just being… | Mindanao Writers' Blogs - Part 9
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heartbreaking piece

this paper dropped from my tambak in the office. a piece of paper i already used as scratch and must have been from one of the writing workshops i conducted for elementary campus

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To cherish youth and to be merry

IT seems like we're getting busier every year, a friend said. I can only agree. A decade ago I thought I was busy, today I couldn't believe I could have been busier. But nobody warned me about that.That friend who said that is your regular young professional who took time to enjoy ...

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GOIN’ PLACES: A Japanese resto in the middle of nowhere

I FIRST saw it while on a bus on my way to Compostela for a lecture."May Japanese restaurant sa Tibungco!" I texted Trish.But since I wasn't looking out for it, all I could do was look for a landmark soon as the bus zipped by, in a stretch of a ...

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Where the road leads

I WAS late for work, it was already past 1 p.m., blame the Pacquiao fight for that. As the taxi prepared to enter the gate toward the back door of the office since it was a Sunday and the front office was usually close, I noticed the guard at the front door ...

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GOIN’ PLACES: Thoughts of wushu over coffee and cookies

WE were supposed to go to some faraway land to check out a food place I saw outside the bus window. That faraway land isn't that far by bus standards. It's kilometers before the boundary. But by Davao City distance, that could have already brought you across three ...

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Notes, music, peace

WHO first thought of making music? Who first thought of creating notes to make music readable and preserve the composer's real intent? Who first thought of writing?The ever-reliable and within fingertip reach wikipedia says what could be the earliest form of musical notation could have been the cuneiform tablet created at Nippur ...

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Confused generation

"ATE, ATE!" children of Bantay Bata chorused, each one wanting to grab my attention after a lesson on writing in their Davao home.Since there was a roomful of them, each had to wait for his turn to ask. One by one they stood up, but one boy couldn't wait and asked, his ...