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From: jchavez@td2cad.intel.com (Joas Chavez)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Jokes ???
Date: 13 Jan 93 01:38:51 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA USA

In article <1iv9m9INNdau@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> pang@cse.ucsc.edu (Alex Pang) writes:
>
>sige na nga ...
>
>this one is from my sister who heard it from her officemate.
>you need to have heavy visayan accent to get the joke though.
>
>question:	what's the difference between difference and
>		differences
>
>sirit na:	difference is di son of the king/queen, while
>		differences is di daughter of the king/queen.

makasali nga...

Filipino who changed their names after their U.S. Citizenship.

	Before				After

	Rogelio Dagdag			Roger More

	Eluterio Ignacio 		Eceltic Ignition

	Casimiro Bucayo			Cashmire Boquet

	Rolly "na" Bato			Rolling Stone


		Tawa naman diyan oh!  maawa kayo ....  rofl  :-)
From: labson@borneo.corp.sgi.com (Joel Labson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Jokes ???
Date: 12 Jan 93 20:50:44 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Alright Keep the jokes coming !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


In article <1iv9m9INNdau@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, pang@cse.ucsc.edu (Alex
Pang) writes:
|> 
|> sige na nga ...
|> 
|> this one is from my sister who heard it from her officemate.
|> you need to have heavy visayan accent to get the joke though.
|> 
|> question:	what's the difference between difference and
|> 		differences
|> 
|> sirit na:	difference is di son of the king/queen, while
|> 		differences is di daughter of the king/queen.

-- 
Thank You Very Much  
Joel R. Labson X5852
labson@borneo.corp.sgi.com
From: abner@wente.llnl.gov (Abner F. Bello)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Alternative Power in the Philippines
Date: 8 Jan 93 01:55:06 GMT
Distribution: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: UC Davis Dept of Applied Science at LLNL

Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 16:06:09 -0800
From: jamirt@ucs.orst.edu (Tomas Jamir)
To: abner@wente.llnl.gov

Here is a reply from a posting I made.  I don't know
if he posted this on the net because I lost a few 
messages on SCF.  Anyway, I hope you find this 
as interesting as I did.

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The use of thermal differences for generating electric energy is already 
well established. It is known as OTEC or Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion.  
Most studies in this area are done, I believe in Hawaii.  There are a 
number of problems with this new technology, the least of which at 
this point is the political pressure being exerted by big power companies.  

the Philippines may be suited for such alternate energy schemes if other 
related problems can be adequately solved.  Among them include a large 
capital outlay, problems with corrosion of thermal heat exchangers, 
heat exchanger efficiency, adverse oceanographic and atmospheric 
environment along the Philippine Deep region, comparative economic 
cost/benefits relative to other alternatives, etc.

On the use of solar energy for local electricity requirements, 
the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ) have developed/tested 
different modules for possible use in the country.  I learned about 
this some 10 years ago from a friend of mine who used to work with 
the Philippine counterpart of this project.  Also, lately, a business 
case study featured the possible use of this technology for Burias 
Island off Ragay Gulf in the Bicol Region.  From the case (see Business 
Policy in an Asian Setting by Soriano and Nehart?) I saw a number 
of potential pitfalls associated with its adoption.  Among these include 
initial capitalization and maintenance cost,  importation of solar panel 
materials (none is produced in the Philippines), climatic (can't 
function during the rainy season or during cloudy days), economic 
factors (e.g., most of the people who live in places without 
electricity are generally poor; there is usually no sustainable 
economic base to support this endeavor, hence,!
 they will end up being used to s

Tomas Vergel Jamir
College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-5504

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Abner Farrales Bello	Department of Applied Science (Physics, really)
Graduate Student	University of California, Davis/Livermore
			Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

                        abner@wente.llnl.gov
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From: pang@cse.ucsc.edu (Alex Pang)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Jokes ???
Date: 12 Jan 1993 20:28:57 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz (CE/CIS Boards)
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: arapaho.ucsc.edu


sige na nga ...

this one is from my sister who heard it from her officemate.
you need to have heavy visayan accent to get the joke though.

