Next was our 9 hours 30 minutes travel from Doha to Clark International Airport in Pampanga. Upon announcement that we are nearing Clark International Airport, Filipinos aboard the plane couldn’t help but be jubilant and cheering all over!
My friend and I have been catching up on social media about his homecoming to the Philippines after 3 years here in Kuwait. He first came in May 2011, after a year his wife was granted family visa. Their baby boy was born more than a year ago, a little bundle of joy with a…
**The following poem is an original by Rumi as translated by Coleman Barks Who Says Words With My Mouth? All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I’m…
Diary ni Gracia OFW Advocacy / Case in Kuwait for December 11, 2014 (SSS Kuwait) Post about OFW advocacy or case in Kuwait for our fellow Filipinos who are in need of direct assistance , job offering, aid, crisis response, or any other kind of support by Diary Ni Gracia. Date: December 11, 2014 Case in…
Timisoara, the largest city in Western Romania is fondly called “Little Vienna” because of significant Austrian influences in architecture, culture and food. The city is said to be built on the site of an ancient Roman fortress. Cultural life is vibrant in Timisoara because of year-round musical and theatrical performances, art galleries and museums. Due…
The city of Vigan in Ilocos Sur, Philippines makes it to the New 7 Wonder Cities of the World. Its well-preserved Calle Crisologo boasts of surviving Spanish colonial aura with stately homes, tiled roof mansions with capiz shell windows, cobblestone streets and horse-drawn carriages called “calesa”. Calle Crisologo is also closed to traffic.
My Persian friend came for a visit and craved for pasta. She neither likes our sweet Filipino style pasta sauce nor the sour Italian pasta sauce. So I asked her what she liked and came up with my own Persian pasta sauce recipe. Sharing with you my homemade recipe;
While some of the world’s richest people drive their own cars, do not splurge on designer brands, go to vacations only with a practical budget, Filipinos just love to look nice.
Two years ago today, December 05, I was able to have a surprise homecoming to the Philippines. Receiving two awards from Overseas Balikbayan Reputation Award (OBRA) 2012 and Migration Advocacy Media (MAM) Award 2012, are my prized possessions as an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) and blogger. But before anything else, I am a daughter,…
Christmas in the Philippines is both an exciting and an anxious celebration not only for balikbayan Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) but for the common Filipino. Why is this so?
