SIANG: //adj.// [SIGH – YAH – NG]A reactionary phrase to describe a situation that is “too bad,” “unfortunate,” or “a pity.” Example:Josie was telling me she is a doctoral student in the midwest. I was delighted that we would have much to talk about in terms of academia. I spotted a tag on her luggage […]
Author: Lisa
Working Womyn, Dying Womyn
Last Friday, I attended a public forum sponsored by GABRIELA, the leading women’s political organization here in the Philippines. The forum was featuring the mother of a young woman who was raped in Okinawa, Japan in this past February by a US army serviceman. This rape occurred days after another US army serviceman had raped […]
Fiesta
Consider this an early invitation so you can mark your calendars…
Philippines Story: Week III
Under the weather again, but here’s a few glimpses of Week III.
It’s All About the Scenery, I Tell You
The past two days have been quite eventful. Part of my independent research is studying the services and history of GABRIELA, non-profit women’s organization here in the Philippines who take up every issue from legal sexual abuse cases to helping women organize for rallies and empowering women to run in public office. On Friday, I […]
Philippines in Pictures
A truckload of garbage that costs roughly $70 that communities sift through for re-sellable items and for food. Another community that is based at the foot of a garbage mountain scours for survival. A man pauses just before he ascends the mountain again after he carried down a bag of findings.
Soft Side of Manila
Two Decisions
I did not go to Baguio. Last night we are talking about the trip’s logistics. And it dawns on me as I make my 8175th trip to the bathroom for that day, it’s quite a possibly that I may be uncomfortable because I’ll be in an area I’ve never been with food prepared in unknown […]
I Am New Jersey and Other Random Musings
SO I wake up this morning from a deep sleep and thank the good Lord I was able to rest for several uninterrupted hours of sleepy time. My stomach is not entirely resolved itself, but the army has weakened to a few person revolt and while they are feisty in spirit, I sense a defeat […]
Pictures of Urban Poor Communities
Our leaders take us to where they keep a truckload of trash for which they purchase for survival. The garbage that they search through.