... and the totally decadent and calorie-filled peach-mango pie.Well, you got it better than me. The closest Jollibee from Delmarva is 113 miles away; nearly 3 hours in Bay Bridge and DC Beltway traffic.. just to get some Chickenjoy and Palabok.
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Some questions about asian radio in LA
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Oh my, there's a Jollibee that's only 4.8 miles from me, in the Mira Mesa area of San Diego. A total of 3 in San Diego County, which has a large Filipino population.
I know where I'll be eating out next! What is the must try item to order, for a first timer at Jollibee?
I know where I'll be eating out next! What is the must try item to order, for a first timer at Jollibee?
The chicken. There is something special about the Pinoy marinade that makes it special. The palabok is great if you like garlic. Try the very unusual spaghetti and there is a combo with chicken and spaghetti, too.
The peach mango pie is enough to make you never eat the mundane pies at other fast foods again.
Let us know how you like it (in a totally non-radio thread!)
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OK, the spaghetti and chicken it will be, not a fan of garlic. And will top it off with the peach mango pie.
Will let you let you know about it. Maybe they'll give an RD discount for the additional business they might get from this thread. š
Say āsalamatā or āsalamat poā when served. I find it gets a big smile for the effort. Even using one or two words of another language shows you are a friend and not a bigot. Except with the French, where bad French insults themā¦
Good place for a shout-out to all the Filipino medical professionals who have worked so hard during the pandemic to keep us well.
since most people are not bigots, and most people understand that most other people are not bigots, why does one need to prove the point?
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channelā¢
To be nice?
Exactly - common courtesy, which sadly has become more uncommon than not (especially online)
Huh?
Nobody is proving a point. My objective in using other languages when I am able is to empathize with other people and show appreciation for favoring me with a bit of their culture.
When I was still a teenager, I traveled Europe for a month using a Eurail pass so as to get to know the people in each of the dozen nations I visited. I found that if I tried to know a few words... or more... of each location's language I would be rewarded with rich conversations in a language I actually spoke better. Those conversations gave me a wonderful feeling of not only seeing the monuments and museums in each place, but actually "seeing" the people.
Evens since then, I have tried to do the same where ever I am. I am the greater beneficiary, though.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channelā¢
David and I have known each other for so long, we tend to mix Spanish and English in our e-mails. (Spanish is not my first language but I retained most of what I learned in five years' worth of Spanish classes as a teen.) From that experience, I can confirm that the above statement is 100% true.
I do go to one logical extreme in showing respect and appreciation ... on the Jewish high holy days I send greetings to my Jewish friends in Yiddish.
Having travelled abroad, I have experienced first hand the appreciation (and often levity) from the locals when at least 'making an effort' to communicate in their native tongue. To Flipper's point, I don't think it has anything to do with showing you aren't a bigot. The characterization was probably not necessary - just $0.02 from this section of the gallery.
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That is correct. I agree with and even practice myself the art of communicating in others' language for the sake of kinship as David described. Many people do, there is nothing unusual about that. The insertion of the word "bigot" was gratuitous and unnecessary in my opinion, and as such detracted from his overall point.
We have enough unfortunate racial tensions in this world and unnecessaeily referencing them serves no good purpose.
One of the first Jolibees was in Long Beach, across from the big Memorial Hospital there. This was in the early 2000s. It didn't last particular long.
Around 2009, I started working at that hospital and found out why--the hospital cafeteria served very good Filipino food. Arroz caldo every morning, chicken or pork tocino twice a week, etc. There was even a Red Ribbon pastry vending machine. Why would anyone want to leave the hospital grounds to go to a Jollibees, then?
Around 2009, I started working at that hospital and found out why--the hospital cafeteria served very good Filipino food. Arroz caldo every morning, chicken or pork tocino twice a week, etc. There was even a Red Ribbon pastry vending machine. Why would anyone want to leave the hospital grounds to go to a Jollibees, then?
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