• In Cebu City, we chanced upon the newly opened Maria M Clara Cafe, which serves mango-flavored coffee and sikwate (native chocolate) with siling labuyo (chili) as a perk-me-up, among many variants.
• In Innerview, contributor Francis Acero talks to DJ Ramon Zialcita (“The Doctor”), whom Acero’s generation considered as “Manila’s Rock Authority.”
• Ferdz Decena, known as Ironwulf among readers of his travel blog, wraps up 2007 with a “best of” destination list.
• This year’s Romeo Forbes Storywriting Competition features an original unnamed artwork by artist Joy Mallari. Canvas is now accepting entries.
• Some visual artists try their hand out with the camera and came up with Kodakan, a photo exhibit.
• We spotted a familiar Pinoy brand in Shanghai.

“Ring out the old/ring in the new,” the PinoyCentric staff echoes English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

We thank you all for joining us in this journey, our first year, of celebrating all things brown and beautiful, and we hope you stay with us as we continue to find stories and discover Filipinos that make our race proud.

Photo: “Torotot” by Ding Fuellos
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