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Tuguegarao, #Philippines
A man paddles a boat through flood waters past submerged houses in Cagayan province, north of Manila, after a river overflowed during heavy rains brought by Super Typhoon Fung-Wong
Photograph: John Dimain/AFP/Getty Images.
In the Filipino language (n.b. All Philippine languages!), a change in pronunciation changes the meaning of a word. Here's an example which is ambigous in written form without proper Filipino diacritics.
「Labi ng labi ang labi sa labi.」
「The Filipino language belongs to the people who speak it, not the books that dictate it.」
「A writing script is a reflection of the spoken language.」
One more for #FotoVorschlag
“Öffentliche Kunst” / Public art
Utility boxes in San Francisco, displaying Filipino vocabulary words. Some personal thoughts in the alt text.
#photography #streetphotography #streetart #Filipinoculture #sanfrancisco #philippines
Happy Valentine's Day! If you don't have a date, I'm a boyfriend-for-hire for today! As usual, discreet only! 😝 I still have a few slots open!
P.s. a JOKE! Then again, jokes are half meant, so … 🫶🏽🫰🏽
#Philippines only
According to the 〈World Economic Forum 2025 Global Gender Gap Report〉, the #Philippines ranks 20th globally and 1st in Asia in gender parity.
In less than an hour from now, the #HeatIndex or #FeelsLike here in the National Capital Region will reach 44℃. 🥵🥵♨️
Philippine Presidents:
- pre-2000: no, we won't declare special religion and cultural holidays
- sometime 2010–2015: Ramadan holidays are now standard
- Biblical Passover? NO
- sometime 2020–2025: Lunar New Year is now an annual holiday
- Biblical Spring New Year? NO
Yep, we are definitely a Christian nation in Asia.
🤷🏽
The February 25th 1986 #PeoplePower in the #Philippines was the first successful non-violent 'People Power' revolution in the modern era, which became an inspiration for many starting with the 1987 South Korean uprising.
Filipino-American software engineer, Zeu Caupa, talks about ATP—the protocol behind the ATmosphere social network where Bluesky is currently the largest app.
〈Understand the Culture and Context〉 when visiting another country. Bringing your own sensitivities will cause frustrations and misunderstandings, to you most especially.
https://austronesian.youronly.one/understand-culture-context
17 yrs ago today, I released a #Baybayin chart still shared today. This June 12, 2026, for #Philippines Independence Day, I'm releasing another language script for my fellow Filipinos: #SuratInawa or The Living Script!
Myth: Filipinos are Spanish & Pacific Islanders.
The DNA truth in the Philippines:
- 🧬 90-95% Austronesian
- 🇨🇳 3-5% East Asian (mostly Chinese)
- 🇪🇸 0-2% Spanish (mostly 0)
- 🏝️ 0% Pacific Islander (Melanesian)
We are Filipinos. We are brown. We are Asians. 🇵🇭 #Filipino #DNA #Philippines
I created a static version (no JavaScript) of the #SuratInawa website at: https://inawa.youronly.one/static
And yes, the main website is now: https://inawa.youronly.one
The first at https://inawa.tiddlyhost.com now serves as a backup site.
How to write "drama" in Surat Inawa (The Living Script): 듸라마 (dra·ma). In Hangeul or Hangul, it's written as 드라마 (deu·ra·ma).
Learn more about #SuratInawa here: https://inawa.youronly.one
Everyone in the #Philippines enjoy the last surge of Amihan (NE Monsoon; very cold winds from Japan, Korea, Siberia), lowest records: 7.5–9℃.
A fortnight from now the Hot Dry Season will officially begin, and you know what it means: "feels like 35–40℃" for the next 4–6 months.
〈Why Tagalog and Filipino Are Two Distinct Languages〉, debunking the myths about the Filipino and Tagalog languages once and for all.
https://austronesian.youronly.one/filipino-tagalog-languages
The beauty of the Surat Inawa alphabet writing system is that it's strictly phonetic. Consider the following:
- 필리핀싀 (Philippines; aspirated P)
- 필리핀싀 (Pilipins; unaspirated P)
- 필리피낫 (Pilipinas; unaspirated P)
I decided to create a blog for "Surat Inawa" (수랕 이나와), this way I have a channel for a more personal or human-to-human approach, instead of speaking like a textbook. 😆
Here's the intro:
〈Overlooked Laguna Lake Fun Facts〉, or let's just say, trivia. 😁
Did you know that #Kdrama always exaggerate school violence?
According to Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), and other official reports, only 10% or less Korean students experienced bullying.
In the #Philippines, 67% of Filipino students experienced bullying.
#TeachYouALesson
Good morning #Philippines! May kuryente na ba kayo? Don't forget to always fully charge your gadgets! #Filipino
굳 모릐닝 #필리핀싀! 매 쿠련터 나 바 카요? 돈틔 뽀릐겉 토 올워잇 뿔리 차릗싀 요릐 갇젙싀! #SuratInawa
Surat Inawa is phonetic. You can write any Austronesian Philippine languages and dialects, including Philippine English.
Learn more here: https://inawa.youronly.one