Please don’t forget also the Filipino teachers being recruited to teach to the United States, Korea , China, Japan , Singapore, United Kingdom , Turkey (would you believe) and some parts of the Middle East and other European countries.
The pinoy teachers’ passion for teaching and love for children can’t be taken for granted.
Pinoys have been regardsd as high quality workers.
Sumasangayon ako kay Robert. Malinaw na ang lugar na pinuntahan nila ay may ebntahan ng laman na kung saan ang mga foreigners ay naghahanap ng panandaliang aliw.
Discrimination in the sense na pinipili ang mga taong pumapasok. Kung nakasaad ito sa policy nila, tulad din ng policy ng bar sa mga taong hindi nkadisenteng damit, dapat sigurong sundin.
Pero ayun nga, dapat ngang naisuplong sila sa tamang awtoridad.
Hero’s son heard a different drummer By Eric Shackle
Arthur MacArthur, only son of World War II hero General Douglas MacArthur, escaped the limelight many years ago by adopting another name. Today, at 65, he’s living in New York City, still leading his own life - in what might well be termed “relative” obscurity.
He covered his tracks so well that my wife, Jerry, and I took more than a month to discover that much about him.
Back in 1942, Jerry, formerly Staff-Sergeant E.F. Germaine, of the Australian Women’s Army Service, was a member of General MacArthur’s office staff in Brisbane, Australia. A few weeks ago, at the age of 87, she wrote a nostalgic story, “Where Is Arthur MacArthur?” which was published in our local newspaper, the New South Wales Central Coast Herald:-
Here’s what she wrote:-
Where is Arthur MacArthur?
When four-year-old Arthur MacArthur stretched out an arm to pat Prince, the beautiful white German Shepherd I was holding on a leash, the two U.S. Army sergeants guarding General Douglas MacArthur’s wife and young son drew their pistols, ready to shoot the dog if it as much as licked the boy’s hand.
Fortunately, Jean MacArthur recognised me, and assured her minders that her son was in no danger of being attacked.
The scene was a public park in Brisbane, Australia’s third largest city, in 1942. The General, Supreme Allied Commander in the Southwest Pacific, had his operational headquarters in Brisbane from 1942 to 1944. His office was on the eighth floor of what is now the heritage listed MacArthur Chambers in the city’s central business district.
As a Brisbane-born staff-sergeant in the Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS), I was attached to his office staff. I think he selected me ahead of American personnel because I could take a shorthand record of his dictation (mostly Top Secret) at 200 words a minute, and type it out at 120 words a minute.
I had often spoken to Jean MacArthur and her son when they visited the office, so they had given me a friendly wave when they spotted me walking past the park, exercising a friend’s German Shepherd on one of my all-too-rare rest days.
Jean must have reported the drawn guns episode to the General, because he issued instructions that in future her guards were not to interfere with me and my dog. After that, whenever we met, they saluted and addressed me as “Ma’am,” but still kept a wary watch on Prince.
I remember Arthur as a polite and well-behaved little boy, although Harold Tichman, one of his Australian bodyguards, is said to described him as “a terror of a kid,” who once had kicked him, leaving a long-lasting mark on his leg.
Jean was a tiny person, even shorter than me (and I was just 5ft. 2in. in those days). Her dress size was SSW (very hard to find during the war).
Shortly before the General died in 1964, he described Jean as “my constant friend, sweetheart and devoted supporter.” After his death, AP reported, she remained active in theatre, opera, civic and philanthropic pursuits and served as honorary chairman of the Norfolk, Virginia, foundation created as a memorial to her husband.
“Jean MacArthur has witnessed the great cataclysms of our time, survived war and peace, conquered tragedy and known triumph,” President Reagan said in awarding her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988. The citation for the medal, the nation’s highest civilian award, called her “a shining example, a woman of substance and character, a loyal wife and mother, and like her general, a patriot.”
Jean died on January 22, 2000, aged 101. She was buried alongside the General at the MacArthur Memorial in Virginia, an old domed building that is part of a complex which includes the Jean MacArthur Research Center, where her husband’s archives are held.
From time to time over the last 60 years, I’ve wondered what became of young Arthur MacArthur. He received so much publicity in the 1940s, as the son and grandson of two famous generals, that it seems he has chosen to disappear from public gaze.
Searching the internet the other day, I found an interesting story, “Where Is General MacArthur’s Son?” written some years ago by Oscar Samuel Roloff (1918-1999) for the Woodinville Weekly in Washington state. It said:-
“In 1950, a colleague and I were the two-man press team for VADM [Vice Admiral] Turner Joy, Commander Naval Forces, Far East, in Tokyo, Japan. Our top boss was the flamboyant General Douglas MacArthur, who ruled from his high Tokyo tower over his family, friends, and foes. No one dared challenge his dictates.”
