Comments by "Angry Kittens" (@AngryKittens) on "KBS WORLD TV" channel.

  1.  @angelahaina9153  First off: for the majority of Filipinos, Tagalog is NOT their native language. Tagalog is only the native language of the Tagalog people. Secondly, Tagalog is NOT a mixture of Spanish and Malay. It's a mixture of Tagalog and Spanish. Tagalog is not a descendant of Malay. They belong to the same language family, but they are two completely different languages. Same with other Philippine languages. The similarities is only because they are related. In the same way that English and German are related. Or Italian and Spanish. Thirdly, Jose Rizal spoke Spanish as his native language. He was an ilustrado. Members of the educated class who spoke Spanish as their primary language. He did not speak Tagalog well at all, and even commented on it in his later letters when he was trying to find the Tagalog word for "freedom". And before you quote the "Sa Aking Mga Kabata" poem, Rizal did NOT write that poem. That is now known to be a hoax, likely created by Hermenigildo Cruz, an American-era propagandist and poet, who supposedly "discovered" the poem. Even if the poem was never mentioned once in all of Rizal's writings when he was alive. Indeed, Rizal NEVER wrote a Tagalog poem. Ever. The poem was then used by the Americans to promote Rizal as the national hero and to encourage Filipinos to drop Spanish in favor of Tagalog and English. Because he was non-violent, which would mean Americans would have an easier time teaching about him, than the other revolutionaries who actually fought colonizers (Americans were perfectly aware that they were colonizers too). Indeed, Rizal did not die for that shit. Rizal died because he was trying to get representation for the Philippines directly in the Spanish Royal Court as a true province. He never wanted independence. He just wanted Spain to fix the corruption and abuses of the local colonial government and the Catholic church.
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  2.  @ifeelsofancy2845  When you have no valid arguments, you insult the messenger. LOL. Argumentum ad hominem. Magbasa ka, iha. You don't need to be a historian to know history. Haha. And no, hindi history ang Sibika at Kultura na textbook mo sa elementary. Yan ang problema sa inyong mga Tagalog, akala ninyo Tagalog lang ang "totoong" Pilipino. At ang ironic part pa, eh hindi nyo pala alam na ibang lenguahe ang Tagalog. Akala nyo version lang sya ng "Malay". Kaya wala kayong identity. Imbes na proud kayo sa sarili nating kultura, pilit ninyong sinasabi na ang Pilipino ay galing sa mga banyaga. Haha. Ang nakakatuwa pa eh kumpara sa Malay, mas complex ang grammar ng Philippine languages kasi mas ancient sya, closer to Oceanic languages. Eto assignment mo, inday: Austronesian expansion. Google mo.
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  3. You're all waaaay too serious about this. I don't know if you've realized it yet but it doesn't matter who wins (hint: it's not a game show). It's about entertaining the audience as well as teaching the cast (and the audience) about rural life in Korea. The "strictness" and the blatant favoritism are for comedic effect.
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  4.  @lovea5651  Part of the problem is we don't speak Spanish anymore. Which is why most Filipinos can't read the actual books, diaries, manuscripts etc. of not only Rizal but everything that has been written for more than 300 years of our own history. From the early Vocabularios to the newspapers of the 18th century. All of them are unknown to most Filipinos because they are all written in Spanish. And the worst part is most teachers don't care because they view the Spanish colonial period as somehow irrelevant. Which is infuriating to be honest, because as someone who has read them, they contain rich descriptions of our own culture. I truly believe this is THE main reason why our country today is facing an identity crisis. We simply forgot 300 years of our country.
