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Golja describes growing up in Queens and having everything in walking distance, going to the park to play sports, and having many friends nearby. In Elmhurst a majority of his friends were Filipino, but he also had friends who were Chinese, Indian, or Spanish speakers, and he was able to experience many cultures and foods first hand. He talks about the dialects of the Philippines, and while he knows simple words and phrases in Tagalog, he can speak Ilonggo much better – which is the dialect his family speaks. He really started to appreciate his heritage and Filipino culture after he got back from college and was living with FilAm roommates, they would cook Filipino food like arroz caldo and adobo, and he reconnected with the friends he grew up with.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eGolja is a founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.projectbarkada.org/)\"\u003eProject Barkada\u003c/a\u003e -“Barkada” means a group of friends in Tagalog. He describes the origins of Project Barkada and how their mission solidified during the Spring of 2020 Covid-19 pandemic as a way to help those in the community most at risk, by working with local businesses to get food and drinks to front line healthcare providers and people in need. He talks about logistics, partners, and places that helped to form Project Barkada, and how they eventually brought this citywide project back to the “Little Manila” neighborhood on Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, Queens.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCC BY-NC-SA Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source Metadata URI"]},"value":{"en":["http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/search/browse/38934"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Joey Golja (Interviewee)","Rosalind Tordesillas (Interviewer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source"]},"value":{"en":["Interview recorded as part of the Queens Memory Podcast's 3rd Season: Our Major Minor Voices."]}},{"label":{"en":["Coverage"]},"value":{"en":["1980s-2021 (temporal)","Woodside, Flushing and Astoria, Queens, NY (spatial)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummary of Full Interview\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJoey Golja was born and raised in Astoria and Elmhurst, Queens. He discusses how his mom\u0026rsquo;s side of the family came to the US from the Philippines, starting with his uncle who was a merchant marine, then his lola (grandmother), followed by his aunts and uncles. Golja describes growing up in Queens and having everything in walking distance, going to the park to play sports, and having many friends nearby. In Elmhurst a majority of his friends were Filipino, but he also had friends who were Chinese, Indian, or Spanish speakers, and he was able to experience many cultures and foods first hand. He talks about the dialects of the Philippines, and while he knows simple words and phrases in Tagalog, he can speak Ilonggo much better \u0026ndash; which is the dialect his family speaks. He really started to appreciate his heritage and Filipino culture after he got back from college and was living with FilAm roommates, they would cook Filipino food like arroz caldo and adobo, and he reconnected with the friends he grew up with.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eGolja is a founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.projectbarkada.org/)\"\u003eProject Barkada\u003c/a\u003e -\u0026ldquo;Barkada\u0026rdquo; means a group of friends in Tagalog. He describes the origins of Project Barkada and how their mission solidified during the Spring of 2020 Covid-19 pandemic as a way to help those in the community most at risk, by working with local businesses to get food and drinks to front line healthcare providers and people in need. He talks about logistics, partners, and places that helped to form Project Barkada, and how they eventually brought this citywide project back to the \u0026ldquo;Little Manila\u0026rdquo; neighborhood on Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, Queens.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCC BY-NC-SA Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},"provider":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["Queens Public Library"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["Queens Public Library"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/010/original/Aviary_QPLlogo_192x192.png?1578574261","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/public/images/audio-default.png","type":"Image","format":"image/png"}],"items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 1 - Golja-Joey-20211231-full.mp3"]},"duration":3863.232,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/public/images/audio-default.png","type":"Image","format":"image/png"}],"items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-queenslibrary.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/165/370/original/Golja-Joey-20211231-full.mp3?1661186090","type":"Audio","format":"audio/mpeg","duration":3863.232,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Full Transcript [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So, um, can we start off with, um, you telling me about your connection to Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=0.0,8.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah, so, I mean, I was, I'm born and raised in Queens and, uh, you know, I've pretty much lived here my whole life. I've moved to different states. I've moved to a different country and somehow found my way back to Queens. And, uh, like I said, you know, I grew up here. I grew up in, uh, Astoria, uh, but I also was able to grow up in Elmhurst. Um, like I told you before my Lola played a big part in, uh, raising me. So she lived in Elmhurst. I grew in Astoria. And, you know, since Queens is a very diverse, you know, borough, I was able to experience a lot of cultures in my upbringing, you know, cuz Astoria was primarily very Italian, Greek, European, and then Elmhurst was very Asian, Filipino, Chinese, you know, Indian and like, you know, I got to experience both sides, all, all cultures, you know, as like a culture shock growing up.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=8.0,70.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Sorry if you mentioned this and, and it broke up and I didn't hear it, but are both your parents Filipino?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=70.0,76.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: No. So my mom is Filipino. My dad is, uh, Italian.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=76.0,80.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. And, um, were, were both of them born in the us or did they, um, immigrate here?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=80.0,87.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Uh, they both immigrated here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=87.0,89.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Yeah. Um, can you tell me how old? Um, they were when they arrived?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=89.0,94.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Oh, uh, their age. I'm not entirely sure, but I know my mom, uh, came here in the like mid eighties. So maybe around 19 84, 85, something like that. And my dad has been here. She was an adult? Yes. She was an, she was an adult already. And then my dad came here around like I would say 19 68, 7, something like that. Oh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=94.0,123.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So he was a child when he, he,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=123.0,126.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Uh, young adult \u003claugh\u003e okay. Yeah, he was in his mid twenties when he got here. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=126.0,133.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah. And you mentioned your lola, so did she come at the same time as your mom?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=133.0,138.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Oh, sorry. We broke up a little bit.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=138.0,140.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. So you, you mentioned your Lola, so she came at the same time as your mom. Oh, did, did you lose me?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=140.0,151.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Um, I think we lost, I lost you for a sec.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=151.0,156.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Oh, okay. So your Lola, did she come at the same time as your mom?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=156.0,161.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Uh, my Lola came a little before my mom actually, so my mom, my, I came here, uh, probably late 70, early eighties.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=161.0,172.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Oh, okay. And, um, do you know the main reason she came?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=172.0,177.