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my name is arlove

Sleepless Days

Grabe na ang init! Nakakalowka ng bonggang bongga! Ang sarap tuloy magbakasyon diba? Kaso hindi pwede kasi may work! Kaso ang hirap pumasok sa work kasi ang hirap matulog! Kelangan ko na ata ng sleeping pills para maranasan ko naman ang beauty sleep, Hay.

theurbanhistorian: When the Spanish landed in Manila, they already witnessed that though majority of the residents of Maynila at that time is pagan, the royal court is dominantly Islamic. The leaders then was Rajah Matanda and Rajah Soliman. The Spanish advance have halted the spread of Islam in Luzon. The later independence and the Mindanao Migrations to the North will cause Islamic Comeback in Metro Manila. This will start in the signing of the Tripoli Agreement by the MNLF and the Marcos Government in 1976. In a sign of goodwill to the Philippine Government, Libyan Leader Muammar Ghadaffi planned a state visit in the Philippines. This is the thing that made Imelda Marcos build a mosque almost a stone throw away from the Nazareno. The state visit did not materialize and Mosques cannot be demolished once built, the Quiapo Golden Mosque is here to stay and it created a permanent Muslim presence in Manila especially in the vicinity near the mosque. After this, a lot of Muslim enclaves in the Metro Manila have mushroomed all over. Aside from Quiapo, there is Maharlika in Taguig and in the Reclamation Area in Paranaque. Muslims are good merchants, their usual type of work there reflects that: Stall Owners and Vendors. If you see Quiapo now, aside from Chinese Stalls, there are now stalls owned by the Muslims themselves, selling from Islamic Clothes (I don’t know their names), Jewels and even some foods. This Islamic presence also transformed Manila’s food repertoire, Halal foods being already a big part of our cuisine and some few but noticable Halal restaurants are mushrooming throughout. Slowly, the Metro is now slowly learning to provide some room for Muslims for their daily prayers, a mall near my place has allotted an enclosed space in their mall where Muslim tenants could have their prayers. Giving them a space on the land, gives them a feeling that they are part of the society and ultimately absorbing them. Since we gave them a space in Quiapo years ago, we gave them the understanding they they are Filipinos, too. Of course, assimilation doesn’t come too easy. I do really hope, overcoming the “terrorist” and “mamumugot” stigma from Christian Filipinos, will open some more to them. It’s not always that a Peace Agreement that ends conflicts, it is the open-mindedness of everyone, whether Muslims or Christians. We don’t need a Peace Agreement to end the Moro Conflict, all we need is love. Photo: Quiapo Golden Mosque

theurbanhistorian:

When the Spanish landed in Manila, they already witnessed that though majority of the residents of Maynila at that time is pagan, the royal court is dominantly Islamic. The leaders then was Rajah Matanda and Rajah Soliman. The Spanish advance have halted the spread of Islam in Luzon.

The later independence and the Mindanao Migrations to the North will cause Islamic Comeback in Metro Manila. This will start in the signing of the Tripoli Agreement by the MNLF and the Marcos Government in 1976. In a sign of goodwill to the Philippine Government, Libyan Leader Muammar Ghadaffi planned a state visit in the Philippines. This is the thing that made Imelda Marcos build a mosque almost a stone throw away from the Nazareno. The state visit did not materialize and Mosques cannot be demolished once built, the Quiapo Golden Mosque is here to stay and it created a permanent Muslim presence in Manila especially in the vicinity near the mosque.

After this, a lot of Muslim enclaves in the Metro Manila have mushroomed all over. Aside from Quiapo, there is Maharlika in Taguig and in the Reclamation Area in Paranaque.

Muslims are good merchants, their usual type of work there reflects that: Stall Owners and Vendors. If you see Quiapo now, aside from Chinese Stalls, there are now stalls owned by the Muslims themselves, selling from Islamic Clothes (I don’t know their names), Jewels and even some foods. This Islamic presence also transformed Manila’s food repertoire, Halal foods being already a big part of our cuisine and some few but noticable Halal restaurants are mushrooming throughout.

