Gawad Kalinga, known as GK, strives to create a Philippines and world with no more slums, no more violence, and no more poverty. With dignity and honesty, GK and volunteers build homes, aiming to create sustainable villages, and forming safe communities as well as transforming danger and poverty into nation building and lifting each [...]
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Feasting on Fetus: 5 Steps to Eating Balut
Over a week had passed since my arrival in Manila, the Philippines, and I had eaten countless plates of Bicol Express, pork and chicken adobo, and deep fried “1 day old chickens.” There was however one notoriously weird, some call nasty, but nevertheless popular Filipino foods that I had not indulged in, and I needed [...]
KFC Can’t Compete With This Fried Chicken
My first day walking around Manila, the Philippines and I happen to stumble upon a food item that I simply could not possibly pass by. I took one look at the pile of “1 day old” chickens and decided I had to partake of them. I ordered as the chef quickly threw one of the [...]
How to Be A Millionaire for US $35.32
Step 1: Flight from Manila to Busuanga Board a Zest Air flight from the congested city of Manila, Luzon to Busuanga, Palawan in the Philippines for PHP 488 (Philippine Pesos). Note: Cebu Pacific Airlines also offers affordable flights and some might say they are a bit safer. Total- PHP 488 (US $10.13) Step 2: Rent [...]
The New Meaning of Eating Off A Stick
One of Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia’s favorite late night food groups is “Satay Celup.” A restaurant offering satay celup skewers up a large and random assortment of edible bite size things, creating a new definition of what it means to eat off a stick. There are really only two restaurants to eat satay celup at as [...]
Baba Cendol: A Step Above Shave Ice
I found the answer to Hawaii’s very own Shave Ice while walking around Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia (same city where Migration Mark tackled the Durian) one hot afternoon with a friend. The line was out the door at Jonker 88 with locals and tourists from around the world, all lusting for a cold Baba Cendol glorified [...]
Singapore Chicken Rice
Throughout my brief stay in Singapore, I willingly indulged in various famed Hainanese style chicken rice platters. Chicken rice is rather famous in Singapore for being a food to rely upon, something that is made with simple ingredients, but made correctly as a homey comfort dish. Singapore chicken rice is as far away from regular [...]
Potipot Island in the Philippines
I had no idea Clark Manila airport was so far away from Manila city itself when I flew into the Philippines. Luckily, I had arranged to meet some friends on Potipot Island in Zambales, which was already in that direction from Manila. I caught a bus to Olongapo town proper where I caught the Victory [...]
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