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Wariness and Anticipation: Travelling in the Digital Age.

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

We travel for pleasure, for a door-slamming sense of “I’m outta here,” for a change of air, for edification, for the big vulgar boast of being distant, for the possibility of being transformed, for the voyeuristic romance of gawping at … Continue reading →

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Doors.

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

The best years – or, at least, the most important years – of our lives, I’ll wager, are not those which contain all the best stuff, but the most momentous. Doors close, others open, windows are left slightly ajar, allowing … Continue reading →

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Blooming in April: When Writing Feels Great.

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

The flowers have started to bloom outside our front gate signaling the arrival of summer. It’s an event I look forward to the same way the Japanese anticipate the coming of the cherry blossoms–if you notice, the flowers are similarly … Continue reading →

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Development: Continuing an Ongoing Conversation.

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

I have been wary at times to call my line of work “development” related because I don’t meet communities regularly and most of my days are spent sitting on a desk, in the company of my laptop and books that … Continue reading →

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Procrastinating by way of Said.

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

Theory is taught so as to make the student believe that he or she can become a Marxist, a feminist, an Afrocentrist, or a deconstructionist with about the same effort and commitment required in choosing items from a menu. – … Continue reading →

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The Real Deal and Why I am my own Valentine.

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

A year ago today, there was some serious bloodletting going on–and it wasn’t because I was heartbroken. If anything, I was getting my soul mended and learning that in life, as in love, one must bleed a bit every now … Continue reading →

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Longing for Hanoi.

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

Reading Greene as a means to get over my longing for Vietnam. He wrote The Quiet American  in the Metropole in Hanoi. I wonder, did the scenery affect him at all? Pico Iyer, whom I’m still reading, slowly and purposefully, … Continue reading →

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Ways of Seeing.

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

A short drive out of town took us first to Crescent Moon Cafe to celebrate the birthday of potter and all-around-amazing Tita Lanelle Abueva. Every year she celebrates by gathering friends and family together on a Sunday serving only rice … Continue reading →

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Northern Lights.

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

The aurora borealis has fascinated me for as long as I can remember. I saw photos of these dazzling lights tucked in some old issues of National Geographic–I might have been around 8 or 9? They held me in awe … Continue reading →

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No Apologies: Why I write publicly about private things.

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

Maintaining this blog is a lot like walking on a tightrope. First of all, there’s the weight of the entire self hanging on a balance, literally, like it always does. Then there’s the tiny slither of string, that which keeps … Continue reading →

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Personal Histories & Happy Orbits.

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Once upon a time he portrayed Pigafetta in an oft forgotten film by Kidlat Tahimik. These days he no longer dons the costume–not that he needs to. Thirty-five plus years of holding the camera and mastering his own techniques has … Continue reading →

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May you live in interesting times.

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

When this line was used by Robert Kennedy in the sixties, it was more of a declaration than anything. “We live in interesting times.” Ten days ago or so, I turned 24 and wondered if I felt this way about … Continue reading →

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Suddenly feeling very lonely.

Posted on December 5, 2010 by

I might have asked for it last Friday but I’m too ashamed to admit what that was all about. Rejection leaves a bad taste in the mouth and often, it’s hard to know who is being more courageous: the person … Continue reading →

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Hello, Tito Ed.

Posted on October 24, 2010 by

Mom found this recently and because I had no other picture with him I took this just for posterity’s sake. You can even see an outline of my shape in the photo. I just took a guess, flipped through a … Continue reading →

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