first, fight results from saturday...manny ko'd velazquez in 6, and viloria ko'd ortiz in 1 (they only showed the ko on hbo).
i totally forgot to mention rey "boom boom" bautista, the 3rd filipino who fought that saturday. he ko'd his opponent murillo in 3. (unfortunately, i can't find a pic of him online).
so w/ all of them winning, filipinos everywhere rejoiced...it's something that'll lift the spirits of the poor masses amidst the political crisis.
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in other news, there was a good read @ the la times today regarding the current state of historic filipinotown. the article was entitled "filipinotown searching for its center" by wendy lee and can be found here. (registration req. -- try using bugmenot).
the article is pretty accurate. i sometimes go through historic filipinotown in my commute home from usc, and it's pretty much what the article says. any development though imo is going to take a while.
thanks to cher for telling me about the article.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Friday, September 09, 2005
impeachment, mountain climbers, and manny / brian
so here's a couple of links regarding the stuff i mentioned last meeting in the first kuwentong sa kanto segment.
inq7: how the house voted
here you'll see how every member of the philippine house of representatives voted to either pass or reject the impeachment complaints against pres. arroyo.
the "failed to vote" list has pretty big names...
inq7: rp everest team scales peak
read up on the story of filipino mtn. climbers preparing to climb mt. everest in 2007.
maxboxing: pacquiao
maxboxing: viloria
preview articles on both manny and brian's fights @ staples center this saturday (the 10th).
don't forget, fpac (festival of philippine arts and culture) this weekend.
go manny!
go brian!
inq7: how the house voted
here you'll see how every member of the philippine house of representatives voted to either pass or reject the impeachment complaints against pres. arroyo.
the "failed to vote" list has pretty big names...
inq7: rp everest team scales peak
read up on the story of filipino mtn. climbers preparing to climb mt. everest in 2007.
maxboxing: pacquiao
maxboxing: viloria
preview articles on both manny and brian's fights @ staples center this saturday (the 10th).
don't forget, fpac (festival of philippine arts and culture) this weekend.
go manny!
go brian!
Thursday, September 01, 2005
filipinos in los angeles: a primer
this is my column from this year's 1st issue of alam mo ba, due out today at the first meeting.
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First of all, I'd like to bid all the new members welcome to USC and Troy Philippines. I hope that you'll stick around and experience all the cultural/social events and cultural-learning opportunities we have to offer. As past members have said, the more involved you are in Troy Phi, the more you'll get out of it. So again, welcome to the family that is Troy Philippines.
As this year's Community/Culture Chair, it is my job to promote the cultural & service aspect of the organization. In an attempt to do just that, I'll be writing this column, The Third Window, which will appear monthly in the Alam Mo Ba newsletter and will highlight topics relating to Filipino / Filipino-American culture and current events. I also maintain a blog called the TP Culture Blog that I try to update weekly that covers pretty much the same thing. You can visit the website at http://tpculture.blogspot.com.
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Anyone who's been in Los Angeles long enough can tell you that there are many Filipinos living in the Greater LA area. Out of the 2,364,815 Filipinos in the United States alone (2000 Census), 101,062 live in LA itself, with many more living in the surrounding suburbs.
When Filipinos started to come to LA as early as the 1920s (probably earlier—heck, one of the co-founders of LA, Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, was Filipino), they tended to settle in the same place. Eventually, Filipino enclaves developed; one of the oldest enclaves was in an area near Downtown LA 10-15 min. north of USC that is now known as Historic Filipinotown. Nowadays the population of these older, poorer Filipino enclaves have declined as more “economically better” areas have seen a rise in Filipino population as more Filipino immigrants and those already living here are more stable financially and are better educated than the Filipinos that came in the early 1900s.
Today, if you ask someone who lives here where all the Filipinos live in Greater Los Angeles, they would probably tell you that they live in cities such as Carson, Glendale/Eagle Rock, West Covina, Panorama City, etc. I live in Eagle Rock (20 min. northeast of USC), and I can immediately see the impact of Filipinos in my neighborhood. A lot of Filipinos live in my street. Two blocks away from my house there's a popular place called Toto's where you could buy lechon manok, crispy pata, Filipino barbecue, etc. Go a couple of blocks south and you'll see 2 busy Filipino seafood markets.
