tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33029221.post115744265786078872..comments2023-10-16T18:59:34.403+08:00Comments on Living and Learning in the Philippines: Filipinos Worship the White Skinned, Degrade the Dark SkinnedAIEPROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808666601963090521noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33029221.post-1157512632499832682006-09-06T11:17:00.000+08:002006-09-06T11:17:00.000+08:00good for you, filipinos with dark and golden brown...good for you, filipinos with dark and golden brown skin. i, on the other hand, must put in so much effort to get darker only to last for a week or two, And be mistaken for for other asian ethnicity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33029221.post-1157466835984211312006-09-05T22:33:00.000+08:002006-09-05T22:33:00.000+08:00"but so can..." = "but so is..."Sorry about that ^..."but so can..." = "but so is..."<BR/><BR/>Sorry about that ^^;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33029221.post-1157466762484862002006-09-05T22:32:00.000+08:002006-09-05T22:32:00.000+08:00I don't know if you've heard this, but there's a F...I don't know if you've heard this, but there's a Filipino folktale about the origin of skin colors. Supposedly Bathala was making man by shaping clay and then baking it in his oven. The first man Bathala made was under-baked, and so this first man emerged from the oven pale-skinned: the first Caucasian. The second time, Bathala overestimated the baking time -- he probably didn't want to repeat Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33029221.post-1157465923016362562006-09-05T22:18:00.000+08:002006-09-05T22:18:00.000+08:00I'm proud of my eternal brown skin. Still, the los...I'm proud of my eternal brown skin. Still, the loss of national identity is the culprit. I say loss because nobody really bothers to find for themselves the true meaning of being Filipino. We did not lose it, it was always there waiting to be discovered. But sad to say, most would rather embrace a culture so foreign to us. You're lucky, you never forgot who and what you really are.schumeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04108322660937822808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33029221.post-1157447151562193562006-09-05T17:05:00.000+08:002006-09-05T17:05:00.000+08:00Thus the increasing number of whitening thingamaji...Thus the increasing number of whitening thingamajigs and whatchamacallits that have been emerging lately in this country. Tsk tsk.<BR/><BR/>Like being copper-skinned is a curse, huh? So sad.<BR/><BR/>Anyhoo, thanks for leaving your insightful comment on one of my posts. Come back anytime. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com