Comments on: Judging Your Congressman By Their Look-alikes! Part Two http://igorotblogger.com/2007/01/judging-your-congressman-by-their-look_22.html A news and information blog on the Igorots/iCordilleras Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:38:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: BILL BILIG http://igorotblogger.com/2007/01/judging-your-congressman-by-their-look_22.html#comment-123 BILL BILIG Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:11:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=106#comment-123 Hi BetelNut,<br />No problem sa grammar, lahat naman tayo eh. Ako nga papalit palit ng entry dahil minsan wrong grammar din he he.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I can't speak/understand Ibaloi :-( Sana sa balang araw. Hi BetelNut,
No problem sa grammar, lahat naman tayo eh. Ako nga papalit palit ng entry dahil minsan wrong grammar din he he.

Unfortunately, I can’t speak/understand Ibaloi :-( Sana sa balang araw.

]]> By: BetelNut http://igorotblogger.com/2007/01/judging-your-congressman-by-their-look_22.html#comment-122 BetelNut Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:27:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=106#comment-122 BTW, I commented on <a href="http://igorotblogger.com/2007/01/those-gallant-igorots.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> <br />post. I just wanted to know if you can, at least, understand Ibaloi. Hehe. :) BTW, I commented on this
post. I just wanted to know if you can, at least, understand Ibaloi. Hehe. :)

]]> By: BetelNut http://igorotblogger.com/2007/01/judging-your-congressman-by-their-look_22.html#comment-121 BetelNut Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:18:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=106#comment-121 Teka..ngayon ko lang napansin na Koreans nilagay ko. wrong grammar tuloy. Anyway.<br /><br />Yeah, that is the legend. Limahong and his alagads(hehe)sought refuge in the Cordilleras. But there are other claims that he settled in Batangas. I think I saw an article about that in Tsinoy.com but that was years ago. Some even say, he went back to China. Teka..ngayon ko lang napansin na Koreans nilagay ko. wrong grammar tuloy. Anyway.

Yeah, that is the legend. Limahong and his alagads(hehe)sought refuge in the Cordilleras. But there are other claims that he settled in Batangas. I think I saw an article about that in Tsinoy.com but that was years ago. Some even say, he went back to China.

]]> By: BILL BILIG http://igorotblogger.com/2007/01/judging-your-congressman-by-their-look_22.html#comment-120 BILL BILIG Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:08:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=106#comment-120 I usually get asked that question too. And I say, "Oo apo ako ni Limahong". Limahong is this Chinese pirate during the Spanish period (1600s yata) who, according to legend, sought refuge in the Cordilleras with his co-pirates when Spanish authorities were running after them. Pero sabi sabi lang ito and may not really have a factual basis :-) I usually get asked that question too. And I say, “Oo apo ako ni Limahong”. Limahong is this Chinese pirate during the Spanish period (1600s yata) who, according to legend, sought refuge in the Cordilleras with his co-pirates when Spanish authorities were running after them. Pero sabi sabi lang ito and may not really have a factual basis :-)

]]> By: BetelNut http://igorotblogger.com/2007/01/judging-your-congressman-by-their-look_22.html#comment-119 BetelNut Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:38:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=106#comment-119 A lot of Igorots do kinda look like North Asians. Not all, but a lot.<br /><br />There were times that I've been mistaken as a foreigner(most likely they thought I was Koreans, probabaly because those folks are ubiquitous in the city). But the most common question: "Do you have Chinese blood?". Must have inherited my light brown skin and "slanty" eyes from my Ibaloi heritage. Hehe A lot of Igorots do kinda look like North Asians. Not all, but a lot.

There were times that I’ve been mistaken as a foreigner(most likely they thought I was Koreans, probabaly because those folks are ubiquitous in the city). But the most common question: “Do you have Chinese blood?”. Must have inherited my light brown skin and “slanty” eyes from my Ibaloi heritage. Hehe

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