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Trip to Cambodia 5: Siem Reap War Museum
After our Angkor Silk Farm visit, we were driven to the Siem Reap War Museum, our final destination for the day. It was about to close when we arrived, but a former soldier, himself wounded during the...
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Ang Tinig at Tagpuan ng “Cubao 1980″ ni Tony Perez
Kuwento ni Tom ang Cubao 1980 ni Tony Perez – si Tom na nakatira sa Pradyek 4, sikstin, laking-Cubao, nasa seken yir. Maririnig natin sa kabuuan ng nobela ang tinig ni Tom na nasa-panahon at...
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Apology and Autobiography in “Killing Time in a Warm Place” (1993) by Jose Y....
How do we read a novel when it is introduced by a personal essay about the author’s prison life during martial law, and is ended by a lecture on the writing of a different book, a story collection? I...
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Sakit
Tala noong Disyembre 5, 2004: Maaaring sakit naman talaga, hindi sugat. Minsan, kahit walang nakikitang sugat, biglang may sakit na mararamdaman sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng katawan. Matapos ang unang...
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Mr. & Ms. SK Teen Idol 2013 ng Barangay Krus na Ligas
Dahil isang malaking pageant din naman ang halalan, ngayon ko na ipo-post ang pictures ng kauna-unahan kong pinanood nang live na beauty pageant sa barangay level, ang Mr. & Ms. SK Teen Idol ng...
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Trip to Cambodia 6: A Walk to Phnom Bakheng at Dawn
We woke up early last April 18 in order to catch the sunrise at Phnom Bakheng, “a Hindu temple in the form of a temple mountain.” We drove for almost an hour before we had our stop at the foot of the...
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Stuart Hazeldine’s “Exam” and Seven Notes on Existence
EXCEPT FOR ITS detail shots in its OBB, Stuart Hazeldine’s Exam happens in a single room from beginning to end. Because you can always read its plot here, I’m just listing down seven random thoughts...
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Mga Tala sa “Unang Siglo ng Nobela sa Filipinas” (2009) ni Virgilio S. Almario
BINUBUO NG 23 sanaysay ang aklat ng kritisismo ni Virgilio S. Almario tungkol sa nobela, ang Unang Siglo ng Nobela sa Filipinas, na malinaw na kasudlong ng mas malawak niyang proyekto na ibig maglagom...
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Pahiyas 2013 sa Lucban, Quezon
Nitong nagdaang Miyerkules (Mayo 15), pumunta kaming magkakaibigan sa Kagawaran sa Lucban, Quezon sa paanyaya ni Tin Romero para saksihan ang Pahiyas, ang pista ng pagdiriwang para kay San Isidro San...
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Parada sa Pahiyas 2013
Alas-tres n.h. nang sinimulan ang Parada ng Pahiyas sa Lucban, Quezon. Pumuwesto na ako sa Daang Rada, malapit sa Kalyeng Mabini na siyang kinatitirikan ng bahay ng angkan nina Tin, ang kaguro’t...
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Ang Nobela sa “From Darna to ZsaZsa Zaturnnah: Desire and Fantasy, Essays on...
MALINAW NA HINDI lang tungkol sa nobela ang aklat ng mga sanaysay ni Soledad S. Reyes na From Darna to ZsaZsa Zaturnnah: Desire and Fantasy (2009), pero dahil tatlo sa pitong sanaysay ang tuwirang...
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The Tragedy of Lost Opportunities in “The History of Love” (2005) by Nicole...
The tragedy of lost opportunities is what makes most stories sad; but being unaware of this tragedy is what makes them effectively poignant. And poignant was the life of Leopold Gursky, who unknowingly...
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Likhaan 6: The Journal of Philippine Contemporary Literature
The sixth volume of Likhaan: The Journal of Philippine Contemporary Literature, published by UP Institute of Creative Writing last December 2012 and edited by poet Gemino H. Abad, included seven of my...
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Kumpisal
Cagabi,i, nang naquiquinig aco nang taimtim sa compisal nang isang indio, isang bagontao na babagong binyagan at pinangalanang Raimundo—isang dating alipin, acalain mo, at sa lacqui nang catouaan sa...
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Lirang Pilak: 25 Taon ng Makatang LIRA
Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika at Anyo (LIRA), in celebration of its 25th year, together with Vibal Foundation, released the organization’s fourth poetry anthology, Lirang Pilak: 25 Taon ng Makatang...
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Salubong
Naging maingay ang iyong pagdating. Pinangunahan ang prusisyon ng mga latang hila-hila ng mga traysikel na namamasada. Bawat paghampas nila sa kalsada ay waring pakikipagtagisan sa bagsik ng sa likuran...
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Stuffed Toys
Kawawa ang mga batang Pilipino. Ang laruang kilala’y oso’t kangaroo. Bakit nga ba ‘di maaaring yakapin ang sarili nating kalabaw o kambing? [Nalathala ang tulang ito sa Heights Vol. XLVII No. 2...
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The Judgment (1981) by Chart Korbjitti
The Judgment is Chart Korbjitti’s study of the complicity of communal opinion and traditional sense of normalcy in the destruction of an otherwise virtuous young man. The young man was Fak, who was...
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Origins and Rise of the Filipino Novel: A Generic Study of the Novel Until...
That Mojares attempts at a more encompassing history of the Filipino novel, which considers those written in English, Tagalog, Cebuano, and a few other vernaculars, is very inspiring. The amount of his...
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Walang Diwata ng Apoy
Naunang natupok sa kaniya ang ating mga alaala. Nilimot natin siya gaya ng pagsunog sa mga bagay na atin nang iniiwan sa nakaraan. Kaya ngayon, wala na tayong mabalikan kundi hinagpis ng ibang diwata:...
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