Arlene Corpuz Gregerson is the fifth child of
Hospicio and Irene Corpuz, from Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. She grew up on her parents farm in barangay Las-Ud, and attended college in Manila at Adamson University. She worked in the capitol of Manila before going to Japan for several years.
Arlene traveled to Bangkok, Hungary, and Australia. She first contacted me by email as a stranger in 2003, asking me to send her some class handouts I wrote (she was teaching a Word class to employees where she worked). We became acquainted by email over the next 10 months.
Upon learning I was going to visit China, Arlene offered to show me around her native Philippines. I accepted her offer on my second trip to China, and our friendship then grew deeper as we prepared for my visit.
After meeting in the Philippines, we were engaged and I stayed there with her for six months (in Pampanga). Arlene assisted me on my trip to Beijing, China
and was integral to all the photography
we did together in the Philippines. Arlene Baldovi Corpuz is now Arlene Corpuz Gregerson, a resident of the USA.
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