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Not the Usual Travel |
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Written by Diwa Aquino-Gacosta
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My spirit soars everytime I fly to different places… but not at this time.
My work provides me to go to places I have not been before… experience new things and be enriched with the experience of others.
My recent resource gathering trip for a story I deemed so important have brought me to places forever etched in my memory. For one, the places I’ve been too are not the usual places one will go to and the manner I got into those places are far from being ideal.
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Swept Away |
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Written by Diwa Aquino-Gacosta
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My colleague in Manila asked for my notes on our resource gathering in Zamboanga last year. She needs portion of my notes for the story she’s working on about how young ladies in a village in Zamboanga view education and life.
While some of the young girls we interviewed are beginning to realize the importance of education and strive to defy the norms in their village. A great majority still let their lives be swept away by the tides of their culture. What will be, will be… Que sera, sera
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Rise of Rice |
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Written by Diwa Aquino-Gacosta
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What difference can an additional P10 in the cost of rice make?
Few months ago, while watching the television, I wept on the sight of young children heavily beaten by their mother because they played with the last cup of rice that they have. I could have hated their mother for doing so. Who in their right mind will hurt children for a cup of rice?
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