A Childhood in Pila, Laguna

A Childhood in Pila, Laguna

A writer who is lucky she doesn’t have to invent her ancestors and an ancestral home.

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The Organist Baker of Ballesteros

The Organist Baker of Ballesteros

You can listen to his music and eat his cake, too.

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A Tree in My Ballesteros

A Tree in My Ballesteros

A towering tree serves as a living monument to a beloved hometown.

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The Three ‘Hills’ of Teresa Street

The Three ‘Hills’ of Teresa Street

You can take the boy out of the neighborhood, but not the neighborhood out of the boy.

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Island in the Stream

Island in the Stream

Childhood places remembered as if in a dream.

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The Hometowns of My Boyhood

The Hometowns of My Boyhood

Be tickled by writer Oscar Peñaranda’s childhood recollections.

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Hometown: Overstaying in Cebu

Hometown: Overstaying in Cebu

Author retires in Cebu because “it’s more pun.”

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My Bacolod of Sights, Sounds, Smells

My Bacolod of Sights, Sounds, Smells

She thought her Philippine hometown was nothing to brag about, until from California, on the phone with mother, she heard Bacolod’s rain again.

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You Can Go Home Again

You Can Go Home Again

An expat relishes the memory of his beautiful hometown in Bicol.

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