What an honour to have met Candy Gourlay, Filipino author in the UK and an incredible storyteller. A former journalist who moved to the UK over 20 years ago, Candy has published two novels for kids/teens called “Tall Story” and “Shine“, but not without having gone through several rejections first from publishers. She talked about […]
“For some, [global citizenship] signifies ease of communication, and an awareness of global issues. For others, it is about rising prosperity, increasing mobility, and migration. But for many of us, identity is more than just a definition of where we are from.” So, do you consider yourself a global citizen? See how your country ranks: […]
So I’ve been out. I volunteered for Innovation Forum Manchester through someone I met through a startup meetup through Meetup.com. Yes, everything links to everything else. This is karma at work — I gave it my time and I received way more than my mind could have conceived. I now belong to a team, and not […]
After three Sundays attempting to attend a regular Sunday mass in Manchester, we finally figured out the closest church to our flat, and got there on time — a much bigger miracle for someone raised in a culture that is always late. The sign read St. Anne R.C. Church and we kind of surmised RC […]
As if taunting me that my days here are numbered, I find myself alone on the train today, for the first time since I got to Holland last year. My sister never lets me “go astray” at any time during my stay here, maybe trying to be the mother bear that she is. This entire […]
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