I have been reading this Chinese Filipino dictionary which includes the language of Mandarin, Fookien and Filipino. The dictionary is in its 2nd volume by J.C. Young. Although it teaches how to pronounce the words in 4 simple rules, I can’t help to move away from that norm as the interpretation is misleading to what […]
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I always kidded myself that I will make my hair stylist famous someday. I’ve met him in Rod Alvarez (Binondo) a vertical road stretch from St. Stephen School (a Chinese school). He’s very talented and I never (can never) trust my hair to any hair stylist again (I guess). You see, I’ve tried going to […]
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Sipa is a type of dimsum popularly produced on site by Wok In, a family restaurant right beside Malate Church. It is a fried delicacy filled with 95% meat and the rest are vegetables. As far as my Chinese cravings take me, no other restaurant offered this kind of loyalty (or my addiction) to its […]
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Well, I wanted to learn authentic Filipino-Chinese culture. There are however, five things holding me back: (1) I do not have funds for this, (2) I do not have enough time for this, (3) I don’t know where to start, (4) I’m unsure about this lifetime project, and (5) I also need to learn Japanese. […]
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Mr. Tan., a telemarketer of a discount club firm, generously shared his know-how in counting Fookien and Mandarin without getting any sales from my end. Well, this was further confirmed to be correct by Maxx as we walked home. Another version emerged when I had to upload the numbers through my E-marketing personal website project […]
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