Adopted Filipina Blogger Seeks Biological Mother

Adopted Filipina blogger Vicky Ras is looking for her biological mother.

• My mother’s name is Perla Bataller-Gomez. A former teacher who is now suffering from breast cancer. (I knew there was a good reason why I was compelled to get that Manulife EVE Program in the first place!)
• I have two older siblings named Marigold and Victor. According to my sister, Victor is 4 years my senior and is now an Engineer. He also got married recently. Marigold, civil status unknown, is also a teacher.
• I was only 28 days old when my mom gave me up for adoption. Apparently I got so sick and was on the brink of dying when my biological mom signed me over to my adoptive mom – who nursed me back to health. Adoptive mom made biological mom swear never to set foot in our house again and she never did.

Vicky’s mom is originally from Ligao, Albay. Now I know the pretty picture above is what got your attention, but looks aside Vicky’s a really cool person. Cool people deserve a break. Can anyone help?

Happy Birthday Janette Toral!

As chief proponent of the Electronic Commerce Act of 2000 and founder of the Philippine Internet Commerce Society, she is among the pioneers of Filipino personal online media. Towards the end of the 20th century, she pulled me out of a plucky little university seminar and plunged me into the thick of the Internet industry. If it weren’t for her, you might not be reading my blog today.

Happy birthday to my discoverer and mentor, the Digital Filipino, Janette Toral.