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In this interview Bahia talks about moving to New York right before the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, and coming to the “Little Manila”, an area on Roosevelt Avenue and 70th Street near the 69th Street subway station in Woodside. He’d had no idea that there was such an active Filipino enclave in New York City, and he went to Jollibee the Filipino chain restaurants that has a branch right there. Bahia also discusses his work with “Woodside on the Move”, a community organization that works to stabilize the vulnerable residents of the area, where he is the Filipino community liaison and helps to organize outreach and events, including some in Little Manila. He said the official naming of intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and 70th Street as “Little Manila” was heartwarming, and he was proud to see the recognition given to Filipino immigrants in Queens; he also mentions a few of his favorite businesses in the neighborhood.\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/38926"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["John Bahia (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":["2020-2022 (temporal)","Little Manila, Woodside, Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights, 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\u003eJohn Bahia is a college student and resident of Woodside, Queens who was born in the Northern Marianas islands; he also lived for five years in the Philippines, where his parents are from, before moving to the United States. In this interview Bahia talks about moving to New York right before the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, and coming to the \u0026ldquo;Little Manila\u0026rdquo;, an area on Roosevelt Avenue and 70th Street near the 69th Street subway station in Woodside. He\u0026rsquo;d had no idea that there was such an active Filipino enclave in New York City, and he went to Jollibee the Filipino chain restaurants that has a branch right there. Bahia also discusses his work with \u0026ldquo;Woodside on the Move\u0026rdquo;, a community organization that works to stabilize the vulnerable residents of the area, where he is the Filipino community liaison and helps to organize outreach and events, including some in Little Manila. He said the official naming of intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and 70th Street as \u0026ldquo;Little Manila\u0026rdquo; was heartwarming, and he was proud to see the recognition given to Filipino immigrants in Queens; he also mentions a few of his favorite businesses in the neighborhood.\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/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/164/508/small/John_Bahia.jpg?1659714462","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 1 - Bahia-John-20220119-full.mp3"]},"duration":2530.39733,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/164/508/small/John_Bahia.jpg?1659714462","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-queenslibrary.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/164/508/original/Bahia-John-20220119-full.mp3?1659714136","type":"Audio","format":"audio/mpeg","duration":2530.39733,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Full Transcript [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Do you agree to the terms and conditions outlined in the Queen's memory informed consent and copyright permission form that I shared with you over email?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=0.0,10.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes I, yes, I do consent and I signed it as well on, today, January 19th, 2022. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=10.0,19.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay, great. And I just noticed there's kind of a delay between us, so I'm sorry if I end up talking over you. Sometimes it breaks up a bit, so, just","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=19.0,31.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Is fine. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine. All right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=31.0,35.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: [laugh] okay. And can I have you say your name and spell it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=35.0,43.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: My name is John Bahia, J O H N B a H I a.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=43.0,53.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. And so this is Rosalind Tordesillas interviewing John. We are recording on January 19th, 2022 for the Queen's memory project. Great. Thank you. So, John, can I ask what's your age?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=53.0,71.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: I'm 20 years old.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=71.0,75.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Andwhat pronouns do you use?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=75.0,79.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: He and him.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=79.0,83.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: And what's your occupation","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=83.0,85.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Also? Right now? I'm a college student right now and also I'm a public affairs fellow at Woodside on the Move.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=85.0,94.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Can I ask where you are a college student?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=94.0,98.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: I go to college at LaGuardia Community where you're studying La Guardia Community College in Long Island city. Uh, CUNY it's it's part of yes. It's CU, yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=98.0,108.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Okay. Wow. There's certain, the delay is really more than I expected. Yeah. Right. And do you also live in Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=108.0,120.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Oh, yes. I live in Woodside as well, Woodside.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=120.0,125.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. So, can ask, where were you born? And first of all, where were you born?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=125.0,132.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: I was born in Saipan Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas islands. It's a US Territory. It's a it's island in the Pacific, right near Guam.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=132.0,146.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. You know what, let's try turning off the video because maybe that will help the connection cuz it keeps stalling, right? Yes. Okay. Can you hear me okay?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=146.0,160.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Oh yes, yes. A hundred percent. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=160.0,165.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: All right. So, and so you were born in Saipan and I think you spent some time in the Philippines also?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=165.0,174.