HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jcruz@etch-eshop.Berkeley.EDU (Joey Cruz)
Subject: Re: Joke Time
Keywords: buti pa siya
Organization: University of California at Berkeley
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:05:10 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.202159.7231@odin.corp.sgi.com> labson@borneo.corp.sgi.com (Joel Labson) writes:
>
>
>Hi all english language experts???? Please Translate this in
>English!!!!This could be worth $$$$ in English!!!!!!!E-mail if you're
>shy....Post if you dare!!!
>
>
>
>
>************************************************************************
>*********
>|> 	Thoughts on Valentine's Day
>|> 
>|> 		Buti Pa Siya
>|> 
>|> Buti pa ang Kalendaryo, may date....
>|> Buti pa ang Hersey's, may kisses
>|> Buti pa ang Probability may chances...
>|> 	...yung ibang tao, Wala....
>|> 
>|> Buti pa ang Exam's, sinasagot...
>|> Buti pa ang Film, nade-develop...
>|> Buti pa ang Hininga, hinahabol...
>|> 	...yung ibang tao, Hindi.
>|> 
>|> Buti pa ang Assignment, naiuuwi...
>|> Buti pa ang Baso, nadadampian ng labi...
>|> Buti pa ang Unan, katabi at kaakap sa gabi...
>|> 	...yung ibang tao, Hindi.
>|> 
>|> Buti pa ang Telepono, hini-"hello"-wan...
>|> Buti pa ang Typewriter, nata-type-pan...
>|> Buti pa ang Salamin, minamasdan...
>|> 	...yung ibang tao, Hindi.
>|> 
>|> Buti pa ang Panyo, iniiyakan...
>|> Buti pa ang Sugat, iniingatan at inaalagan...
>|> Buti pa ang Awit at Tugtog, magkasama...
>|> 	...yung ibang tao, Hindi.
>|> 
>|> Buti pa ang Tindera, nagpapatawad....
>|> Buti pa ang Kamalian, pinapansin...
>|> Buti pa ang Problema, lagin iniisip...
>|> 	...yung ibang tao, Hindi.
>|> 
>|> 
>|> 
>|> 
>|> 
>|> 
>|> 
>|> 
>|> 
>|> 
>|> 
>|> 
>|> 
>|> Buti pa ang Bra, sinusuportahan ka...
>|> Buti pa ang Panty, sa iyo nakadampi
>|> Buti pa ang Kotex, sa iyo ay naiipon...
>|> 	...yung ibang tao, Hindi.
>|> 
>|> Buti pa ang Susi, naipapasok...
>|> Buti pa ang Bola, nilalaro...
>|> Buti pa ang Itlog, binabati...
>|> 	...yung ibang tao, Hindi.
>|> 
>|> Buti pa ang Tela, inihimas...
>|> Buti pa ang Yelo, pinatitigas...
>|> Buti pa ang Sobre, dinidilaan...
>|> 	...bakit sa akin, Hindi.
>|> ---------------------------------------------------

Sirit na! Tagalis nang dati ang pina iingles mo e........

O eto maigsi lang ano sa ingles ang "pusod ng dagat?"
From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Kidnapped Man Escapes
Date: 26 Jan 93 17:55:47 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	OLONGAPO, Philippines -- A former U.S. Green Beret escaped from his
kidnappers early Tuesday when his guard fell asleep, authorities said.
Verlus Buck Motte told UPI he used his teeth to untie a rope binding his
hands and dashed to freedom less than 24 hours after he was abducted on
a downtown Manila street by four armed men.
From: labson@borneo.corp.sgi.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Music related Jokes
Date: 21 Jan 93 17:58:42 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA

Anybody has a Music Related Jokes......please post or e-mail..thanks.. 

