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When the longing for authentic Pinoy dishes strikes in the U.S., Isla Grand stands ready to transport your taste buds back to the Philippines.

Carmina is traveling to the United States to spend time with her family. My dad planned a family gathering for Mother's Day at their favorite Pinoy restaurant . Since reservations aren’t possible, we arrived an hour early to ensure we could get a table for twelve before everyone else showed up. As my dad approached Isla Grand , the branch we visited in Pleasant Hills, California , the host at the door said they could prepare a table for twelve at five o'clock. Later, the server called my dad's name and guided us to our table. The place was bustling with people enjoying meals and celebrating Mother's Day. On our first visit to Isla Grand, I was captivated by the décor, noticing many native items that gave the place a fancy yet authentic Filipino feel. They usually have a live band, but unfortunately, there was no entertainment the night we went. My family had spoken highly of Isla Grand and encouraged us to try the Filipino dishes we’ve been missing from back home. Lech...

Clarify from the Real


This generation people use filters in their pictures, food, places and any objects that they find interesting for them to make something look like it has been advertised.

We hardly see anything that looks natural when they we’re just born how they look people tend to overpower themselves and cover up the imagine who they really they are not and we come to a point we can no longer recognize those people when they post it as their profile picture because the person who we knew before didn’t look how they looked.

Not only filters is the trend having their plastic surgery to make them change their look forever and what happen when they have a passport and they travel how do those people get recognized when their faces look different from what is originally from their passport.

Do they get rejected and need to make apply for a new passport because their face has looked different?

I have a lot of friends having plastic surgery done or having facial implants. People do what they feel comfortable to make them comfortable in the way they want to be recognized by other people.

Sometimes it becomes peer pressure when people see other people how they look and they compare themselves. Some people feel like they need to compete or follow what other people are doing.

I am not like that I don’t like needles or would like to have a plastic surgery I am among the ones who is content the way I look how I was born.

People change the way they look by the structure of their face, body and so on but those people are happy that way to make them feel better among themselves.

There are other people who are into beauty products to enhance their face to make it look very different than what they really look like so when they come home end of the day they remove the entire make up from their face. No one really see how they look only the people who live with them.

I remember I went to my friend's house a long time ago it was when I was in college and I slept over her home.

We came from a birthday party and I had stayed at her house I was surprised to see how her face looked when she had removed all her makeup. She wasn't the face I was use to seeing everyday when we hang out.

I realize people put so much make up to cover the flaws in their faces to make a miracle so no one knows what flaws they have to see every day.

I have no problem with people who do it just something you get to see and realize there are people who are unhappy how they look they find other ways to make themselves comfortable.

Just like other people buy expensive clothing and wear clothes that suits their style or to show their accents in their body.

Everyone finds their own way to make them comfortable in the way they fix them up and each person becomes an individual on their creative way.


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