Whoo Hoo.  Filipino was recognized on the 2010 US Census.  This may not necessarily be new news – I have no idea, but it’s the first time I personally had to fill out the census so it was new for me!  Yay.  very excited.
You have 6 days to mail it back in, so if you [...]

As you know, we love our famous filipinos.  I mean everyone knows Manny.  But when the Filipino community finds out a famous person is Filipino, they get behind him/her.  For example, my uncle found out one of the contestants from ABC’s show Dancing with the Stars was Filipino, he emailed his entire email address book [...]

What the hell are dusters?  I have never heard of a Duster before until I went home to the Philippines.  In writing this post, I think it is a bit more common than I had thought.  Essentially, in the Philippines, the “duster” is a house dress…what you WOULDN’T be caught dead in out on the [...]

Filipino weddings are always an extravaganza.  Very big.  I mean BIG.  Long ceremonies, big wedding party, long processional because there’s a big wedding party.  But they are fun and I love them.  Love being in them and being in mine and going to them.  My father requested San Miguel beer at my wedding, which was [...]

A lazy Sunday calls for some potato couch time in front of the tube, and to my Filipino pride surprise, I found the jackpot.
my good friend Teddy, a lover of good food who has been petitioning me to take him to a Filipino restaurant, informed me that the Travel Channel’s No Reservations show with Anthony [...]

There’s a dish that I love in the Philippines called Tapsilog. Its more like a snack or a full fledged meal, could be eaten for breakfast, lunch, dinner or merienda (late afternoon snack). They call it Tapsilog as a shortened version of Beef, Egg and Rice. Tapa means Beef, itlog means fried [...]

This Christmas, our best friends bought us a beautiful mah-Jong set. This game is commonly played by Filipinos, Jewish folks and the Chinese. I grew up to this game. It’s a common Friday and Saturday night activity with my Titas and Titos.
In the most basic form, I like to call [...]

if there is one thing Filipinos are serious about, it’s their faith. I will be the first to admit that while I was raised catholic, I am not as serious as my parents, or more particularly my mom.

There’s a common thing that happens with Filipinos and house guests. You know in most cases, when family or friends come over to visit, they may stay a night or a weekend. But in Filipino cases…not so much. They stay for a while. Weeks, sometimes months. And in rare cases, [...]

when Filipinos move into new houses there are a couple of traditional activites. you should always have rice, flour and sugar in the house, it must be some of the first few things you bring in. I think a plant and maybe patis (fish oil) too. and for some reason I’m thinking [...]