--
From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Zumel Opens Talks with Gov
Date: 28 Jan 93 17:28:16 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- A right-wing rebel faction loyal to
Ferdinand Marcos opened peace talks with the government Thursday,
demanding the ousted dictator's remains be returned to the country.
	Former Brig. Gen. Jose Zumel, leader of the Soldiers of the Filipino
People said the demand was one of 10 points his group presented to
government negotiators.
	He would not elaborate on the other points but said they were ``for
the good of the Filipino people.''
	Marcos's body has been kept in a refrigerated crypt in Hawaii since
his death there in 1989, three years after he was chased out of power
and forced into exile.
	President Fidel Ramos has allowed the return of the remains, but
stipulated they must be flown directly to Marcos's northern home
province and buried there.
	The Marcos family has demanded a Manila burial with full military
honors.
	Alfredo Tadiar, chairman of the government panel, said the issue
could be discussed during the talks but that no firm decision on it
would be made in the forum.
	Zumel, former superintendent of the elite Philippine Military
Academy, surfaced last month to participate in the peace process after
spending six years in hiding.
	Shortly after a civilian-backed military revolt toppled Marcos and
declared Corazon Aquino president in February 1986, the former general
led some 100 soldiers in storming the plush Manila Hotel to try and
restore Marcos' rule.
	Aquino crushed the rebellion, the first of seven she would face in
her six-year term.
	The SFP joined forces with another right-wing faction, the Reform the
Armed Forces Movement (RAM) to launch a coup attempt that almost toppled
Aquino in December 1989.
	The government panel is scheduled Friday to begin formal talks with
RAM, which was behind at least four of the seven coup attempts.
	The talks are part of a peace process Ramos initiated after
succeeding Aquino in June 1992.
	He has also offered peace talks to the country's two other major
rebel groups -- Communist guerrillas and Muslim separatists.
	Those efforts have stalled due to rebel demands that formal talks be
held in a neutral country. Ramos has insisted they take place in the
Philippines.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: rblanco@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Rhenee M Blanco)
Subject: FIL-AMS
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:52:53 GMT


Re: Article 7756 in soc.culture.filipino..........

                Someone
                 ^^^^^
>From: R11334@waccvm.corp.mot.com (Cycle-Time-Sys Sh-Shuy)
>Subject: FIL-AMS
>Organization: Motorola
>Date: 21 Jan 1993 01:07:52 MST
>Nntp-Posting-Host: waccvm.corp.mot.com

                   thought
                   ^^^^^^^
>Here's an interesting article I saw on the paper today.  Some portions
>have been deleted:

               of sharing with us :
                  ^^^^^^^
[Reproduced Article featuring pronouncements attributed to a Julius
Paras of Stanford U deleted; please see Article 7756 of scf]

             Why, thank you very much.
                  ^^^^^^^^^
>Nice, huh ?  How about changing the name of this newsgroup to
>SOC.CONFUSED.FILIPINOS ?  or maybe REC.TRAVEL.PI  (as in "pee-eye").
>After all, vacations, travel and tourist spots are favorite topics.

Now, this is not very nice, really. I discovered this newsgroup very
recently, and while I will not endorse everything I have read so far
100%, I am still thankful for the participation of everyone in
this forum.    Filipinos
are generally a tolerant lot (not like some people we KKKnow); they
love to argue a lot (specially among themselves), but will consider
it rude to ignore, much less poke fun at, anyone asking for advice on
which place(s) to visit in the Philippines, which funny thing you
heard lately, etc. We are who we are, and IMHO the shame is on anyone
who would insist on making us feel ashamed of being Filipino.
==================================================================
 rhenee m. blanco, rblanco@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
===================================================================
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: ekevik@media.uio.no (Oystein Ekevik)
Subject: Re: Advice requested on what to see/do in Philippines
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: Dept. of Media & Communication
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:57:24 GMT

In article <1993Jan20.232920.8097@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>,
hhs@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (Sweetleaf) wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I'm about to leave for the Philippines for a month on business and
> I was hoping some of you s.c.f folk could give me some advice on 
> what to see/do while I'm there.  I'm planning on taking at least 
> a week of vacation time while I'm there after I'm done with my work.
> I've bought a couple of travel books but travel books are never as
> good as advice from people who have lived there.  So far I'm thinking
> of possibly visiting the following (I'll be working in Makati):
> 
> * Lake Taal (and volcano)
> * Baguio (I hear the rice terraces are very impressive)

- and quite far away from Baguio (Banawe).

> * I'm thinking of climbing Mt. Pulog
> * Hundred Islands
> * Puerto Galera
> * Boracay
> * Chocolate Hills
> 
> For information, I'm a 27 year old male (American).  I'm not too
> interested in real "touristy" places, and as a result I'm thinking
> that Hundred Islands, etc. might not be for me.

-  Hundred Islands is not "touristy". I have been there a couple of times,
last time was about one month ago (Dec. 25). In case you decide to go
there, try to share a boat-ride with others. It should not cost more than P
50 if you go from Alaminos. Bring food and drinks as well. You can't buy
anything in Hundred Islands.

