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Posted by: 2 years ago
Professor Rick Bonus from the University of Washington, Seattle did not get what he expected when he spoke at the 18th Filipino Americans Coming Together (FACT) conference, held annually at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). The number of delegates this year, reportedly over one thousand one-hundred, far exceeded the twenty-five Pilipinos he admitted he thought he’d...
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Posted by: 2 years ago
Does anyone else remember earlier this year, when the Twitterverse was buzzing about Charice joining the hit show “GLee”? First she was, then she wasn’t, then she was again. Finally, she made her appearance as Sunshine Corazon on the season premiere of the show this past September, and made quite an impression on anyone who didn’t know who she was with her rendition of...
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Posted 2 years ago
Ah, FACT, we meet again for the...8th time now? My oh my, how you've grown. Like, literally – over 1100 people!? Considering the first FACT had about a couple dozen people, that's some pretty good work that's been done.
Here are some of the highlights of the weekend for me (in the order I can remember them):
- Walking in to the workshop about the history of the Philippine Student...
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Posted by: 2 years ago
A new school year is underway for universities across the country, and with that comes the excitement for several of the large annual Pilipino events that are put on. These include the Filipino Intercollegiate Networking Dialogue (FIND) conference and dialogue on the East coast and the Filipino Americans Coming Together (FACT) and Midwest Association of Filipino Americans (MAFA) conferences in...
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Posted by: 2 years ago
It has now been two weeks since the Philippines was under worldwide scrutiny twice in one day. The Philippines made headlines on the morning (in American time zones) of August 23rd, 2010 in Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines. Not twenty-four hours later, the Philippines was back on the international stage at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. It has now been over a week since this fated date,...
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Posted 2 years ago
Note: This blog was originally posted by my friend Rubie, and the thoughts and opinions are all hers. You can read her blog here: http://junglelion.tumblr.com/
Miss Universe 2010 aired yesterday and was a hot topic on facebook, particularly among Filipin@ American friends as Miss Philippines, Venus Raj, made it to the top five. Most of the facebook...
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Posted 2 years ago
I still have over a dozen Yelp reviews to write and a rather large amount of Facebook pictures to upload, caption, and tag. But beside that, I thought it'd be interesting to spit out a quick schedule of what I ate this past week while hanging out in SoCal with the BakitWhy fam. Please no one try to calculate all the calories I consumed.
This list will not be for the faint of heart (a group I...
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Posted 2 years ago
No, that is not me. But this is serious blog.
So...BakitWhy is the new tumblr! Which is the new Wordpress! Which is the new Facebook notes! Which is the new Xanga! Which is the new Blogger! Which is the new Asian Avenue!Yeah, I went there. I'd go back too, but from what I see Asian Avenue is now just AsianAve. Guess you can't go home again. Wah wah. That's all good, really. I've closed... Pages
