no class, just dance!

We do not have class this week. HOWEVER, if you are planning on performing at the Philippine Culture Night at the University of Michigan, there will be a practice this Sunday at the same time and same place class will usually be (ie, in PACCM at 3PM). Let us know if you're coming. Click on "comment" and, well, comment. We will have the music and such prepared for Sunday. And snacks (REMINDER: If you're supposed to bring snacks as mandated by the Wheel of Consequences, you best do that).

it's an ibon, it's an eroplano, it's...manananggal?

Great job baking this week, yall! For those of you that left (or didn't come) you missed the leche flan. Sorry. However, EVERYONE complimented the great taste and great effort of your goods, so congratulations on a job well done!

Next week, we will be doing a timeline of our collective Filipino American histories, and then do ghost stories/legends (ie manananggal, duwende, aswang, etc). You do NOT have to post you HW as a comment this week. HOWEVER...if you have pictures from today (especially of Shaqueeda Kuwak), email it to filipino.youth.initiative@gmail.com and I or one of the other mentors will post it. Check out our pics in the gallery at left!

turon and cassava cake and leche flan es masarap...

OK, so according to the schedule, this next class is supposed to be ghost stories...but it seems that we are going to be baking this week. So, two things:
1) post your HW assignment (one fun fact each about your favorite Filipino dish and dessert, totaling two fun facts)
2)post if you're able to bring any of the following:
-15 eggs
-2 cans condensed milk
-1 can evaporated milk
-2 packages frozen cassava
- bag of white sugar
-10 plantains
-2 packages lumpia wrappers
-1 big can jackfruit
-salt
-vanilla extract
-1 can coconut milk

blog's first post (and homework...)!!!

welcome to the FYI blog! check here for updates, homework, news, links, etc. speaking of homework, the assignment is:
-post a comment, explaining what you learned about filipino identity/your identity from the exercises during our last class. if you weren't in class, discuss what you'd like to learn about filipino identity/your identity in the coming classes.