>I'm basically interested in finding the best places to backpack (scenic beauty,
> e.g. mountains, waterfalls, etc.), as well as good snorkelling
> sites (I don't have a scuba license).
> 
> I get the feeling from some of the postings I've seen that it might
> not be very safe for me to travel to some southern areas (Basilan,
> Sulu).  Should I feel safe travelling to Mindanao?  Palawan?

- Palawan is regarded to be pretty safe. There are travel-agencies in
Manila that offers "mountain-trekking" in Palawan and Mt. Apo (Mindanao).
Have not tried them myself, but an American friend tried that Palawan tour
and he recommended it. Good beaches beside Boracay are Santa Cruz island,
just off the coast of Zamboanga city. Try to share the boat-ride there as
well, otherwise you might be ripped off. Santa Cruz has a PINK beach, white
sand mixed with red corals. Stay away from tourist-spots in Batangas, they
are expensive and not very good.


*****************************************
Oystein Ekevik, P.O.Box 1093, Blindern, 0317 Oslo
Dept. of Media & Communication
University of OSLO, Norway
e-mail ekevik@media.uio.no, fax ++47-2-694790
From: jchavez@td2cad.intel.com (Joas Chavez)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: stuff to see/do in the philippines
Date: 22 Jan 93 18:22:17 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA USA

In article <ekevik-220193093515@inno-mac38.uio.no> ekevik@media.uio.no (Oystein Ekevik) writes:
>In article <1jmq27INN874@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, pang@cse.ucsc.edu (Alex Pang)
>wrote:
>> 
>> take a ride on the Death Machine (DM) -- are they still around?
>> hang on the back of a packed jeepney
>
>> take a kalesa ride in ongpin (Chinatown of Manila)
>- Just be sure that horse is not overidden by a bus, which happened to me
>once.
>> 
>> alex
>
>- Excuse me for being an ignorant, but what is the Death Machine. Or maybe
>I don't know because I'm still alive?

---- Death Machine? DM for short,  It is the Passenger Bus in Metro
Manila.   And the very first ONE DOOR Mercedes Benz
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: samk@microsoft.com (Sam Kho)
Subject: Re: Re - Break-up of PLDT Monopoly
Date: 23 Jan 93 12:24:38 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

>	That is why you can't install a phone in the Phils that is not
>PLDT's (i.e Siemens).
>	At&T has virtuallyo presence in this industry. It is easily
>worth about half a billion dollars a year.
>	Ramos is certainly closer to the US industrial complex than to
>Germany's.
>	Could it be that this is AT&T's bid, through Ramos, to break
>Siemen's hold on the Phil telephone market ?
>	Interesting speculation....
>
>tito
>

even IF it is AT&T's bid, competition between 2 firms is still better than
non-competition among one.

  - sam -
From: rick.sanchez@EBay.Sun.COM (Rick Sanchez)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: PLDT
Date: 28 Jan 1993 18:49:50 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Mt. View, Ca.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: rick.sanchez@EBay.Sun.COM (Rick Sanchez)
NNTP-Posting-Host: takeahike.ebay.sun.com

ERIKB@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu Erik Bloom writes ... 
>>The real winner may be a British company named Cable&Wireless.  This company
>>is the second largest LD service in Britain and it owns most of the Hong Kong
>>Telephone and a number of other phone companies in former British colonies and>>elsewhere.  They also are major partners in the other Phil. LD company (
>>can't remember the name, but you can use it to call the US). 

Cable & Wireless has a significant investment in the Pacific Rim. With its
partner Standard Telephone COmpany (STC) of UK, it laid the PhilSin
(Phil-Singapore) and OLUHO (Okinawa-Luzon-Hongkong) submarine cable. 
 
Eastern Telecoms controlled by BAN group (Benedicto, Africa and Nieto) is
the C&W Phil affiliate and member of the submarine cable consortium.
During the Marcos era, C&W and Eastern Telecoms basically monopolized the 
Phil-Pacific Rim data and voice telecommunication.      
 
