Mindanao Writers' Blogs - A collection of Mindanao writers' blogs. - Part 76
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shambaugh house reading no.1

The 2008 International Writing Program kicked off its regular afternoon readings today at the Shambaugh House with a packed audience.IWP fellow Ruby Rahman, a poet, fiction writer, and essayist from Bangladesh, read her poems. Here's a sampling:The Flute I Would Leave Behind for ...

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i’m in heaven…

yup. it's a haven for macros and a heaven for macro bugs. never mind if i haven't had a decent sleep for days. it was worth it, worth yet another sleepless dive. dumdidumdum... and yes, if the critters look familiar, you can also find them in carlos' site. he brought me there ...

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remembering colonialism

Nikola was peeved when he showed me his check. At first I couldn't understand why he was upset. He didn't get a smaller amount that the rest of the IWP fellows. In fact all of us received a uniform amount to cover a month's per diem and incidental expenses."Look at ...

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…to whom we all return

There is, of course, something benevolent in planting tree seedlings, except that it doesn’t always feel like so. I’d planted seedlings for about four times in my life in various parts of Mindanao, and I can say without compunction that ...

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marissa and babusanta

here's our august 16 dive with james, peewee and carlos. 'twas fun, bitin nga lang and malamig sa surface. more dives coming

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catboy

Herding Cats @ Yahoo! Video

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upsized

My cousin Phillip and I have been planning for weeks to lose weight. We would set a day to start a weight loss program but we keep postponing it. "Next week na lang. Bertdey ni (pangalan ng kaibigan) sa Sabado, mega laps and noms na naman ito." ...