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: So, uh, one of my, so my, my mom is one of eight siblings and so my uncle was a merchant Marine. So he was able to, you know, travel here to the us and, you know, the Filipino \u003claugh\u003e the Filipino hookup. They, you know, he was able to get his papers. Then he petitioned my Lola and my Lola was able to come here. And then my Lola petitioned, my mom and my mom's sisters. And so, you know, as the years went by, like a few more sisters started coming and, uh, now seven out of the eight siblings are here in the us. One is still in the Philippines.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=177.0,217.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. So, but your uncle was the initial, um, member of your family to come over","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=217.0,222.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: To come over? Yeah. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=222.0,225.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: All right. And, and then of all your, um, that extended family are, are most of them in the Queens area?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=225.0,234.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Uh, I would, uh, most some of them, yes. Um, a lot, uh, a good portion of, of them are in New Jersey. Um, I have three of my aunts, my Lola and, uh, some, my cousins, a few of my cousins all in Queens. And then I have my, my uncle who was the one who initially came here. He lived in, he lives in New Jersey and I have a uncle and cousins in Chicago, but yes, actually. Yeah, for the most part, majority of us family are here in Queens actually.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=234.0,267.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: \u003claugh\u003e so you, you also mentioned, um, Woodside or Elmhurst, right? Yeah. Um, because of your Lola. So can you, um, tell me about your experiences, um, you know, while you were growing up there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=267.0,281.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Oh yeah, it was, uh, it was great, you know, um, sometimes I feel like, you know, uh, honored, I guess, to grow up in such a place where you can just kind of walk to the store, you had all these like great street food accessible to you. Uh, we had our in internet cafes at that time where we would do Counterstrike and like all these internet games. And then, you know, a majority of the people that we grew up with would hang out at the park, you know, we would all play basketball, handball, skateboard, you know? So it was, uh, it was nice to just have like so many people around you, all your friends around you. Um, it definitely plays a part in your upbringing, you know, cuz talking to people who kind of grew up in the suburbs have a different experience, you know? And it's something like, you only understand if you grow up in Queens, like if you grow up in, in the neighborhood, you know, there's certain things you can talk about that only people would understand if they grew up here. So I, I would say I was very lucky to grow up here to experience like culture. So early on, you know,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=281.0,358.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So, uh, this was what like the nineties,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=358.0,362.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: nineties. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=362.0,363.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah. Yeah. And, um, so when you mentioned the friends that you grew up with were, were a lot of them Filipino.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=363.0,370.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. I mean for like, you know, when I would be in Elmhurst, uh, majority of them would be Filipino. I had a lot of friends who were Spanish, Chinese. My neighbor was Chinese. You know, I had a lot of Indian friends too. And again like that was the beauty of having such a diverse place of living is cuz you had friends of different cultures, you go to their house and you can see like the culture firsthand, you know, the, the food, the, just their way of doing things, you know? And it would be different from every household. And then coming back to Astoria and being around my friends who are a majority European, again, very different from my friends who were in Elmhurst, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=370.0,421.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So did you grow up, um, hearing a lot of people speaking, um, Tagalog or any other Filipino languages?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=421.0,428.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Oh yeah. Um, you know, again, my, my majority of my Filipino friends, we, you know, when being at their house, you would hear Tagalog all the time. For me, it was different because I grew up hearing Ilonggo and which is the dialect I could speak. And, um, it was different when I would go to my Tagalog friend's house and I would say something in Ilonggo and they're like, what are you talking about? Like, what is that, what, and it, at that time, I didn't know, there was a difference. I thought Filipino was Filipino. Like the language was, you know, cuz I was younger and uh, then I came to understand that there's like so many different dialects and I was like that's to me. I was like, wow, I thought a country just had their language and that was it. But they","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=428.0,477.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Had, you know, and um, so do you still, \u003claugh\u003e sorry. I, I ended up talking over you. Um, were you, were you finished saying what you were saying? Yeah. \u003claugh\u003e okay. So \u003claugh\u003e sorry with the delay itself. Um, so, uh, how fluent would you say you are in Ilonggo or Tagalog?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=477.0,502.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Uh Ilonggo I'm like 95% fluent and Tagalog, I can understand it. I can't, I can't really speak it. Um, I just know conversational or like, you know, simple words or simple phrases in Tagalog, but Ilonggo, I'm pretty, I'm good in, um, you know, when it gets deeper and more precise, like where I lose it, but uh, you know, every time I go back home to the Philippines, after being there just for a few weeks, I can, it comes back like fully,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=502.0,536.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: You know? So your, your mom spoke to you Ilonggo at home?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=536.0,540.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Uh, some, she was like a 50, 50. She spoke some Ilonggo, but mostly English, my grandma and like my aunts and my cousins. It was all Ilonggo all the time. So that's great. That's, that's how I was, was able to, and I self I learned it myself, no one taught me. Um, I would just like hear words, ask them what it meant and then I would learn my, how to say it myself and I would just practice and I would actually practice with my cousin, my, my nieces too, before. And like that's how I, I self-taught \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=540.0,579.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: That's so great. Yeah. And um, so how, how does that, um, how do you feel about your connection to the language and um, because that's, that's not necessarily a common thing among Phil a, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=579.0,592.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. I mean, I'm, I'm glad that I do have a connection to the language, um, because it's like a, um, you know, especially given that it's a, it's a dialect, it's our native dialect. I'm proud that I know it, you know, uh, Tagalog, I, I wanna know because it's our native, it's like our, you know, unifying language. Um, but yeah, it, it, uh, it's just, it felt good to be, to know like how to speak my roots, you know, like, so when I go to my area, I can conversate with locals and, you know, it's, uh, I think it's really important, you know, just knowing another language. I, you know, if I can go back, I would learn, I would make it a, make it more of a thing to learn, you know, especially Italian too. I would love to learn to speak Italian fall fluently, you know, um, just to learn both sides of who I am, you know, but, uh, it's, I very important, I would say \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=592.0,656.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Um, so yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, so, so you're, you didn't get, uh, the same opportunity to learn Italian when you were growing up?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=656.0,669.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: No. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=669.0,671.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So you didn't have, um, relatives on your dad's side close by?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=671.0,675.