Skyline
College/North San Mateo County Oral History Archives, Skyline
College Library
Student project for LSCI 110
– Digital Oral Research Project, Skyline College
Ester Baldovino
Click here to read the
research essay, Filipino Life, Struggle, and Success,
by Jose Prieto
Click on the links below to hear audio segments from an April
8, 2007 interview by Jose Prieto
with Ester Baldovino, who came to
the
Ester Baldovino
Table of Contents:
1. Who she is
2. Why she came to the U.S.A
3. How she got to
the U.S, where she stayed, and her view about America.
4. Ester
Baldovino moves from Chicago, Illinois to San Bruno, California.
5. She wanted
to be an Artist.
6. A little
about her and her plans
7. Her message
to the Filipino teens living in the Philippines and in the U.S.
What is your name? (21.7kb, 2sec)
Where were you
born? (51.3kb, 6sec)
When did you first come to America? (45.4kb,
5sec)
What was the reason you left the Philippines?
(982kb, 2:05min)
Map of the United
States
How she got to the
U.S, where she stayed, and her view about America
What form of transportation did you take?
(39kb, 4sec)
What state did you go to first when you came to America?
(51.5kb, 6sec)
Did you have family in the United States before you came?
(213kb, 27sec)
What was your view about America when you still lived in
the Philippines? (700kb, 1:29min)
Did your views
change about America? (1.06mb, 2:19min)
American Airlines planes
Ester Baldovino
moves from Chicago, Illinois to San Bruno, California
Ester Baldovino is given a better job offer
so she takes it.
What is
your occupation? (68kb, 8sec)
California
Did
you go to school here? (256kb, 32 sec)
Artist
A little about her
and her plans
Are you married? (95.2kb, 12sec)
Do you rent or live in your own home? (28.6,
3sec)
Do you still go back and visit the Philippines?
(199kb, 25sec)
When its time for you to retire, where do you want to
live? (96.6kb, 12sec)
Her message to the Filipino
teens living in the Philippines and in the U.S.
Do you have a message for the young Filipinos living in
the Philippines. (138kb, 17sec)
Do you have a message for the young Filipinos living in
the United States. (339kb, 43sec)
Quezon, Quezon: http://www.answers.com/topic/quezon-quezon
Map of the
American Airlines Airplane: http://www.rachelleb.com/images/2006_05_15/planes.jpg
The
Artist: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~tab/artist/the-artist.jpg
Bubble: http://www.boingboing.net/_01Independent-Projects_03Speech-Bubbles_Bubble.jpg
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audio files may be played with Windows Media Player or Real
Player.
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Player, click here.
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last revised: 5-30-07
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
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