Only in the Philippines!

Published just before lunchtime of June 12, 2007

Visit the Philippines!

[Postcard] Executioner at the turn of the century. Philippines.

Got this postcard from Juned when we were at his house last Saturday, a somewhat disturbing gag/parody photo of what the Philippines really was, about a hundred years ago. Shouldn’t we be thankful for the independence and liberty that we have today?

Sadly, the practice of moving holidays to lengthen weekends and promote domestic spending has dampened our celebration for some of our most important milestones as a nation. Though sometimes beneficial, our June 12 Independence Day shouldn’t be among those relegated to become just another extra day for weekend shopping. I guess it’s a clear manifestation of how our current leaders respect and value our great history. Sad.

But instead of whining about this, let’s have a meme instead! This one’s starting from six blogs (here, Juned’s, Joey’s, Jayvee’s, Gail’s, Marc’s), let’s see where it takes us. So here’s how it works:

  1. Download the scanned front (@800px, @500px) and back (@800px, @500px) of this postcard and resize to fit your blog.
  2. Put some sense into this very old postcard by adding some text. It can be serious, it can be funny. Anything goes!
  3. Title of the entry should be Only in the Philippines!
  4. Share the love and tag five other proud Filipinos.

So I’m tagging: Diong, Karla, Anton, Mic, and BryMac. While you’re at it, why don’t you do a “who tagged who” tree? Just so we could see how many generations this meme could hold. Multi–level marketing? Just a thought though, not a requirement. ;)

Happy Independence Day!

Baywalk. Flag. Sunset.

Baywalk at night.

9 replies to “Only in the Philippines!”

  1. 1 Joni 2PM of June 12, 2007

    Dami na foreigners sa Pinas! Adik sila sa bansa naten. LOL.

    Hey you know what’s great? I-compile nyo ung mga “post card” images na ginawa ng mga Filipino bloggers at i-post somewhere, hehehe.

  2. 2 markku 3PM of June 12, 2007

    Joni, oo nga, gustong–gusto nila ang Pilipinas. Tayo lang naman ang mahilig mag-Amerika eh! Hehehe. Basta ako dito lang ako. :)

    Yeah, that would be great, compile natin! I think I have the right domain for that now, nabili ko just a few weeks ago. ;)

  3. 3 Joel Laumans 4PM of June 12, 2007

    Thats one crazy postcard! nice find!

  4. 4 Mic 7PM of June 12, 2007

    Done! :)

  5. 5 Tina 10PM of June 12, 2007

    At first I didn’t notice na execution pala yun…when I looked the second time natawa ako. Haha although it IS kind of morbid…pero nakakatawa kasi maiisip mo, “Oo nga ano! Mga taong to sa likod, nagpose pa!”

    Riz tagged me, and I just posted mine. Hahaha ng saya makakita ng mga ganito. =))

  6. 6 Riz 11PM of June 12, 2007

    Haha. Onga! Combine them! Tapos find more unique and funny postcards that depict Filipino culture and make more memes! Better yet, make a groupblog out of it or something. Mala Postsecret.blogspot.com. Who knows, when we finally have collected enough, someone might actually take interest in publishing it to a book too.

    Gah. But okay, that’s me dreaming the impossible. Hehe. (Then again, after the “success” of this meme, I cant see why Filipno bloggers can all come up with similar fun projects. :)

  7. 7 Diong 10AM of June 13, 2007

    Okei! Nalagay ko na sa aken…

  8. 8 mida 10PM of June 13, 2007

    Markku!!! These water scenes are gorgeous!!!

  9. 9 markku 11AM of June 18, 2007

    @Joel: It was in Juned’s house and he got lots of them at a bargain sale, I bet they didn’t sell well commercially cosidering the gory parody.

    @Mic: Adik tayong lahat sa mga meme ngayon. Hehehe.

    @Tina: Pinoy lang yata ang natatawa sa ganitong mga klase ng patawa eh. ;)

    @Riz: Book project? Cool! Pwede. Hmmm. ;)

    @Diong: Yeah, nakita ko yung sayo pre. Ganda ng mga photos mo! Puro photos ka na ah, wala na munang paintings? ;)

    @Mida: Thanks! You like ‘em water scenes, right? We can use some of them for your site, if you want. :)

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