Life in Full Vox Vox 2009-10-09T01:56:08Z thelmabowlen http://thelmabowlen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d09e55025bbe2b/ It's not about where you are but your state of mind. Modest Needs tag:vox.com,2008-12-10:asset-6a00d09e55025bbe2b010981548014000d 2008-12-10T15:35:25Z 2009-10-09T01:56:08Z thelmabowlen http://thelmabowlen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I got a most compelling e-mail from a complete stranger. It wasn't spam, nor bacn. It came from a man who was instrumental in helping me and Kyera get out of a temporary financial set back last June. To make a long story short, money I was expect...

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]]> QotD: End of Summer tag:vox.com,2008-08-17:asset-6a00d09e55025bbe2b00fa96928f3d0003 2008-08-17T18:36:33Z 2008-08-17T18:36:33Z thelmabowlen http://thelmabowlen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Schools are coming closer to starting once again, any particular memories/thoughts associated with this time of year? Submitted by Chuck I grew up in Portland, OR before my mom moved us back to the Philippines when I was twelve. School years beg...

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]]> Finding the Words tag:vox.com,2008-08-17:asset-6a00d09e55025bbe2b0100a7f2e2dc000e 2008-08-17T15:01:32Z 2008-08-17T15:03:09Z thelmabowlen http://thelmabowlen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Fan Keith and Couch We Hauled More Boxes Living Room Mateys Zack and Buzz Ze Family Boxed Zephan In the Mirror Scrabble Partners Stardust on the Menu Waiting for Jaws Enzian Marquee Enzian Tickets Side Seating Rocco May Star

How does one explain an absence? Do I describe the prosaic dailiness of the routine that has become our life in the US? Do I share the inner scape of the loneliness that is life in the diaspora? Do I regale you with tales of faith and the someti...

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]]> On the Road tag:vox.com,2008-04-23:asset-6a00d09e55025bbe2b00f48cf167420003 2008-04-23T23:11:38Z 2008-04-23T23:11:38Z thelmabowlen http://thelmabowlen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

K Driving.jpg

Someone's been practising her driving. At 30mph on a 45mph limit road. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

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]]> Moblogging tag:vox.com,2008-04-18:asset-6a00d09e55025bbe2b00f48cefafba0003 2008-04-18T11:57:37Z 2008-04-18T12:02:09Z thelmabowlen http://thelmabowlen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Kye Pout.jpg

And so I'm back from outer space. With BlackBerry in hand, I shall now attempt to resuscitate my cyberlife. Attempt. Let's not get excited. Or shall we? Here's the debut photo from my new Pearl. The daughter outside a restaurant taking a phot...

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]]> The Little Things tag:vox.com,2007-10-26:asset-6a00d09e55025bbe2b00e398b702ec0003 2007-10-26T17:08:29Z 2007-10-29T04:17:09Z thelmabowlen http://thelmabowlen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Stopping by and realized I have missed VOX sooooo much! And I see that I missed the anniversary yesterday too! My timing is normally impeccable but considering that I've moved continents and miss my daughter heaps and am job hunting left and right...

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]]> Where's Thelma? tag:vox.com,2007-09-30:asset-6a00d09e55025bbe2b00e398ae09e60005 2007-09-30T16:44:54Z 2007-10-26T17:10:48Z thelmabowlen http://thelmabowlen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Greetings from Tallahassee! Life's still upside down and sideways and I still haven't landed so I am hardly in front of a computer. When things return to normal, I will be back to my old demi-cybergeek self. Blogging up a storm about my new life...

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]]> Micro-Vaca Weekend tag:vox.com,2007-08-23:asset-6a00d09e55025bbe2b00e398a07f0d0005 2007-08-23T06:27:43Z 2007-08-23T09:51:22Z thelmabowlen http://thelmabowlen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Kyera and Nikki Kyera in Print Nikki in Red Red on Drums Miguel and Nikki No. 1 Miguel and Nikki No. 2 Miguel and Nikki No. 3 Miguel and Nikki No. 4 Me and K No. 1 Me and K No. 2 Me and K No. 3 Me and K No. 4 Miguel and Kyera My New Hair Miguel, Kyera and Nikki

Everyone needs to get away from their routine now and then. Thank God I have a good friend who feels the same way and happens to have a vacation home far away from Manila. It's actually their family's farm. Not the kind where cows produce milk a...

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]]> Wet Jeans and Shoes tag:vox.com,2007-08-17:asset-6a00d09e55025bbe2b00e3989e9f8d0004 2007-08-17T12:47:55Z 2009-10-09T02:05:50Z thelmabowlen http://thelmabowlen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Philippine tricycle

There's a typhoon in Manila. We've been getting rained on incessantly this past week. Apparently as one typhoon exited, another entered our "area of responsibility". But life in the Philippines is experienced in either extreme heat and humidity o...

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]]> My Web Two Point Oh-ing Adventures tag:vox.com,2007-08-14:asset-6a00d09e55025bbe2b00e3989d84610002 2007-08-14T03:53:04Z 2007-08-16T08:34:58Z thelmabowlen http://thelmabowlen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Web Adventures!

I'm a late bloomer to this thing called blogging. I have a confession to make. I made the leap from "earth-dweller" (A term I picked up from my online friend Kevin M. Keating through one of his tweets last June.) to "cyberspace trawler" (Not sur...

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