40 Comments on Being asian in an american school at 12 years old

chuvaness on Sat, 29th Sep 2007 5:42 pm


ayooooooof kamo sila…

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chuvaness on Sat, 29th Sep 2007 5:48 pm


nakaka-asar reynz. nakakaasar. ‘kala ng mga amerikanong yan…sila lang ang magaling. hmpf!

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reynz on Sat, 29th Sep 2007 6:11 pm


mga bata ang mga yan Chuvaness, alam mo na, wala pang alam sa mundo, dahil wala naman talaga silang alam kundi kung ano ang fi-need sa kanila nang AP (associated press) hahaha!

alam mo, dito sa TV, pag hindi baha, rebelde, npa, at sugapang mga kurakot ang mga balitang nakasupalpal sa TV eh mga litrato naman nang mga squatter - ganyan ang nakikita namen dito.

kaya naman, maligaya kami pag si Lea Salonga ang nakikita namen. me mga pinoy nga na sikat kaya ni Iglesias eh kaso ikinakahiya namang amining pinoy sya, yong sikat sanang Vanessa sa High School Musical, tama sana, eh puta puta naman pala un!

alam ba nila na me Makati tayo? Ortigas Center? Eastwood? Cebu? Davao? wala!!!! ang alam nila, nakatira tayo sa ilalim nang tulay kasi nakita nila yong mga iskwater na bitbit ang mga bahay pag me bagyo dahil mag-babaha sa ilog, tapos itatayo uli pakalipas nang bagyo.

ang sinisisi ko ang mga hayop na western media! nakuuuu! ayoko nang magmuraaaaa!!!

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nina on Sat, 29th Sep 2007 7:09 pm


Last June nag-attend ako ng Symposium sa US. Nagpakilala ako that I’m from Doha, Qatar, etc… Gosh, they don’t know where is Qatar. Kala ko hindi lang nila narining kung saang country ako galing. Tapos nung inulit ko na from Qatar ako, sabi sa kin nung emcee. No I mean - can you tell us, where is it located in the map. Duh?! Naloka ako.

Tapos as I socialized with other participants, grabe, karamihan sa kanila di pa naka travel outside US, ni walang passport. Mabuti pa pala ako kahit galing ng 3rd world country, nakakapag travel kahit hindi work-related.

Eto pa sabi sa akin ng husband. Sabi daw ng mga colleagues nya na americans, pag sinabi mo daw sa ibang americans na middle east, ang naiisip nila are people with rags on their heads.

They are so ignorant with a lot of things. Naisip ko tuloy, an average Filipino is a lot better. Hindi pa superior ang quality of education sa atin ha…

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nina on Sat, 29th Sep 2007 7:14 pm


Eto pa, whenever I call some vendors in the US, more often than not, I have to repeat and explain where I am calling from. Nasanay na rin ako. But those incidents reveal how limited their knowledge is about other countries, etc.

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reynz on Sat, 29th Sep 2007 11:49 pm


nina,

where i worked now, there are still some blacks who thinks that the philippines is somewhere in hawaii or some whites who thinks that we are in the caribbean! hahaha! i made some jokes about it in some of my entries already, a way for me to release my annoyance! hahaha!

now, in school, i became close to Kaz, a Japanese based in Tokyo. when he visited me here in philadelphia, i showed him videos of ortigas and makati and OMG! he was so damn surprised that they are actually really nice! NAINSULTO AKOOO! parang gusto kong sigawan na ginahasa nang mga lolo nya ang mga lola ko nung panahon nang hapon no?! kaya lang medyo kalma tayo at baka madali ako school, you know!

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JHVRothschild on Sun, 30th Sep 2007 2:00 am


Kids are cruel. I was lucky enough to grow up in a very good neighborhood. Most of my classmates were WASPS and upper middle class. Still there were bitches in my school and honey, the only way to deal with bitches is be a bitch back. Dapat malakas ang loob nya. Always be confident. If they see you as subservient, they will just roll over you and step on you and dahling, *those* people are BIG. Tell your cutey pie niece that’s it’s ok to cuss out once in a while and tell her to fight for herself. Also tell her that it’s a phase and she’ll never ever see most of those people for the rest of her life.

