philippines

Girl’s night out

December 23, 2009

Do we look related, or what? =) We are just a handful of the dozens of us cousins here. Ranging from age 16 to 27, we were preparing for a night out of dancing. =)






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The weight of small things

December 20, 2009

A few days ago, the family (about a dozen aunts, uncles and cousins) went back to my Mom’s old elementary school to spread some Christmas cheer to about 300 kids from the barrio. My mom has been sponsoring this yearly Christmas feeding for about two years now but this is the first time she’s had […]






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You know you’re in the Philippines when….

December 19, 2009

The crazy traffic and pollution is no longer charming like it is in other 3rd world tourist hubs.  It makes you want to pull your hair out. When you walk around in the mall, you're a whole foot taller than everyone else.    Elementary school Christmas parties consist of sing and dance routine presentations by […]






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Back to the beginning: A Family Christmas in the Philippines

December 18, 2009

I’m a banana. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside. This is what friends have always said to me growing up. Philippine born, Canadian raised, Euro/American adult. I’m a bit of an in-between. My brother and I have spent most of our memorable lives in Canada. We left the Philippines when I was 5 […]






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With the Gamboa-side girl cousins

December 17, 2009






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The cocoon of family

December 17, 2009

We made it.  All four of us.  An accumulated 50+ hours of transit and multiple and varied city stopovers and we’re finally all here.  We’re in San Fernando Pampanga, in a small town just a few hours outside of the chaos that is Manila.  It is hot, humid and tropical.  There are palm trees on […]






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The next leg of the journey

December 7, 2009

My time in Argentina is slowly drawing to a close.  SEVEN WEEKS have gone by since I landed here in late October.  I can’t believe how quickly they’ve gone.  It’s a very short time to feel settled in a place and I’ve only just begun to get the feel for the city, the country and […]






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