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No title 2008-09-08 13:12:00 September 9, 2008, Tuesday, ManilaIt was Mother Mary's birthday yesterday, and I was back at school to get my last paycheck. I was a bit disappointed because the office hasn't retro-activated quite a sum back into my salary (it's a long story, believe me). What made it worse was that little squabble some of my co-faculty were talking about, which almost made me join in the bandwagon again, had I
Balik-bayan 2008-09-07 05:07:00 September 7, 2008, Sunday, ManilaBack in 2002, three weeks after college graduation, I was fortunate to have landed a coprywriting job in a fast rising advertising agency in Ortigas. They pay wasn't that great, but I took it anyway because I badly wanted a job. The bosses, I remember, weren't too keen in taking me in, but somehow they saw a great potential in my mind which "read" very well the "
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...At higit sa lahat, sa iyo, Tiya Dely 2008-09-05 10:03:00 Setyembre 5, 2008, Biyernes, MaynilaSayang at hindi ko noon napaunlakan ang isang imbitasyon dati na magbasa ng tula sa programa ni Tiya Dely, Fidela Magpayo sa totoong buhay, sa DZRH. Ang totoo'y huli na nang nakarating sa akin ang imbitasyon. Iyon ay noong 2005, nang una akong magwagi ng Gantimpalang Collantes ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. Dahil isa rin akong taong-radyo (namulat ako sa pak
G4M, and that cute blogger boy I have a crush on since college 2008-09-04 18:24:00 September 4, 2008, Thursday, ManilaMy friend Mugen gave me a very sound advise regarding G4M, or much known in the gay circles today as Guys For Men.com, the socialization cum "subtle whoring" site. I've had a profile there since 2006 or 2007, I think, and I've taken it out a couple of times when I got into serious relationships or just felt I needed to take a break. I've met lots of guys there, s Read more:crush
Brenda 2008-09-04 00:53:00 August 3, 2008, Wednesday, ManilaI just can't get over my nostalgia for the 90s. Thus I decided to write a rejoinder. Another word to describe the decade is crazy, so I guess, there's no other way looking back than looking at the 90s neologism, "Brenda
"."Brenda", which now sounds like a contravida name to us, is short for "brain damage", a popular name coined by who knows for Miriam Defensor Sant
Recollections 2008-08-31 06:06:00 August 31, 2008, Sunday, ManilaIt's been four grueling months of discerning for me. Well, actually, it was time well spent for prayer, silence, meditation and getting really in touch with myself as I try to face God and certain realities about life and others. The only thing I was able to say when the period finally ended (it ended quite predictably, by the way; as if I already knew what faces m
Bagong Bihis, Bagong Buhay 2008-08-28 12:14:00 Sapagkat napakaraming nangyari, hinding-hindi naiwasan ang mga pagbabago. Testamento ng mga iyon ang bagong bihis kong blog, at ang mga nariritong pinangarap kong maipaskil, na kumakatawan sa maraming interes ko bilang manunulat, guro, mambabasa, at mangangalakal. Sa loob ng halos apat na buwan, nanahimik ang buhay ko dahil sa isang mahalagang pagharap sa isang tawag, na naging isang masidhi't m
Memos on long silent days, and on suffering 2008-09-27 03:53:00 Needless to say, I missed posting something here in my blog. I had a busy week and it's the first time in years that I had experienced being on my toes again. I'm in my most exciting journey so far, and God is just so good that one of my dreams would be fulfilled: I'm finally getting myself a magazine! And what's more, it's in perfect alignment with what I had been wanting to be in: a higher te
Memos on The Unfinished 2008-09-23 23:10:00 When you're just too ready to move on and forward, some unfinished things just start coming up, not really haunting you, but just reminding you that they also have to be done and over with. When I was discerning on becoming a priest, I had completely abandoned the fate of my poetry book which was finished around this time last year. I told myself, I would have no need for putting out this book s Read more:Unfinished
Memos on Coming Out 2008-09-22 02:33:00 This morning, a good friend from abroad surprised me by admitting by email that he's bisexual. I said, okay, so why was I so shocked? Without finishing reading his email, I felt the need to stand up and walk around for a while. I had to gather something in me that seemed to have shattered Somehow. I didn't exactly know whether I'm gonna laugh out loud (not in mockery of course) or just take a
One Love 2008-09-19 11:06:00 ...In my young life, took me, somewhere I had never beenAnd I want to live again,breathe again in the shelter of this brightly woven love song,so long I have wanted love to besitting just this near to me...and my whole life will bespent in one love.--The Carpenters, 1971Somehow, I always get this familiar longing for someone to have and hold, whenever I move places. I don't exactly know why, but Read more:One Love
Moving forward, again 2008-09-19 01:00:00 A week and a half has passed, and after much thinking, I decided to move forward, to join once again the non-governmental organization that I had left four years ago. I would be editing a Catholic komiks-magazine, and a new youth magazine. It seems that my life is coming full circle, and serendipity is bringing me back to places where I had been. I feel that it's not about completions this time, b Read more:Moving
Pleasant Surprises 2008-09-14 11:06:00 Yesterday morning, I was surprised to hear that my Mom was rushed to the hospital. She apparently fainted after taking some medicines on an empty stomach. I was indisposed practically, because I have yet to reconnect my phone and pay the overdue fees. I was working quietly in the office, was braving the rain for a meet-up (which turned out to be a meet-again) and I had no idea that something had a
