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What Asians Listen To
Someone left an anonymous comment on my other blog last week, saying (in all caps) “HIP HOP IS THE VOICE OF THE FILIPINO AMERICAN YOUTH HAHAHAHA.” I wasn’t sure what the person was specifically writing about, but it reflected, probably fairly accurately, what many Pinoys in my generation listen to.
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Hello My Name Is
I’m Benito M. Vergara, Jr. (Sunny Vergara to everyone who knows me) and I’m thrilled to be a new blogger for Asianweek.com.
Since this is my first post, I might as well introduce myself: I’ve dabbled in newspaper writing in different capacities for almost two decades, writing for my high school and college newspapers back in my hometown of Los Banos in the Philippines, plus an internship at Philippine News in the mid-’90s. I’ve also been blogging as The Wily Filipino for almost five years now, and this new blog for Asianweek.com is an exciting opportunity to combine these two areas of experience. I have also been a teacher in different places all over the San Francisco Bay Area, and — here comes the confession — I am also something of a music and movie nerd. Continue reading…