50 Forgotten Tagalog Bugtongs (Riddles)
Image credit: Ctw.com . It used to be, when I was young, that we used to amuse ourselves by asking each other riddles or mga bugtong, ...Read More
Showing posts with label Culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Culture. Show all posts
Answers to Forgotten Tagalog Riddles
1. kabag (a small bat) 2. kalabaw (carabao) 3. baboy (pig) 4. sungay (horn) 5. campana (church bell) 6. nganga (betel) 7. banca...Read More
Kinky Pre-Hispanic Sexual Devices Filipinos Used According to Antonio Pigafetta
Pre-Hispanic Filipinos. By Boxer Codex - http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/metsnav/common/navigate.do?pn=116&size=screen&oid=VAB8326...Read More
Did the Tagalog People Originate from Batangas? (And Other Notes About the Origins of the Tagalogs)
Image credit: by Sulbud at English Wikipedia [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Percy Hill, in an article published by the Philippin...Read More
Funeral Companies and the Economics of Dying
These days, funeral companies offer much more than the usual services. There are two types of death scenarios that every family has to d...Read More
Filipinos and the Sir, Ma’am Culture when Dealing with Westerners
Image credit: San Jose Mercury News . Sunday night, and over pizza, burgers and beer a group of us was enjoying after football socials...Read More
Why is the Sorbetes Called Dirty Ice Cream?
In my second Facebook account, I was asked by a Fil-American friend a simple question that I frankly and remarkably had no credible answer f...Read More
Oh So You Speak Tagalog!
You gotta hand it to the creative thinkers of ABS-CBN, in particular those responsible for the noontime show ‘It’s Showtime!’ Last Monday, ...Read More
Vice-Ganda’s Hilarious Nancy Binay About-Face
That has got to be the most hilarious post-election reaction yet, so sleekly done by none other but Vice-Ganda. This was on last Tuesday’s ...Read More
Jigsaw Puzzles and Guinness World Records (A Pictorial Blog)
Some things just leave you speechless. For instance, 1,028 jigsaw puzzles. No, we’re not even talking about your idiot-friendly off-the-sh...Read More
A Loose Concept of Time
There are just people who, shall we say, have a loose concept of time. One of my sisters, as things are, just happens to be one of those. ...Read More
These Foul-Mouthed Batangueños
I was just in this mall shop looking for an audio connector when one of the salespersons tripped and nearly stumbled on something on the f...Read More
Philippines World Heritage Sites
World Heritage is a program of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The organization officially n...Read More
The Loneliness of Being in a Foreign Land
...is something that I wouldn’t know anything about. If I were a bird, I would be either the Philippine sparrow – which does not migrate – ...Read More
A Weekend in Bangkok: Similarities and Differences Between Thais and Filipinos
In geographic terms, a region is a broad expanse of land where the terrain, climate as well as the flora that can be found on it look and f...Read More
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