Forget Swine Flu, this virus has been infecting people since people were invented. Even way before that Asian Chicken Flu circa 1997. The infamously renowned “V” Sign Virus, aka “The-Peace-Signs-That-Asian-Girls-And Effeminate-Asian-Men-Do-During-Picture-Taking” sickness has been running rampant in Flickr collections and Facebook profile photos for years, yet the CDC and World Health Organization isn’t doing anything… Read more.

While Pacquiao made a guest appearance in San Francisco, Nonito Donaire (The Filipino Flash) and Brian Viloria (The Hawaiian Punch) did a Mexican-American sweep of Raul Martinez and Ulises Solis in Manila this past Sunday. The Bay Area’s own Filipino Flash, Nonito Donaire, was born in Talibon, Bohol and raised in Gen-San, Mindanao. According to… Read more.

Yesterday’s Filipino heritage night at AT&T park (or whatever it is called now) was probably one of the best nights of your life. Even if you didn’t go! That’s how great it was. First, Manny came out to the make-shift festival by the stadium and answered some of the crowd’s questions. His appearance definitely offset… Read more.

Where is he? I can’t find him among the smaller, browner childr – Oh there he is look! Whew that was tough, im thirsty. In 2003 Matt Harding was traveling Asia when a friend of his asked him to dance in front of the camera. After posting the video online for friends and family he… Read more.

Nothing says “damn that’s romantic” like getting married in a 400-year-old church. My cousin got hitched in the same church my parents, grandparents, and great-great-grand parents got married in. Check out their video below with clips from Bohol! Sigh, I guess that means Rachel McAdams and I will be taking an expensive eloping trip to… Read more.

Have you seen the “Sound of Music“? If you haven’t, you have yet to hear the sound of EXTREME HAPPINESS. Anyway, this inspired me to translate this monumental piece of music history in Bisaya. Ok not really. But it does have some Bisaya words in it.: Dough, a pastry, fried into binangkal. Ray, a name,… Read more.

It’s hard enough to leave your family behind so that you can support them financially; but for Filipino workers in Italy and 137 bus drivers in Dubai, the very jobs they left home for are now non-existent, thanks in part to a natural disaster and a not-so-natural misinformed (or perhaps insidious?) recruitment agency. Easter in… Read more.

Like watch this totally pretentious group (The Helium Club aka Mile-High-On-Shabu-Club) in bars and restaurants like eating food and like chirp like birds. View the trailer posted on Facebook here! (via Carlos Celdran)

Poor guy. Well, somebody’s about to get jacked. Then again, they’ve both been tricked… it’s an imitation Finding Nemo game! TRAVESTY!

Betty White was part of the Golden Girls. 5 points! Betty Brown said that Chinese-Americans should change their names to “make life easier.” Minus 10 points. Betty White thinks Sarah Palin is a bitch. 10 points! Betty Brown is in the same party as Sarah Palin. Minus 5 points. Betty White is an actress. 5… Read more.

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Since we’re in a recession I did my part to stimulate the world economy. Instead of buying 3 pieces of chicken from Jollibee, I bought 3 buckets. Don’t worry I have your back, World. $35 dollars for 18 pieces of Jollibee is equal to: -4 full tanks of gas for an old lawn mower. -2… Read more.

Ube (purple yam) can be found in your local Asian market, unless of course you live in South Dakota or Russia where you’ll have to get a plane ticket to get to the nearest vegetable that’s even purple. Latik however is a different story. The applications and methods for latik themselves can vary from province… Read more.

Jay Mercado and Shirley Tan have been together for 23 years and have twin 12-year-old boys. But in the eyes of American law, Shirley Tan must be deported back to the Philippines, mainly because her marriage with US citizen Jay Mercado is invalid. Why? Because Jay is female. “If Mercado, a U.S. citizen, were a… Read more.

Deep Foundation does it again. It isn’t hard to find Filipino artists in foreign countries, regardless of genre, canvas, and outlet, who are in-tune with their motherland. Filipino rappers are definitely a group of artists who are in active pursuit and promotion of their “foundations” regardless of where they are living today. I spent the… Read more.

Cagayan De Oro, Phil – In an honorable but futile attempt to save the lives of endangered clown fish off Camiguin island, Filipeanut was attacked by a group of savage dolphins heading toward Borneo. The Bottle-Nosed Bugoys (or BNG) were bar hopping south for the winter when they found Filipeanut on the beach performing CPR… Read more.