• Racist Love

    The one thing that I want to do with this blog is to help explain the racial dynamics that exist within Western society and especially those that involve Asian people. In my experience one of the most important dynamics which must be analyzed is that of racist love. Case in point, for all the Asian…
  • Give Up Dharma Down a chance...

    One of my favorite local bands is Up Dharma Down, they've been making good music for 10 years now. I just want to share their music as my way to give honor to their work. Click here to listen the playlist for their latest album CAPACITIES for you to discover, you may search the lyrics here UPDHARMAD…
  • pt.1 What must be done

    If there is one thing I want people to take away with them after reading this article it is this: people who have power over other groups of people will always use it to further their own self interest. As such they will never give their power up willingly; it must be taken away from them. Now we al…
  • Beyonce, Filipino version

    Culture Or make that Filipina version. This is such a hilarious video, but what I really love about it is that it totally represents the Philippines - the hopes of the Filipino people, its culture, its livelihood, the life of the majority, and of course, the beautiful places of Manila City. Here's…
  • Filipino Home Cooking from Mama Meena's Family Restaurant

    This past summer, I had the privilege of trying Filipino food for the first time. Mama Meena's Family Restaurant is located in Richmond Hill, Queens and serves home cooked, authentic Filipino cuisine six days a week. Since everything was completely new to me, I took a chance when I chose my dish an…
  • Feeding my Beachlust Thoughts

    Instead of sulking the day away with things that are just gonna ruin how lovely and beautiful this Tuesday afternoon is, I'd rather fill my head with these Beachlust-ic thoughts that have been consistently there,specially now that -Ber Months here in the Philippines had been sunnier than the usual,…
  • The Filipino mind

    Found this nice little blog. I've read about a lot of the stuff discussed on the site, but usually one would have to spend hours scouring the internet and various academic journals/government documents to find this kind of stuff so it's good to see it all in one space. If you're a Filipino that's in…
  • "Why I don't date Asian guys"

    Yo I read this oldish article on a site called xojane written by an Asian woman on why she doesn't date Asian guys and she sounds exactly like the type of Asian woman I talked about in one of my previous posts titled "On interracial relationships (involving Asians) part 1: White male Asian female".…
  • Reflecting on the life of San Pedro Calungsod de Cebu

    Spirituality Today, at 4pm Manila time, Pope Benedict XVI will be elevating seven Catholic faithfuls to sainthood, one of whom is 17-year old Cebuano Filipino San Pedro Calungsod de Cebu. San Pedro Calungsod was an altar boy and a companion of Jesuit missionary Beato Padre Diego Luis de San Vitores,…
  • Smorgasburg Find: Adobo Shack

    One of my favorite things to do (as you've noticed by now...) is to go to Smorgasburg, a Brooklyn based flea food market. It gets me out of the apartment, trying new foods, and looking at an unbelievable view of Manhattan.