The Stimulant: When I auditioned and was selected to deliver a monologue in the Filipina Women’s Network production of “The Vagina Monologues” or TVM, which had its first San Francisco Bay Area performance to a sold-out crowd at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco on March 30, 2004, my “work & life” seeds with “Women […]
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The Stimulant: My father, ever-efficient, taught me at a very young age that there were certain things about life that couldn’t be learned in school. At that time, I didn’t understand what he was training me for. I was only 10 years old. All I could think about was that he was disrupting my TV […]
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My husband, Erik, and I share an interest in cooking. Oftentimes, it’s a “battle of wills.” Erik enjoys meat and potatoes and I prefer Asian food, especially mung bean (silver) noodles. European-raised Erik, when asked to draw “snacks” during a “Pictionary” game, would sketch a wedge of cheese, grapes, and crackers for his Filipino teammates. […]
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“I live a charmed life — and I wish it on everyone I meet.” This is a quote that I picked up from a New York fashion reporter in one of those stylish cable TV shows. It radiates my worldview — and keeps me inspired. Indeed, everything we think and do involves our perception about […]
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I wrote this poem as a gift for Ia “Marie” Villatuya. I was so touched by her sadness especially since we had just finished a theatre production of “Arkiteknik: The New Cultural Landscape” at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, CA on October 21 and 22, 2000. Would you believe that […]
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The Stimulant: Last Sunday, I called up a young friend of mine who is staying for the summer in Chicagoland, USA. Her name is Shana Siap, a very talented 16-year old performing artist from Cebu City, Philippines. Her mom and dad had met at my bakeshop-café, fell in love with each other, and of […]
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Your family business is not just any job. It started because of a dream — and that dream became a labor of love. Most family-owned business owners feel more secure running their own business than being employed in an uncertain corporate world. My husband’s Uncle Chris, who owns a manufacturing company, once […]
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WOMEN IN FOCUS – Work & Life by Lorna L. Dietz
August 23, 2005: Introducing The New Principal
This is the scenario.
You are a brand-new student at Silver Creek High School this week in San Jose, California. You have already made your acquaintance with Thelma Boac, Principal, before the official “first day at school.” Mrs. […]
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AFTER THE FIRST TIME was my first attempt to describe my first HEALING MASSAGE experience.
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After The First Time
Is this what it’s like
To slow down my pace,
To feel my heart beat in a slow tempo,
Ta-dum, ta-dum, ta-dum,
To focus on each breath that I take
And softly exhale through my mouth,
Imagining a […]
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Today, you were meant to read this. We were meant to share our “hearts and soul.”
SYNCHRONICITY
Chep Lap Kok Airport, January 18, 1999
Here I am, safely ensconced in my favorite window seat, waiting for my plane to proceed to Manila. My United Airlines flight no.1 from Los Angeles had arrived safely in Hong Kong […]
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