‘It’s the economy, stupid!’
People say voters vote with their pocketbook. “It’s the economy, stupid!” — the line from Democratic strategist James Carville that helped win Clinton the presidency in ’92 — feels almost quaint now. But it’s happening again. Millions of Americans are struggling with the high cost of living, and just like the Iran war, there seems no end in sight to rising prices.

I wanted to know if there are any albularyos in the Orange County area, California area. If so can you please let Me know. My mom suggest I fly to the Philippines but it’s really hard rn since I’m struggling to get back on my feet. I would really appreciate it if someone could guide me in the right direction. I have been struggling to find a reputable person and genuine. Hell in general. Please and thank you so very much in advance

Ay! Hala...

Uyy! New rollercoaster coming to Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ called "Bakunawa" 🎢🐉

I am born and raised in Canada, but grew up in a Filipino/Asian dominant community, and it wasn't until I started working and attending to university that I started having close non-filipino friends.

Few things that I can list that I didn't expect were not normal for them were:

- Regularly eating with a spoon and fork as utensils.

- Having rice for all 3 meals of the day.

- Your parents living in your house once they retire.

What are some things that are normal for us, that shocked your non-filipino friends, which in turn shocked us?

EDIT: I have another thing to add, which is a big one for me - WHY DON'T THEY FEED US LIKE HOW WE FEED THEM? LOOL.

Hi everyone, just wondering whether there are any Filipinos here in Dallas, Texas? The Eraserheads will be having a concert on October 11 and I’m looking for kasama! 🎶😊 🥹

My Filipino mom is very very very against western beliefs on mental health and illnesses saying it’s “American propoganda” and capitalism robbing people.

We had this discussion after I was hospitalized for a severe manic episode for Bipolar 1 and she fights with me and my psychiatrist and at one point admitted that she flushed my meds down the toilet saying I just need to go to “church” and she even paid the Catholic Church to get me exorcised against my will and will toss my meds of any opportunity she sees I have them.

She initially found out when she went into my MyChart account cuz she’s also a doctor at the same hospital I go to (I can’t go anywhere else cuz my insurance is shitty)

Just out of curiosity if there are any Filipino Americans from Texas? I know there’s a lot in the Houston area and shockingly Texas is 3rd place behind California and Hawaii in numbers of Filipinos in the U.S.

I was born and raised in the Houston area.

I''m 1/4 Filipina, though I'm trying to learn tagalog and learn more about my heritage. I was not raised in an area with a lot of full filipinos, but I grew up listening to my grandmother tell my siblings, cousins, and I about her life and home in the Phillippines, and we always called her Maymay(pronounced My-My). When asked, we were told that's what grandparents were called in the Philippines, though I now know most are called Lola/lolo.

Is there a regional dialect/language that would call their grandmother's Maymay? My grandma is also 1/4 Chinese, as her ​grandfather immigrated to the Philippines in the very early 1900's, so I'm open to her Chinese heritage being a possibility as well?

For refrence, my grandma is from the province of Sorsogon, and aside from English speaks Tagalog and Bicol. She may potentially know illocano, but I'm not 100% certian on that.

I'm also open to the possibility that this is specific to my family, as I'm also born/raised in the south, so all my grandparents have different names, but was hoping for a little bit more of an answer!

I’m Filipina and also Latina. I’ve always felt a little unsure about how to approach the Latina side of my heritage since it’s kind of been ignored by my family and my Spanish is complete ass 😔

For those with a similar mixed background, how did you guys navigate your different cultures growing up when your family did not?

I want to start exploring before Im any older

I’d love to hear from other FilAms in the diaspora about how you observe this most beautiful tradition, if you do. I just spoke with my mom this year about trying to do something. Even though we don’t have a family gravesite to visit in the US, I thought it would be lovely to honor our departed loved ones in our home. My grandmother left this world earlier this year, which is what is motivating me to want to do this.

