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From: jchavez@td2cad.intel.com (Joas Chavez)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Vacation in the Philippines! Which is the best places to see?
Date: 8 Jan 93 22:45:30 GMT
Distribution: soc
Organization: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA USA

In article <etxtnil.726481254@garbob25> etxtnil@garbob25.ericsson.se (Tomas Nilsson) writes:
>
>I'm not sure if this is the right group to make the posting to...
>but anyway I would be greatful for some help.
>
>I am planning to go to the Philippines on vacation. I have heard that
>Hudred Islands (Pangasinan) is a nice place to visit. 


Yes!  Hundred Islands is one of the good place to visit in the northern
part.
	Borracay also is "THE" Place to consider.  I hope you have a lot
of time to spend.  
  
>to know more about Pangasinan. Where do I find the best food stalls
>,hotels that are not so expensive? 
>

	I recommend the Bangusan in Makati Center.  They serve boneless
Bangus(Milkfish) on a hot metal platter.  They really cook them great.
	As far as Hotel naman try Manila Peninsula.

>By the way is it a good advice to buy computer stuff over there?
>

	I am not really familiar for the High Tech Stuff out there.

>Thanx in advance.
>
My Pleasure...
 
>/Tomas


Jojo...   
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: an3892@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Couple Killed in Bukidnon Prov
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.filipino
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 12:46:31 GMT

        MALAYBALAY, Philippines (UPI) -- Three men believed to be members of a
religious cult beheaded a husband and wife in the southern Philippines
after the couple refused to hand over their farm animals for a ritual
sacrifice, police said Wednesday.
        Col. Teodorico Viduya, a police provincial commander, said the men
killed Florentino Solis and his wife, Elena, late Monday in Kitaotao
town, Bukidnon province, 550 miles south of Manila.
        Neighbors said the suspects demanded the couple donate their four
water buffaloes for a religious sacrifice and became enraged when they
refused.
        Authorities found the couple's decapitated bodies in their residence
early Tuesday. Their water buffaloes and about $125 in cash were
missing.
        Witnesses said the men, armed with machetes and World War II rifles,
later butchered the buffaloes in a ritual staged on the outskirts of
Kitaotao.
        Investigators found the animals' heads hanging in a tree near the
site.
        Police said they suspect the three men are members of a local cult
that also practices cannibalism.

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From: silatman@hls.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: The Origin of Western Thinking Process
Date: 11 Jan 93 20:08:39 GMT
From: silatman@hls.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.europe,rec.martial-arts
Subject: The Origin of Western Thinking Process
Date: 11 Jan 93 12:07:38 PST
Organization:
From: silatman@hls.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.usa
Subject: The Origin of Western Thinking Process
Date: 11 Jan 93 12:05:57 PST
Organization:
From: jaylem@silver.spear.apana.org.au (Jaylem Roberts)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Jokes ???
Date: 13 Jan 1993 14:42:10 +1100
Organization: silver APANA uucp site Melbourne
NNTP-Posting-Host: silver.spear.apana.org.au

A "probensya" (from the province) lady is taking her 
parents to dine with her future in-laws.

Before they go shes advising or teaching her parents about table
manners.

When she comes to toothpicks, she told them to cover the mouth
with one hand and use the toothpick with the other.

The dinner went smoothly, her father reached for
the toothpicks, remembering what his daughter said, 
he carefully covers his mouth with his hand 
and cleans his ear with the toothpick

Jaylem
From: jchavez@td2cad.intel.com (Joas Chavez)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Tagalog Lessons
Date: 12 Jan 93 22:20:48 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA USA

In article <1993Jan12.163611.6315@nas.nasa.gov> duque@wk117.nas.nasa.gov (Earl P. N. Duque) writes:
>I'm interested in learning to speak Tagalog and/or Ilocano.   Does 
>anyone out there know of conversational Tagalog classes offered in 
>the San Francisco Bay Area ?  I'm an american born and my parents are
>Ilocano so of course I can understand a little Ilocano, if enough
>english is mixed in :-). 
>
>Thanks for any info
>
Earl i think Berkeley is offering Tagalog classes.  Try
From: jaylem@silver.spear.apana.org.au (Jaylem Roberts)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re:Notebook PC's
Date: 5 Jan 1993 14:15:03 +1100
Summary: travel to Manila
Keywords: Custom Manila

In article <iD6TwB2w165w@student.business.uwo.ca>, htodino@student.business.uwo.ca (Honorio S. Todino) writes:
>> Manigong bagong taon sa inyong lahat!

>Thanks!  I hope yours will be happy too!

