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On Mother’s Day

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ...

Essentials things to pack when i travel

I love to travel. Aside from the basic things i bring with me whenever i travel aside from my passport, money, travel insurance, credit cards, medicines etc During my recent travels i come up with a list of my travel essentials to pack for traveling: 1. Baby Wipes: With the current ban on liquid material, it is difficult to bring a hand sanitizer in your carry bag. But ...

Bisphenol - A 3, 6, 7

Noong isang araw sa trabaho, nilabas ko mula sa bag ko ang akong water bottle ng biglang sabay sabay naghiyawan ang aking mga katrabaho, "Number seven (7) ba yan?" "Alin ang number seven?", halos mabilaukan na tanong ko sa kanila. "Di mo ba nabasa sa diyaryo, banned na ang mga water bottle na me number seven lalong lalo na ang Nalgene water bottle?" Ang Bisphenol - A or BPA ay ginagamit ...

Young Filipino man murdered in Richmond, B.C. Canada

Geno was giving Charle Dalde directions to get to the Mall of Asia, a massive mall that has become an icon in the Philippines. Dalde and his family were planning to leave yesterday (Friday) for a vacation in the Philippines where the Dalde family is originally from. Those plans have since been cancelled. Charle Dalde had been doing what any responsible, respectful and caring young man would do ...

May rice shortage nga!

Kahapon was my first full day off after coming back from the fabulous vacation. My sisters, Ann and Sakee together with my mom and my niece Yzabella went out for brunch. We decided to have dimsum at Floata Restaurant in Vancouver. During one of my travels i noticed Vancouver has the most authentic or next to the original Chinese cooking. Most of Chinese restaurants have cooks who originated from ...

6 pieces chicken joy and two order of rice to go

Ok payn its ober aym bak to the bangkober! Hay naku, my short bakayson in the byutipol islands of my native land the Philippines and some other parts of theĀ  world was short lived but sweet. Imaginin mo yan i was able to be in three countries in three weeks hahaha! Bonggacious diba? Since walang Jollibee ditech sa Vancouver, may i take home talaga ang byuti ko ng 6 pieces chicken ...

Dahil gusto kung makatipid ng $325.00…

Imbers ang byuti ketch ditech sa LAX. Infairmess kahit walang wifi access sa PAL Centennial Airport mas naappreciate at mas maganda yun kesa dito sa LAX. Dito me wifi nga pero meron silang tinatawag na Pay As You GO where you have to pay $9.99 for 24hrs access sa T-Mobile or $6.00 for 6hrs then 10cents per minute thereafter. Namalikmata ako di ko ma gets kanina yung thereafter na ...

Mga butingting at kalandian

Di ako makapakali. Di ako mapalagay. Di ako makatulog. Teka huwag kang mag alala dehins ako natatae. Feeling ko lang i need to go somewhere. I wish si Darna ako, feeling Angel Locsin, sa haba ng buhok at laki ng boobs. Gusto kong mag bathing suit na pula at sumigaw ng D A R N A! I want to fly! Pero ayokong mag drugs. Nah... never! Wala lang gusto ko lang lumipad at ...

No FREE Wifi access at Vancouver International Airport

SELL OUT!!! Nakakainis naman! I was just here last January 2008 on my way to the Philippines and wifi was free then. Grabe naman barely 3 months after me charge na? So i ahve to use the credits from my mobile phone to go online. Buti na lang they only charge me $8.00 for 24hrs compared to the $15 from the airport's internet company. What a ripoff! Hmmm, San Francisco Airport ...

“Utang na Loob”*

Are you being used or the user? How many of us have been used and abused? How many of us have used someone's trust and just run away? How many of us borrowed money from a friend and promised to pay back in a certain time and yet up to now haven't pay yet not even a single centavo? How many of us are plain dumb and playing innocent ...

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BALIK means to come back.

BAYAN means hometown or homeland.

So if you put the words together,

BALIKBAYAN means someone who is coming back home.

Balikbayan Box is filled with various gifts and goodies that range from cds, shoes, lotions, canned goods etc sent or brought by Filipinos leaving abroad to be given to relatives and friends back in their homeland, the Philippines