Asia Essays

The island nation of Japan has always intrigued me because of the way it has surged after its destruction during the Second World War. Japanese to me have always been hard working and very technology focused added to that, company focused and sincere to their jobs. The social culture in …

Bernard Edelman’s Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam anthologises a broad range of experiences of and attitudes to the Vietnam War from those who were ‘humping the boonies’, ‘the rear-echelon types’ in administration compounds and the photographers who documented the action. We read commentary on the pressures and atrocities of …

The Philippine Eagle, also known as the Monkey eating Eagle, is an eagle native to the forests in the Philippines. It has brown and white feathers and a shaggy crest. It can grow up to 3 to 4 ft. in length. It is considered a critically endangered species mainly due …

Dance has been a part of humanity since time immemorial.  Ever since the dawn of human civilization, dance has been a part of our lives such as ceremonies, rituals, celebrations and entertainment.  Dances are mostly used in the retelling of folklores and myths.  Before there were written languages, dance is …

Vietnam was America’s longest war. And one of the most angrily fought battles during that war was the legendary Siege of Khe Sanh. At the end of 1966, many large scale North Vietnamese units began uniting around the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North from South Vietnam. The Commander of U.S. …

Several years ago, the Philippine automotive industry was quite small in terms of share in value added in manufactuing, the number of players and its production if compared to countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. But this did not end there, from then on the automotive industry started to continuing …

A Chinese-Filipino born in December 25, 1924 – came from a poor family in Xiamen, china. His Father migrated in philippines when he was still a toddler. As his father was a trader his father took a risk on establishing a business in the philippines. They used to live in …

The Manila tour was a very challenging and interesting experience for me, since I am not that familiar with those places that we have gone by. Although really very tiring, I had fun throughout the trip and enjoyed it so much. Our group did the tour last August 8, a …

            Japan not only has a rich culture, it also has a wealthy literature. The Japanese literature, unlike other countries’ literature, has started early. This early development of the written arts is very much evident in the ancient anthology, Man’yoshu, which means Collection of 10,000 Leaves (Cohn, 2006). The said …

This Revolt was caused by losing Sulayman and Lakandula’s kingdom when they were persuaded by Adelantado Legazpi to accept Spanish sovereignty on the promise that their people would be well-treated by the Spaniards.This was a revolt for personal reason. When Gov. Gen. Laezaris replaced Legaspi, he revoked their exemptions from …