MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (a.k.a. MDG) FOR 2015
This song is the MDG Anthem composed and sung by Filipinos. You can find it here, too: UN.org.ph. 2015 is the magical year. Spread the word!
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For the past four months, I have been a low-key internet personality. You see, I got involved [...]
Filed under: Non-Profit Connections, Talk Story (a.k.a. "blog") on January 26th, 2008 | No Comments »
January 25, 2008
Getting to know HDI Vanguard Corps with Janelle So of Kababayan TV (LA 18) in Los Angeles. Click here if you cannot see the video.
A couple of Saturdays ago, I invited John Ryan Largo, the founder of Human Development International Vanguard Corps, Ian Jon Mendoza, Executive Director for HDI Philippines, and Ryan Largo, [...]
Filed under: Non-Profit Connections on January 26th, 2008 | No Comments »
I don’t write too many profiles nowadays. This particular article that I wrote for Filipinas Magazine actually took eight months to germinate in my “to-do” list before it even saw print. Well, it was worth the wait. I wrote this story because I wanted to highlight the entrepreneurial experiences of our successful Filipino American business [...]
Filed under: Profiles, Sample Works, Writings and Musings on January 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
I started with one posting about the “Pinoy Dining Guide” for the San Francisco Bay Area so whenever people asked me for a listing of Filipino-themed restaurants, I could quickly look it up in my Blackberry 8830 (from my own postings, of course!). Yes, my friends know that when I enjoy a well-prepared meal, I [...]
Filed under: Filipino & Filipino-Fusion Dining Guide, Marketing & Public Relations on January 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
The ethnic retail market is a reality in the United States. It’s a vibrant component of a truly diverse community. I don’t want to be stereotypical in my observations but here’s what I’ve noticed in my travels around the San Francisco Bay Area:
1. Many Chinese Americans own dry cleaning services.
2. Many Asian Indians own liquor [...]
Filed under: Marketing & Public Relations, Talk Story (a.k.a. "blog") on January 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
In my one my blog entries, I talked about the joys of taking a gratitude break through squirrel-watching. Shortly after I wrote the posting, I badgered Sanny Leviste of Visual Moment.com, a friend of many talents especially in environmentally-sustainable advocacies, to find the photos that I had requested him to take of a squirrel. He [...]
Filed under: Marketing & Public Relations, Talk Story (a.k.a. "blog") on January 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
This is the e-mail that I sent out to thank our readers and contributors. Congratulations to my niece, Lauren Dado, for being honored with the “WikiPinoy of 2007, People & Society category” recognition also.
From: Lorna Dietz
Date: Jan 6, 2008 9:08 AM
Subject: FilipinaImages.com, advocacy blog & news portal (social change), wins WikiPilipinas’ Newsmakers of 2007, [...]
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