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Doreen G. Yu
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Life after kidnapping
by Doreen G. Yu - March 9, 2024 - 12:00am
It was a gathering of people with a shared nightmare, that of being kidnapped.
Why we were there
by Doreen G. Yu - February 24, 2024 - 12:00am
I’ve been re-reading Ruth Reichl’s “Save Me the Plums,” a memoir on her journey to and experience as editor of the venerable magazine Gourmet.
Duck duck dragon
by Doreen G. Yu - February 4, 2024 - 12:00am
There’s this wonderful animated film on Netflix called “Duck Duck Goose.
Swift, but slowly
by Doreen G. Yu - January 9, 2024 - 12:00am
It’s an odd – but good, I say – combination. I’ve started 2024 with Jose Rizal and Taylor Swift.
Resolutions
by Doreen G. Yu - January 2, 2024 - 12:00am
We woke up to a thick blanket of haze thrown over the metropolis, the hangover from the previous night’s revelry.
Hero
by Doreen G. Yu - December 30, 2023 - 12:00am
It is one thing to read history, and quite another to sense history – to see, hear and even feel it reaching out to you across time.
Living with madness
by Doreen G. Yu - December 20, 2023 - 12:00am
I was awakened at exactly 7 a.m. last Saturday by the sounds of a brass band playing a spirited rendition of the classic “Ang Pasko ay Sumapit.” It’s fiesta in my barangay.
Zipping/spinning past 70
by Doreen G. Yu - December 10, 2023 - 12:00am
Yes, I did – really! – and I have documentation to prove it.
202 13th street corner Railroad
by Doreen G. Yu - November 12, 2023 - 12:00am
We had a farewell/moving out party at the newsroom last night, after we closed the paper and before they started packing up the remaining computers and keyboards and AVRs for the final move to our new office in...
Birthdays
by Doreen G. Yu - October 19, 2023 - 12:00am
A friend turned 81 last week, and a bunch of us got together and threw her a surprise party, complete with pancit, lechon and candles on the cakes – and a hilarious 18 roses ceremony, actually just one rose...
All heart: PUSO!
by Doreen G. Yu - October 7, 2023 - 12:00am
I write this before we play Jordan for the gold, but I am basking in our win over China the other night. I watched the game on replay, only after I knew the result.
Bango ng champaca
by Doreen G. Yu - September 27, 2023 - 12:00am
My amah (paternal grandmother) had a champaca tree planted in a corner of a pocket garden in the old family compound in San Miguel district.
Home again: Bahay Tsinoy reopens
by Doreen G. Yu - September 10, 2023 - 12:00am
Finally, after being shuttered by the pandemic, museums and theaters have re-opened, breathing renewed life into the cultural scene in the metropolis.
Going gital
by Doreen G. Yu - August 2, 2023 - 12:00am
Two days after the SIM card registration deadline, I received a text addressing me by name and telling me to “Seize the rewards: Deposit 100, Get 100% up to 1,000 welcome bonus, Get 3% Extra deposit bonus....
Earth and Encantada
by Doreen G. Yu - April 25, 2023 - 12:00am
Salamat sa araw-araw Na dumadaloy at umaalon Gabi-gabi nagdiriwang Nagsasabog ng punla Araw-gabi, araw-gabi Ang biyaya ng lupa Hahagkan ng Diwata Magsisilang ang himala
April on my mind
by Doreen G. Yu - April 6, 2023 - 12:00am
I’m not sure they still study stuff like this in school, but during my time many, many, many moons ago, TS Eliot’s poem “The Waste Land” was a must in literature class, from basic English...
Barbarian
by Doreen G. Yu - March 4, 2023 - 12:00am
I was a “barbarian” in my college years at the University of the Philippines.
Rules of the road
by Doreen G. Yu - March 1, 2023 - 12:00am
I am all for the recently approved Unified Ticketing System and even the NCAP (No Contact Apprehension Policy, if and when the Supreme Court allows its implementation) as positive steps toward addressing the traffic...
Jopay & other harvests
by Doreen G. Yu - February 7, 2023 - 12:00am
Even with the iconic main building and all its performance and exhibition venues closed for major refurbishing for at least two years, the Cultural Center of the Philippines has thankfully not stopped its artistic...
PC
by Doreen G. Yu - January 31, 2023 - 12:00am
I’m not talking about the Philippine Constabulary or pest control, but about being politically correct.
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