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Formerly Dubai-based Pinoy Melchor Saribay has been living in Shanghai since 2010. Here, he shares about his Pinoy life in China’s most cosmopolitan city and talks about the 3,000 FIlipinos living there. (Filipino China)
“Welcome to Dubai Annie B!” Dizzizit! The moment I been waiting for – to see the city of the promised land – where taxis are not named “Bulaklak”,”Rocalex” or “New Rocalex” anymore, where all places are air-conditioned and people live in condominiums – okay, flats – and opportunities are everywhere, where sky’s the langit!
“I got into art simply out my frustration to create. I stick to it because I want to create without a reason. I’m an Art Director by day, and everything I do in the day has a reason. My personal work has none, yet it exists to please me.” Art Director, Illustrator and Street Photographer Rafael Gregor Valencia talks about his preoccupation.
We’ve been told there is no rest for the wicked. I’m saying there is.
But like all good things, it has to be earned – or in the context of this piece, cooked. Because no matter how busy or wickedly ambitious you are, you shouldn’t have to sacrifice something as fundamental as enjoying and preparing your own food.
Watch out, Dubai – here comes Annie B! “Oh…my…goh-leeee….Dizzizit! In a few minutes, my dreams will about to be true! I will finally ride an airplane – a real one – not like the one in the perya that goes around 360 degrees Celsius Fahrenheit…….In a few hours, everything will change and my new life as a jetsetter will finally take place!”
Know what to do and what not to do when you travel. Seasoned Filipino globe trotters Cleene Arcilla and Marianne Silloriquez share basic travel etiquette tips for global Pinoys.
Travel with just your Philippine passport to these visa free countries for Filipinos! Global nomad Kenneth Surat and his travel blogger friends take us to some of the best and most accessible destinations! #illustradomagazine #taasnoofilipino
Be stylish by following a fashion philosophy based on simple and grounded values. Take it from one the most influential style bloggers in the UAE – Mariyah “Mahryska” Gaspacho @mahryska
It might be difficult to emerge from the shadow of a successful artist. Not so for Helena Alegre, wife and muse of renowned painter Hermes Alegre, whose brilliance and dedication to jewelry design has allowed her to shine in her own right.
Does a diplomat have to give up his artistic pursuits to be called worthy of public office? Consul General Paul Raymund Cortes talks about his passion for singing and keeping it real while being a respectable leader of the Filipino community in the emirates. “Advised to scale down on my singing and be a ‘Congen,’ I thought about how much of myself I must divest to be an authentic public servant. As Consul General, I play the role of my ‘kababayans’ last ray of hope, their role model, and their de facto leader. Where does authenticity lie in the context of these roles? What does being true to oneself mean for those of us in the Foreign Service?”
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