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In the English class lecture I read a poem written by Kevin Nadal called Ikaw. This poem was focused on Filipino history and experiences when they were colonized by Spain, United States of America and when Filipino came to the U.S looking for a better life. “You called me a negrito when you invaded my country”. In this quote it shows how Filipino people were beaten and mistreated even they were in their proper land. Only unmoral people can prey on the weak. It shows how Filipinos who fought in the World War II weren’t recognized by their efforts such as Philip Vera Cruz and Joseph Ileto. “Life is all right in American, if you’re a White in America”, even though 2.4 million pinoys and pinays died and fought for that country, they were excluded to live as Whites in that dream. It really shows the oppression that the first Filipino immigrants came to the U.S.

Basically the author wanted to transmit his emotions for those Americans who mistreated Filipinos in the Philippines and Filipino who went in the U.S. He expressed all those unfair treatments that they did to the Filipino community. He extracted all those negative emotions where he felt really sad and bad. I felt the madness and sadness in his writing. By reading I could feel if I were a Filipino in that moment. I learned about Filipino role with the U.S and how they were treated. I always thought that the U.S people really helped Philippines, but in the other side there was a darkness that I never knew since I read this.

This poem was really interesting because the author really transmitted his emotions and I felt identified to it because of being Filipino. Even the message of his madness and sadness was not for me I encouraged to treat the people around me with kindness and showing respect to them. 

MABUHAY PILIPINAS!

My first Blog

My name is Edel Patrick Cabradilla and this is my first blog that I am going to write about my instance in my community Bayan. In the beginning of the semester we talked about identity by reading Latterel's 3 assumptions and Tatum's essay. I learned more about my own identity, but still don't know myself deeply. My English and Personal Development classes are really interesting because we interact and help to each other while learning new stuffs. I am meeting more friends and they are really kind. I noticed that in my Bayan community classes, both classes finished faster than i had expected. That's a good sign that I am really enjoying and that I am interested in both classes. In my second semester as a senior in High School, I usually get bored in my classes because of the teacher's lecture was really bad and boring. Reading about Filipino American psychology really helps me to know about them even I am Filipino of 1.5 generation.

Presenting myself, I was raised and grew up in Philippines. My family moved to Spain when I was 8 years old. There is a lot of Filipinos in Barcelona. In 2003 a close friend introduced me to play basketball in a club and I played basketball for more than 6 years. I studied and worked hard to learn Spanish and catalan as soon as possible. I noticed that my writing were not good so I focused in my Math classes and I considered that I can do it. I spent approximately 9 years in Barcelona and I feel it as at home. In October 26th I arrived in San Diego. It was really different from Spain. Sincerely I prefer Barcelona than San Diego, but my parents decided to live here. The one thing that I can do is to acculturate and to work hard. In that ways I can learn and improve my oral and writing skills in English.

I hope that who visited my blog had enjoyed reading "my first blog" and  I am inviting you for my next blog that I will post.