by: Vincent Fried food is coming, the beer is flowing, it’s just before 11am, and the wait for the hero to arrive is well underway. Troy Aiken an American NFL sports hero is watching, so that brings up the question, “who else is watching”? American icons watching the boxing pride of our people. Pacman [...]
A Cemetery Adventure
by alex It ended with us in interrogation. Apparently they didn’t much appreciate outsiders seeing (let alone shooting photos and vids of) the random bits of human remains just lying about.
Bacoor: Children, Photography, and Opportunity…
by alex Last weekend Vince and I joined Salinlahi (a child’s rights advocacy org) in providing a photo workshop to out of school youth from 12 to 17 years old in a fishing community in Bacoor (just outside Manila). This is part of the photography program Salinlahi is bringing to different impoverished communities in the [...]
Transitio
by Vincent Transitio, a celebration where the world comes together. Well where various travelers, balikbayans, and Filipinos living in and around Manila come together to commemorate the end days of World War II in the Philippines. The event starts out with taking a large number of people through an amazing tour of the Intramurous area [...]
Pacquiao Time in da Philippines!
by alex Vince and I split up today to film the Pacquiao vs Clottey match in two different locations. I went to watch it in a covered basketball court with a thousand or so others in Taytay (1hr east of Cubao), Vince went to see it in a classy Quezon City bar. We figured the [...]
Graciousness, hospitality and tastiness.
by Vincent Graciousness. I think that’s one way to describe every home I’ve visited being here in the Philippines. When I last visited in 2004, I was able to visit my friend’s family home in Los Pinas. I remember that when we slept, there were about 6 of us to one room, and climbing the [...]
A Golden Past… now what about the present?
by alex They called us “indios” back then. They considered us savages. But what were we? Vince and I, with new friends from Manila [*thanks for the introduction Anjo!], went to the Ayala Museum to see the display of pre-hispanic indigenous gold. You see, before the Spanish we were a people with a rapidly developing [...]
My Air-Con Experience
by alex Outside there are mangos growing in the trees. A beggar walks by with a child in tow. They look hungry. The mangos grow covered in urban dust. It’s early, but it’s getting hot already, corrugated iron reflects heat in every direction. I’m on the fourth floor of Vince’s family home. I scan this [...]
International Women’s Day in Manila
by alex Today (8 March) was International Women’s Day. I attended the rally in Manila and made my first attempt at editing a short video seen below. I believe that it is important for us Filipino-Canadian youth to connect to the struggles in our homeland. A very important part of that movement is the women’s [...]
The Air-Con Experience
by: Vincent Seeing as this is my second time coming here, I’ve found that there are various ways you can experience the Philippines. One way is spending time with family, always eating at restaurants, going on tours and site seeing, hitting the beach and shopping in the malls, malls, and more malls. Another way is [...]
