Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
You might want to read previous parts of the story first: Part I, Part II, Part III
Love the second time
Tinay’s marriage could not last long. She was sensible enough to realize that there is no hope nor a future for them. For as long as her husband prioritized gambling and the easy “single life” [...]
Posted in Pinoy Foods, tagged food on June 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This is a follow up to my earlier post about how I learned to adjust my cooking of Filipino dishes to whatever ingredients are available here in the UK. I am going to talk about my latest culinary adventures this time, with the end in view of giving you a picture of how it is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 21, 2008 | 12 Comments »
They say that there are three commodities that can be found anywhere in the world – Levi’s, Coke and Filipinos. I heard this joke/pun/whatever back home in the Philippines some years back. At that time, I have not yet fully understood the scope of this phenomenal migration and deployment of my countrymen throughout the globe. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Love, Failed Love
Upon arriving in England, she lived with a few friends initially, until she was able to get a job. Tinay is a hardworking person, and so she got lots of odd jobs in London. At that time, jobs were aplenty for foreigners like her who were willing to do just about anything [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Second installment to Tinay’s story – her exit from Jordan to her next destination, England.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged world-class Pinoy performers on June 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Since I blogged about Madonna Decena a few weeks ago, I think it is only proper to give an update, or some sort of a closure to her stint in Britain’s Got Talent, a talent search competition here in the UK.
Unfortunately, Madonna did not make it to the finals as she was not chosen [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am about to begin a new series of writings in this blog – true-to-life stories of Pinoys around the world with stories that are worth sharing as they are inspiring, encouraging, humbling. My first story will be about my first friend here in England. Read on to see how we first met. This post [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This blog is rather a delayed realization of an earlier dream – to chronicle my journey away from my home country. Well, the blog was delayed but the chronicle started early on. Thus, I find it imperative to re-post this piece I wrote middle of 2007, when I first arrived here i the UK to [...]
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