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Updating the Filipiniana

The Indians have their sari.  The Chinese have the cheongsam.  The Vietnamese have the ao dai...Koreans the hanbok and Japanese the kimono.  I think its about time that the Filipiniana be updated a little bit and look more modern so that more and more Filipinas will be inclined to wear it outside of formal events or worse as ( Read more... )

After finding out who won Game 2, I still wore Green & White today.  I have never been more proud to wear these colors than today.

It is how it should be.

This was a Finals appearance that not a lot of people expected, doubted even but the team proved people wrong.  Now that's a feat!

Congratulations to the De La Salle Green Archers!!

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Pinay, ahoy!

Speaking of PCD, lead vocalist Nicole Scherzinger read Chicosci’s name and explained she was picked for the job because she herself is “from Tacloban.” The venue, Genting Highlands’ (Malaysia) Arena of the Stars, roared with approval!

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You Live in the Present
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There is nothing better but to end a meal with delicious dessert.  But sometimes, we are too full to have dessert right after the meal.  Another option is taking it home and sharing it with other people.  This is how I view pasalubongs.  I love pasalubongs.

After sating ourselves with the food secrets of Tacloban shared with us by Anton of Our ( Read more... )

The foodie scene in Tacloban City is underrated.

Not a lot of people know that Warays are foodies. I was really surprised about the diversity of food in Leyte. - Anton, Our Awesome Planet

I didn't know either and I was born and raised there.  I guess because it was just our lives and living it.  I have not looked at it from another perspective ( Read more... )

One Christmas break from college as Papa and I were driving along Kankabato Bay in Tacloban, he turned to me and said "be thankful you grew up in the countryside".  I didn't know then why he told me that and for what purpose.  Looking back now, some 10 years has passed, I get what he meant.  Tacloban will always be home and looking at pictures and ( Read more... )

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Traveling light is a personal option.  But for Filipinos, traveling light is not an option, its a waste.  There have been so many jokes about Filipinos traveling not with luggage but with boxes.  If you want to know where the Philippine Airlines counter is amidst the chaos that is the airport,  just follow where all the balik-bayan boxes are headed ( Read more... )