2009 January | Mindanao Writers' Blogs - Part 4
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GOIN’ PLACES: Nice start… but oops!

IT'S the day after New Year's Day and I had to scratch my head to find a place to eat... and you still think this job is fun?Good thing my food buddy Deng had one in mind, a place she caught sight of during an ukay trip.But ...

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See you when you’re all grown up

SCROUNGING through the book dump that is my office a piece of paper fell off from one. It looked hastily folded, meaning the folds are not in straight lines nor are they all squared off. There were some scribbles at the back, obviously mine, and a blot of what could ...

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MARKINGS IN THE DUST

Nothing provides him shade. Sothe scorching heat of April suntans his skins he looks likea dressed life-size bronze statue.Sweat marinates his bodyand soaks his red t-shirt.He smells of the sun.At the roadside,getting dustier each daydue to the absence of rain,he peddles ...

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GOIN’ PLACES: For guys who love…

DESPERATION is when you're standing along the highway, trying to squeeze out memories of new places you've seen after finding out that the place you have marked for the night is already closed, forever.Last week, I've texted some friends, they didn't have any idea. ...

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‘Tis the season

WE'VE often been told that wisdom comes with age, and understanding comes in time. And so I can now say I've aged, all right, and am more wise.The understanding came too... about that Christmas carol, "Deck the Halls".Among the carols we've often been singing, Deck the Halls must be the silliest yet. ...

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GOIN’ PLACES: Lunch food

IF you think this job is easy, then you got another big think coming... it's not. Especially when you have to try something new every week and it's not the season for new restaurants and bars to open.And thus, Friday night was spent thinking and thinking and ...

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What do we know about the formation of stars and planets?

I will now discuss the process of star and planet formation while raising certain questions concerning the nomenclature and definitions of certain categories of objects. The dividing line between a red dwarf (the dimmest, least massive main-sequence stars) and a brown dwarf or “failed star” is definite and easy to define. It is ...