SUNSHINE LICHAUCO DE LEON

Freelance Journalist & Producer

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Eco Solutions: Philippines’ ecofriendly trikes
Philippine tourism’s social media boost
Inside Manila’s ‘baby factory’
Ballet provides opportunity in Manila
Child labor in sugar harvest
Surviving a pirate attack
Philippines abuzz with call centers
Migrants abroad build new Philippines
The Philippines’ green mayor

Category: Philippine Daily Inquirer 13

Fil-Am Stella Abrera dances with fallen trees and bodies in mind

By Sunshine de Leon on February 14, 2015

MANILA, Philippines–When Filipino-American ballerina Stella Abrera performed in the Philippines last September for the first time in her 18-year career, she danced feeling a special excitement. Although she returned to the Philippines […]

‘A Pope who can make a child’s dream come true’

By Sunshine de Leon on January 16, 2015

MANILA, Philippines–When Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle visited Pope Francis’ office at the Vatican last September, he bought with him a suitcase carrying a very special gift—the hope of 1,000 Filipino children who […]

CURIOSITY, ADVENTURE & LOVE

Co-produced & co-directed this award-winning documentary about one woman’s journey through a century of love, war and discovery.

Curiosity, Adventure & Love is a the story of a woman raised by fate to go boldly where few young women of her time and upbringing would go… into the arms of chance and life.

A young American woman leaves her country and all security behind, to begin an adventure in
the Philippines that would witness the birth of a nation, a cruel war and Occupation and
reconstruction.

Jessie, is a striking personality, somewhere between Scarlett O’Hara and Amelia Earhart, who knew no boundaries and flew far ahead of her times, without regard to sex or society.

Her story of a century well-lived is both rich and one that should restore our faith
in our own humanity.

www.curiosityadventureandlove.com

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"Discover the colors of the Philippines", Travel Blog

18 Philippine Artists have their work at ART HK 11
Cirque du Soleil’s VAREKAI comes to Manila
Fashion Week in the Philippines Condemns Human Trafficking
HUMAN SOUL- Multimedia Exhibit on Transgenders and Transexuals in Philippines
Manila and its NAIA airport- like a beautiful kingdom that needs a new entrance
Some “Oh I Wish I had Known..” Travel Tips May For Visiting The Philippines
The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier visits Manila and I have a Top Gun Moment
Tired of relaxing on beautiful Philippine Beaches? Go Surfing Instead
Weekend Escape To The Islands of Batanes

LIFE ON PLANET SUNSHINE

"VIRGIN OF THE ROCK"

I went stand up paddling as is my habit, but this time I found 40 pesos ($1) floating in the sea. I watched it float a little but then decided to pick it up. After a few moments, I decided it was a gift from the sea to the Virgin of the rock- this is what I have nicknamed the statue of the Virgin Mary that sits in the middle of a makeshift shrine on Willys rock near the shore of Boracay's White Beach. She sits in this giant rock formation, (which looks like a giant turtle) guarded by one young coconut tree, and only accessible at low tide.

I paddled over and tied my board to the makeshift banister, walked up the rock-stairs and after a few seconds of reflection, placed the 40 pesos between her praying hands…

I only visit her when the sea or beach provides a gift and today it did! Sometimes its’ a shell or a piece of coral or a small rock or in one case a hermit crab ( I thought perhaps she needed a friend so I introduced them) but today it was cash..

The Virgin gets lots of visitors so I figured maybe someone would come along who needed hope or the sign of seeing money or perhaps the money itself -- so I decided I would leave it just in case..

A “New York City made me smile moment”…

"Remember… you are one in a million!"
A moment I will remember forever…
Another "NYC made me smile moment"…
Everything does always happen for a reason…
My last two days in Manhattan..sniff…
One last New York City taxi driver adventure to share…
Spring on the streets of NYC…
This made my insides smile…
You never know who is going to "make your day"…

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Category: Philippine Daily Inquirer 13

Fil-Am Stella Abrera dances with fallen trees and bodies in mind

‘A Pope who can make a child’s dream come true’

CURIOSITY, ADVENTURE & LOVE

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"Discover the colors of the Philippines", Travel Blog

LIFE ON PLANET SUNSHINE

A “New York City made me smile moment”…

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