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The obscure pop culture enthusiast’s guide for the discerning Asian American in your life (You’re welcome)
By Pamela K. Santos If you’re reading this because you haven’t started your holiday shopping, I have bad news for you. You’re late. Black Friday has come and gone, along with Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. I suspect many of you only found this post after realizing the company holiday party is next week […]
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Manny Pacquiao should retire, but here’s why he won’t
By Rene Pastor There was a jarring moment there as his head rested near the ring apron that I thought Manny Pacquiao had been hurt badly. A chopping right had knocked him out and it took several minutes for him to get back up. He finally did get up, but you could see the crowd […]
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Mayor Mike Bloomberg lobs one-liners at media party
By Elton Lugay Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on December 6th that evening would be his last holiday party for the media, his last time to “curry favor with the press.” Not unless, he quickly quipped, there is a “C4.” With a sardonic smile, the 108th mayor of New York cracked joke after joke at the […]
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FILAMSPEAK: Memories of Ernie Pena as friend, mentor, artist
For several days, the death of beloved photographer Ernie Pena was the community’s best kept secret. Word had gotten around how he was found in his room by Jersey City police officers after he failed to come to work one morning and his co-workers decided to call in the cops. No one breached the request […]
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‘Hello, Dolly:’ Pidci welcomes 2013 Grand Marshal
By Cristina DC Pastor The weather was wintry-cold, the mood: merry, the event: An Evening with the Consul General, which also served as the coming-out party for Dr. Rebecca “Dolly” Rivera as the grand marshal of the 2013 Philippine Independence Day Parade. Dressed in fire-engine reds, the men and women of the Philippine Independence Day […]
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Alfredo Diaz, 96
By Nestor Palugod Enriquez Funeral services were held on the frigid morning of December 6 for World War II veteran Alfredo Diaz, possibly the last of his breed of veterans who fought in Bataan in the 1940s. Alfredo Diaz just celebrated his 96th birthday last November 28th in Jersey City. He was an athletic student […]
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3 days after ‘Les Miz’ review, I met Anne Hathaway
By Elton Lugay It felt like an out-of-body experience. Not that I’ve had one, but it was weird in a nice kind of way. On November 30th, my review of “Les Miserables” was published in this magazine (“Why ‘Les Miserables’ brought tears to my eyes,” Nov. 30). Three days later I was at the Porter […]
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Remembering Tito Danny, the cool uncle I lost to AIDS
By Pamela K. Santos “You may say I’m a dreamer / But I’m not the only one / I hope someday you’ll join us / And the world will be as one.” — John Lennon November 30 is my birthday. When I was a kid, a cousin told me November 30th was Bonifacio Day, a […]
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Young journalist opens up about overcoming depression: The Asian American in isolation
By Ryan Gajudo Macasero I battled major depression and anxiety since I was a child and through my teenage years. The revelation is almost always a surprise because I’m known to speak in front of college groups and because I talk to people all the time as a catering sales manager and as a journalist. […]