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Port of Seattle is wifi free!

Seattle can be reached two hours driving from Vancouver going through the Peace Arch Border. By plane, its only a 45minutes flight and 2 hours and half commuting using travel bus or tour buses. Seattle Airport or SEATAC which is also know as the Port of Seattle. There are many shuttle buses that can take you to Seattle and elsewhere in the region, or you can rent a car, ...

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 ...

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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