When I was younger, I always considered my Kayumanggi skin as a flaw. I hated my skin color so much, to the point where I avoided going out of our house in my hopes to lighten my skin. I used pile up whitening filters on my photos to hide my brown skin and convince myself …
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Relive moments from the past, the modern way
If you have memories dusting away in your old VHS or Betamax tapes, bring ‘em over! Meet the millennial Kapampangan who digitizes/immortalizes these moments. Gather ‘round, kids, let’s learn about VHS tapes! No, not the circular things with a hole at the center (like a flat doughnut); those are called CDs. Nope, not the square …
Young Kitchen: Geli in the house, literally
A cute kitchen—small, with calming pale orange color all around, a fancy, tall refrigerator, a table for a small family, a gas range in the corner, and Geli Ronquillo, a 26-year-old chef standing over it most days, cooking what she feels like cooking. Or in other terms, a hustle day for the young chef. Chef …
6 things that help improve my mental health
Keeping my mental health in good condition allows me to handle my emotions and stress appropriately. It took me years before I found the courage to improve myself. It may not be an easy journey but I’ve been trying my best not to feel pressured and to just trust my own pace. Here are six …
AUF’s SAMASKOM makes kindness an endless ripple
Kindness is like magic. It positively impacts your life and the lives of the people around you. Kindness, if practiced by many people, can be an endless ripple that is impossible to stop. It can be shown in several ways. You can be kind to yourself, to the environment, to animals, and to other individuals. …
Angeles City’s Mirjan Hipolito makes pageant history, enters Miss Universe-Philippines Top 16
Hipolito is the first Kapampangan to reach the Top 16 of the prestigious Miss Universe-Philippines pageant MISS Universe-Philippines Angeles City Mirjan S. Hipolito finished in the Top 16 of the Miss Universe Philippines 2021 pageant, and became the first ever Kapampangan beauty queen to reach such a milestone in the said competition since its inception …
Angeleña carnival queen radiates in Miss Universe-Philippines national costume presentation
ANGELES City’s Mirjan Hipolito did not waste any second to show her timeless regal and classic Filipina beauty in the Miss Universe Philippines 2021 National Costume presentation at the newly-built Passenger Terminal in Clark International Airport, Pampanga on September 23, 2021. The theme for this year’s MUPH National Costume presentation is Philippine Carnival Queens; the …
Wait, don’t skip: Kapampangan priest joins TikTok craze, talks about spirituality
Father Fiel went from joining the Wipe It Down challenge to preaching good news on the popular Gen-Z app to help wipe down the worries of his viewers. Kapampangan Catholic priest and Macabebe-native Father Fiel Pareja, now known as “Father TikTok,” recently joined the TikTok trends and focused on creating spirituality contents. The lockdown restrictions …
Kapampangan filmmaker tells a story of culture, language, and family in New Zealand
“Mag abroad la pala reng pengari mu? Mikwalta na kayu kanyan!” (So, will your parents work abroad? You’re going to get rich now!). It is true many Filipinos have left home for greener pastures but there’s a lot more about living and working abroad than just the Balikbayan boxes, monthly remittances, and Spam. Mekeni, the …
Kapampangan artists sell masterpieces to sustain community pantry
WHEN the Community Pantry Spirit took the country by storm last April, event organizer Bennylee Bondoc thought of putting up one in Angeles City after being inspired by several posts she saw online. She started contacting her friends and network to help her with the logistics and come up with some goods to give to …