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I didn’t know NAAAP (National Association of Asian American Professionals) existed until Jhemon sent me an evite about the NAAAP Convention a few months ago. I knew he was involved in some sort of Asian American organization but I thought it was mostly physicians because he’s a doctor. In any case, I signed up for [...]

GMANews.TV reported that National Artist for Music Lucrecia R. Kasilag died of pneumonia last Saturday night. Kasilag, 90, wasn’t only a composer but also a performing artist and a leader in music education. She innovatively fused Filipino ethnic music with Western music, using indigenous instruments in orchestral productions and led many Filipino composers to experiment [...]

I was about to take a nap before getting back to work again but I came across this blog from filipinasoul and mentioned that, ” the nominees of the Philippines for the New Seven Wonders of Nature are slipping from their top ranks. The Tubbataha Reef is now at Number 9 from its previous spot [...]

BakitWhy | Pilipin@ American Lifestyle is a fresh online community dedicated to uniting Pilipino-Americans and friends globally. Whether it’s connecting to our pamilya back home, or creating discussion with our kaibigan in the states, BakitWhy serves as a complete outlet, forum, and network for all Pilipino-American interests. BakitWhy asks “why?” in Tagalog and English, languages [...]

Whenever I drive along Temple Street and see the “Historic Filipinotown” sign, I wonder why this is called as such when it is apparent it’s a multi-ethnic area. I attended the Los Angeles Historic Filipinotown Festival 2008 and discovered so much more than I had expected. I hopped in on the bus tour of the [...]

The creation of FilAm Artists Network blog/directory stems from the fact that there is no Art organization that seems to encompass all the arts across the nation that focus on FilAm artists. Believe me, I’d searched high and low. Maybe that’s one of the reasons there isn’t much visibility among FilAm Artists. And I thought, I can start a dialogue about this to help pave the way in giving more recognition to FilAm artists and show to the world the diverse talents and dispel any negative myths within the Filipino Community.

Chicago-based Fil-Am band Lost Poetics is reported to be close to winning the MTV’s contest “I Want My Music on MTV II”. This is really exciting! Music fans have been listening and voting and the competition has been narrowed down to just 20 artists. It’s up to us to get their music heard in an [...]

Everybody knows it always rain in Seattle and that’s where the Starbucks was born. There’s really more to Seattle than that. Even spending only 3 days and 2 nights already imprinted a different kind of impression what the city is all about. Everytime I’m in a different town or city, I really want to do [...]