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: No, no. Most of the, my relatives, my Italian family back home, back in Italy. And, um, I didn't have like much of, uh, uh, what's it called? Yeah. I didn't have any family members from my Italian side here. I had a lot of friends who were European, but they also didn't speak the language. So we were just kind of just, uh, Italian Americans at that point. \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=675.0,703.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. And, um, so, so would you say you feel more connected to your Filipino, um, heritage?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=703.0,711.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. I mean, I, I do make it a thing to give, um, like give kind of shed light to both of my cultures, you know, like I, but I definitely grew up more Filipino just because again of my Lola taking care of me most of the time, and then being that most of my family here is my Filipino family. Um, it, it changed a lot of like, you know, um, how I grew up, I grew up more Filipino for sure. You know? And, uh, yeah, it feels good to, you know, touched on my Italian side when we go visit my dad as relatives, you know, it feels, it feels like a little different, you know, cuz it's like, wow, I, you know, I, cuz I always like take myself as Filipino and I forget that like, yes, I have an Italian side to me, you know, \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=711.0,771.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: But you you've probably also at other Filipino Americans who didn't have the same kind of, um, you know, growing up experience as you with a lot of Filipinos around. Right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=771.0,785.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. I there's, there's a lot of Filipino Americans here that we grew up with that it's funny because the Filipino Americans, the Filipinos who born here and grew up here have it it's it's like, there is a big difference from the Filipinos who came here and grew up here, you know? Um, we like, we take the culture and we see it and we like, you know, there's a certain way we look at it and go about it. Um, we, we know we're Filipino, but we don't, we never used to like really fully embrace it, you know? Like as opposed to now, you know, when we got older, when we were younger, we were just like, yeah, we're Filipino, but that was it. We're from Queens, you know? And we would just talk normal talk like, you know, but now as we get older, we make fun of the, you know, Filipino dad jokes or like the way titas talk or the way our accent is, you know? And it's, we're like digging deeper into our, into our culture now as we get older and we like, remember like, yes, this is where we're from and we embrace it more, you know, but growing up it was a little different.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=785.0,856.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So, so you were saying, you kind of took it for granted growing up, but now you're more aware of it and more appreciative. Is that what you're saying?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=856.0,864.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. I wouldn't say like take it for granted. I would, we like, I know when we talk about it amongst our Filipino American friends, it's like, yeah, growing up, we, you know, they used to cover the couch in plastic. I never get, I never understood that. It's like, why is the cookie container always filled with sewing, sewing stuff? It's never cookies. You know, it's those things that we were growing up and it's like, this is so weird. We live in America. Why is this like this? But then when you grow up, you look back and you're like, man, I'm kind of glad it was like that. Cause like that's what makes us Filipino, you know, that's the culture, you know, I'm glad our parents did it that way. Cuz now we get it, you know, but we never got it when we were younger.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=864.0,904.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: \u003claugh\u003e so would, would you say, um, can you, uh, talk about when the, that shift started?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=904.0,913.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Oh yeah, that was, uh, I would say in my late twenties, my late twenties, I've always, I mean, you know, I've always loved like going back to the Philippines, like when I was 18, 17 to like 21, I was in the Philippines every summer for like over three months and you know, because of our school here, we had three months, summer break. I would always go back home, um, and spend my time there. And then I guess that was where I was like loving being back home in the Philippines more and then, you know, after college and work and all that, I think in my, my, uh, mid twenties, late twenties was when I was like digging back into the Filipino community cuz like, then, you know, I was moving out, I lived on my own with roommates and you know, I lived with my, um, friends who were also Filipino American, you know, so, you know, I, I went to a predominantly like white school for college, so we didn't have a, too much diversity, but like, you know, so I was also separated from the community during that time. And then coming back home, living with my friends again, who were Filipino American, brought it back, we would cook arroz caldo, adobo, you know, we would make Filipino food all the time. And then, you know, slowly we reconnected with our friend Filipino, American friends again. And like, yeah. And then it just slowly like started turning into what it is now, I guess like","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=913.0,1009.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: \u003claugh\u003e so was there anything going on in the environment that also helped that along in, in, you know, in, I dunno, I guess in terms of historical events or, you know, things that were, were happening in the city or in the country?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1009.0,1030.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Um, no, I would say it was just more of like, you know, the universe bringing us together. Um, cuz when I look back at it now because of what we're doing with Project Barkada and everything, I look back and it's like, maybe that was meant to happen that way so that it could lead up to this, you know, um. You know, again, reconnecting with all our Filipino American friends or you know, Filipino friends who, again, didn't grow up here, their Mo most majority of them work in healthcare. Right. So when the whole pandemic started, our, my goal that we had was to donate to our friends and family, you know, and given that all, most majority of our friends and family was working at the hospital, that's who we would give back to, you know? So that again, when I look back at it, I'm like, oh, I man, if I didn't reconnect with everyone the way I did and haven't built like that relationship over these years, would I, I had help the same way, you know? And I don't know. I mean, I, I trust like that everything that's supposed to happen is meant to happen the way it is. So yeah. I don't know if there was any like, because of my environment or being in the city or anything that influenced it, you know, I think it was just natural and that's how it was supposed to be \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1030.0,1115.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So yeah. You mentioned Project Barkada. Great segue by the way. Yeah. Um, so tell me how that started.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1115.0,1122.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. So Project Barkada was something that I had thought about years ago. So a around 2014, I had conversations with a friend of mine and I've always had this like feeling of doing a charity. I always wanted to give back. And a lot of that actually plays a part to when I was in the Philippines in 2008, I was caught in a typhoon in Iloilo, and you know, it flooded and the house was underwater and it was kind of one of those things where it's like, you see it on TV and natural disaster. Um, but living, it was a very different experience, you know, like you didn't know if you were gonna die or make it, or if someone was gonna rescue you, you know? So I was in that scenario, like I was in that, I experienced that. I was stuck in the house, the water just flooded in.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1122.0,1175.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Um, I was able to get out and then, you know, I was, the water just kept getting higher. The current was there, houses were breaking down. Now I look over and the house is completely underwater. You know, luckily our neighbor had a second floor, so we were able to go to his second floor, but the water was still putting into the second floor. Right. And after that, like, and seeing like the whole process of like what happens before, during, and after a natural disaster, like that changed how I, in fi how I looked at at life, you know, I came back more humble, uh, not materialistic at all. And you know, being 18, going through something like that at a pivotal point of like learning who you are as a person. Oh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1175.0,1226.