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Posted by: 2 years ago
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BakitWhy.com had already held a team retreat in Northern California within its first year of existence. Not the biggest departure from its Southern California roots, but even going up the coast showed that BakitWhy was focusing on more than just the regional level. However, for the retreat surrounding...
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Posted by: 2 years ago
BakitWhy.com had already held a team retreat in Northern California within its first year of existence. Not the biggest departure from its Southern California roots, but even going up the coast showed that BakitWhy.com was focusing on more than just the regional level.
However, for the retreat surrounding BakitWhy’s first birthday, the team aimed for something even...
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Posted by: 2 years ago
Like many Pilipino-Americans who are the first generation born in the United States, at least around here in Chicago, my hardcore activism years were during college. Upon graduating, there’s usually a three to five year gap involving adjusting to the real-world before getting “back in the game”, if that ever happens. That’s the beaten path around these parts, and lately I’ve been feeling that...
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Posted by: 3 years ago
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I wasn't quite sure who I was expecting to take the podium at Northwestern University. Based on Cristeta Comerford's publicity photo and victory on “Iron Chef America: Super Chef Battle”, I was expecting a cool, collected, no-nonsense, tough cookie. Oh, and she is the first woman and first minority to...
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Posted by: 3 years ago
Barriors" webcomic reminds me a lot of those Nagaraya Cracker Nuts, especially the adobo flavor. We all know them - they're in all the Pilipino stores, they're the tiny salty snacks with flavor powder dusted over them. You know, Pilipino Peanuts.
Wah, wah. Sorry, I had to.
Yes, it's corny - but so is "Peanuts", and so is "Barriors". Both strips...
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Posted by: 3 years ago
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The same weekend that the FIND Spring Conference happened on the East Coast, and just one week after SCPASA held their summit on the West Coast, the Midwest Association of Filipino Americans (...
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Posted by: 3 years ago
[img_assist|nid=2015|title=|desc=|link=popup|align=left|width=24|height=24]I'm sitting in the back of the historic Portage Theater in Chicago. Exhausted from a full day of coding and a full evening of interviewing and networking, all I wanted to do was sit back and enjoy the last performance of Pin@ypalooza.
That's when he did it - AJ Rafael incited a riot in...
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Posted by: 3 years ago
[img_assist|nid=1924|title=|desc=|link=popup|align=left|width=300|height=200]What do Vince Vaughn, the Chicago Bulls, and a restaurant that serves San Miguel and pancit have in common? They are the answers the public gave when Victoria's Secret asked "What's Sexy Now Chicago?" And you can't find a much bigger authority on sexiness than Victoria's Secret.
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