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes. About over five years there. Over five years.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=174.0,181.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. So you were in Saipan and for, from what age to what age? And then what age were you in the Philippines?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=181.0,186.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: So I was born in 2001 and I was in Saipan until 2011. And then from 2011, I was there till 2017. So approximately, about 10 over 10 years in Saipan and over five years in the Philippines.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=186.0,202.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. And then, so from there you moved here already.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=202.0,205.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: From there I moved to Long Island then to Southern California and then to New York city. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=205.0,211.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: All right. So, and then both your parents are from the Philippines?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=211.0,215.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes. Both of them are from the Philippines. They're from, Mindanao from Misamis Oriental, the southernmost island in Philippines.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=215.0,225.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Okay. So, so the, when you've lived in Queens, you mentioned you lived in Woodside, right. Have you ever heard it called Little Manila? Are you familiar with that nickname?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=225.0,239.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes, actually, yes. Yes. Especially when I got here, I went straight to first Jollibee, but other than Jollibee, I went to the little strip of Filipino small businesses in 69th street, which, which what a lot of people call Little Manila, which is really cool to see in, in America, from, from my experience. I haven't seen anything like that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=239.0,263.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Had, had you heard about it before you came to the States?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=263.0,267.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: No. I had no idea there was a, there was such a vibrant and active en enclave of Filipino, you know, community. You could actually see it by, by the business, you know, and you could see it in California. I didn't really see that much of that, like all together. I mean, there was a lot of Filipinos, but it wasn't as much as like a whole block of just Filipino mom and pop restaurants like that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=267.0,293.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Where in California did you spend time?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=293.0,296.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Riverside County? Not too far from LA, I would say maybe. Oh, almost two hours drive to LA. In Corona, Corona. Riverside County.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=296.0,310.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay, so there wasn't much of a Filipino community there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=310.0,313.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Well, well there was, but not com, not, not like like, like how Little Manila is structured, where there's like, when you go there, you feel like you're, you're really the Filipino community in California. You see a lot of Filipinos, but it's not like it's concentrated to a certain area where, where, you know, oh, that's a lot of Filipino places that you should go there. And I, I, I hadn't really had that there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=313.0,335.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. And so here, I think you've mentioned you live with relatives here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=335.0,341.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes. Relatives and family friends. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=341.0,344.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So can I ask which relatives, how are you related?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=344.0,348.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Okay. I live with my uncle and his, his family. My uncle is my, my aunt's husband. So my, basically my mom, my mom's sister's husband. I live with him over here in New York city and then his family. Okay,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=348.0,364.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Great. And then, so going back to Little Manila, can you remember your first reaction when you first visited there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=364.0,373.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Well, well, when I first went to Jollibee first of all, it was very, it was good to know that I lived near Jollibee [laugh] three blocks away from Jollibee. It was good to know. And then when I went to little Manila, it was, it was a, it was very great experience cause I, cause I didn't really eat a lot of Filipino restaurants in, in California, long island. And it was very rare for me to see them all next to each other. So I was like, this is, this is nice. This is great representation. And this is also good for, for folks who wanna try Filipino food and uh, see our culture.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=373.0,406.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So in, in Saipan is there much of a Filipino community there also?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=406.0,410.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes, there is actually there, I think, I believe from the last time I was there, there is more, more Filipino presence there than local presence. There's more Filipinos than Chamorros I believe over there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=410.0,420.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Really?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=420.0,421.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes I, yeah. Yeah. It's ju yeah, most of them areOFWs and uh, migrant workers over there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=421.0,429.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. So just for the people who are listening, who might not know, what's an OFW?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=429.0,435.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: An OFW is an overseas Filipino worker. So basically Filipinos who went out of their way, went out of their country and the boundaries of their families to go outside their comfort zone. So they could find better economic opportunities for their families back home in the Philippines.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=435.0,452.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. And typically they they're supporting people back home in the Philippines, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=452.0,455.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes. Yes. Most of the time, you know, through remittance or like Balikbayan boxes or any kind of support of sending money and any assets back home.