Collected moments
Stories of becoming, belonging, and finding home between two countries.
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Sa una kay maulaw ko mag bisaya inig naay mga kaila nga Tagalog or mudayo sa dili Bisaya nga lugar kay di ba sa ato sa Pinas murag naay discrimination nga pag bisaya gani murag ubos – pobre, bugo, gahi ug dila unsa pa na diha. Ug mahadlok pud mu English kay mali mali grammar, […]
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When I was younger, I used to feel embarrassed speaking Bisaya whenever there were Tagalog speakers around or whenever I traveled to places where people didn’t speak Bisaya. Back home in the Philippines, there’s this stereotype that if you speak Bisaya, people think you’re poor, uneducated, or that your accent sounds “rough.” You know what […]
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Sometimes, children unexpectedly give us the answers to the questions we’ve been asking ourselves as adults. My six-year-old daughter has done that for me—not just once, but many times. As I was trying to figure out why I wanted to naturalize as a Japanese citizen, she unknowingly gave me the answer. We were on a […]
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Anything Under the SunDiaryHeart Talk All of us are a Memory February 15, 2018 · By aryanil A story worth remembering⌁ Anything Under the SunDiaryHeart Talk Previous storyMy Childhood Memories in Mati Next storyWhat makes kanji difficult and challenging and what are the ways to overcome it?
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BANANAS, BANANAS I remember how my siblings and I played outside of our backyard pinching and poking holes on the banana trunks with sticks and watching the sap flow out from it upon pulling…
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Anything Under the SunDiaryHeart TalkPhilippines When its Christmas and it’s not so merry December 24, 2017 · By aryanil A story worth remembering⌁ Anything Under the SunDiaryHeart TalkPhilippines Previous storyWhy is summer vacation in Japan not a vacation for students at all Next storyEnglish Bulletin Boards
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Anything Under the SunDiaryHeart Talk What do you do when you can’t sleep at night? January 15, 2017 · By aryanil A story worth remembering⌁ Anything Under the SunDiaryHeart Talk Previous storyJapanese Elementary School Tour Part 2 Next storyNagasaki Chinese Lantern Festival
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Anything Under the SunDiaryHeart TalkPhilippines Fathers’ Day June 18, 2016 · By aryanil A story worth remembering⌁ Anything Under the SunDiaryHeart TalkPhilippines Previous storyWedding Cultures in Japan and the Philippines Next storyPork dishes I love that you probably hate!
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my university 5. Economic Advantage tokyoezine.com Japan is one of the top economic powers in the world. What I (financially) earn here (with lesser effort and work) is almost four times as much as…
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What is love? iloverelationships.com “Love is a many splendored thing” as the popular old song goes. There are so many definitions of love. I bet you know more than three. I consider it as…
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