Why Manny Pacquiao’s defeat wasn’t that painful on Jun 10, 2012 in National Concerns Personal Reflection Commentaries Reflections Places and People Random Experiences Writing Politics Blogging Life Philippines Informal Essay Twenty-something Manila Philippine Society Journalism News Emotions Criticism Epic Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley Epic of Manny Pacquiao Magical Realism Vicissitude Philippine Nation For a nation obsessively in need of a hero, Manny’s defeat yesterday, had it occurred two or three years ago would have been catastrophic and irreversibly traumatic for us whose national psyche is too fragile it rests on one man’s ability...
Para sa’yo na nag-enroll sa akin on Jun 8, 2012 in Academe Blogging Emotions Informal Essay Love Love Story Manila Philippines Random Experiences Reflections Twenty-something University Life University of the Philippines Writing Youth Concerns Enrollment at UP OUR UP Diliman UP Asian Center UP Diliman Vinson's Hall Babe, Ang hirap magpasalamat sa iyo gamit ang Skype na sobrang unpredictable ang connection. Magkikita din naman tayo six days from now. Magsusulat na lang muna ako. Magsisimula ako by saying ‘Thank you’ dahil nag-leave ka pa para lang pu...
A wild turkey (or should I just drop the adjective wild?) on Jun 3, 2012 in Absurd Animals Life Musings Personal Reflection Photography Random Experiences Travels Twenty-something United States University Life Wild Turkey One gloomy morning, I saw this wild turkey a few feet from my window. And it’s here immortalized.
Simple sentences and fragments on Jun 1, 2012 in Absurd Art Blogging Emotions Informal Essay Language Letter Life Personal Reflection Places and People Poetry Random Experiences Reflections Sarcasm Stream of Consciousness Twenty-something United States University Life Vietnam Work Writing Youth Concerns Black Coffee Samovar Splenda Vietnamese Rice Whistling kettle I woke up very early, at 8. It was very cold. The first thing I did was to wash my face and brush my teeth. I gathered my whites and washed them at the basement. Then I went to the kitchen. There, my books and computer were waiting for me. It was dri...
Wind vane on May 30, 2012 in Commentaries Life Photography Places and People United States Lomo Wind vane View from the attic: ...
Picking dry leaves on May 29, 2012 in Blogging Commentaries Emotions Informal Essay Life Literature Personal Reflection Philippines Places and People Random Experiences Reflections Twenty-something Writing Youth Concerns Banana-Q Des Neil Recabar Dole Cannery Central Elementary School Dole Cannery Central Kindergarten School Gemini Recabar Jackfruit Tree Mae Byrd Recabar Octavio Village Saging ginanggang Sef Daye Recabar Sinugba nga saging Sto Nino Chapel Brgy Madasigon I still can vividly recall a recurring scene at the backyard of our old house some 18, I’m not sure, maybe 19, years ago. It’s an image of my four siblings and me (our youngest sister was born several years after) picking up dry leaves...
By the pond on May 29, 2012 in Academe Art Life Musings Personal Reflection Photography Places and People Random Experiences University Life Writing Youth Concerns Assumption College Clint Richard Chua John Ray Nagas Joseph Peter Calleja La Maison Francaise Massachusetts Worcester ...
Convicted! on May 28, 2012 in National Concerns Youth Concerns Politics Philippines Manila Philippine Society Journalism News Renato Corona Impeachment To remind me if in the future this historic fact escapes me: Senate votes 20-3 to convict Corona Maila Ager INQUIRER.net 5:55 pm | Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 MANILA, Philippines – Twenty senators, including Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile, on...
Two questions: negative capability on May 28, 2012 in Literary Criticism Social Commentary Youth Concerns University Life Personal Reflection Commentaries Reflections Places and People Random Experiences Writing Language Blogging Informal Essay Art Twenty-something Sarcasm Stream of Consciousness Emotions Academe University of the Philippines United States Criticism Two questions Negative capability Linda Barry Jean Paul Sartre The Writer is Dead From a rumination while drinking beer on a hot afternoon: It often comes rather late to an artist, writer, or to anyone who sees himself to be either or both, that the decision to be any (or both) is a disconcerting choice. In the end, consumers of a...
Sunning on May 27, 2012 in Youth Concerns University Life Personal Reflection Commentaries Random Experiences Musings Writing Life Informal Essay Art Twenty-something Environment Stream of Consciousness Emotions United States Lomo Massachusetts Sunning Beautiful Day Memorial Day Strurbridge Everyone left for the Memorial Day Celebration in Sturbridge so the house is all to myself today. It’s beautifully quiet. I accomplished the tasks I listed down the other night one by one in a leisurely manner. I took a shower at 9:30, came d...