In Carson (south of USC) there is a very large population of Filipinos (16,905). A lot of Filipino businesses from the Philippines that want to expand in Southern California usually start here (Jolibee and Chowking for example). For a time Carson had a Filipino mayor, Pete Fajardo. Fajardo is currently in jail right now after he admitted to taking bribes.
West Covina (east of USC) has a “Little Manila” at Azusa Ave. and Amar Rd. where there are many Filipino restaurants, video stores, and gift shops. Southeast of West Covina is the city of Walnut, which had a Filipino mayor as well, Tony Cartagena. He is currently part of Walnut's City Council.
So when you travel around LA you won't go far before you see Filipinos. You can't miss them. And if you ask them if they like living here, many of them would say they're happy with their situation in Los Angeles, despite all the flaws this city has.
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Websites where i got info from:
http://www.ci.walnut.ca.us/
http://personal.anderson.ucla.edu/eloisa.borah/filfaqs.htm
http://www2.sgvtribune.com/livinghere/cityprofile/westcovina
http://www.lmu.edu/csla/community/students_projects/philipino/
http://losangeles.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm
http://carson.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm
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First of all, I'd like to bid all the new members welcome to USC and Troy Philippines. I hope that you'll stick around and experience all the cultural/social events and cultural-learning opportunities we have to offer. As past members have said, the more involved you are in Troy Phi, the more you'll get out of it. So again, welcome to the family that is Troy Philippines.
As this year's Community/Culture Chair, it is my job to promote the cultural & service aspect of the organization. In an attempt to do just that, I'll be writing this column, The Third Window, which will appear monthly in the Alam Mo Ba newsletter and will highlight topics relating to Filipino / Filipino-American culture and current events. I also maintain a blog called the TP Culture Blog that I try to update weekly that covers pretty much the same thing. You can visit the website at http://tpculture.blogspot.com.
--
Anyone who's been in Los Angeles long enough can tell you that there are many Filipinos living in the Greater LA area. Out of the 2,364,815 Filipinos in the United States alone (2000 Census), 101,062 live in LA itself, with many more living in the surrounding suburbs.
When Filipinos started to come to LA as early as the 1920s (probably earlier—heck, one of the co-founders of LA, Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, was Filipino), they tended to settle in the same place. Eventually, Filipino enclaves developed; one of the oldest enclaves was in an area near Downtown LA 10-15 min. north of USC that is now known as Historic Filipinotown. Nowadays the population of these older, poorer Filipino enclaves have declined as more “economically better” areas have seen a rise in Filipino population as more Filipino immigrants and those already living here are more stable financially and are better educated than the Filipinos that came in the early 1900s.
Today, if you ask someone who lives here where all the Filipinos live in Greater Los Angeles, they would probably tell you that they live in cities such as Carson, Glendale/Eagle Rock, West Covina, Panorama City, etc. I live in Eagle Rock (20 min. northeast of USC), and I can immediately see the impact of Filipinos in my neighborhood. A lot of Filipinos live in my street. Two blocks away from my house there's a popular place called Toto's where you could buy lechon manok, crispy pata, Filipino barbecue, etc. Go a couple of blocks south and you'll see 2 busy Filipino seafood markets.
In Carson (south of USC) there is a very large population of Filipinos (16,905). A lot of Filipino businesses from the Philippines that want to expand in Southern California usually start here (Jolibee and Chowking for example). For a time Carson had a Filipino mayor, Pete Fajardo. Fajardo is currently in jail right now after he admitted to taking bribes.
West Covina (east of USC) has a “Little Manila” at Azusa Ave. and Amar Rd. where there are many Filipino restaurants, video stores, and gift shops. Southeast of West Covina is the city of Walnut, which had a Filipino mayor as well, Tony Cartagena. He is currently part of Walnut's City Council.
So when you travel around LA you won't go far before you see Filipinos. You can't miss them. And if you ask them if they like living here, many of them would say they're happy with their situation in Los Angeles, despite all the flaws this city has.
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Websites where i got info from:
http://www.ci.walnut.ca.us/
http://personal.anderson.ucla.edu/eloisa.borah/filfaqs.htm
http://www2.sgvtribune.com/livinghere/cityprofile/westcovina
http://www.lmu.edu/csla/community/students_projects/philipino/
http://losangeles.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm
http://carson.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm
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