Ambibo.com is delighted to launch FACES of AMBIBO/ZaNorte and deeply honored to present Ms. Miracle Romano as our inaugural personality. Our sincere thanks to her and her parents, Rosalio "Didi" Olvis Romano and Marietta "Laclac" Ladera Dalman-Romano.
“Miracle Romano” in my own words would be rather selfish if this sentence began with “I Am.” So allow me to begin by saying that in every person is a miracle, and other than the miracle of life everyone is blessed with, each miracle varies. Mine simply happens to be the fact that I have been graced with dedicated parents who decided to have me and my siblings home-schooled and raised in an unconventional system despite the concerned and previously doubtful society. Their main purpose in home-schooling us was to harbour us from manifold sorts of bad influence during our cultivating years. This decision not only made them realize their goal, but it also resulted in so much more. We had the extra time to study art and music that otherwise would not have been this bounteous due to the educational system that is basically concentrated only on academics. Furthermore, my brothers and I had the best full-time tutors – our own parents. My mom being a journalism graduate from UP Diliman is where my love for writing and literature springs from, and my dad being a fine arts graduate from UST, is where I credit my artistic side. The passion for music emanates from both sides of the family.
So if I am to say what I am; a musician? It could be. A writer? There’s a possibility. An artist? Not quite yet but perhaps. But, a daughter? A definite yes. I am my parent’s (sole) daughter, I am a daughter of Dipolog, but most importantly, I am a daughter of God. That is Miracle Dalman Romano in my own words.
P.S.
It is quite ironic that I, whose face usually prefers to be cropped out or partly concealed in artistic photos, should be featured in Ambibo’s “Faces”. Brand me autistic or insecure, but it is a fact that I often avoid eye-contact with the camera’s lens in my solo photos. Being admittedly un-photogenic with my heavy and imbalanced brows which I forbade anyone to “fix” during the photo shoot, I admit I was not being an easy subject. “No foundation, no eye-liner, and no make-up if possible,” I begged – and it was not for the reason that I believed I was already picture-perfect that I did not need any of those; it is because I always wish to look as natural as possible. Thanks to the supports of Ambibo’s Dipolog contacts (Aleksi, Ku, and Jarian), they have made me seem rather tolerable and human despite my unusual beauty (or should I say “ugly”?) requests. Moreover, I wish to thank Mr. Armand Frasco for caring enough to recognize not only the faces, but each miracle of today’s youth, and the miracle that is us – people of Zamboanga del Norte.
Name: Miracle Dalman Romano
Nickname: Mira, Cle, Meewa
Age: 23
Location: Dipolog City
Interests: Classical Music, Literature, Painting, Writing, Espresso, Dipolog’s Sunsets, and Family
5 Things you should know about Miracle:
1. Plays piano and violin
2. Home-schooled
3. Dreams of traveling to Europe
4. Member of the Peace Philharmonic of the Philippines
5. Granddaugther of Antonina Olvis Romano (composer of the Dipolog City march)
Photography: Ku Gamalinda. Art Direction: Aleksi Mari B. Gumela. Print Supervision: Noah C. Omamalin
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Nominations for FACES OF AMBIBO are accepted. Email us at ambibo1@ambibo.com