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=455.0,466.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. So, so in Saipan are there Filipino establishments also, like, is there Jollibee there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=466.0,473.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: There are Jollibee, I believe when I was there, there was a Jollibee, but it didn't last til 2011 I believe. It, it was there maybe till I was nine, I would say. And then after that, I, I, we didn't really go to Jollibee because there, there wasn't any Jollibee anymore.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=473.0,489.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. [laugh] Yeah. Right. And, okay, so coming, coming back again to Queens and little Manila so you said you work with Woodside on the Move. Can you tell us about Woodside on the Move?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=489.0,504.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Oh yeah. So Woodside on the Move is a local nonprofit organization it's it was established in Woodside in 1976 by Woodsiders who wanted to create a community presence and a community, local community or organization that that is that its role is to serve the community of Woodside. For the most part, what Woodside on the Move is doing right now at the moment is social services such as after, after school programs with young kids, housing and a lot of other social services. And also youth, we also have a youth initiative over there called youth on the move. And our services are, are rapidly expanding at the moment with the appointment of our new executive director, Steven Raga. And it's not just housing and tenant advocacy, but we're also trying to explore the more things at the moment. But for the most part we're a local community organization, that's basically involved with a lot of events, initiatives, and community outreach in Woodside and Western Queens.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=504.0,566.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Alright. And then, so how did you end up working there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=566.0,571.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: So, so basically I, I knew the executive director, Steven Raga and he so basically approached me and, and asked if I was interested in, you know, joining the brand new fellowship that he was that he was forming in, in Woodside on the Move. And I, and I was, I, I was very interested in that I was very interested in, I was keen and very in joining and being involved in such activities.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=571.0,600.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So what made you interested? Were you active in those kinds of things before?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=600.0,605.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Well, no, that's, that is exactly what made me interested, me not being that active in the, in that sphere of in that type of field. For the most part, young people really wanna advocate for certain things, and also want to be involved in the community a lot, but they didn't really have the platform. And that was the great, great opportunity right there when he asked me if I was interested in joining and, you know, being able to help out the community and whatnot.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=605.0,632.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So, so in that position, what do you do?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=632.0,636.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: So, so for the most part for public affairs fellowship intern pretty much hands on over there, I'm pretty much hands on with a lot of community events and a, a lot to do with the Filipino community since me myself as Filipino. So, so I got appointed the Filipino community liaison. So a lot of events that we do in Woodside or Western Queens that involves Filipino community and initiatives as well we, we, we do it, we do it with Woodside on the Move for the most part, cuz it's, it's the established Woodside local, nonprofit and organization. So basically we've been doing local events, such as the little Manila, the little Manila event in late in early October, which was in, this was in 69th street Roosevelt avenue. And all the lot, a lot of things, a lot of initiatives let me see, what should I, where should I start?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=636.0,691.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: So from my experience, what I've done, I've done a lot of food distributions and a lot of gift and toy distributions. And also a lot of, lot of, a lot of joining in other people's events and other local organizations' events and initiatives. So basically just joining in the coalitions and whatnot. It's a lot to think it's a lot of list out, but basically anything that's going on on the ground, public, anything that, that, that needs people doing things or organizing people to do things or appointing volunteers since and coordinating with folks. I pretty much do that. At the moment. I'm setting up COVID I have been setting up COVID 19 testing sites all around Western Queens. Uh, you know, so I I'm, I'm working with two local healthcare clinics here in Woodside and basically we team up with local electeds co-ops, buildings, all these other establishments in setting up testing sites due to the rise in Omicron. And that's one of the, one of the most things that I do at them. Also, I also spearhead youth on the move, which is a youth led initiative in Western Queens for ages 15 to 25. And it's where we wanna create a platform and, and, you know, give, try, try to encourage young people to get civically involved in the community.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=691.0,774.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. So can you tell me about the challenges you're, you're running up against? 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I, I guess it just it's cuz it's either the lack of interest or they just really haven't had that presence in their life, in New York city, which I guess is fairly brand new that just recently, you know, a lot of Filipino initiatives events are popping up and whatnot. I think one of the biggest issues would be getting the word out more and notifying the people more, to be more aware of what's going on in the community. I think that's the biggest issue, the outreach to, to as much Filipino Americans in New York city as we can in, especially in Queens, I, I guess that would be the, the most.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=786.0,838.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So you think that's been lacking up to this point? There haven't been organizations that have been doing that work.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=838.0,844.