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  5.  @amp-le4699  Ugh. Youtube won't let me post links and deleted my earlier reply. Try googling the following: Ambeth Ocampo: "Did young Rizal really write poem for children?" Paul Morrow: "Something fishy about Rizal poem" Justin Umali: "How the World Mourned Jose Rizal" Also read Rizal's works and his letters. To summarize what I said earlier: Rizal never advocated for independence in any of his writings. He was pro-reformist, not pro-independence. He founded La Liga Filipina, whose goal was direct representation in the Spanish courts, replacement of the Philippine clergy with native-born Filipinos not Spaniards, and new laws that would prevent abuses by the colonial government in the Philippines. La Liga Filipina split into two factions during Rizal's exile in Dapitan. The reformists and the revolutionaries. The reformists remained true to Rizal's original goals; while the revolutionaries created the Katipunan under Bonifacio, with the goal of an armed revolution. Even during his exile, Rizal remained in good terms with the then Governor-General Ramon Blanco. Blanco generally had a conciliatory attitude to reformists (much to the dismay of the clergy who hated Rizal), and treated them as separate from the Katipuneros. He even agreed to let Rizal serve as a doctor (for Spain) in the Cuban Revolution. A lot of people in Spain were actually also sympathetic to Rizal due to his writings, and were supportive of implementing reforms in the Philippines. It was during this time (1896) that Blanco was forced to quit by the Manila clergy and replaced by Governor-General Camilo Polavieja. Polavieja immediately arrested Rizal while he was en route to Cuba from Dapitan. He then ordered his execution, because he lumped Rizal together with the Katipuneros. This was opposed by Blanco and was deeply unpopular in Spain, but Blanco could do nothing to stop it. Rizal's execution created the opposite effect of spurring even more people to join the pro-independence faction. Blanco himself made a powerful gesture by personally apologizing to Rizal's family and giving them his sword and sash, acknowledging his failure to prevent Rizal's death. Polavieja was blamed by the Spanish people for the eventual loss of the Philippines to the Americans. Most importantly: during Rizal's trial, Rizal denied the charges of rebellion. So yeah. Rizal was a remarkable man. But the current image of Rizal as a pro-Independence Tagalog supremacist and the current simplistic accounts of the revolution are all wrong. It was a complicated period, with many different factions. Even the Spaniards were not the monolithic evil that they are depicted to be. One of the earliest pro-independence revolutions (the 1823 Novales Revolt) was led by Andres Novales, a Philippine-born Spaniard (a Criollo, or as they prefer to call themselves, the hijos de pais - "sons of the land"). I doubt many Filipinos today even know that Bonifacio was executed by Emilio Aguinaldo in a political coup.
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  6. It's just a difference in ripeness and cultivars. In island Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia), older durian with softer flesh and more pungent smells are preferred.
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  7. He's using the chili to hide the taste of coriander LOL. I'm really surprised with how basic coriander leaves are in Vietnamese cuisine though. I learned something new. :)
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  8. They split the bill, so they only paid 4000php each ($80). Not that expensive, considering it's for a TV show.
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  9. They did mention the shutdown before the show so that might have affected the votes. They could have gone to a cheaper place like Port Barton, Bohol, or Siargao. But there are less amenities there I guess. Except Bohol which has a lot of Korean tourists as well.
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  10. They should have visited Batanes or Sagada, or somewhere new in the Philippines. Not Boracay again.
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  11.  @torh1  Smell actually plays a huge part in how we taste food. Try eating garlic when you have a stuffy nose for example, it doesn't taste like anything at all. It's why I still prefer the stronger-smelling durians.
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  12. "He's kind of stupid. Not that smart, you know." HAHAHA
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  13. Thank you, Korea. For featuring the Philippines.
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  14. Tamilok are a kind of clam, not worms. They don't live on trees, they live on driftwood in the sea. They're just called "woodworm" or "shipworm" because they look like worms. Also it's not a common dish. LOL. Most Filipinos would never eat tamilok either. XD
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  15. They come from the same family of languages: Austronesian (also called Malayo-Polynesian). They're related. Like how Spanish is related to Italian.
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  16. Koreans: "Waaaw! Only $50!" Filipinos: "Tangina! ₱2,500 lobster and ₱500 crab?!!"
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  17. Filipino troops died fighting for South Korea against North Korea in the Korean War. And this is how they see us.
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  18. Just awful luck that this trip coincided with the shutdown. LOL. They should have gone to Siargao or Port Barton or Batanes. Still. Thank you, Ryan Bang! The trip was hilariously fun.
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