Book Review: Filipino Ghost Stories

by Alex on October 30, 2011
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Here’s a new book perfect for October or really any time of the year: When we think of October, it’s easy to associate it with Halloween.  Ghost stories, haunted houses, scary costumes—all of these things go hand-in-hand with the month. But October is also Filipino-American History Month for those of you paying attention to our […]

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Asian Supernatural: A Reading List

by Alex on October 30, 2010
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Happy Halloween everyone! To celebrate this special occasion we wanted to provide you with a reading list full of interesting mythology and frightening tales, while celebrating the release of a new book that is perfect for the Halloween holiday. This reading list is taken from Alex G. Paman’s excellent reference book Asian Supernatural (Mutual Publishing, […]

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Book Review: Asian Supernatural

by Alex on October 27, 2010
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Misty and I love Halloween, it’s one of our favorite celebrations during the year.  When October comes, the thought of ghosts, ghouls, demons and witches fill our creative heads as we work with her family to construct a frightening but fun experience for the children trick-or-treating in her neighborhood.  Naturally, we love listening to ghost stories, watching […]

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Filipino-American History Month: A Reading List

by Alex on October 13, 2010
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In 2008, the Hawaii State Legislature enacted into law that October will be designated Filipino-American History Month to annually commemorate the contributions of Filipino-Americans to Hawaiʻi and the United States.1  104 years ago in 1906, the first sakadas emigrated from the Philippines to Hawaiʻi to work on sugar plantations.  Since then, Filipinos have become one […]

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