S.F. Diversity, San Francisco

Since I don't live here, & my apologies to locals who see SF warts and all:

"diversity" etc.

generally gets a lot of lip service, especially in the corporate world I am forced to deal with every day.

I hate to be a cynic, but most of the time in my opinion its a load of hypocritical crap: Lip service, political correctness, and nothing more.

SF is one of the few cities I've ever been to where it feels like it actually seems to work, at least some of the time.

LIBERTY

Like I said: sometimes, ... sadly not always.

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Product of the Philippines. Net Weight 2.19oz. Ready to cook, instant La Paz Batchoy in a bowl. Filipinos, like other asians love noodles hence there is a proliferation of Filipino Style Noodles in the Bay area that Cater to the large filipino-american community for a taste of nostalgia and one of the most popular filipino noodles is the batchoy besides the bulalo and sotanghon. Batchoy is a noodle soup made with pork organs, crushed pork cracklings, shrimp, vegetables, chicken stock, chicken breast, beef loin and round noodles. Its origins can be traced to the district of La Paz, Iloilo City in the Philippines, hence it is oftentimes referred to as La Paz Batchoy and is available in instant noodle packing and is marketed here via Lucky Me Brand which is the Most popular instant noodle company in the Philippines. an instant noodle bowl costs 80 cents a piece and it available in any asian or filipino supermarkets and groceries in the bay area. try it!

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filipino-americans are fond of giving relatives and friends back in the philippines lots of stuff and to save cost on expensive crates and air freights, they devised the cheaper balikbayan box (an expanded rectangular carton with different measurements) to be filled with lots of stuff (like chocolates, canned goods, shirts, bags, perfumes, jeans, house hold items and a lot more) that can be delivered via shipping to the philippines via door to door delivery. you will lots of Balikbayan Boxes (large cartons) in many supermarkets and grocieries in the Bay Area.

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lots of advertisers!

there is a large market of filipino-americans in the Bay Area, about 600,000 fil-ams live in the bay area including nearby areas like stockton, sacramento, auburn and others hence there is a huge amount of advertisements targeting these demographic group hence the abundance of advertisers in the Asian and Filipino Newspapers here and due to this, the newspapers and tabloids are mostly free.

average income of a Fil-Am Household is $ 120,000 a year.

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Abundant in the Bay Area!

you can choose on the type and they are mostly free and you can get them at Asian and Filipino Convenience Stores, Markets, Stalls, Restaurants, Jolibee. They range from your garden variety liberal west coast to social conservative views. The Opinion Pages are hard hitting and the news are varied!

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Serves Filipino Ethnic and International kinds of Breads and pastries

this bakeshop has lots of branches in the west coast and hawaii and is a fil-am institution

you can buy Pandesal (salt bread w/ fillings) at $ 1 or a Bibingks (rice flour bread baked in special oven) at $ 1 and a lot more!

ADDRESS: # 107 Stall, 950 King Drive, Daly City, CA 94015

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A Comparison.

Besides the Price (Philippine Made Marlboros only cost $ 0.60 a PACK in the philippines!)
the Taste (Philippine Marlboros have a slightly bland taste)
the Warning Labels (Philippine Marlboros have Governement Warning instead of Surgeon General Warning)
and obviously the length.

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Philippine Version of IDOL, the Pinoy Idol, Live via GMA Pinoy TV Channel (A popular TV channel in the philippines) that is available via cable tv at Comcast and Direct TV Satellite!

caveat: it will cost you an additonal $ 35 a month for additonal asian channels on top of your subscription of $ 55 for the english ones.