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reynz on Sun, 30th Sep 2007 2:13 am


JHV,

sa school nang niece ko, there are only 2 asians daw sa class nya, andun pa sa kabilang section yung isa and nag-iisa syang asyano. nope, walang ibang kulay. ganun din ang sinabi nang father, and that’s what we tell her - madami pang bully syang madadaanan. i told her about my bully boss and my bully officemates. she seems to understand that this is reality here na kelangan nyang malaman to handle. isn’t this annoying?

sa neighborhood naman namen, puro puti. ang sabi ko sa bayaw ko, kami lang dito ang itim hehehe!

hayaan mo JHV tuturuan ko to kung pano lumaban! hahaha

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angelofthewaters on Sun, 30th Sep 2007 2:16 am


reynz: “NAINSULTO AKOOO! parang gusto kong sigawan na ginahasa nang mga lolo nya ang mga lola ko nung panahon nang hapon no?!”

Bwahahaha! inimagin ko kaya yun! Wagi!
Pakisabi na lang ke niece..”Nosi ba lasi??!”

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bluepanjeet™ | OTWOMD™ on Sun, 30th Sep 2007 11:51 am


Hehe,,, mukhang pagpunta ko dyan makakapagdala ako ng M16 ah.. gagayahin ko yung sa Virginia Tech LOL

I can’t believe these people are so self centered that they don’t know we are actually existing and living life abundantly outside their mainland.

isa pa… kasalanan kasi ng CNN eh. They only show the shanties of Tondo and Tatalon, how about the life outside the city? not all filipinos live with cockroaches.

I felt humiliated by these scums. pag nangyari yan sa mga pamangkin ko doon (they are now 10 and 7 in Sta. Clarita Cali), ewan ko kung ano sasabihin ko sa teacher nila. Baka mag-ala rambo ako dun at babatuhin ko silang lahat ng saging na saba!

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reynz on Sun, 30th Sep 2007 1:43 pm


Hey bluep,

Just now, my niece is talking to her classmate on the phone and she’s telling her that houses in the Philippines have aircon and she’s so annoyed because people in her school says that houses there have no aircon, no water and everything!

Man! these kids are absolutely brutal! hahaha!

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nina on Sun, 30th Sep 2007 2:19 pm


Tell your niece to tell her classmates that they’re ignorant and they need to educate themselves. Mahirap magpaliwanag sa mga taong ignorante. Grabe naawa ako sa kanila.

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reyna elena on Sun, 30th Sep 2007 3:05 pm


Nina,

you know what we did, which was suggested by her american friend yesterday, because they saw the condo and reedley, was to show the pictures. and so, i am having all of these pictures developed, put them in an album that she can bring to school. my gosh - these kids will be in for a surprised! hahaha! kala nang mga gagong mga bata na to hampaslupa lahat nang mga pinoys! hahahaha

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kengkay on Sun, 30th Sep 2007 3:29 pm


arrrgh, wild animals. pero minsan kasi dala na rin yan ng pagiging ignoramus talaga e. kaya lang, grr, kaka-asar hmp.

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roni on Sun, 30th Sep 2007 6:43 pm


fyi: minority na lang ang mga puti sa amerika. nakakatakot naman yan, remember virginia tech? inalipusta yung intsek kaya rumesbak! your pangkin definitely need a lot of encouragement! she have to learn to drink a lot of kapeng barako….jowk lang po, tilamsik lang ng diwa….helow all!!!!!!!!

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melai on Sun, 30th Sep 2007 6:44 pm


good thanks wala pa naman akong nababalitaang ganyan ang racial discrimination dito, though sabi ng uncle ko pag may nangyayari daw na hindi maganda dito between puti at asian e sa puti pa rin ang kampi dahil magkakalahi sila. So far okay pa tingin ko hehehee, pero same thing din kasi ang mga pinoy din dito madalas kong maringgan kapag kapwa asian ang pinag-uusapan at mga black people..medyo nakakairita rin kung minsan. hindi na yata mawawala yun.

