Philippine Queens of Curling

10/12/2024

Alright, it’s very early in the morning! We have our first game against Czech Republic. Wish us luck!!

https://worldcurling.org/2024/10/world-mixed-preview/

10/09/2024

Got some Philippine Queens participating in this Mixed event. Check it out:

Aberdeen, Scotland will open the 2024–2025 World Curling season by hosting 39 international teams at the World Mixed Curling Championship from 12–19 October. This is the fourth consecutive year that the championship has been hosted in Aberdeen. Teams Sweden are the reigning World Mixed champions...

08/31/2024

Here the link to the stream for all you curling fans:

https://youtube.com/?si=d1q7rk0D71GS110z

2 pm and 5 pm PST

Our mission at CurlVegas is to establish a dedicated home for curling in Las Vegas. Once we have that home established, we will provide additional curling services and activities on a full-time basis to the Las Vegas community, including adults, youths, seniors, veterans, and persons with disabiliti...

08/26/2024

Curling fans, there's an upcoming event this weekend that a few of the Filipino curlers and I are participating in. Wish us all good curling! Check it out!

06/14/2024

Slowly coming together at the View House! Pre training warm-up with some of my favs!

06/14/2024

Just walking along the flat river highlands bridge by the Denver contemporary Art Museum!!

06/14/2024

At the gate ready to board! First Philippine Curling Camp here I come! Can’t wait to hug all my Curling Pilipinas members. - Donna Umali aka “Piko Piko”

06/07/2024

Like a moving target. Not sure if I’ll make it to the end, but I will try my best:

Hope you are all having a good day.

I wanted to ask a favor...did you already do your donations for the year?

I wanted to see if you might consider doing a donation for a contest I am in for Supermom cause I'm a little behind.

And the deadline to move on is 7 pm which is in the next 45 minutes.

I was going to use the prize money for Team Philippines curling tournaments expenses and training.

Would you by chance be interested in helping by making a donation to Children's miracle network? I think they are a pretty good charity.

https://thesupermom.org/2024/donna-umali

You can also do a free vote. Takes 30 secs.

Thanks for thinking about it! Lol

One deserving woman will take the title as the Super Mom. The winner will receive $20,000, a two-page spread in Woman's World magazine, and a weekend getaway in Palm Springs, California. Will you take the SuperMom crown?

06/05/2024

Hi Everyone,

It's crunch time. I have until June 6th 7 pm PDT to make it count. It's 2X votes for the Supermom Contest. Still in 8th place, but I have a few ideas on how I can climb the ladder.

Would you still continue to do a free vote for me today and tomorrow? Takes about 30 secs.

https://thesupermom.org/2024/donna-umali

You don't need to sign up for anything. You can do it every 24 hours. You can even do a donation for more votes.

Prize money will be used for curling training and tournaments.

I wanted to talk about my dad since it's Father's Day month. This month and next month (anniversary of his death) is truly the hardest for me. Over the years and flash therapy, the memory of his death has less of a sting for me. Let me take a moment to note flash as a method of resolving memories was so effective for me. It happened over a course of a few 30 minute sessions and what used to be a heavy emotional charge became just a video memory that I have. I highly recommend it for traumatic experiences.

Anyway, can I share some of my favorite memories of him?

He used to take me to McDonalds if he ever wanted to "treat me" even when I would come home and visit as an adult.

He always believed in looking at the details. Of course, it wasn't very much fun when it came down to inspecting the quality of my chores. However, I am grateful that he gave me that awareness. I apply it in my life.

He was really good at climbing coconut trees. (I lived in Hawaii.) Maybe that's my kids are little monkeys.

He loved to play chess, and would spend hours studying the board. However, he was never as good at speed chess; so I had a chance to win when he ran out of time.

He loved his coffee. It was the same everyday. Mom would always make him a morning coffee to go!

Once in a while, he would randomly pack us in the car and take us around the island. We never knew where we were going or what we were doing.

He would always bring home stuff that needed to be built like shelves or furniture. He would give me the instruction manual and leave me alone to figure it out. He believed if you know how to read, you can figure out anything, and I think in this day in age where information is available, I believe it to be true.

My dad's greatest pleasure was thrifting. He would see value in things that seemed invaluable or underestimated value. I think it was mainly survival techniques from living in a 3rd world country, but it taught me to use resources wisely.

I believe that even if I had more time with him and he lived to an old age, it still wouldn't be enough.

I hope that he is proudly watching from above and seeing all the application of his lessons and all the cool things I have been able to do because of his love and hard work.

Please feel free to share your favorite dad memories with me in the comments below.

If you like what I have to share, please consider giving a free vote.

https://thesupermom.org/2024/donna-umali

06/01/2024

I wanted to share this post because we have encountered this issue when our flag is being displayed for our curling tournaments. And we have to be careful when making marketing materials.

Thank you BecomingFilipino for sharing this valuable insight!

05/29/2024

Hi Everyone, I thought that you might get a kick out of these photos. This is a peek behind the scenes of what it takes to shoot an MMA fight.

I was a camera operator at LFA 184 on UFC Fight Pass at Commerce Casino on May 17th. I was hoisted on a scissor lift about 20 feet up. It's an amazing view. We need more Asian/Filipino/Women camera ops!

Surprisingly, there were a lot of KOs. There was a break in the feed where we had to wait until another ambulance came so the fighting could resume again.

If you think I am a supermom for what I do, please send some love.

https://thesupermom.org/2024/donna-umali

The votes are free and they are worth 2X right now.
You can do it everyday.
You can even send a donation.

This next round will end on the 6th.

Thank you for all the love and support for far! It's been a marathon, but the end is almost in sight...

05/29/2024

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to do an update on the Supermom Contest. Thank you everyone for giving your love and support so far.

Today they are doing a LIMITED-TIME: 2X DONATION VOTES.

It would be a good time to take advantage of this moment if you had a moment to click the link.

Here's the link:
https://votesupermom.org/2024/donna-umali

2X ENDS ON WED 5/29 AT 9PM PDT

Again you can do a free vote everyday until Thursday the 6th of June at 7PM PDT when it the semifinals end.

You can also do a donation for the Children's Miracle Network.

Here's a pic in Team Philippines dark garment uniform and kilt!

Does anyone have any questions about curling?

Like how does Donna train for curling?? LOL

Happy to share whatever information for all those curious minds....