A while back, I had written ten things about Saipan. My family and I have been residing on the said island for 90 days and since then I’ve made several observations: Climate is the most obvious difference. My husband is Virginia born and bred. I myself have lived there for over 6 years. So we have experienced and enjoyed...
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That’s the number of days since I last posted on Home and Bahay! Many things have transpired since then. Moving to the other side of the world is one of them. Yes, we safely made it to Saipan! I am just loving the fact that our little family is together again. Island life, in so many ways, is not so different from the States...
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I said “Goodbye” to Saipan in 2003. But as you read this, our plane will probably be flying over the pacific ocean headed back to that tiny island. It was almost a decade ago when I first landed on US soil. I arrived dreamy-eyed yet determined to seek a good Bible college education. I was full of dreams and...
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“Grandparents Day” is not until September. But I am thinking of my baby’s grandparents. And my own. Thinking about how they have impacted my life. And the blessing of my daughter’s own grandparents love and care for her. Thinking of their delight at seeing her and being with her. Remembering their sorrow...
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Since I often have Saipan, Northen Marianas Island in the forefront of my thinking lately, I wanted to share with you a quick list. If you didn’t know…. Saipan is 3/4 of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines The locals are called Chamorro not “Saipanese” Length? If you run from one side to the...
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From Daddy: (A blog post for family far away from the tiny island of Saipan) This is how we celebrated Christmas and New Year’s Holiday! After church on Christmas Sunday, I had Noche Buena with your Tita’s house. I had a great time with them. We had quite a bit of food to celebrate Christmas time...
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It has been 4 months to be exact since my husband left for his teaching job in the Marianas. I gotta tell ya! The longer it is taking for us to be together again…the harder it gets. I feel for military wives whose husband’s are away except they probably have it worse. I don’t have to fear for my husband being...
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I cut my husband’s hair (with clippers)…. because I can’t cut it with scissors because it’s cheap to do it myself because he likes the way I cut it He has gorgeous dark brown hair with some reddish highlights. I’ve always envied his curly hair that doesn’t really reach its full...
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In case you may be wondering. These are three of the major tasks occupying most of my time. Taking care of my baby girl. Organizing & Packing (for our move to Saipan) Reading Books (from this list and more) I have not yet completely fallen off the face of the earth but very nearly (in the blogging world). I do have some...
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If there is a Filipino restaurant I patronize here in Jacksonville, FL… it would be today’s Pinoy Stuff feature: Tita Miles Kitchen and Bakery First let me tell you the story of how I came upon Tita Miles Kitchen… My young cousin T and I went out one Saturday in October to go to a Filipino Festival downtown (an...
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Today’s Filipino-owned business feature is by far the largest Filipino store I have been to in Jacksonville FL: Maharlika! This is Ed Castillo. Very nice guy. He and his wife, Diane Castillo, manage and own this ginormous store. . It is about 3 times the size of Manila Jax. . . . They have some of these… Instant...
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9 Days into my Filipino Culture series! I’d like to take Sundays to feature stores that provide Filipino products. I currently reside in Jacksonville, FL and I have been scouting town for some of my fellow Pinoy’s businesses… Today’s feature is Manila Jax. My family and I have been going to this store for...
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This has been the major whirlwind Home and Bahay family has been going through…. Alright maybe not quite the way the headline implies… Sorry for the suspense. We have been doing a lot of this… You see, my hubs, Mr. Home accepted a teaching job in the Northern Mariana Island, last month. That is the...
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Today is the first area attraction review from Home and Bahay. I plan to do an area attraction review once a month. Okey first of all I did have pictures of us in these places but our other computer is withholding evidence and carried them to its grave J Yea the laptop died on us and we didn’t get the pictures out of it. So...
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Hi! My name is Chelo. I'm Filipina by birth and American by marriage. This here is my little Fil-Am fam. Salamat for taking time to visit my online space. Be sure to drop me a line because...
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