Book Melancholy of the Tongue Genevieve Asenjo

PINOY LIFE ABROAD

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A cup of Turkish hospitality

A Filipina expat teacher learns how to drink Turkish tea and discovered how the country’s culture and hospitality is anchored on it. I arrived in Turkey in the summer of 2008. It…

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Redefining the modern Filipino family

Johnny and Goran are life partners, and they are raising two children together with Daphne, the mother of their kids, redefining the idea of a modern, mixed Filipino family. “He looked at…

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Pirate siege: A seaman’s nightmare on the high seas

Pirates attack an oil tanker with Filipino seamen in the Gulf of Guinea. A harrowing account from one of the crew of MT Maria E showing that life at sea for almost…

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Teresita Marques: A life of music

Her love for music took Teresita Marques to Lisbon but she never imagined that she will founding one of the country’s oldest chamber choirs, becoming one of the most prominent Filipinos in…

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Book Melancholy of the Tongue Genevieve Asenjo

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