
COVER STORY
Thriving Above Expectations
Leilani Vinegas
Summit and Pinnacle Account Executive Achiever, AbbVie Pharmaceuticals
About the F (Finely Filipino) Magazine
The Finely Filipino magazine first published in Singapore in 2010. It has since evolved to become a social media community for Filipinos worldwide.
Often, it is the ordinary Filipino stories that inspire us extraordinarily.
Australian-based Filipino world traveler Donalito ‘Dondon’ Bales Jr. has already set foot in 141 out of 329 countries and territories worldwide. But for Dondon, traveling is more than just travel count or crossing off items in his bucket list.
Anyone introduced to Margie Pagdanganan, Citi Private Bank Asia Pacific Operations & Technology Head, can be forgiven for assuming that her critical role at one of the world’s leading private banks is enough to keep her hands full.
FOOD
If you want a tasty yet guilt free meal, give my Healthy Chicken and Grains recipe a try. The ingredients are a mixture of healthy grains and some curry chicken to complement the grains. It is a simple recipe to make and can be an instant favourite of the family!
Sisig is becoming to be one of the more popular Filipino dishes lately. It has been well featured in many cooking shows and blogs as a mouth watering appetizer dish, perfect as a beer match and also a dish to just enjoy for the young and old alike.
This mouth-watering recipe takes its roots from more than 53 years ago when my dearest husband requested for a beef dish for Christmas Eve.
Taking inspiration from the highly-saleable pork siomai dumplings being served in a school canteen concession, this fish siomai recipe started its popularity as a Good Friday post-procession snack.
NEWS
TODAY'S WORKFORCE IS IDEALLY MULTIGENERATIONAL, yet many companies, hiring managers and HR functions continue to use age labels to recruit, retain, and guide work practices and policies.
I used to hear my grandfather whistle and sing Ang Pasko ay Sumapit (Christmas has Come) so many times that this traditional Christmas song occupies a special place in my heart.
There’s a bright side to being stuck at home. The global lockdowns spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic have given many people the rare opportunity to finish their personal projects.
Looking for something exciting to read on Kindle books from Amazon? Grab a copy of “58 Minutes in Driftland,” the new sci-fi adventure novel written by Filipino writer I.S.A. Crisostomo-Lopez.
I was sixteen the first time I visited an indigenous Filipino community. I remember playing a game of tag with one of the children from the Aeta tribe, who took me under a bridge of trees and into what seemed like a separate world – their lonely village in Zambales
With strong historical social awareness, youth duo Jacob Rafael Chuavon and Jason Redick created a 10-minute historical documentary on Filipino comfort women in fulfillment of their history project for their 8th Grade social studies course at the Singapore American School.
As we celebrate National Eat Your Vegetables Day this month, we remember the popular folk song Bahay Kubo (Nipa Hut) composed by Philippine National Artist for Music Felipe Padilla de Leon. First interpreted by singer Sylvia La Torre in 1966, almost every Filipino knows this song by heart.
Travellers know that there is bound to be a Chinatown in most popular countries they visit.
Today, June 12, 2020 is the 122nd anniversary of the Philippine Independence. What usually is a day of big celebration for all Filipinos not just in the Philippines but also to those living abroad will be muted and scaled down because of the Covid19 pandemic.
In the middle of quarantines and lockdowns, sufferings and losses, and an unforeseen economic downfall experienced by every country worldwide, there is no question about how difficult every person endures the feeling of hopelessness.
HEALTH
Brain health rock star Dr. Rudy Tanzi and Aerosmith's Joe Perry tell us how leaving the ego at the door and listening to others make for our best selves.
While much of the world’s focus is on life-stealer coronavirus, cardiovascular disease is still the number one cause of death globally. According to WHO statistics, 17.9 million people die from cardiovascular disease or an estimated 31% of all deaths worldwide.
Dear Dr Aura,
I am not sure how I feel about my husband. We have been married for 20 years and only my husband is working as an expat so we had lived in different countries for the last 15 years.
A career in sales can be unforgiving but success in this field deserves recognition and admiration as sales conversion can go south any time.