Posts Tagged "Chinese"
in a place of forever Sunday: Quezon-Batangas
Candelaria, Quezon is a place of forever Sunday. It is so idyllic the place could pass for a dreamland where carabaos float on
how the tsinoy (not intsik, that's derogatory) celebrated new year in laloma
inside the lion's head is nothing... but flaming tradition still burning.
It was my first time to witness how a culture struggles to exist in a place hostile to their presence.
On the eve of Chinese New Year, I was lying lazily on my bed in Laloma, Quezon City when drumbeats called and awakened something in me, making me want to run and dance, so right there and then
Read MoreWho, Me?
Hello there! My name is Ai, Japanese for "love". This blog is a celebration of love for life. I couldn't stay in one place for too long, so I'm always walking, traveling or changing address. I'm an editor of a quarterly rice science magazine and a weekly publication on international commodity trade. Our company is based in Singapore but I'm usually in the Philippines. My goal right now is to make people happy, because I am--well, except when I'm being sentimental.
