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in an earlier entry, i gave my own recap of my year on facebook instead of just posting the generic system-generated slideshow which ended in that hackneyed and insincere expression of gratitude which many people on my list shared. as i’ve said, the social network many of us use has misunderstood what was significant in our lives in 2014 by ( Read more... )

when i first went to boracay as part of my prize for winning the philippine star's travel essay contest, i met a man at the resort where i stayed who claimed that he only came to the island paradise to sleep. i pitied him at the time, because i felt that boracay had attractions to keep one awake, excited, and interested. i honestly thought he was a ( Read more... )

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this is the view outside my door.


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