A piece of the American South in the Philippines??
My parents are back from their month-long stay in the Philippines. As usual, they brought back a bunch of things they had bought while in Manila and in Bicol. When they buy things, they always wrap it in Manila newspapers so it’s interesting to look at once the newspapers are unwrapped. One of the newspapers [...]
Filipino beauty ideal: Be as white as you can be
I’ve been holding off on writing this entry for a while because I wanted to take pics of as many different skin whitening products while in the Philippines but alas, I couldn’t. I was able to sneak some but dammit, each time I tried to take pics when I would go to LCC, Robinsons or [...]
Going back to the hometown
Yesterday, we drove to Goa. This is my mom’s family hometown. She still has siblings that live in Goa. From what my cousin Jeff had told me, Goa is the largest city in Partido. Partido is just one section of Camarines Sur (which is divided into 4 sections). I used to go to the hometown [...]
Rice fields
Today, we headed out to LCC in Naga City to do some grocery shopping and walk around. From my uncle’s car as he was driving, I took pictures of the countryside:
Auntie Glo’s funeral
Here are the pictures I took from the wake and funeral of my Auntie Glo at Taytay, Rizal in the Philippines.
