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Filipino word of the day - BAKLA - meaning - a gay..— Roman The Dawg (@RomanTheDawg) February 21, 2012
in english, "if there's a will, there's a way."in filipino, "pag may alak, may balak."
— nermeen (@nrmnlp) May 24, 2017
This would mean so much more if you spelled Philippines correctly. https://t.co/7behgsqhgi— grace with a tiny g (@aswangmgb) July 31, 2017
Glad to see my old BFF still going strong! https://t.co/hYgc380ci6 … https://t.co/479X0xg6TF— Don Holley (@donholley0) August 1, 2017
I just want to confirm that the rumors are true- Daniel Day Lewis will be playing the part of Donatella Versace. You can stop speculating.🤞😜— Darren Criss (@DarrenCriss) 17 de febrero de 2017
Rose Fostanes' thick Filipino accent doesn't matter because, to be honest, she speaks better English than most Israelis.— Luther Aquino (@lutheraquino) January 16, 2014
My Day: Anna and Eyal's wedding story begins in a distant continent, more accurately in sunny California, USA. Anna was born and raised in the Philippines and moved to the US about a decade ago and Eyal relocated from Israel to California to pursue higher education. One day, Anna's cousin invited both of them to dinner with the hidden agenda of hitching the two up. At the end of the evening Eyal asked Anna for her phone number and the rest is history.
As it turned out, Anna didn't know much about Israel or the Jewish tradition. As a matter of fact Eyal was the first Israeli she has ever encountered. Little by little they got to know in depth each other's culture. Eyal has taught her Hebrew and she discovered an exciting new world of customs.
After three years together the big moment has arrived and Eyal popped the question on Anna's birthday. Right afterwards they were both pondering about what kind of a wedding ceremony they want since the Jewish and the Philippine traditions couldn't be more different from each other.
To incorporate both traditions the two eventually decided on two ceremonies: One that would take place in the US and will be based on the Philippine tradition and a traditional Jewish wedding in Israel. Not only this was Anna's wedding, this was the first Jewish wedding she has ever attended and she describes is as "an amazing experience".
Planning a wedding in remote control isn't easy, but when you don't speak Hebrew and you have to plan an additional wedding at the same time, this is almost an impossible mission. But with Anna's resourcefulness and with the help of MyDay website in English, Anna succeeded in finding all the vendors she was looking for.
Anna and Eyal arrived in Israel just three days before their wedding and met with the wedding planner, the D.J and the rabbi. Anna met with her makeup artist and photographer on the day of the wedding - a brave woman no doubt, but she says she knew she chose the right people even before meeting them face to face because of their amazing portfolios - we have to admit, Anna's intuition was spot on.
Their location of choice was the city of Caesarea, because this was Anna's favorite place when she visited Israel three years earlier. Well, who could blame her? The ancient structures and unique architecture make it super special and romantic. The small wedding included 150 of Anna and Eyal's family and friends and they were all given a unique gift - a jewelry box made of sea shells from the Philippines.
We wish this lovely cosmopolitan couple, years of love and happiness and may they continue to walk in harmony in their unique path of different traditions and customs.
Largest protest since summer of 2011: 7,000 rally against Netanyahu's gas deal in Tel Aviv https://t.co/Co4nysNbnX pic.twitter.com/4OJTsxSCW2
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) November 7, 2015
Venomous jellyfish ‘size of 5 London buses’ are invading Britain http://t.co/jh6UkFgMAn pic.twitter.com/KHKKbiN4CT
— RT UK (@RTUKnews) August 19, 2015
i'm gonna talk abt myself. i'm filipino and jewish isn't that Neat
i broke my foot on yugioh cards once
aand i'm bilingual (english+hebrew)
— ☆pikoloid☆ (@UTATANEPlKO) March 31, 2015
Aaron Baker: My mom is Filipino and my dad is an Ashkenazi Jew of predominantly polish descent. I identify as mixed, half Asian half Jewish. I think my parents view my identity the same way I do, but we never really discuss it.
My family has influenced my identity as any family would, they’ve helped cultivate who I am as an individual. In terms of identifying myself through a racial perspective they’ve influenced me by maintaining the cultural values and practices associated with their respective heritages. And by doing doing so they've made me much more likely to ascribe to both of the traditions, affirming my identification as mixed.
I normally feel comfortable expressing both my heritages. I always thought it was cool because it made me a little different. When I went to a Jewish day school I identified more as Jewish, now its more of an equal balance. Being raised with two sides of the family that celebrate different holidays, often eat different food, and speak different languages aside from English when we’re around each other, has definitely been beneficial.
Despite these differences I have family members on one side who are a lot more similar to someone on the other side of my family than any on their own side of my family. It’s made me realize that we’re all human, and while heritage and appearance are part of our identify, there are much more important aspects of a person such as opinions, actions, personality, etc. So making blanket generalizations or assumptions about people because of there heritage or appearance is totally stupid.
In the 2016 presidential elections, when I am rid of my lung cancer, I intend to claim the presidency I won in 1992.
— Miriam Santiago (@senmiriam) November 14, 2014
Bnei Lot are of an ancient origin. In the migratory tradition of Ruth begun more than two millennia ago, a remnant of David and Solomon migrated into Maritime Southeast Asia which comprises what is now Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, and Singapore, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, with a sizeable minority of Malays migrating back to their tribal allotments in Sephardic Judah, besides Terrestrial and Figurative Jordan.
