New Page to House FREE Books from the Net
January 15, 2008
This is an announcement. I’ve added a new blog page housing a list of books (mostly classics) that can be read FREE on the Internet.
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PSE Bull Run 2008
January 9, 2008
What a great way to start the new year. Join the PSE Bull Run 2008 and run/support the economy. It will be held on Sunday, January 27, 5:30 am, at the NBC Tent Parking Lot, Fort Bonifacio, Global City, Taguig. Registration fees for 10K is only P200, 5K is P175, and 3K is P150, until January 20. It will be P250, 200, 175 later. Read more at my Philippine seminars, trainings, negosyo blog, the Pinoy Seminars.
Quote of the Day (3)
January 4, 2008
From The Politics of Experience:
Given the conditions of contemporary civilization, how can one claim that the “normal†man is sane?
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FREE SEMINAR ON US IMMIGRATION LAW
January 4, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
FREE SEMINAR ON US IMMIGRATION LAW
The Law Office of Gali Koren, 1475 S. State College Blvd. Suite 110, Anaheim, CA 92806, USA shall conduct a FREE SEMINAR ON US IMMIGRATION LAW on January 19, 1:00-5:00 p.m.at the Badjao Room, Century Park Sheraton, Manila; January 16, 2008, Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Sarabia Manor Hotel, Iloilo City; and, on January 17, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at L Fisher, Bacolod City. Health care professionals, doctors, nurses, medical technicians, theraphist and those who are interested to work or migrate to the US are invited to attend. CARLO LUGA BORJA, a graduate of Ateneo De Manila University School of Law, member of the Philippine Bar, who is presently connected with Gali Koren Law Office shall be there to assist and help his fellow Filipinos.Â
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Shakira and Love in the time of Cholera
December 28, 2007
After Ang Lee’s espionage thriller Se, Jei, the film adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s celebrated novel is another movie I’d like to see – Love in the time of Cholera by the esteemed author, who more often than not looks like one of the Mario brothers of my childhood years. I haven’t read the book yet and I still don’t know when it’d be shown here in the Philippine shores.
In the meantime, Inquirer entertainment columnist Ruben Nepales shares an interview of the pop music Shakira, who was asked by Marquez, a fellow Columbian, to write songs for the film:
A Bloody Chamber
December 19, 2007
Haven’t read local and national dailies since the start of the week, but the last thing I picked up falls under the category of good news: Arroyo backpedals on subversion law. Scriptorium discusses why the Anti-Subversion Law should NOT be revived.
In this context, respected political analyst Mon Casiple observes of the military’s new position as a powerful arbiter in the game that is Philippine politics.
Before this, it was the military intervening in politics or negotiating with civilian politicians for its own ends. It is now having illusions about its decisive role in regime change and becoming the nation’s leaders.
The Bard from Bohol
December 14, 2007
When Boholanos talk about “our Presidentâ€, there is a big chance we are not talking about the incumbent. More likely, we are talking about the first and only Philippine President who came from our dear province.
Carlos P. Garcia was born on November 4, 1896 in Talibon, Bohol to Policronio Garcia and Ambrosia Polistico. He grew up with politics in his blood, his father having served as Municipal Mayor for four (4) terms. He married pharmacist Leonila “Inday†Dimataga-Garcia and had one daughter named Linda Garcia who later married Fernando Campos.
Read my four-part article at Bol-anon.
DMCI Heritage - COMPANY PROFILE
December 13, 2007
Dmci Company Profile
DMCI Homes is the only Triple A builder/ developer of premium quality, urban-friendly, fully serviced communities for the underserved young families of modest income that aspire to live comfortably near their place of work, of study and of leisure.
For the growing family with limited options in an increasingly challenging urban living situation, we at DMCI Homes are here for you.
At DMCI Homes, we build more than condominiums and houses, we build communities that respond to the needs and wants of the Filipino family. Residential communities by DMCI Homes provide what is healthy and suitable for the general well-being of individuals and growing families.
Beyond reliable structures, DMCI Homes’ residential communities provide a solid foundation where a family may create a place of their own and grow in a space they can truly call home, now and for years to come.
ebooks, cellphones, and cyber education
December 12, 2007
Ebooks are wonderful — in concept. Lower manufacturing and distribution costs mean less-expensive (or even free) books and a democratization of the means of production. Decreased consumption of resources for printing and shipping gives a hand to a staggering biosphere. The digital medium allows for carrying a shelf full of books without having to warp one’s spine.
But what is it like to actually read an ebook?
The use of ebooks, in a banana republic like mine where the culture of book reading is not significant – even declining, has not gained traction. I myself have never read from an ebook, though I would not shun it if given the chance.
Wordsmith and me
December 12, 2007
I received a text message from her a week ago, sharing with me the sad news of her father’s passing. The message was succinct, in true Yasmin fashion. An oh-my-God escaped from me- knowing all too well how precious Yasmin’s family is to her. With her father’s passing, a Filipino literary giant enters the realm of legend.
Continue reading here please.
Poetry in Images at Instituto Cervantes
December 5, 2007
Poetry in Images
at
Instituto Cervantes Manila
This poetry and photography exhibit takes us on a tour through Chile, a country whose geographical beauty has provided much inspiration to its poets.
