Filipino Sun and Writing
May 27, 2009 by Christian · 1 Comment
Kris Hampton (Warrington, England)
Filipino Sun and Writing by Voodoo Tattoo in UK
“My modified Filipino sun tattoo with a star in the middle. The writing below was done before the sun tattoo, it says ‘magsama-sama at malakas, magwatak-watak at babagsak’ meaning – united we are strong, divided we fall. I got this because I want it to show I am proud of my English and Filipino heritage.”
Filipino British (Filipino Britons) population is the second-largest Filipino community in Europe but it isn’t as cohesive as other communities in other countries.
Having said that, “united we stand, divided we fall” can’t be applied to Philippine’s current social status as it is strongly diverse in all aspects. Unending political wars, social aggravations, massive poverty with seemingly no solution and whatnot. We really can’t be united if we don’t know how to be one. Reality bites.
Nevertheless, there’s still the bright side. Fil-Brits are unstoppable from making names, which is something we all should be proud of. We have ex-Sugababes member Mutya Buena, TV personality and beauty queen Leilani Dowding, and young Britain’s Got Talent contestant Charlie Green to name some.
