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Filipino Foods is well-known all around the world because of its uniqueness, surprisingly delicious, and mouth-watering dishes but what better way to enjoy Filipino foods than enjoying it in the Philippines itself? So if you wanted or plan to go to the Philippines, here are the top 5 Filipino foods you need to try! 5. Halo-halo (“Mixed Together” in English)- is a Filipino dessert that was best served during summer season, it is a mixture of Shaved Ice, Evaporated Milk, and a various ingredients, frankly you can put whatever you want but make sure that it will fit (since there are many “inventions” or “twists” that was made for the Halo-halo) but according to Wikipedia, “they usually include boiled sweetened kidney beans, sweetened chickpeas, sugar palm fruit (kaong), coconut sport (macapuno), and plantains sweetened with sugar, jackfruit (langkâ), gulaman, tapioca, nata de coco, sweet potato (kamote), cheese, pounded crushed young rice (pinipig). Most of the ingredients (fruits, be...

Going back last year, I had a very sensitive conversation with my ex-girlfriend and had the biggest mistake of my life, so far. I do not know what am I thinking back in those days but I’m pretty sure I am out of my mind in that day, I felt really, really, REALLY STUPID. What happened, you ask? Well here’s what happened I am very deeply in love with my ex-girlfriend back in those days, but with just a little argument we had a little misunderstanding then we decided to just broke up, and yes, It’s that fast, even I cannot believe it because I wanted our relationship to last for like a year, or a decade if you may, but in just a little time, all the efforts was thrown out of the garbage, and surprisingly enough, after a couple of days that we broke up, she said that she already found a new one (but she explains that wasn’t true, I don’t know), so because of that I was really hurt emotionally, so bad that I was asking myself where did I go wrong, or where did we go wrong, after a couple ...

Friendzone Aah, the friend zone, the metaphorical place when you can meet life slapping your face to the sad reality that you will never be for him/her (so I guess that’s the bad news), but don’t get me wrong, many people fall into this mostly feared “Zone” that everyone never wanted to go, but still fall to it. But let’s do the math here, what is the reason that you still fall into this zone? Is it your looks? Is it your smell? Is it your height? or Is it the “friendships last forever” thingy? According to PsychologyToday.com, “The "friend zone" refers to a situation where there is a mismatch in romantic feelings between two individuals. For example, sometimes this is a sexual attraction mismatch, where one person is interested in romance while the other wants to "just be friends". At other times, the friends are already sexually involved (i.e. friends-with-benefits), but there is a commitment mismatch, where only one person wants a "relationship" as a...

Due to major demand to my last article “Top 5 Filipino foods you need to try”, many of you asked for More, so okay, here’s MORE It’s amazing how Filipino foods can be satisfying at all times, there is that moment when you take your first bite, then you’ll never want to stop eating it at all. That’s the factor of Filipino foods, that’s why I’m very proud of being a Filipino with a Rich culture of amazing foods, and today here are MORE Filipino Foods you need to try. Mechado Giniling 5. Mechado/Giniling (Picadillo/Ground Meat with Sauce )- Some people consider this dish as different, because they think that Giniling and Mechado are different, but for me I think it’s not, it has the same way of preparation, almost the same flavour, I guess, but in mechado, you can be creative in many ways, you can add hotdogs to it, you can put tofu to it, in Giniling, you can be creative too, but only if it fits, but I assure you, just do the right method and you can have an easy, dizzy and ...

It was just an ordinary day, you’re looking forward to a new and successful day (is that a thing?) and then in a little check on your Facebook news feed, you saw this crap, TYEP! TYEP! TYEP! TYEP! TYEP! TYEP! TYEP! TYEP! and this, and this one…  oh, you wanted more? Don’t worry it will be on your feed every day, every. Single. Day. So what is with this stuff? Why does this even exist? And why the heck would you care of typing “AMEN” to a post if you can say “AMEN” to a prayer (a REAL prayer) instead? First off, what is a “Like-bait?” according to UrbanDictionary.com, “A POINTLESSLY sentimental Facebook status posted specifically to earn the user "likes." (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=like-bait) Pointless, what a word, I think we all do know what pointless means, and I believe it doesn’t need more explanations, because when we say pointless, it is simply pointless, it doesn’t express feelings, it doesn’t put in...

Think of a guy that was so ugly, like he was beaten by a thousand guys so that his face were carved like crap, a nose so big that anything you want to fit there, fits just right, a face that is so undesirable, he looks like a gross pizza that you left on the couch last 7 months, and a attitude so frustrating that he boasts himself for everyone even he has nothing to be proud of, never educated, didn’t even learned anything, he just boasts around and hanging with his gang, now imagine your Dream Girl hooking up with that guy, Indescribable frustration isn’t it?  That’s what I saw before I wrote this article, I mean he is not a typical guy that you would’ve dream, think of a guy that is very positive and very lovable and has a future in life, now throw it in the traaaaaaaaasssh! (amirite?) I do not know what these girls saw on their boyfriends, I mean I do not intend to judge a person, but if you knew him for a very long time and then he would target your dream girl, that is ju...