• Filipina teacher in New York Hazel Toquero gives us a peek of her stateside life.
• Three bloggers won a Moleskine each for writing about their experience in touring PETA and watching the play Batang Rizal.
• Painter Claude Tayag unveils his art exhibit, “Palate/Palette,” at the Alliance Francaise de Manille.
• Brilliante Mendoza’s Foster Child opens in Philippine theaters on September 12. The film documents the emotional struggle of a foster mother, played by Cherry Pie Picache, who is paid and given milk and other basic supplies for a child put in her care.
• Artists have different ways of articulating their protests.
• Tahanan Books and Arkipelago Books hold a Filipino book launch in San Fransciso.
• Three noteworthy Filipino films are competing at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 6 to 15.
• Martial Arts Odyssey, a Web TV show by Antonio Graceffo, travels throughout Asia and documents different kinds of martial arts.
• The Pinoy Mountaineer blog aspires to centralize in one site all information about Philippine mountains, geographical details, flora and fauna, and some fast tips on mountain-climbing.
• As PinoyCentric turns one, Armand writes that the proliferation of blogs, be they personal or relevant, is actually a good sign.

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