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: They, there have been organizations doing that work, but some folks are really not exposed to their community. So therefore they would, they wouldn't really, even though we have these organizations, you know, already doing what they're doing in the community and whatnot, some folks are not even aware of them. They have no idea who they are, what they do, where they're from, what their mission is. Although the outreach has been done in, you know, all efforts have been exerted such as social media, letting folks know in person flyers, but it's just getting to the, to the families and folks that, that we want to reach out to, for them to know. That's basically, I would say the biggest, one of the biggest hurdles in the Filipino American community in Queens getting the word out about us organizing and doing community events and whatnot for the full, full potential. I'm saying the turnout has been good recently, but it could be, it could be more what I'm saying. It could be more than, than what's been going on recent recently.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=844.0,906.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. I'm, I'm kind of hearing a beeping. Is there something going on on your side?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=906.0,914.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Um, no, no, I, no, not really. I, I,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=914.0,917.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Can't not, you don't hear anything. Okay. Maybe that's something going on over the internet. [laugh] okay. So then are you, so you've been in that neighborhood since 2017, you said,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=917.0,933.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Oh, we're here in New York City in Queens.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=933.0,936.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=936.0,937.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Oh, March 20, 20, March 20, 20. Oh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=937.0,939.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: March 20. You move. Okay. So you were in long island up to 2020,?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=939.0,944.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Well, 2017 to to late 2018 I was in long island, 2018 to early 2000, late 2019. I was in Southern California and then, oh, California. Yes. Yes. And then March, 2020. No, I, no, actually February late, February, late February, 2020 I moved to New York city in Woodside. I moved to Woodside.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=944.0,967.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. So then, so you just caught the beginning of the pandemic, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=967.0,972.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes. Yes. Which was very unfortunate when I moved here virtually weeks after it was the lockdowns and, you know, it's, you know, folks weren't going out, everybody was just staying in their houses. The, the very horrible news about, you know, the hospitals and, and Elmhurst being very near the Woodside is very scary at the moment. It was very, it was an, it was a time of paranoia and what to do, what's going on. We don't know how to combat this. Filipinos, doing what we call what, in the Visayan community, what we call the tu-ob process. I'm not sure what's that called in Tagalog, but tu-ob is basically where you you, you, heat water and you put salt in it and then you cover yourself in a blanket over it. And then you smell the steams of the hot water for you for your cold to go away. That's what a lot of Philipp- Bisaya Filipinos did to combat COVID or if they thought they had COVID.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=972.0,1033.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Can you spell that word Tu-od? tu-ob?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1033.0,1036.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: tu-ob, so it's T U - O B, tu-ob, tu-ob","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1036.0,1041.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Tu-ob. ok.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1041.0,1042.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: TU OB, Yes tu-ob.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1042.0,1043.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Huh okay. I didn't know. There was a word for that. I don't know what the word for that is in Tagalog, but it's yes. It's basically sort of make like a homemade vaporizer, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1043.0,1054.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes. This is uh, yes, I think in Tagalog, I think it's called su-ob in Tagalog, su-ob, I think pretty sure it's su-ob in Tagalog.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1054.0,1064.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Hm ok I hadn't heard that either.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1064.0,1066.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yeah. It's steam inhalation basically.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1066.0,1070.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. With salt, not Vicks, [laugh]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1070.0,1073.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Salt, salt and water, but I think various government agencies in the Philippines discourage folks to do that, but I don't think, you know, the titas and titos really listen to that [laugh] cause, you know, they believe in their, you know, traditional way.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1073.0,1085.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So basically at that time it was all like,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1085.0,1089.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: It was all you could do to combat back COVID so basically exerting all the, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1089.0,1092.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Sorry. Sorry I kinda","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1092.0,1096.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Hello?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1096.0,1099.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah. Okay. So yeah. Sorry. I'm the delay is kinda messing, messing up our timing [laugh] it's anyway, so yeah, so, so there was a lot of, I guess, because there wasn't a lot of knowledge about, you know, exactly what COVID was and how to treat it. There were a lot of home remedies. And also you know, in, in that neighborhood, I guess, because there a lot of Filipino healthcare workers, right. That made it sort of even more scary because there were a lot of people directly in contact with, with all of that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1099.0,1140.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes, yes. Most, especially in my house as well, cuz, one of my ates who I live with in the house, she's a lead dietician in Coney Island uh, Health and Hospitals. And it was very scary cuz, she would come to the house sometimes. She actually started during the pandemic during around July or August, I would say that's when she started there, but the pandemic was still going on. People were still, the, the cases were still pretty high and people were still, you know, in hospitals back then. So it was still scary regardless and you know, the different variants and whatnot.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1140.0,1176.