“One day, he ruled that his son, Arthur, 12, would take a warship ride from Yokosuka to Tokyo. Col. S.C. Huff, aide de camp to the General, was ordered to go along and watch the kid’s every move, to protect him. During this stint, my colleague boarded the ship to take photos. I took some, too.”
“I watched the lad, who seemed entirely uninterested, ill at ease, as he sat on a forward bitt [bollard]. No sailor was allowed to talk with him. His dad had ruled his son would go to West Point, become a General, and possibly some day be awarded the Medal of Honor as his Dad and Grandpa had received for bravery.”
“As I studied the lad, and later took down the file folder of the photos we had taken, I studied them and came to the same conclusion. The kid wanted to march to a different drummer–not his Dad’s drum. He was a sensitive lad, one who had his own ideas of what he wanted to do, wanted to be.”
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Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.– Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862).
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Where is Arthur MacArthur right now? I found this possible answer on a Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina) webpage: “Whatever happened to Gen. MacArthur’s son? Did he go into the military? - H.P., Pinehurst … A: No, he didn’t. Instead, [he] became a concert pianist and writer, according to June Weatherly.”
I found one other clue on the internet. In an article about the Spanish-born artist Juvenal Sanso, Philippine novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist Nick Joaquin wrote: “One hears that General MacArthur’s son is now an artist in Greenwich Village, but one doubts he’s doing any recollections of the Manila of his childhood.”
I suppose he can’t recollect our Brisbane park encounter either. If he reads this story, I’d like him to know that, after all these years, I still have fond memories of him and his mother, and hope that he has found happiness in following the beat of that different drummer.
After that story was published, Jerry and I began a long search of the internet, leading to dozens of email messages, in a bid to find the answer to her question “Where Is Arthur MacArthur?”
We thought we were hot on Arthur’s trail when we discovered a story about Pixie Windsor, owner of Miss Pixie’s Furnishing and Whatnot in the May-June 1999 issue of The Washington Flyer, the official magazine of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority:-
“At the bottom of a box of shirts Miss Pixie bought at Douglas MacArthur’s son’s estate sale, she found a dozen pairs of silk pyjamas emblazoned with the monogram he shared with his father. Seizing upon this serendipity, she sold them for $50 apiece.
“Since she already had his stationery, each pair of PJs came with a business card in the pocket. So too went his martini pitchers along with programs from the presidential inaugurals.”
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Pixie Windsor’s store features dressers, marble end tables, upholstered club chairs, giant cognac snifters, and vintage phones, whatever she’s picked up at auctions. Devotees show up on Thursdays, when she unloads the week’s haul. - Extract from Miss Pixie’s website.
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But that story proved to be a red herring. We checked it out with MacArthur Memorial archivist James Zobel, in Richmond, Virginia. Was it true, we asked. Had Arthur died in Washington four years ago?
“No,” he replied. “This was the estate sale of one of MacArthur’s nephews. Included in the estate were the items belonging to his brother, Captain Arthur MacArthur, USN.”
Miss Pixie told us: “I was misquoted in that article. The items (and I got a lot!) were from the estate of the nephew of Douglas MacArthur, who served as Ambassador to Belgium.”
We hit pay dirt when we emailed an inquiry to Colonel William J. Davis, USMC (Retired), Executive Director of the General Douglas MacArthur Foundation and The MacArthur Memorial. We asked him what he could tell us about Arthur. “Arthur lives in New York City and I will send him a copy of your email.,” he told us.
Finally, we discovered the existence of a worldwide Arthur clan, which traces its origins back to King Arthur, and embraces hundreds of MacArthurs, spelt in various ways. It issues a quarterly newsletter called The Round Table.
So we emailed its editor, Bob McArtor, who lives in Alexandria, Virginia, and he replied:-
“I congratulate your wife on a well-written and documented story. You have as much information on the subject as anyone. “I wrote to Jean MacArthur on two occasions during the General’s illness and am aware of her graciousness. Her son used to visit her in the Astoria Towers in New York which she called home. “It would appear he truly did hear a different drummer as he changed his name and literally buried the past. It is a good thing, in my opinion, to keep the subject alive as one day he may change his mind and resurface. He had much to add to history.”
Yeah di tlg kabilib bilib ang nakikita natin sa TV or movies.. Kadiri si Rustom . and of course si Angelica Panganiban well I just wish nag improve na ang body nya.. ang nagagawa nga naman ng photoshop ano?
