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Filipinos #CopingWithCovid — New Zealand: Jay Montilla & Monika Tawngdee

June 9, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Jay Montilla On June 7, 2020, New Zealand declared it had eliminated Coronavirus. Its last new case was in May and New Zealand hospitals have no Covid-19 cases (as of June 9, 2020).  Lead by Prime Minister Jacinda Arden, the country implemented strict quarantine, travel restrictions and widespread testing. Here are the interviews of two Filipinos (my nephew and niece, in fact) who live in New … [Read more...] about Filipinos #CopingWithCovid — New Zealand: Jay Montilla & Monika Tawngdee

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Coronavirus, covid19, Filipino, Filipino New Zealand, New Zealand, pandemic, Philippines

Filipinos #CopingWithCovid — Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi, France

June 4, 2020 by admin 1 Comment

Marc and Ofelia Tequi   The following is part of my series, Filipinos Coping with Covid. Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi was born in Iloilo and has lived with her husband Marc in France for many years. Ofelia is a modern and comptemporary artist as well as a printmaker. Responding to my interview questions, Ofelia describes life for her and her husband Marc in Limeuil, France, during the time … [Read more...] about Filipinos #CopingWithCovid — Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi, France

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: #CopingwithCovid, Coronavirus, covid19, FilipinoFrench, Interview, pandemic

Filipinos #CopingWithCovid — Reine Marie Bonnie Melvin, France

June 4, 2020 by admin 2 Comments

  The following interview is part of my series, Filipinos Coping with Covid. Reine Marie Bonnie Melvin (Bonnie) was born in Manila and has lived in Paris France for many years. She is the award-winning author of A Normal Life and Other Stories and the novel The Betrayed. ~ Cecilia Brainard Cecilia Brainard Interviews Reine Marie Bonnie Melvin Interview conducted via email on May … [Read more...] about Filipinos #CopingWithCovid — Reine Marie Bonnie Melvin, France

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: #CopingwithCovid, Coronavirus, covid19, FilipinoFrench, interivew, pandemic

Filipinos #CopingWithCovid Teresa Concepcion, Canada

May 31, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

The following interview is part of my series, FILIPINO COPING WITH COVID. Teresa Concepcion from Toronto, Ontario, Canada is featured. She was educated at Maryknoll College, Philippines, AB BA 1968, and University of the Philippines, MBA 1972. She's has over 30 years in investment management and corporate finance in the Philippines and in Canada. Teresa has been a small business entrepreneur … [Read more...] about Filipinos #CopingWithCovid Teresa Concepcion, Canada

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Coronavirus, covid19, Filipino, Interview, pandemic, Philippines

Filipinos #CopingwithCovid — Lia Feraren, Germany

May 28, 2020 by admin 1 Comment

I 've interviewed a number of Filipinos from all over the world about how they are dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic. These interviews will be integrated in a series "How Filipinos Are Coping with Covid 19" which will appear in the online magazine Positively Filipino. Please look for it. My official and travel blogs will feature the complete interviews.  The following features Lia Feraren … [Read more...] about Filipinos #CopingwithCovid — Lia Feraren, Germany

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: #CopingwithCovid, Coronavirus, covid19, Interview, pandemic FilipinoGerman

The Quiet Voice

March 23, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Now and then I will hear in my heart a tiny voice that is not my own. The voice, the thoughts it creates, come and go quickly, in my mind. The quiet voice came the other night. We sent you many warnings: white bison and other albino animals, but you continued poisoning the bees and destroying the mighty Amazon. You hunted elephants, rhinos, tigers, pangolins, and other rare and beautiful … [Read more...] about The Quiet Voice

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: covid19

Invitation to Write: Sensuous Writing #Covid19 #creativewriting

March 22, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

During this time of coronavirus, I invite my readers to write. Many of us are sheltering at home, why not use creativity to stay calm? I will try focus on one aspect of creative writing so the you can experiment with that element. Today, let us look at "Sensuous Writing." I am sharing a YouTube tutorial about this. Click here: or here: … [Read more...] about Invitation to Write: Sensuous Writing #Covid19 #creativewriting

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: covid19, creativity, how to write, writing

Welcome!

I am a daugh­ter of the Philip­pines and an adopt­ed daugh­ter of Amer­i­ca. I have also trav­eled to many places so I am also a daugh­ter of the Earth. My expe­ri­ences have found their way into my sto­ries, which try to depict char­ac­ters caught in impor­tant moments in their lives, sit­u­a­tions that force them to act, make deci­sions, change. I try to see the world from my own point of view, not the dom­i­nant West­ern one, thus my inter­est in his­to­ry, cul­ture, and set­ting. But my char­ac­ters car­ry my sto­ries; they are the most impor­tant in my sto­ry-telling. I have to dive deep into them to under­stand their human­i­ty – their good­ness as well as their bad­ness, their beau­ty as well as their ugli­ness. Just like us. Just like each of us. I need to know where they came from, where they are now, so I under­stand where they are going. Just like us.

Please read my full biog­ra­phy here

 

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