Category Archive: Being Filipino

Dec 31

Happy New Year To All

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Goodbye 2008 I thank God for all the blessings my family received this year. I consider every living day a blessing we must cherish and appreciate it. Sometimes things don’t go the way we wanted it to be but maybe for a reason. Don’t let hatred reign your heart forget and live on don’t waste …

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Dec 20

Request for help in repatriation of a Filipina

Carina David, Sept 15, 1976–Dec 17, 2008

November last year the Filipino community in Denmark were shock when Dulce, an au pair was killed in a vehicular accident. There is a on going ban of aupair in the Philippines European countries like Denmark who still approves au pair visas to thousand of Filipinas.  But when something terrible happens no one will take …

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Dec 18

In the Absence of “The Light of the Home “

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A long distance relationship… What kind of relationship is that? “Ask a Danish man who is married to a Filipina “I said when I was told about my brother who was leaving his wife and 2 children at home, in search for greener pastures in Spain. Two months later my sister-in-law found out that she …

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Dec 09

Filipinamom’s Christmas Countdown #3- Unique Gift wrapping Technique

Have you bought all your Christmas gifts and have you not gonna wrap it. Wait.  I was stumbling the other night I find out about this fun and creative Japanese style gift wrapping system called Furoshiki.  If you read my profile or my very first post you will know that I’m concerned about our environment. …

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Dec 02

Filipinamom’s Christmas Countdown #2- 24 Days of Christmas

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December month in Denmark is not only about Christmas but also the time of Christmas Calender or the Advent calendar. The Tv stations (DR & TV2) usually make a special advent calendar tv series starting from the 1st of December to the 24th. Denmark’s Radio started to air Stories from around The World in 1962 …

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Dec 01

Filipinamom’s Christmas Countdown #1- Family

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December for me is the most stressful month of the year both here in Denmark and the Philippines. But To counter act the stress I will start to post mostly about christmas traditions or what ever connected to Christmas or Yuletide (jul in danish). In the Philippines Christmas is the most important of all holidays …

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Nov 01

Remembering the Dead on All Saint’s Day

Did you go to the cemetery today because today is All Saints Day or the Day of the Dead. When I was still in the Philippines  I usually go to the cemetery to pay my respect to my dead  grandfathers and other relatives. But sometimes it was possible for me to go to my province …

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Jul 24

Hello Philippines!!!

After 6 years I will be back in my beloved country together with my hubby and my son. I remember the excitement whenever my parents (yes I’m one of the millions Filipino global families) or my aunts and uncles go home to the Philippines. Anticipating what it’s in for me when they open their suitcases …

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Jul 07

Helicopter Parents

I just read an article today from Søndagavisen, a free weekly newspaper about this Helicopter parents. It is funny word but I think this is a special danish word for parents who control or steers their children life. This  article is about the increasing numbers of parents who keeps calling the universities or other educational …

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May 25

Bahay Kubo and the Filipino language

My son loves to sing bahay kubo even though I don’t sing it to him very often like I did when he was still in my womb. This makes me very proud and he evens start to count in Pilipino with a little help yet he’s only 2 years old.  And I think it also …

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