>> I will be going to the Philippines for a conference/vacation in February. 
>> I am hoping to have a notebook PC to keep working on my research (while 
>> sitting on the beach in La Union, under the coconut trees--aaaah). Now my 
>> questions are: If any of you have tried to handcarry a PC back have you 
>> had problems with Customs? Will they ask for lagay or for customs fees? 
>> Do I need to prove that I will bring it back here? If so how? 
>> Alternatively, would it be cheaper to buy a notebook PC in the Phil. than 
>> here? Do we have any local manufacturers or stuff from Taiwan, etc.?

> I have some friends who just came back and they told me that hardware
> was more expensive in the Philippines (though software is not <grin>
> as previous posts have mentioned).  I'm not sure if the difference is
> due to some duty imposed on imports or due to the valuation of the
> Peso.  I wish UP was on the internet so we could get this kind of
> info from a reliable and timely source...

>> Tips and suggestions will be appreciated. Salamat po.
                                                    ^^
> Do I sound that old? :-)

> Cheers,

> Chris

My husband has hand carried (lugged) his Compaq 386 Portable through
Manila Airport, to and from Australia with no problems. No lagay,
paperwork or anything.

Can confirm what Chris says re hardware prices.

Maligayang paglalakbay,

Jaylem Roberts 

Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: flip@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Kenneth Ilio)
Subject: Re: murders in Palantine, Illinois
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:09:30 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.142337.27722@sbcs.sunysb.edu> albert@mathlab.sunysb.edu (Jose Ramon Albert) writes:
>The recent murder case in Palantine, Illinois featured a boy with 
>a surname of Castro (the parents looked and sounded Filipino).  
>Does anybody have information about this? 
>
>BTW, even if the fellow is not Filipino, these murders are deplorable. 
>Let us try to mention a prayer for the victims, their families and
>friends and even for the murderer.  
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
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>albert@ams.sunysb.edu                          pinanggalingan, di
>Department of Applied Math and Statistics      makararating sa
>State University of New York at Stony Brook    patutungohan" 
>Stony Brook, NY 11794-3600
>(516) 632-2192
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yup, he was a filipino.  according to the newspapers here, he was
17 years old, and a sophomore in high school.  he just came from
the Philippines 2 years ago.  apparently he was doing well in 
school ... he was in their co-op program.  there is supposed to be
a fund being set up for the families of the victims ... if you
care to donate some amount, let me know so i could post the address 
to where the money should be sent ...

Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: temiraso@vela.acs.oakland.edu (thomas e mirasol)
Subject: 9-ball semi-finals on espn
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 03:41:10 GMT

Last week, someone mentioned the 9-ball championships on espn which
featured our very own Jose "Amang" Parica.  Well last Sunday, they
showed the semi-final round.  It was JP against the #1 rated player in
the U.S.  It was a first-to-reach 9 wins series and JP lost 9-7.

JP lost it in the 14th game.  The score was tied 7-7 and JP was on a
roll.  He had cleared the table except for the 8 and 9 balls.  The
8-ball was not in a difficult spot and JP missed.  This opened up the
door for his opponent and he lost the game and the next one.

w for my comments.  I strongly believe that Jose Parica intentionally
lost that game.  I have hung around billiard halls a lot in my younger
days and I have seen people hustled.  I myself have been hustled by
a player once. Remember the movie "Color of Money" where in the end Tom
Cruise intenti
onally loses to Paul Newman in return for a bigger payoff.  This is the
same case.  I don't know what the rest of the netters feel, but I
think he intentionally lost and it was definitely for money.

Flames welcome.



Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: g9utxu@fnma.COM (Tanin Uthayanaka)
Subject: Re: Pinoy in the 9 Ball Semifinals
Reply-To: g9utxu@fnma.COM
Organization: Fannie Mae
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:23:55 GMT

In article 1441@bridge2.NSD.3Com.COM, dannya@ESD.3Com.COM (Danny Alvendia) writes:
>
> I saw in ESPN last night a semifinals match between
> Jose Parica and Buddy Hall.
>
> They played 9 ball and Parica (Pinoy) won the match
> 9 - 5. Is this a replay? Nevertheless, I marveled at
> the way Jose Parica played and also his composure.
>
> I noticed however, that both players would smirk or
> give a devilish grin when they would make a great
> shot. They must be playing mind games. 
>
> Parica is the '92 9-Ball champion in the Philippines
> and has since moved and lives in La Puente, Cal. He was
> dwarfed by the tall and burly Hall but then pool is a 
> game of finesse and not strength.
>
> If this is a replay, can anyone tell me what became of
> Jose Parica?
>
> Salamat at ingat,
>
> /Danny


I saw that too. The man is cooooool. Did you see that long reverse bank shot !!!!
I can't wait to watch the next match.

TU
From: labson@borneo.corp.sgi.com (Joel Labson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Jokes ???
Date: 12 Jan 93 20:08:46 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

If anyone has a collections of Pinoy jokes, please e-mail me or just
post them....Thanks...

