At least once a year I get these ‘urges’ (if you may) to write. And yes! I am currently having that ’urge’. Thoughts just keep on running through my mind and obviously I can’t stop ‘them’. So I decided to write…again.

Prolegomena. (Here’s an SAT word for you.) A preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.

*I’m not actually writing a book, but close enough.

A FOB-ulous Life Of a Pinay. For those of you who still don’t know what exactly a FOB (fresh off the boat) is. Well you can see it in two ways;

Yin (bad): The term “FOB” has been used with offensive intent, often to those with a foreign accent or ethnic style of dressing. Depending on the person’s attitude to the culture in question, he or she may or may not take offense at these statements. The term may also be used by people who themselves were immigrants years ago, in a way turning the insult once hurled at them onto the new arrivals, and in so doing emphasizing their own progress in assimilation or improved language skills.+

Yang (good): The term “FOB” is also used in a less offensive way of describing Asian American youths, as well as those in Australia and other countries that display contemporary East Asian youth cultures. This behavior is part of a new trend of Asian American teens displaying their modern cultural roots (like listening to Asian music and watching Asian movies) rather than conform to mainstream Western culture. Thus the term “Fob” is used in a social context to describe a particular clique or subculture of teens. A few modern day “Fobs” may actually be American-, Australian-, etc, born Asians. +

+Wikipedia+

I see it NOT as an insult and also NOT as a compliment. It just applies to me and to millions of immigrants all over the world; but, shouldn’t it be FOP (Fresh off the Plane)?

…and there’s one of my attempts to joke.

Seriously, though. Who still rides a boat to migrate to another country? Well, okay there’s still probably one somewhere and FOB does sound better than FOP. So FOB it is.

So this is going to be about a pinay, and that pinay would be ME;”my journey through life” in this “oh-so-big” place (Sacramento, Califorina, USA, or wherever my financial benefactors lead me). (…and I joke again!)

In the future…

‘Disclaimer’: everything stated here, unless noted, are solely my opinions about random ‘stuff’. A FOB-ulous Life Of a pinay. Is not meant to offend anybody in any shape or form. And if I do, pls. comment me.

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MOST importantly… this is all for me. I am not trying to impress anyone. I know at some point i will sound arrogant/pretentious/know-it-all/conceited and all that stuff, just don’t get me wrong.