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Snow Girl

Snow Girl

Gilda Jayme is a mother of two in Toronto, Canada. She has lived here for the last 20 years. She travels back to her hometown in Lipa every year where it is nice and warm. Though she lives in Northern America, her fondest memories are those of Batangas and Cavite. Read More

Ate Carmina

Ate Carmina

Ate Carmina has been in Minneapolis for the last three years. She fondly remembers her siblings and cousins in Maitum, Sarangani. She hopes to be able to show them how much she misses them through the cash and things she sends them. Read More

Auntie Lanie

Auntie Lanie

This is Auntie Lanie. Though she now has a family of her own, she reminisces her childhood spent in Vigan with friendly neighbors and loyal friends who she intends to keep in touch with. Be the featured OverSeas Filipino! Read More

 

Youthopia

‘Watch’ you see is what you get By Marylaine Louise L. Viernes Are you drugs?

Where have all the noble men gone? Wilted away like flowers as we’ve been thriving in a garden abounding with weeds that siphon out the nation’s strength and essence. Those we see on TV nowadays ... [read more]

Going for Gold!

The Pass It On Gift By Patricia Bermudez-Hizon

What was the best present you got for Christmas? I really honestly liked the new mountain-biking gloves I got from my husband. I have enough calluses from riding that bike on 20-kilometer trips 4 or 5 times a week. I lost ...    [read more]

No Stopping the PacMan’s Peeps* By Vince Hizon

I got a call the other day from my long-time friend, Harry from Orange County, California and all he could say repeatedly was, “Manny Pacquio is the best fighter I’ve ever seen... [read more]

Filipiniana

Ang Wika Natin ni Kris Teves

Marami sa atin ang hindi sanay (used to) sa sariling wika. Marami rin ang mga dahilan kung bakit nga ganoon. Mayroong hindi pinanganak sa ating bayan. Mayroong lumaki sa ibang bayan at mayroon din namang pinili na maging mas bihasa (well-versed with) sa...    [read more]

Filipino Dishes

Homemade Lumpia in a Jiffy By Dorothy MJ Ferreria
Of Dorothy’s Cooking School
Homemade Lumpia in a Jiffy

I remember going to Shanghai in China looking for lumpiang Shanghai and pancit Canton in Canton. Our tourist guide gave me a funny look, as these dishes were not ... [read more]

Six in the Siete

(Seeing what others don’t see!)

Heavy Traffic

By RJ Ledesma image

The Bacchanalian romp through Ancient Rome’s best orgies. The venereal visit to Casanova’s Venice. But there is no tour that is as well-lubricated The Bacchanalian romp through Ancient Rome’s best orgies. The venereal visit to ... [read more]

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Nananaginip Ng Gising ni Chaste Verano

Taong 2000, nanaginip ako ng gising nang sabihin sa akin ng isang supplier ko sa negosyo na padadalhan niya ako at iba pa sa Sydney Olympics ng libre! Wow!!! Hindi man ako makapaniwala ay tinanggap ko ang in-offer sa akin ng kaharap ko sa isang star-filled coffee shop    [read more]

My Filipino Heritage

Portraits by Fernando Amorsolo By John L. Silva Portraits by Fernando Amorsolo

Dear Friends,
A few weeks left and the Amorsolo restrospective goes down...    [read more]

Raising a Family Proudly Filipino

Brave Heart By Vince and Patricia Hizon image

I was born with a congenital heart defect. My parents did not know that the hole in my tiny heart was causing an abnormal flow pattern and that it was adversely affecting my heart’s rhythm. I have been told that I was a shy child, very quiet, quite serious and not as active as my cousins and siblings. They just thought... [read more]

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Sariling Wika, Itaguyod ni Joaquin Sy

Mula pa nang ideklara ng yumaong Pangulong Quezon ang Tagalog bilang wikang pambansa, nagsimula na ang pagtatangka sa pagpapalawak sa gamit nito, pero ang pagtatangka’y nanatiling pagtatangka na lamang at pagkatapos ng mahigit na kalahating    [read more]

RECENT REALITIES

empty space Imagine a World Without Filipinos

By ABDULLAH AI-MAGLOOTH | AL-WATAN (Arab News. 16 Jun 2008)

MUHMMAD Al-Maghrabi became handicapped and shut down his flower and gifts shop business in Jeddah after his Filipino workers insisted on leaving and returning home. "He says: When they left, I felt as if l had lost my arms. I was so sad that I lost my appetite." ...[read more]

The Way We Were

Did you know that a Volkswagen Beetle only cost P8,000 in 1968? It became “expensive” in 1972 when Martial Law was declared and a brand new Beetle sold for P11,000!

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kaSAYSAYan > from the root word SAYSAY.  Kasaysayan- history or that which deals with past events; an account of past events in the life of a nation, community, institution or the like; any past filled with unusual or memorable happenings. “Ito ang kasaysayan ng aking bayan.”>This is the history of my nation.    SAYSAY-sense or any vague perception or impression of something; meaning; substance or signification.  “Walang saysay ang kaniyang mga sinabi!”>What he said was senseless!  As such, KASAYSAYAN is our impression of past events of substance to our nation; our history.

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