Comments on: The Pioneering Chinese Settlers of General Santos City

By: odette

odette — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:22:49 +0000

just before i left gensan, i was at the second-hand bookstore in kcc, and i saw jong ramirez. no i don't know him personally, but my mom told me in a whisper that he's gensan's historian. so the lightbulb in my head sparked a bit when you mentioned him. it's nice to feel a connection somehow to my gensan experiences. hooray to the chinese in gensan! kung hei fat choy! i worked in binondo, manila in 2000-2002, for a chinese company based in gensan, and it was the ultimate chinatown experience for me. odettes last blog post..the birthday giveaway

By: Jordan Ray Quinco

Jordan Ray Quinco — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:17:28 +0000

@gensanite.. aw ok.. unsa imo ngalan?… damean pod ko..

By: gensanite

gensanite — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:39:37 +0000

i dunno… batch mi sa imong utol… lagmit, damean pud ka…

By: Jordan Ray Quinco

Jordan Ray Quinco — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:29:24 +0000

@gensanite.. he’s my brother bai… kaila ta?

By: gensanite

gensanite — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:10:50 +0000

@Jordan Ray Quinco - unsa nimo si BOYET, bai?

By: Jordan Ray Quinco

Jordan Ray Quinco — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:41:11 +0000

hello everyone.. i believe my grandfather is in that picture…

he is 100% chinese from china.. hehe.. Julian Chua… (Julian not his true name) owner of the famous SAMPAGUITA restaurant in the 1940′s… jan lang malapit sa GEN. SANTOS PARK… un maalala ko… hehehe…. mga kaibigan niya yung mga tao na yan before.. hehehe… miss u lolo… god bless to all chinoys…

belated happy new year to all!

By: bariles

bariles — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:49:26 +0000

@archmykel, planuhin na dapat after the Tuna Festival. This will do our city a lot of good.

By: archmykel

archmykel — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:39:58 +0000

hi bariles! That is a good idea. Let the city celebrate Chinese new year! para dumami ang activities sa city. How about a dragon dance at the plaza?

By: gensanite

gensanite — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:14:58 +0000

@orman –

hehehe… at least hindi nagwo-worry ang nanay ko na wala akong kinakain dito sa cebu… hehehe… coffee tayo pagbalik mo dito, SIR ORMAN… cheers!!!

By: orman

orman — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:05:50 +0000

kung hei tabatsoy! hoy gensanite katambok na nimo ha... will be back in cebu soon... ormans last blog post..Hallelujah

By: rammyboi

rammyboi — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:25:32 +0000

Originally Posted By bariles

Originally Posted By rammyboiKung hei fat choi bsag delayed na ko. hehehhe amazing kuya avel… where do you get this pictures…. vintage na maxado. na aamaze ako.

rammybois last blog post..David Pomeranz Concert in Gensan

Sa lumang baul ng lolo kong intsik rin. Joke. I got that from the book WHO’S WHO, Volume IV. I also personally interviewed its author, Mr. Jong Ramirez when he dropped by the office yesterday.

ayyy.. uu. na encounter ko yan na book kuya avel. meron ata ang NDDU lib nyan kasi dun ako nakakita nung nasa elementary pa ako. pero volume 1 cguro. not sure. andun pa nga ang story ng white lady sa San Pablo St. ba yun. jan sa street harap ng NDDU-IBED and St. Peter and Paul Parish.

rammybois last blog post..David Pomeranz Concert in Gensan

By: gensanite

gensanite — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:36:07 +0000

@bariles –

yup… you’re right, KUYA A… i lived near there before, when i stayed with my grandmother (when she was still with us)… both of my grandfathers (paternal and maternal) are from Amoy, in the Fujian province… my parents, uncles, and aunts were all born here in the Philippines…

when i was younger, i would usually see most of the people in the photos in the chinese cemetery (beside san carlos) during all saints’ day (november 1)… they usually play traditional chinese musical instruments, drink tea, and talk (chinese)…

i also remember that these “first-generation chinese migrants” have a group/club that is pretty much like the freemasons… the members usually go there to play mahjong, drink tea, share a meal, discuss business, and close deals…

vintage gyud kaayo ang photo… i can’t imagine that they were near in the area where general santos park is now… hehehe…

By: bariles

bariles — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:17:10 +0000

Originally Posted By rammyboi
Kung hei fat choi bsag delayed na ko. hehehhe amazing kuya avel… where do you get this pictures…. vintage na maxado. na aamaze ako.

rammybois last blog post..David Pomeranz Concert in Gensan

Sa lumang baul ng lolo kong intsik rin. Joke. I got that from the book WHO’S WHO, Volume IV. I also personally interviewed its author, Mr. Jong Ramirez when he dropped by the office yesterday.

