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heyPhilippines! is the 1st and only Filipino newsmagazine in the Windsor and Essex county in Ontario, Canada. Published by 7723679 CANADA INC. 6x a year, the maiden issue was released in 2008.
It is being distributed free of charge in the Windsor-Essex county in Ontario including Leamington and Chatham area and some parts of Detroit, Michigan.
This publication aims to bring the Philippines closer to its readers in the community. You can find news items and information about the Philippines and the Filipino community in the Windsor-Essex county. It features articles about Filipinos excelling in their chosen careers, and the latest cultural and social events in the community.
Copies can be picked-up from your friendly neighbourhood Filipino and Oriental stores and restaurants and community centres.
Jan-Feb 2012 issue * Cover photo by JOJIE ALCANTARA
About Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government.
Windsor, known as The City of Roses, is across the Detroit River and south of Detroit, Michigan in the United States.
Windsor tourist attractions include Caesars Windsor, a lively downtown, Little Italy, the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Odette Sculpture Park, and Ojibway Park and The Capital Theatre in downtown Windsor. Chrysler's Canada HQ is in downtown Windsor.
Each summer, Windsor co-hosts the two-week-long Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival, which culminates in a gigantic fireworks display that celebrates Canada Day and US Independence Day. The fireworks display is among the world's largest and is held on the final Wednesday in June over the Detroit River between the two downtowns. Each year, the event attracts over a million spectators to both sides of the riverfront.
Windsor is home to the University of Windsor, which is Canada's southernmost university. It is a research oriented,comprehen-sive university with a student population of 16,000 full-time graduate and undergraduate students. Now entering its most ambitious capital expansion since its founding in 1963, the University of Windsor opened its Medical Education Building, which houses the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Windsor has often been the place where many metro Detroiters find what is forbidden in the United States. With a minimum legal drinking age of 21 in Michigan and 19 in Ontario, a number of 19 and 20-year-old Americans frequent Windsor's bars. The city also became a gaming attraction with Caesars Windsor's opening in 1994, five years before casinos opened in Detroit.
About the FIRST FILIPINO DIRECTORY
We are in the process of developing the First Filipino Directory in our community. We encourage you to be part of it. For more details, please contact us.
UPCOMING EVENTS
WINDSOR PINOY BASKETBALL
5th Annual Valentine’s Dinner & Dance Party
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Serbian Community Centre
6770 Tecumseh Road East, Windsor, Ontario
Tickets: $35.00 | Music by the Mannykins
All Proceeds to Benefit WPBA Kids
For Tickets Contact:
Ed Parungao 519-980-8311 | Tessie Velasquez 519-979-0626
KATILINGBAN SANG ILONGO’S
29th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, February 11, 2012 | Giovanni Caboto Club
2175 Parent Avenue Windsor, Ontario
Cocktails: 6:30 PM | Dinner 7:00 PM | Tickets at $35
For more information please call,
May Rodrigo at 519-9683262
Madeline Butac at 519-9156255
Mae Tomarong at 519-9748627
*Newcomers from Western Visayas are welcome to join the
organization.Call Sussy Achurra at 5199857028 for details.
Filipino Golden Agers of Windsor
Dinner-Dance Anniversary
Celebration & Coronation of
Mrs. Meg Lapid
as Ginang FILGA 2012
April 14, 2012
Serbian Community Centre
6770 Tecumseh Road East, Windsor, ON
Filipino Community Centre Schedule of Activities
March 19 | Feast of St. Joseph
(Patron Saint of the FCC)
Mass and Prayer at 6pm
Holy Week
April 5 Holy Thursday 8PM Start of Pabasa
April 6 Good Friday All Day Pabasa
April 7 Saturday 10AM Salubong to be followed by lunch and Easter Egg Hunt
Flores de Mayo 2012 Santacruzan
Hermana Mayor:
Mrs. Cely dela Cruz
& Chitt dela Cruz
For More Information:
Call Gloria Ymana at 519-977-1463
PAST EVENTS
FATHER’S DAY- ALMUSALAN at the CENTRE
THE GRAND ALAY
FLORES DE MAYO 2011- SANTACRUZAN
MAY 21, Saturday
Holy Name of Mary
681 McEwan Windsor, Ontario
2011 Hermano & Hermana
AMADOR & LYN AGORILLA
Mystical Lake Sebu in South Cotabato
The Brainstorm by Kelly Ann Olegario5 Ways To Enhance (Not Erase) Filipino Faces There’s eye-lid surgery to appear bug-eyed, bleaching skin to become milky white, painting layers upon layers of colours to conceal, and other alarming things young and old Asian women do to create a ‘mask’ over their own faces. More....
