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25 Books on my 25th Year
Last May, I posted in Facebook and Multiply a list of books I want to have before my 25th birthday on November. Four months later, here are the updates on my wishlist: 1. Forever Odd by Dean Koontz – acquired c/o Geltotz 2. Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz – acquired 3. A Series of Unfortunate [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Editing and proofreading and writing and so on…
Last week Mama Jo asked me if I could work on a rush proofreading job for the Cory Aquino tribute book they wanted to publish this week. The original deal was only 45 pages, so of course I said yes (plus the fact that I can’t say no to Mama Jo). As it turned out, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )2009 To-do and Reading Lists
Out of the 22 items in my To-do List for 2008, I’ve managed to accomplish the following: _X_ Write a new children’s story (I did! I swear! Where is it? Erm, it’s under renovation, I mean, editing process. Yeah. *feigns innocence*) _X_ Enter a writing competition (Not necessarily mean I won, but hey, at least [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Back from Cebu… and still lacking Bisaya-speaking skills!
The last weekend was probably one of the longest weekends of my life, for good and bad reasons, obviously. It was my first time to fly out of Manila, and as much as I dreaded boarding on that airplane (I am aerophobic, as I’ve mentioned in one of my earlier posts), I had no choice [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )What do you do with a B.A. in English?
Last Wednesday as I was going down the long, steep stairs of MRT Shaw, I chanced upon a young mother holding her son who apparently has hydrocephalus. I chose not to look at them because I can never take scenes like that — my heart just can’t take it and I end up feeling bad [...]
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