Chapter 049: The Filipino is a Great Race

We are the only old Christian nation in Asia.

English speaker.

Good looking. A mixture of Hispanic and Chinese race…mga tisoy tayo.

We take a bath daily, even twice a day, so we smell nice. In cold countries, they take a bath once a week, so, you can imagine 

how they smell….they envy us….and they like to marry Filipinos….

We are the only race on earth that won all the five major  beauty contests: Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International,Miss Earth and Miss Supranational..

We are clean…its part of who we are…..

We are good businessmen.

Our malls are bigger than most malls in the US. We are conservative bankers…

We are family oriented. We never dump our parents to the home for the aged.

We never drive away our children from home when they reached 18.

Our culture is European. Roman Catholic influenced. Surnames are western…our Kundimans are just like Italian songs. We have easy life. In America “no work, no eat”, not in the Philippines please.

We are handworkers…we have double jobs…. and we save money for our family.

The Philippines is a middle income country…

If countries are people, we are middle class. As a middle class, we enjoy the indulgence of the rich and we can also feel the adventures of the poor…so, why pin us down on the lower middle class side alone…. pag middle class ka..kumakain ka ng litson at tuyo and you don’t mind…

We are the only country who fought three world powers and got what we want.

We fought Spain, the Filipino - Spanish War, the world power then…and we won and declared our independence.

We fought the Americans, the Filipino - American War,  the world power then and now, and we won because we got our independence. If Russia defeated Germany thru its long and harsh winter, we defeated the Americans into giving us independence thru eloquence and diplomacy.

We fought Japan, the Filipino - Japanese War, ….and we defeated them by using American support to drive the Japanese in our country out…

We had a lot of rehearsals on this war stuff, and with great powers at that...we can take on any pretender at this point...pag di natin makuha ng patayo, kinukuha natin ng pahiga..di uubra kalokohan nila satin..

now tell me, if this is not greatness as a race, call it football.

We dont like corruption, we jailed two corrupt Presidents so far..

We are superior people, so, come on, let us work harder. And indulge. And enjoy life…because superior people like us work very hard and we deserve indulgence.

(Authors Note: This is an experimental poem. It violated most rules in poem writing. I started this as my behement reaction to an article of a Filipino residing in the US. That Filipino has full of criticisms and “pulling downs” on the Philipines as a nation and the Filipino as a race. His article was sent in our Knights of Columbus E-Group in my native Marikina Valley. This experimental poem , I later discovered, can serve as a litmus test for Filipino patriotism anywhere in the world. I tried joining a Filipino forum in Topix, and as usual, the participants in that forum are divided into two: the Filipino bashers and the Filipino defenders. The bashers say all the bad things about being Filipinos and the defenders say the good things about us. When I published this article, the bashers have a field day attacking this, while the defenders comfortably supported this, some even added few sentences. Conclusion: if you like this article, you are subconsciously a patriotic Filipino. If you feel bad about this article, in one way or another, you may not know it consciously, but you have a deep - rooted hatred or uneasiness of your being a Filipino or of your Filipino connection. You are a Filipino who can not be expected to defend our country in times of war. Huli ka, bata!!!)

Delmar Topinio Taclibon 

"My deepest gratitude to Hrh Prince Omar Kiram and His Majesty Sultan Fuad A. Kiram I of the Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sulu and Sabah for this conferment as one of the Datu(k) of the Royal Dominion."

Message of Hrh Prince Omar Kiram:

"The Hon. Datuk Sir Delmar Topinio Taclibon, KRSS, we wish you and your family and all our beloved members a blessed and prosperous joyful new year. Let us continue our resolve, commitment, dedication, true faith and allegiance to our beloved anointed Sultan Fuad A. Kiram I, to realize our advocacy of Sabah and Spratlys against Malaysia's land grabbing for the benefits of the Tausugs and the Filipinos. God Defend the Right!"

Toti Dulay : "congrats insan Delmar Topinio Taclibon and mabuhay ang Magat Salamat lineage ni Lakan Dula ng Tondo..."

Delmar Topinio Taclibon : "Thank you too Modern Day Grand Patriarch of the Lakan Dula Clan Sir Toti Dulay!"