December 2008
21 posts
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waltz with bashir
As I create my list of movies that I must watch, most recommended by my high school teacher who calls himself “leibs”, I stumpbled upon Waltz with Bashir.  Two days later, I hear about Palestine’s rockets destroying Israeli lives and then the massacre of Palestinians in Hamas.  When will they ever stop? So I can’t generate anything smart at this moment, thoughts that...
Dec 30th
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no reservations
Anthony Bourdain visited the Philippines to shoot his thereapuetic and entertaining show known to many Travel Channel lovers as No Reservations: [Insert City or Country Here].  Bourdain in the Philippines. ZOMG!!! He is in Pinas, my motherland!!! OMG OMG OMG! Soo exciting.  No Reservations is one of my favorite travel channel shows.  I don’t usually watch television, so that’s saying...
Dec 30th
i want to be white! →
Here’s an article about why Filipinos love whitening products and why English is considered a language of power in the Philippines.  I actually wrote about it for my History/Asian Am class.  Our professor asked us to talk about our families’ experiences fitting or unfitting of Asian American history.  Since both my parents are nurses, I was automatically drawn to talking about the...
Dec 28th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
wayne's interests...
callmeehnet: why are there so many cute people there? ARE THEY REALLY GAY? (referring to the downelink website)
"Wayne": WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA
"Wayne": WHERE ARE YOU
Dec 10th
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because Pacquiao is awesome.
read the article here: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/07/asia/phils.php Worst place to drive in the Philippines is in Manila!  But on Sunday, traffic came to a halt and crime rate was down to zero all because of the Pacquiao v. De La Hoya boxing match!!! The Filipinos, from the motherland to anywhere outside the Philipppine Islands, never fail to watch and cheer on any boxing match...
Dec 8th
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Brain Differences Between Poor and Rich Kids. →
Dec 5th
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be conscious of what you wear
Read about it here: Keffiyehs torn between terror and couture or you can wiki it. It’s so popular but folks here in the U.S. don’t know what it is called back in the Middle East, where it is normally worn. Looks familiar yeah? What you make out of it is your choice. I don’t personally wear it. I think I have seen it around in our house back in the Philippines stored...
Dec 4th
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southeast asia as a construct
now people think i’m vietnamese. probably because i hang out with the vietnamese folks too much. i used to be identified as cambodian first, indonesian next, then malaysian, followed by southeast asian???. filipino is always the fifth choice. my title sums it up.  our identity is a product of colonialism.
Dec 3rd
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“You have to stay afloat to fix the boat. You have to fix the boat to stay...”
– Bob Moses on multitasking
Dec 3rd
breakdancing, phnom penh style →
life is full of ironies.
Dec 3rd