Circumstantial Culture
Being away from home allows one an opportunity to look at his own people with a detached perspective. It is with that note that this blog is being written.
Because I am overseas, I only manage to get fresh news from home by watching the news in TFC. It is very refreshing to hear news of Filipinos achieving so much in the fields of boxing, entertainment/music, fashion and sometimes, even science, but it is quite disconcerting to hear news about the degenerating political and social climate in the Philippines. But I am not a political science expert nor am I an authority in social analysis. I speak of what is simply on my mind right now, as I also think of the future of the Filipino people.
Scottish MP in trouble for admiring Filipina, Post-Impressionist art
Te aa no areois (The Seed of the Areoi), 1892
A member of Scottish parliament is lying low after his remarks about a woman at a parliamentary committee meeting were leaked to the press:
“She’s got that Filipino look, you know the kind you would see in a Gauguin painting. There’s a wee bit of culture.”
Everyone’s...
Source: Indolent Indio
Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Manila
The other day, my friend brought me to the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Complex in Manila-Pasay. This great structure was built by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1969 to "promote and preserve Filipino arts and culture, and to become a mecca of culture and the arts in Asia." It wasn't my first...
Source: The Philippines and Beyond
A Lenten re-enactment?
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Source: House on a hill
The Ten Most Memorable Commercials on Philippine TV
I am featuring what I think are the 10 Most Memorable Commercials to ever grace Philippine TV. The choices are based on research (other people’s votes and blog posts of a similar topic) and my own recall of the commercials that I still remember years after I first saw them on TV. There are other...
Source: Pinoy Bloggers Updates
Romancing Chico River
FIRST TIME IN BONTOC, “Is this the Chico river?” I asked pointing to the wide cascading river in the midst of the capital town of Bontoc in Mountain Province. Without hesitation and with pride, their answer was “yes.” CHICO RIVER1 Chico River is not new to many especially those who live in the Cordilleras. Its name is synonymous to the infamous mega-development Chico Dam project of the late dictator, Ferdinand E. Marcos. I was still young then, and the issues were ambiguous to me—but I remember.
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Call for Entries: 2010 Rome Forbes Story-writing Contest
Canvas, a nonprofit organization that promotes Filipino arts and culture, is calling out for entries to the Romeo Forbes Children’s Storywriting Competition.
Entries may be in English or Filipino, in 1,600 words or fewer, and should not have been previously published. The theme of the stories should...
Source: PinoyCentric.com
Valentine Video: “Kahit Maputi na ang Buhok Ko”
To the lovers and the hopeful, here’s balladeer Richard Poon’s version of the classic Rey Valera song, “Kahit Maputi na ang Buhok Ko.”
And to you all, for loving us and wanting us back–happy Valentine’s Day!
Kung tayo ay matanda na
Sana’y di tayo magbago
Kailan...
Source: PinoyCentric.com
On Valentine’s
So, what are your plans for today, Valentine’s Day? Me, I’ll just stay at home since I have no one to spend it with. And it has been that way for years now. Being single has its ups and downs. On one hand, when you’re single, you are free to go out and socialize, go wherever without having to...
Source: Discreet Manila