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So you okay. Okay. Actually, John, do you mind, I don't think it's actually helping the connection. So if you don't mind, can we turn on the video? It will kind of help me see when you're done talking [laugh] oh yes,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1176.0,1196.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes [laugh]. Oh, okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1196.0,1203.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. [laugh] okay. Yes. Right. So so you, you called her your ate, how exactly are you related? I know it's like a generic term that we use for older relatives.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1203.0,1214.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: So yes, yes. Uh, more, more so she's related to my uncle, but uh, since you know, my uncle and my aunt have been married for like around more than 20 years, basically his side of, of his family knows my family already. So not, not that we are that, that, not that they just know her uncle, they know my family as well and they know my mom and, and my mom's mom, my Lola. So it's basically that, she's not blood related, but I call her ate, basically respect out of respect due to the age. Yes. And I,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1214.0,1248.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: She's not related to your uncle either. She,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1248.0,1251.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: She is, she is my, so her mom and my uncle are brothers and sisters.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1251.0,1258.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Oh, her mom and your uncle. Oh, so she's the niece of your uncle?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1258.0,1265.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes. She's the niece of my uncle. Me and my uncle are not blood related cause I'm related to his wife, wife.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1265.0,1269.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Yeah. Yes. All right. Okay. I get it. So she's sort of a cousin I guess, but not, but by marriage [laugh] but","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1269.0,1277.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, exactly","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1277.0,1279.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: That. But does she live in your, in your house?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1279.0,1282.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Right now? Well, at the moment at, at the beginning, when she moved here from Oklahoma she did, but then she moved to Coney island, but now she's in Woodside now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1282.0,1292.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. All right. Okay. So so is that your only connection to healthcare? I know a lot of Filipinos have a lot of connections.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1292.0,1302.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: In the house, I would say, well, if you were to count caregivers, but the care, some caregivers aren't really exposed to the hospitals, they're really sometimes at the house. So, so I wouldn't really say care caregivers, but yes, that's the only connection, but that one connection could spread like, like wildfire really though. 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So then I guess you know, given that and given your work what, what would you say the, the greatest needs are in the Filipino community, especially in, in the light of, you know, of the pandemic?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1334.0,1352.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: I think, I think the greatest thing the Filipino community should do, especially times like this is for them to disregard, disregard regionalistic mindsets, disregard these different ideologies, disregard religion differences. And, and in disregard the mentality as where if somebody's doing good, you not just not only support you, you know, you support, we should support one another. If somebody is successful, you know, and also we should be together cuz how Filipino groups are really anywhere in general, from what I've noticed is when they have a group, somebody is not contented for what position or power that they have, they splinter off and make their own group. And that's not really United of, of, you know, and that's, that's the only once one of the things that I've seen that the Filipino community needs to work on, they need to work on putting aside their ego and differences for the betterment, the advancement of the Filipino American community in Queens, especially New York City.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1352.0,1418.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So you, so you see a lot of those kinds of regional clannish differences.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1418.0,1425.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes, I've seen them ever, ever since ever since in general, not, not just in New York city, but even in California, some folks, some folks, or even in the Philippines too, some folks don't wanna don't wanna go to certain regions cuz if there's a certain ethnic linguistic group or a certain religious group, you know, they don't wanna go to certain areas of whatnot. So I think it's a very Filipino type of thing, not just a Filipino American thing. It's, it's a Filipino thing in general.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1425.0,1458.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Sorry. He froze a bit so [laugh] oh, oh, I, I missed that part. Would you mind saying it again? I mean, I'm sure it's recorded on tape, but I, I didn't get it so [laugh]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1458.0,1467.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Okay. Okay. Yes. So I said that mindset of, of, of people, you know, being very divided due to differences and due to, you know, different aspects of whatever, like religious differences or ideolog ideological differences or regionalism, it's just a very Filipino mindset that's been brought to America. That's not helping our fellow Filipino Americans in Queens.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1467.0,1495.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: All right. So let's see. Oh I wanted to ask you about so some of the more recent initiatives in the, in the neighborhood were that the street co-naming it, was Woodside on the Move involved in that,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1495.0,1516.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: When, well they were, they were doing that before Steven Raga became executive director. So for the most part, it would be Steven Steven, Steven and friends, Little Manila Queens with Jaclyn Reyes and Xenia Diente and others that other people that stepped up with them as well, their little group that they had. So for the most part Woodside on, from my knowledge Woodside oon the Move had, didn't, wasn't really one of the main people that, that, you know, that contributed to that. But for the most part, it was Little Manila Queens, Steven Raga, and some other folks that I, I just can't get their head on top of my head, their name on top of my head, but those folks really. Little Manila Queens and them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1516.0,1562.