The Art of Changemaking

Day 1: Choppy Landing
July 17 (My Lolo’s birth anniversary)
Masarykova Kolej dormitory
Thákurova Street, Praha 6
Today marks my Lolo’s 93rd birth anniversary. I would have loved for him to see me go off to Europe so he could tell me his own stories of European adventures. Sadly, though, he passed away in 1993 when I was just [...]

Day 0: In Flight
16 July 2010
10:40 AM

As I write this, I am comfortably nestled in seat 20G (an aisle seat) of a KLM flight, somewhere in the skies above Quezon City en route to Amsterdam, with Sophie the iPad on the table in front of me and my dreams and the world opening up ahead [...]

Note: This piece was written two weeks ago, on Independence Day, and originally intended for Blogwatch.ph. Since it has not been published there, I am taking the liberty of publishing it here instead. ~ NTZ
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When Will the Philippines Learn to Grow Up?
By Niña Terol-Zialcita
Back when I was in college, some friends and I were debating [...]

Father’s Day always gives me something to feel extremely sentimental about, as it reminds me of my very unusual childhood and of the soap opera-ish circumstances that have come to define our family. In spite of all that, I am happy to be who I am and proud of where I came [...]

I first found out about the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010 Writing Project* through my friend Vince Golangco, who not is only a prolific blogger but is also a credible lifestyle journalist, DJ, host, and social media maven. The project made me think, once again, about what influence means today and what [...]

Yesterday (Sunday, June 13) was a proud moment for the Zs and our friends as we all trooped to Bonifacio Global City to support the Bottle School Run. For those of you who have missed our updates, the Bottle School Run was a 3k, 5k, and 10k marathon that brought together runners from all over [...]

*This forms PART 2 of my summary of my guesting at DJ Vince Golangco’s show on Mellow 94.7 (Sunday, June 6, 2010.)

In the June 6 edition of the radio segment “Edumacate Me”, DJ Vince Golangco and I talked about freelance writing and also touched on travel writing. While I don’t claim to be a travel [...]

Thanks to DJ Vince Golangco (a.k.a. Deejay Vince) of Mellow 94.7, I had the opportunity this morning to talk about one of my ultimate passions: writing. His Sunday-morning programming usually involves a segment called “Edumacate Me”, and my task was to “edumacate” his listeners on how to get published in magazines.
Freelance writing for magazines isn’t [...]

This year’s Independence Day celebrations will be made even more special by an event that challenges traditional concepts of recycling, architecture, and education, breaking free of the attitude that “things can’t be done because this is the way we do things.”
Well, it’s time to do things a little bit differently.
On June 13, MyShelter Foundation, spearheaded [...]