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Curiosity Kills the Cat

Roads Taken...At Cinequest 2007

This year's Asian entries in the 17th annual San Jose Cinequest Film Festival all seem to focus o...

Philippines / Vietnam / Indonesia Celeste Heiter
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Charles Baker's Drunken Oriental Junket

An NPR interviewer once asked writer David Sedaris why he had left New York and moved to Paris. H...

Philippines / Indonesia / Thailand Kenneth Champeon
Philippines food: Palitaw or Boiled Rice Cookies

Recipe: Palitaw - Boiled Rice Cookies

A simple recipe for Philippines style Boiled Rice Cookies or Palitaw

Philippines Habeeb Salloum
The beach at Sta. Fe, Bantayan Island

Breakaway in Bantayan Island

     Sparkling like a precious gem in the vast seas of the Visayas, the histo...

Philippines ARIEL NOBLE
Philippines, Mindanao, Koronadal City. T’nalak Festival

The T'nalak festival, South Cotabato, Philippines

Philippines, Mindanao, Koronadal City. The Province of South Cotabato, celebrates the grandest ...

Philippines Ronald de Jong
Hagimit Falls, Samal Island, Davao, Philippines

Hagimit Falls, Samal Island, Davao, Philippines

Hagimit Falls, Samal Island, Davao, Philippines

Philippines ARIEL NOBLE
Once in a Blue Moon

Film Review: Once in a Blue Moon

Three generations in the patriarchal lineage are represented in this romantic quest for true love.

Philippines Celeste Heiter

Making for the Hills

I remember exclaiming with awe when I woke up in Simla (or Shimla, as it is often spelled and pro...

Philippines / Myanmar / Indonesia Kenneth Champeon
Mt Matutum

Maharlika Highway Vistas

The best way to explore the island of Mindanao is behind the wheel, and the best road to drive is...

Philippines Ronald de Jong
Mindanao Festivals & Fiestas

Mindanao Festivals & Fiestas

  The many fascinating festivals that are organized in Mindanao are a dynamic, integral part...

Philippines Ronald de Jong
Mano Pl

Film Review: Mano Po

This family drama spans four generations of the Go family, a Chinese family who built a financial...

Philippines / China Celeste Heiter

'American Adobo' Filipino Dinner Recipes

Chicken & Shrimp Lumpia Wraps with Ginger Lime Dipping Sauce Wrappers 2 eggs 1 cup water 1/3 cup ...

Philippines Celeste Heiter
Mindanao, Mores & Myths

Mindanao, Mores & Myths

When traveling through the Philippines, living and interacting with the locals, one will undoubte...

Philippines Ronald de Jong
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Five Study Abroad Programs in the Philippines

It's a pity that the Philippines is so often overlooked as a potential study abroad location, say...

Philippines Dawn Stanton
Philippines, Mindanao, South Cotabato, Polomolok, Mt. Matutum

Mt Matutum, a true gift from Mother Nature.

Mt Matutum, a steep, non active, volcano is located north of the town of General Santos in the pr...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

Snails, San Miguel, and Shakey's Pizza: Eating Out in Manila

As the sun set over Manila Bay, I extracted a snail from its shell with a plastic toothpick and p...

Philippines Steven K. Bailey
Philippines food: Sinangag or Eggs and Peas Fried Rice

Recipe: Sinangag - Eggs and Peas Fried Rice

Fried rice Philippines style: Sinangag

Philippines Habeeb Salloum
Backpacking across Mindanao

Backpacking across Mindanao

If you like to travel, if you like to move around light and if you do not like to spend much mone...

Philippines Ronald de Jong
The last Tribes of Mindanao, the Maguindanaons, people of the flood plains.

The last Tribes of Mindanao, the Maguindanaons, people of the flood plains.

The island of Mindanao, Philippines...

Philippines Ronald de Jong
Philippines food: Rellenong Manok or Baked Stuffed Chicken

Recipe: Rellenong Manok - Baked Stuffed Chicken

A simple recipe for Philippines style Baked Stuffed Chicken or Rellenong Manok

Philippines Habeeb Salloum

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