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    Pitong Pinoy Profiles: Tzarina Saniel

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    In an era where an e-book is a click away and when the internet has almost unlimited content, Tzarina Saniel sticks to the old. And we mean, old.

    Saniel not only collects books and advocates reading—she has taken the initiative to collect old manuscripts as her way of safeguarding Filipino literary treasures.

    She believes that in the old books' glorious pages, Filipinos will realize their roots and this will eventually lead them to become better Pinoys.

    "Unless we learn from history we will never be able to move on," Saniel said.

    A teacher by profession, Saniel also helps curb the mind of a generation apparently bereft of appreciation for history.

    Her love for Philippine history and her passion to keep the lessons of the past alive in today's generation definitely makes her deserving of being a modern-day Pinoy hero.

    Pitong Pinoy Profiles [Producer's Cut] - Reporter/Producer: Jason Domantay, Video by Yahoo! Southeast Asia

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    16 comments

    • Nathaniel  •  8 months ago
      We really need to learn our past. We also need to hype up our history books. We were brainwashed to believe that we came from the Ita,Indones, and Malays. When in fact we are our own race who came at the same time with the Indones and Malays.Read Tory Melton's Astronesian Migration theory. It makes more sense than what we read in our Philippine History textbooks in the Philippines. We should have more studies done about our ancient history otherwise we would be shadows of other races....
    • Rebecca  •  8 months ago
      good job...grea gal!
    • Roel  •  8 months ago
      I wish I had her as my teacher...
    • Dearie Mae  •  8 months ago
      to be a teacher, competing with technolgy is a challenge!
    • criticbird  •  8 months ago
      you are one of a kind maam. glad to have met you and hear your teachings.<3
    • mbr  •  8 months ago
      i pick ur wrd dnt be same as/kilangan ba barilin ..to be -hi!omidet-2u.,in jl-means nihongo wrds_japan language ur very nice person..te-chno
    • Corrie  •  8 months ago
      BOOKS IS INVESTMENT... NOT ALL LOVE TO READ...YET WE GET MORE INFORMATION BY READING , HOPE EVERY FILIPINO WILL LEARN MORE & LOVE READ ... CONGRATS!!!
    • sarsar  •  8 months ago
      Sana naging teacher kita sa history para mas ma appreciate ko pa ang subject.....hate ko kasi yon when I was a student......
      • criticbird 8 months ago
        she was very good. very kind and very very professional and her love for her country is outstanding.:)
    • Anne  •  8 months ago
      Congrats Ma'am Tzarina., I'm so proud of you!!!
    • Gil2  •  8 months ago
      I am very proud of you tita Tza, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!
    • Machinist  •  8 months ago
      they deserve the reward for them, keep it up my fellow Pilipino. I'm proud to be a Pilipino!!
    • basketballjourney  •  8 months ago
      Keep it up.
    • Archer  •  8 months ago
      Yes I do love Ph history., and I recently downloaded the Noli Me Tangere Novel in my IPod nothing much change only the file type.,.
    • Yusouf772108  •  8 months ago
      Talking of history, let us take a good look at our history books. They are mostly copies or rehash of the history books authored by people commissioned by the Americans to write to serve and protect their interest. So where's the beef? No better way than to bring forth a pacifist who'd rather serve abroad in the Spanish navy in Cuba than to join the revolution in his homeland and make him as the model and pronounce him to be the greatest Pilipino hero! Understandable they wanted the revolution heat to simmer down at that time. Would they want combatants to be our heroes? Hell no! That will fuel the Pilipino revolutionary fervor even more. So what's the catch? Get somebody who doesn't believe in the revolution to be the hero. Guess who? Review our history and tickle your imagination. I admire the man. He was already gone when they proclaimed him a hero. I guess he would not like the idea himself if he was around when the Americans decided to make him the greatest Pilipino hero. Oh well, but I guess he was as well a victim of American political machination.
    • 497  •  8 months ago
      kababawan naman yan...am sure there are a lot out there more deserving than just being advocates of reading....ganun lang hero ka na pala...ang dali di ba?...
      • Yusouf772108 8 months ago
        @497 you are indeed a loser. Take a hike!
    • MR. AWESOME  •  8 months ago
      NO TECHNOLOGY COULD EVER REPLACE A BOOK!!!
      BUT WHY IS CZARINA CALLED A MODERN HERO?
      CALLING HER A HERO IS A TRAVESTY AND MOCKERY TO THE REAL ESSENCE OF THE WORD HERO!!!
      what did she do to deserve that title?
      HEROISM IS SELFLESS SACRIFICE.
      IT IS THE GIVING OF ONE'S SELF AND LIFE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE SOCIETY OR LOVED ONES.
      what did this old chinese woman do but to pursue her craving, her calling or pastime or hobby!!!
      AND THAT MADE HER A HERO!!!
      FOR BUTT'S SAKE, I AM CONFUSED!!!
      CZARINA IS NOT A HERO BUT AN AGING WOMAN DOING WHAT SHE DOES BEST, A WOMAN PURSUING HER HOBBY, AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
      PLEASE DO NOT CALL HER A HERO, RIZAL MIGHT BE AGITATED IN HIS GRAVE RIGHT NOW.
      PLEASE, DUMB ASSES, DO NOT MISUSE THE WORD HERO!!!
      • trouze 8 months ago
        hi Mr. Perfect?!!
      • Ric 8 months ago
        Sana binasa mo nang maiigi: "...she has taken the initiative to collect old manuscripts as her way of safeguarding Filipino literary treasures...."
      • MR. AWESOME 8 months ago
        trouze, hello!!!

        ric, are you implying that i did not comprehend what i read?
        safeguarding literary treasures is her hobby and that makes her a heroine?
        COME ON!!!

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