when i went back to the motherland. my parents like a lot of others who immigrated here didnt care to teach us tagalog.

my building in washington heights was mostly filipino, odd i know. but the rest of the neighborhood is domnican and jewish.

now none of my cousins born here know so much as a curse word. im okay. better when im drunk. but i can get by in the philippines. ive alwasy had cousins nearby (my pops has 21 kapatids, not all the same mother) so i always identified with being filipino. i love going back. ive been back only 3 times. love it everytime. not sure i can live there for more then a year but i do love it there. so yeah i identify