FIVE Tips For The Offline vs. Online Life Balancing Act By now, you most likely know that technology has a significant presence in our everyday lives, and it’s obvious when you think of all the instances you’ve messaged someone on a cell phone or laptop, replacing real, face-to-face conversations or when you have a difficult time thinking of an instance or place where technology wasn’t pertinent in the situation you were in. More....
School’s in, are you? For some high school graduates, the biggest challenge is not graduating with a diploma but what lies ahead of them and their post-secondary horizons. No, I’m not talking about fretting over perfecting first impressions and endurance for frosh week. More....
I Am Not My... I definitely grew up with a few misconceptions. Specifically, I know I had the wrong idea about what true beauty really is. More...
Cold Feet for Prom? I grew up watching John Hughes movies. That time period, with its big hair, use of neon colours, and when MTV was relevant, essentially gave me my first impression of high school. Little did I know what little I really knew. More...
Don't worry, be happy, live longer It wouldn’t kill you to smile once and a while. We hear this expression and take it with a noncommittal nod of agreement or completely wave it off as a joke. More...
The Tastemaker
by Kelly Ann Sanchez Olegario
AFFORDABLE PROM: From Head-to-Toe I get it, girls: prom was and probably still is very expensive. I may be selective in my advice, but considering that I’m a girl, I can only imagine how the girls must be feeling right now. More...
MY TOP FIVE BEST SUMMER EATS
5. Slinky’s Dairy Hut – Though thisice cream spot is not a full menu restaurant, many will be craving good ice cream this hot season, and this is the place to pick from a huge selection of
gourmet-quality, fl avour-rich ice cream. Head over to 100 Lesperance Road in Tecumseh to cool down this summer. More...
FFOW’s celebrates Philippines’ 113th Independence anniversary and
Jose Rizal’s 150th birthday
Filipino Federation of Windsor and Essex county led by its president Mr. Steve Guillermo, Jr., Dionie Renaud and members joined everyone in the remembrance
and celebration of the 150th birthday of our national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal and the 113th Philippine Independence.
The event was held at St Clair College Centre for the Arts in Riverside drive Windsor, Ontario on June 12.
The highlights of the night’s celebration include the coronation of this year’s Ms. Philippines-Windsor, Noreen Inting and Little Ms.Philippines-Windsor, Grace Lorelei Sagullo and the Rigodon de Honor dance by Lydia Consunji, Arnel Arias, Joey and Zeny Renon, Tony and Nanette Serrano, Irene Oliveros, Steve Guillermo Jr., Hans Fink, Loreilei Sagullo-Fink, Benny and Estela Caliboso, Renato and Nadie Calasanz and Boni and Nelia Sotto.
The Master of Ceremony was Jeremy Renaud and music was provided by Clayton Moore.
On June 19th, families and friends in Windsor, Ontario gathered at the Filipino Community Centre to celebrate Father’s day and to honour all the great fathers in
the community.
This year, the party was called ALMUSALAN AT THE CENTRE (Breakfast at the Centre).
Filipino Community Centre board members Mae Tomarong, Mila Lim, Vicky Ramlochan and Cristy Bellaccico prepared the delicious food for the event.
The 32nd annual Grand Alay-Santacruzan was held on May 28 at the Holy Name of Mary church with more than 300 people joining the traditional parade and the mass.
The event was led by this year’s Hermana Mayor, Mr. & Mrs. Ador and Lynn Agorilla.
During the parade Reyna delas Flores Krizzia Udan was escorted by the Mikko de los Reyes.
It was the late Carmen Mitra who started the Santacruzan and the Alay in Windsor. The tradition was eventually then passed on to Mrs. Gloria Ymana and her family. It is the hope of the group that the
younger generations will continue observing
the Grand Alay in the years to come.
It was announced just before the blessings of the well-prepared and sumptuous dinner that the next year’s Hermana Mayor will be the mother-daughter team of Mrs. Cely dela Cruz and Ms. Chitt dela Cruz.
October 1, 2011 (Saturday), 6PM
FCCI Gala Ball at the Ciociaro Club
This year's theme: COPACABANA
Tickets at $50
Filipino Community Centre's
Annnual General Meeting
August 20 at 6:00 pm. Light dinner and line dancing after the meeting.
PAST ISSUES: COVER STORY
Nov-Dec 2011 DAVAO. Life is Here. Sept-Oct 2011 Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar A Window into a Timeless Past
Cover Photo by Mon Corpuz
Cover Photo by Jojie Alcantara
WHAT'S INSIDE?
