Your Favorite Stories for 2018

The Circus Band. Front Row: Hajji Alejandro, Paco Gamboa (bass guitar)+, Rudy Lozano (lead guitar)+, Clown mascot in place of Pabs Dadivas who had not arrived yet from the U.S., Boy Katindig (multi-digital keyboards), Walter Calinawan (drums)+

Second Row: Gerry Paraiso (piano)+, Ceres Jacinto, Basil Valdez, Jacqui Magno, Tillie Moreno, Pat Castillo (Photo by Jaime Zobel)

Rock stars, martial law and food dominated Positively Filipino's most-read stories of 2018. In case you missed them or you want to enjoy them all over again, here's the Top 10 list:

1) Martial Law Stories: The “Torture” of Playing for Miss Universe 1974 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/martial-law-stories-the-torture-of-playing-for-miss-universe-1974

2) Boy Camara Superstar http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/boy-camara-superstar

Boy Camara singing Gethsemane in the 1985 repeat production of "Jesus Christ Superstar"

3) List of Fake News Websites http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/list-of-fake-news-websites

4) Your Unofficial Guide to the Etymology of Filipino Slang and Memes http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/your-unofficial-guide-to-the-etymology-of-filipino-slang-and-memes

5) Music Man Ryan Cayabyab Came Up the Hard Way http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/music-man-ryan-cayabyab-came-up-the-hard-way

6) Postscript: My Life Before and After the First Quarter Storm http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/postscript-my-life-before-and-after-the-first-quarter-storm

7) My Vow for Undang http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/my-vow-for-undang

8) The Happy Home Cook: Salted Egg Fish Skin http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/the-happy-home-cook-crispy-fried-salted-egg-fishskin

Crispy-fried, Salted Egg Fish Skin (Photo by Rene Astudillo)

9) Martial Law Stories: I Did Not Have a Campus Romance http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/martial-law-stories-i-did-not-have-a-campus-romance

10) Sandy Daza's Amazing Food Tour http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/sandy-dazas-amazing-foodie-tour

Sandy Daza and Rho Clemente stand outside Yanagibashi Shokudo, home of the second best meal we had in Japan according to the author. (Photo courtesy of Rho Clemente)