Skyline College/North San Mateo County Oral History Archives, Skyline College Library
Student project for LSCI 110 – Digital Oral Research Project, Skyline College

Delailah Batac

Click on the links below to see video segments from an April 2012 interview by Maryann Alferez with Delailah Batac

who overcomes homesickness by using various different remedies.

Delailah and her husband, Rolex, in their very own home in the Philippines.

Table of Contents:
1. Segment 1: Introduction
2. Segment 2: Coming to America

3. Segment 3: First Year

4. Segment 4: Differences

5. Segment 5: Home?

6. Segment 6: Reactions

7. Segment 7: Finding Jobs

8. Segment 8: Adjusting

9. Segment 9: Homesickness

Segment 1
Introduction
Introduction to life back home in the PI.

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Segment 2
Coming to America
When and why Delailah came to America.

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Segment 3
First Year
What Delailah’s first year in the US was like.

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Segment 4
Differences
The significant differences between the US and PI in Delailah’s perspective.

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Segment 5
Home?
What Delailah considers to be home.

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Segment 6
Reactions
What Delailah’s elder relatives thought about her and her family moving away as well as helping them.

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Segment 7
Finding Jobs
Her experience with finding jobs in America.

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Segment 8
Adjusting
The difficulties of adjusting to the American lifestyle.

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Segment 9
Homesickness
Delailah talks about how she deals with feeling homesick.

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last revised: 5-18-12
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
These materials may be used for educational purposes. North San Mateo County Oral History Archives, Skyline College Library.
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