was in 1927, when Pedro Flores, an immigrant from the Philippines, started carving and selling them. Yo-yos were a toy from his childhood. By 1929, he had two factories in Los Angeles and one in Santa Barbara just to keep up with demand. 1930: Mickey Mouse State Library of Queensland/...
When was the Second Mexican Revolution? When did Scotland gain independence? When is the Mexican Revolution Day? When did Columbia gain independence? When did Angola gain independence? When did the United States grant independence to the Philippines? When did Haiti gain independence? When did Equato...
However, there are exceptions (examples that don’t follow the rules). We do use “the” in English to talk about countries comprised (made up) of many lands, territories, states or islands. Some examples include: The Philippines The Bahamas The Netherlands To talk about geography You use ...
Europe and the United States have entered the endemic stage of the COVID-19 outbreak: the virus is widespread, is significantly less fatal than it was in 2020, and is spurring only limited changes in public behavior. These endemic conditions are likely to continue through the summer and ...
My child threw the worst fit I’ve ever seen in the middle of SM Makati, a mall here in the Philippines where we’re currently on vacation. It was by far the loudest, most obnoxious, most irritating, and most appalling moment in my mothering career. Never have I been tested this way...
replied a gobsmacked friend when I told her about the Christmas decorations being already up in the Philippines. “Crazy, isn’t it?” I texted back. The holiday decorations have been up since September, the start of the “ber” months leading to December. Crazy as it sounds, it’s...
It seems that more and more America speaks with one anti-China voice which becomes more threatening and belligerent by the day. In March, finally, there was a chink of light. A statement by the Editorial Board of the New York Times called for a strategy of engagement rather than confrontati...
Europe and the United States have entered the endemic stage of the COVID-19 outbreak: the virus is widespread, is significantly less fatal than it was in 2020, and is spurring only limited changes in public behavior. These endemic conditions are likely to continue through the summer and autumn...
While there was some variation over the centuries, Imperial China was largely a highly gendered, patriarchal society. The lives of men and women were kept separate as much as possible. While families and friends could get together now and then, by and large, mixing was discouraged. Including ...
celebration of Filipino American History Month in October each year is significant.It commemorates the first recorded presence of Filipinos in the continental United States. During the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade era, from 1565 to 1815, Spanish galleons crossed the pacific between the Philippines and...