Tag Archives: pinay

homesick

Written by . Posted on January 31, 2009. Filed under filipiana, question for the void, the salve. Tagged , , , . No comments.

i like to think that home is new york. my immediate family is peppered along the eastern seaboard, all within a few hours’ drive from each other, just close enough not to be a constant pain in the ass. and new york is where i … Read More →

i am ninoy

Written by . Posted on December 26, 2008. Filed under filipiana. Tagged , , , . No comments.

i’ve been here in the united states for twenty-four years. when i left home—the home of my early childhood, of days playing with my cousins next door and being scolded by my aunts and chased constantly by mosquitos, my roots so deep it stretched from … Read More →

every christmas is

Written by . Posted on December 25, 2008. Filed under filipiana, the salve. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.

…going to my older brother’s house to spend christmas eve and christmas. …waking up to Pasko na Naman by the Apo Hiking Society, in full, glorious stereo blasting. Yeahhhh… …laughing at my niece and nephew as they try to contain themselves from opening all of … Read More →