Culture
On Filipino Food
I READ from Gerwin Co’s (a former ace student of mine from 1992-1996, who is now based in Hong Kong) entry in his blog - an interesting observation about Filipino food. Here goes:
“I’ve always wondered why Filipino food never attained the acclaim reserved for other Asian food. It’s always Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese. But never Filipino.
I’ve […]
Overseas Filipino Workers are thriving everywhere around the globe
They say that if a person can live and is able to survive in New York, then he can survive in any place in the world. I say, however, that if you are a Filipino, you can survive anywhere.
Indeed, the Filipinos - in whatever part of the world they may go to work or travel, are notably […]
Manny Pacquiao wakes up the nationalistic spirit
I woke up this morning to the sound of Manny Pacquiao’s voice, singing ‘Para sa iyo ang laban na ito’ (This fight is for you) over the radio. In between the song were voice clips from his Las Vegas fight - announcing… “and we have a new champion…. Manny Pacquiao!” followed by thunderous cheers and applause […]
Stars or snobs?
Contributed by Louie Tacker
OSCAR night being behind us now, I find myself reflecting on just what the wild rage is all about.
Why do we - as a society in general - throw ourselves at their feet, worship, adore, praise and honor them, when time after time they, the ‘modern day movie stars’ snub their noses […]
Reading a reader’s thoughts…
Getting up at 4:30 a.m. today to finish some paper work, I opened my email and pleasantly found an article sent by one reader from the U.S. I find it very relevant, very substantial and well written, so I am sharing it with everyone.
Gay Marriage - to be or not to be?
by Louie Tacker
Well, with Oscar […]
March comes marchin’ on…
It is the first day of March which incidentally falls on Ash Wednesday.
The month of March holds for me a lot of fond thoughts. First of all, it is the ‘official’ start of summer season here in the Philippines, and I just looove summer! Second, since March is usually the time when most schools wrap […]
Sex Education
SEX education should start at home. With the media being very generous in exhibiting and using sex to boost product sales and patronage, parents should step in and intercept before any dangerous impression begins to form in their children’s young and vulnerable minds.
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THE time when parents start to dread how sex can affect their children […]
Wowowee tragedy
Saturday morning, February 4, 2006. ULTRA (formerly University of Life) stadium in Pasig City, Metro Manila was teeming with people. Tens of thousands of sweaty bodies jostled one another for admission for the first year anniversary presentation of Wowowee, a daily noon time show on ABS-CBN, one of the biggest TV network company in the Philippines.
As early […]
2006 - The Year of the Dog
It is 12 midnight right now, January 29, 2006. From less than a block away from my house, I hear the sound of firecrackers. I look out the window, and see bursting fireworks in the sky. Oh yes, I recall - it is Chinese New Year, as based on China’s lunar calendar.
‘Kung Hei Fat Choi’ or ‘Kiong […]
Selling Sex on TV
If you have watched the feature on the World’s Sexiest and Wildest TV Commercials, and you happen to be an extreme moralist, you could have had the shock of your life. And to think that here in the Philippines, the Board of Censors already frown at the bikini clad, horse riding, alluring ladies in rhum […]