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Author Archives: Dulce Zamora

Buried Asian Trauma and Treasure

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Dulce Zamora

When we unearth the secrets, we can find real treasure. **AWARD WINNER**

Posted in Blooms | Tagged American, AsianAmerican, AsianLivesMatter, Asianwomen, Expatlife, FilipinaAmerican, ImmigrantLife, Love, Philippines, Singapore, stopAAPIhate, stopAsianhate, Trauma, Traveler, USA, Women | 1 Comment

Life and Scare at 50

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Dulce Zamora

A rush to the ER and two birthday surprises in 50 hours in the week of my golden birthday.

Posted in Blooms, Uncategorized | Tagged 50, Birthday, ER, Family, Friendship, Girlfriends, Golden, HealthScare, Love, Marriage, Stroke, Surprise | 8 Comments

Embracing Our Savage Side

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Dulce Zamora

Eating with our hands helped us rediscover our roots.

Posted in Blooms | Tagged America, China, civilized, Codeswitching, colonialism, Cooking, Culture, EatWithHands, Expat, Feast, Food, FoodIsLove, History, Immigrant, Kamayan, Korea, LGBTQ History, Manners, Philippines, Roots, Savage, Singapore, Squatting, Taiwan | 2 Comments

Goodbye Local, Hello Global Village

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Dulce Zamora

A good friend is leaving town. We still get to see each other whenever we want.

Posted in Blooms | Tagged commmunity, Connected, Connection, Expatlife, FaceTime, FilipinxAmerican, Friendship, GlobalCitizen, GlobalVillage, GoogleMeet, Immigrant, International, LifeCoach, Lockdown, Messenger, Pandemic, Singapore, Superpower, SupportSystem, Virtual, Whatsapp, WindsweptWildflower, Writerlife, Zoom | Leave a comment

Self-Serve Happiness

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Dulce Zamora

Thanksgiving felt like it was going to be a dud. We did something about it.

Posted in Blooms, Uncategorized | Tagged ChristmasTree, Family, Happiness, Helping Others, Hope, Love, Pandemic, Parenting, Thanksgiving | Leave a comment

Halo-Halo, the Remix

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Dulce Zamora

History can be preserved in an icy treat.

Posted in Blooms, Uncategorized | Tagged colonialism, decolonized, dessert, Filipina, FilipinoAmerican, Food, FoodIsLove, halo-halo, History, Japan, kakigori, LoveConquersAll, Philippines, ShavedIce, Spain, USA, yummy | Leave a comment

Night Cycling at Marina Bay

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Dulce Zamora

Eye candy. All lit up.

Posted in Blooms | Tagged BayEastGarden, Bike, cityscape, Cycling, Esplanade, Expat, F, FallBreak, familytime, GardensByTheBay, HelixBridge, MarinaBarrage, MarinaBay, MarinaBaySands, Merlion, nightrider, Overeasy, racing, Singapore, SingaporeFlyer, stayinspired | Leave a comment

Strength from the Ruins

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Dulce Zamora

9/11 taught me that we, as a people, can survive hard things.

Posted in Blooms, Uncategorized | Tagged #WindsweptWildflower, 2020, 911Memorial, Disaster, FreedomTower, Growth, Hope, neverforget, NewYork, Resilient, September11, Strong, Survival, USA, WorldTradeCenter | Leave a comment

Dating, Family Style in Asia

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Dulce Zamora

We recreate our village when we live far away from home.

Posted in Blooms, Uncategorized | Tagged dating, datinginthetimeofcovid, Expatlife, Family, ittakesavillage, MarinaReservoir, Relationships, Singapore, TanjongPagar, TanjongRhu | Leave a comment

Agony From Afar

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Dulce Zamora

Distance does not immune us from pain.

Posted in Blooms, Uncategorized | Tagged 2020, Asian American, California, Corazon Aquino, Covid-19, Disaster, Family, Hurricane, Long Distance, Louisiana, Love, MakeHumanityBetter, Mental Health, Pandemic, People Power, Philippines, Singapore, Social Distancing, Texas, US, Wildfires | Leave a comment

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