Book Melancholy of the Tongue Genevieve Asenjo

PINOY LIFE ABROAD

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Learning about life in Dubai

Geneva Liz Isaac had lived a pampered life before she moved to Dubai. But the UAE’s capital turned her into an adult and taught her some of life’s biggest lessons in her…

Old people sunbathing on a beach in Breskens, Zeeland
Summer in Holland (for a Pinay expat mom)

Summer. This season brings out so many childhood memories of growing up in Marinduque, one of the 7,100 islands in the Philippines. Summer is one of the only two seasons in the Philippines, and…

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Column: Living without puto and dinuguan

Can you imagine life without Filipino food? As a Filipino expat living in Kenya, where Pinoy food is not readily available, our columnist Agatha Verdadero has learned to embrace the local cuisine,…

Nora at an tent at the evacuation centre after Typhoon Yolanda
The horrors of Typhoon Yolanda through the eyes of an OFW

Eight years ago, Typhoon Yolanda (or Typhoon Haiyan), one of the strongest storms ever recorded, ravaged the provinces of Samar and Leyte. A Filipina expat in Barcelona relives the harrowing experience she…

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Book Melancholy of the Tongue Genevieve Asenjo

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