question:	what's the difference between difference and
		differences

sirit na:	difference is di son of the king/queen, while
		differences is di daughter of the king/queen.
From: arboleda@oregon.uoregon.edu (Rainelda Jiffin Arboleda)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: filipinos on broadway
Date: 7 Jan 1993 13:49 PST
Organization: University of Oregon
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: oregon.uoregon.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

speaking of filipinos on broadway,there is another filipino who is doing well
behind the scenes in broadway and off-broadway plays/musicals. he's loy
arcenas, and he's a terrific set designer. go watch "spic-o-rama, a one-man
play somewhere on w. 43rd st. loy designed the sets. he also designed the sets
for "once on this island," a very good musical which played both on and
off-broadway about two years ago. ang galing-galing!
From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Gov Plans to Compensate Insurgency Victims
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:59:28 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- President Fidel Ramos announced Sunday a
plan to indemnify victims of insurgencies that have cost tens of
thousands of lives and inflicted a heavy toll on the Philippines
economy.
	Ramos, a retired four-star general, has offered peace to the
country's three insurgent groups -- communist guerrillas, right-wing
military rebels and Muslim separatists -- shortly after he took office
June 30.
	But while the government is offering amnesty to the rebels, ``the
rights of the victims of war cannot also be ignored,'' Ramos said.
	``...Of course we would want to protect the interest of the majority
of the people, including the victims'', he said in a radio interview.
	Ramos said he asked the National Unification Council, an agency
looking into peace plans, to examine possible ways of indemnifying
victims of the insurgencies.
	Ramos said during his term as secretary of national defense under the
previous government of Corazon Aquino, claims for war damages,
particularly in the southern island of Mindanao, had been flooding his
office.
	He said the government has maintained records of these claims but was
not in the position to act on it.
	`` Maybe we can include these claims,'' he said.
	The Philippines faces threats from a 23-year communist rebellion, a
20-year war for Muslim independence in the southern Philippines and by
right-wing military plotter credited with seven attempted uprisings
since 1986.
	At least 50,000 Filipinos, mostly civilians, have died in the Muslim
rebellion and more than 21,500 were killed in the Communist insurgency,
government records showed.
	Almost 200 people were killed in the seven coup attempts from 1986 to
1989 against the Aquino government.
From: arboleda@oregon.uoregon.edu (Jiffin I. Arboleda)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: early fil-ams
Date: 12 Jan 93 18:09:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: oregon.12JAN199310093682
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Oregon
NNTP-Posting-Host: oregon.uoregon.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

the filipino student group at the university of oregon will be presenting its
annual cultural night on April 25, to kick off the university's international
week. i am asking anybody/everybody's help in finding audio, video and other
kinds of materials concerning early filipinos in the united states. pls. e-mail
any kind of help to me at this address:arboleda@oregon.uoregon.edu. we won't be
able to pay anything but we will be eternally greatful and we can acknowledge
your help in our souvenir program.

maraming salamat! 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: gilbertc@borland.com (Gilbert Catipon)
Subject: Repost of previous post in response to earlier post
Originator: gilbertc@genghis.borland.com
Organization: Borland International
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 01:10:49 GMT

===============================================================================

  Happy fiesta (Jan 6), to anyone from Ternate, Cavite. Why don't we post
our town fiestas this year and maybe enjoy some virtual bibinka (rice cakes)?  

Inihaw,
	I am posting this long article for Mr Castillo who is having trouble
posting to s.c.f.  It is about Eric's posting that I had missed. Sorry if
this offends anybody bandwidth or content-wise.  


Salamat,
Gilbert Catipon 
gilbertc@borland.com

=============================================================================

Hi Gilbert and to all scf'ers,

     I'm sorry but I think that I have deleted Eric's super long post
     [part 7] two weeks ago.  I'll see if I can back it up and re-post 
     here.  But for the meanwhile, I found his introduction to that 
     part 7 in my directory, where he stated his religion.  

     Below are Eric's posting......





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From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Imelda Reneges on Agreement
Date: 11 Jan 93 17:36:19 GMT
Followup-To: soc.cultuer.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- Imelda Marcos said Monday she would not
sign an agreement to return $356 million kept by the Marcoses in Swiss
accounts because the pact could put her in contempt with a U.S. court.
	The former first lady said the agreement violated a U.S. federal
court ruling late last year ordering the Marcos estate to compensate
some 10,000 victims of abuse during her late husband's 20-year rule.
	The family of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos has appealed the
decision.
	``I cannot sign the agreement with the Philippine government,'' Mrs.
Marcos said in a radio interview. ``If I do that, I will be in contempt
of court...and could be arrested.''
	Mrs. Marcos also said she would attempt to link President Fidel Ramos
and a powerful congressman to human rights abuses when she issues her
deposition on the case Thursday. Manila claims the $356 million, part of
up to $5 billion the Marcos allegedly looted from the country, came from
public funds.
	It said the cash belongs to the government and cannot be included in
claims against the Marcos estate.
	After several months of negotiations, the government and Mrs. Marcos'
lawyers set a Feb. 9 deadline to complete an agreement placing the money
in escrow in the Philippines until the courts decide the rightful owner.
	Mrs. Marcos said she would tell defense and prosecution lawyers
Thursday that Ramos and Representative Juan Ponce Enrile were party to
executions, torture and other abuses committed under her husband
government.
	``General Ramos and secretary Enrile were included (in allegations of
abuse),'' she said. ``We cannot understand why (the court) ignored this.
''
	Ramos, Marcos' second cousin, was paramilitary chief and vice chief
of staff during the martial law period of 1972 to 1981, when most of the
abuses were committed. Enrile was defense secretary.
	``This is a very important issue that must be known to all,'' Mrs.
Marcos said.
	Ramos and Enrile later turned against the dictator and led a
civilian-backed revolt that toppled him in 1986. Marcos died in Hawaiian
exile in 1989.
	Both men have rejected allegations that they were involved in the
abuses and said they tried to soften Marcos's harsh decrees during
martial law.
From: johnt@cs.ubc.ca (John Tanlimco)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Jokes ???
Date: 12 Jan 1993 18:12:03 -0800
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: cascade.cs.ubc.ca

