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My Love for the Philippines

Poty — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:14:01 +0000

Levin Salonga of Milwaukee, WI sent this to us to show his love for the Philippines. He said his heart will always be filled with love for his country even if he’s in States most of his life.

This is not unusual scenario for most of the Filipinos living in abroad. I remember a Filipino song with a lyrics “San ka man mapunta..babalik ka rin..babalik ka rin.” That’s exactly the point! Wherever you are in the globe, your heart will still find its one true home.

Asian Water Buffalo

Poty — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:06:41 +0000

Carabao or “Asian Water Buffalo” is the National Animal of the Philippines. They are known for their invaluable contributions especially in rice fields. They have so much strength that’s why they are extensively used in farms, rice fields and forest.

Like carabao, Filipinos are hardworking and capable of doing anything, anywhere in the world.

This one is from Chris of Germany. It is composed of the word “Philippines”, carabao and the 3 stars and a sun in the middle.

Philippine Flag

Poty — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:00:30 +0000

Each color of the Philippine flag have meaning. Blue stands for unity and the noble desires of Filipinos. Red symbolizes the eagerness of Filipinos to shed blood in defense of their country. White stands for purity. The 3 stars in triangle formation represents the three divisions of the country..Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. While the sun with eight rays represents the eight provinces the revolted for independence.

This tattoo is from Richard of Sacramento.

The Sun and The Islands

Poty — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:30:04 +0000

Take a look on how the Philippine Sun was spruced up by Emerald Tattoo (the shop who made this tattoo). The tattoo was obviously designed with Philippine Islands and Philippine Sun. To spice things up, the artist of this tattoo put a little twist on the Philippine Sun and surprisingly the Philippine Stars are not included.

The bearer of this tattoo is Rick Reddaway from Jackson.

Simple Filipino 3 Stars and a Sun

Poty — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:00:57 +0000

3 Stars and a Sun is very popular not only in the Philippines but also around the world. As long as there’s Filipino in different countries, 3 Stars and a Sun will never fade and will still gain popurality among different races.

This one is from Jamil of Sacramento, CA. He called his tattoo as “simple 3 Stars and a Sun” yet this is very stunning in its on way. This was done by David’s Custom Tattoos.

Proud To Be a Filipino!

Poty — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:00:12 +0000

Ashlee of Australia shared to us this tattoo image of his boyfriend Paul. According to her, his boyfriend is a Filipino and his tattoo design is a tribute for his Filipino culture.

As you can see, Paul’s tattoo has a Philippine Sun and the words “Filo Pride” at the middle. He shortened the word “Filipino” into “Filo”.

Made in the Philippines

Poty — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:11:41 +0000

This amazing tattoo is from Gerald Genus of Colorado Springs, CO. He covered the entire area of his back with Philippine map, Philippine sun and stars, flowers and the words “Made in the Philippines” (which is obviously the meaning of his tattoo) and “Mark 9.23″.

If you will look closely at the colors blue and red, you will see that those are made from dots. Imagine how delicate and hard it is doing Gerald’s tattoo?

This great job are done by Juan from Ink Splat tattoo & Hardman tattoo.

Two Country’s Flags

Poty — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:00:01 +0000

Philippine is known for its people and its different races. Fil-Am (Filipino-American) and Tsinoy (Chinese-Filipino) are the most dominant races in the country. Some of these people are not raced in Philippines but still proud that they are Filipinos.

Sergio of Hawaii is one of these half-blooded Filipinos. He is half-Filipino and half-Mexican. To show his two races, he had his tattoo designed with combination of his two country’s flags. This one is very unique as he managed to combine the two flags that results to a very great and symbolic design.

Old English

Christian — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:00:18 +0000

Archgie (California)
3 Stars and a Sun by Ink Assassin

Its old-fashioned feel and historic charm style are some of the reasons why this type of font is famous and can be seen almost everywhere in the tattoo community. But very little is known on how the Old English Text font started. Nevertheless, one thing can best describe it: it was wonderfully made and developed.

Being compared to the famous Cloister Black by Morris Fuller Benton (1904), the Old English Text is classified under the Serif category as Blackletter and is known for its ornate capital letters and diamond-shaped serifs. Blackletter is one of the main kinds of Gothic letters and characterized with fiddly bits in the middle which are noticeable in Old English Text.

This font designed by William Caslon under Monotype Corporation Foundry is compatible with both Macintosh and Windows operating systems using the TrueType (.ttf) and OpenType (.otf) formats.

Poly-pino

Christian — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:00:26 +0000

Jesse (Southern Cailfornia)
by Tiki Tattoo in Lacey, WA

Are we really related?

If you go online and use the words Filipino and Polynesian as keywords, you’ll actually find out that Filipinos are being questioned as to whether have Polynesian lineage as well since we have the same resemblance. Some say we are and others say there’s no connection at all. A number of blabbermouths argues that we are both.

The truth is, Filipinos are Asians but also geographically located in the Pacific Ocean or Oceana (Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia) in which inhabitants are called Pacific Islanders. And so, since our country lies within the boundaries of Pacific Ocean, did just make us Pacific Islanders or Polynesians? No. Though Philippines is located within the boundaries of Pacific Ocean, it isn’t a part of Oceania. Polynesia is polys or many and nesos or island and not many Asians just like some of us believe.

Ruivivar

Christian — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:40:49 +0000

Jason (San Diego)
Ruivivar by Skin N Art
“RUIVIVAR and I’m proud to be a Filipino. This tats is my last name and we’re quite a few in our hometown. So I decided to write it in modified Spanish way and also to show that no matter where I am or who I’m with, I’ll say that I’m proud to be Pinoy.”

Did he not know Third Watch?

If not, then he may not know Anthony Michael Ruivivar, one of the main casts of the NBC’s TV drama series Third Watch which last aired May 2005. And he may be interested in knowing the actor since both of them are of kin to Juan dela Cruz.

Anthony Michael’s father is of Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish descent while his mother is German and Scottish. The actor played the role of Carlos Nieto in the show which allowed him to show off his ethnicity that includes of the Filipino characteristic. Too bad he isn’t that visible on the screen now as he was before.

We wonder if the inked Ruivivar is trying to pull a trick that he hasn’t heard of the actor Ruivivar.