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Hey, everyone who just can't last a day without spreading Filipino culture through the blogosphere, check out PinoyLitWiki and PinoyMusicWiki, our very own Wikipedia pages for Filipino lit and music. It looks daunting, but someday it will be full to the brim and you can smile at yourself and say, "Hey, I helped start that up..."
Thanks to Click Mo Mukha Mo for the heads up.
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I've been thinking a lot about Mark lately, Mark who is Markmomukhamo, because of my new job. He was my sensei when I started out as a music website writer so many years (well, 7) ago, so of course I was thinking of him now that I'm returning to music website writing again. He might say, "Oh, I didn't do much, just prodded you in the right direction and hoped your taste and judgment were as good as you pretended..." but that was plenty. He saw me through my first reviews, my first rock awards (complete with dinner at Quick Stomach with his friends and Leslie), my first interviews (armed of course with his own how-to-interview manual and his copy of Eric Caruncho's book). He patiently pointed out that Sting was still Adult Contemporary, no matter what I say, and I whine as much as (insert rockstar's name)'s girlfriend. And he wasn't even my boss or anything, just someone in the office who had more important responsibilities, but took time out to make sure the music site was done right. For all this, I am so grateful. I don't think I ever thanked him properly and this is still not proper enough, but: Thank you, Mark! Thank you very much! :)
Thanks to Click Mo Mukha Mo for the heads up.
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I've been thinking a lot about Mark lately, Mark who is Markmomukhamo, because of my new job. He was my sensei when I started out as a music website writer so many years (well, 7) ago, so of course I was thinking of him now that I'm returning to music website writing again. He might say, "Oh, I didn't do much, just prodded you in the right direction and hoped your taste and judgment were as good as you pretended..." but that was plenty. He saw me through my first reviews, my first rock awards (complete with dinner at Quick Stomach with his friends and Leslie), my first interviews (armed of course with his own how-to-interview manual and his copy of Eric Caruncho's book). He patiently pointed out that Sting was still Adult Contemporary, no matter what I say, and I whine as much as (insert rockstar's name)'s girlfriend. And he wasn't even my boss or anything, just someone in the office who had more important responsibilities, but took time out to make sure the music site was done right. For all this, I am so grateful. I don't think I ever thanked him properly and this is still not proper enough, but: Thank you, Mark! Thank you very much! :)