From Wikimedia Commons, this is a picture of Félix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla, one of the best Filipino Painters of all time. He is of Chinese descent.

Let’s have fun learning some Chinese words that are mostly used in the Filipino language:
mami – a cougar, and by that I mean Demi Moore
toyo – a crazy person
petsay – a politican who spends a lot of money on his campaign but will never win
toge – a graduation gown
miki – a famous mouse
bakya – hmmm… a jejemon?
And here are a few chinese sentences for …

Let me tell you a story:
But before that, I’d like to ask this question. If aliens stepped on earth and upon landing they declare something in their own language which, in our limited technology, is indecipherable, how would we react? How would the world welcome them without a common language? How would you as an individual react to what is supposed to be sci-fi but is real in green flesh and blood? What if what they are saying is, we will destroy your world in a week, just wait with …

Let me tell you a story:
One day in heaven, the creator of all things, Kabunian, woke up all giddy because he decided that he would cook humans. And by cooking he means to create them. So he molded from clay the face, limbs and the whole glorious figure of the human form… then he prepared fire and cooked it. After cooking he blew the breath of life on the culinary wonder. The concoction giggled and jumped from his palms and wandered on the face of the earth. Unbeknown to the creation, …

This is the Tapa (which everyone call tapas) as the world knows it:

This is what the Filipino Tapa looks like:

Of course that is not yet cooked. I’ll give you a full-on Tapsilog picture later on but if you happen to be not normal (a reason why you are following this website) you can actually scroll-down your life away and take a sneak peek  but bear with me as we all get along with drooling enthusiasm.
Whether you like it or not, the best tasting tapa are the ones that are made commercially. …

Tapsilog, Tosilog, Longsilog
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The epitome of Filipino breakfast.
The saviors of Filipino vampires who go out at 3 a.m. seeking something to consume.
The creatures that give Cap’n Crunch the shivers.
The legal way to take in as much preservatives and food coloring into one’s system in one sitting.
The fat advocate.
The familiar food you would likely eat with strangers.
The driver’s gasoline.
The meal that defies and defiles the 3 food groups because it only knows fat and carbo.
A rich man’s treat and a poor man’s staple.
The disco food.
The food that was supposed to …