Mindanao Writers' Blogs - A collection of Mindanao writers' blogs. - Part 101
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GOIN’ PLACES: Grilled and more

IT'S Easter and everybody just wants to eat... so, you want to ask me where.Well, you can try all those I have written before that I didn't bash. Or, you can try Gerry's Grill.Forgive me for being a latecomer... but, honest, I have never tried Gerry's Grill at the Gaisano Mall before ...

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Philippine Eagle Kagsabua release, March 6, 2008

It's my fourth release -- there was Sibagat then Sinaka then the ill-fated Kabayan. Hmmm... I'm looking forward to my fifth, Tinuy-an, and praying really hard that I get a photo. That's the problem with wildlife photography, it's so Kit-Kat (remember the TV ad of Kit-Kat?). You meet up at midnight, jump ...

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Global Cooling: music from the “great peaceful womb”

The album opens with my favorite in the collection—a soft, soothing lilt of a song sung sweetly by a voice of quiet courage: Halina’t ako’y samahan / Come, join me Mga inang nagbubunga ng bukas / Mothers who bear the fruits of tomorrow Sa mundo ni Inang kapayapaan / In the world of Mother Peace Na may ...

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History of the symphony (Part one)

By Jeffrey B. Langlois The symphony came about as sort of a confluence between the German serenade and the French orchestral suite, with a certain influence from the Italian concerto as well. In the 1760s there arose a stormy passionate style of ...

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a writer’s summer

"Who in this bloody age still uses a 3.5 inch floppy disk?""Apparently, the people behind (insert name of a nationally recognized writers workshop) still do.""Haven't they heard of a CD-R? Tech-illiterate, arrogant assholes! It's much cheaper. Virus-free."Silence."No wonder Philippine literature is going to the ...

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Earth Hour Campaign

On 29 March 2008 the Philippines will join countries around the world as we literally "turn the lights out" for Earth Hour - an event that will fuel awareness on climate change and prove that when the people of the world work together, they can make a difference in the ...

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Milestone

Kevin, on stage at Brewedcaster Café, Valentine’s Day