Well i used to watch movie here. During that time, if you have the chance to watch movie there . hmmm sosi ang dating daw..
We were just so lucky that it was near our house. Just one bus ride away and you’ll get off right in front of the theatre.
The last movie I watched there was Little Lord Fontleroy (if i remember the title correctly). We were actually set to watch Excalibur.. Well we thought that was QUAD but of course it wasnt. Thats why we ended up watching there.
Now please don’t compute the years …ahahahaha..
sa komento mo megapinay na bakit walang mahusay magsalita sa atin ng kastila , may mga lugar tulad ng zamboanga ang ganito ang kanilang dayalekto.
bukod dito, marami sa ating mga salita ay hango sa kastila.
halimbawa:
tinidor
pantalon
oras
kusina
at iba pa.
sa tingin ko ito ang malaking impluwensya nila bukod sa pagkain.
marahil din , dahil siguro mayroon na tayong sariling kultura bago pa sila dumating kaya’t hindi pa din gaanong kalaki ang impluwensya nila.
nakupo magugutom pala ako kapag nawala na ang spanish dish sa mesa.
hindi maipagkakaila ang impluwensya ng mga espanol sa kultura ng pinoy.
400 na taon silang naghari-harian na maging ang pangalan binigay sa ating bansa ay hango sa ngalan ng Haring Felipe.
Hindi na mawawala ang ganitong klase ng impluwensya, bagkus madadagdagan pa nga ng iba pang lahi. Intsik, Amerikano , Hapon, Koreano, at marami pang iba.
Wala nang purong Pinoy sa ngayon . Halo-halo (mixed) na kultura na ang mayroon sa ngayon.
Kaya nga dapat, sa pagpili ng mga magiging ninong at ninang, ang magulang ay maging maingat at sisiguruhin nilang laging handang tumulong ang mga ito sa panahon na kailangan sila ng kanilang mga inaanak o maging ng magulang nila.
Ang ninong at ninang ay kasama ng mga magulang sa pagpapalaki, pagdidisiplina at paggabay sa mga inaanak.
Pinoys are really globally competitive. What makes us unique from other nationalities are our ability to speak good english , our capability of grasping new knowledge easily, our technical know-how, ability to easily adapt to new environment.
Our educational system prepared us to be like this. We were taught to speak English at a very early age. Our parents are very particular with the kind of education we get from schools. They make it a point that they give their children the best in terms of education. Filipino parents value education so much that even if they can’t afford, still they will send their children to state colleges. Then that has been passed on to generations.
Where is ARTHUR MacARTHUR?
September 24th, 2008 at 2:42 pmthanks a lot !
Imagine a world without Filipinos
September 9th, 2008 at 2:33 pmPlease don’t forget also the Filipino teachers being recruited to teach to the United States, Korea , China, Japan , Singapore, United Kingdom , Turkey (would you believe) and some parts of the Middle East and other European countries.
The pinoy teachers’ passion for teaching and love for children can’t be taken for granted.
Pinoys have been regardsd as high quality workers.
Kudos to Pinoy workers !
Liwaliw (ad na aliw)
August 24th, 2008 at 11:09 pmIsang mapagpalang araw mula sa isang estado ng America !!
Ang Lumang Pilipinas!
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:34 pmNoon pa man pala masikip na talaga ang mga daanan sa pinas..
parang siksikan na ang mga tao sa kalye
An Open Letter of a Transgender Woman in the Philippines
July 21st, 2008 at 4:27 amSumasangayon ako kay Robert. Malinaw na ang lugar na pinuntahan nila ay may ebntahan ng laman na kung saan ang mga foreigners ay naghahanap ng panandaliang aliw.
Discrimination in the sense na pinipili ang mga taong pumapasok. Kung nakasaad ito sa policy nila, tulad din ng policy ng bar sa mga taong hindi nkadisenteng damit, dapat sigurong sundin.
Pero ayun nga, dapat ngang naisuplong sila sa tamang awtoridad.
Where is ARTHUR MacARTHUR?
July 21st, 2008 at 4:18 amHero’s son heard a different drummer
By Eric Shackle
Arthur MacArthur, only son of World War II hero General Douglas MacArthur, escaped the limelight many years ago by adopting another name. Today, at 65, he’s living in New York City, still leading his own life - in what might well be termed “relative” obscurity.
He covered his tracks so well that my wife, Jerry, and I took more than a month to discover that much about him.
