Publisher's Note

The 1st quarterof the year is over and yes, time flies so fast. It was just like yesterday when Ed Stelmach stepped down as Premier of Alberta when Alison Redford won the race last year and she became the 1st Woman Premier of Alberta in the political history. Now this coming April 23, 2012, we [...]
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Wow, what a blast 2011 was and it looks like 2012 will be even better! This past year had numerous events and through Facebook we were able to share those experiences. Several trips including our spur of the moment vacation in the Osoyoos area of B.C. were fun. So many parties and celebrations too numerous [...]

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By Romeo Montoya Jr.
Simple joys
“More than 11 million Filipinos have left their families to find better opportunities abroad.” This is the opening line of the famous video by Coca-Cola Where Will Happiness Strike Next: The OFW Project. A barely five-minute video, but it was able to tackle the plight of a lot of overseas Filipino [...]

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by Romeo Montoya Jr.
Things You Wouldn’t Know as a Filipino without Having to Live in a Foreign Country
Because I miss our motherland so much, mainly because of the loved ones and friends I have left there, I discovered truth to a lot of things since moving here to Canada – just general things, mostly about [...]

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Congratulations! You’ve made it this far and within a week Christmas Day will arrive. For our recent arrivals to Canada, it is hard to adjust to Christmas season being only a few days long or just the month of December, not like back home when the celebrating and preparations begin in September? That is a [...]

PINOY TO ANO’NG SAY MO?

by: Tatsky Gascon-Delos Reyes
WHAT IS YOUR CHRISTMAS WISH FOR OUR COUNTRY?

Charisse G. Go – Calgary, Alberta

“I wish for safe holiday season for our country, with no calamities, pollution and traffic. Given that we cannot change our situation, I wish for my countrymen to start the change in their own way through love, virtue and [...]

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We have barely had a taste of the real winter and every day without it brings us closer to spring again. No doubt the full force of Mother Nature will be felt before Christmas, but we’ll keep our fingers crossed. We get a brown Christmas instead of white every ten years or so, perhaps 2011 [...]

Pinoy To Ano’ng Say Mo?

How do you celebrate Halloween Night – The Pinoy Way?
by Estrella “Tatsky” Gascon-Delos Reyes

Jan Remel Cortez – Calgary, AB

Offering flowers
“Every Halloween dumadalaw kami sa puntod ng Mga kamag anak naming namatay. Magsisindi ng Kandila at magdadala ng bulaklak para sa pagalala g pagmamahal namin. Tuwing halloween din lagi naming inaabangan [...]

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PINOY TO ANO’NG SAY MO?
by: Tata Gascon-Delos Reyes

“How do you feel about school now that the new school year just opened?”

Kristal May Rubiano
“I was so ecstatic to see my friends again and finish my last year of high school. The thought of graduating in less than a year was just [...]

AN OPEN LETTER TO A YOUNG DAUGHTER

L. Encarnacion
Perhaps you will be surprised to know that this letter came from me, your Mom. The surprise, I believe, is not so much as to where this letter came from as to why I wrote you this letter. Try imagining your Dad sending me a letter without any significant event to relate [...]

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Day by day we get closer to winter, although so far we have been lucky. Some years we have snow in October but now we are half way through and no snow yet! Good thing is – no mosquitoes and no grass to cut!
What a great month it was with several concerts, parties and shows [...]

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