Name: Daphne Haour-Hidalgo
Birthday: 29 June (sometime in the latter half of the 20th century)
Birthplace: Quezon City, Philippines
Citizenship: Filipino – French
Education: University of the Philippines
(Bachelor of Science in Business Management of some sort, which in my opinion, could be better learnt in practice rather than theory)
Character:
• I am told that I am generous to a fault.
• I am often misunderstood, but I can be very direct.
• I am intolerant of people who are all talk and no action.
Job: I first worked for the Philippine Convention Bureau, then I was manager of Sicogon Island Resort in the Philippines before moving to Tokyo, where I worked for a French Marketing Research firm. I am currently running a business enterprise of my own.
Family:
• My father was professor and dean at the University of the Philippines. He has written several scholarly books. He holds a doctorate in Linguistics from Georgetown University.
• My mother headed the Philippine Centre for Advanced Studies at the University of the Philippines. She holds two doctorates in Linguistics and Anthropology from the University of Chicago.
• I have two sisters, one studied Mathematics, and the other Engineering, Journalism and Accounting. I have two brothers, one studied Economics and Business Management, and the other has an MBA.
Hobbies and Pastimes: I play bridge. I collect stamps (French stamps of classic and contemporary art in paintings and sculptures). A new hobby for me is photography. I also make feeble attempts at writing.
Authors: Roald Dahl, William Somerset Maugham, Kahlil Gibran, Alfred Sheinwold, Guy de Maupassant, etc.
Colours: Blue and Yellow (some people think there’s some meaning to that)
Music: classic Rock and classic Jazz
Religious upbringing: Roman Catholic
Religious thought: Agnostic (Believe it or not, you don’t need religion to have moral values and a sense of ethics).
One other note:
I look Asian, I think American, and by virtue of a document, I am officially French.
I was born in the Philippines, but have lived way over half my life outside of the country. Whenever I’m in Manila, I do not find it amusing that Filipinos consider me a foreigner.
I am not American, but having studied in the United States for five years, I know quite a bit about this country. English has become my first language.
I love France, its history and culture, but I will never get used to the abominable hostility of the Parisians. I have not come across another people who so shamefully dishonour their cultural dignity.
Being a social mongrel and not seeming to belong to any society, allows me to stand back and observe with on open-mind, the world at large.
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