Blog Posts on customs and traditions

Feast of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo » Faith or Fanaticism? by Yodisphere.com on Jan 9, 2012"When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to see a marching band. He said, "Son, when you grow up, would you be the saviour of the broken, the beaten and the damned?" He said "Will you defeat them, your demons, and all the non believ...

Aquino: Filipinos starting to taste ‘true freedom’ by Singapore Philippines on Jun 12, 2011Source: INQMANILA, Philippines – President Aquino underlined on Sunday morning the key reforms that his administration had instituted in the past 12 months to give Filipinos a taste of “true freedom.’’Mr. Aquino raised the flag from the balco...

Japanese show power of patience, stoic discipline amid triple crises by Singapore Philippines on Mar 28, 2011Source: PDIMANILA, Philippines—Like the super slow-moving classic Japanese Noh drama, the stoic behavior of the Japanese people as they grappled with the triple crises posed by a killer earthquake, a tsunami and a radioactive threat puzzled those n...

Anihan Festival in Iloilo by The Philippine Island on Sep 1, 2010Anihan Festival is a thanksgiving celebration that expresses gratefulness for a bountiful harvest which happens every 27th of September in Iloilo City, Philippines. It symbolizes of being triumphant against hardships and trials during lean months. An...

my boys and ge-lai by Fashionista Fortune Cookie on Aug 30, 2010Just wanna share... don't you just love Hipstamatic? ;)So.............No outfit posts for a while... as you know in Chinese customs we need to practice "ge-lai" which means not taking a bath for a month (sponge bath are allowed though with warm/hot w...

Chinese Hospitality by autopilotincome101.com on Nov 24, 2009If you ask people these days on the growth of which country would they bet their money on, China would be the ubiquitous answer. The red dragon has been on a growth trajectory that has baffled experts and drawn the praise of the international communi...