We all know that love reaches beyond language barriers and continents, but it certainly doesn't hurt to teach yourself a phrase or two to impress the Filipino or Filipina in your life.
Close your eyes and imagine little Peter Hernandez Jr. doing the kind of rollicking show he was doing with his father’s “The Love Notes” doo-wop variety show at Honolulu’s Esprit night club 30 years ago, or later as the opening act to the Magic of Polynesia in his teens. Mars is...