Tag: 2016

  • Poetry | Inner Adventurer

    Poetry | Inner Adventurer

    My inner adventurer loves to climb.

    Trees, cliff tops, mountains.
    She swims oceans , circles coastlines.
    The stars guide her way.

    ‘No need for maps’ she proclaims.
    Conquering Everest is all in a day’s work.
    She has mastered the Incan trail, battled through forests and desert storms
    (She has the battle scars to prove it)

    Language proves no barrier to her excitement
    Connection fuels her, intrigue is infectious
    Dancing in the shadows of the rialto,
    Singing alongside buskers in the rain
    Jumping into the clear blue with sailors

    My inner adventurer has seen the Seven Wonders
    And yet the horizon line never fails to take her breath away
    She stands in awe of towering cities, overhanging trees and endless canyons
    This tiny planet holds so much promise, so much beauty to comprehend

    My inner adventurer has not surfaced just yet

    But maybe, someday, she’ll be brave enough to try.

  • Revisiting Bridget

    Revisiting Bridget

    I was about 12 when the first Bridget Jones movie came out.

    Aside from vaguely remembering the ‘All By Myself‘ scene and Geri Halliwell’s official single, I don’t recall much about it at the time. Shoot forward a couple years and I’ve obviously since watched the film in full multiple times, I know all the references. It’s only now, however, in my mid-twenties, also a working woman, also single, that I think ‘Wow…Now, I get it.’

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  • Not A-Typical | My Filipino Identity

    Not A-Typical | My Filipino Identity

     

    I am a Filipino woman. Do I look it?

    Racial identity and appearance are so closely linked in conversations about diversity so I thought I’d explore my own Filipino identity for a change. The header above encompasses a couple of common comments I get whenever I meet anyone for the first time.

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