I am deciding whether it's the Christmas lights or my monthly dose of feminine hormones that's got me stuck in melancholica.  Whatever it is, it could be fodder for things I (forced myself that I) need to write, which include, but are not limited to:

~three short stories with a kickass theme for NCCA
~two kickass poems for a contest by Meritage
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    I was riding a jeepney the other day when I saw this old sticker that made me snicker (sticker, snicker, sticker snicker).  It said "God knows HUDAS not pay!" (hwekwekwekwekwek...) XD

I know, I know, that line's pretty old.  An oldie but goodie though.  Which made me think of other jeepney literary classics.  For instance, have you noticed  ( Read more... )

For romance novel readers out there--even the ones in denial:

"Heartbreak", a book of short stories written by Filipinos on the subject of, you guessed it, heartbreak, is now available on National book store (at least
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Panoorin nyo po ang Siquijor, suporta na rin sa pelikulang Pilipino.  Still not THE great Filipino movie of our generation, pero ok naman. Comments: there were a few loose ends left at the end of the movie, and sometimes mahina ang sound.  But it's a fairly good mystery/suspense story, and the irony at the end was simply delicious.  Playful ang ( Read more... )

I've undergone another personality change. Thia time, I'm the genki (cheerful), money-grubbing Asianovela character. Haha. I'm serious! ("Haha, i'm serious" is such a wonderful contradiction, don't you think?) These days, in the bid to raise money for the Save the Karen foundation, I have assumed the role of freelance everything: writer, baker, ( Read more... )

May bagong publishing company na itinatag ang isang iniidolo kong manunulat na Pilipino. Ngayon, tumatanggap sila ng mga kwentong kumuha ng inspirasyon sa "Noli me Tangere" o "El Filibusterismo". Maaaring Inggles o Filipino ang pagkakasulat sa akda. Kung mapipili, maililimbag ang gawa mo, kasama ng iba pang kwento, sa isang anthology ng mga ( Read more... )

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Good cop, bad cop

Maganda ang libro ng tito ni Leslie (na--dahil sa kanyang angking talino--ay tinatawag ko nang Gamalinda-sama sa isip ko). Hindi naman ako na-depress sa kwento. "No good books are depressing. All bad books are."

Maganda ang pilates video na binili ko kasama ni Kristina (Paner ( Read more... )

I really want to go to Prague. ~cries~ I just don't know whether I'd have the financial capability by then.

Rewind: immunology conference in Prague on November 2006... we got asked by our adviser to try our chances at getting accepted for oral presentation... Karen is excited, but dreads the prospect of finding fundingI bet it'd be cold by then, ( Read more... )

I was feeling a bit depressed these past weeks. Salamat, friend, sa pagpapaalala kung ano ang mahalaga. Alam mo na kung sino ka ( Read more... )