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The Overseas Filipino Phenomenon and the Filipino Youth

Ask a young Filipino if he knows someone with a mom or dad abroad and he will tell you a handful of his friends who do. Or his parents might be the ones abroad.
Around 11 million Filipinos are working abroad. This represents around 11%, of the total population of the Philippines, which is now at [...]

Of Chickenpox, Isolation and Solitude

The dreaded chickenpox appeared all over my body, covering me like Venom’s dark alien suit. I felt bad. Weak and ill. And itchy all over. When I arrived home at Quezon City, the verdict came like a clanging metal door shutting me out of the civilized world. ISOLATION!