A Pinoy in Korea

Wednesday, 31 December 2025

FORGETTING GAT ANDRES AND LOLO JOSE: AN ESSAY ON VICTORIAS CITY'S POOR MEMORY AND ITS NEGLECT OF THE REAL HEROES

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On November 30, 2025, Bonifacio Day, while the rest of the country was celebrating the hero, Victorias City was just busy trimming its Chris...
Saturday, 18 October 2025

VICTORIAS TOWN HISTORY: THE TOWN COUNCILORS AT THE WAKE OF DON FELIX MONTINOLA

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On the previous post, I talked about the photograph of the wake of Don Felix Montinola on the second floor of municipio that he helped build...
Thursday, 25 September 2025

SEPTEMBER 25, 1949: THE WAKE OF DON FELIX L. MONTINOLA AT THE AYUNTAMIENTO OF VICTORIAS TOWN

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On September 25, 1949, Don Felix L. Montinola, who was the 9th mayor of Victorias from 1934 to 1940, died peacefully in his home in Victoria...
Friday, 22 August 2025

History That You Can Touch: 1811 Mexican Reales Coin used in the Philippines during the Spanish Period

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I wonder if this coin is the oldest one in town. In my blog about my 1821 Mexican reales coin (read blog here) , I referenced to the histor...
Wednesday, 6 August 2025

Our 50-Year Old Uway Baskets

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Back in the 1970s, my father, who worked at the local branch of PNB, was gifted by his client with this uway basket with an attached cover....
Monday, 30 June 2025

Philippine Elections 2025: A Letter to a Mayor-Elect

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Days before he is sworn in as our City's new mayor, I wrote a letter to the mayor-elect to teach him a few lessons on how to be one.    ...
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...
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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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