Marc Joseph S.

Lumba
BSIT 1-1

Beyond ‘nosebleed’ is written by Rica Facundo on April 2012. Philippines has

been globalized even before we put a name to the phenomenon. It is an eye-opener
article that tells what and who Filipinos really are. I felt awaken about the issues among
Filipinos and I just realized then asked myself am I belong to the real Filipinos?

Have you ever been ask yourself that you are a Filipino? And how can you can
so? What are your standards in including yourself as a Filipino? Is it enough? Does
Language are enough to be called Filipino? Is it by the color? By the blood? I think that
we need to criticize first before we answer that.

Nation building is truly an essential thing in our lives, it refers to the process of
developing the nation through engaging the citizens in a country. It seems that it is too
hard to build a nation without a cooperation of everyone, so we need to have unity in
our similarities and also in our diversity.

Language is one of the key concept of a successful communication. It is use

through nation building, but instead of using this in a good way, it becomes a hindrance
because of the morally corrupt practices of the Filipino. And it reminds me that I should
respects other languages even though it is different from the languages I use. Which
also refers to the 1st theories of building a nation, the modernist. Instead of loving one
another languages are we judging each other because of our differences, also to the
half-blood Filipinos we are judging them easily because we see them as other, since
they are good in foreign language.

The author noticed about the multicultural Filipinos he has met is that they make
more effort to understand their roots, unafraid to walk among their people, to take jeeps
and buses, and strike up a conversation to learn more about their history. And I think,
not everyone has a capability to that all because not all of us are well educated and lack
of financial needs so that they are not able to exert more effort to understand our own
roots. Which tackles the 2nd theory of nation building, the ethno-symbolist approach.

To conclude, not gestures, not beautiful gestures, not beautiful word spelled the
difference between whether or not one did or did not belong to the seven thousand one
hundred islands except the willingness, indeed the capability to take risks on the
Marc Joseph S. Lumba
BSIT 1-1

archipelago’s behalf. And I’m strongly agree with that, I learned the true essence of
being a Filipino. It not about the blood, the color, the birth. It is what personifies
nationalism us the beautiful attempt to understand our culture, notwithstanding the
barrier the language barrier and social class that paralyzes a rich and complex like the
Philippines. It’s the attempt to speak up and challenge the “nosebleed” tag attached to
an accent that might accompany a Filipino’s brown, yellow, or white skin. And I’m
challenged to speak English more, since I’m also afraid to speak in English frequently
too, I prefer writing because I’m afraid to be judge by others that my English is a wrong
grammar and incorrect pronunciation. Which exert the 3 rd theory of nation building, the
sociological approach.