of town!

Don't worry, it must be all a Southeast Asian thingy. :D

I think that is a whole different ballgame as far as non caucasians, especially the asians to open their arms to white european or north Americans. It's like that's an "eye candy" for most non white people, but as far as claiming to have foreign blood, it's a bit more exagerrated to filipinos although you're right, it's not at all exclusive amongst filipinos. I know even black people tend to want to look abit more oncaucasian side with hair colors and hair extensions, as with asians surgical alterations of the facial features, but being flattered when someone mistook you for a different race seems to be more comon among filipinos, ofcourse we have no statitic regarding these so it's really hard to establish anything that would be considered as norm.

This is very very true, and even with asians, once Americans see someone who looks asian, they automatically, assume, say or consider them as "Chinese" . I don't know why some filipinos get really flattered if they are mistaken for someone else but they fail to realized, there are many americans who can be ignorant when it comes to races.. No offense folks..

Actually, this is something that really weird me out with alot of filipinos, they get all excited and so proud if a foreigner would mistook them to somebody else other than being filipinos. It's like a source of pride and confidence. It's not necessarily wrong but it's just so different just because most other races aren't as ecstatic as the pinoy counterpart when someone asked them about their heritage or physical appearance, infact most Americans and Canadians especially the caucasian ones takes offense if someone asked them if they have a bit of a blood of whatever other races or nationality especially when they really have none. I've learned it the hard way, my brother who is half caucasians sometimes get offended when someone asked him about his race.
Well this is not only Americans tho Filipinos are the same way my friend she is Colombian and she went to the Philipines and just because she is white everyone thought she was American, you see.
I don't think most americans get offended most of them are like im half irish, german, spanish,italian, polish im like dude how many "halves" can u have? :lol:

some one wrote this to my comment and i dont know what he/she means: pango ka daw MYX, di bale guapo ka pa rin naman. ayos lang yan. can someone translate lol please

^^except for the eyes... heheh...

No offense, but the pictures you posted look like of Malay race....where a greater majority of Filipinos belong

Well this is not only Americans tho Filipinos are the same way my friend she is Colombian and she went to the Philipines and just because she is white everyone thought she was American, you see.


Your statement is correct. Most Filipinos automatically think that a caucasian or white looking individual as an American. This is due to the 48 years that the Philippines is under US colony, the latest one. It has brought tremendous influence on the psyche of Filipinos, the style or way in government, education, business, language and the like.

The Filipinos often greet the white guys whether British or American as "hi Joe".

^^true or they will call anyone caucasian Kano, short for Amerikano. or pootie per Kiretoce. :lol:
The whole world has stereotypes of what nationality a certain race belongs.
The whole world suffesr from colonial mentality just not as much as Filipinos due to Western dominance of wealth and industrialization i suppose.

^^^^ see we all have sterotypes in my country colombia we pretty much call anyone thats asian chinese. and u guys call anyone caucasians "kanos".... when my friend went to the Philipines everyone thought she was american and street sellers were trying to sell her stuff in English and she doesnt know a word in English so she laughed bcuz she didnt know wht else to do and they got really mad at her started cursing at her cuz they thought she was making fun of their accent when she cant even recognize accents in English :lol:

^^^^ :) what an experience for your friend.

well, it's true everyone that looks caucasian is called "kano". so if you're blond, white and with blue/green eyes. you're called "kano" even if you are from ireland.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/starboard87/ron.jpg
I think he really looks mexican...

^^ Well to me, he actually looks mexican, he looks a little beat similar to this guy and he is mexican:
http://www.jovenes.df.gob.mx/images2/IMG_3718.JPG

A few of these young mexican priests look filipinos to me:
http://www.umael-lasalle.org/images/noticias/HH%20Mexico3_860.jpg

In this group, the two mrs ahead at the right side of the frame, look phillipines to me:
http://www.ciudadenlinea.com/images/loma/jovenes.jpg

By the way guys...

I really sorry if the idea of my thread was ofensive for some people I swear that was not my intention :cry:

I all the time get into disscusions with other latinamerican forumers who insist that the ONLY truly real mexicans are people with some physical features or that ALL the mexicans look as the same :nuts:... and some people (only a few, not all) begin to laught when I tell them that Mexico is a very ethnic diverse country.

In Mexico's National Museum of History, you can find at the begining of the tour at the first hall, this collage, that means all the ethnic diversity Mexico has :) :

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/3866/mosaico1ve1.jpg

If someone got ofended I want to apologize. I'm sorry :cry: It was not my intention.

If you consider closing the thread is the best thing to do, It's OK for me.

^^^^ You have not offended.

In fact, it opens our mind on the shared heritage and history of Mexico and the Philippines. We have so many similarities with regard to culture and religion. The Philippines is the largest Catholic Asian nation. Our neighbors are mostly Moslems, Hindus or Buddhists or other religions. Some Filipinos look like Mexicans, indeed.

The lady on the 3rd row, 2nd column from the bottom right corner looks like @Lili :D

The lady on the 3rd row, 2nd column from the bottom right corner looks like @Lili :D ~ precioso lirio de los valles, la rosa de Sarón. la estrella resplandeciente de la mañana. :)

By the way guys...

