Going back to the hood

Sa Pilipinas my mom lives only thirty slippers away from the ocean. Living here (in the U.S) is cool, but where’s my damn ocean across the street? I don’t see any exotic plants or fruit bats waiting for me as I walk home from school, pastilan boanga’.

I plan on going back there this year to bring my mom back home because she just had a stroke. Filipinos, at least the one’s I know, don’t like the idea of placing their parents in “homes for the aged.” I’ve seen people on TV bring stray dogs inside from the rain and throw their elderly in “old folk’s homes.” Make use of your pets AND your lolos and lolas by having them make puppy adobo.

Maligayang kaarawan mama!