Reflections of a Filipino Expat Child

Living all over the world and spending a majority of my life without one of my parents was quite complicated. I’ve often found that I don’t quite fit in anywhere just because of the situation I grew up in. When someone asks me where I’m from or where I grew up, I always have a hard time answering. I find myself feeling slightly envious when I hear my friends talking about their childhood homes or their memories of the town they grew up in because when I think about my childhood, there isn’t one place that I identify as my home. I find that because my parents and I lived in so many places, home is a word that means something very different to me than it does to everyone else. My name is Katy and I am a child in a Filipino expat family. And I know first hand how difficult a situation this can be....Read More>

A Wide Range of Possible Diagnosis
From: Aris, (Philippines) Nov. 10, 2009

Magandang araw po doc. Tanung ko lang po sana bakit po kaya laging sumasakit mga laman ko lalo na pagising sa umaga. Tapos matagal na po akong may nga kulani sa ibat ibang parte ng katawan....Read More>>

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Problema Sa Balat
From: Bing, (Thailand) Nov.3, 2009

Magandang araw po. Two weeks pa lang po ang anak ko. May mga butlig-butlig po siya sa mukha at sa katawan, para pong mga pimples. Paano po matatanggal yon.....Read More>>

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Weight Loss Program
From: Rose, (Philippines) Nov. 3, 2009

PAANO MAGPAPAYAT NA NATURAL?....Read More>>

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Vertigo or Low BP
From: Mikhail (Malaysia) Nov. 15, 2009

Hi doc tanung ko lang po kung ano ang gamot sa palaging masakit ang ulo at naikot ang paligid. Magdadalawang buwan na po kasi akung ganito, mababa din po ang bp ko... Read More>>

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Spousal Emotional Abuse
From: Mrs. B. (Philippines) Nov. 3, 2009, 2009

Isa lang po ako sa napakaraming babae na emotionally abuse ng mga asawa nila. Minsan gusto ko ng makipaghiwalay tutal isa lang naman ang anak namin at may trabaho naman ako at isa pa hindi kami kasal. Kaya lang may natatakot akong nararamdaman kapag ginawa ko un na baka magpakamatay ang asawa ko or pabayaan niya ang kanyang sarili....Read More>>