Rex Navarette Comedy Show

1.       What makes them Filipino?

-          It makes them Filipino for their unique culture and behavior that other countries doesn’t possess

2.       Even though he is an American, why does he makes jokes about his Filipino-ness?

-          He makes some jokes about the Filipino-ness for they are very funny in their own way. The Filipino behavior was very unique to the extent that the other people was very amused.

3.       Do you think this is racism or appreciation?

-          We think it is not a racism instead, he is showing an appreciation how funny or crazy the Filipino writer. Just like the foreign blogger said “it is crazy in the Philippines.”

4.       How do you feel about his jokes? (individual)

-          Deca: it’s really funny, because the fact that he is expressing every Filipino expression relates us especially Filipino. Example of this is he imitates how Filipino moms reprimand us and how they use different expressions even how they talk, shouts, and even mad.

-          Jamalodin: the jokes of Mr. Rex Navarette makes me happy, and I laugh too. But deep inside. I feel the irritation, because he is an American man pero ginagasa niyang katatawanan ang mga pagkakamali ng mga Pilipino dahil sa ginagawa niya. Oo, maraming tumatawa pero para sa mga Pilipino naiinsulto sila, tulad ko. Marami mainterpret ng mga taga ibang bansa sakanyang mga jokes na kakaiba ang pag-uugali ng mga pinoy maaari rin sabihin nila na mga tanga ang mga Pilipino gaya ng sinabi niya tungkol kay Manny Pacquiao.

-          Batugan: his jokes were very realistic.

-          Bao: Napaparelate niya yung ugali ng mga Pilipino

-          Samporna: Magaling siya magpatawa.

5.       What is the importance of humor in Philippine society?

-          Humor was very important in the Philippines society for we are known as a happy person.

FOOD BLOG

BADAK (Maranao Recipe)

Badak is a healthy maranao soup made from coconut milk and usually best partnered with rice. It is great for the cold weather and tastes better with extra palapa!

   

Ingredients:

·        1kg fresh jackfruit

·        2pcs dried fish or bulad

·        Sliced onions and garlic

·        Sliced bell pepper

·        1 cup coconut milk from the first strain

·        Gata (2^nd strain)

·        2 spoon of palapa

·        2tbsp salt

·        Turmeric or kalawag

·        Namnam (optional)

Procedures:

1.     Prepare the Ingredients. after that, heat the pot first.

2.     Pour the cooking oil after the pot gets hot.

3.     Mix the Sliced onions, garlic, and palapa in the pot then mix them well.

 

4.     After you mix it, pour ½ glass of water and the 2^nd strain coconut milk, after that mix them with turmeric.

 

5.     Cook the jackfruit in 30 minutes first to soften it, it needs to be proportional to the amount of water. Then mix the jackfruit in the pot.

6.     Put a 2tbsp of salt or namnam (optional) to add a taste. 

7.     Mix the first strained coconut milk.

8.     Let it boil for a minutes then your special badak maranao recipe is now ready!

The Dish Badak is known as one of the best maranao recipe that every foreigner or Christians might love. This is usually made by our brothers and sisters from the Islamic faith. This is halal and cooked with unique spices to bring out the flavor.

What is the significant of hapag-kainan in Filipino bonding?

Apo on the wall

Apo on the wall talks about the martial law era and it depicts the situations and their experiences during those times, especially that it is in a child’s point of view. Even though we are not that fond of reading martial law articles, we still appreciate and it impresses us because of how differently written it especially in a poem form and a child’s perspective. We would say that people are well disciplined those days and have high regard towards the authorities and gets even scared to those authorities. Similar to this written poem, you can notice the child’s father is always busy and working hard inside his office even though his boss, named Apo, is not around and is obviously stated that his boss’ picture is only hanged on the wall behind him witnessing the father’s hard work. We can compare this to our parents, we tend to get easily scared and follow their orders even though they’re not around to avoid being reprimanded because they’re still the most powerful for us. which is this situation, is also similar to martial law.

I liked the poem because it talks about the martial law era particularly a child’s perspective, it is kind of unique compared to other poems, because this poem will give us a better understanding about the martial law with a point of view of a child. They said a child’s perspective is way too different from adult’s. On this poem, it is clearly stated that martial law is where the people are disciplined and a scary time for them. Considering that the child is elaborating what is really happening in our country is rare especially to an innocent child.

I realize that those days or the past will always remind us that many Filipinos struggled in the hands of Ferdinand Marcos. This will give us insights to appreciate our present because we didn’t experience that kind of brutal play behind the curtains of discipline, this means that we have to look back in the past in order for us to learn it and apply it on the present. Appreciate also what happens on the past to avoid another mistakes in our present times.