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Doreen G. Yu
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Pasinaya, a bountiful harvest
by Doreen G. Yu - February 11, 2025 - 12:00am
February, which is National Arts Month, started off on a high note with the 20th iteration of Pasinaya, the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ annual open house festival, on the month’s first weeke...
Embrace creativity, innovation in Year of Wood Snake
by Doreen G. Yu - January 28, 2025 - 12:00am
The Lunar New Year, which starts tomorrow, is the biggest and most important festival of the year for millions upon millions of Chinese – as well as other Asians, like the Vietnamese, who celebrate Tet –...
Magtanim hindi biro
by Doreen G. Yu - January 14, 2025 - 12:00am
Rice, to Filipinos, is as basic and essential as air and water. It is thus a high crime that we cannot feed our own people, and it is a national shame that we rely on farmers in Vietnam and Thailand and India to...
RAOKs and resolutions
by Doreen G. Yu - December 25, 2024 - 12:00am
Random acts of kindness. It’s become a worldwide movement (there’s actually a foundation – randomactsofkindness.org), and it works because of the participation of ordinary folks anywhere and everywhere....
Pagmamahal
by Doreen G. Yu - December 19, 2024 - 12:00am
Of course the food was good, as you’d expect from Milky Way, the iconic restaurant on Pasay Road in Makati, but this lunch the food was outdone by eight bright-eyed young performers, scholars of the Actors...
Bella storia
by Doreen G. Yu - December 7, 2024 - 12:00am
Life is a story, or rather, a series of stories, and often, it’s in the re-telling of these stories that they come alive, sometimes taking on a life unexpected. Memories are funny, they play tricks on us; what...
The world waits as a nation votes
by Doreen G. Yu - November 5, 2024 - 12:00am
Elections are held supposedly to let the voice of the people be heard – one person/one vote, as long as you meet the age (so you are supposedly mature enough to discern right from wrong, to choose what is good...
Pasko na! Kampanya na!
by Doreen G. Yu - October 30, 2024 - 12:00am
The first sign of Christmas in my apartment is a small white parol knitted by the mothers at Knitting Expedition in Uhaji, Ifugao.
What’s new, NAIA?
by Doreen G. Yu - October 22, 2024 - 12:00am
There was such an outcry when the new parking rates at the NAIA were announced ahead of its implementation last Oct. 1 – from P40 for the first two hours and P15 for every hour thereafter to P50/P25 and for...
No RFID? Pasensya na po!
by Doreen G. Yu - October 3, 2024 - 12:00am
I didn’t realize my tirades were that loud, but they got the desired results.
The Mid-Autumn Festival
by Doreen G. Yu - September 17, 2024 - 12:00am
Tonight the moon is at its fullest and brightest; hopefully Tropical Depression Gener which entered our area of responsibility yesterday won’t spoil our moon-gazing. It’s the harvest moon, which marks...
‘Peechure! Peechure!’
by Doreen G. Yu - August 28, 2024 - 12:00am
It is ridiculous for someone – especially a lawyer – to claim that a photo taken of Bongbong and Liza Marcos in a Chinese restaurant in Pasay City can – and will! daw – prove their connection...
The emperor’s ingredients
by Doreen G. Yu - August 25, 2024 - 12:00am
There was no emperor at the table, but rather a self-described “humble chef” in stylish dark blue chef’s garb with matching rubber clogs, a diamond in one ear and a spoon in his sleeve pocket.
Double-sided tape
by Doreen G. Yu - August 17, 2024 - 12:00am
Several controversial issues have cropped up over the Olympics, not just here in our part of the world but in other countries, too.
The boxer; Olympic watching
by Doreen G. Yu - August 4, 2024 - 12:00am
I have mixed feelings about boxing being one of the few Olympic sports that will get us on the medal tally board. Before Hidilyn Diaz, EJ Obiena and Caloy Yulo, our medal hopes were all pinned on our boxers.
Falling out of coconut trees
by Doreen G. Yu - July 30, 2024 - 12:00am
There is a resurgence in the US of a phenomenon called KHive, and suddenly, coconut trees are in vogue, from New York (where there are probably no such trees) to California and beyond.
Confucius/confusion
by Doreen G. Yu - July 27, 2024 - 12:00am
I rarely go to reunions, especially school reunions, but this one was not quite a reunion, rather a tribute and retirement send off for the school director – our principal or hao tiu.
Rice, glorious rice
by Doreen G. Yu - July 22, 2024 - 12:00am
The rice for my kiam pung (a rice dish I make with mustard greens, shrimps, sausage and mushrooms) was spread out on a tray, put under the sun. As I sifted through the grains to pick out the odd unhusked grain or...
Walang silbi
by Doreen G. Yu - June 29, 2024 - 12:00am
I had emptied out the drawers in my desk; when my helper asked what was happening I told her I couldn’t find my National ID.
Wanted: Livable spaces
by Doreen G. Yu - June 11, 2024 - 12:00am
I was in Singapore the other week and what caught my attention, aside from the famously lush greenery (it’s just as hot there as it is here, so why isn’t a single plant or patch of grass dry and brown?),...
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