With the downfall of Marcos, I believe Eastern Telecoms reverts to its core 
business which is data telecommunication services. At this point in time 
I don't believe C&W is a major player in the Phil telecommunication 
industry
From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Kidnapped Man Escapes - 2
Date: 26 Jan 93 17:58:11 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	OLONGAPO, Philippines (UPI) -- A retired U.S. Green Beret escaped from
his kidnappers early Tuesday when his lone guard fell asleep,
authorities said.
	Verlus Buck Motte, 47, told United Press International he used his
teeth to untie a rope binding his hands and dashed to freedom less than
24 hours after he was abducted.
	Motte, a native of Florida, said he was walking in downtown Manila
Monday when four armed men forced him into a car. They brought him to a
house somewhere in Zambales province, 90 miles northwest of the capital,
called his business partner and demanded a $200,000 ransom, said police
Maj. Roberto Barnes.
	Motte said he asked to speak on the phone with his partner and told
him: ``Don't pay the ransom. Call the police immediately.''
	He said the kidnappers then grabbed the telephone from him. Three of
the kidnappers later went out of the house, leaving only one guard for
the night.
	``I took advantage of the situation when my abductor was asleep,''
Motte said. ``I untied the rope around my hands with my teeth and
slipped out.''
	Motte said he hitchhiked and walked three hours to reach Olongapo
City, some 30 miles from where he was being held captive.
	He reported the incident to the police in Olongapo, a city
surrounding the former U.S. Naval Base at Subic Bay.
	Kidnapping has become a lucrative industry in the Philippines,
preying mostly on wealthy ethnic Chinese businessmen and their families.
	Muslim gunmen are still holding two Spanish nuns in the southern
island of Mindanao whom they abducted last week.
From: fragante@unixg.ubc.ca (Gv Fragante)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Padala
Date: 21 Jan 93 19:14:04 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

In <3cOj02wn33AI01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> eus10@harimanok.amdahl.com (Jun Soriano) writes:

>also, if you're bringing some "alcohol" stuff go for Tequila 1800, forget those	chivas, j&b, black label, and etc.......they're so many back home.


BTW, if you plan to buy some snacks, smokes and liquor - suggest you buy them
at the Duty Free complex in MNL. You're given 48 hours from your arrival to
spend US$2000.00. Of course, there is a limit on the quantity of certain goods
you can buy. Despite this, it's still a good way to buy pasalubongs for your
relatives and friends without the burden of bringing them on the plan with you.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: an7762@anon.penet.fi
Subject: PLDT
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.filipino
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:49:18 GMT

According to the latest PLDT survey:

	There are 98% of Philippine household waiting to get
	a phone line. The other 2%, well -- they're waiting for a
	dial tone.
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From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Gov NPA to Announce Peace Negotiators
Date: 21 Jan 93 18:41:19 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- The government and right-wing rebels will
 announce Friday the members of their respective negotiating panels,
paving the way for the start of formal talks to end the seven-year
rebellion, an official said.
	Haydee Yorac, head of the National Unification Council (NUC), said
the government and the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) will
reveal the names of the negotiators after their meeting Friday to work
out technical details for the beginning of the peace talks.
	``After (these) have been defined by both parties, we will set up a
regular system of meetings with each other so that the peace process can
be undertaken as quickly as possible,'' she said Thursday.
	RAM was behind at least four of seven coup attempts former president
Corazon Aquino crushed during her six-year term.
	Shortly after he succeeded Aquino in June, President Fidel Ramos
offered peace talks and amnesty to the RAM and the country's two other
major rebel groups -- left-wing guerrillas and Muslim separatists.
	Negotiations with the two other groups have been stymied by their
demands to hold formal discussions in third countries. The government
has insisted formal talks take place in the Philippines.
From: gervasio@Ross.COM (Gregorio T. Gervasio, Jr.)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: H-1 Visa Holders
Keywords: POEA
Date: 23 Jan 93 19:36:53 GMT
Organization: ROSS Technology, Inc. -- Austin, TX


	Warning to H-1 visa holders: Did you know that you probably
have to register with the Philippine Overseas Employment
Administration (POEA) every time you go home?  Otherwise, you will not
be allowed to leave the Philippines.

	If you were recruited back home, you know this already.  The
recruiter or the airline office probably told you about this
requirement.  However, if you studied abroad and got your job after
graduating (like me) you probably had no way of finding out about
this.

	I was already at the airport getting ready to depart when I
found out about this "regulation".  The airline counter will not let
you check in and the immigration counter will not let you through if
you have not registered with the POEA.  Apparently, this regulation
was put up to protect contract workers from illegal recruiters.  You
can try to argue that you are not really a contract worker (being a
full-time employee), or that you are just home for a vacation, or that
you have no way of finding out about this.  I tried but it did me no
good.  As you can imagine, this is a very unpleasant thing to find out
when you all set to leave.  I had to cancel my travel plans and rebook
flights because you can only register at the POEA office on EDSA and
Ortigas -- which is open only on weekdays, of course.  It was very
frustrating.