Slowly, the Metro is now slowly learning to provide some room for Muslims for their daily prayers, a mall near my place has allotted an enclosed space in their mall where Muslim tenants could have their prayers.

Giving them a space on the land, gives them a feeling that they are part of the society and ultimately absorbing them. Since we gave them a space in Quiapo years ago, we gave them the understanding they they are Filipinos, too. Of course, assimilation doesn’t come too easy. I do really hope, overcoming the “terrorist” and “mamumugot” stigma from Christian Filipinos, will open some more to them. It’s not always that a Peace Agreement that ends conflicts, it is the open-mindedness of everyone, whether Muslims or Christians. We don’t need a Peace Agreement to end the Moro Conflict, all we need is love.

Photo: Quiapo Golden Mosque

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knowhomo: LGBTQ* Pronouns You Should Know Hu Pronoun (http://www.hupronoun.org/) (from website) pron, 3rd person singular, gender-neutral  1 used to refer to a person or creature who has gender, when gender is unknown <What a beautiful baby. What’s hus name?>  2 used when gender is irrelevant or the speaker chooses deliberately to obscure the gender of the person being referred to <~ told me where the treasure is buried.>  subjective: hu; objective: hume; possessive: hus; reflexive: huself

knowhomo:

LGBTQ* Pronouns You Should Know

Hu Pronoun (http://www.hupronoun.org/)

(from website)

pron, 3rd person singular, gender-neutral  1 used to refer to a person or creature who has gender, when gender is unknown <What a beautiful baby. What’s hus name?>  2 used when gender is irrelevant or the speaker chooses deliberately to obscure the gender of the person being referred to <~ told me where the treasure is buried.>  subjective: hu; objective: hume; possessive: hus; reflexive: huself

Liquor and Memory

I seldom drink and I seldom do get drunk, but when the spirit of alcohol kicks in, there lies the problem, I forget, I experience short time memory loss.

Then I wake up, thinking how I got there, thinking what happened, thanking I’m still alive! I’m not the only one who experience this kind of thing and if you experience it, what would you do? Or what have you done? 

The last question would always bother me, did I do silly things while my sanity was away? Scary! I know it will happen again and again but is there any way to cure it?

thedailywhat: Don’t Tell, Show of the Day: After a photo of US Marine Brandon Morgan being welcomed home by his partner Dalan went viral in a big way on Facebook, Morgan issued the following response to the thousands of comments it generated:  To everyone who has responded in a positive way. My partner and I want to say thank you. Dalan, the giant in the photo, can’t believe how many shares and likes we have gotten on this. We didn’t do this to get famous,or something like that we did this cause after 3 deployments and four years knowing each other, we finally told each other how we felt. As for the haters, let em hate…to quote Kat Williams, everyone needs haters, so let them hate. We are the happiest we have ever been and as for the whole PDA and kissing slash hugging in uniform…it was a homecoming, if the Sergeants Major, Captains, Majors, and Colonels around us didn’t care…then why do you care what these random people have to say? [jmg.]

thedailywhat:

Don’t Tell, Show of the Day: After a photo of US Marine Brandon Morgan being welcomed home by his partner Dalan went viral in a big way on Facebook, Morgan issued the following response to the thousands of comments it generated: 

To everyone who has responded in a positive way. My partner and I want to say thank you. Dalan, the giant in the photo, can’t believe how many shares and likes we have gotten on this. We didn’t do this to get famous,or something like that we did this cause after 3 deployments and four years knowing each other, we finally told each other how we felt. As for the haters, let em hate…to quote Kat Williams, everyone needs haters, so let them hate. We are the happiest we have ever been and as for the whole PDA and kissing slash hugging in uniform…it was a homecoming, if the Sergeants Major, Captains, Majors, and Colonels around us didn’t care…then why do you care what these random people have to say?

[jmg.]

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Maybe i should try weeds to extract my creative juices. Can’t aggregate my thoughts right now