Take Us to Your Hometown
/We're almost halfway through this roller coaster year and it's time to calm ourselves with some nostalgia.
A few years back we asked you, our readers, to share your story of your hometown -- the place your mind returns to when it needs to retreat from the noise and din of the present. We did get quite a number of lovely submissions about places in the archipelago that we wouldn't have known about. We define "hometown" broadly. It can be right smack in the grit of the city, an idyllic rural area, a middle-class subdivision or even a university campus. It can evoke memories of peace or traumas of violence. What they have in common is the feeling of home, however one defines home.
We'd like to revive the series, so how about sending us your hometown story in 1,000 words or less. We'd appreciate accompanying pictures (ideally both old and current). You can email the Word doc at submissions@positivelyfilipino.com. And check out some Hometown stories that we are reposting below.
Meantime, we hope you enjoy this week's stories:
Notes on Our Life in Today’s China by Cristina DC Pastor and Rene Pastor gives a rare insider glimpse of day-to-day life in Beijing during the pandemic.
Our Kitchens, Ourselves by Lorna Lardizabal Dietz introduces a new book of recipes and stories by alumnae of St. Theresa's College in Cebu and Manila.
Alan Ariano’s Calling by Anthony Maddela profiles a veteran theater actor whose resume includes Miss Saigon, The King and I, Flower Drum Song and the current Life of Pi.
FilAms Among the Remarkable and Famous, part 67 compiled by our publisher Mona Lisa Yuchengco recognizes another batch of notable FilAms in various fields.
Read Agains:
The Hometowns of My Boyhood by Oscar Peñaranda
A Childhood in Pila, Laguna by Maria Clarissa Palileo
Island in the Stream by Victor Peñaranda
My Bacolod of Sights, Sounds, Smells by Lilia V. Villanueva
[Video of the Week] Why America Ignored Filipino Music for 100 Years
