February 2012
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January 2012
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TORONTO'S FV FOODS in @THEGRIDTO | The Sweet Lure... →
emlvee:
One restaurant’s quest to popularize Filipino cuisine.
BY: DAVID SAX
It’s lunchtime at the St. Clair West location of FV Foods, and the strollers are creating a mini–traffic jam near the cash. A television blasts sensational news headlines from across the Philippines in a mixture of English and Tagalog, while pop radio hits compete for volume. Noime Laguer, the location manager, is...
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“I ask you is our nonviolence the non-violence of the coward, the weak, the...”
December 2011
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Home is Where the Hatred Is*
estudiocabana:
Or How I Learned to See the Paler Colors of Snow from Across the Pacific “Is that for good yet?” my friends usually ask in the chat interface popping out from below my window screen. “You know, I don’t really believe what that phrase ‘for good’ mean” answering back from abroad. But I would affirm, it was/is a leap of faith without any guarantee.
Read...
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Pancho Dela Luna: Endurance Is Where We Meet: The... →
panchodelaluna:
(Noam Chomsky)
A good friend of mine, iwriteasiwrite, rightfully observes that “there is a distinct lack of public intellectuals in the Philippines; men and women who not only challenge the system, but seeks redemptive national paths.,” and that this “lack” is “deeply…
“The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows....”
– Assata Shakur (via daughtersofdilla) *I was just reading over some negative comments to my critique of that Coke OFW ad [you can read that here: http://tumblr.com/ZAQT9yCoV8up] and then I saw this quote. Not the happiest thought, but it gets directly to the point.
[alex]
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November 2011
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The Philippine-American War: America’s...
[*archieval images courtesy of Wikipedia, and the University of Wisconsin]
by alex f
Today’s North American news has daily reports of the debacle in Iraq. It’s just the latest in a string of US invasions into sovereign lands, but the grand-daddy of it all was in the Philippines.
The Phils marked the USA’s first major foray beyond the Americas as a world power, and it foreshadowed all that would...
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Southeast Asia: Social Media and Human Rights →
“…cyber activism becomes a potent force only if it is fused with grassroots activism. Online activism minus the essential offline component is impressive and creative but politically impotent. It gives a false impression that change is possible by being aggressive and passionate only in the virtual world.” - Raymond “Mong” Palatino*
Raymond Palatino is a Filipino...
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“What have you done? Do you realize what subjection would reduce you to? A...”
– Our History, Our Stories.
WatchIt’s propaganda, but it’s interesting propaganda.
mlq3:
1959 US Army documentary of Battle for Manila, 1945. Remarkable footage:
7:35 fighting around Bonifacio Monument.
8:03 fighting in Rizal Memorial Baseball Field.
8:39 Tanks entering Malacañan Palace grounds (Kalayaan Hall).
8:47 Allied prisoners in University of Santo Tomas.
9:35 Fighting in front of USt Main Building.
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October 2011
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Pag-aral at Pag-ibig... Lessons & Love: diaspora →
Looks like I wasn’t the only one who recently gave a talk about the diaspora…
[alex]
no-longer-solo:
just gave a lecture on the caribbean, colonization, native genocide, US-backed third world dictatorships, and diaspora.
i saw at least two students fall asleep.
i wish i had the privilege of falling asleep.
diaspora. how can one word evoke so many ideas and feelings?
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Filipino, Canadian, or Filipino-Canadian: We Have...
[*in solidarity with the movements for true democracy worldwide, from Wall Street to Toronto to Manila]
Yesterday [13 Oct 2011] was the Anihan Arts and Academic Showcase at the University of Toronto. There I spoke about our responsibility as Filipino-Canadians to be active in the fight of all Filipinos for respect, cultural pride, and national sovereignty.
This weekend (starting 15...
laowlaowpantz: Leche Flan | The Close-Eye-Factor →
emlvee:
Excerpted from my sometimey food blog Saowsaowface.
that’s a blud-clot rudebwoy leche flan, ya dig? People tell me my Leche Flan is the shit. People that don’t really eat Leche Flan when it’s put out, eat mine. The reason for this is because I give a shit. Leche Flan is dumb…
“Isulat mo sa tubig, itaga mo sa bato.”
– Filipino folk wisdom… and also the title of an article by historian A. Ocampo.
September 2011
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Brown is Beautiful (pt 1) Links
Thanks to all who made it past the rain to our BiB1 event. We will be continuing this so if you couldn’t make it today no worries, we hope to see you soon!
While researching history I found these interesting sites and articles, perhaps you will find them fascinating as well (click on the titles to go to the page):
Filipino Sexuality in Prehispanic and Spanish Times: ”The...
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“For a people who at independence set out to pursue the American way of life as...”
– Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. (over 21 years ago)
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(via emlvee)
POV - The Learning | PBS →
veronicaj:
National PBS Premiere on POV Tuesday, September 20 at 10 PM
One hundred years ago, American teachers established the English–speaking public school system of the Philippines. Now, in a striking turnabout, American schools are recruiting Filipino teachers. The Learning is the story of four Filipino women who reluctantly leave their families and schools to teach in Baltimore. With their...
Leading Off: Pictures of the Week - Photos -... →
Life goes on after the Philippines were hit by back-to-back storms that caused heavy rains and flooding; the waist-deep water does not stop these ballers from balling. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1108/leading-off-0808/content.3.html#ixzz1YFxuUsi5
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