You’ll remember him, somehow

Lumang pelikula

Habang pelikula na rin lang ang pinag-uusapan … Natatandaan n’yo pa rin ba yung mga pelikulang black-and-white na madalas na pinanonood ng ating mga nanay noon? Katulad na lang ng nasa itaas, ang “Waray Waray”, na pinagbidahan nina Nida Blanca at Nestor de Villa.
Kadalasang pinalalabas ang mga ito pagkapananghalian at napapanood [...]

Top 100 hits of 1978

Here’s a list of 100 songs that topped the charts in 1978, as compiled by Billboard. We are reprinting it to guide those who want to have all these hits in their collection. You may have forgotten some songs (and even some artists) so we will try our best to refresh [...]

Balagtasan: Itlog o bibingka?

We were pleasantly surprised to have stumbled on this video of a balagtasan posted on George Gange’s YouTube channel. While this literary form is hardly being staged in the Philippines nowadays, you can see in this video that our compatriots in the US seem to be enjoying it a lot.
The performance, [...]

Bayang magiliw, perlas ng silanganan

Just sharing with you a modern interpretation of the country’s national anthem, “Lupang Hinirang”, in this moving video made by advertising executive Mae Paner.

All of a sudden we are reminded of those days in high school when we would start the day by singing the national anthem, with the colatura voice of our [...]

Ganito tayo noon …

Heto pa ang mga bagay na magpapaalala sa ating kamusmusan:

*Nagpipitpit ka ng gumamela para gawing soapy bubbles na hihipan mo sa binilog na tangkay ng walis tingting.”
*Pinipilit kang matulog ng nanay mo kada hapon at di ka papayagang maglaro pag di ka natulog.”
*Marunong ka magpatintero, saksak-puso, langit-lupa, teleber-teleber, luksong tinik, chinese garter …”