FILIPINEWS* GLOBAL NEWS* CANADA NEWS* WINDSOR-ESSEX NEWS* PILIPINAS* SPORTS* INSPIRATION& MOTIVATION* LIFESTYLE*
LIFE'S CHALLENGES* ENTERTAINMENT
ARTICLES
On cold winter mornings, Dr. Hanle Yap, is often reminded of the long road he has traveled. None can be as stark of a contrast to the peaceful flurry of snow and burst of cold air of Windsor mornings as the loud wake-up calls of jeepney horns blasting through the hot, humid Manila sunrise. As the eldest of three children, Hanle, has been ingrained with a strong sense of family and accountability,principles that have guided his journey thus far.
Not many people know that Dr. Yap’s first degree was in food technology from the University of the Philippines (UP). A twist of fate coupled with pure determination,
he decided to go into medicine. In 1994, he graduated from the UP College of Medicine giving him the opportunity to serve his countrymen during his internship at the Philippine General Hospital. In pursuit of excellence, he completed his residency and geriatric fellowship at the University of Hawaii (2000).
It was in 2000 that Hanle and his wife, Carolyn, decided to make the big move to Canada settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Here, Dr. Yap was introduced to Canadian health care while fulfilling his geriatric fellowship at the University of Manitoba.
Before finally settling in Windsor, Ontario, Dr. Yap and his family spent five years in Leamington. Five years was enough to make the decision to move difficult and poignant. Today, Hanle, his wife and two kids have made their home in Windsor.
Dr. Hanle Yap’s professional success as a clinician dedicated to lifelong learning
and service is only overshadowed by his personal achievement as a family man devoted to being present on all of his children’s recitals and birthdays.
Dr. Yap has always maintained ties with the Filipino community in all the areas he has practiced in. He would like to extend this same sentiment to the Filipino community in the Windsor-Essex region. His office is open to those with any health-related concerns. Contact Number. (519) 252-9861 x 3.
ELAINE MANLONGAT Elaine was born in Baguio City, the summmer capital of the Philippines, on March 14, 1984 to Leo & Grace Manlongat. She spent her early childhood in Quezon City. She attended Maryknoll College before immigrating to Canada in 1992 with her parents and younger brother, Glenn.
In Canada, she attended HJ Lassaline elementary school, St. Joseph’s High School and went to Wayne State University for her undergrad and Pharmacy school.
Elaine’s two mottos in life are: “Carpe diem”, because she believes that everyone should live their lives to the fullest and seize the day; and “Give everything you do a hundred percent, if not, it is not worth doing.” She believes that everything can be achieved through hard work, and even though most of the time achieving certain personal goals require a lot of sacrifi ce, everything you out into the world should reflect your sincere efforts. At the end of the day, even if things don’t work out, at least you can say that you tried.
Elaine shared these thoughts. “Going through Pharmacy school was strenuous but my parents instilled in us hard work and perseverance and that school was always top priority. I couldn’t have gone through all my experiences in life this far without my family.
So my advice to all the younger Filipinos in the community is that dreams can come true if you put the effort and allow others to help and guide you along the way and always make sure that God comes first”.
Elaine now works as a Pharmacist in a downtown drugstore in Windsor, Ontario.
GETTING TO KNOW....
A three hour car ride from Manila to Bagac, Bataan takes you to Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar. Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar is a living museum of Philippine customs and traditions. Currently twenty-seven houses, such as noble class mansions (Historical Principalia), House of Stone (Bahay na Bato) and Wooden Stilt houses, are located here. These once old and decaying architectural homes have been transported from all over the country and have been painstakingly rebuilt to their original splendor. >>> MORE....
takes you to Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar. Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar is a living museum of Philippine customs and traditions. Currently twenty-seven houses, such as noble class mansions (Historical Principalia), House of Stone (Bahay na Bato) and Wooden Stilt houses, are located here. These once old and decaying architectural homes have been transported from all over the country and have been painstakingly rebuilt to their original splendor. >>> MORE....
Endowed with a variety of picturesque landscapes,
Davao’s topography dazzles: fruit plantations and orchid farms mantle volcanofed hills and valleys. Virgin forests nurture rare wildlife. Just as enchanting is its brilliant tapestry of harmony, woven from the diverse cultural threads of its people.
In Davao, the contemporary fuses with the traditional as migrant settlers from all over the country co- exist in peace with a fairly large expatriate community and
DR. HANLE YAP
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