In article <C0rr8s.153@inews.Intel.COM> jchavez@td2cad.intel.com (Joas Chavez) writes:
>Filipino who changed their names after their U.S. Citizenship.
>
>	Before				After
>
>	Rogelio Dagdag			Roger More
>	Eluterio Ignacio 		Eceltic Ignition
>	Casimiro Bucayo			Cashmire Boquet
>	Rolly "na" Bato			Rolling Stone


        Orang                           Orange
.
.
.

     
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John Jay Tanlimco | University of British Columbia  | #$%M#^H&*(()_+|&^$$##!@
johnt@ee.ubc.ca   | Dept. of Electrical Engineering | @#$%^&6()!@#7%^&M()_=!S
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From: mbernar@erenj.com (Marcelino Bernardo)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Traveling with laptop
Date: 10 Jan 93 15:38:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: erenj.1993Jan10.153816.13095
Organization: Exxon Research and Engineering, NJ

In article <ekevik-100193123436@inno-mac38.uio.no> ekevik@media.uio.no (Oystein Ekevik) writes:
>In article <C0LG0p.60L@cmcl2.nyu.edu>, snyder@acf3.nyu.edu (Kirk Snyder)
>wrote:
>
>
>> Has anyone tried taking this specific model of laptop to the
>> Philippines? Are there any problems with local power?  Does one
>> need to buy a special AC adapter or battery charger?  If so, are
>> they available there?
>
>- The voltage is 220 in the Philippines. Check whether your adapter is able
>to deal with that, if not, adapters are available in many places in Manila.
>A friend of mine has a Toshiba laptop bought in the Phil, I think they even
>have technical service-center somewhere in Metro-Manila. The problem is the
>brown-out, lasting from 3 - 6 hours daily. Better plan when you will
>recharge your laptop.

Beware: Although the voltage in the Philippines is 220, they use the same 
plugs as in the US where the voltage is 110.  Don't plug any 110 adapters/
hairdryers, etc. uless you are very sure the outlet is really 110.

mbernar@erenj.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: adap@edmund.cs.andrews.edu (Edsel Adap)
Subject: Re: notebook PC's
Organization: Andrews University
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 03:11:12 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.183001.9275@shearson.com> cabanero@shearson.com writes:
>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
>

If your notebook has a Hard Drive, be careful with magnetic scanners that
scan for bombs.  If they destroy your hard drive you may not be able to
start the machine up to demonstrate that it is indeed a computer :)

When I was there in the summer, we had to give "lagay" in order to get
through with no hassle.  You may want to prepare for this.  Also, I looked
at computer stores there and the prices of computers seemed to be the same.
I found 486-33 Gateways for about the same price they were here last summer.
(of course when converting from US $ to Phil Peso the prices were around
P40,000 to about P60,000)_

Hope this helps.

Edsel Adap
--
"That girl is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life
forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid
meeting."
________________________________________________________________________________
|    Procrastination is my sin          | Edsel Adap
|    It brings me naught but sorrow     | Computer Science / Mathematics Major
|    I know that I should stop it       | Andrews University
|    In fact I will -- Tomorrow!        |
|                         -Gloria Pitzer| adap@cs.andrews.edu
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From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Phil News 1/4/93
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:55:53 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

UPI NEWS AT A GLANCE [Jan 4]

	MANILA, Philippines -- President Fidel Ramos Monday belittled the
communist insurgency, saying it now only threatens isolated rural areas
and no longer endangers national security. Ramos made the statement as a
rift in the rebellion worsened when a Marxist death squad defied an
order to disband.

