A high school classmate died on June 13, friends seem to make sense out of an old cliche about the thirteenth of the months falling on a Friday but I just can’t. My mind is far from such trivialities. My mind is centered on how a healthy, good looking, promising and fun-loving thirty two year old could end his life when it was just supposed to be starting…
Yeah, he committed the gravest act of all – suicide. When I found out it was that tragic, I stared into space for quite a while and wondered at how shallow his reason could be? Or how mind-blowing enough to push himself towards committing suicide? Ahhh, friends, high school and college batchmates could only speculate. Whatever the reason, I still wish he did not kill himself.
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I received a package from Ani last month which contained 4 books written by Filipino authors and published by Anvil:
“Lies My Yaya Should Have Told Me” by RJ Ledesma
“Pulutan” by Elmer D Cruz and Emerson Rosales
“Children of Two Seasons” by Lara Saguisag
“The More the Manyer” by Elbert Or
I would like to thank Ani for the books. Being […]
Ces Drilon’s selfishness was the main reason why she was being kidnapped by that known terrorist group and held her for nine (9) dreadful days. In fact, it was her being careless and being so aggressive just to acquire first hand information that lead her to almost shorten her life together with other peoples lives that includes his cameraman & assistant, and the peace advocate who accompanied them.
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Kakapanood ko lang ng “Kababayan” sa LA18 at medyo natuwa ako sa pinalabas nila kanina kaya eto ish-share ko din sa inyo 
Sana magustuhan nyo din…
BlAsian Exchanges, a novel
“I am very proud of my Filipino American ethnic heritage and Asian American racial heritage. But my social and political roots are Black. Thus, my attraction for Black culture and Black women. I see myself as a polycultural person: i.e., one whose different cultural personae coexists in one person. A dude who on the one hand relishes his need and desire to learn Tagalog and Ilokano while at the same time expressing himself in the latest Ebonics-laden phraseology learned from watching B.E.T. or testifyin’ with my homeys near the State Building in Oakland where I work. This is my world! And narrating it is why I decided to write BlAsian Exchanges.” – Sam Cacas of BlAsian Exchanges
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Rebels of Mindanao: A Novel by Tom Anthony
“Tom Anthony is a West Point Graduate and combat veteran who spent his professional civilian career living in Austria, Spain, Japan, England, and Poland. He has worked in global business throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Anthony also lived in Mindanao for three years. He currently lives in California with his family. This is his first novel.”
2008 Top 10 New Species : Fruit Bat from Mindoro, Philippine. Each year the IISE announces a list of the Top 10 New Species for the preceding calendar year and this year one specie coming from Mindoro, Philippines made it to the top ten. The Top 10 new species described in 2007, announced on May 23, 2008, are listed at IISE.
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