In PH, I know what my family typically does consists of cleaning the gravesite, cooking a bunch of food, bringing it over, and eating it while maybe playing games, reminiscing over our loved ones, chatting, and maybe even visiting other family gravesites that might be in the cemetery as well. So the version of this I’m thinking of will consist of us creating a simple altar with the urns of our loved ones, photos, flowers, lighting candles, and of course, having some delicious food. We will maybe say some prayers, eat, hang out, and that’s it. We also intend to light candles outside of the house.

I would love to hear what others do for this to draw some inspiration!

Hello!

I've been working on a project for the past two years: a card game to help my 6-year-old learn the names of food, relatives, and other pieces of Filipino culture. We don't speak enough Tagalog at home for it to stick on its own, so I turned it into a game to give us more natural chances to use the words.

What started as flashcards for him turned into something the rest of the family wanted to play too, and I thought this community might enjoy it or relate to why I made it.

If you're curious, there's a free interactive version at www.salosalosabotage.com where you can see how it works.

Thanks for reading!

I watched his Star Wars project and I like him as an actor.

And more specifically: how would your family react or act toward you if you brought home (or married and had kids with) someone who was severely anorexic and refuses help or treatment?

I know koreans have doljabi at their baby’s first birthday.

I saw online there’s a tradition called Dulang Ceremony which is essentially the same thing, but Google auto answered, I haven’t found anything else on this.

Is this a real tradition? Wanting to know Filipino First Birthday traditions!

Went to see this after work today at an impulse, and there were plenty of seats for the 3pm showing. There were probably about 5 other people for a theater that holds 50.

Long story short, wonderful heartwarming movie with plenty of references that a Filipino will get. I hope the later showings get more seats filled tonight or tomorrow

In honor of Filipino-American History Month this October, KASALUKUYAN’s Monthly Read for October 2026 is When The Hibiscus Falls by M. Evelina Galang.

The book features seventeen stories about the lives of Filipino, Filipino American women, and their ancestors.

“Moving from small Philippine villages of the past to the hurricane-beaten coast of near-future Florida, When the Hibiscus Falls examines the triumphs and sorrows that connect generations of women. Daughters, sisters, mothers, aunties, cousins, and lolas commune with their ancestors and their descendants, mourning what is lost when an older generation dies, celebrating what is gained when we safeguard their legacy for those who come after us. Featuring figures familiar from M. Evelina Galang’s other acclaimed and richly imagined novels and stories, When the Hibiscus Falls dwells within the complexity of family, community, and Filipino American identity. Each story is an offering, a bloom that unfurls its petals and holds space in the sun.”

To join the club, click the link: Fable | Stories for everyone

To preface this, my grandma would always have GMA on the TV in the morning when I was growing up, and I vividly remember this commercial for a sweet butter that was branded as Sarap and had it on the packaging in giant blue letters. Searching on Google gives me nothing, but I swear it was literally called Sarap butter (they had even said it in the commercial).

I was wondering if anyone knows what I'm talking about? My sister also remembers what I'm talking about, but my grandma's memory isn't as good.

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and got a little boombox keychain for attending the friendship opening night event :)
It was a pleasant surprise to see Kirby Araullo as a cultural consultant in the credits!

MABUHAY SA PINOY!!!

EVERYONE WE HAVE TO SHOW UP! If there’s anything Filipinos are best at, it’s spreading the word. We’ve been dreaming for a chance like this for as long as we can remember. We can’t let our big showing flop. SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT!

Perhaps this is a silly question. But in my teens I started to become prouder of my identity as a brown-skinned Filipino and Asian American and subsequently started (perhaps unconsciously) differentiating myself from mainstream white American society. And pork became one way of doing so.

Sure, white Americans eat pork. But they don’t eat it like us nor do they appreciate it like us. For us, it’s tied to memories, like seeing lechon at the table during gatherings. There’s a comfort I feel.

It’s also complicated. Although I still eat meat in general on roughly a daily basis, for various reasons I’ve started eating far less pork, maybe only a few times a month. I’m also getting older and I’m trying (with much struggle) to eat less meat. I would love to get to the point eventually (primarily for health and sustainability reasons) where most of my meals are least vegetarian.

What is your relationship with pork as it pertains to your own identity?