Hokkien is a language I bumped into a couple of months ago while looking for Chinese language lessons aside from Mandarin at the Internet. As I was a little familiar with Fookien counting, I recognized the similarity of Hokkien and Fookien immediately. I showed this to my Taiwanese classmate and true enough, she recognized this […]
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The number 9, as oppose to the common culture against the number 13, is considered as unlucky to Chinese tradition. For the celebration of post natal days or most commonly known as birthdays, Chinese people adds 1 unit to a celebrant’s age to avoid the first brush of 9 in their age. For example, an […]
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Maxx and his acquaintance narrated to me for the third time the reason why there exists discrimination in intermarriage of a Chinese and a Filipino. It is a unique set up than other foreign mix marriages like being married to an Indian or Japanese since Chinese are closely knit together as if a clan that […]
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I was raised believing that Majhong is a gambling vice that brings a negative impact to our society. It still is, actually, especially if it is done when the public places a bet over the game. In November 2006 in our stay at Batangas, the online gaming community of Tantra called Brotherhood who is composed […]
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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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