a tribute to all "DONG" & "DAY"

when i tried chatting on the MiRC (many years ago, i had this conversation that i cannot forget. so our chat conversation goes like this:

the chatter: hi ctc?
me: sure...asl plz..

the chatter: 21/ m / manila.. u?
me: 18 f davao
the chatter: bye. KATULONG!!!
me: wat??? wat do u mean?
the chatter: im not interested. u r a visayan. katulong in short.
me: you narrow-minded moron! so what if i'm a visayan??! it doesn't mean that im a katulong.
the chatter: our household helpers are all visayan.. "opo koya!" hehehehehe....
me: damn it! ur not just insulting me but the whole mindanaoans & visayans as well!!
the chatter: gtg katulong! better do your chores. "opo koya!" hahahahaha...
me: FREAK! GO TO HELL! conyo a$$!!!!!!


goodness! nag-init ulo ko dun ha...
so i stopped for a while and think about that. i mean is that really how those people from luzon think if they know that you came from visayas? or worse from mindanao?

::: so, a while ago when i was having a merienda, the t.v. was tuned to an afternoon koreanovela. (i'm not a fan of it).
of course we all know that the actors/actresses originally speak korean and it’s just dubbed tagalog by filipino dubbers. so there was a scene where the house helper was asked by the "amo" about something.
the helper said "baket koya? ako po ang nag loto nyan kanena" (as: “bakit kuya? ako po ang nag luto nyan kanina”)
darn. even on koreanovela, why the helper should have that "visayan" accent??!!

dina-dubbed na nga sa tagalog ang original korean language nila, ganun pa talaga?!


i mean how many times have you seen on television or even in movies that when a house helper or a "buchaha" talks they all have this exaggerated "visayan accent"???!
is this a stereotype that all the visayan are helpers??!

naiinis lang ako dun everytime may nakikita at naririnig akong ganun. it's somehow a little bit offensive, dont you think?

im not against being a house helper or something. in fact i admire them for having a decent job, which infact it is a hard job.
and there's nothing wrong about being visayan/mindanaoan. considering that there are so many great leaders and brilliant people whom we look up to... who are visayan/mindanaoan...countless of them for that matter....after all, we're all the same... living in the same country! i myself is a proud true blue-davaowenya.

it's okay if we sometimes laugh and not make a big deal about some people's articulation imperfections....but NOT to a point of generalizing that all visayans are like "that"... it's just not right....diba, mga dong ug day???

MABUHAY ang mga BISAYA!!! hehehehe....