Scherwin Nubla was US born but when he grew up he and his family moved back to the Philippines for a couple years. Spending his childhood there. It was a pleasure to interview him and get a real persons view on his experience of growing up in the Philippines and coming to the US.
When deciding who I wanted to choose for this interview it was a no-brainer. I chose my mom because I knew I was going to get a great interview experience. I knew she wouldn't be shy or hesitate to say anything or hold back from saying anything to me because I'm her son. when interviewing my Mom (Lourdes) I thought i was going to get a lot of nostalgia and homesickness type stories, but instead I got a lot of talk about living the American dream and how the States is her home.
Table of Contents
1. Intro/Growing Up In The Philippines/Expectations/Moving To America
2. Living Situations/First Impressions/Leaving Friends/Education
3. Talking With an Accent/Keeping Contact With Friends/Coming Back
4. Difference Between Filipino & Fil-Am/Closing
Part 1
(My Dad, My Mom, and Me on Christmas eve of 2013)
(My Mom with my Lolo and her brothers and sisters)
My friend, Maria Geneva Reyes, was brought to America from the Philippines during her early childhood. When Geneva first arrived she had to adjust to the new life she had here. During our interview, I asked questions that were used to compare the experiences Geneva had to the many other stories of Filipino immigrants. She told me about the interesting stories that took place when she first came here and it also helped me create a closer bond with Geneva during the interview.
Geneva (left) with her boss
Table of Contents
1.) Somewhere New
2.) Adjusting to America
3.) Homesickness
Part 1: Somewhere New - The beginning of the interview
Geneva as a baby
Part 2 - Adjusting to America
The experiences that Geneva felt during the beginning of her time here
First time Geneva's cousins visited her nine years after the move
Annabelle hanging out with her dogs in her neighborhood
I had the pleasure of interviewing Annabelle Cabeza. She was born in Manila, Philippines. Annabelle grew up in the district called Sampaloc where the Malacañang Palace is located. This is interesting to me because the Malacañang Palace is where the Philippine president did his work. With her family (excluding her oldest sister), Annabelle moved to the United States in 1979 when she was 12 years old. Moving to the U.S. at such a young age for Annabelle was not a bad experience. She didn't expect much of how it was going to be like in the in the U.S. and this mentality help her have a pleasant experience with living growing up in America. Even though Annabelle did experience some hardships with living in America she was able to push through those challenges in order to reach her goals.
Videos
I. Family Background II. Leaving the Philippines III. Settling in the U.S.
IV. Life in the U.S. V. Being Filipino in the U.S. VI. Reflections I. Intro/ Family Background
Annabelle gives a brief description about herself and shares some of her stories of what it was like growing in the Philippines with her family and friends.
II. Leaving the Philippines
Annabelle explains the process of how her family migrated United States and why her parents wanted to come to the United States.
III. Settling in the U.S.
Annabelle talk about the first time she stepped foot in America and her intial experience with settling in the U.S.
IV. Life in the U.S. Annabelle shares her hardships with going to school in the U.S.
V. Being Filipino in the U.S. Annabelle talks about how she was able to maintain her Filipino culture even though she grew up in the U.S.
VI. Reflections Annabelle shares her reflections about leaving to the Philippines to live in the U.S. and what she would not or would change about moving.
The person I ended up interviewing was my co-worker Carissa Lexina. She
told me about her life migrating to the U.S at the age of 8 to live with
her grandparents and her mom, who had migrated 3 years prior to her.
She told me about how she had hardship of not knowing English when she
first arrived in the U.S and how she adjusted to the new rules that are
very different than the Philippines rules.
In this next part of our interview me and Carissa talked about how life in the U.S differs from that of what she lived back in the Philippines. She told me how she misses her family back there and last time she visited was about 4 years ago. we also talk about if she would ever move back or move to any other country rather than the U.S.
After completing the interview i realized how different it really could be for someone to move to whole a whole new country and having to learn a different way of life than they are accustomed to. Even though Carissa misses the Philippines she would not go back because she is already used to the way things are done in America.
I chose to interview my aunt, Lea Godoy, who currently lives in Seattle, Washington with my dad and five kids because I really don't know much about her life and interviewing her was a great opportunity to do so. Throughout the interview I learned so much about her life from her childhood in the Philippines to immigrating to the United States with her parents. Plus asking her opinions on how she felt from living the Philippines compared to living in the U.S. and other topics.
Table of Contents:
1) Segment 1 - Life in the Philippines
2) Segment 2 - Time in the United States
3) Segment 3 - Life in the Philippines vs. Life in the U.S.
4) Photos
Segment 1 - Life in the Philippines
My aunt tells me about her childhood when she was living in the Philippines.
Segment 2 - Time in the United States
She then continues to talk about her experiences in the United States from when she immigrated to having her children.
Segment 3 - Life in the Philippines vs. Life in the U.S.
In this final segment she compares both of her lives in the Philippines and the U.S.
Photos:
Lea and my dad (Benjamin Ferrer, sitting down beside her)
Lea with some of her relatives
Her and her kids who are also my half-siblings
Back - Jordan, Right: Jazlyn and Joseph, Left: Joshua and Justin
My interviewee Lefie Stridiron is a Filipina immigrant who immigrated here in the United States in 2007. In this interview, she reveals her personal background and reasons on why she chose to live her "homeland" to make a living here in America
Table of Contents
1. Background
2. Life in the United States
3. Reflections
Background
Lefie Tells her story from how she received a full-ride scholarship, into establishing herself as a director of her own school.
2. Life In The United States
Interestingly, Lefie didn't feel alienated as much as expected before she came here in the United States.
3. Reflections
Lefie stated that the American dream is achievable as long as you work hard for it and do what you have to do.
