Lazy Sunday afternoon, 71°F , New York City Even when I was still full from lunch, I couldn’t help but salivate when I saw the...
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For years I celebrated diversity in New York without ever realizing the slice of ethnic diversity that I could still add to the pool — my being Ilocano. Given the excitement of the Big Apple, I forgot the fact that before I became a...
Buhay Migrante, Isang Tula
BUHAY MIGRANTE Ang pagiging migrante ay hindi parang susubo ng mainit na kanin at iluluwa na lamang kapag napaso Ang pagiging migrante ay saktong sinusubo ang mainit na kanin at lulunukin ito. Kahit mapaso ang dila, Kahit maiyak sa init. Kailangan mo, eh....
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
As a young girl, I always heard my mom play this song. Although I wasn’t really paying attention to the lyrics, the rhythm and the sentiments of a woman unsure was never forgotten. Looking back, I place my mother in a different light now...
An Earnest Prayer
Below is a whimsical poem about one’s desperation at finding the proverbial ‘right one’. Written in Long Island, New York almost five years ago, the poem captures the common complaint of women of this generation: there simply isn’t one. However, desperation turns into plea...
Finding One’s Match is Never Easy
There is this story I heard from my ever single and so available friend Ivan Mesa (that he also heard from another amazing single friend, Luchelle del Rosario) about a woman who earnestly prayed to St. Anthony de Padua for a life partner. Everyday this woman...
Pastoral Scenes
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Independence
I’m grateful to New York for a lot of things, but mostly for the gift of independence it has given me. I may have attempted to gain independence in my young adult life in Manila, but having a swarm of supportive relatives and meddling...
Idi Nagawidak Diay Pilipinas
Our Ilocana contributor is a serious blogger, educator, and a UP Diliman schooled English major. The poem is about an OFW mother who after working abroad finally returns to her country. She laments about what she saw upon her arrival and realized she may...
