by vincent It’s been a while since I posted. I’ve really just been in a place where I’ve been taking everything in. I guess like I said before, it’s interesting to be exposed to various art work and character depictions of Filipinos, that I would never be exposed to if I wasn’t here. [...]
Guide to the Elections
by alex I thought I’d share this great little concise guide to the elections I got from IBON the other day with you guys. If you’re like me, Philippine politics can be a little daunting and confusing a topic. I know I’m not the only one a little curious about it.
“Why Are You So Dark?”
by alex In a family bathroom I recently found a bar of soap that featured “WHITENING EXTRACTS” (caps theirs), that would apparently “reveal the whiter skin that glows with health.” Later that night Vince was asked “Why are you so dark?” by a well-meaning friend of a friend. Sigh.
Inside Quiapo
by alex This is an unedited vid from a few weeks back. We were with Kuya Maki of the children’s org we did some volunteering with last month and he took us to his families place down a small alleyway off one of the inner streets.
Religion, the Farming Felipe’s, and an Empty Manila Hotel
by alex It was a weekend of contrasts. I’ve been doing alot of contrasts lately. It was a weekend where I saw people beating themselves bloody for Jesus, met my paternal grandfather’s side of the family (who were mostly landless farmers), found out that a distant cousin committed suicide, and then returned to the city [...]
Overnight in a Jeepney, to an Evening in a BMW…
by alex In many ways I am still reeling from my day yesterday.—just wait til you see the footage in our doc in this summer’s Kultura Festival in Toronto. The many many mosquito bites I have on my arms and legs remind me of sleeping on a table in a dusty open air jeepney depot [...]
New things, like eating Makopa
by: Vincent Here’s something I learned earlier on the trip
