This year, 2017, is the 600th anniversary of the voyage of the Sultan of Sulu to China. To commemorate this historic undertaking, the intrepid team of 40 Filipino adventurers led by Art Valdez will retrace that journey on board three balangays the second week of May and return in June before the southwest monsoon starts. […]
1. Tree Art Museum, Beijing. As a landmark structure in renowned art village Songzhuang (a small town on the outskirts of Beijing), Tree Art Museum attracts visitors with a courtyard pool. Looking out of the French windows of the two-story structure, the reflections of the blue sky on the pool help people enjoy a moment […]
Kidnapped Filipino sailor Noel Besconde was beheaded after he became ill while in the custody of the Abu Sayyaf bandits, led by Hatib Sawadjaan. A crew member of the F/B Remona siezed in the Celebes Sea in December, Besconde’s execution in Patikul, Sulu was confirmed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines after it got […]
Tsinoy Caviteño Wesley So, 23, is the newest chess champion in the United States. So, who now lives in Minnetonka, Minnesota, won the US chess championship over opponent Alexander Onischuk, a 41-year-old Ukrainian-born grandmaster who lives in Texas, and won the US championship in 2006. He became the new US champ on April 11 at […]
Six Filipino high schoolers won medals at an international computing tilt in Singapore. Three of them won more than just gold and silver. They will also receive offers of admission to university there as well. Robin Yu of Xavier School won a gold medal and placed fifth in the overall competition, and third among foreign […]
Hokkien, on the tongues of Tsinoys, has grown and evolved, taking on a life of its own. Sometimes words simply fail us. With some creativity, Tsinoys have strung together words to form colorful phrases that simply hit the bull’s eye. Here are some expressions unique to Hokkien as favored by Tsinoys. 死皮龜 si p’e ku […]
In the year 1027 BC, King Wu of Zhou and his younger brother Jidan overthrew the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) by enlisting the help of the slaves and established the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC). In order to consolidate the new state power, King Wu suppressed the rebellious tribes with the aid of Jidan, proclaiming himself […]
Starting June, Philippine passport holders will be able to enter Taiwan visa-free, and stay up to 30 days. The island nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the move – intended to boost tourism – will be on a trial basis for one year starting June 1, 2017 until July 31, 2018. Taiwan also extended to […]
I’m not sure if it has to do with my cousin and me being boys, but as early as 9 years old, our parents would leave us in the province at our aunt’s house for a few weeks during summer. If they were helicopter parents when we were younger, they eventually threw us off the […]
Since American historian Robert Batchelor discovered in 2008 the Selden Map at the basement of the Bodleian Library in Oxford University, scholars cannot agree whether it was made in the Wanli era (1573-1620), after the Dutch occupied the Moluccas in 1621, or sometime in between. But they basically agree that the map dates from the […]