	Registering at the POEA is not that easy, either.  There is a
huge line of contract workers trying to register so you have to come
early.  Even then, it could take you a couple of days.  The POEA
requires a copy of your contract (use your judgement as to what this
would be for your case), your passport, your airplane tickets, -- and
P800.  You have to register every time you visit the Philippines!  The
only consolation to all this is that you don't have to pay the P1650
travel tax at the airport.

	I hope this helps someone.  It may not apply to all H-1 visa
holders but the best thing to do is to make sure before you go home.
I wish someone had warned me about this.
--
| Gregorio T. Gervasio, Jr. / gervasio@Ross.COM / gervasio%ross@cs.utexas.EDU /
| ROSS Technology, Inc.    /   5316 Hwy. 290 W, Suite 500, Austin, TX  78735 /
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
From: KNIRI@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH (Stoessel, Marcel)
Subject: trip to prague. departure betw. 3rd and 8th of april, 1993
Organization: ETH ZUERICH
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:01:11 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24


Hello to everybody!

I am planning to do a trip from Switzerland to Prague. It is already the 3rd
time, but I am looking for yet another cheap possibility to travel, for the
cheapest possible way. If anyone knows some way, please let me know.

BTW: Prague is wonderful!

C U
-Marcel
From: hybl@umbc.edu (Dr. Albert Hybl)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
Subject: Re: Good Book Store in Slovakia ?
Date: 28 Jan 1993 10:44:30 -0500
Organization: Univ. of MD, Baltimore County
NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc4.umbc.edu

In article <1993Jan28.084217.10840@siemens.co.at> pse5327@siemens.co.at (Abolghassem Salahi) writes:
>I'm pretty tired of going to bookstores only to find they only have Angelica 8
>or 9 or Krasna Katerina. I'm looking for a shop or publisher's address 
>from where I can buy a wide selection of 18-20th century classic european
>literature in Slovak or Czech.
>
>Alexis.

I'll join in this quest.  I've looked for the telephone directory
for Praha, Brno and Bratislave in Baltimore's main Public
Library, but learned that they do not shelf them.  If someone
has easy acces to a copy and would post the Name and address for
the bookshops (knihkupectvi) or booksellers (knihkupec) or
publishers (vydavatel) listed in the yellow pages of the telephone
directory for Praha etc, this would help us begin to locate sources
of books and catalogs of books published in Czech or Slovak.  Is
there an equivalent to "Books in Print" for Czechoslovak books?

Alternately, please mail a copy of appropriate pages or a whole
telephone book to me.

Nazdar,
Albert Hybl   (hybl@umbc4.umbc.edu)
4107 Westview Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21218
USA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
From: ek@patty.gud.siemens.co.at (Ernst Krudl)
Subject: Re: REPLY REQUESTED
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:59:13 GMT
Organization: SIEMENS Austria Corp., A-1100 Wien, Gudrunstr. 11
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

POST recieved
Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
Ernst Krudl, Vienna, Austria (ek@patty.gud.siemens.co.at)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
Subject: REPLY REQUESTED
From: mscs262@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 23 Jan 93 16:19:00 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

POST



Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
From: vlado@bnr.ca (Vlado Vavroch)
Subject: Re: Good Book Store in Slovakia ?
Reply-To: vlado@bnr.ca (Vlado Vavroch)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 15:18:56 GMT

There is a good Czech book store in Vienna. It is called Pasternak Book Store
(or something similar) and it is next to Mariahilfer str. (around the corner
from Herzmansky's) on Lindengasse(?).
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
From: ehle@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ehle)
Subject: Looking for conversation practice in SF Bay Area
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: ba
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 20:01:16 GMT

I've posted this request once before a few months ago, and am just
fishing again. I live in San Francisco and work at Stanford
University. I've now had about three months of private lessons in
Czech and am looking for more opportunities to practice the language.
The lessons continue, so I can't afford to pay anyone for this
practice, but I'll buy you kavu, caj or pivo. 

Weekends in the city are best.  Please call me at 415/861-8835 if
you're interested, or reply to this post via e-mail.


-- 
		
				Rob Ehle
				Stanford University Press
				ehle@leland.stanford.edu