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The Ca t on Sun, 30th Sep 2007 6:52 pm


naku reynz,
yong pangpangkin ng aking kaibigan na nasa SF, suspended.Binuntal niya kasi yong nangbubully sa kaniya. Pinahubad daw ng kamiseta tapos binanatan. Bumanat din siya. Laking Cubao yata yon. Pinasuspendi ng magulang ng batang binanatan.

Pinareview nila yong surveillance camera, o loko, suspendido ng isang Linggo yong batang nagbully.

yong namang anak niya sa Arizona, nambugbog din. 7years old lang. Kasi madalas daw agawan ng baon. Di nakatiis yong bata, binanatan yong puti.

tungkol sa mga walang alam a geography, hindi pa yan. Ni hindi nila alam ang presidente nila hahaha.

Kakilala kong may-ari ng travel agency. Napangasawa niya Puti. Dinalaw nila ang bayan ng husbandry niya.

Pinagkalimpumunan daw siya ng madlang pipol. Noon lang sila nakakita ng Pinay?

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roni on Sun, 30th Sep 2007 7:48 pm


eksena sa trabaho ko: roni, I’m going to kill you! I said: you have to start from the inside because I already swallowed you!
eto pa isa: I said: All the rivers go to the ocean, he said: so what’s the point? I said:I am your ocean!…paborito kong expression: I hate to be always right……eto pa: tell me something I don’t know!….pansupalpal sa mga nandidiscriminate!

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reynz on Mon, 1st Oct 2007 12:13 am


@kengkay,

day - lemme tell you, grabe tong mga batang to!!! and you maybe right, dahil ignoramus den tong mga tatay at nanay nito. some of my officemates don’t even have any passport and the only other country they have been to is Texas. Ganun.

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reynz on Mon, 1st Oct 2007 12:15 am


@roni,

you know - i work with a lot of itims and that’s what they always say. pero, parehas lang silang ignoramus hehehe. me strategy na ako sa pangkin ko…

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reynz on Mon, 1st Oct 2007 12:18 am


@melai,

i have a niece in Mississauga, itim sya. father nya kasi is Jamaican. They brought her to Legazpi, Albay 4 years ago. Alam mo ba ang ginawa sa Albay nang mga tarantadong bata dun? Tinawag tawag syang NEGRA and that word is horrible to them. It took us forever to explain that to her na they didn’t mean anything wrong. Result? Ayaw na nyang bumalik nang Pilipinas. Isip nya mga racist daw ang mga Pinoys.

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reynz on Mon, 1st Oct 2007 12:23 am


@ The C at,

Lemme guess, one and only pinoy din siguro yang anak nang pren mo. What I noticed though is that pinoy kids tend to get along well with itims dito - am not sure if i am right, but yon ang nakikita ko dito sa philly. as a matter of fact, hip/hop dating nang mga binatilyong pinoy dito and most of their friends are itims - me mga puti kaya nakakatuwang tingnan

Here sa school nang pangkin ko, mga dete-detention lang. Ok naman tong neighborhood namen, kaso as i said dun sa response ko, kami lang ang itim dito hahahaha

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reynz on Mon, 1st Oct 2007 12:25 am


@roni,

you know, mahirap na magbiro nang ganyan sa workplace here in the US, kahit na sa work namen, we have this seminar na pinagbawalan kami nang jokes na kesyo me babarilin or whatever. i’ve heard stories already to the effect na gi-fire or inaresto ang mga employees simpli because nag salita to the effect na me babarilin or whatever. dala to nang barilan dito kasi.

