Filipina Soul

If you love Filipino cuisine but don’t know how to cook it, then I have the cookbook for you! I recently found this when I was looking for a cookbook on everyday Filipino cuisine.
But have I told you I don’t know how to cook Filipino foods? Yeah it’s a shame but I never really made it in the kitchen. My knowledge and lists of Filipino dishes are so limited that I occasionally have to check out the Filipino cookbooks for the simplest of recipes, So if you’re anything like me, or you want want to try Filipino food, …read more

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I don’t know if there’s going to be a green slime in this round, but the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards has come to the Philippines! The first ever Philippine franchise of the popular awards show voted by kids and pre-adolescent, “Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Phils. 2008” promises to be the biggest awards show for Filipino kids.
The awards show will be on November 29, 2008 at the Aliw Theater, and posters will be up soon for more details.
There three ways to vote until November 15:

http://kca.nicksplat.com 
Toy Kingdom stores (where you get a chance to win a toy run worth PhP …read more

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Care to know what 15,000 Olympic athletes are having for dessert? Mango Crème Brûlée, a classic dessert with a Filipino twist, prepared by no less than senior Olympics chef Ryan Jaranilla.
Chef Ryan is second in command at the Olympic Catering Services of the Athletes’ Village in Beijing. He is in charge of planning the menu of over 15,000 athletes and 5,000 media people for the 2008 Olympics. In his own words, “this is definitely not a picnic!”
For sure, but the Pinoy chef comes with great credentials, having worked with the legendary Wolfgang Puck and catering to the 2000 …read more

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There is no reason not to write about Whole Grain Rosemary Potato Bread on a Filipino blog. While Filipinos are not big bread eaters, we’re adaptable and will happily enjoy good freshly baked bread anytime.
Our featured blog this week is Apple Pie, Patis, & Pâté. Its author, Jude, mixes cuisines from all over the world “from a tiny apartment kitchen in Chicago”. In addition to Filipino food, you’ll find Finnish, French, Indonesian, Belgian and Austrian recipes here. While I love traditional Filipino food, I’m also interested in Filipino fusion cuisine. For starters, how about a grilled version of Chicken …read more

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When it comes to travel, there is no such thing as overcrowding in the Philippines.

Counting the heads, there could be more than 25 people on this jeepney’s roof deck, excluding the 20 more packed inside. Do the math. Who needs a bus when you can have this?
image: flickrcc

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What is really the best gauge to determine the performance of a university? Is it facilities? Amount of money received in grants? Number of alumni who go on to become presidents/senators/congressmen?
While there are any number of criteria to consider in ranking any group of schools, a survey by Philippine Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) assessed university performance by looking at graduates of the same programs.
The joint study, published in 2005, looked into the performance of Philippine universities in the various national board examinations. The study ranked the universities based on the average passing in …read more

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There is nothing quite like this in the world. Not even Chrysler is able to manufacture this model of Mercedes Benz.
King of the Road. Only in the Philippines - 

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Just two more jokes, and I’m done for the day.
TEACHER.
There was this Filipino kindergarten teacher and she was teaching her class how to do the hokey-pokey. She started off by saying, “You put your right feet in, you put your right feet out, you put your right feet in….” 
Suddenly one of the children said, “Teacher you have to say ‘foot.’” 
So the teacher said, “You ‘foot’ your right feet in, you ‘foot’ your right feet out…..”

Nothing personal here. Filipinos just have an irreverent humor, and we make fun of ourselves all the time. Here’s …read more

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Some jokes are too good to pass…
A Pinoy went to a bar in Hawaii to have some drinks. At the counter, he sat next to the famous Hollywood director, Steven Spielberg who was already ahead by a quart of alcohol. After a couple of beers, the Pinoy sensed that Spielberg was glaring at him. Suddenly, in a flash the Pinoy crashed down from his stool, felled by a vicious hook from the director.
Picking himself up, he yelled, “Wat da hell is dat por?”
Spielberg ranted: “That’s for the bombing of Pearl Harbor, you #@@!!##! My dad perished in that bombing!”
“Tang …read more

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You saw how it ended. Now watch it again.
One of the most followed Filipino teleseries this year, “Lobo“ended its run last  July 11, 2008. Viewers cried for an hour and even through the commercials, as Lyka Raymundo (Angel Locsin) and Noah Ortega (Piolo Pascual) fought for their love one last time.
It was dramatic, unforgettable and oh-so Filipino. The death scenes – at some point I wanted to say “die already”, but I so wanted the characters to survive what could possibly be the longest dying segment. Not to belittle the actors, but they were very convincing and actually brought …read more

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