	MANILA, Philippines -- Government lawyers and former first lady Imelda
Marcos have agreed on terms of the transfer to Philippine banks of $356
million her late husband stashed in Switzerland, it was said Tuesday.
Solicitor General Raul Goco said the government has agreed that 70 per
cent of the amount be deposited in a government bank and the remaining
30 per cent in private financial institutions.
From: jchavez@td2cad.intel.com (Joas Chavez)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Traveling with laptop
Date: 11 Jan 93 18:19:48 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA USA

In article <1993Jan10.153816.13095@erenj.com> mbernar@erenj.com (Marcelino Bernardo) writes:
>In article <ekevik-100193123436@inno-mac38.uio.no> ekevik@media.uio.no (Oystein Ekevik) writes:
>>In article <C0LG0p.60L@cmcl2.nyu.edu>, snyder@acf3.nyu.edu (Kirk Snyder)
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Has anyone tried taking this specific model of laptop to the
>>> Philippines? Are there any problems with local power?  Does one
>>> need to buy a special AC adapter or battery charger?  If so, are
>>> they available there?
>>
>>- The voltage is 220 in the Philippines. Check whether your adapter is able
>>to deal with that, if not, adapters are available in many places in Manila.
>>A friend of mine has a Toshiba laptop bought in the Phil, I think they even
>>have technical service-center somewhere in Metro-Manila. The problem is the
>>brown-out, lasting from 3 - 6 hours daily. Better plan when you will
>>recharge your laptop.
>
>Beware: Although the voltage in the Philippines is 220, they use the same 
>plugs as in the US where the voltage is 110.  Don't plug any 110 adapters/
>hairdryers, etc. uless you are very sure the outlet is really 110.
>
>mbernar@erenj.com

 I may add that, even though you are sure that the output is 110 you may
consider using voltage regulator.  Beacause, the output also varies from
90 to 140.  Just to be safe.  I had experience it already on my battery
charger and my tow batteries were damage bec. of the unstable output.

joj



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Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: farrell@mot.com (Tod Farrell)
Subject: Re: murders in Palantine, Illinois
Organization: Motorola
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:39:49 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino

In article <1993Jan11.142337.27722@sbcs.sunysb.edu>,
albert@mathlab.sunysb.edu (Jose Ramon Albert) wrote:
> 
> 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.  
> 

Michael Castro  was Filipino and so was Rico Solis.  There was an interview
on TV here in Chicago with the mother of Rico.  If I remember correctly
they
said that he had only recently come to the USA.

My wife and I lived a couple blocks from that Brown's chicken 
until about a year ago!

A fund has been set up for financial donations to help the victims'
families:

Make checks payable to:
Palatine Cares
c/o Suburban National Bank
50 N. Brockway St. 
Palatine IL  60067

A separate collection is being taken to help ship the body of Guadeloupe
Maldonado back to Mexico.

Send checks to
Nortwest Suburban Hispanic Ministries
123 N. Plum Grove Road
Palatine IL 60067
(708) 359-1345
Please note that intention of the donation.

I agree with "Toots" prayers will be needed along with the money.

Tod Farrell
farrell@mot.com
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From: lvbcheng@athena.mit.edu (Beethoven Cheng)
Subject: rates for summer flights home
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:24:32 GMT


Hi! Does anyone know offhand of reputable travel agencies
that specialize in travel to the Philippines? I have read
the FAQ in rec.travel.air and have followed all discussions
on this newsgroup about fares and whatnot in the past few
months. What I am particularly interested in are these
'bucket shops' and/or consolidators mentioned in the
rec.travel.air FAQ. Anyone have any travel agency they'd
like to recommend? I'll post a summary if there is enough
interest.

-Beethoven Cheng
From: ekevik@media.uio.no (Oystein Ekevik)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Executed preacher
Date: 10 Jan 93 12:13:22 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: Dept. of Media & Communication

In article <gustilo-291292000103@ts6-12.upenn.edu>,
gustilo@pop-server.upenn.edu wrote:
> 
> In article <1992Dec28.135802.15143@odin.corp.sgi.com>,
> labson@borneo.corp.sgi.com (Joel Labson) wrote:
> > 
> > Any follow-up on the Christian Minister to be executed in Saudi on
> > Christmas Day??????
> 
> They were not executed (I believe there were two persons involved). Rather,
> they were deported to the Phils. Ramos did ask the Saudis for their
> release.
> 
> I am not at all certain that they were to be beheaded -- someone correct me
> on this.

- According to the Manila newspapers, they were to be beheaded. Luckely
they were instead deported (as of Jan. 8th).
*****************************************
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: jaylem@silver.spear.apana.org.au (Jaylem Roberts)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: >Jokes ???
Date: 13 Jan 1993 13:58:55 +1100
Organization: silver APANA uucp site Melbourne
NNTP-Posting-Host: silver.spear.apana.org.au

Alex Pang writes:

>sige na nga ...

>this one is from my sister who heard it from her officemate.
>you need to have heavy visayan accent to get the joke though.
                  ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^
Joke deleted:

Its *filipino accent*. 
Most filipinos have similar accents when it comes to speaking English.
Not flaming, just clarifying.

Salamat,
Jaylem