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Fellers, allow Me to share this.

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Indigenous Filipinos!

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Calling All (WW2) Period Drama Fans!

Do you wanna expand your horizons past Western retellings of World War 2? Trying to decolonize your consumption of WW2 media? Wanna consume stories about WW2 not peddled by the US Military Industrial Complex that has Hollywood by the balls?

Well! Here's your chance!

Pulang Araw (translation: the Red Sun), a Filipino period-drama set in World War 2 Philippines is going to premiere on Netflix on July 26! Don't miss it! Go watch it!

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Scott Ritter also called out Filipinos, saying the United States would "abandon them" after a war that would destroy the Philippines. He emphasized that China is not the enemy of the Philippines, but a neighbor and friend. China does not want a war in the South China Sea. He suggested that Filipinos avoid war through diplomacy, put pressure on the government, sit down and engage with the Chinese government responsibly, and control the future themselves.

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Inside Filipino Giant Factory Building WW2 Willys Jeep Parts - Production Line

Okay, I want a new crate jeep.

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Russia's Sunshine🇷🇺+🇵🇭=❤‍🔥Yandere Russia X Female Philippines Listener (Hetalia) 

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MALIGAYANG PASKO

(Merry Christmas)

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Another typhoon, another prayer request. The Philippines might be having at least one typhoon per month until March 2025, but as of now, the northern regions in the country haven't had a break. There have been back to back typhoons, with the most recent one being Typhoon Nika which displaced 36,000 families. Please keep them in your prayers, and please pray that even if our national government remains ineffective, that at the very least their local government units guide and protects them as well as they can.

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It’s giving Demure & Denim

I’m a cosplayer that poc, yes I love doing female characters in my skin color or not cause cosplays for everyone, so I say LOVE YOURSELF

Outfit by Me 💙Inspired by lil kim crush on you song

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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« [T]he real "Gulf of America" is the one between those who think Trump belongs in the White House and those who think he belongs in a home. »

— Jimmy Kimmel on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday commenting on Donald Trump's plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America".

Trump held an unhinged (even by his standards) press conference in which he outlined his plans for invading other countries.

Trump trades isolationism for expansionism — possibly with military force

Remember when Trump used to be an isolationist? That was soooo 2024. He apparently has switched medications.

For the sake of our friends in the Philippines, I hope nobody reminds The Donald that PH 🇵🇭 was a US governed territory from the end of the Spanish-American War until just after WWII. 🤫

Perhaps President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should try to convince Trump to take over Russia. That would solve a number of problems for Ukraine and NATO.

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Leonora

by Sugarcane

New translation! This time I just felt like translating and talking about this song because I genuinely love talking about the little nuances here. It's one of the more recent videos that really pulled me back into OPM. I explain a lot of the nuances and the historical background below + some personal stories related to it too.

Leonora

This serenade I'm offering, for the maiden with unparalleled beauty, with the scent of roses If tricky fate would wish it I won't let it disappear

This letter I'm hoping your eyes would read I'm ready to do everything, I'll even court your family I've only now felt such eternal awe All I wish for is

The two of us be together at the end and at the beginning Proving that first love does last

How many poems has it been, why is it getting unnoticed? My only wish, at the end you'll be with me If it's possible, until the end of time I will never let you go forever

Our sweet past relationship, where'd it go? (I keep looking for you, whoa) How come between us, I'm the only one left? (I wish I could still see you) Your beautiful voice, would I still hear it? Ready to go through life[1] even if you're not here anymore

Wherever you are, may you be happy now (let you go free, whoa) Even if we won't be together anymore (I still love you) Just please listen to my wish that you would take care Oh, Leonora my love, ah

Alternative Translations and Additional Context

Ready to go through - this is just the literal translation of the line but contextually it's closer to the lyric I used or something close to "Ready to go through everything".

The song is based on the real-life historical figure Leonor Rivera-Kipping, one of the many lovers of the Philippine National hero José Rizal. The two were childhood sweethearts, however, due to Rizal traveling to Europe to study and Leonor's mother Silvestra Bauzon not liking how political he was while favoring an Englishman named Henry Charles Kipping so Silvestra and Kipping kept the letters that Rizal sent to Leonor. This made her think that she was abandoned and later on married Kipping instead (Quirino, 2015).