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melai on Mon, 1st Oct 2007 2:04 am


iyan nga ang sinasabi ko kapatid..dapat maaga pa lang imulat na ang mga bata hindi lang dito kundi sa pinas na ang pagiging racist e hindi maganda..ibig sabihin masama. yun nga lang kapatid nung minsan sa isang debate ko with my uncle here tapos tamang tama nandito din mga kaibigan nya….bata pa daw kasi ako kaya ganito ako magsalita ….kulang pa daw ako sa karanasan tsk tsk tsk!!!!it’s either mananahimik ka at lunukin lahat o kumilos para sa pagbabago ….wahehehehehe tara kilos tayo …. galaw galaw…..sa ikawawala ng ugaling racist ng lahat ng tao sa mundo lol!

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Mackay on Mon, 1st Oct 2007 10:56 am


When my mom went to Charleston South Carolina, nshock xa that majority ng mga naging kakilala nya dun has never been outside their own county much more sa US talaga. Nshock din daw ang mga kapitbahay because she was wearing satin tops and wedges ng nine west kapag naggrocery. Tapos nung nag shopping din daw xa, lahat ng tao huminto at tiningnan ung yellow nyang adidas na sapatos dahil wala daw ganun sa kanila, which she found really amusing kc sabi sa kanya you must be really rich kc nkakasuot xa ng ganun. Nung hiningian ko ng pasalubong sabi ni Ma, mas maganda daw mag shopping nlng kami sa Pinas or d2 sa Kuwait (although thrice as expensive d2) dahil sa kabaduyan ng designs. Ang point ng nanay ko is, although dakilang Pinay xa na nagtratrabaho sa Middle East na hindi nka college, she knows the current trends, she knows where is where (coz she’s traveled into some) although she hasn’t toured the world. She said she’s never been too proud as pinoy until she got there. She said we Filipino’s are very lucky indeed to have multicultural and educated background that doesn’t have anything to do with the insitutions. She further said that America the beautiful is indeed beautiful but not necessarily much beautiful than good ole Philippines. Tama ka Reyna, media ang may sala! Although to be fair naman, every place has it’s positive and negative elements. Equality dapat ang slogan ng school ng pamangkin mo

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reynz on Mon, 1st Oct 2007 11:30 am


@mckay,

that was an interesting experience pero totoo yan! hahaha! and alam mo, as pinoys, malaki talaga advantage naten except tong mga hudas na media sinisira lahat.

MERON PA.

etong mga SCHOOL RANKINGS ang tumitira sa schools naten in Pinas akala nyo ba politika din to sa US, yon lang School Rankings nang BusinessWeek at Wall Street, tinira yan dito dahil balibalikwa ang standards at hindi parehas. go figure, siempre rank nila yong mga sa economiyang maganda dyan sa SouthEast Asia at wala tayo parati - kaya tinging nang mga tao, palpak and education naten. pede baaa!!

I started the process of helping my niece. Lahat nang pictures nang Makati, Ortigas, Eastwood pati na school nya at balay namen, I put it in a slide. Since pumupunta yong mga friends nya to play here, I played it last night. O… di ooohhh and ahhhh sila. I expect her friends to fight for her now and I think it’s working.

Next move ko is to talk to the teacher, tutal me social studies naman sila. O, di napapansin nung bully na sya talaga ang tinitira ko! hehehe

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Basilio on Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 2:57 am


Bakit dito sa bayan namin baligtad. Sa isang sikat na magnet school dito ang mga puti ang minority at sila ang sinasabihan na mga bopol ng mga asians. Tawag sa kanila “bare minimum” kasi yon lang ang kaya nilang gawin sa school. Hindi sila makaporma sa mga asian dito. Kaya ang mga farents ng mga puting ungoy ayaw sumabay sa mga asians sa school nabubuko kasi ang mga anak nila naman puro mga “bare minimum”. hahahaha…

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reynz on Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 11:16 am


saan ang bayan mo Basilio?

