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Lugaw!

How to Make Lugaw, a Filipino Rice Porridge

Hypothetical situation: You’re a Filipino American, in your 20s or 30s, and you live on your own. You are sick, Continue reading →

Meditation, or The Inner Voice, by Rodin, 1896

Put on Your Reddest Lipstick and Move (On), Musee Rodin, Paris

You don’t need little glass pots chock full o’ concealer or slices of cool cucumber to hide the bags under and above your eyes.

Director Nadine Truong and actor Brian Kang, with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert portrait, Chicago Asian American Showcase, 2013.

When Our Stories Can Be Our Own, Without Apologies

“It’s time we stop being typecast or pigeonholed into telling stories about race or culture. We have great stories to tell, period.”

Funniest Travel Advice on India, a Facebook Chat

Snippet of a Facebook chat with my friend, Ravi, who stays real with the travel advice about India.

Parisian goats as lawnmowers, Jardin des Tuileries

Sheep Lawnmowers in Paris

Named for the palace that no longer exists since succumbing to revolutionary forces of the Paris Commune, the Jardin des Tuileries stretches Continue reading →

Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France

Can’t Travel Without: a Small Notebook and Pen

You can always find a good notebook, that’s true enough… but are you brave enough to actually write in it?

Anne Frank statue, Westerkerk courtyard, Amsterdam

Is the Diary of Anne Frank Still Being Read and Taught?

Growing up in Chicago, thankfully, there are relatively few memorials to wars and military action as had taken place on Continue reading →

Razon's halo-halo, Manila.

Halo-halo, mix-mix and dreaming of summer

It’s damn near the kitchen sink of delicious things you can find in the PI.

Tokyo, Japan. Waiting for the train.

Tokyo, Japan: Waiting in Line for Mass Transit

The funny thing about traveling to other countries, to paraphrase what the character Vincent Vega tells Jules Winnfield in director Continue reading →

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