Confessional: Cebu's filmmaking at its best

My hectic workload prevented me from enjoying the indie Cebuano movie Confessional, but here's a good review.

Model resolution for adopting heritage conservation policy

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Philippine languages originated north?

"The evidence shows that a move south from Taiwan to as far as the Philippines occurred between 7000 and 5000 years ago (Bellwood 1978 and Howe 1984). Taiwan would have been isolated from the mainland since sea level rose at the end of the last ice age about 10,000 years ago. This implies that there had probably been an earlier movement of people possessing an improved boating technology into Taiwan from somewhere else.

"The diagram of the diversification of the languages [Language Families] shows the Austronesian languages in Taiwan appear on two different branches. This suggests a ripple of movement, and probably transmission of technology, north from the Philippine Islands to Taiwan. The development of the improved boating technology in Island Southeast Asia was probably the result of a complicated series of population movements in the region."

More: http://remotecentral.blogspot.com/2008/02/human-evolution-on-trial-polynesian.html

This blog is resurrected

Last January 7, 2008, I declared that this blog is dead. (Well, technically, not dead, but just retired.) Recent outbursts of messages at The DILFED Forum for the last seven days though have convinced me that there is a need for me to create pointers to the most important messages; although I suggested that we convert into a real forum (as in SMF), the call went unheeded. Meanwhile, I could not locate certain messages which I am sure had been posted at DILA, a related Yahoo Group. (I have written a rather extensive forum vs Yahoo Group article at my Isles Tech blog.)

So this blog is officially revitalized. Watch out for updates to both The DILFED Forum and the DILA Yahoo Group from here.

This blog is retired

DILA's archives are now open to non-members. If you are looking for more information about the growing Tagalism of the Philippine government and how that sinister plot can be averted, please consider searching through the archives. If you need specific help, try emailing me (islesv[at]gmail[dot]com).

I'm also encouraging you to join DILA (or the more moderate forum, DILFED). DILA membership is by invitation only, but you can actually apply (as I did, five years ago). In any case, applying is an extra effort, which only means you have something in you which realized the grave abuse we have under.

For all intents and purposes, this blog is retired and will not be maintained anymore. I will be posting my thoughts at the DILA forum.

Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo movie is unfair and discriminatory

So this is what we get after decades of Tagalog imperialism. A movie entry to the country's premier film festival insults my people, the Senate Minority leader complains about the ethnic slur, and the director just dismisses the remarks as that of a senile and tedious man. Tsk, tsk. They don't have respect even for a senator of the Republic.

So what really happened?
Gloria Romero: "Bakit pinapalaki ninyong Bisaya ang apo ko?"
Judy Ann Santos (butts in): "Speak to the kid in Tagalog. Parang Pinoy."

Implication: You're not Filipino if you don't speak Tagalog.

This is one guy I wouldn't like to befriend...

http://profiles.friendster.com/tagalista