Basey Fiesta Many things had happened since the time this site first came up. I left CyberDyaryo and other lucrative extra writing jobs, moved to Vancouver on July 5, 2000, got married on October 21st, met a very serious car accident on November 25th, gave birth to Miwa on May 20, 2001 and to David Jonathan (DJ) on November 25, 2002. In addition to Karl Vladimir (Vladi), of course, who was born May 14, 1996.

I am now living with numerous disabilities as a result of a traumatic brain injury from my accident, but to paraphrase the Beatles, I get by with a little help from friends, professionals, and of course, my family, my kids especially.

Some things hardly changed, however. I'm still crazy with sushi and sashimi, I still read Dave Barry, and very rarely re-read Erica Jong and Philip Roth .

As before, I still love extreme adventure sports, though doing them is impossible now, given my current pysical condition. I've done adaptive waterskiing, however, as well as gliding, and the very relaxing disabled sailing.

But I have high hopes for my children, and want to see them pursue such hobbies as sky-diving for Vladi, figure skating for Miwa, and platform diving for DJ. But that's wishful thinking several years ahead of time, so for now, memories of me bungee-jumping, tubing (the Philippines' local, more dangerous variation of white-water rafting), spelunking , skating, board surfing, or playing volleyball and tennis make me relatively happy. I dream of writing a book on adventure sports (among the many books I plan to write) and these memories keep my desire burning.

At the moment, absurdist fiction facinates me, so doodling and reading in the next little while will be for that pursuit.

If you are up to some gossip, read my diary. If you want to work with me and want to know my humble background first, go to my resume. With my handicaps, however, I plan to write extensively, hopefully, in this lifetime ;-). I'm oozing with story ideas now, after all that I've been through.

The kids and I go to church, too, to Our Lady of Good Counsel.

To get focused, the Supreme Court of Canada judgments is, to me, a good centering read, enough to get me through a day of confusion. You might also wanna try the interesting links here .

This site is created and maintained by Gina Mission. For comments, send e-mail to gina@gina.ph.

Since November 4, 2000

Articles

I started writing in 1998. This list, however, does not contain all the articles I wrote from then on, mostly because this web site didn't come about until early 2000. By that time, most of my articles that were on the archives of this and that publication had been "retired."

Action Asia Magazine

The Manila Times

Mabuhay Magazine

Cyber Dyaryo

Older CyberDyaryo Articles

WIN Magazine: Women's International Net

Some Pictures of my Active Life

With Greg
With Greg at the Cyber Dyaryo offices

At Sultan Kudarat Municipal Hall
With Jonathan at Sultan Kudarat Municipal Hall

With Jonathan
Restaurant in Butuan

Me On the Seashore
On the shore of Hacienda Looc