Oct 2, 2022
In the US this October, Filipinos celebrate Filipino-American History Month. I always think about my dad around this time, Albert Balbutin Sr, who rode a steamship from the Philippines to San Francisco Bay in April of 1929. I was told it took about a month, and it was only until a few years later that the Golden Gate Bridge was finally built. As you can imagine he was quite old by the time I was born, but I remember stories of him climbing coconut trees back in Camiguin where he grew up. Life was simpler for him back then, as he would later work various jobs in America from farms, steam ships, and factories.