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Okay. So what's your personal reaction to that achievement?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1562.0,1569.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: That, that was really, that was really great cuz you don't really see a lot of Filipino recognition in New York state, New York city alone. You don't really see a lot of that, you know, and having a street co-named Little Manila, the capital of our country is just, is very proud to see. And you're like, wow, wow. You know, and you as a Filipino immigrant, you know, in Queens. And then you see, look, a street's named after a part in the Philippines. It's, it's very heart heartwarming and it's very, you feel proud of yourself as a Filipino American living in Queens. You know, you see that sign alongside the Filipino restaurants, mom and pop small businesses. It feels like you're, you're back, a piece. It's like, you're, co-naming a piece back home that you just brought here in America.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1569.0,1616.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: And, what about the, the Mabuhay mural you're familiar with that as well? Yeah, sure.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1616.0,1623.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes. Yes. Little Manila Queens is responsible for that as well. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1623.0,1627.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/120","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So what, what what was your reaction to that when you first saw it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1627.0,1632.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: I, I, oh, I was very, I, I loved it, but I I'm just saying we should, we should do more of those in lLittle Manila. We should see more, not more than just Mabuhay. You know we should do this. Should be a lot more to see, to show our presence rather. Not, I mean, it it's good. Right. It's great. But it just wants, it's just, it's a start. It's a great start. I just saw like, that's a great start. Mabuhay is a great start. You go inside there. It's welcome. Welcome to little Manila. And it, it encourages more people and it, it makes more people know that it's possible for folks who do that type of artwork in little Manila. You just need to coordinate it with folks and you just make it possible. I really loved it though. I really loved it. I really loved that sign of that. It's very iconic. Maybe from years to come, it'll be very iconic for the future Filipino Americans in New York city.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1632.0,1681.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/122","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: But aside from the sign, that's like what, you know, the design and everything. Does it make you feel anything in particular?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1681.0,1691.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/123","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Well, the, the from, well, the, the fonts and whatnot and how, how it, oh, sorry. Okay. Yeah. So, well the fonts and how it's how the artwork was laid. It looked very Filipino. Yes. It looked it, I, I, I don't know how it looks Filipino, but for me it's, it looks like it looks like artwork. You would see in the Philippines. It's, it's really hard to explain, but it looks like it's, it was made by a Filipino, not just cuz it says Mabuhay, but the design itself is, is very Filipino in a way. I it's very hard to explain how, but I see it a lot in the Philippines you see in the signs everywhere, you see it sometimes signs of Sari Sari stores or you see it in the streets or whatever, but it looks very Filipino in its own way. It also has the, it's yellow. Right. And then it, it encompasses a Filipino concept I would say of, of, of it being there really.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1691.0,1750.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/124","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. And are you familiar with the redistricting campaign?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1750.0,1756.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/125","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes. Yes. Little Manila Queens, again with that, [laugh] a lot, a lot of it, Little Manila Queens Bayanihan Arts, a lot with Ate Jaclyn and Ate Xenia doing a lot of that. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1756.0,1767.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/126","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So so for you, what, what does that um mean and what does it bring to the neighborhood?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1767.0,1774.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/127","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Well, so basically I would, I would, well, me, me being biased as a Filipino American, I would say keeping the Filipino community as one as one electorate, you know, for a certain district. Right. It would ensure us our opinions to be, you know, heard, you know, cuz we're not gonna be divided now. Our community's gonna be in as one. Well not entirely a hundred percent, all the Filipinos in Elmhurst, Jackson Heights and Woodside are gonna be in one district, but at least most of it, right? Most of it will be together. It gives us political power for let's say if a candidate runs, a Filipino candidate runs or a candidate who supports Filipino needs and Filipino concerns, it would be really great for us to have that. So we could exert our needs and express our and advocate for our needs as one district together voting for just one district.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1774.0,1830.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/128","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Alright. Let's see. Do you have a sense of the significance of Little Manila to Filipinos, you know, all over New York or even outside New York?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1830.0,1850.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/129","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes. Yes. So New York city is a very iconic city. It's it's it is arguably the best city in the world and, and Queens is known for being very diverse it has everything in the world, Little Manila being what Little Manila is now and it being in Queens, the perfect place for it to be anywhere in New York city. It could have been Brooklyn, the Bronx Staten Island Manhattan, but it's in Queens, the world's borough. The significance of that being there also with Jollibee and Red Ribbon being there, very well known Filipino establishments right next to the 7 train. It's not only very comfortable and convenient for our Kababayans in New York city, Connecticut, New Jersey, the Northeast, you know, the east coast really it's it's, it's a really, it's, it's a really great spot. Cuz in California, they have a lot of those, you know, they have a lot in certain parts of California, you know, especially Northern California and LA.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1850.0,1907.