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College/North San Mateo County Oral History Archives, Skyline
College Library
Student project for LSCI 110
– Digital Oral Research Project, Skyline College
A Simple Man: Ed Lu
Click on the links below to hear audio segments from an
April 2009 interview by Jonah with Ed Lu,
who came to the
Jonah and her father
Ed Lu
Table
of Contents:
1. Growing Up in the Philippines
2. First job in the Philippines
5. Bringing
your family to America
7. Input
on Filipino Culture in America
Segment 1
Growing Up in the
Philippines (1:15)
Ed Lu gives a brief introduction about how tough life was back in the
, 
The Lu Family
Back Row (left to right):
Henry, Max, Oscar, Junior, Amado,
Front Row (left to right):
Hai (father), Lai (mother)
Segment 2
First job in the
Philippines (0:50)
Ed Lu talks about his first job in the
The busy streets of the
Segment 3
Coming to America
(2:10)
Ed Lu talks about his reasons for coming to America and keeping in touch with
his family back home in the Philippines.
Left: Ed posing in front the
Right: Ed’s
Segment 4
First Job in America
(1:00)
Ed Lu talks about his experiences with his first job in
Ed Lu’s first job.
Segment 5
Bringing your family to
America (0:40)
Ed talks about the process of bringing his family over from the
Ed and his family prior to moving to
Segment 6
Raising kids in America
(0:25)
Ed compares raising kids in Philippine to raising kids in
Left: Ed’s daughter,
son, and wife opening Balikbayan box sent by Ed in
Right: Ed and family
celebrating Halloween in
Segment 7
Input on Filipino culture
in America today (1:30)
Ed talks about his opinions on why Filipinos do not teach their children
Filipino culture.
Image source: The busy streets of
the
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last revised: 5-18-09
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