For my piece, I decided to talk about my family’s journey from the Philippines to the United States. I illustrated that with a rough map of the Philippines and the West Coast of the U.S. with a Philippine Airlines plane flying between them. On either side were photos of my family, our home, images of our vacations back to the Philippines and symbols of the life in the two countries.
Continuing my throwback to my college days, here is my Project 2 piece for my Filipino-American Arts class. This project was entitled “Marginality as Resistance: ‘Writing’ Back to Center”.
A little bit of a break from regularly scheduled programming here on DryedMangoez.com today. I recently did a #tbt on my Instagram and decided to bring it on over here and talk a little bit more about it.
7/6/17 Update! DryedMangoez.com is now up and running for the most part with all the posts from the previous site present here. Many Photobucket-hosted photos look to be still available,…
“I remember it like it was yesterday.” It might be a cliché phrase, but when the memory of September 11, 2001 is still so vivid after 15 years, you can’t…
“WELCOME TO THE PHILIPPINES… BITCH” That’s what Super Typhoon Igme said to us as we touched down in Manila. Signal Freakin’ Four in Cagayan, stranding us at the domestic airport……