By: Kritiko

Kritiko — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:19 +0000

Kung Hei Fat Choy!

By: dimple

dimple — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:34:23 +0000

By: rammyboi

rammyboi — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:33:35 +0000

Kung hei fat choi bsag delayed na ko. hehehhe amazing kuya avel… where do you get this pictures…. vintage na maxado. na aamaze ako.

rammybois last blog post..David Pomeranz Concert in Gensan

By: bariles

bariles — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:08:42 +0000

@Gensanite, you’re welcome. Di ba you live on that set of buildings on the left of the picture? That’s where your lola stays right? Aminin. Where’s your father’s and grandpa’s roots?

By: bariles

bariles — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:59:17 +0000

@Daxi, hehehe! Yeah, kungsabagay. Another productive day lost. Oh well, let us ask our Fil-Chinese or Chinoy readers kaya? Anybody out there who wants the Chinese New Year to be declared a public holiday in the Philippines? Archmykel? Cathy? Leonard? Wanchin? Any takers?

By the way, Kung Hei Fatchoy which is the common greeting in the Philippines is in Fookien, the dialect from the Fu Jian province in China. Gong Xi Fa Cai which is the normal greeting in Singapore and Malaysia is in Mandarin, the national language of China.

By: Daxi Weida

Daxi Weida — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:35:02 +0000

Happy new year Kuya Avel! May pagkakaiba ba ang meaning ng Kung Hei Fat Choy at Gong Xi Fa Cai, kuya?

Ganda ng old photo. Dyan ako sa lugar na yan (sa may Compania Maritima) naiwan ng nanay ko minsan noong bata pa ako. Mangiyak-ngiyak ako buti na lang nakita ako ng kapitbahay namin who was a worker of Compania. Of course, this happened at a much later period.

I do not think even the Chinese business people will be amenable to adding another day to the schedule of holidays in this country. Another holiday is another loss of productivity. Let us pay homage to our Chinese ancestry in another way.

Opinion ko lang, Kuya.

Daxi Weidas last blog post..Lamenting a Margarito versus Pacquiao

By: gensanite

gensanite — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:45:25 +0000

“Kung Hei Fat Choy”, KUYA AVEL…

thanks for this post/tribute… it gives us a glimpse of our heritage…

By: tanchi

tanchi — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:43:19 +0000

happy new year to our fellow chinese:) tanchis last blog post..The Good Thing About Having a Family

By: bariles

bariles — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:55:33 +0000

@Anonymouse, hahaha! To the rescue ka na naman with your very keen eye. Thanks for pointing out another mistake of mine. Sowee… isda po lamang. Hehehe.

By: jinky

jinky — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:21:38 +0000

Kung Hei Fat Choy, everyone! My father used to work with the Yusepeng' in the 70's. To continue Mang Caloy's legacy, some of his children and their spouses have their businesses established here in Gensan. jinkys last blog post..Visayan Movies

By: bariles

bariles — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:10:25 +0000

@Madame Rue, am referring to the Chinese New Year and not any special tribal day for Chinese, or Jews, or whatever race. That’s a different issue altogether. With regard to Gen. Santos prohibiting the chinese from doing business with the NLSA before, if that were true, it did not seem to stop them from going on doing their thing and making a living. In fact, until this present day, they still are all here building these huge infrastructures everywhere, going into large fishing ventures with other countries and helping build GenSan’s economy.

By: sheng

sheng — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:08:26 +0000

Gong Xi Fa Cai to all Chines settlers in General Santos City! shengs last blog post..That I was Born for You, It is Written in the Stars

By: Rue Ramas

Rue Ramas — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:38:35 +0000

On this Chinese New Year day, I would like to send my special greetings to three Chinese friends who touched my life… Charles Lim, Caloy Yusepeng, and George Sandoval…

For the record: When Gen. Santos started the NLSA, he prohibited the Chinese from doing business with the settlement. (Per account of Rafael Aquino, the secretary of Gen. Santos)

Comment: If we will have a Chinese special holiday in the Philippines, then most of the countries must follow suit. Chinese are all over the globe, thus we have Chinatowns in so many countries. And what if the Jews would also demand a Jews’ Day? They are also scattered all over. Did we ever have an IP’s Day?

By: Anonymouse :)

Anonymouse :) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:03:03 +0000

@Manoy Avel, Wong hei batchoy … ehe, kung bei watsay… ehe (again!), kung choy patyon!

if you mean Jan (father of internet in gensan) of the “Seds,” it is CED as in Mama CED, Papa CED, i love you… ajejeje.