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  • Killing Daylight

    I feel gloomy today. The nothing-is-going-right kind of gloomy; the empty type that reeks of lugubriousness. I lie on bed and kill dayligh...

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    Manila Diaries: Kutchay Dumplings!

    Kutchay dumplings bathed in sunlight I am enamored of dumplings. I eat these nibblers when I can, in any cooking, in any stuffing, an...

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    Manila Diaries: Quick Nibbles in Binondo

    When Miss Gigi told the group we'll attack Chinatown for the weekend, we automatically thought of food! Although I am not a fan of Chin...

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    Manila Diaries: A Glimpse of Binondo's Chinatown

    I initially wanted to post my Chinatown entries from a recent foodtrip with journo friends. But realized I haven't sat down to write ...

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    Temptation

    Again, am tempted to try this writing workshop: I've been to one informal writing class once in Ortigas. I can't remember much...

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    The First

    While preparing my application for a journalism fellowship, I saw the first investigative report I did as a journalist four years ago. And I...

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  • The Hidden Word

    Lonely Sunday reading from Bolivian poet Jaime Saenz, who died the day I was born. Watching the River Flow           When the hour come...

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    Fury

    Once upon a time, I had a small apartment in Manila. The living condition was bad--but good for a cloistered inexperienced writer. A thin ...

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    7107 International Music Fest

    And before doing my usual script revisions, I saw this posted online: I really want to go... but the ticket is so expensive: GA is at P1...

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