- joel
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: an3892@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Police Rescue 4 Kidnap Victims
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.filipino
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 04:45:33 GMT

        MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- Police rescued four kidnap victims Friday
and arrested nine suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate in two
pre-dawn raids just outside the capital, authorities said.
        Col. Ramsey Ocampo, chief of a police anti-Kidnapping team, said
Jermyn Chua, 12, his brother Stanley, 14, their driver and a maid were
freed after a brief firefight between police and the suspects in
Calamba, Laguna province 30 miles south of Manila.
        Ocampo said the kidnapers fled during the shootout, leaving the
victims unharmed inside a tent in a sugar cane plantation they had used
as a hideout.
        Two police officers were wounded in the gun fire.
        Hours later, police raided a second hideout nearby thought to have
been used by the same gang that snatched the Chua brothers from a busy
downtown highway Wednesday. They arrested nine suspects in the
operation.
        It was not known if any of the suspects had been involved in the Chua
kidnapping.
        The raids came one day after police killed four kidnappers and their
teenage girl victim during a rush hour car chase shootout on one of
Manila's busiest highways.
        President Ramos's spokesperson called the death of the victim,
Charlene Mae Sy, 15, ``unfortunate'' and said the government would
investigate the incident.
        Sy and the Chua brothers were members of the influential Chinese-
Filipino community, which has become a prime target for kidnap gangs
operating throughout the country.
        Most of the victims are released after paying a large ransom and
their families rarely complain to the police -- partly out of fear that
some police officers and soldiers are involved in the kidnapping
syndicates.
        Teresita Ang See, editor of a monthly Chinese-Filipino newspaper,
estimated at least 170 ethnic Chinese were kidnapped during 1992.
        She warned that several wealthy families in the community were
fleeing the country and called on Ramos to put an end to the abductions.

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From: duque@wk117.nas.nasa.gov (Earl P. N. Duque)
Subject: Tagalog Lessons
Organization: NAS Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 16:36:11 GMT

I'm interested in learning to speak Tagalog and/or Ilocano.   Does 
anyone out there know of conversational Tagalog classes offered in 
the San Francisco Bay Area ?  I'm an american born and my parents are
Ilocano so of course I can understand a little Ilocano, if enough
english is mixed in :-). 

Thanks for any info


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: an3892@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Barnes Rescuers Charged with Murder
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.filipino
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 03:56:43 GMT

        MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- The government filed murder charges
Tuesday against 29 police officers for the killings of two people during
an operation that freed a kidnapped U.S. executive 10 months ago.
        A justice department panel filed the charges after concluding that
two alleged kidnappers of Michael Barnes were shot ``in cold blood''
during a police raid on their hideout in Paranaque last March 18.
        Witnesses have told the panel the two suspects offered no resistance
when police operatives barged into the house where Barnes, vice
president of a subsidiary of a U.S.-based oil firm, was being held.
        Assistant chief prosecutor Aurelio Trampe said the officers, led by a
woman police colonel, ``conspired with one another'' in killing the
alleged kidnappers. He urged a lower court not to grant them bail.
        Barnes, of Long Beach, Calif., was abducted in January by a criminal
gang, which police officials said maintained ties with a communist death
squad operating in Manila. The rebels have denied any connection with
the group.
        Fourteen suspected kidnappers were killed in six separate raids in
the capital during the operation to free Barnes.
        Trampe said the department was still gathering evidence for the
filing of similar charges against 104 other operatives who participated
in the rescue operation.

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From: cabanero@shearson.com (Vincent Cabanero)
Subject: Re: notebook PC's
Reply-To: cabanero@shearson.com
Organization: Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 18:30:01 GMT

Before coming in to Manila, be sure to have all the receipts with you
proving that the machine is being brought in as used, and not new.  This
is to keep the customs people from insisting that your machine be 
assessed as new.

Also, make sure that you *can* demonstrate to customs people that your
machine is indeed a computer by starting the operating system.  In airports
where security is tight, they try to screen the machine for possible
concealed bombs and such.  Starting a simple application, say a wordprocessing
program, will usually allay their fears.

Bon voyage!

V
From: dsc3jfs@imc10.med.navy.mil (John Skoda)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
Subject: Looking for Skodas
Date: 6 Jan 93 14:34:43 GMT
Organization: Electronic Learning Facilitator, inc


 Before the holidays I posted a question concerning a family name,
living near Branderstchat.  My information was very dated, and in
talking with my grandfather I found out the my family originated in
Bratislava. (Which I easily found on an atlas)  I am wondering if
Skoda is the real Slavic, or if it is anglisized.  Other folks have
suggested that it might have been Germanized first.  My family
immigrated in 1914 or 1916.
	The other information that I have is that my great-great
grandfather was the _only_ male child born.  If that is the case I
would think that Skoda would be a rare name but, I've seen evidence to
the contrary.  
	Thanks to the folks who have already helped, and thanks in
advance for any information you might share...
--

-- John F Skoda                              The nice thing about standards   
-- electronic learning facilitators, inc.    is that there are so many to
-- Bethesda, MD                              choose from, and if you dont
-- dsc3jfs@imc10.med.navy.mil                see one you like, wait 'till
with DISCLAIMER_PACKAGE;                     next year...
						--Unknown
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Date: Monday, 11 Jan 1993 10:34:24 PST
From: H. Galic <GALIC@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
Subject: New two-letter ISO country codes??

