Diana J. Limjoco

Probe Team story called -"Isang Kwento ng Pagasa" or in English "One Story of Hope or Triumph"



View the TV show online at:
http://probetv.com/showspage_index.php?show_id=112&v_id=8b98347c0e555985bb7e1ec1edd50cda

BEHIND THE SCENE WITH MUSIC-scenes not in TV show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8xiaX0KT5s

The story that prompted the interview can be read at: http://dianalimjoco.blogspot.com/2008/07/child-no-more.html
Photos of the interview can be seen at: http://webdiva888.multiply.com/photos/album/56

Che Che Lazaro Blog about this story:
http://probetv.com/showspage_index.php?show_id=112&v_id=8b98347c0e555985bb7e1ec1edd50cda

I have been asked why I finally decided to tell my story on National Philippine TV by several people.  I thought I would just write it down here to save time.

It was a very difficult decision, and one which I made only after I made it clear that it was not about naming names or blame.  It was about my experience and how I was able to overcome it, in spite of bouts of extended depression in my  life.  I did this only because several other young women were able to come out and tell their own parents after having read my story. I guess somehow my story created a safe space for them to admit their experience so their own healing can begin.

I am hoping that other women will also be able to overcome their tragedies, as I have struggled to do and achieved peace.

Right now, this is one of the best times in my life, in that I have come to terms with who I am, and although I am always trying to improve, I accept myself, my strengths and weaknesses and try to use them to make a better tomorrow for myself and the world around me. I believe we have the power to alter our own destiny.  If you believe in a thing, it can become real.

Humor is a good thing, and keeps ones' sanity, I try never to be so serious, that I cannot laugh at myself.

I have had the blessed fortune to have parents who never gave up on me, even when I had given up on myself.  To them I will be forever grateful, and there is nothing in this world more powerful to me than their combined unconditional love.

I also have those few people I have chosen and members of my family that I love and have in my life (you know who you are) who are more valuable to me than all the riches this world has to offer.  Their combined love, support, advice and camaraderie give me strength and joy.

This is a tough world to live in under the best of circumstances, and although this has been a hard life for me to live, I have done and continue do so with the utmost of gusto and appreciation.  Gratitude is the one word that comes to mind first when I think of my life.

For the strength this experience has given me, I am grateful.

This and all experiences after, have allowed me the strength, dignity and determination to live from choice of actions.  Darkness that once was my domain, is now only something that happens when the sun goes down, and not what consumes my soul.

To those I love and who love me, thank you for your love, kindness, support, inspiration and sharing, you are my heart.

My heart doth yet rejoice when the dancers have all gone home and the tambourines have all been stilled - Diana 1976

To those who have hurt me, I forgive you.
To those I have hurt, forgive me.

Now go and be all that you can be.

If you keep scrolling you will be able to add your own personal comment to this page.
Thank you,

Diana J. Limjoco
Subic Bay, Philippines
With special thanks to my exemplary grandparents http://limjoco.net/gregoriolimjocosr.html
With extra special thanks to my exemplary parents http://www.limjoco.net/alifeinpictures.html

To the team at Channel 15 who "keep the dream going"
http://www.mctv15.org/Public/DianaLimjocoPollard

Many thanks to Che Che Lazaro, Hera Sanchez, Senior Producer at the Probe Team, and their film crew who were very professional and respectful.

"Probe was founded by veteran broadcast journalist Cecilia “Cheche” Lazaro, who is the program’s host and executive producer. She has also reaped awards for exceptional television broadcasting, including the celebrated Gawad CCP Award given by the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Many thanks to the Bellevue Hotel in Alabang for the light lunch they served us and the crew after the filming and for the beautiful ball room lobby they allowed us to shoot in.