Back in 1942, Jerry, formerly Staff-Sergeant E.F. Germaine, of the Australian Women’s Army Service, was a member of General MacArthur’s office staff in Brisbane, Australia. A few weeks ago, at the age of 87, she wrote a nostalgic story, “Where Is Arthur MacArthur?” which was published in our local newspaper, the New South Wales Central Coast Herald:-
Here’s what she wrote:-
Where is Arthur MacArthur?
When four-year-old Arthur MacArthur stretched out an arm to pat Prince, the beautiful white German Shepherd I was holding on a leash, the two U.S. Army sergeants guarding General Douglas MacArthur’s wife and young son drew their pistols, ready to shoot the dog if it as much as licked the boy’s hand.
Fortunately, Jean MacArthur recognised me, and assured her minders that her son was in no danger of being attacked.
The scene was a public park in Brisbane, Australia’s third largest city, in 1942. The General, Supreme Allied Commander in the Southwest Pacific, had his operational headquarters in Brisbane from 1942 to 1944. His office was on the eighth floor of what is now the heritage listed MacArthur Chambers in the city’s central business district.
As a Brisbane-born staff-sergeant in the Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS), I was attached to his office staff. I think he selected me ahead of American personnel because I could take a shorthand record of his dictation (mostly Top Secret) at 200 words a minute, and type it out at 120 words a minute.
I had often spoken to Jean MacArthur and her son when they visited the office, so they had given me a friendly wave when they spotted me walking past the park, exercising a friend’s German Shepherd on one of my all-too-rare rest days.
Jean must have reported the drawn guns episode to the General, because he issued instructions that in future her guards were not to interfere with me and my dog. After that, whenever we met, they saluted and addressed me as “Ma’am,” but still kept a wary watch on Prince.
I remember Arthur as a polite and well-behaved little boy, although Harold Tichman, one of his Australian bodyguards, is said to described him as “a terror of a kid,” who once had kicked him, leaving a long-lasting mark on his leg.
Jean was a tiny person, even shorter than me (and I was just 5ft. 2in. in those days). Her dress size was SSW (very hard to find during the war).
Shortly before the General died in 1964, he described Jean as “my constant friend, sweetheart and devoted supporter.” After his death, AP reported, she remained active in theatre, opera, civic and philanthropic pursuits and served as honorary chairman of the Norfolk, Virginia, foundation created as a memorial to her husband.
“Jean MacArthur has witnessed the great cataclysms of our time, survived war and peace, conquered tragedy and known triumph,” President Reagan said in awarding her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988. The citation for the medal, the nation’s highest civilian award, called her “a shining example, a woman of substance and character, a loyal wife and mother, and like her general, a patriot.”
Jean died on January 22, 2000, aged 101. She was buried alongside the General at the MacArthur Memorial in Virginia, an old domed building that is part of a complex which includes the Jean MacArthur Research Center, where her husband’s archives are held.
From time to time over the last 60 years, I’ve wondered what became of young Arthur MacArthur. He received so much publicity in the 1940s, as the son and grandson of two famous generals, that it seems he has chosen to disappear from public gaze.
Searching the internet the other day, I found an interesting story, “Where Is General MacArthur’s Son?” written some years ago by Oscar Samuel Roloff (1918-1999) for the Woodinville Weekly in Washington state. It said:-
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Where is Arthur MacArthur right now? I found this possible answer on a Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina) webpage: “Whatever happened to Gen. MacArthur’s son? Did he go into the military? - H.P., Pinehurst … A: No, he didn’t. Instead, [he] became a concert pianist and writer, according to June Weatherly.”
I found one other clue on the internet. In an article about the Spanish-born artist Juvenal Sanso, Philippine novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist Nick Joaquin wrote: “One hears that General MacArthur’s son is now an artist in Greenwich Village, but one doubts he’s doing any recollections of the Manila of his childhood.”
I suppose he can’t recollect our Brisbane park encounter either. If he reads this story, I’d like him to know that, after all these years, I still have fond memories of him and his mother, and hope that he has found happiness in following the beat of that different drummer.
After that story was published, Jerry and I began a long search of the internet, leading to dozens of email messages, in a bid to find the answer to her question “Where Is Arthur MacArthur?”
We thought we were hot on Arthur’s trail when we discovered a story about Pixie Windsor, owner of Miss Pixie’s Furnishing and Whatnot in the May-June 1999 issue of The Washington Flyer, the official magazine of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority:-
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But that story proved to be a red herring. We checked it out with MacArthur Memorial archivist James Zobel, in Richmond, Virginia. Was it true, we asked. Had Arthur died in Washington four years ago?
“No,” he replied. “This was the estate sale of one of MacArthur’s nephews. Included in the estate were the items belonging to his brother, Captain Arthur MacArthur, USN.”
