The OFFICIAL "Filipinos of 6GC" Thread, Who are all our Filipino!? Options

[jdg371]

After getting beyond OT in this, we need a place for the FLIPS of 6GC to interact. Everyone is welcome to talk about anything thats allowed under the rules. Pictures are welcome and stuff.


Represent!

This post has been edited by jdg371: Dec 19, 2007 - 1:45 AM

[CelicaST_CALI]

OT,ok ill babel,wtf is up with 6gc owners not wanting to join 6gc.net,like tonight for example,there was two,mind u TWO 6gcs at my local grocery store,(this is a big event i like never see 6gcs) a red vert and a red hatch,both had after market rims,and the vert guy was getting into his car so i walked over and asked him if he liked his celica and want kinda engine it had.All he said was"get outta here i dont need to talk to you" so im like "ok" and walk away,then the hatch girl walked out and i asked her the same and she said"ya i love it and idk the engine",so then i said "do u want to join a forum online only about ur kind of car" and she said"no i don't wanna join ur stupid club".UHHHH people piss me off lol...

[stetsonaw]

i see this one getting closed fast.

[CelicaST_CALI]

no,just keep i legal,my post is legal right?

[stetsonaw]

yours, yes, i have that problem too, but it has nothing to do with the original post, which is what i see this thread getting closed for.

[CelicaST_CALI]

ya,dissing other cars...i can sense it,but ppl just need to watch there fingers(get it,cause there typing lol)and yes im like 1/64 flip..deal..lol

This post has been edited by CelicaST_CALI: Dec 19, 2007 - 12:49 AM

[jdg371]

That random story was out of the blue, FO RLZ. Not everyone wants to join forums, i know plenty of my friends who tune their vehicles and are not part of a forum. Its a persons choice.

[CelicaST_CALI]

o were not suppose to rant..lol dam...

[Kwanza26]

I'm not... but I was born there... and schooled in Escrima. Anyway... the pinoys I knew always tended to think of "flip" as a derogatory term... kinda like jap or gook...

[808celica]

not me i think being called flip is all G. but then the life style here in hawaii is way different than in the mainland. but yeah 100% pure breed flip right here. born in the P.I. and raised in the HI.
love my car.........and yes i do get the occasional people who are what you guys call your third leg. just deal with it and move on.

Filipinos is sort of looked at as an epidemic. you can find flips everywhere. from iraq to greece and even in china.........europe...........and here in the states. i can go on with the location s of flips around the world.

[jdg371]

I use to be similar, to me personally FLIP is simply a shortened version of Filipino. I know of Filipino's that can't even spell Filipino or Philippines. I still prefer to be called Filipino instead of Flip, but with friends especially American Born ones, its fine. I'd rather be called Flip than see them butcher the proper words.


BTW I want to learn escrima, Ive always thought it would be cool as can be to wield two retractable batons in replacement for the fighting sticks.

This post has been edited by jdg371: Dec 19, 2007 - 1:49 AM

[Kwanza26]

I use to be similar, to me personally FLIP is simply a shortened version of Filipino. I know of Filipino's that can't even spell Filipino or Philippines. I still prefer to be called Filipino instead of Flip, but with friends especially American Born ones, its fine. I'd rather be called Flip than see them butcher the proper words.

Flip... has multiple meanings... both positive and negative. It's an acronym. Its Original meaning was "F*cking Little Island People" coined during the WWII pacific campaign. Anyway... i'm neutral on the topic. Huzzah!

[jdg371]

that acronym can be replaced with Funny Little Island People and such. I don't give much .02 Cents on the small stuff.

[lx130]

soo quick question... on tests like those state exams and what not... do you guys put... asian american... or pacific islander? eh? hahah i got stumped the first time i saw that in like 8th grade er something

...im from northshore chicago area... lotsa filipinos.. and i go to UIC where filipinos make up like half the population of students...

and the term flip... not really used around here that much... i think only with the fobby filipinos around here...i dont think they like me that much... but when i went to high school (niles north) there was like only maybe 12-15 filipinos in my grade? not much compared to our sister/rival school where theres like 10x that.... yea bunch of us filipinos here are white washed...but i still love that chicken adobo!

[jdg371]

I put Pacific Islander, I prefer to be called that instead of Asians. But there are times where calling yourself part of the asian community is easier on the tongue.

[808celica]

depends what part of the P.I. you're from.....................north side..........asian...........middle (manila section) both.........south side.........pacific islander

[forkee]

nowadays, "filipino" has become its own category under background. ive seen it....

im 3/4, but i would rather disassociate myself. i find that i more relate to my minute caucasian side. not that im racist or anything. i think filipinos are cool, but i HATE how they are so cliquey. so much in fact, thats one of the reasons why i seperate myself. in school, i couldn't hang with the flips because they would all talk tagalog as if it were cool. i cant speak a word of it and hated how that segregated me. why should i have to learn how to speak it just to fit in.

number 2 reason is that they are all gossipy. half of the time i felt like saying "mind your own gd business" or "i really dont care what happened to so and so"

the fact that every flip family thinks of every other filipino as "family" is cool but to an extent. especially when they start looking for you to do favors for them. you cant do one or two good things without them walking all over you, starting to expect that is the "norm". then you can't really back down, because they will make it sound like you're the bad person.

i dunno if that makes any sense, but thats my 2

[Jeunesse]

the fact that every flip family thinks of every other filipino as "family" is cool but to an extent. especially when they start looking for you to do favors for them. you cant do one or two good things without them walking all over you, starting to expect that is the "norm". then you can't really back down, because they will make it sound like you're the bad person.

i dunno if that makes any sense, but thats my 2

The reason why most of the Flip family that migrated in the west thinks of every Filipino as family is because their real family is 100,000 miles away from them and they don't really have their whole family here to celebrate any special occasions like Xmas or w/e. So they call on their friends to celebrate with themand treat them as family. I personally don't like the "favor attitude" of the Filipinos. I think that is one of the most irritating traits of a filipino, but I know other races that do the same thing... I scratch your back, you scratch mine.

just my opinion...

[kcizzle]

I've been living in the US for about 4 1/2 years now and migrating from the Philippines, I could relate to what you guys said about Filipinos about being cool and jerks at the same time.

One of my few friends whom is also a Filipino immigrant, I know him for 3 yrs now, just called me yesterday and asked me a favor if I could lend him my car because it was his girlfriends anniversary or whatever. His Corolla CE needs to have a brake replacement that's why he was asking me a favor. --- The funny thing is this is not the first time he asked me if he could borrow my car, he even asked me one time to pick up his mom from work because he himself is at work. I then realized too that everytime he calls, it's always about doing favors, which obviously got me agitated now whenever he calls.

I mean this guy is my friend but still there's a side of him that I really don't consider "good breeding." I'm not saying that I'm perfect and saying this made me realize that I myself was like that too a couple of times. But to say because "he is Filipino" I think has something to do with it since we as Filipinos have experienced it here or back in our country and it is a way of life that we were accustomed to.

Now I try to watch my actions and blend in the American way because, it is a fact that I am in America, my car has become my inspiration to work to the very best i can without stepping on anybody.

To end this up, I learned that it is not about the race which defines a person, there are assholes in every race, though some stereotypes can be true and it is hard to differentiate yourself from that unless you really get to know the person.

This post has been edited by kcizzle: Dec 19, 2007 - 8:54 AM

[jdg371]

Your hardcore letting a friend borrow your car, I won't even let some drive my car. True, theres a line where the favors have to stop. I rarely do favors unless they give back. If the person simple talks to me for help everytime, I stay away and avoid them.