• Kababayans are disappointed at the overcast skies that ruined the 2007 Chicago Air and Water Show.
• The Jose Mari Chan song “I Have Fallen in Love” came from a poem written by national hero Ninoy Aquino for his wife Cory.
• A Pinoy copywriter in Shenzhen writes about “Learning to Love Red in the People’s Republic.“
• Iskwelahang Pilipino in Massachusetts is said to be the longest-running cultural school in the US. Second-generation Fil-Ams attend three-hour weekly classes at IP, where they learn Filipino, the rondalla, folk dance, and arts and crafts.
• Pinoys in Chicago’s West Side celebrate the Sto. Nino festival in August.
• Chef extraordinaire Nouel Omamalin gives us a Pinoy twist to Sofitel Fiji’s Asian sweets.
• The majority of its citizens being Catholics, this is the very foundation of its people’s strength- thru prayers in the hope that life will get better, sooner or later.
• Michael Bacol, an artist from Cagayan de Oro, goes to New York’s Philippine Center for “Musings,” an exhibit that runs from August 27 to September 7.

Photo: “Mangosteen” by Zeets Jones