Posts under ‘Filipina’

I got tagged! By a new cyber-friend, MarcRoger (who also plays music for the Lord).
This one’s different from all the tags that I’ve come across because its a gauge of how much a Filipino you are. Well at least based on the typical norms and practices that has been passed on from generations. Here [...]

I’m not sure if it was almost my birthday that I was lucky last night. Guess what? I was one of the lucky winners of $100. Ain’t that grand? I also won a few great stuff like a P300 GC for the Buy and Sell Ads Paper and a bottle of premium grade Basi. [...]

I feel super-duper excited, just like a teenager. Why? Well, I’m going to attend my first ever EB (eye-ball). Another added first before I reach 30. Ahahaha, babaw.
Anyway, I just thought that it would be nice to finally meet people I’ve been interacting with online, fellow bloggers who helped in [...]

I could get shot for writing this, ahahaha. Not really. Its just that I still don’t understand why there are so many beautiful brown-skinned Filipinas wishing, praying and hoping to be a whole lot whiter.
Well, for one, I could blame 300 or so years of spanish colonialism for making our ancestors believe that if your [...]

Filipinas were once stereotyped as maids or domestic helpers, then eventually were tagged as mail-order-brides and overseas nurse/nurse aides. And now, when you search using online engines like Google and Yahoo! (don’t even try searching for images, ugh!), another ugly stereotype comes out- as dates for hire.
Filipinas are more than that and we all know [...]