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Leaving Korea’s lightning-fast Web
N.B. – This was published in the March 15, 2010 issue of JoongAng Daily, an English newspaper based in Seoul, where the Philippine Resource Persons Group (PhilRPG) has a weekly column (Pinoy Voices). The full text of my article may also be retrieved from http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2917781. Korea’s Internet connections are a luxury...
N.B. – This was published in the March 12-18, 2010 issue of Pinoy Weekly, the full text of which may also be retrieved from http://pinoyweekly.org/new/2010/03/sino-ba%E2%80%99ng-dapat-iboto/. Tungkulin kong magbigay ng opinyon, pero bakit hanggang ngayo’y wala pa akong posisyon? Huwag mo munang itanong kung sino ang nararapat na iboto. Tulad ng marami...
Philippine government adopts non-sexist language but…
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (March 8, 9:00 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy). The celebration of International Women’s Month is the proper time to analyze a little-known Philippine government memorandum issued in 2005. Five years ago, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) encouraged those in government...
Peryodismo at pag-eendorso sa mga kandidato
N.B. – This will be published in the March 5-11, 2010 issue of Pinoy Weekly. Sa panahon ng eleksiyon, nararapat bang mag-endorso ang isang organisasyong pang-midya ng kandidatong dapat iboto? Walang pumipigil sa isang diyaryo o magasing maglabas ng editoryal tungkol dito. Puwede ring mag-ere ng isang PSA (public service announcement) ang...
Filipino journalists as candidates
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (March 1, 6:00 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy). Is it ethical for a journalist to run for public office? Legally, nothing prevents journalists from getting a seat in government as long as they meet the required citizenship, age and residency...
March 3 press conference on crisis at the University of the Philippines
N.B. – This is a media advisory for a press conference which aims to analyze the crisis besetting the University of the Philippines (UP). Hope you can make it. Thank you. Crisis in the University The media are invited to a press conference on March 3 (Wednesday), 10:00 am at the Bulwagang...
Recession Taxi
When I responded to a craigslist ad looking for cab drivers in the Chicago suburbs, our family was in increasingly desperate financial straits. I thought my unemployment benefits were about to run out and I was looking for something, anything, to pay some bills and help us stay afloat. I...
Being biracial in a mixed-up world
That’s the title of Taxi Wife’s beautifully-written new piece in the Chicago Tribune. Of course, I’m biased. You can read it here. Tagged: biracial, Chicago Tribune, President Obama ...
The call came yesterday, a little unexpectedly, around lunchtime. I’d just left the taxi dispatch office, where I’d cashed out some senior citizen coupons for a whopping sum of $9.00. Hello John I can put you today in car in the north. I already have driver for 875. 168 is open...
The Mexican city of Puebla is fighting back against the harrasement women sometimes endure at the hands of male taxi drivers. How is Puebla doing it? By taking the men out of the equation. (Photo: Joel Merino/AP) Tagged: Mexico women taxi, pink taxi, taxi women harrasement ...
Headin’ For the Boarder (of Wisconsin that is)
Well, not exactly that far north. But an exciting opportunity has presented itself. The Fleet Master has generously offered Recession Taxi the opportunity to change territories and vehicles! Here’s the deal. I’d be moving, from northern Cook County–where I’ve been driving for the last two months–to southern Lake County. Financially, it will actually work...
I pulled the Windstar into the garage. It was the end of a not especially lucrative day, but there was pot roast in the slow cooker. I grabbed my bags and walked to the elevator. When I got off, I decided to check the mail. It was still sitting there in the...
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Ghosts and Angels on the Beautiful Island
When I woke up around nine that Sunday morning my cell phone showed that I had 33 missed calls. It rang again in my hand. It was the head teacher from the school I worked at. “We’re at the hospital.” She told me. “Jana was hit by a bus.” On...
Snorkeling, Rum, and Island Hopping: Five Days in Coron, Busuanga Island, Philippines
To escape the suffocating traffic and staccato of firecrackers that besiege Taiwan every Chinese New Year, several friends and I booked tickets on a budget carrier, Spirit of Manila, to the city of Coron on Busuanga Island in the Philippines for five days of snorkeling, island hopping, and rum drinking. ...
I was contacted today by Lidia Nyiri, a PR Consultant for TravelGrove.com. She asked me if I would write a blog post reviewing her company which, “helps users find cheap offers on airfares, hotel and car rentals, cruise deals and vacation packages”. She said the review didn’t have to be nice....
An Interview with Matt Gibson (aka Me) on My Several Worlds
Check out the full article here....
A Good ‘Ol Fashioned Boat Burning
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Bunk Magazine Issue 5 is out now
The first issue of Bunk Magazine was published by the Armory nearly 10 years ago, long before I arrived in Taiwan. Around the time I moved to Taiwan the last issue of Bunk, issue 4, was published. Bunk had a big influence on my decision to start Xpat Magazine. It...
First Impressions
What is the first thing you do when you wake up? Stretch a little, drink a glass of water? Rub your eyes and will your body into leaving the warmth of the bed? That used to be me, a couple of years ago. I’d lie curled under my Jaipuri quilt, gazing...
Sitting in the waiting area of my dentist’s office, I reached for Time magazine with the cover image of an aeroplane and the title “Fear of Flying.” Right beside it was Redbook with a smiling Julia-Louis Dreyfus looking “hotter at 49 than 29.” What caught my attention was this message shouting...
A record of our life, our times, our vanity
What does blogging do for you? Is it a forum for tips? A place where you reflect and have conversations with yourself? A safe haven; an escape? A commentary on social, political, economic issues of our times? A minute-by-minute record of your personal life? A journal that was meant to be personal, but really isn’t? Do...
I watched The Fight Club again after several years and it was interesting that different aspects of the movie resonated with me this time than when I had first seen it. Probably because of where I am in my life right now vis-a-vis a decade ago. There are a lot of...
Here is an article I wrote for Hindustan Times a couple of years ago. For my readers in India, let me know if things have changed for the better on the streets, in the houses, at work … —————— In 1909 some women textile workers in New York went on strike. After...
Gift for your baby girl: a breastfeeding doll
Yesterday, a friend forwarded a Huffington Post slideshow of the seven most inappropriate toys for children. I was appalled, needless to say, but one that had me going “No way!” at the top of my lungs was this particular product: The Bebé Glotón breastfeeding doll. Who in their right minds would buy...