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melai on Wed, 3rd Oct 2007 12:41 am


tagasaan ba si Crispin? baka taga roon si Basilio…

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reynz on Wed, 3rd Oct 2007 12:59 am


melai,

mga classmate kaya sila ni Inday? HAHAHAHAH

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melai on Wed, 3rd Oct 2007 1:10 am


mwaheheheheh tanong natin pagbalik lol!
naku nakatambay na naman ako dito malamang sa hindi
di na ko makakapagblag lol

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lizeth on Wed, 3rd Oct 2007 11:28 am


hello…na caught ang attention ko ng blog entry na to.
i work at international school manila kasi…with highschoolers tho. sana kasi nag-ISM na lang ung pamangkin mo rather than Reedley. lols
anyways, i know a lot of filipino students who are now studying in the US for college…ung iba nag-graduate na. sa totoo lang ndi naman nagpapahuli ang mga pinoy sa ibang mga lahi. ang mga top filipino students namin pinag-aagawan ng mga ivy league universities sa US. im really proud of them!!!

however, ung experience ng pamangkin mo…about sa tent at karton lang nakatira and mga pinoys sa manila…nakkwento din sakin ng mga former students natin. ewan ko ba, some can be really stupid! porke bat 3rd world country ang pilipinas feeling nila mga pulubi na lhat ng tao dito. some even asked if we already have roads in the philippines. inutil noh?! kakagigil!

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kutz on Wed, 3rd Oct 2007 12:26 pm


Di lang naman students natatanong nyan dito, pati teachers… Eto totoong naitanong sa akin one time:
“Ey Miss, wher yu from?
Philippines? Wers dat at?
Asia? Man, dats far?
Is dat near the noth pole or sumtin’ like dat?”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!

Wa’g mainis…magpaliwanag. Ako, kinukwento ko kung gaano kahirap sa baryo noon, ini exaggerate ko pa! Kesyo naglalakad me to school ng nakapaa - limang kilometrong akyat baba sa bukid ONE WAY! naloloka ang mga murat, nanlalaki ang mga mata! Piktapos, may I kwento ko in the end ang mga nadaanan ko bago makarating sa Yu Es from “northpole” at kung paanong ang aking katayu-an sa buhay eh mas maganda kumpara sa maraming born and raised dito! Nevah ako na jobless at nevah nag welfare! Avah, na ta touched naman ang iba at nakikita nila kung gaano sila ka swerte at bakit ko palaging sinasabing nuknukan sila ng katamaran!

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kutz on Wed, 3rd Oct 2007 12:36 pm


fact of life ang discrimination, basta wag ka lang sasaktan at madedehado sa opportunity because of your race, ayos na yan… wa’g na nating pangaraping mawala ang racism at discrimimnation, di mangyayari yan evah!

Eh kahit naman sa Pinas, bakit kung may anak kang dalaga na gustong magpakasal sa isang manobo or aeta, madali ba sa ating tanggapin yan?

Notice nyo kung minsan kababayan natin kung paanong mag describe, eto narinig ko sa isang party nga mga pinoy dito; “Citizen na yan, nakapag asawa na puti eh, swerte!” and then “Citizen na yan, nakapag asawa ng merkano, kaso lang itim!”

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reynz on Thu, 4th Oct 2007 11:21 pm


lizeth,

you should have checked the link of Reedley. Reedley is an International School. Their curriculum is more Singaporean which is heavy on Match and Science which is exactly what we were looking for.

We’re pretty happy with Reedley. My nieces classmates are obviously from the upper class section of the Philippine Society and it’s actually very mixed with a good number of European, Australian and American classmates although in her last year there, there were a lot of Koreans who came.

When I stayed in Manila, I befriended a number of teachers there and we’re happy with everything. I was the “parent”. hehehe.

We did checked ISM. During that time, you guys were having a lot of problems from some guy who stole money from the association and then ISM was even closed. Your school is more expensive that Reedley but curriculum was it’s almost the same.

As far as kids going to Ivy Leauge from ISM, I would not be suprised - as is Reedley. They have records of that too. So, we have to choose what’s best for our niece for the money. Kung dollar yong Reedley, World Bank kayo. Di na namen kaya yun and between ISM and Reedley, don’t hate me, I’d choose Reedley for the money.

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