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Only a few hours remain in 2007. In the Philippines, it’s already history as the country has already welcomed 2008. I looked over the posts we made this year, and picked my favorites. Here are my Top 12 picks for 2007:
The unique history of the Barong Tagalog: a symbol of colonial resistance
An Honest Look at […]
This family video is the closest to how we used to celebrate the New Year when I was young(er). It’s complete with the fountains (I love those!), jumping, torotot, screaming, and fireworks going off in the background.
I can’t embed it here, so just click on the image to go to the video.
Don’t you just love […]
Filipinos consider the round shape to bring luck for the New Year. Perhaps because it’s the shape of money/coin.
Here are some of the Filipino traditions of bringing prosperity into the new year.
Wear your polka dots. Every New Year’s day, as far as I recall, my grandmother would wear a new, crisply-starched linen dress in fine […]
Don’t try this at home!
Tags: Philippines, new year, Philippine fireworks, new year fireworks
A whopping P63 billion pesos (US$1.5B)!!!
That’s how much Filipinos spent this Christmas season on gifts and food. Including an average remittance figure that overseas workers send for Christmas spending, that total jumps to 84 billion pesos!
This excludes the amount spent for holiday greetings through text, or pyrotechnics and fireworks for the New Year.
So who’s saying […]
More fireworks, this time at the SM Mall of Asia last year:
Tags: Philippine New Year, Philippines, new year fireworks
There’s nothing like New Year’s Day celebrations in the Philippines! It’s a firework free-for-all, with fountains, rockets, and even paper horns joining in to make NOISE!
For these last few days of 2007, I will treat you to some videos of the way the new year should be welcomed, the Pinoy way! Obviously these are from […]
Answers to December 17, Monday’s riddles.
Hope you got everything correct!
1. Dala mo dala ka, dala ka ng iyong dala. (you carry it, it carries you; what you carry, carries you.) - sapatos (shoes)
2. Walang gulong, walang paa, tumatakbo’t walang humihila. (It walks though no one pulls it; it runs though it has no feet.) - […]
I found this news to be a bit weird.
PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, was planning to bring inflatable sex dolls to the Philippines for use in one of their campaigns. The dolls were confiscated by customs officals upon arrival in the Philippines. Apparently, PETA wanted to use the dolls in a […]
Most of us have heard of Yamashita’s treasure, which is supposed to be buried in various spots all over the Philippines. Whether one believes the stories or not, tales of treasure hunts, especially successful ones, will always capture the imagination. That is why droves of treasure hunters have flocked to the Philippines for decades, in […]
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