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Rising Tide Capital Orientation For Business-Minded Filipinos

jose — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:10:38 +0000

Rising Tide Capital, Inc. is inviting all Filipinos in Jersey City to attend their FREE orientation this coming Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Five Corners Library on Newark Avenue. So if you’re planning or thinking of starting your own business but you don’t know how, give this orientation a shot. RSVP now if you are interested, as space is limited.

Orientation: Learn how to Start and Grow a Successful Business!
Description: Event/Orientation
When: April 17, 2010 2PM – 3PM
Where: Five Corners Library (Mildred H. Hunke Auditorium)
Address: 678 Newark Avenue, Jersey City (just off of Five Corners)
Contact: RSVP 201-432-4316

More after the jump…

The Community Business Academy is:
• A 11-week course offering hands-on training in business planning & management.
• Classes held once a week in Jersey City—at night, during the day, or on the weekend.
• Learn business fundamentals like budgeting, marketing, bookkeeping, and financing.
• Graduates receive year-round one-on-one guidance from business experts.
• Currently, classes are taught in English

About Rising Tide Capital

Rising Tide Capital assists struggling entrepreneurs and communities to build successful businesses that transform lives, strengthen families and create thriving, sustainable neighborhoods. We are committed to expanding economic opportunity by providing the highest quality small business management, planning and coaching support. For more information, please visit us at www.RisingTideCapital.org.

Follow the link to download the flyer.

[Filipino Play in JC] “Sunrise, Sunset: Looking for William”

jose — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:20:52 +0000

This Saturday at Five Corners Library on Newark Avenue, Jersey City, the Pan American Concerned Citizen’s Action League, Inc. (PACCAL) is staging the play “Sunrise, Sunset: Looking for William” — written and directed by Filipino playwright Florentino Aquino Capili.

“Looking for William” is Mr. Capili’s 21st play, which was first staged here in Jersey City in March 2004 under the auspices of the Philippine-American Friendship Committee (PAFCOM); it was staged two more times, one in New York (2004), and the other in Bergen County, NJ (2005).

The play impressed the two-time Palanca* winner Dr. Jorshinelle Taleon-Sonza. She wrote in her review: “…Capili masterfully interweaves the broad social canvas with the everyday life and history with personal, intimate moments…”

During the Press Conference last October 16, 2009 at the PACCAL headquarter, Mr. Capili stated that one of his objectives is to increase the awareness of the Filipinos about their history and everyday experiences. He also mentioned that his focus is the involvement Filipino youths who grew up here in America.

Mr. Florentino Aquino Capili during the Press Conference last month.

I haven’t seen this play yet, but found it very interesting: Who is William? Why is he missing?

Historical figures such as the late President Corazon Aquino and Jaime Cardinal Sin will come to life in this play (see poster above). You don’t want to miss this out, so come and watch this play, as this might be its last staging.

Sunrise, Sunset: Looking for William
Description: Stage Play
Where: Five Corners Branch Library Auditorium
Address: 678 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
When: November 07, 2009 2PM

For more information, please call Linda Mayo: 201 388-1260; Betty Buenviaje: 973 220-2765; Rose Javier: 201 993-8815; Rudy Nicolas – 201 988 1799; and the Jersey City Five Corners Library: 201-547-4543

Organizers and Cast of Sunrise, Sunset: Looking for William

The cast and organizers of the play in no particular order:

Rudy Nicolas, Annie Tan, Vess Medinaceli, Marilou Songco, Ruth Sa-Onoy, Betty Buenviaje, Linda Mayo, Joey Mayo, Rovei Fhel Balanzat, Jose Alberto Diaz, Nicole Caballero, Julian Alexander Nakar, Rom Julian Lipa, Mark Angelo Lladas, Khrystine Capili, Tino Aq. Capili and Virgie Alvarez, Susan Pensoy, Racielle Anne Lipa, Paul Vincent Castillo, Rosalinda Rupel, Cherry Ann Castillo, and Schenley Anne Lipa

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* Palanca Awards – The Palanca Awards or Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature is the Philippines’ most prestigious and most enduring literary awards and is dubbed as the “Pulitzer Prize” of the Philippines. It is one of the Philippines’ most prestigious and long-running award giving bodies. From wikipedia.

Philippine Bread House’s Ube: Featured in The Village Voice Blog

jose — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:18:18 +0000

Philippine Bread House's Ube. (Ube photo from The Village Voice)

Philippine Bread House’s Ube was featured last week in a blog called “The Village Voice“. They classified the delicacy as one of the “strange snacks of the world”, and I’m not surprised. Filipinos love to eat odd things and we are not afraid to experiment some varieties. For instance, where can you find people putting “pink” condiment (combination of mayonnaise and ketchup) on hamburgers? It sounds strange, but it’s pretty normal to Filipinos.

As a Pinoy who grew up in the Philippines, ube is one of my favorite “kakanin”. It’s one of my favorite ice cream and cake flavors next to chocolate…

…The sweetness and moistness of ube is often exploited in sweet pastries in the Philippines. Filipinos also love the bright purple color, and use it in puddings, cakes, frostings, candies, breads, and ice creams….

More on Strange Snacks of the World — Ube. Philippine Bread House is located at 530 Newark Avenue, Jersey City 07306.