Publisher's Note

Recipe for the Soul

Tuesday, 17 November 2009 21:46 Roger Lagmay Oriel

Chef Andre Guerrero is not just a gastronomic expert, he also believes in nourishing humanity with food for the soul. The renowned Fil-Am chef is known for his active participation in meaningful causes. Voted as LA’s Top Chef by LA Times Magazine, Chef Andre possesses the amazing gift of making any restaurant successful. His talent in the kitchen and unconditional generosity has made Chef Andre the suitable top choice of The Asian Journal MDWK Magazine for Thanksgiving -- a season filled with glorious food and giving.

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A vehicle to our past

Wednesday, 11 November 2009 21:36 Roger Lagmay Oriel

We often overlooked our past because we get too wrapped with our present. Worse, we pretend to know our heritage without properly digging into it. The Baybayin is a part of our culture, something that we must hold on to. By learning it, we can discover where we are from and why we came to be.
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Big heart

Tuesday, 10 November 2009 22:37 Roger Lagmay Oriel

There is a reason why we are fascinated with reading stories and watching TV shows and movies about people who have made a difference in the world. It is because somehow we all aspire to do the same. However, we make up excuses that we are unable to do so because we never have enough riches to share, enough time to spend or enough people to support us, pretending to not know that all it takes to make a difference in the world is to have a big heart... and everything else will follow.
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Fashion Extraordinaire

Tuesday, 03 November 2009 22:11 Roger Lagmay Oriel

(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)

Because of his extraordinary talent and flair for his fashion creations, Oliver Tolentino has been dubbed "The Next Valentino" in the recently concluded LA Fashion Week. To add to Oliver’s long list of accomplishments, he has also opened shop in Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood. Oliver is a Filipino fashion designer that we can truly be proud of. The Asian Journal MDWK Magazine invites kababayan fashionistas to take a sneak peek into Oliver Tolentino’s chic world by featuring him as our cover story for this week’s issue .
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On Healing Our Spirits

Thursday, 29 October 2009 00:50 Roger Lagmay Oriel

(1 vote, average: 5.00 out of 5)

Modernization and colonization has warped our traditions that we cannot call most of it as our own. Our spirits, our inner beings as Filipinos have taken another path that younger generations would never find the opportunity to know them. The Center for Babaylan Studies aims to pick up the fragments of our culture – one that is worth learning and keeping
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