Being Canadian

The consul then looked up, smiled, and offered a handshake: “Welcome to Canada!” It was almost twenty years ago, but I still get emotional when I recall those words by the Canadian Embassy official in Manila, and the final interview that made Canada my new home.

2020-06-10T19:02:25-07:00July 30, 2017|Editor's Notepad|

A Life Fulfilled

On the first day of August, we said goodbye to our dearest boy, Diego. It was his time to go and it broke our hearts. A Labrador Retriever’s life expectancy ranges from ten to twelve years, so when Diego turned twelve in February this year, we were grateful he had made it that far. In human [...]

2020-06-10T19:02:27-07:00August 29, 2014|Editor's Notepad|

More Than Words

I didn’t know what to write here until the very last day, when this issue was due to go to press. In the past, I usually had something brewing in my mind months before publication. This time, I just didn’t know what to say. This reminded me why ZOOM’s format emphasizes photography, with very little [...]

2020-06-10T19:02:28-07:00October 2, 2013|Editor's Notepad|

The Power of Us

I remember this one time when a visitor to my office, finding that I was the only one in there, exclaimed, “Oh, I was expecting to see a team of people here working for ZOOM.” I smiled and said, “It’s only me. I’m the only one behind the magazine. There is no group of people [...]

2020-06-10T19:02:28-07:00July 10, 2013|Editor's Notepad|

A Different View

Like some people (around one billion of them as of the latest official count), I use Facebook to connect with family and friends from all over the world. Unlike most Facebook users, however, I do not check my Facebook page everyday as I don’t feel the need to know my friends’ thoughts, likes and dislikes, [...]

2020-06-10T19:02:28-07:00March 29, 2013|Editor's Notepad|