Whereas Christmas in the U.S. officially starts on Thanksgiving Day (last Thursday of November), in the Philippines, you could already smell Christmas on September 1, and it lasts until Three Kings (January 6). In theory, Christmas Day is supposed to be the birthday of Jesus Christ, whereas it is just a celebration of when the…
Month: November 2014
An Endorsement from Spain
November 25, 2014. Today, we have just gotten the endorsement of the Basilica San Pascual Baylon re the construction of the New San Pascual Baylon Apparitions Cathedral in Guinarona. Our objective is to have the new church as the national shrine for San Pascual in the whole Philippines. This is par for the course inasmuch…
Meeting the Mareación and Paying Attention
Originally posted on Conversations with Don Machinga and Other Beings:
The World of Noiya Rao (artist unknown) I am currently about half-way through a nine-week dieta with the legendary Amazonian tree Noiya Rao, also known in Spanish as Palo Volador (the flying tree). The seventy-seven year old Shipibo Maestro B. is the undisputed main source…
This WWI-themed Christmas ad is blowing up the Internet
War takes a beating from love!
The Damaged Culture Bit Revisited
On November 1, 1987, American author James Fallows published an article in the Atlantic Monthly titled, “A Damaged Culture: A New Philippines?”, which created quite a stir, considering that at the time, Filipinos were occupied clearing the debris that Marcos had left behind. From then on, nasty things happened, which seemed to buttress the damaged culture…
President Noynoy Aquino: A Kaleidoscope of a President
By Joe America Yeah, yeah. Sorry, I can’t help myself. I’ve gone patriotic on the Philippines. I can’t figure out how the nation can get stronger when so many Filipinos insist on diminishing their country and its leadership. Just as the nation is rising. “Born to lose“ So I push back. If you are inspired…
Development templates for Guinarona 