Comments for Personal Geographic http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com Travels in a borderless world Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:25:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on DIVISORIA HAUL by personalgeographic http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/divisoria-haul/#comment-76 personalgeographic Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:25:55 +0000 http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/?p=26#comment-76 Sent you an email :) Thanks for visiting! Sent you an email :) Thanks for visiting!

]]> Comment on DIVISORIA HAUL by Connie http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/divisoria-haul/#comment-75 Connie Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:42:36 +0000 http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/?p=26#comment-75 Hello, will you be able to help me buy some Monaco mercerized cotton from Skylab Commercial? I need someone to buy and post them to me as I'm not in Manilla. Please email me and we can discuss. Thanks!! Hello, will you be able to help me buy some Monaco mercerized cotton from Skylab Commercial? I need someone to buy and post them to me as I’m not in Manilla. Please email me and we can discuss. Thanks!!

]]> Comment on PHILIPPINE PRE-COLONIAL GOLD by Marcelo http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/philippine-pre-colonial-gold/#comment-67 Marcelo Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:25:30 +0000 http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-67 One sad mystery is that when the Spaniards reached the Manila Bay region, they found the inhabitants literate in the scripts we now call baybayin, but no one had any memory of the kawi script on the LCI nor of the society that produced it. Such forgetfulness is by no means unusual. It happened all over the world. When the Romans arrived in Britain, they thought that Stonehenge and other megaliths there had been built by the Celtic Druids. The Celts themselves had no idea who raised the giant stones and ascribed the feat to giants. But it makes you wonder what groundbreaking events occurred in the five hundred years between the time the LCI was written and the arrival of the West in our country. Whoever wrote the LCI came from a wealthy, worldy-wise and no doubt regionally well-connected polity that seems to have been more sophisticated and urbane than what the Conquistadores chanced upon. One sad mystery is that when the Spaniards reached the Manila Bay region, they found the inhabitants literate in the scripts we now call baybayin, but no one had any memory of the kawi script on the LCI nor of the society that produced it. Such forgetfulness is by no means unusual. It happened all over the world. When the Romans arrived in Britain, they thought that Stonehenge and other megaliths there had been built by the Celtic Druids. The Celts themselves had no idea who raised the giant stones and ascribed the feat to giants. But it makes you wonder what groundbreaking events occurred in the five hundred years between the time the LCI was written and the arrival of the West in our country. Whoever wrote the LCI came from a wealthy, worldy-wise and no doubt regionally well-connected polity that seems to have been more sophisticated and urbane than what the Conquistadores chanced upon.

]]> Comment on PHILIPPINE PRE-COLONIAL GOLD by personalgeographic http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/philippine-pre-colonial-gold/#comment-63 personalgeographic Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:53:44 +0000 http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-63 No need to be sorry, Johanna. I was writing as someone who just appreciated the exhibit, not as a scholar. I'm glad you pointed this out, as I didn't really know too much about the document as an individual item. The story in it the Laguna Copperplate was fascinating, and I think that's mostly what I remembered. Thanks for visiting :) No need to be sorry, Johanna. I was writing as someone who just appreciated the exhibit, not as a scholar. I’m glad you pointed this out, as I didn’t really know too much about the document as an individual item. The story in it the Laguna Copperplate was fascinating, and I think that’s mostly what I remembered. Thanks for visiting :)

]]> Comment on PHILIPPINE PRE-COLONIAL GOLD by johanna munar http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/philippine-pre-colonial-gold/#comment-62 johanna munar Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:23:42 +0000 http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-62 Sorry, but excuse me. I want to point out some errors in your post. "Then there’s that gold foil document inscribed with ancient Tagalog/Sanskrit whose significance (at least to us) would approach that of the Rosetta Stone or the Dead Sea Scrolls. It tells of a wealthy man who owed a debt of 900gms worth of gold and thus became a slave because he couldn’t repay his debt." It wasn't a gold foil, it was a copper plate. The artifact is now known as the Laguna Copperplate Inscription. It was found near Laguna de Bay. And the script wasn't in Sanskrit. Those who have studied the inscription says it is probably a mix of Old Javanese and Old Tagalog. That's all. ^_^ Sorry, but excuse me. I want to point out some errors in your post.

“Then there’s that gold foil document inscribed with ancient Tagalog/Sanskrit whose significance (at least to us) would approach that of the Rosetta Stone or the Dead Sea Scrolls. It tells of a wealthy man who owed a debt of 900gms worth of gold and thus became a slave because he couldn’t repay his debt.”

It wasn’t a gold foil, it was a copper plate. The artifact is now known as the Laguna Copperplate Inscription. It was found near Laguna de Bay.

And the script wasn’t in Sanskrit. Those who have studied the inscription says it is probably a mix of Old Javanese and Old Tagalog.

That’s all. ^_^

]]> Comment on MRT HOLDOUT NO MORE by cholo http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/mrt-holdout-no-more/#comment-57 cholo Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:26:22 +0000 http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-57 hi, it is nice that you saw the website. hi,

it is nice that you saw the website.

]]> Comment on EVERY EXHIBIT HAS A STORY by Manuel A. Garcia http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/every-exhibit-has-a-story/#comment-51 Manuel A. Garcia Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:14:34 +0000 http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-51 muy informativo! unas obras hechas con gran paciencia! muy informativo! unas obras hechas con gran paciencia!

]]> Comment on EEE LAPTOP SKIN by manix genabe http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/eee-laptop-skin/#comment-39 manix genabe Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:57:48 +0000 http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-39 thank you very much for a good feedback. :-) thank you very much for a good feedback. :-)

]]> Comment on PALE REMAKE: SHUTTER (2008) by ricky http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/pale-remake-shutter-2008/#comment-20 ricky Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:31:34 +0000 http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-20 Nice post! I agree on what you wrote about "shadows" and the grittiness of Asian film, and the cultural contexts that get "lost in translation". But what I loved about your post the most was the line" "The nightmares will make you lose weight." Hahahaha... genius! Nice post! I agree on what you wrote about “shadows” and the grittiness of Asian film, and the cultural contexts that get “lost in translation”. But what I loved about your post the most was the line” “The nightmares will make you lose weight.” Hahahaha… genius!

]]> Comment on About PersonalGeographic by JoMari Fajardo http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com/about/#comment-19 JoMari Fajardo Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:52:03 +0000 #comment-19 Hi Mona, Just passing by...I trust you're well. Regards. JoMari Hi Mona,

Just passing by…I trust you’re well.

Regards.
JoMari

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