I really sorry if the idea of my thread was ofensive for some people I swear that was not my intention :cry:

I all the time get into disscusions with other latinamerican forumers who insist that the ONLY truly real mexicans, are people with some physical features or that ALL the mexicans look as the same :nuts:... and some people (only a few, not all) begin to laught when I tell them that Mexico is a very ethnic diverse country.

In Mexico's National Museum of History, you can find at the begining of the tour at the first hall, this collage, that means all the ethnic diversity Mexico has :) :

If someone got ofended I want to apologize. I'm sorry :cry: It was not my intention.

If you consider closing the thread is the best thing to do, It's OK for me.

uh-huh. You're not thinking of collating all the pics here and posting them at the Mexican National Museum, or are you? Great! They'd all be immortalized for eternity. :lol:........ :jk:
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no hay nada personal, no problema :lol:.
I'm really surprised why some Latins think of uniform looks. :lol: Tell them to look at your own Policia, for heavens sakes! Frankly, in all our stay there I do not remember seeing any white Police Officer ~ & this is the capital city we're talkin. All the police officers and traffic teams and squad car teams were brown people, men and women alike. My companions marvelled that there were a lot of brown people in the distrito federal area. Even private security guards were brown. To be sure, there were also white people but the brown and white folks were almost equal in number, or so we observed... and my eyes do not need reading glasses yet. :lol:

oh yea, before I forget. Remind them that Juan Diego was brown and the Virgen de Guadalupe who appeared to him is also brown. The main website of the Virgen says that to understand the country of Mexico means to understand and appreciate the phenomena of the brown Virgen... so there you go.

The lady on the 3rd row, 2nd column from the bottom right corner looks like @Lili :D

I have to agree! :D But that lady looks a bit chubbier than Ate Lili. :D

pre paano kung may gustong magpakasal sa atin na Mexican:D sarap ng tacos, buritos at quesadillas doon pre:D

puede rin pero maaari naman natin silang dalhin dito, di ba pre? at pagsaluhan natin. :D

^^ Pupunta pa kayo sa Mexico,
http://manilasihawan.com/files/QuickSiteImages/lumpia_thumbnail2_op_800x533.jpg
http://cafecallereal.com/images/lumpia.jpg
Meyron naman tayo ritong LUMPIA (Prito at Sariwa)
http://southbound.ph/blog/wp-content/photos/serye/serye-banana-turon.jpg
Meyron din TURON.

TANGKILIKIN ANG SARILING ATIN!!!

I made a blog post before entitled "I Heart Pinas (http://comfortedlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-heart-pinas.html)."

I love being a Filipino. I don't know, but that's just the overwhelming sentiment that I am feeling right now. The fact that my non-Filipino friends love the country more than we sometimes do (like this Thai-Belgian blogger friend's post) makes me love my country even more.
The fact that American friends dearly mention their love for the country most of us would so lovingly leave for the sake of greener pastures on more hallowed ground (or whatever the heck that phrase meant.) No matter how most of us think that the country sucked big time, i still have this firm resolve that i will never exchange my citizenship for anything else.
It is the people who makes the nation, not the other way around. If the people are proud of what they've got, it will reflect on the way they take care of their country. No matter how beautiful your coastlines are, the fact that you don't have enough balls to make efforts in bringing in more tourists or make better airports to accommodate more tourists or at least make your town more beautiful by cleaning it regularly doesn't help a bit in elevating our image in the world stage.
There is so much to rave about Pinas. We have the jeepney, the warm Filipino smile, Manny Pacquiao, Jollibee, the endless karaoke singing, the long Filipino Christmas, the chicken adobo and tons of other things that make Filipinos feel proud (I was gonna say San Miguel Beer but...).
I pity those Filipinos who think the country is a hopeless case and that the only way for them to be prosperous is to work outside the country. I commend those athletes who give time, resources, effort, heart and soul into giving the country that much-needed distinction. I feel sorry to those people who would outright lambaste the country and its people. I am thankful, in the other hand to those celebrities who continue to bring pride to the country.
I will never trade my citizenship in exchange of a bigger bank account. If people left their hearts in San Francisco, I for sure had nailed, glued, cemented, and welded my heart in my beloved country Pilipinas.

^^matatakaw. :lol:

mapagbigay naman kami. we know how to share. basta ang mahalaga kami ang unang titikim. :D

@juan pilgrim: payborit ko yang turon. masarap ang saging na nakabalot sa malutong at manamis-namis na balat ng lumpia.

from_antipolo I made a blog post before entitled "I Heart Pinas (http://comfortedlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-heart-pinas.html)."

I love being a Filipino. I don't know, but that's just the overwhelming sentiment that I am feeling right now.

... I for sure had nailed, glued, cemented, and welded my heart in my beloved country Pilipinas.



from_antipolo Salamat for sharing this with us.

I am very glad there are still many Filipinos like you.
Filipinos who are proud to be FILIPINOS,
and are not ashamed of their country,
their culture, their appearance, their accent, and so on ...

Mabuhay ka at ang mga tulad mo.