Neither new clusters nor wet weather would prevent the Consulate and Fil-Com from joining Rizal Day 2020 events ...
Sadly but not surprisingly, the annual holiday greetings of the Department's posts and offices have mostly moved away from the glorious photoshopped scenes of yore. 2020 being what it is, salutations around the world have gone heavy on Stay Safe themes and imagery -- but at the same time managed to give out good vibes and seasonal cheer! So for group poses you had the "Social Distancing Indoors"...
...the "Social Distancing even though Outdoors"...
"Indie" as in...what exactly's going on here?
12 batchmates in 10 countries over 10 time zones and I still somehow end up as the only/oldest guy who doesn't know how to work the camera/is under witness protection
(*in computer-distorted voice* yes, Your Honor, these are the 11 individuals who harassed me out of my afternoon nap to talk about late-night parties, blind dates and bathrobes and other matters age-inappropriate to me)
While our Cultural peeps continue to crush it, shout outs too to our Trade section for its own ongoing and gorgeous-looking promotion of PHL tastes, especially the mouth-watering drinks and desserts perfect for the just-arrived Aussie summer/holiday season
Today’s ☀️ weather calls for a refreshing, all natural drink made from brewed tea with lemongrass. @bayanibrew #tea #proudlypinoyinoz #philippineproducts #filipinofood #pinoyproducts #pinoyfood #gawadkalinga
Posted by DTI Sydney on Saturday, November 21, 2020
Posted @withregram • @entree.pinays Meet the Abraham family. Led by co-founders and parents, Jaypee and Victoria, @...
Posted by DTI Sydney on Saturday, November 21, 2020
Posted @withregram • @chefmikoaspiras Recently had the privilege to create drinks and desserts using Calamansi or the...
Posted by DTI Sydney on Thursday, November 26, 2020
The local lockdown restrictions pretty much cleared out the Consulate's calendar of activities with the Fil-Com, but Pinoy promotion at post must go on! Kudos then to ONE MAIN IDEAL and her consular cultural crew for producing a great series of online videos showcasing some of the best Philippine customs, traditions and way of life. They started off during - what else! - the cooking stage of the quarantine (which also happened to be PHL Nutrition Month) and featured a slew of authentic Pinoy favorites
BTW, when I say "authentic", I mean production was sariling sikap, not professional; cooks were consular staff, not real chefs; and social media promotion was kamaganak at kaibigan sa facebook, not bots or influencers. (also, the ratio'ing was real: our comments section was aflame over a supposed "heretic" homemade pinakbet recipe). And I say all this with a nod to CRANIAL AGAIN and the Embassy Mothership who, not long after we made our posts, released a foodie video of their own which was as gorgeous as it was viral.
Ok. Ok. We see you, Canberra. But Sydney still going with the indie film approach. So we went with our own Consular kids for Buwan ng Wika...
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...while they went with some real talk, er, write.
Quick shout out to the Consulate's current awareness advocacy...
The Philippine Consulate General in Sydney joins the observance of the 18-day Campaign to End Violence Against Women...
Posted by Philippine Consulate General in Sydney NSW on Tuesday, November 24, 2020
