A Curious Case Study on Why Filipinos Have Inferiority Complex

Why we, Filipinos, get nervous in front of a foreigner especially to the white people?

We know how to speak the English language but why we still tend to get nervous in front of them like an accused criminal inside the court?

Marikina Shoe Museum: A Lavishing Shoe Collection of Imelda Marcos and a Display of Genuine Filipino Artistry

Prestige, glamour, extravagance and luxury—these are some of the qualities the controversial former First Lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos was being known for over the years.  Aside from owning an array of expensive clothing, jewelry and signature bags, this dictator’s wife has also been known to own the biggest collection of shoes a woman can kill for.

7 Reasons Why Filipinos CAN'T Speak English Better

In the Philippines, the English Language has been selling like an old flavor of ice-cream and has been served repeatedly to millions of students in all the schools for the past decades. Most of us actually have tried this 'ice cream' but not everyone had liked it. These schools though, exerted a conscious effort on how to smoothly deliver this subject matter to every student.

The Bell House: A Fine, Classic Piece of American Architecture

Timeless. Classic. Beauty.

These three words can stand alone as three independent sentences; otherwise, can also be dovetailed to create a strong superlative description of the Bell House here at Camp John Hay, Baguio City.

Cemetery of Negativism: Say Goodbye to Bad Vibes

What if I tell you that today’s feature is about a cemetery, would you still dare to read this post or maybe quickly close this blog’s window and say, “Ugh, don’t get me bored with some of your just-another-scare-me-to-death stories again.”

Machang (Zongzi): A Chinese Recipe You Pretended to Know

There are some reasons why I keep coming back to Binondo. As a matter of fact, I have already written a blog post regarding this place and some other things that I enjoy here.

Aside from enjoying the richness of the Filipino-Chinese culture that dominated this place over the centuries, I also love the friendly, warm people here and of course, a few awesome Chinese restaurants that offer a wide array of Chinese food—from Filipino palate-friendly dishes like noodle soups, bochi and wanton to some extremely exotic dishes like snake soups, soup number 5 and fried frog legs.

But did you know that there is one classic Chinese recipe I started to like since the day I discovered it?

That is Machang.

Wrapped Machang