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After devoting more than 30 years to daily newspaper editing (as Lifestyle editor) and a decade to magazine publishing (as editorial director and general manager), she now wants to focus on writing—she hopes.
    It’s 2022—let your heart be light, but let it be right
    Commentary
    January 3, 2022

    It’s 2022—let your heart be light, but let it be right

    By Thelma Sioson San Juan
    As good as it gets now — a bottle of alcohol earns a spot in the place of worship. (Photo by Thelma San Juan) “There’s no remaking…
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    K-drama watch list: Dali is so Auggie Cordero
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    December 13, 2021

    K-drama watch list: Dali is so Auggie Cordero

    By Thelma Sioson San Juan
    Credit: KBS WORLD TV/YouTube Dali and the Cocky Prince 2021. 16 episodes Stars Kim Min Jae, Park Gyu Young, Kwon Yul On iQIYI While many…
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    Jollibee: How to create brand love in this pandemic
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    November 15, 2021

    Jollibee: How to create brand love in this pandemic

    By Thelma Sioson San Juan
    Francis Flores: ‘Powerful truths well told’ (Photo from FB Francis Flores) The relentless lockdowns have turned us into a captive…
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    How Mommy said goodbye to Daddy
    Before I Forget
    October 31, 2021

    How Mommy said goodbye to Daddy

    By Thelma Sioson San Juan
    This was first published in Philippine Daily Inquirer Lifestyle section in May 2013. 2013 IT DIDN’T happen like in the movies or the way…
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    War of posts on Maria Ressa: Don’t lose sleep over it
    Commentary
    October 22, 2021

    War of posts on Maria Ressa: Don’t lose sleep over it

    By Thelma Sioson San Juan
    A friend from overseas messaged me a few days after Maria Ressa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She wanted to know why it wasn’t…
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    Etiquette, please: There’s a right way <br> to post about death on Facebook
    Commentary
    September 27, 2021

    Etiquette, please: There’s a right way
    to post about death on Facebook

    By Thelma Sioson San Juan
    Facebook is the graveyard in this pandemic era. We say this not with levity, but with disheartening sense of irony. You dread checking your…
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    Finally, Budji holds first exhibit: <br> ‘Art is my sense of quiet’
    Persona
    September 10, 2021

    Finally, Budji holds first exhibit:
    ‘Art is my sense of quiet’

    By Thelma Sioson San Juan
    ‘Sabongero’ (acrylic, 2021) is the final result on the canvas Budji has painted over through the years until he made the swift…
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    My last chat with Raymund Isaac: <br> When the storyteller’s story ends
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    September 6, 2021

    My last chat with Raymund Isaac:
    When the storyteller’s story ends

    By Thelma Sioson San Juan
    It feels like we’re in a long, long dark night without the promise of dawn, and we dread who will be taken away from us in the dead of…
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    So now, etiquette for the vaccinated <br>and the not vaccinated
    Commentary
    July 29, 2021

    So now, etiquette for the vaccinated
    and the not vaccinated

    By Thelma Sioson San Juan
    Getting jabbed was rather uneventful for me, thank God. This was last May, when, upon an early morning tip-off from a friend at SM, I just…
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    Dear Noy
    PersonaVideo
    July 20, 2021

    Dear Noy

    By Thelma Sioson San Juan
    On his last year in office, students visit Aquino and swarm around him for a selfie that surprises a president not at home in social media.
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