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Sorry. Sorry. \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1226.0,1229.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Sorry. There's the do \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1229.0,1231.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Um, I, I feel so bad about interrupting your story cuz it was like, you know, oh yeah. It's not a good time to interrupt, but I know I'm gonna ask you to once the noise is over to go over that again, if you can. Sure.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1231.0,1248.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Uh, yeah, we're good. \u003claugh\u003e okay. Sorry about that. It's okay. So yeah. Uh, you know, being 18 years old and experiencing that through such a pivotal time of your life of learning, who you are as a person, you know, you're growing up teenager turning to a young adult and being in that flood and like seeing everyone around me, like our neighborhood destroyed people had no homes, no clothes, no shoes. And then I'm coming back to America where people were like, oh my mom won't buy me this car. Or my dad won't buy me a car or pay for it. You know? And it's like, you don't know how much, how lucky you are to even just be in a place where you don't have to worry about where am I gonna sleep? You know, like things like that. So after that, that really changed how I looked at life.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1248.0,1300.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: And then around 2014, I was like, I wanna start a charity and help the kids in our area in Iloilo, you know, uh, um, donate like school supplies, books, like, or, uh, bags, you know, or clothes something. And it just, I guess it's all timing. But in that time, like I didn't, I wasn't knowledgeable enough or I didn't have enough experience to actually make that happen. Right. And so that idea's been there since 2014 and then, you know, growing and like working at MTV as an event coordinator and like experiencing what I've experienced, then the pandemic happened and you know, we got four loaded. We weren't working. And you know, we, we started like a other Filipino groups called the fobs, which is a, a artist group of local Filipino artists. So that was a group we started. So we were always creative. And when the pandemic happened, that was the chance.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1300.0,1361.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: It just felt right. It was like, okay, why don't we donate to our friends and family who are working, let's make sure it's or, you know, make, uh, make some art that we can sell to raise money. And then we'll use that money to buy from restaurants, local, like Filipino restaurants, businesses, or even entrepreneurs, like people who are doing their own thing to support and then take the food and donate it to our friends and family. So we would do that. And then I had a friend that was like, oh, uh, our friend Deirdre is doing the same thing you guys should talk. And so I contacted Deirdre and I was like, Hey, um, I'm donating food. I heard you were doing it too. Why don't we just do it together? You know, no one was really out there at that time. Like it was kind of a ghost town in New York city.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1361.0,1412.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: And so it was just nice to have someone else with you. Right. And you're both working towards the same cause. And so Deirdre was like, yeah, we should. And then sh she introduced Lugau and she's like, I'm working with my friend Lugao, who's also helping me do these donations. So I was like, oh, that's great. Let's do it together. So then that's how we started. And then after a few donations, we decided to like name it and I told them, I was like, we should brand this. So that instead of saying, oh, this the delivery is sponsored by XYZ restaurant delivered by, you know, Joey, Lugao, Deirdre, let's just BR let's call it something. And so project Barkada made sense because, you know, again, Barca means a group of friends, right. So we are just a group of friends helping friends. And that was our slogan. And that's how it started. \u003claugh\u003e.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1412.0,1467.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So can, can you tell me about what, um, time this was? I mean, you know, the dates approximately?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1467.0,1475.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. So, uh, we started doing the deliveries on our own, like maybe early April and, uh, it took us some time, you know, for, for me as well. Like I designed some shirts, I sold the shirts, took the money and bought the food and donated. So everything started rolling around April. And I think that was 20, 20, right? April, 2020. Yes. So like right when everything locked down and everyone was home and that's when COVID was really at its peak. And so, yeah, that's, that's when we started doing what we were doing and, you know, we were getting a lot of pushback like, oh, you guys shouldn't be out. And especially my mom, you know, being that Filipino mom, she's like, what are you crazy? Don't go out. You know, don't be outside, stay home. You're gonna get. And like, of course, like I wanted to do that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1475.0,1530.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: But then part of me was like, mom, I have to go out there. Like I have to donate. Like, I, it just feels right. My heart was telling me to go, you know, and do it. And so we did. And you know, from that date, from like early April to now, we've, don't donated over 150,000 meals, uh, between here and then Philippines. And, and that was all self-funded people, the community donating towards our cause. And you know, a big thing that I told dere and Luga was, I want to be transparent with the community. I wanna show them that if, if they do donate that that's going right back to the people, you know, and what we would do is like also take requests. We would ask people like, if they donated, Hey, do you have a family member or a friend that works in a hospital or works somewhere that, you know, they can use some food.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1530.0,1586.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: And so people who would donate, say, yeah, you, my friend works here, here, here. And so we would add that to our list. So we would take some food and donate it to their friend's unit. So, and we would let them know like, Hey, you know, this food was donated by, you know, so and so who, uh, sponsored by them, you know, and they wanted to donate this to your unit, you know? So it was like their friends helping them as well. You know, we were just doing the, the hands on work, but the community without the community, we wouldn't be where we are either, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1586.0,1621.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah. Um, so you mentioned that it started out with you want wanting to help your friends and family. Can you tell me about your personal connections with the, um, you know, that first brought this on? Yeah,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1621.0,1634.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: So my, my cousin is a nurse, so my cousin works hands on. She works in flushing hospital. My aunt was, uh, she just retired is and was a nurse, my girlfriend's mom nurse at Bellevue. And so I had a lot. And then, like I said, like 90% of my friends, like my close friends are all nurses. They were all working only a few of us weren't working cuz we weren't nurses \u003claugh\u003e. So it was, uh, it was a really personal thing, you know? Um, and just hearing the stories from our friends every day, like was, was kind of like, oh man, like I feel so bad. We had friends that kind of just graduated nursing school and just got into nursing and was in their first year of nursing and then COVID hit and they got hit this, you know, like hundreds of people coming into the hospital and not knowing what to do and hello. Yep. Yeah. And it was, can you hear me? Sorry. I think we got Disconnected.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1634.0,1704.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah, I know it was up a bit. And so I missed a lot of it. I'm so sorry. Oh, that's okay. Uh, I'm sure it got recorded somewhere, but um, yeah, if you, if you want to, um, reemphasize something that, um, that I, I missed, let me, you know, go ahead. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1704.0,1722.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: So, uh, I think where we got cut off was, um, when was saying that like hundreds of people were coming into the hospital and our friends were, you know, also scared. They didn't know what COVID was. People were dying and now they're working, you know, on the front line with this virus that they know nothing about that they've only been working at the hospital for a year or so. And they are telling us these horror stories like, oh, people are passing away and we have to cover up and wear a mask. And I can't come home. I have to shower. As soon as I come home, wash my clothes immediately. And then, you know, some of our friends have kids, so they're like, we, I have to like stay away from them until I fully sanitize and then I can see them, you know? And so just hearing all that was like, oh my gosh, like this is nuts, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1722.0,1774.