Balikbayan Box

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I wish i can travel light…

Jun Parreno's family's first day in Canada wasnt exactly patterned after the movie, Home Alone. In his case it was more of confusion and short time between connecting flights. But all is well that ends well. Jun Parreno;s 23 month old is happily playing under the beautiful Canadian sun. In most of my travels, I always ended up paying for extra luggage or taking of stuff from my ...

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BALIK means to come back.

BAYAN means hometown or homeland.

So if you put the words together,

BALIKBAYAN means someone who is coming back home.

Balikbayan Box is filled with various gifts and goodies that range from cds, shoes, lotions, canned goods etc sent or brought by Filipinos leaving abroad to be given to relatives and friends back in their homeland, the Philippines