Miss Pixie told us: “I was misquoted in that article. The items (and I got a lot!) were from the estate of the nephew of Douglas MacArthur, who served as Ambassador to Belgium.”
We hit pay dirt when we emailed an inquiry to Colonel William J. Davis, USMC (Retired), Executive Director of the General Douglas MacArthur Foundation and The MacArthur Memorial. We asked him what he could tell us about Arthur.
“Arthur lives in New York City and I will send him a copy of your email.,” he told us.
Finally, we discovered the existence of a worldwide Arthur clan, which traces its origins back to King Arthur, and embraces hundreds of MacArthurs, spelt in various ways. It issues a quarterly newsletter called The Round Table.
So we emailed its editor, Bob McArtor, who lives in Alexandria, Virginia, and he replied:-
Copyright © 2003 Eric Shackle eshackle@ozemail.com.au
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Nuon at Ngayon
July 7th, 2008 at 1:42 pmYeah di tlg kabilib bilib ang nakikita natin sa TV or movies.. Kadiri si Rustom . and of course si Angelica Panganiban well I just wish nag improve na ang body nya.. ang nagagawa nga naman ng photoshop ano?
Rizal Theatre, Makati
July 7th, 2008 at 1:40 pmWell i used to watch movie here. During that time, if you have the chance to watch movie there . hmmm sosi ang dating daw..
We were just so lucky that it was near our house. Just one bus ride away and you’ll get off right in front of the theatre.
The last movie I watched there was Little Lord Fontleroy (if i remember the title correctly). We were actually set to watch Excalibur.. Well we thought that was QUAD but of course it wasnt. Thats why we ended up watching there.
Now please don’t compute the years …ahahahaha..
El Mes Español — La Comida Filipina Es También La Comida Española
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:12 amsa komento mo megapinay na bakit walang mahusay magsalita sa atin ng kastila , may mga lugar tulad ng zamboanga ang ganito ang kanilang dayalekto.
bukod dito, marami sa ating mga salita ay hango sa kastila.
halimbawa:
tinidor
pantalon
oras
kusina
at iba pa.
sa tingin ko ito ang malaking impluwensya nila bukod sa pagkain.
marahil din , dahil siguro mayroon na tayong sariling kultura bago pa sila dumating kaya’t hindi pa din gaanong kalaki ang impluwensya nila.
El Mes Español — La Comida Filipina Es También La Comida Española
June 22nd, 2008 at 12:07 amnakupo magugutom pala ako kapag nawala na ang spanish dish sa mesa.
hindi maipagkakaila ang impluwensya ng mga espanol sa kultura ng pinoy.
400 na taon silang naghari-harian na maging ang pangalan binigay sa ating bansa ay hango sa ngalan ng Haring Felipe.
Hindi na mawawala ang ganitong klase ng impluwensya, bagkus madadagdagan pa nga ng iba pang lahi. Intsik, Amerikano , Hapon, Koreano, at marami pang iba.
Wala nang purong Pinoy sa ngayon . Halo-halo (mixed) na kultura na ang mayroon sa ngayon.
Pangalawang Itay
June 21st, 2008 at 9:59 pmKaya nga dapat, sa pagpili ng mga magiging ninong at ninang, ang magulang ay maging maingat at sisiguruhin nilang laging handang tumulong ang mga ito sa panahon na kailangan sila ng kanilang mga inaanak o maging ng magulang nila.
Ang ninong at ninang ay kasama ng mga magulang sa pagpapalaki, pagdidisiplina at paggabay sa mga inaanak.
masdan mo ang mga bata
June 17th, 2008 at 10:57 pmI am surprised that these kids dont get sick easily despite the kind if environment they live in. Immune ?
papaya phenomena
June 17th, 2008 at 8:58 pmWas she not given a royalty fee for using her music? What is she complaining for?
I am actually wondering why it was called Papaya song or Papaya dance.
I just can’t see anything why it should be called as such.
Anyway, it actually doesnt matter. With its popularity, does anybody question the song and dance’s name?
Imagine a world without Filipinos
June 17th, 2008 at 8:53 pmPinoys are really globally competitive. What makes us unique from other nationalities are our ability to speak good english , our capability of grasping new knowledge easily, our technical know-how, ability to easily adapt to new environment.
Our educational system prepared us to be like this. We were taught to speak English at a very early age. Our parents are very particular with the kind of education we get from schools. They make it a point that they give their children the best in terms of education. Filipino parents value education so much that even if they can’t afford, still they will send their children to state colleges. Then that has been passed on to generations.