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: So even just bringing like some bibingka and like coffee, you know, uh, food, like it kind of just like gave them like, oh, okay, like we can do this. You know, they're supporting us, they're out here delivering these food they're they don't have to be here, but they're here. And these are our friends supporting us, you know, like seeing like us come in and giving them food directly. They, yo, what are you doing here? You know, why, why are you out? Like, and just telling them like, yo, we got you. Like, we support you. You know? Like, and that was always like, I, again, I talk about it with Deirdre and Lugao what we do is more than any monetary wealth, you know, just hearing the feedback from people, the ins inspiration was everything. You know, I cried so many times just hearing people, tell me, thank you. And like their story. It would, it would make me tear up all the time, you know, especially when we started bringing food to the Philippines, you know? Um, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1774.0,1844.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Well, thanks for sharing that and thank you for, you know, for what you've done and what you're still doing. So what is, um, the current state of, of Project Barkada?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1844.0,1855.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: So we are still like on that foundation of giving back and, uh, donating and giving to the community. Um, but you know, as we grew, we started, I guess like turning into a, a really a community organization. And that's because like towards the end of the pandemic, or when it turned into summer, we were like, Hey, you know, let's celebrate us, let's celebrate each other. You know, we have, we were buying food from a lot of Filipino restaurants. Like, uh, we bought from Ihawan. We would buy goods from Phil am. Uh, we bought a lot of stuff from like a, like I said, entrepreneurs. So like flip eats there. They do like, uh, like chef, like private chef events. Uh, we bought from bad for business popups. They do Filipino food popups, the boys coast. So like all these people, we would buy food from and donate to the frontline. And it just so happens that these are people we grew up up with, you know, again, which is why.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1855.0,1926.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Sorry, could you say that again? I, I, I, I missed it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1926.0,1929.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. So we were buying food from all these, like people who were doing food, like, so wrap flip, eats the boys, uh, bad for business. Uh, we would buy from, uh, Kabisera. Kabisera was our home base in lower east side. We bought coffee from Kabisera and would donate the coffee. And she became Attiya who owns Cabera became a big part of like what we do too. And so again, all these people who were, we were getting food from just so happened to be people we grew up with as well, you know, like VJ from So Sarap. I've known him for more than 13 years already. Um, Francis from Bad for Business went to school together. Um, a lot of these people came like we went past blue, cross paths, cross, cross paths before \u003claugh\u003e, you know, \u003claugh\u003e and, uh, it made sense. So we were like, let's celebrate each other, you know, let's celebrate our hard work.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1929.0,1997.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Like you guys didn't have, have to cook. You guys did, you know, and we were like, let's just put together a market, you know, let's get everyone together who helped us during the pandemic. And let's just all cook and throw one big, like Barrio Fiesta, you know, uh, we were also like iffy because it was still COVID. And so we were like, you know, taking a risk, but we tried, you know, we tried our best to keep up with all the precautions. Everyone had to wear a mask. Once you got your food, you know, take it to the side, eat in your, like, in, in your own area. We had hand sanitizer at everyone's station and luckily the crowd was so cooperative and supportive and just so like kind, and they, they got it. They understood. And so, but where did you, where'd you do this?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=1997.0,2052.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: So the first Barkada Market Market we did was in lower east side at Kabisera. So at the AIE, you know, we built like outdoor seating and we were able to just post up the vendors at like in the outdoor seating area. And then we just made it happen. And then from there on it kind of unified the community and we saw it bringing people together. And, you know, one thing we've always said was a, we, we can support each other, you know, there's, I feel like growing up there was always this mindset of like, oh, we're better than you. Oh, you know, like, uh, why I, I, and again, that's what a lot of people were saying. They've never seen the Filipino community support each other in this way before, you know, like they see like all the old, like, you know, restaurants and stuff, supporting and doing these markets with us, the new people, and like, everyone's just coming together. So we say it, you know, we say all the time, like we don't, we can help each other. We'll succeed together. You know, we don't need to compete if you're doing the same thing as us, that's fine. You know, let's show love because that way, you know, everyone will succeed, you know, everyone will help each other. And it's just more spreading love, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2052.0,2132.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Um, could you, um, so I just wanna, uh, elaborate on what you mentioned about, um, so you, you mentioned about the older establishments and the, and the new sort of the new generation. Can you talk about that evolution? What is that? Um, distinction and, um, what is changing? Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2132.0,2153.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: So, uh, when I talked about the older establishment, right? Like Phil am has been a staple of the Filipino community in little Manila Woodside. That's like the go-to Filipino grocery store. And so Ihawan, Ihawan's another one where they've been there forever also. And that's like, you know, a staple also. And so when we started doing what we were doing, we did the first one in lower east side, and then we were, well, I talked about it with dere and Luga, and I said, Hey, we gotta take this home. We gotta take this to Woodside. You know, we need to do this in the area where it makes sense, like this is our community. So right after the first market, we planned for a second market, just two weeks after. And so this was October 31st, 2020 was our, yeah. Was the, the, the market in little Manila.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2153.0,2212.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: And so I spoke to the owners of Phil am and Ihawan, and now, you know, the parents are getting older. The, the younger generation, our generation is taking over. So Jackie, you know, Jack is the daughter of the owner of Ihawan. So she kind of runs it now. So I spoke to her and I said, Hey, if we can do this market in between Phil Am and Ihawan, like let's, can this be a possibility? And then we spoke to Phil am and we got Joe and Manny. And, uh, we spoke to them too. And we're like, you know, are you guys on board? Like, we want to make sure that you guys are okay if you guys are okay with it, we'll do it. And so we all had a meeting, we sat down at Iwan at the AGY, came and VJ from soap, and we told them what we do and they were like, let's do it. So then we threw the market in Little Manila, you know, just kind of bridging, bridging where we're from the, the older, you know, community and bringing in kind of like us who are just starting out and wanna represent the community.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2212.0,2284.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yep. \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2284.0,2291.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: I, I, I think I hope that recorded, but think I got the gist of what you were, so, um, yeah. So there's this old guard, a new guard, right. \u003claugh\u003e yeah. And, um, I guess, um, when you were growing up in, um, Elmhurst and Woodside, I don't think people were calling it Little Manila yet. Right. Do you know when that started?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2291.0,2323.