If there was ever a composer who was acutely aware of his place in history, it was Johannes Brahms. He knew from a very young age, what he wanted to do in life, and by the time he reached middle age, he was well aware of his standing in the history of ...
"If only every college offered electives like the ones we've found," opens an article on U4UMag on a list of unusual college courses being offered in US colleges and universities this fall.At Frostburg State University in Maryland, there is a course on The Science of Harry Potter. "Science meets magic ...
“There is only one Mindanao”.
We don’t have a Mindanao with two faces.
But the “one face” is scarred in some parts, ruined in another, healing in most parts, and mostly growing.”
I got into this reflection over the weekend when asked in an informal forum on whether there are two Mindanaos. ...
A few weeks ago an Iranian poet asked why I wear Obama pins and shirts. "You're not a US citizen," she said. Sometimes I wish I can still cultivate that kind of naivete but one doesn't have to be a citizen of a specific country ...
REMEMBER Imarsa's? The true-blue Davao people will. Those who don't will just have to find someone who knows. But one thing sure that you will find out, Imarsa's meant really good food -- from pastries to pancit Malabon and lumpiang sariwa.Darn... now I'm hungry again ...
A RECENT incident relayed by a friend, make that a very irritated friend who fell victim to an overbearing media practitioner in a private affair gone big-time, brought about this state of pondering anew as I tried to figure out this great power I must have being the chief of ...
THIS place was announced by a friend who invited us to its opening. But I don't do openings, I just sneak in. And so, we let two weeks pass before we ventured in. (Actually, it was just supposed to be one week, but we couldn't find where the place was ...
