Life in Full Vox

Modest Needs

nobody@vox.com(thelmabowlen) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:35:25 -0500

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

nobody@vox.com(thelmabowlen) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:36:33 -0400

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

nobody@vox.com(thelmabowlen) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:01:32 -0400

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

nobody@vox.com(thelmabowlen) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:11:38 -0400

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

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Moblogging

nobody@vox.com(thelmabowlen) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:57:37 -0400

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

nobody@vox.com(thelmabowlen) — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:08:29 -0400

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?

nobody@vox.com(thelmabowlen) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:44:54 -0400

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

nobody@vox.com(thelmabowlen) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:27:43 -0400

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

nobody@vox.com(thelmabowlen) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:47:55 -0400

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

nobody@vox.com(thelmabowlen) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:53:04 -0400

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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