filipino achievement
Bamboo Jeep & (PhUV)Philippine Utility Vehicle
We have featured before an article about the e-jeepney soon to launch in Philippines, a jeep powered by electricity produced by a renewable energy power plant from the city’s market and household wastes, a practical and very earth-friendly idea!
Now, lets have a look of how genious our Kabayan is when talking about Jeepney.
The Bamboo JeepA [...]
The Better Side of the Philippines
The following was written by INTEL General Manager Robin Martin about the Philippines:
Filipinos (including the press, business people and myself) tend to dwell too much on the negative side, and this affects the perception of foreigners, even the [...]
The House That Fried Chicken Built
Max’s Restaurant’s beginnings started in 1945, after WW II. Maximo Gimenez, A Stanford-educated teacher, befriended the American occupation troops stationed in Quezon City. Because of this friendship, the soldiers regularly visited Maximo’s nearby home for a drink or two. Later on, the troops insisted that they pay for their drinks. This prompted Maximo to open [...]
Peterson Jason Pascual: Pinoy Editor of Oprah Magazine
Peterson Jason Pascual, simply PJ to family, friends and associates works as an editor of O, The Oprah Magazine owned by billionaire, philanthropist and award-winning talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
He considers himself amazingly blessed to have this opportunity to get hired as accessories assistant for the lifestyle and fashion magazine that has become so popular [...]
Eternal Salivation: Michael’s Meat Art
Michael Arcega’s installations reflect his interest in visual and linguistic interaction, conflict and play. For One Way or Another, he produced Eternal Salivation, a wooden ark containing strips of jerky made from various animal meats. The relationship between “salivation” and “salvation” is key to understanding Arcega’s ironic commentary on human, animal, and cultural preservation in [...]