On Writing 2008-09-13 10:01:00 For Althea, and everyone, of course.I have not been thinking about "creative writing" for the longest time, that creature that used to be a life I aspired for (my teacher, Michael Coroza believes that art and life are one and the same for poets), and something that I teach every single day in school. I became so much caught up with the new work, and my other plans, that recently, when I had time t
Why Read? 2008-09-12 20:40:00 Many simply ignore the unresolved debate on the Filipino’s culture of reading. Literature spells boredom in school. Yearly, new critically acclaimed works come out only to gather dust at the bargain counters of our favorite bookstores. Considering these, why read?Having been with students in a few writing workshops, I often ask the younger apprentices (I consider myself an older apprentice), not
Eight Questions: Louie Jon Sanchez 2008-01-19 11:06:00 Describe yourself.Let's be more exacting. According to a personality exam I took years back, I have what they call an INFJ personality (Introverted Intuiting Feeling Judging). In the Enneagram, meanwhile, I am Type Two, the helper. I really wanted to provide you a more objective look of myself, and here are the INFJ, and the Ennegram Type Two links for you to read. By the way, I am also a Sco Read more:Eight
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Get In Touch with the Pilgrim 2008-01-18 11:06:00 LOUIE JON SANCHEZ hails from San Juan, Metro Manila, and lives in Caloocan City. He wrote for several newspapers and magazines like The Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Manila Times and Today, before working full time at the weekly Philippine Graphic, where he helped run the Philippine Graphic-Nick Joaquin Literary Awards. He also worked for Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA), as editorial as
Join iINSPIRE! 2008-01-01 09:06:00 iINSPIRE is a Philippines-based community of bloggers who wish to touch lives through positive and inspiring reads on life, love and the spirit over the blogworld. This community aspires for:1. A commitment to excellence and a world that works2. A culture of life3. A heightened awareness and responsibility in issues and events that affect our lives and others4. Faith in the inherent goodness
Got (melamine in your) milk? 2008-10-11 06:56:00 As a chemical that inflates the reading of protein levels, especially in baby formula milk, to know that it is used "in fire retardants in polymer resins" sounds unsafe already. It is not food. And it is definitely not for babies.I'm not much of a milk drinker myself these days, but when my brothers and I were younger, Ma would usually have us down a glass before we sleep. I think I have read e Read more:melamine
Memos on why Bayani Fernando isn't Smiling 2008-10-10 05:19:00 I personally don't like a president who turns pedestrians into pigs. But BF can try, really. Let's see if the tarpaulins could bring him as far as Malacanang. Let's see if lady luck would smile.TV 5's Evening News a few days back top-billed Bayani Fernando
's no smiling tarpaulin tactic in its news of the day countdown. BF's business at the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is a no smil
Short memos on the Imagination 2008-10-09 02:21:00 It is a world where most of our wounds are healed, where our rare truths are spoken.The imagination is the warm landscape of dreams, and it is also the place of refuge where we dwell momentarily to embrace the solitude of writing. Reality, the real world, the world of forms, the world we live in, is the foreign country where we usually find ourselves in most of our waking moments. It is, to some Read more:Short
Another "Do-I-Need-A-Palanca" memo, or what I really, really meant, once again, with feelings 2008-10-09 02:07:00 Apparently, and surprisingly, people have been talking about the Pilgrim's recent Palanca blog. Here's a rejoinder. Let me share with you a mid-afternoon text exchange between me and my friend, Ipe, regarding my recent Palanca blog:IPE: ...Dami nag re react dun sa palanca blog moME: Huh? Talaga?IPE: Anung cottage industry daw pinagsasasabi moME: Ay, may nasaktan. Totoo naman!To set things straigh
Memos on Listening to the Self 2008-10-08 05:14:00 What do I do when I feel so tired? The Pilgrim sends himself a memo on listening to the self.I had all the reason not to workout--I had been running around doing many things, and getting everything settled, especially for the magazine issues we currently putting to bed. With sheer will power, I am happy to accomplish something that has long been a problem of my publication: late submissions, and Read more:Listening
Memos on Fulfillment 2008-10-06 22:47:00 The Pilgrim meditates on some small things and memories that always amaze us.Let me share with you something small and cute I received from last Saturday's Christening of my best buddy and Varsi co-Editorial Board Jayme's second baby girl, Jan Kalia. Now that I'm writing about it, I feel it embodies many things about how we become keepers of small things, like memory. Look here:Jayme, as always,
Do I need a Palanca, and some memos on attachments 2008-10-01 03:06:00 I was chatting with Barbs early this morning, and she asked me if I joined the Palanca Awards this year. I told her I was too busy to work on anything for the Palanca the past few months, and there's just so little time. I have been joining the Palanca since college days, but have not been quite lucky to make it through.I was chatting with Barbs early this morning, and she asked me if I joined t
Memos on Writing and Life 2008-09-30 03:04:00 I chatted with a friend from the MFA program who is about to finish her thesis of short stories. She asked me to pray for her because she's having problems with some of the characters' motivations in the stories. Apparently, she has filled the world of her fiction with men who are polygamous.I chatted with a friend from the MFA program who is about to finish her thesis of short stories. She asked
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