Galing Pinoy
A Symbol of Unconditional Love
KNOWN as the fashion capital of the world, Paris has become the planet’s greatest fashion authority. Paris fashions quickly find their way around the world where they are eagerly embraced by fashion trendsetters. In the world of Paris fashion, one Filipina has made a name for herself, first as an outstanding model and then as a brilliant designer of haute couture jewelry. Maritess Damian Vivier.
AILEEN Garza Corbilla is full of quotes. When it comes to living her life, she goes by an old proverb.
"When you do good you’re going to get good back," she said. "Do what to others what you want others to do to you. I know it’s a little corny but that’s my motto. It’s how I approach my life."
When it comes to going for something she wants:
"I take it day by day and one step at time until I reach the finish line," she said. "The important thing is to not lose focus on that goal."
The quotes she uses in her daily life may be clichés but they work.
Serving others, goal setting and taking it one step at a time is why Corbilla has achieved so much in her life.
The 35-year-old former nurse was recently recognized for her dedication to her craft when the Philippine Heritage Institute International awarded her the White House Millennium Council Award as an "Outstanding Filipino American Nurse" at a tribute ceremony held last October at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
MORE than twenty years ago, on November 21, 1988, Dr. Rey D. Pagtakhan earned his place in history when he won a seat in Canada’s Parliament, unseating New Democrat David Orlikow, the 26-year-entrenched incumbent. Taking his seat in the House of Commons in Ottawa that following December, he became the first Filipino Canadian to become an MP (Member of Parliament) and the first Filipino to be an elected member of a federal or national legislature in the whole of North America and the world.
"It was not within my dream that I would be a Member of Parliament in Canada," said Dr. Rey, as his constituents often call him. The humble physician, professor and politician has surely come a long way from the poor boy who was educated through the generosity of his community in Cavite and who never forgot his roots.
THERE is a bit of Filipino infl uence in each play Fil-Am theatre director Victor Maog (May-og) directs.
"Every story that I do is a Filipino story," said Maog to the Asian Journal. "Everything that I do is inherently Filipino. Everything that I do is inherently about the values of Catholicism or my family, or the Maog name. All of those things converge when I approach a play even if it’s a western or Shakespearean play, it’ll always be through a Filipino American lens."
Looking through a Fil-Am lens allows him to embrace the similarities and differences of the culture, he said.
FILIPINO activist Arturo Garcia is a member of the community advisory board for the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission.
Garcia, a member of the Justice for Filipino-American Veterans (JFAV), Alliance of Relatives and Widows for Equity (AWARE), People’s CORE, and an active member of the Filipino community was appointed to the position by LA City Councilman Eric Garcia three years ago after being nominated by former field deputy Joe Bernardo.
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