Learning Honesty: Feelings about Other People on Apr 15, 2013 in Inspirational Stories Life Tips and Reflections Writing Posts Arts confessions of a diary fanatic diary diary malady express expression growing up honest Honesty identity Jessica Zafra life maturity New Journalism Philippine Daily Inquirer reflection repress repression self shy Shyness vanity write writer Writers Resources writing Honesty has become an integral part of my identity and my writing journey, but I realized that being honest about what I feel for other people is something that I have yet to learn. As you can see through my blog, I am not a fan of privacy. When it c...
Wishing for a Dictionary of Description Pegs from Literature on Apr 6, 2013 in Inventions and Ideas Writing Posts description dictionary Literature reference write writer writing Now that I’m writing a lot of descriptions, sometimes I get stuck. I look at something, and I’m like, What kind of vocabulary do I need in order to describe this? At that moment, I would wish that I had some sort of reference that I can l...
Wishing for a Dictionary of Description Pegs from Literature on Apr 6, 2013 in Inventions and Ideas Writing Posts description dictionary Literature reference write writer writing Now that I’m writing a lot of descriptions, sometimes I get stuck. I look at something, and I’m like, What kind of vocabulary do I need in order to describe this? At that moment, I’d wish for some sort of reference that I could leaf...
Jeeps that Go “Fire! Fire!” on Apr 4, 2013 in The Philippines Filipino Horn Jeep Manila Philippines Video game If you hear video game gun shots in the middle of the road, don’t worry you’re just in Manila. In this city, jeeps aren’t normal vehicles with honking horns. Instead, there’s the “Fire! Fire!” horn, the “Ahah...
Stuck Inside My Head on Apr 1, 2013 in My Poems concrete poetry head insane mind pain poem Poetry shape poetry sorrow stuck For more poems, click here: She’s on Crack Criticizing Colonial Mentality in Straight English I Become Flesh The Bigot Cream Dirty Smoky Mountain Bonsai (After Bonsai by Edith Tiempo) Age of the Diary by Jasmine T. Cruz. If you like this post, ple...
Wishing for a recorder transcriber with a press word playback on Mar 28, 2013 in Inventions and Ideas audio audio recording computer idea ideas interview interview notes interviewer interviews invention inventions journalist notes playback press press play quote quotes record recorder recording tablet transcribe translate type Now that I’m interviewing so many people, I just wish I had a recorder that translated audio to typed up words. Although there are some programs like this already, the problem with them is that sometimes the written word is wrong. So imagine th...
Why isn’t Jesus the blessed virgin man? on Feb 18, 2013 in Analyze This Mary Jesus God religion feminist feminism human-rights men Catholic Catholicism Catholic Church virginity Religion & Spirituality virgin virgin mary blessed virgin mary virgin man spirituality celibacy of priests catholic belief jesus man devirginized easy girl Jesus never married, and if he followed the Catholic belief that you shouldn’t have sex outside marriage, then he must have been a virgin for life. So why isn’t he the blessed virgin man? His mother Mary is praised to the heavens for bear...
