Tag: Filipinos

Why Filipinos Have Spanish-sounding Last Names

If you’ve heard something like this before or said it to a Filipino person, you’re in the right place. Chances are you’ve come across a Filipino and wondered why they have Spanish-sounding last names, like Garcia or Rodriguez. They have brown skin, eat rice with everything while pr...

How Filipinos Learn English (and Why Formal Education Is Overrated)

I have been single since 2010, so getting married is not in my present mind. But whenever I think of my future babies, I imagine myself pinching their cheeks and saying, “You’re so cute oh my gosh I’m so happy your daddy gave me you.” No pauses because their cuteness ...

Fragmented Filipinos: Rizal’s Dream to Build a Filipino Colony in North Borneo in 1892 — Part 2of 2

The Messy Hacienda de Calamba Agrarian Dispute A protracted agrarian legal dispute over vast tracts of land in Hacienda de Calamba (now Calamba, Laguna) between the Dominican friars and the prominent families in Calamba happened between 1887 to 1891. On August 14, 1890, in spite of a...