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/130","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: They have a lot of those us having that in the east coast, especially in, in New York City is really significant to us. Cuz when folks from you know say the Philippines visit New York city or Filipinos, let's say in general, around the United States or maybe around the world to visit New York city, they could find a home away from home in Little Manila Queens. If they come to visit New York City. You know, me as a Filipino coming in America I wasn't really, I didn't really throw away my appetite for Filipino food. I was for, for a matter of fact, I was looking for more Filipino food or for more Filipino culture and community, in New York city. So that being in being there in Queens, it just helps Filipinos like me young Filipinos, like me, young Filipino first generation Filipino Filipinos, like me to, to feel a sense of community in Queens, especially New York City.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1907.0,1964.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/131","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Thanks. Alright. So I guess I have some just kind of general, hold on. I just go over my list again, make sure I haven't missed anything. So we have this whole list of sort of quickfire questions that we're asking everyone. So just sort of short answers what, whatever pops into your mind first? What's it like to live in Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1964.0,1995.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/132","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: I love it. I love Queens. I love Queens very diverse. You could eat anything in the world here in Queens.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=1995.0,2003.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/133","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: [laugh] okay. What makes Queens feel like home to you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2003.0,2008.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/134","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Little being, being blocks away from Little Manila being blocks away from Jollibee, Red Ribbon and all my friends here that I've met being a lot of, most of them being Filipino is, is just enough for me to be more than grateful than being here in Queens and wanting to stay in Queens.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2008.0,2029.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/135","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So based on your observations, how what's different about the older generations in your community?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2029.0,2039.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/136","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Well, I would say for the most part, the older generations in our community. Well, they they're very wise and all that, but I don't think they're very they're very open to new ideas and very, not very well I guess it's, it is not, we can't just say that yet. Cuz you know, we, we have to go through the education process, letting our elders know and us being young, you know that they've been through that before old older folks saying, you know, you don't know that much, but it's just sometimes it's I wouldn't wanna say close minded cuz that's, that's a very, that's not a good word to generalize, but I would say it's just very, it's just a lack of us communicating with them and trying to educate them about certain ideas and ideas that we think we need as young people in New York City, young FilAms in New York city.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2039.0,2087.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/137","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: OK. What does home mean to you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2087.0,2091.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/138","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Oh, that's a great, that's a great question cuz I've called a lot of places home. I think home is where the heart is. Home is where home is where you feel. Oh wow. That's a, that's a great question, caught me off-guard for a moment. [laugh] that's a great question, but oh. That's a great question. Cuz I don't live with my parents right now and I guess home is where you feel a sense of community and where you feel you're at your best and where you feel like you could, you, you could, you could reach the stars, you know, you could, you could do all of that. I think that's where, where you feel like home is really,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2091.0,2130.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/139","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: What do you do that helps you feel connected to your roots?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2130.0,2136.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/140","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Oh wow. [laugh] so for the most part, you know, I play basket during the summertime and during the you know, not wintertime, not the cold times, I'll play basketball in local gyms in, in the parks as well with a lot of Filipino friends, like how I would do in the Philippines, you know? And also I hang out with a lot of Filipinos as well here. [affirmative] not all of them, but most of them are Filipinos. And also I also try to go to every Filipino event that I can like the, like the Manila Zoo, all the Little Manila events all the other events that other folks are hosting, like Barkada market and whatnot. So that's what I do to feel, feel like, oh, you know, you see, you see all of that, the different types of street food, you see a lot of Filipinos and whatnot and yeah, this is this basically what I do to feel like I'm home here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2136.0,2185.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/141","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. So what aspects of your culture or language or traditions do you retain or that you kind of work hard to hang on to?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2185.0,2196.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/142","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: I love it how Filipinos are very welcoming of, of people. We, we accept them and then we treat them as our own. And it's just, just the hospitality that we have as Filipinos that where we welcome folks, we get to know them. We, we treat them as, as if we were to treat our family members. It's one of the, one of the things that I would retain and always keep as a Filipino American. Is that sense of treating others, like your family and that sense of hospitality to one another, regardless of whoever you are. It's just, it's just that, that, that's the one I really like, like when you, when you meet somebody at the basketball court is just a, oh you're Filipino. Oh yes. And then become friends right away in that type of stuff, you know? [laugh]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2196.0,2244.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/143","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. So then I'm gonna ask about your favorite establishments in in Little Manila.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2244.0,2249.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/144","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Oh, is anybody gonna hear this? [laugh]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2249.0,2255.