Skyline
College/North San Mateo County Oral History Archives, Skyline College Library
Student project for LSCI 110 – Digital Oral
Research Project, Skyline College
Becoming One of Us: Sarah Barbo
Click on the links
below to hear audio segments from an April
2012 interview by Misza Cruz with Sarah Barbo, who shares her experience coming
from the Philippines at the age of 10 and to show how she is assimilated into
America.
Table of Contents:
1. Life
Before the U.S.
2. Feelings about Coming Here
3. Not Like the Movies
4. Lots of Filipinos
5. Differences between Homeland
and U.S.
6. Fil-Ams VS. Filipinos
7. Assimilation
8. Nostalgia & Homesickness
9. Going Back
10. Remembering Traditions
11. Appearance
12. Returning
13. Neglect
14. Obligation
15. Betrayal
16. Would Have Stayed
17. American Dream
18. Similar Views
Segment 1
Life Before
the U.S. (0:00-1:01)
Sarah talks about how her life was in the
Philippines.
Teaching Sarah how to ride a bike
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Segment 2
Feelings about Coming Here (1.01-1.43)
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Segment 3
Not Like the
Movies (1.43-2.46)
Description of segment 3 audio or video
Houses in the Movies
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Segment 4
Lots of Filipinos (2.46-3.01)
Description of segment 4 audio or video
Serramonte Mall has many Filipinos
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Segment 5
Differences
Between the Homeland and the U.S. (3.01-3.54)
Description of segment 5 audio or video
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Segment 6
Fil-Ams VS.
Filipinos (3.54-5.49)
Description of segment 6 audio or video
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Segment 7
Assimilation (5.49-6.16
Description of segment 7 audio or video
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Segment 8
Nostalgia &
Homesickness (6.16-6.40)
Description of segment 8 audio or video
Being with family from the Philippines makes Sarah nostalgic
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Segment 9 (6.40-7.14)
Going Back
Description of segment 9 audio or video
Sarah Going Back Home for a Visit
Segment 10 (7.14-7.31)
Remembering
Traditions
Description
of Segment 10 audio or video
Sarah’s Debut in the Philippines
Segment 11
(7.31-8.12)
Appearance
Segment 12 (8.12-8.39)
Returning
Sarah returning
home
Segment 13 (8.12-8.39)
Neglect
Sarah looks
away
Segment 14 (9.28-10.20)
Obligation
Segment 15 (10.20-11.56)
Betrayal
Segment 16 (11.56-13.01)
Would
Have Stayed
Sarah now has
this as a tattoo on her wrist
Segment 17 (13.01-14.35)
American
Dream
Graduation at
SSFHS in ‘08
Segment 18 (14.35-15.15)
Similar
Views
Sarah shares same views with other classmates in her Filipino Class
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Image sources:
Feelings about Coming Here: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=from+philippines+to+usa&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1075&bih=652&tbm=isch&tbnid=Yf2m-Zx76xSxaM:&imgrefurl=http://travelerparadise.blogspot.com/2011/07/philippines-will-not-buy-second-hand.html&docid=tLmEasdG4TwXqM&imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QZI-9pMBJbs/ThHSoruNE9I/AAAAAAAADno/U4Zp83tEkEE/s1600/The%25252BPhilippines%25252Bwill%25252Bnot%25252Bbuy%25252Bsecond%25252Bhand%25252Bnaval%25252Bequipment%25252Bfrom%25252Bthe%25252BUSA-781986.jpg&w=1600&h=1028&ei=0la6T66SLefOiAK3ztCeBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=99&vpy=193&dur=259&hovh=180&hovw=280&tx=161&ty=90&sig=109830176503577179891&page=2&tbnh=101&tbnw=157&start=15&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:15,i:108
Philippine Squaters: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.asiaamerica.org/gallery/may2010/squatters2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.asiaamerica.org/gallery/may2010.html&h=288&w=432&sz=53&tbnid=47HSrqmnPFal7M:&tbnh=90&tbnw=135&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dphilippines%2Bsquatters%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=philippines+squatters&docid=qMLPt1c7g0yyAM&sa=X&ei=vVi6T5TcHojbiAKA_LiCBw&ved=0CF8Q9QEwAA&dur=4187
Betrayal: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=betrayal&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&biw=1024&bih=595&tbm=isch&tbnid=FJyMdgjSVTjEAM:&imgrefurl=http://www.nanakasha.com/betrayal/betrayal/&docid=EZTmhhwRhSlvKM&imgurl=http://www.nanakasha.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/betrayal.jpg&w=3027&h=2299&ei=dmq6T6KAFK3SiAKDw5zvBg&zoom=1
Balikbayan Box: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=balikbayan+boxes&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&biw=1024&bih=595&tbm=isch&tbnid=E033dKy9_aK0JM:&imgrefurl=http://zaraalexis.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/all-things-asian-event-post-04-03-2012-a-tiny-snippet-of-tagalog/&docid=Dip6CQ1F2y6jSM&imgurl=http://zaraalexis.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/balikbayan-box.jpg&w=300&h=225&ei=pGq6T4zvD6eTiALZpemdBw&zoom=1
Serramonte Mall: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=serramonte+mall&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&biw=1024&bih=595&tbm=isch&tbnid=DbOTVS1zn-8teM:&imgrefurl=http://www.bigmallrat.com/shopping-malls/cities/daly-city/serramonte-mall.html&docid=nnejqPhKTQeJkM&imgurl=http://www.bigmallrat.com/shopping-malls/cities/daly-city/serramonte-mall-center.jpg&w=320&h=240&ei=1Gq6T9W1B-GWiQKMiqSCBw&zoom=1
last revised: 5-21-12
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.
All commercial rights are reserved. To contact the coordinator, or send
comments or suggestions, email: Eric Brenner at brenner@smccd.edu
