Long before the industrialization and rise of communism, Chinese civilization has been built peculiarly on the basis of the family. The reason is that Chinese people have a unique family value system that would put family above their individual and personal needs; this is what we called familism. Th...

I interviewed Jake who is 14 years old. Jake was born in the Philippines. He has lived in the city of San Diego for twelve years. His parents decided to come to United States for a better life for him and his future family. He traveled with his family when he came to the United States. When ...

Nostalgia in "When the Dancers Came" Bienvenido Santos' "When the Dancers Came," shares a common trait with the rest of his short stories in Scent of Apples. It is the trait that examines the sense of loss in the Filipino American community--a loss of home, country, and f...

Corazon Aquino,also known as "Cory", made an amazing accomplishment by becoming the first female president of the Philippines. She had to overcome many obstacles before she took on this major role. But in the end, her presidency contributed greatly to the way the Filipino government...

Population explosion is considered one of the undisputable alarming obstacles that stand on the path of the less developed countries. These countries produce great numbers in terms of human resources because the birth rate is much higher than in rich countries, but the rate of employment and product...

The novel, ¡°The Woman Who Had Two Navels¡±, is about Connie Escobar, a rich and confused girl, who goes to Hong Kong to find herself and to run away from her troubled life in the Philippines. She encounters the Monson brothers, Pepe, a horse doctor, and Tony, a priest, who desperately tri...

Different ethnics race choose their ethnics race as the prettiest in most cases, but in this case it has something to do with what the media thinks is the prettiest and best looking. As a group we choose six different models from different ethnics groups and showed them to kids of different age and ...

"The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. It's one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither for beautiful nature nor for living human beings. It is ruthlessly ready without a moment's hesitation to crush beauty and life." A lot has changed in the money...

America is in the Heart Carlos Buslosan, a man that had very different kinds life. Even thou his family was rich, they spend all their money to educate on one son. That really supervised me. Through out the book, he always had work to make living day by day. When he arrived to America he pret...

It is for a fact that nurses are in demand in the U.S. and other "big" countries. As a Filipino, I am very much aware of the economic condition of my country. I know that we are having a hard time trying to be abreast with other fast-paced countries. It is just natural to cling to whatever lifesaver...

"Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can never hurt you", goes one playground rhyme. As children, many of us are taught to just put up with the "potty-mouths", but we all know that words can really hurt a person. Although we can learn from them, words that breathe hate are no good. ...

Rudyard Kipling's poems, "Recessional" and "The White Man's Burden", both advocate imperialism, but make two different statements about imperialism. In "Recessional", the tone of the poem is that of joy and then depression. First the people of Great Britain ...

It is the wish of everyone to live a happy and free life in a country where they get equal opportunity and thereby secure a better future for themselves and their families. There are not many nations that can guarantee such political and economical freedom that Australia can to immigrants. For this ...

Drunk Driving A MADD National Director of Victim Services, Debbie Weir said, "How many more crowds of lives must perish before we get the message that we've each got to deliver this message of unacceptability to those who drink and claim they're fine to drive?" For about a dec...

Drunk Driving A MADD National Director of Victim Services, Debbie Weir said, "How many more crowds of lives must perish before we get the message that we've each got to deliver this message of unacceptability to those who drink and claim they're fine to drive?" For about a dec...

Thailand owns a rich cultural background, which has been molded by the own hands of its people. Its former name Siam means the Land of the Free, basically because it was not colonized by many foreign nations. Also dubbed the Land of Smiles because of its people, Thailand boasts of quick advance in t...

Short, smart, hardworking, and quiet were stereotypes often labeling Asian Americans since they first started arriving in the 1800's. Since then change has occurred proving such stereotypes to be just that. Certain factors that aided such a change included the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and new immigra...

Betting on dreams is the business of gambling. There is a prospect of becoming a millionaire overnight even just a few thousand pesos richer. Indeed, the poor majority seem to find a real bargain in betting, no matter what odds of winning are. Jueteng, in the eyes of the law and government is il...

In everybody's lives they try to find what their purpose in life is. They try to seek on their own what their life may bring. For every person there is a specific task to be fulfilled. However, that task is not easy to find. Finding the meaning of life in every person is such a difficult task,...

Affirmative Action Born of the civil rights movement three decades ago, affirmative action calls for minorities and women to be given special consideration in employment, education and contracting decisions. Institutions with affirmative action policies generally set plans for increased diversi...

¡§Is Multiculturalism Contributing a Stronger or Weaker Australia?¡ I do believe that multiculturalism is contributing a stronger Australia. Definition of Multiculturalism Generally, multiculturalism is the idea of diversity of cultural and ethnic. While the term 'multiculturalismÂ...

THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Introduction "Thou shalt not commit adultery." – Exodus 20:14 "He said unto him, which Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness..." – Matthew 19:18...