http://feastasia.com/3 Asian food, entertainment, arts and culture, shopping and travel Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:39:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For the whole month of February each year, Baguio is on fever pitch celebrating Panagbenga. They cap off the event with a flower float parade at the end of the month. Lowest recorded temperatures this year were at 7 degrees. On weekends, the prices of fresh strawberries shoot up from P42.00 to ... http://feastasia.com/3/shopping/a-years-statis-and-coffee-stash-cotton-weaves-and-pine-handicraftsbaguio-the-shoppers-paradise/ I LOVE WIKIPEDIA. And now Wiktionary, to find a peculiar word "artefact". The Wikimedia foundation describes its Wiktionary project thus: Wiktionary (a portmanteau of the words wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. Unlike standard dictionaries, it is written collaboratively ... http://feastasia.com/3/arts-culture/artefacts/ I woke up late the morning of February 3. It was one of those cold mornings when sleep was deep as nights were longer than days and dreaming was vivid. So my son missed schoolbus.. (sigh) confessions of a single parent. In the car, I explained to my son that ... http://feastasia.com/3/uncategorized/dawn-dreams-at-candlemas-and-la-morenita-mother-of-all-peoples/ An old arumanen ne menuvu woman of Central Mindanao named Lingka had, in her youth, assisted Hazel Wrigglesworth of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) in translating the Bible to Menuvu. More than ten years ago, her family asked me to help them get a copy of a recording that the ... http://feastasia.com/3/arts-culture/the-summer-institute-of-linguistics-recording-of-the-menuvu-epic-the-ulehingan/ Every marriage goes through rocky periods sure.  Dunno if it's just me but a lot of marriages of my age bracket (late forties) have permanently splintered on rocky reefs.  The kids must feel like they're drowning and if they haven't been taught to float yet must quickly learn to cope ... http://feastasia.com/3/uncategorized/blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart/ The embassies of Mexico and Spain are revisiting cultural relations with the Philippines via the Galleon Trade project..tracing the roots of our shared ancestry that made the Philippines what it is now...not quite asian and not quite european...unique in the region. Melting Pot of Asia and what a brew! The Menuvu ... http://feastasia.com/3/uncategorized/spain-and-the-philippines/ Everyone who loves peace must take a stand for peace.  Within one's capabilities and capacities, one should endeavor to make peace a reality. The Ampatuan Massacre has brought to the fore the violence that always seethes just below the surface of Mindanao.  It comes at a time when Peace Talks are ... http://feastasia.com/3/uncategorized/elusive-peace-in-mindanao/ KaSaMa - Karapatan sa Malikhaing Paraan How do we effectively protect and defend human rights? We have been involved in countless human rights trainings, conferences,education sessions, and mass actions yet human rights violations continue to exist. With the increasing complexities and challenges of our times, ingenious ways to uphold people's rights ... http://feastasia.com/3/uncategorized/the-more-the-merrierkasama-nationwide-search-for-innovative-human-rights-projects/ Son of the Founder of the Iglesia ni Kristo, Ka "Erdy" Manalo, was buried today and it has been declared a non-working public holiday.  TV footage of the burial rites reveal a solemnity that signifies respect for the depth of grief felt over the loss of a beloved leader.   ... http://feastasia.com/3/arts-culture/long-weekend/ I am instinctively wary of the feminists of my country. A Filipina named Nicole (she will fade fast in history by such nameless designation) was vilified as having betrayed the cause of feminists by recanting on her testimony in a successfully prosecuted rape case on appeal setting free the American serviceman ... http://feastasia.com/3/arts-culture/nicole-and-us-lance-corporal-daniel-smith-corazon-aquino-and-coup-plotter-rex-robles-and-eco-feminism/