February 2024:“Our main requirement for travel to the Philippines was completing an online form within 72 hours of arriving. Our airline reminded us to do the same process before departing the Philippines as well. The form asks for flight info, countries visited in the last 30 days, and whe...
Do Filipinos use eating utensils? While eating with your hands might seem like an inelegant way of consuming food in the West, it’s a very much accepted way of eating in the Philippines. Growing up in the Philippines at my grandparents’ kitchen table, I can still feel the textural memor...
so of course we are not going to do that. For myself, I am not a city person and would very much rather have some space around me. For Eden, well… Eden is a farmer at heart. She needs to
How do Filipino eat? While most Filipinos today eat using a spoon and fork, thetraditional way of eating is kamayan, or “with hands.” Kamayan was the customary way of eating in the Philippines prior to Spanish colonization in the 16th century, and although utensils are more accessible and ...
In the meantime, because of poverty, she was also unable to eat the kind of food that obstetrician-gynecologists usually order pregnant women to eat and make sure that she ate the proper amounts. According to local health standards, the following should be done during a prenatal check-up are...
Filipino pride comes in many forms, and it has manifested in the love for athletes, musicians and beauty queens who hail from the Philippines. But if there’s anything most, if not all Filipinos can show pride for, it is the flavorful, innovative food that’s very much so Filipino. Bagoo...
In a global study called Wave7, Filipinos spend the longest time, 53 hours a week, on social media platform, which is a whole 11 hours more than the global average of 42 hours. It’s quite a common scene on Sunday that FDHs sit around on plastic pads outdoors, holding their phones sk...
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There is one other point that did not make the list, but I do think it warrants a mention. The Philippines is developing into a fast-food nation. And, it’s starting to show. In fact amongst the more affluent you can’t miss it. Heavy seriously overweight kids gorging themselves on ...
Discrimination of Bajau (particularly from the dominant Tausūg people, who have historically viewed them as ‘inferior’, and less specifically from the majority Christian Filipinos) and the continuing violence in Muslim Mindanao, have driven many Bajau to begging, or to emigrate. They usually re...