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: I think this started maybe less than 10 years ago. Um, yeah, when I was younger, they did not call it little Manila yet. Um, I think 10 years ago people started, you know, when they started like, kind of, uh, like when they knew those communities were that those cultural communities, I think that's when it started 10 years ago when they started noticing little Manila, you know, and I think people would just kind of say it under their breath as like, oh yeah, just go to, you know, little Manila as a joke, like, cuz you know, it's all Filipino there and then it became serious. I think people like caught on and they were just like, yeah, little Manila. That that's true. It is. And then here we are \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2323.0,2370.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So, um, I, I guess like what, you know, back in the eighties, nineties, uh, you know, that community was kind of, uh, under the radar, like, you know, it wasn't as, um, and my impression and tell me if this is inaccurate, is that for a long time, the Filipino community has just kind of kept to itself and been, you know, sort non, not so visible. Right. Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e do you, do you notice, is that, um, can you say anything about the evolution of the Filipino community in terms of visibility or, you know, being more, um, aware of its identity?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2370.0,2417.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. I, I would say now, uh, more than ever, I think we're starting to get recognized a lot more. Um, I know before not a lot of people knew where Philippines, like they were like, where's what's Philippines, you know? Like, but now I think gets, you know, of course I, you know, I'm gonna have to say it has to do a lot of with like social media, the internet, just like the way, sorry. Oh, someone's at the door and my dog is uh, oh, being a guard dog. I'm sorry. Yeah. So, uh, oh, sorry. \u003claugh\u003e just wanna make sure they're they're done.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2417.0,2474.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. So, um, you know, like I was saying, I think of course like a big thing is social social media and just like the way we've, you know, progressed \u003claugh\u003e with technology. Um, you know, and then just given the people who are seen as being Filipino, right. Joco like these big name artists, like apple day app now, like Bruno, Mars, you know, people. And then like, of course, like America's best dance crew at that time. All those break dancers are Filipino, you know, jab, ack. A lot of those guys were Filipino. So I think like as technology was growing, so people were more accessible to seeing things like that kind of just brought more awareness to us, you know? And then I think now more than ever too BEC, and it's, it's funny cuz when you start doing something that relates to it, you notice it more.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2474.0,2530.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Right. So when we started doing Project Barkada and started like unifying the community, then we brought, you know, that Barkada market to Chicago and we unified the Chicago like Filipino community in the same way we did here. And then just like now seeing like Filipino food on the rise. Right. And it's like, how it's happening right now? Like right when we're putting these markets together, showcasing like these foods everyone's like creativeness, right? Like taking Filipino food, twisting it to like whatever it is they, they create it's like now all of a sudden like people are starting to catch it like, oh, Filipino food, like, or like, yeah, I know. I love Filipinos, you know? Like, and I think it's like, you know, we, I think it's like the generation that's now establishing it and doing things like more mainstream, you know, like representing our, our culture mainstream too has a lot to do with it. You know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2530.0,2594.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Um, so related to that, so you mentioned rep representing and representation. Um, so I know, you know, you're not a political person, like you're not, um, you know, you're just kind of doing, you're more like in the entertainment, hospitality field, I guess. So I, I don't want you to like answer in terms of Paul politics, but um, just for, you know, from your experience, from your viewpoint, what, what are like big issues that are facing the Filipino community? What, what are the issues? What are the problems?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2594.0,2630.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Uh, wow here, uh, man, I, I, to be honest, I can't even really say, um, just being around the community, like firsthand, uh, for these what past two, two going on three years, I've seen the community come together in ways that I was like, wow, like if you, if we work like this all the time, well be fine. You know, like supporting each other, everyone, helping each other, just like be, you know, like there's something about like Filipino culture where it's like, uh, welcoming, you know? Oh yeah, come, come eat. You know, like just always you go to a Filipino house, it's like, oh yeah, come, come enjoy, have a seat. Are you hungry? You know, there's always that welcoming thing. And I see that with the community, you know, people who own businesses now, like when others are struggling, they're like, Hey, Hey, no, no, no, you, where we got you come use our kitchen, you know, or, oh yeah, you need help with that. Use our truck, you know, like, and just seeing that, like just people helping each other. We're good. Like, I, I don't really see us. Um, I mean, I'm, I may be like kind of like seeing it from a different perspective. I may not be it maybe there is something there that I'm not seeing, but from my experience and seeing how people are working together, if they keep that up, I think we're okay. \u003claugh\u003e like, you know, \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2630.0,2726.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Um, okay. And, uh, you mentioned the, the welcoming, um, one of the things that came up, um, that sort of bloomed over in, in the midst of the pandemic, was that Mabuhay mural, are you aware of that? Yeah. Yeah. Uh, it does it, what's your reaction? And um,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2726.0,2748.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Oh, I love it. I love it. Like, uh, you know, I I'm, I wouldn't call myself an artist, but I love, I love art. Like I love creating, I love making, you know, canvases or like designing something. So again, we were in that Filipino, uh, fobs group, which is a collective of Filipino artist. And just seeing that as like, that's beautiful. That's like, you know, this is the hub of like Filipinos. This is Little Manila. Seeing Mabuhay there is great. That's like, that's our culture, you know? And like we see art like that in other communities representing the cultures that live there. So we didn't really see that with Filipino communities yet until now like, and you know, just being there again firsthand with a lot of these artists now who are doing murals and like painting and kind of pulling ideas from our culture, like using the Sampaguita or using the, the Filipino Eagle or just even incorporating the sun and star or just a, a Bahay Kubo or a, a Karabao, you know, they're incorporating those into their art.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2748.0,2819.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: And they're putting these art in places where it's like, there's not even a Filipino community there, but they put it because that's who they are. Right. And so now, like you're in these areas and you, like, I have a friend, AJ LA Villa, he painted at the world trade center \u003caffirmative\u003e, you know, and there's like, uh, if you go by the Oculus, there's a bunch of art near the Oculus. He's one of the artists there that painted there and he incorporates, you know, just touches a Filipino culture. It's not in your face, but it's there, you know, and it's, it's just nice. It's nice to see like the community, our culture, like out somewhere else, you know, and just like being around, like in the Oculus world trade center, now you see Filipino inspiration, you know, is great. \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2819.0,2868.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: And how do you think it's affected the community having it there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2868.0,2874.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Oh, uh, I think it, uh, I mean, I, I'm sure it's making, it's proud, you know, people feel proud when they walk by and they're like, yes, you know, here it's here. Wow. Like, it's kind of weird when you see things like that, I'm gonna give a spoiler, but the new Spiderman movie has a big Filipino incorporation into it. You know, they take, you know, a Lola in the movie and it's like, that's Spiderman. Like there's a Filipino, you know? And because the director, you know, like Spiderman takes place in Queens and spider best friend is Filipino. 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Oh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2923.0,2925.