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.
