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The (now) bearable lightness of Being almost Canadian

January 14, 2018 By Tammy Leave a Comment

After what seemed like forever, the eagle has finally landed. It took the Canadian government approximately 16 months (less than the expected 26 months) to process my application for permanent residency. All the paperwork, medical tests, and mailing back and forth, has finally come to an end (actually, no. This isn’t the end because we […]

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Filed Under: Family, identity, Migration, Vancouver Tagged With: Canada, Identity

The Filipino is Worth Dying For [Ninoy Aquino]

August 20, 2008 By Tammy Leave a Comment

My love affair with the Philippines started quite early on. Lolo Tatay made sure I knew who Rizal was. He made sure I knew my history as a Filipino. He made sure I knew that I am a Filipino. He could see identity issues coming up in the future, I guess. I am Pinoy… and […]

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Filed Under: Government, identity, Philippines, Pilipinas, politics Tagged With: Identity, Ninoy, Philippines

WYA Diaries: Collective Memory

September 22, 2007 By Tammy Leave a Comment

I wanted to show Ren the old neighborhood of the World Youth Alliance while we were in New York. WYA was not always conveniently located at 228 East 71st Street. We were not always UpTown kids…we were, in fact, up up up town kids. Sometimes, I still can’t believe we’ve moved to where we are […]

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Filed Under: identity, USA, wya Tagged With: A Train, Identity, New York, Pogue, Pogue Diaries, World Youth Alliance

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