Chinoys

I just finished watching the movie "Ip Man". I didn't want to watch it ,but my son kept on calling me and insisted that I watch the movie. Well, he won. I watched it and it was a nice movie although we cannot understand it, since it was in Cantonese! Good thing it had a subtitle under it, whew!

Ip Man movie was the life story of a Chinese martial arts teacher who was well disciplined and loved by his disciples or students. He was an expert in "Wing Chun". As a matter of fact, he was the master of Bruce Lee.

Photo of Ip Man courtesy of TWK

Photo of Ip Man courtesy of times are priceless

I wish I knew how to read, write and understand Cantonese. There are so many Chinese schools in Manila and in other places in the Philippines but it was more expensive to study there, and so my parents opted to let me and my siblings study in Catholic schools.

For most people who have never gone to the Philipines, they did not know that the Chinese have been living in the Philippines way back even before the Spanish, Japanese, Americans and other nationalities have come in our country.

Aside from the Filipinos, the second largest group of people who live in the Philippines are the "Chinoys". Chinoy came from the word "chinese" and "pinoy". The Chinese in the Philippnes are known also as "Intsik", but the Chinoys didn't like it because it sounded like "insect".

I must say that all Filipinos have a mix blood of Spanish, Chinese, Americans, Indians, and all the nationalities you could think of. My mother's mother is Chinese and the mother of my father is Spanish. When I checked on the internet where our surname had first appeared, it said Mexico!
Some people mistook me for a Filipina-Mexican or Spanish-Filipina or Indian-Filipina since I have round eyes and fair complexion.

I don't think that there is a Filipino nowadays who could truly say that he has no foreign blood running through his veins.

 

 

My 14 Year Old Son's Abs

It took me some time to post here on my personal blog since I was too busy with all sorts of things.

I have to adjust myself with the things around me, since I am not used in living in a place which is quiet. As for my son, he made big adjustments also. He often asked me when we will be living in the city again. I told him that we now live in our own home, the home of my parents, so there was no way we would transfer again.

When we were still living in Manila, I only rented a one bedroom apartment. And my son and I could not move around. The only place that we stayed always was inside the small bedroom.

He asked me time and again to buy him a bike so he could get around the village. I said I will buy him. But then, he grew tired of waiting for me to buy, so what he did was that he saved money so he could buy his own bike. I was really amazed at my son.

Since my son was very bored in our new home, he also started exercising. He used the other bedroom as his gym. He set up a punching bag which he made! He just became so creative and matured! He got an old bag and stuffed old clothes inside of it. Almost everyday, he punched the "punching bag" for two hours. I asked him why was he exercising so hard. He told me he was not exercising. He called it a "training", and told me he wanted to be a boxer! No way! I would not permit him to be a boxer like Manny Pacquiao! If he would do that in the future, i.e. to become a boxer, I will be the one who will go inside the boxing ring and punch his opponents! He also taught me "Wing Chun", a Chinese martial arts which is a branch of Kung Fu. And would you believe that he learned it only from youtube?

See the body of my 14yo son below. He now has 6pack abs! We do not have gym equipments here at home but he managed to contour his body. He does not eat pork. Once in a while, he eats beef, but most of the time, we eat fish and wheat bread and rice.

I am so proud of my son. How in the world did he became like this? 14years ago, he was just a baby... I am sharing this story because I am so proud of my son.