Blog Posts on current waves

Commence, Russian Literature Addiction! by At Close Proximities on Feb 27, 2012Nothing cheers me up than receiving a book on an ordinary day! Especially if it’s a Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel. Truth to be told, I’ve been looking for this novel for years, as my Fiction teacher recommended this one to us. I couldn’t find a copy...

The Visit by At Close Proximities on Feb 18, 2012Boarding the bus from Davao to Digos, I passed by San Miguel. I smell the brewed beer, (probably in various degrees of foam) rich in flavor –   like the same beer he poured, vibrant like this afternoon’s tryst but paler than the metallic sun...

Means, Opportunity and Motive in Sequential Bilingualism by At Close Proximities on Feb 18, 2012Language seems to be highly accessible now for other cultures and countries to learn.  Aided with and made possible by various factors, language is not anymore confined or exclusive to specific countries and geographical locations.  Acquiring a sec...

The Orange Fruit by At Close Proximities on Feb 18, 2012The orange fruit falling from your hand rolls to the sidewalk.   You chase after it under the orange sky breeze sweeps over your whole body bringing to me poignant cologne.   The orange continues to roll on the pavement slowly peeling your...

Some Thoughts on the Essay Genre by At Close Proximities on Feb 18, 2012Defining the Essay Genre...

Aftershocks by At Close Proximities on Feb 18, 2012We felt them, the tremors when it first hit the earth’s core, creating an undulation in this home. We trembled like the rocks buried miles deep under our supple knees. Yet nothing felt as startling as this earthquake – not even as sudden – when...

Your Next Read, According to Me! by At Close Proximities on Feb 17, 2012My personal book recommendations.

Counter Offer by At Close Proximities on Feb 17, 2012  Father slipped into my dreams last night (first time in years since I got out of uni). I followed him through T-shaped sidewalks like a long, uninterrupted tracking shot passing dead cars in gridlock, rancid houses marmoreal limbs of mannequin...

Long Distance by At Close Proximities on Feb 17, 2012I think about you and the spaces between us my thoughts rarely strayed away to someone else. I think about your stolen words of love how the words dance, tinker how they tiptoe to cover the wide expanse between us. How many of them are lost, unemphas...

Thoughts on Revision by At Close Proximities on Sep 4, 2011My thoughts on revision...