After my most recent Language Proficiency Interview, I started thinking about words in Bicol and Tagalog I’ve come to love. I like these words for a variety of reasons, I like how they relate to Filipino culture, I like that some of them have no direct English translation, and others have become such a part … Continue reading 20 Bicol and Tagalog Words I Love
Thanksgiving, the American ‘Fiesta’
Your alarm goes off and you peel your eyes open to be partially blinded by your phone's screen. The time reads 5:30am and you sit up straight and begin to stretch. Out in the kitchen you make yourself a cup of coffee and rest before beginning to prepare the biggest feast of the year. The … Continue reading Thanksgiving, the American ‘Fiesta’
Get Ready, Get Set, BOODLE FIGHT: Tips and tricks to surviving a boodle fight
Boodle fighting is serious business. Joke lang. Similar many other traditions in filipino culture, this is a fun and light-hearted activity that takes place at many family reunions, and fiestas. The Boodle Fight is a style of eating. As a Philippine Military Academy tradition, cadets would gather around a long table of foods arranged … Continue reading Get Ready, Get Set, BOODLE FIGHT: Tips and tricks to surviving a boodle fight
