Book Melancholy of the Tongue Genevieve Asenjo

PINOY LIFE ABROAD

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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Love Through the Eyes of Filipino Expat Mothers

For Filipino expats mothers, love is rarely simple. It’s in the in-between moments, such as sending money back home after a long shift, checking homework over video calls, choosing education while raising…

Retiree Bles Chavez-Bernstein singing on-stage.
A wanderer’s home

Writer and poet Bles Chavez-Bernstein reflects on aging gracefully, pursuing your passion, retirement as an expat, and death and legacy. A distant memory. A momentary daze. An image appears, slowly taking shape…a…

Community of Filipinos in Raval Barcelona
Barna Feels: Living within the Filipino community in Raval, Barcelona

What a visitng Filipino researcher learned while living with Filipinos in Raval, Barcelona, often referred to as the “silent community”. It was a cold autumn night in Raval, Barcelona. I was walking…

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Book Melancholy of the Tongue Genevieve Asenjo

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