Charice is at it again. This time at a charity event called Carousel of Hope devoted to raising funds for combating diabetes. In order to get in, you had to pay $10,000 or half a million PhP to get in per ticket.
I become more and more convinced that the Philippines has a [...]

As I have said before, music is at the heart of most in the Philippines and the competition is fierce.
In a relatively new contest Pop Idol 2, one of my 27 (oo andami!) cousins on my Mom’s side of the family is in strong competition. So yes, I’m proud of my cousin [...]

Thanks to a few people who attended the Celine Dion concert we have the videos of Charice with Celine Dion. Now technically Oprah wasn’t the one on the USA side to have Charice on first but it was Ms. DeGeneres but who cares about those minor details.
Here is when Celine Dion introduced Charice [...]

The shopping list I am speaking of is one many of us are fully aware of. It is the Pinoy Pasalubong which usually ends up in the need for a balikbayan box.
For the English only crowd, pasalubong is a wish list given to the Filipino who is living abroad and about to [...]

When I was in the Philippines, I decided to mind my own business and go back and forth to school or work or whatever my day called for. My focus was on myself and what I wanted to get done. All those who were protesting this or that topic just annoyed [...]

Music to a Filipina is like sports are to Americans. We grow up with it and strive to see just how good we are. The karaoke machines are in every home and the guys belt out Humperdink and Kenny Rogers while the women are measured on how well they tackle Whitney Houston. Competition is so [...]