I need to know official, two-letter country codes
for the new Czech and Slovak republics. Please
answer to both soc.culture.czecho-slovak , and
to my private e-mail address. Thanks!
H. Galic, Stanford U.
From: hybl@umbc3.umbc.edu (Dr. Albert Hybl)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
Subject: An Alphonse Mucha sighting
Date: 11 Jan 1993 13:36:52 -0500
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc4.umbc.edu

The following snippet, placed on our refrigerator door,
was apparently clipped from page 6G of the FOOD & HOME section
of a recent issue of the Baltimore SUN.

=========
Title:  "Postcards can be stamped with value"
Byline  Chicago Tribune
Text:

Old picture postcards ranging from historical to hilarious are
of great interest to collectors.

Depending on their type, artwork, artist signatures if any,
subject matter, advertisements, importance, desirability,
scarcity and rarity, old postcards can range in value from less
than a dollar to thousands.

If you come across (and it can happen) a postcard advertising
Waverley Cycles, picturing a sexy woman on such a cycle with
the straps of her dress falling off her shoulders, pay
attention.  The postcard was reproduced in 1898 from a large
poster illustrated by Alphonse Mucha.

Such an example (with only five known thus far to exist) was
sold in 1990 for $13,500.

The card, imprinted Waverly Cycles at the top, can be
recognized easily, but don't faint if you find one, or someone
else will snatch it while you're out.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
From: jroth@athena.mit.edu (Jakub Roth)
Subject: Re: Slowakische und tschechische Newsgroup?
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:43:49 GMT

> The child is born, the christian name will be choosen later.

You surely meant the "first name" by "christian", right? Otherwise I'd be nameless I
suppose... :)

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From: hermann@loria.fr (Miki Hermann)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
Subject: Re: Looking for Skodas
Date: 7 Jan 93 07:59:00 GMT
Organization: CRIN (CNRS) Nancy - INRIA Lorraine

In article <DSC3JFS.93Jan6093443@imc10.med.navy.mil>, dsc3jfs@imc10.med.navy.mil (John Skoda) writes:
|> 
|>  Before the holidays I posted a question concerning a family name,
|> living near Branderstchat.  My information was very dated, and in
|> talking with my grandfather I found out the my family originated in
|> Bratislava. (Which I easily found on an atlas)  I am wondering if
|> Skoda is the real Slavic, or if it is anglisized.  Other folks have
|> suggested that it might have been Germanized first.  My family
|> immigrated in 1914 or 1916.
|> 	The other information that I have is that my great-great
|> grandfather was the _only_ male child born.  If that is the case I
|> would think that Skoda would be a rare name but, I've seen evidence to
|> the contrary.  
|> 	Thanks to the folks who have already helped, and thanks in
|> advance for any information you might share...
|> --


Skoda is a usual czech or slovak name. It is not so widely used as Novak or
Novotny, but nevertheless it is the name of the founder of a car production plant
in Mlada Boleslav. Never heard a Skoda joke ?


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From: tmarvan@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Thomas Marvan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
Subject: Re: split
Keywords: flags, emblems
Date: 5 Jan 93 03:58:20 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <1993Jan4.151504.18996@husc3.harvard.edu> kordyle1@husc11.harvard.edu (Marek Kordylewski) writes:
>What do the new Czech and Slovak National Emblems and Flags look like?


I understand the Czechs will maintain the old red and white panels
with the blue triangle.  Slovakia, I understand, went back to the
"old" flag, but I'm not sure what that means.  Is it the red and
white one (similar to the Polish one)?


And what is meant by the emblems exactly?  The only emblem I recall
is the one with the lion with two tails (holding a shield?  My
memory is rusty). 

I think that emblem is used still by a Czech music recording company
(whose name is on the tip of my tongue.  Help, what is it!)


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From: kordyle1@husc11.harvard.edu (Marek Kordylewski)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
Subject: Re: split
Keywords: flags, emblems
Date: 4 Jan 93 20:15:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1993Jan4.151504.18996
Distribution: world
Organization: Harvard University

What do the new Czech and Slovak National Emblems and Flags look like?

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					Kordyle1@husc.Bitnet
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak