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Maple Leaf Dreams is a classic Filipino-Canadian immigrant movie that will take you on a rollercoaster of emotions as it chronicles the journey of a young couple immigrating from the Philippines to Canada. Filipinos in Canada will surely resonate with Macky and Molly’s story (played by LA Santos and Kira Balinger)—a young couple struggling with […]
If you think you can knock door to door in the Philippines wearing your Halloween costume and expect treats, well, you’re in for tricks instead. (You may get a handful of rice.) Most Filipinos can’t afford to give out candy, or even buy costumes to wear. And forget about carving pumpkins, either. We have kalabasa […]
Picture this: a bahay kubo sits in the middle of lush, forest-like greenery somewhere in the northern province of the Philippines. Crickets chirp in the background as a tanned Filipino man wanders in, sharp bolo by his side, ready to clear his way through the dense shrubbery. He pauses occasionally, captioning the name of the […]
What does a Halloween-born Pinay author choose to write about for her debut novel? Haunted houses, of course. In “Celestina’s House”, Filipina author Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez centres her story on a woman living in a house possessed by the spirit of her ghostly aunt. For the past few weeks, Gonzalez has been in demand as […]
The apple—or should we say the mango—doesn’t fall far from the tree in the Philippines when it comes to celebrity families. Children of Filipino actors and singers seem to easily inherit their parents’ star power and become celebrities in their own right. From their mom and pop’s broody stares to their acting prowess or silky […]
Instead of saying, “it’s so nice to see you again”, how does one react when your friend, tita, or lola says words such as “tumaba ka” (you’ve gained weight) right to your face? This toxic behaviour seems to be more prominent in the Philippines, where someone’s weight seems to be the first, and at times […]
It wasn’t too long ago when Filipinos haven’t even heard of two-time Olympic gold medalist gymnast Carlos Yulo. Before he exploded onto the Paris Olympics stage, tumbling and flying through the air like he’s weightless, not very many Filipinos knew of his struggles to place in the Tokyo Olympics, where he landed in fourth place. […]
Forget all the other episodes of “Expats”—a six-episode, limited series show on Amazon Prime starring Nicole Kidman—and skip straight to the meat of the story, found in Episode 5. Clocking at 96 minutes, episode 5 could very well be a stand-alone, feature-length movie. In it, Kidman’s story arc is still there, but the stars of […]
Picture this: you’re invited to a Filipino wedding in Canada where the dress code is Filipiniana. You can’t just head over to the nearest Winners and try on a terno outfit, or a Barong Tagalog. There’s no Divisoria-type store here in Canada, or even a Kultura store much like inside every SM Shoemart. And online […]
A ballerina can possibly twist an ankle while doing a pirouette, a belly dancer may put out her hip while undulating to Middle Eastern music, or a wanna-be Michael Jackson may trip backwards while moon-walking. Yes, dancing poses a hazard especially to those with two left feet, but Filipino dancers have brought the bar (and […]