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

 One Big File of Life: Leopoldo Hosalla

Click here to read to read the research essay, “One Big File of Life”, by Raz Quema

Click on the links below to hear audio segments from an April 2007 interview by Raz Quema
with Leopoldo Hosalla, who is my beloved grandfather.

Hosalla Sr., Jr., and III

 

Table of Contents:
1.  Intro (Background)
2.  Experiences in profession

3.  Feelings of having that profession

4.  Working in the U.S.

5.  Title Comparing work in the U.S. and in P.I.

6.  Lifestyle in the U.S.

7.  Being immigrant to citizen

8. Comparing U.S. and P.I. as a country

9.      Education background

10. Comparing education in U.S. and in P.I.

11. Option to bring whole family here in the U.S. and to send the young ones to school here in the U.S. as well

12. Closing statements

13. Thanks and last words/comments

 

 

Segment 1
Intro (4.22 MB Click for Audio)
Talked about background and profession

 

 



My grandsons, granddaughters and great grandson and daughters 06’

 

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Segment 2
Experience in profession (1.4 MB Click for Audio File)
Talked about his experiences from his profession

 

 

 

Grandsons and daughters



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Segment 3
Feeling (1.2 MB Click here for audio file)
Talked about his feeling with his profession

 

 

My jewels

 

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Segment 4
Work in the U.S (1.3 MB Click here for audio file)
Talked about the work he did when he moved here in the U.S. 

 

 

My jewels 2

 

 



 

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Segment 5
Compare (1.3 MB Click here for audio file)
Comparing work in P.I. and in U.S.

 

 

 

My jewels 3

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Segment 6
Lifestyle (864 KB Click here for audio files)
Talked about his lifestyle here in the U.S.

 

 

 

My jewels 4

 

 

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Segment 7
Immigrant/ Citizen (3.7 MB Click for audio file)
Talked about deciding to be a citizen

 

 

My twelve children

 

 

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Segment 8
Compare (3.7 MB Click here for audio file)
Comparing P.I. and U.S.

 

 

 

My beautiful wife and me

 

 

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Segment 9
Education Background (3.9 MB Click here for audio file)
Talked about his education background

 

 

 

Mi familia 01’

 

 

Segment 10

Compare (2.3 MB Click here for audio)

Comparing education in P.I. and in the U.S.

 

Segment 11

Option (1.5 MB Click here for audio)

 

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Segment 12

Closing (1.3 MB Click here for audio)

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Segment 13

Thanks (1.7 MB Click here for audio)

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Last revised: 5-30-07
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
These materials may be used for educational purposes if you inform and credit the author and cite the source as: 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.net