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Sorry. I, I, I asked what does Mabuhay mean to you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2925.0,2931.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Mabuhay it just to me means welcome \u003claugh\u003e because every time, you know, going to the Philippines, everyone's like Mabuhay, you know, and that just is like, oh, we're here. Welcome. You know, \u003claugh\u003e so I think that, you know, I think for me, when I see that, like Mabuhay, and again, going back to like what I was saying about welcoming, I just see that as welcoming others into little Manila, like Mabuhay, you know, welcome to our community. This is, this is who we are, you know? And that's how I see that every time I pass by it and I see it, I'm like, ah, man, I love it. You know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2931.0,2969.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Great. So, um, let me see. I think I covered all the main stuff I wanted to cover. 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Little Manila being from Queens, representing the community, you know, I, yeah, I think it's there. \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=2984.0,3000.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. So there, um, some quick sort of quickfire questions that we were asking everyone. Um, so if you can just give me, like, you know, the, your, the first thing that comes to you, when you, when, um, when I mentioned these, um, just quick, quick answers. Okay. 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Home means just family, friends, uh, great place to live.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3059.0,3069.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Um, what do you do or where do you go that helps you feel connected to your roots?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3069.0,3077.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Oh, I like going to eat \u003claugh\u003e and especially going in to eat Filipino food anywhere, anywhere in Woodside.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3077.0,3088.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Do you have a favorite?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3088.0,3089.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Oh man, I do. I it's hard. They're all kind of number one. \u003claugh\u003e so, you know, Ihawan is definitely the, the barbecue spot. 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Uh, I think a lot of it is the, uh, just the welcoming part of us. Like always, you know, having open arms to anyone, not just Filipinos, but just to anyone, you know? And I think because of that, because of the culture that made me this way, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3117.0,3137.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Um, so I think we've come to the end of my questions. 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I live in Harlem, so I, I know Queens mainly as, um, you know, where I go when I need anything FIlipino like","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3161.0,3170.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: \u003claugh\u003e yep. \u003claugh\u003e okay. Nice. And then how, how do you, is there a Filipino community a little bit over there or no?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3170.0,3183.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Um, no, not really. No, no. I mean, there are, you know, there are other Filipinos in my building, but there's not really a, you know, an enclave already. \u003claugh\u003e right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3183.0,3193.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. Oh man. And then I don't know, how do you like it? \u003claugh\u003e do","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3193.0,3199.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: \u003claugh\u003e I, I love Harlem. It's very, um, you know, it's such an interesting place to be, of course it's gentrifying and um, oh yeah. You know, of course, you know, I have my part in that as well. Right. But, um, yeah, it's, it's, you know, it's, it has its own character and for sure it's, um, you know, it's such a rich, rich environment to be in, so yeah. 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So for this season, um, we're doing a whole series, uh, with, you know, different episodes focusing on the different immigrant groups. Right. So we have, you know, we have a Korean producer, we have a Nepali producer, we have a, you know, so nice. And um, yeah, so, so I'm the Filipino one. \u003claugh\u003e amazing. And uh, yeah, so it's just a, it's a, it's a contractual, um, assignment. So I'm just here for this season. Um, okay. I'm I'm, you know, I'm an independent producer, so I go from project to project.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3239.0,3276.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/124","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Awesome. Well, yeah. Thank you. Thank you for, you know, of course like considering us and like having us here and having us shared the story \u003caffirmative\u003e and I hope, uh, I hope you can come out to one of our events we'll feed you \u003claugh\u003e yeah,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3276.0,3291.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/125","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah. Um, so what should I, um, is there a particular social media account I should follow to stay updated?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3291.0,3299.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/126","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. So the project Barca account on Instagram or Facebook, uh, project Barca, all the events and stuff will be posted there. And then we recently just created a new Instagram for our markets. So it's Barta market market and that Instagram account just focuses more on the food and the market itself, as opposed to like the project Barta page, which focuses a lot on everything on our donations, the charity work we do and the food and the markets. So we kind of just like, uh, wanted to create a separate account just to focus on our, our event and like mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e yeah. So those two you'll, you'll definitely see our post on what's coming up in a, you know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3299.0,3350.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/127","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. And then, um, one, one thing I, I want to ask is, I mean, I, I'm getting a chance to talk to a lot of, you know, the people in your generation \u003claugh\u003e yeah. Who are, you know, really organizing all these events and, and initiatives. But I, I, um, would like to speak more to the people in the older generation. Like, I mean, I, I, I have been connected to, I'm already talking to Joey C casino from Phil, so I, I, I already have a connection there, but if you, um, have people in, or actually like your aunt or your mom, if they would, they wanna speak with me,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3350.0,3392.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/128","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: You think, oh, that would be cool. \u003claugh\u003e yeah, yeah, yeah. Let me ask my mom. 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We had a, we had a, like a summer house there when we were growing up mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e and then when they retired, they just moved up there it's oh, okay. Yeah. They're just a, like an hour and 45 minutes away from the city now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3424.0,3442.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/133","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Yeah. What, what","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3442.0,3444.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/134","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Area is that? Uh, they live in Rebeck. Oh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3444.0,3447.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/135","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Yeah. So, cause we, we just recently got a place in, um, near Kingston in lake C Katrina. Oh, nice. Crossover to Reinbeck a","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3447.0,3455.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/136","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: \u003claugh\u003e yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Just the bridge right there. Yeah, yeah. Yep. Yep. You know, what's funny. It's so nice. There's there's a Filipino community there. Oh really? I had no idea until my mom moved up there and then started finding all these Filipinos and they actually have their community upstate, like there's so many.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3455.0,3479.