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CNN viewers voted the 1982 Filipino film “Himala” (Miracle) as the Best Asia-Pacific Film of All Time, announced the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on November 11.
I’m trying to remember what this film was all about, and why it generated such a buzz. “Himala” was a 1982 film by Ishmael […]
Ah, there is a way to travel and enjoy fresh air too!
I blogged about this before, but I can’t help but be fascinated that this is such a common site in the Philippines. Mind you, all those people are still asked to pay the fare!
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Christine of HappySlip orients us on the fall season in the US - candy corn, Tootsie rolls, hebycot and punkins.
What kinds of things do I associate with the fall season? CHRISTMAS! A family friend has already put up her decorated Christmas tree, and I have the carols playing in my iPod.
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Bacolod City in Negros Occidental celebrates October like no other in the Philippines, when the city celebrates its Charter Day. It’s one whole month of gaiety and festivals, street dancing and competition, food and a charged atmosphere of fun.
The month-long activities culminates with the MassKara Festival, a street dancing parade through the main highway […]
Do you remember playing piko, patintero, luksong-tinik, tumbang preso and Chinese garter? These are some of the favorite street games that my neighborhood and classmates used to play. We used to play out on the middle of the streets every chance we get. AND no one wore tennis shoes. Nope, in the Philippines people […]
How would you like to connect to your Filipino friends in Tagalog? Sure we do that with Kontakan and maybe Friendster. Well, now Facebook wants in and launching a Tagalog version of the famous social networking site.
It’s not JUST that you talk to your network in the vernacular, but the services and options themselves […]
When overseas Filipinos think about flying, they probably think about flying home to the Philippines. For most, this would be a flight that’s at least several hours long. This is the type of flight wherein you could literally lose a calendar day. I would think that the type of seat you get would matter […]
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Irish expat-blogger The Serious Nuts tells a personal anecdote about how two Filipinas cut their way through a line to savor Irish Lechon (similar to our version) at a gourmet event.
They not only cut the queue but also got most of the cracklings (lechon skin) and did not even bother to purchase anything. To […]
V. de Leon of AJPress has a piece on the two types of Filipinos who go abroad - the global Pinoys or migrants, and the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) or expatriates.
As a “global Pinoy” myself, I totally agree on V. de Leon’s observation -
Traveling long distances to work abroad or reside permanently in […]
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