A Pinoy in Korea

Friday, 9 May 2025

Throwback Blog: THE 2002 CLORETS URBAN HUNT

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One workday morning in early April 2002, Remy, my classmate at Alliance Francaise de Manille, the cultural arm of the French Embassy where w...
Monday, 24 March 2025

My Mother's La Familia Sagrada Carved in Wood

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I noticed a small wooden sculpture of the Holy Family that was gathering dust at my mother's altar in her old room. I took it out, clean...
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Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Shedding a Tear for a Shed

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On January 27, 2025, I told the Sangguniang Panlungsod to prioritize building and improving the waiting sheds in Victorias. The waiting shed...
Thursday, 6 March 2025

Pope Francis and My Letters to City Hall

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  As Pope Francis said, "A good Catholic meddles in politics offering the best of himself so that who govern can govern well." So ...
Friday, 28 February 2025

Chicken Biryani, White Pasta, and The Freshest Ingredients @ Missy's Restaurant Herbs and Spices

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(A weekend scene at the bulantihan in Victorias City) In my Dongdaemun neighborhood in Seoul, I was lucky that the biggest fruit and vegetab...
Monday, 24 February 2025

Victorias Milling Company History: Don Carlos L. Locsin, Doña Salud Montinola and Company

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These two black-and-white photographs did not have any date or annotation. After examining, I realized that what was written at the back wer...
Sunday, 22 December 2024

Once a Binibini, Always a Binibini: Aida Margarita Gaerlan - Tomassini

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Six months ago, I watched the introduction of the 2024 Binibining Pilipinas (video below) when I noticed a familiar face in a photo they use...
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Alphonse
I am just one of the 60,000 Filipinos in South Korea, making my way around Seoul and the rest of the Korean peninsula, riding the subway trains, buses, cars, planes and ferry boats, or while making my way to work, to home or just moving around South Korea (the Philippines and some other countries) trying to see places, meet people and friends, taste delicacies and experience the life in this interesting country...my life as a Pinoy in Korea. If you have a question to ask, a note to drop or a story to share, my email address: survivingseoul@yahooDOTcom ©apinoyinkorea.blogspot.com All rights reserved.
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