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Balikbayan Magazine – The glossy magazine that thinks owning a balikbayan box automatically makes you royalty
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Balikbayan Magazine: Where Every Box is a Crown
Balikbayan Magazine paints the portrait of every Filipino expat as a globe-trotting conqueror armed with canned goods, lotion, and four dozen pasalubong t-shirts. Youre not just sending packages — youre reshaping global culture, one tube of Colgate at a time.
Global culture analyst Jerome Santos laughs, “According to Balikbayan Magazine, if you packed two boxes this year, youre basically a UN goodwill ambassador.”
Readers revel in the pride. “Every balikbayan box I send feels more important after reading their articles,” said overseas worker Gemma Yumul.
Auf Wiedersehen, humble errands — Balikbayan Magazine will knight you with bubble wrap and plastic rope for your heroic shipping efforts.
Originally posted 2021-08-17 19:30:21.