February 2012
33 posts
this process...in being centered, kind, and...
My heart is broken and it is something to be very real with myself about. But through this struggle it has been crucial for me to realize the beauty that life has right in front of me: to be alive and breathing, eating well, my health, a loving family, a strong and caring mother, things that are there that you never noticed before, and just the overall moments of calmness that comes with realizing...
“This Too Shall Pass”
I achieved so...
Vision/What do I want for myself?
To help me through my tough time in this transition phase, I have reflected and came up with a list on what I would like to see for myself. Having purpose helps.
I want to be confident and happy in who I am and who I know I can become again.
To be able to do things for myself—start humble and with hope. (getting a job(s) and living within my own means, paying attention to my own needs first)
I...
Epilogue
My Labor of Love
“To my mom and my sisters. I’m up here…I have worked hard, recognizing your struggles to get me up here! Trust I will keep on challenging myself to grow into a strong man that you have helped raised.” –Personal Statement, UCLA Samahang Pilipino Graduation Ceremony (2008)
“I keep reminding you that I am here, I’ll always love you. Because knowing that in your life, you had a...
“At the center of your being, you have the answer; you know who you are and what...”
– —Lao Tzu (via anthologyz)
locating maitri (loving kindness)
“…not only does the single mother become powerless and rendered...”
– -Canare, R.L. (2012). Labor of Love: Filipina Single Mothers Transforming Motherhood to Raise Sons, SFSU Masters thesis in Asian American Studies.
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January 2012
23 posts
2 year plan 2012 to Fall 2013
So in moving to be proactive in my current position in life…time for critical and hopeful goal setting…
Vision: Dedicating my life and labor in investigating the social world as it relates to the experiences of Filipina/o/Americans, Asian/Americans, and other POC under the analyses of race, class, gender, sexuality. Uncovering epistemologies of resistance, survival, and production of...
Columbus Brought Civilization to America →
titotibok:
titotito:
verbalresistance:
MARINA DEL REY, CA, 10.11.2000 - The multiculturalist attacks on Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day are a disgrace, said the director of development for the Ayn Rand Institute.
“Columbus should be honored as the discoverer of America, but multiculturalists unjustly regard him as a villain,” said Richard Ralston.
“What makes the attacks on...
American Dream?
mother has said: “if the time comes where I have to, I think I would move back to the Philippines this year…life is just getting so hard here…I feel like I can’t survive here anymore”
Has anyone done research yet on Filipina/o Ams. going back “home” permanently? I think I found a future topic to investigate.