On the night of her wedding, she found the letters and in her frustration tore them apart sewing some of them on the hem of her wedding dress and burnt the others. After her marriage to Kipping, she vowed to never play the piano again. She died at 26 in childbirth alongside her newborn daughter, after which Kipping abandoned their only living son and traveled back to England just to die three years later, no mention of Leonor ever being his wife (Quirino, 2015).

Her final wish before her death was to be buried with the silver box that contained the ashes of Rizal's letters (Martinez-Clemente, 2011). Sadly, her grave was a casualty during the war and her remains and her grave site has been lost forever (Quirino, 2015).

Leonor serves as the inspiration for the character of Maria Clara in Rizal's acclaimed novels that Filipinos are mandated to learn at school Noli Me Tangere and its sequel El Filibusterismo. Maria Clara is the female love interest of the series protagonist Crisostomo Ibarra and the two have a severely tragic love story due to the politics surrounding Ibarra and both of their relationships.

From my understanding of the books, Leonor may also have been the inspiration for the El Filibusterismo character Paulita Gomez who abandons her relationship with her lover, one of the leading characters named Isagani, after he was accused of being an insurrectionist despite being innocent. At the end of the story, Paulita marries someone else and Isagani watches the reception from outside her house.

Random Trivia

The place this music video was shot is actually a historical house of another one of Rizal's many lovers Segunda Katigbak! The place is called Casa Segunda and is located in Lipa City, Batangas. My classmates and I visited the place and rented it out for a project a couple of years back.

Another fun fact is that the group most likely didn't actually play the piano in the house because they weren't allowed to considering how old it is. It's an antique and it was already falling apart when we went there way before this video was probably shot. That's the reason for them keeping the camera away from the keys.

They're also not allowed to sit on the antique seat in front of the piano because of how fragile it was and it already was falling apart too when we went there. We ignored this for one of our shoots and did it quickly before anyone could notice, but they may have just positioned the camera so they don't have to show them sitting down on the chair.

We found a random kitten in the house? I don't know what happened to it. It wasn't outside either, it was like inside one of the bedrooms. I don't know if the staff or family owned it but it did look like a stray.

Some of my classmates still hasn't paid me back for the rent we were supposed to split. It isn't a fun fact, I'm just a little salty.

Original Lyrics

'Tong alay kong harana, para sa dalagang Walang kasingganda, amoy-rosas ang halimuyak Kung nanaisin ng tadhanang mapanlinlang 'Di hahayaang mawala pa

'Tong liham na umaasang mata mo ang makabasa Handang gawin lahat, maging pamilya'y liligawan Ngayon lang nakadama ng wagas na pagkamangha Hiling ko lang naman na

Tayo na sanang dalawa ang siyang huli at ang umpisa Papatunayang ang unang pag-ibig ay 'di mawawala

Nakailang tula na, ba't tila 'di napupuna? Ang tangi kong hiling, hanggang dulo ikaw ang kapiling Kung puwede lang, hanggang pangmagpakailanman Hinding-hindi na papakawalan kailanman

Ang dating tamis ng pagsasama, nasa'n na? (Hinahanap-hanap ka, whoa) Ba't sa 'ting dal'wa, ako na lang ang natira? (Sana'y magkita pa) Tinig mong kay ganda, maririnig pa ba? Handang tahaking mag-isa kahit wala ka na

Kung nasa'n ka man, nawa ay masaya ka na (palalayain ka, whoa) Kahit na 'di na tayo magsasama pa (mahal pa rin kita) Dinggin mo lang ang hiling na mag-iingat ka Oh, Leonora kong sinta, ah

References

Martinez-Clemente, J. (2011, June 20). Keeping up with legacy of Rizal’s ‘true love’. Inquirer.net. Retrieved on 5 September 2024, from https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/16626/keeping-up-with-legacy-of-rizal%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98true-love%E2%80%99

Quirino, E. (2015, February 17). Leonor Rivera, a Hero’s Sweetheart. Positively Filipino. Retrieved on 5 September 2024, from https://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/leonor-rivera-a-heros-sweetheart