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/145","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah, it's going, it's going in the archives generations later are gonna hear this.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2255.0,2262.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/146","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Okay. I, I would say Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace or well, well, I, I try to divide my time on all these Filipino establishments. Cuz sometimes I go to certain spots for the dishes that I like from them. Like let's say for Kabayan on Queens Boulevard. I, I think their bulalo is the best bulalo in, in all New York city, Kabayan on Queens Boulevard. But when I eat other food in general, I go to Amazing Grace for the most part. So overall Amazing Grace. But if we're talking about bulalo Kabayan, Kabayan has that up there [laugh]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2262.0,2301.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/147","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. So besides restaurants, are there other businesses that you, that you use there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2301.0,2306.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/148","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Yes. Yes. The PhilAm Phil Am grocery store. I go there a lot for a lot of Filipino snacks right over there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2306.0,2314.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/149","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Can you talk about the place of Phil am in the community? Like how, how significant it is to the community.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2314.0,2324.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/150","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Phil am being there in the heart of Little Manila, having all the Filipino snacks, they also have the Walis, the walis tingting. They have the the brooms, the Filipino traditional brooms made in Baguio [affirmative] they have that over there. They have the little Filipino desserts. They have, they also sell parols for, for, for the holiday season, I believe. I'm not sure if they have it right now, but they did. They have, they have literally everything you need in the Filipino household, the basic needs and commodities, they have it over there and it's just really great for it being there in Woodside, especially in Queens. So for our Filipinos to have it more accessible for them over there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2324.0,2361.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/151","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. How, how often do you go to PhilAm?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2361.0,2364.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/152","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: I would say maybe twice, every two weeks. Cause when I, when I go there, I, I'm not trying to go every day. So, you know, I just buy a lot and then I also not try to buy a lot sometimes, you know, cause it's, it's winter, you know, we're getting, we're getting fatter, you know? And so I, I try to avoid going there, but when I go there it's, it's not [laugh] it's not good for my diet. [laugh]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2364.0,2387.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/153","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: And uh, what are your favorite things to get from there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2387.0,2392.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/154","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Boy, Bawang, most definitely Boy Bawang, Cracklings, and then kinilaw mix, kinilaw mix.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2392.0,2401.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/155","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: They have kinilaw mix? What's that in a packet?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2401.0,2405.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/156","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: It's in, it's in a packet. It looks like well it's a little packet, like a squareish squareish packet that they have. They have a kinilaw mix over there. This, I also get, I get a lot of kinilaw mix that's where I get my kinilaw mix. [affirmative].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2405.0,2417.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/157","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Is it the, you know, like those like Mamacita or what's it called? Uh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2417.0,2423.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/158","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: I'm not sure. I think it's Mamacita cuz it, cause I was looking for the small small brands cause usually the small, small brands are usually the, the most, you know, tasteful ones, but I couldn't really find any. So I'm assuming, I think it was Mamacita, I would believe or if not some, some other brand that's very notably known, I would say,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2423.0,2442.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/159","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay, I gotta go back. [laugh] I've been looking for a walis, but they, I, when I was there last time, I forgot to look for that. Yeah. Anyway, [laugh] so right. I think that's pretty much everything I wanted to ask you. Was there anything you wanted to share and you know, make sure that it gets on the record and preserved for people in the future to listen to","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2442.0,2470.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/160","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Oh wow. That's so this is like a, I might be talking to my future self.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2470.0,2476.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/161","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Not to put pressure on you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2476.0,2479.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508/transcript/39253/annotation/162","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Bahia: Well, I would, I would say, I would say the, the, the Filipino American future in New York city is bright. We have a lot of awesome young FilAms. It's a very growing population. Our recognition recognition is going up there. People are working as much as you know, as ever have they, as Filipinos has ever before due to the credit of, of our past generations of paving it for us over here, what I would say is the Filipino future is very bright and our community here in Queens will be, we'll be, will be better than it has ever been before. So I would say hopefully, hopefully I'll, I'll make, I'll make sure of that personally. I'll try to make sure of that personally. I'll try that. [laugh] hopefully one day, let's see, let's see if I'm wrong. I'll say, you know what? It happens. [laugh].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1826/collection_resources/77299/file/164508#t=2479.0,2530.39733"}]}]}]}