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/137","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah. You know, we found, uh, cause one day I was trying to make, um, book of, and I realized I had the wrong, um, kind. And so I just like Googled like Filipino store in like the area. And I found one in Duche county, like near, um, like near Hyde park I guess. Okay. And, and there was a really nice Filipino store. The food was really good and there were like a lot of people going there. Yeah. And so, yeah, I think there is a big, not big, but like it's different community there. Yeah. We're all over \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3479.0,3518.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/138","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah, we are","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3518.0,3520.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/139","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: \u003claugh\u003e so, um, what was I gonna say? Yeah. So, uh, the thing, uh, with Zencaster we can have multiple people on. Okay. So, so we can connect with her and you can be on the call as well. And you know, you, you can talk together or you can, you know, kind of, uh, join the conversation or just like help her along or whatever. Sure. If that would be mark up comfortable for her.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3520.0,3547.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/140","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Let me ask her and see, cuz I know her, so my mom kind of, she retired, but she still works, you know, \u003claugh\u003e Uhhuh. So she, she does like, uh, what's it called? Part-time like help, like as a caregiver now. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm gonna see when she's available and I, I have to bring her here cuz they don't have a computer \u003claugh\u003e oh, okay. Yeah. They act, they have one, but they don't know how to use it, so oh no. Yeah. I have to catch her when she's in Queens again, so. Oh, okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3547.0,3579.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/141","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So does she come back, Craig in early?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3579.0,3580.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/142","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. She come, they come regularly. So they visit my Lola and you know, they come down, spend time with us, so yeah. Okay. I'll let you know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3580.0,3590.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/143","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. And so she, she's not in healthcare right? To no. What","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3590.0,3595.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/144","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Was my mom? What work did she do? She was an accountant. Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. And then, and it's funny cuz she got, I mean it's not really healthcare, but she just caregiving now. So that's again how she found like this opportunity is cuz she met Filipinos there and they work as caregivers and they asked my mom if she wanted to do some part-time and now she's with this whole group and she has a whole group of friends there and they all work in the same spot and they're just like, \u003claugh\u003e, it's cool. But it's the community, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3595.0,3629.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/145","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: And does your LA still live in Amhurst?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3629.0,3632.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/146","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah, she's 98 years old now. Oh my God. Yeah. She's uh, amazing. I don't know what her secret was. Actually I did. I asked her her secret \u003caffirmative\u003e and I was like, Lola, how do you stay? So she looks like she's 70 and she's 98, you know? And I'm like, and is she","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3632.0,3649.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/147","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Like, yeah. And is her health okay. And she","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3649.0,3653.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/148","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Receptive, uh, just recently like the past, maybe few months, two months, three months. She's slowly starting to like, you know, her hip, her leg hurting. But for the most part she can still stand. She, uh, she looks great smiles, you know like, and so one time I asked her, I was like, what's your secret? And she's like, no stress. I was like, no stress \u003claugh\u003e I was like, no stress. That's how, how, how do you do that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3653.0,3685.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/149","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: But well, if she would like to speak, that would be really great.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3685.0,3689.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/150","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Oh man. That would be a challenge. But yeah, I'll try,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3689.0,3693.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/151","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: I'll try to get that. I mean, I mean, it would be really great for the archive as well, like for sure for Queen's memory. So, so even if it, you know, doesn't make it in to the podcast, um, you know, just collecting all these memories and having the Filipino community represented in the archive is really important.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3693.0,3713.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/152","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Yeah. I mean, uh, man, now that you said that like it reminded me of uh, in Elmhurst, they used to have a senior citizen center and that senior center of course is like for all the seniors, they go, they dance, they go eat, they have, you know, just activities to keep them busy. Right. And it's funny because all our friends, like now, like our age, they, all, their grandparents went there too. And I just find out recently that it's like, your grandma knows my grandma, like how the senior citizen center, my girlfriend, like her grandpa was friends with my grandma. I'm like what? And my, my grandma gave her a picture of my grandma, her grandpa, and like a few of their friends. And she was telling my girlfriend like, oh yeah, I know your grandpa a long time. Like, you know, and it's like, what? All our grandparents knew each other from this like senior citizen center, which was mostly Filipino. And so, like, I think that's a big thing in like right there that Filipino, that senior citizen center for that for our grandparents, I think was a big thing. \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3713.0,3788.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/153","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Do you know what it's called? So I can look it up. Oh","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3788.0,3791.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/154","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Man. So, uh, it's I know it's just called senior citizen center, but, uh, it was right off of 74 street Roosevelt. It was on, uh, Broadway and, oh man, I would say just like a block away from 74th. So I remember where the building was. Cuz when I was a teenager, sometimes I would pick up my grandma from, from the senior center. So I knew where it was, but I don't know the name of it. Exactly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3791.0,3819.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/155","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So it's not, not there anymore.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3819.0,3822.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/156","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: I, I don't know. I don't know if it's still around.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3822.0,3827.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/157","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. So I'll, I'll I'll","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3827.0,3829.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/158","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joey Golja: Research that \u003claugh\u003e but if you ask, I guess just any Filipino in Queens in that area, if they know about the senior citizen center there from like late nineties early, I'm pretty sure they all went there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3829.0,3845.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370/transcript/39450/annotation/159","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. All right. I'll I'll research that. Yeah. Okay. Well I don't wanna take too much more of your time. Um, so first of all, I will stop recording, but please stay on because it takes a few seconds to say. Sure. And you can, you can stop recording as well. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/78083/file/165370#t=3845.0,3863.232"}]}]}]}