Month: July 2007
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The Filipina Woman’s Image Online: We Have The Power To Shape The Future
On July 21, 2007, during my first day at WordCamp for WordPress users, I spoke up and told my fellow conference attendees about the google bombing campaign my sister, Noemi Dado, and her friends were undertaking to take back the word Filipina online from its massive “dating and penpal websites†and put this word in…
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“Thriller!” – How Cebu’s CPDRC Inmates Rocked the World With An Awesome Rehabilitation Activity
YouTube.com, or “Broadcast Yourself,” is a part of the growing Social Web — where families and friends can share their experiences to others worldwide. Thus, when Marissa Aroy, our independent filmmaker-member of the Filipina Women’s Network (FWN), e-mailed our e-group about what 1,500+ prison inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (or CPDRC)…
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Take A Gratitude Break: Watch The Squirrels!
During the winter months in Chicagoland, my husband and I were not very happy being stuck in the condo, especially during the raging storms. The highlight of our days was “watching the squirrels.” There were six squirrels who greeted my husband every morning at the balcony. One of them would boldly stand in front of…
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July 2008: STC Cebu and UP Cebu Reunions
July 19, 2007 When I was fact-checking the information about the upcoming Pre-Centennial Convention of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America, I bumped into some news about more reunions in Cebu for 2008. Marissa Fernan, our ever-efficient classmate and oftentimes-mastermind of our grand reunions in Cebu (remember the 1993 and 1998 affairs?)…
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University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America: Grand Reunion & Pre-Centennial Convention
July 18, 2007 Everything is set for the annual gathering of U.P. graduates in America on September 1-3, 2007 at the Hilton San Francisco Financial District Hotel, 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco, California! Today, I was on the phone with Ted Aquino, the president of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (or…
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History Lesson: The Filipino World War II Veterans’ Battle for Equity, according to Rodel Rodis
July 17, 2007 I was a typical immigrant from the Philippines who didn’t know anything about the Rescission Act of 1946 and the role of Filipino American and Filipino soldiers in World War II. It was a huge piece of artwork that was being prepared for the NaFFAA Y2K2 Empowerment Conference in San Jose, California,…
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Major Ian Tudlong: An Online Postcard from a Filipino American Officer in Iraq
July 13, 2007 I first met Major Ian Tudlong in July of 2003 when Ora Seyler and I passed by Salinas, California (on our way to Los Angeles) to participate as a booth vendor for Barlin Real Estate Group in the Monterey-Salinas region’s yearly Filipino American outdoor festival. As I distributed marketing materials to the…
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WordCamp for WordPress users: A 2-Day Conference
Since I’m still learning how to use WordPress, I might as well go to WordCamp. If you want to know how to blog and develop your blog, this might just be your answer. Come and join me! Limited attendance. Registration is $25.
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Loida Nicolas Lewis, The Lewis College in Sorsogon, and Training Tomorrow’s World Citizens
Good things happen when I spend quality time in writing “from the heart” — because my blog truly reflects a cacophony of experiences. Today, I choose to talk about some incredible people in my life. Go ahead and click on the green-highlighted names for some supplemental information about these “provocateurs of change.” Thank you to…