http://www.ninaterol.com Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:41:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One girl shares her musings about her love for the Philippines despite, in spite, and because of… by Niña Terol (Originally published in the October 2009 issue of Cosmopolitan Philippines) In many ways, my relationship with my country is like my relationship with my family. There are days when I’m extremely proud to ... http://www.ninaterol.com/2009/11/02/%e2%80%9cpilipinas-kong-mahal%e2%80%9d-in-cosmo%e2%80%99s-on-my-mind-october-issue/ Originally published in Entrepreneur Philippines (March 2008) and reposted on Entrepreneur.com.ph (October 2009) __ Profiles Oct 20, 2009 By Nina Terol. Photos by Walter Villa from Entrepreneur Philippines Magazine, March 2008 At the nation's rag capital, a group of priests, young professionals, and a top fashion designer collaborate on a social ... http://www.ninaterol.com/2009/10/30/rajo-laurel-rags-2-riches-collaborate-to-produce-designer-rag-products/ At the Homeless World Cup, people of all colors, shapes, and sizes converge under different flags that represent different languages, political systems, ideologies, and religions. There are teams from 48 countries in six continents, some belonging to global superpowers whose flags have instant recall and recognition, others to little-known states ... http://www.ninaterol.com/2009/09/11/the-three-languages-we-all-must-learn/ It’s a Saturday morning, and politics should be the last thing on my mind, especially as I see sunlight filtering in through my sliding door, beckoning me to come out and take a walk already. But I will postpone my grocery trip for at least another hour because the first ... http://www.ninaterol.com/2009/05/02/questions-i%e2%80%99d-like-to-ask-the-presidentiables/ IT is no accident that today, International Women’s Day, is the day when I am able to write this piece. For yesterday and the day before that, I was blessed with a unique opportunity to share my words with women (and men) from different walks of life, and I feel ... http://www.ninaterol.com/2009/03/08/onstage-with-women-a-women%e2%80%99s-month-tribute/ The most interesting emails that I’ve gotten lately are from friends who don’t usually participate in political or social discussions in our respective egroups, but who pipe in once in a while—and quite passionately—about where they’re coming from as young professionals trying to build careers and families. “I am not being ... http://www.ninaterol.com/2009/01/26/we-each-have-a-post-to-man/ Whether you’re an office worker glued to your desk for most of the week, a Net junkie who loves blogs and social networking sites, an overseas Filipino looking to connect back to home, or simply someone with something to say, the power to set this country right is within your ... http://www.ninaterol.com/2009/01/12/7-resolutions-you-can-do-for-rp-while-sitting-down/ AFTER the press conference that introduced the Movement for Good Governance (MGG) to media and other supporters, I heard from one of the MGG “elders” something that I rarely hear: an acknowledgement — a thinly veiled apology, actually — that the country is still deep in muck because his generation ... http://www.ninaterol.com/2008/12/24/a-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolution-for-our-elders/ AND now we face yet another hundred-million-peso scandal, unfolding in real-time in the august chambers of the Philippine Senate, involving yet another fall guy who is now the country’s hottest topic (and butt of jokes) but who will later on be forgotten. The moment I heard his name — a ... http://www.ninaterol.com/2008/11/13/within-the-joker%e2%80%99s-grasp/ IN his piece on Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight for Time, Richard Corliss writes, “Nolan has a… subversive agenda. He wants viewers to stick their hands down the rat hole of evil and see if they get bitten. With little humor to break the tension, The Dark Knight is beyond ... http://www.ninaterol.com/2008/08/06/political-lessons-from-%e2%80%98the-dark-knight%e2%80%99/