Tupig From Tarlac

Tupig From Tarlac

A sweet, sticky rice snack is part and parcel of the author’s memory of her hometown.

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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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My Lolo’s House

My Lolo’s House

The author remembers a crowded multifamily home, where fertility was never a problem.

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In Search of the Cupang I Used to Know

In Search of the Cupang I Used to Know

They say you can never go home again, but writer Ed Maranan has kept going back to his hometown of Cupang, Batangas since the 1950s.

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Ballesteros on My Mind

Ballesteros on My Mind

A former resident of this small town in Luzon waxes nostalgic about a childhood full of unforgettable experiences and cherished memories.

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