Going back.

I was accepted to the Philippine Studies Program! I’ll be going back July 1. It seems extravagant to be going again this year but I am very appreciative of the circumstances that are allowing me to take this trip.
Interestingly enough, the field trips included in this summer program will take us to places [...]

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Nights.

When I went back to the Philippines in Oct / Nov 2005 (before the 3-month trip) I had dreams about life in Chicago. This time, now that I’m back in Chicago, my dreams have to do with me being in the Philippines. Weird, huh? I’ve never had that happen to me before [...]

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Television

It occured to me while watching TV over the last few days that there are commericals you just don’t see during broadcasts in the Philippines. You don’t see ads for cars. I realized this when it occured to me that I was watching one of those, “Zero down. Zero percent. Zero et cetera” segments at [...]

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Back already?

If the University of the Philippines approves my application to their summer Philippine Studies program I may be back in the Philippines as early as July 1! I hope I get accepted.

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Now I know.

I realize some of what my parents felt when they first came to the U.S. I know what they missed and I know why they felt that way.
I had read in Marivi Soliven Blanco’s book, Suddenly Stateside, how Filipinos watching Filipino films will become nostalgic for the old country not just because of the storyline [...]

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