More info on Poetry in Images at Instituto Cervantes Manila and other photography related events at Shutter Box Philippines.
A Philosophical Experiment
December 1, 2007
Do you like bending your mind this way and that?
I’ve recently bought a book, a collection of one hundred philosophical puzzles that stimulate thought on a host of moral, social, and personal dilemmas. Author Julian Baggini presents abstract philosophical issues in concrete terms. He also suggests possible solutions (but not claiming which are more correct than others) and encourage readers to draw their own conclusions.
I think you might want to take a look at it. The title of the book is The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher.
Have a taste of what’s inside the book and we’ll see how you’ll react to this one:
Life dependency
Dick had made a mistake, but surely the price he was paying was too high. He, of course, knew that level six of the hospital was a restricted area. But after he had drunk one too many glasses of wine with his colleagues at the finance department Christmas party, he had inadvertently staggered out of the elevator on the sixth floor and passed out on one of the empty beds.
When he woke up, he discovered to his horror that he had been mistaken for a volunteer in a new life-saving procedure. Patients who required vital organ transplants to survive were being hooked up to volunteers, whose own vital organs kept both alive. This would continue until a donor organ could be found, which was usually around nine months later…
ella
November 28, 2007
ang buhay mo, kasama sa kwento ko.
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pucha naman! bakit ngayon pa umulan?!?
kung kailan naman wala akong dalang payong saka naman umulan ng pagkalakas lakas. pabago bago nga talaga ang panahon–kanina maaraw, ngayon bigla na lang uulan. ayan tuloy, napilitan akong magmadali at tumakbo pauwi ng bahay. kung bakit ba naman kasi naisipan ko pang maglakad lakad.
teka, nasan na ba ako?
sa sobrang pagmamadali ko, hindi ko na napansin kung saang eskinita na ako napadpad. hindi na pamilyar ang lugar na ito sa akin.
sumugod sa ulan kasama si XienahGirl sa Chiksilog
Not another book wishlist?
November 24, 2007
Of course the last one still applies and I’m just waiting for some extra cash to be able to purchase them from the local bookstores.
So this time, I’m making a list of books that can’t be found in the local bookstores. A real wishlist! (Much thanks to Danny Reviews!) Here it goes:
Mario Vargas Llosa’s Conversation in the Cathedral:
Conversation in the Cathedral is a novel about power and politics in Peru in the early 1950s. Two of the characters meet in a cheap eating house (the “cathedral†of the title) and spend the afternoon talking about the past. The novel is basically encapsulated within their conversation, although we are only occasionally reminded of that (by interjections) and some events accessible only to the omniscient narrator are also included…
A must see movie or a must read book
November 13, 2007
So an announcement: I am now lowering the regular number of posts to 3-4 posts per week from the usual 5-6 posts per week that I managed to sustain since the birth of Postcard Headlines last May 2007 due to stricter academic demands this semester.
And a news item on the must see movie I need to watch or the must read story I need to find. I only noticed this now:
Can’t Wait to See “The Golden Compass”
November 3, 2007
I can hardly wait to see the movie, The Golden Compass. It is based on the first of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy novels. Back in August, Ruel De Vera wrote a review on the trilogy in the Inquirer. In his review, entitled Don’t be afraid of the ‘Dark’, he said that the trilogy “may be ripe for discovery by readers who have witnessed the end of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series.”
Although I am a fan of make-believe worlds and realms, this is not the main reason why I’m excited to see the movie. The reason why I want to see the movie is that some Catholic leaders have started a campaign to boycott the movie which will be released on December 7, 2007. According to them, Pullman’s objective is to bash Christianity and promote atheism. And although anti-religious sentiments are not so obvious in the movie, religious conservatives are afraid that unsuspecting viewers might be tricked into buying Pullman’s books (available at National Bookstore), which have been called “Atheism for Kids”… Click here and continue reading…
How to Speak and Write Postmodern
October 31, 2007
An Appetite for Books
October 26, 2007
On my present reading list is The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories (hmmm, you might want to read contemporary short stories, so here, click this link), Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, Haruki Murakami’s After the Quake and Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises.
And since Christmas season is near (yippee!), here’s another addition to my book wishlist (all of which are easily accessible in any local bookstores – yes, I don’t wish for books with freight costs attached.):
Ma Jian’s The Noodle Maker
From Dannyreviews.com
A professional blood donor, thriving on the rewards for his labours, visits his friend the professional writer, who is unenthusiastically facing a commission to write a short novel on the theme of “Learning from Comrade Lei Feng”. They eat dinner and talk, and out come the stories the writer would like to write.These stories are both within the framing story and part of it, with the writer and the blood donor making incidental appearances within them as well as commenting on them. Ranging in length from eight pages to forty, they are dark, visceral tales of love and obsession, of violence and death, presented with a sardonic, unsparing humour…
Ismail Kadare’s The File on H.: A Novel
The Women of “Like Water for Chocolate”
October 17, 2007
I just want to post this because I’m quite proud of this paper when the rest of my classmates discussed about the romance in the novel. I had to retype this because I only have the original hard copy which I submitted to my professor. This post is slightly altered from the original paper to include my teacher’s comments and corrections. Unfortunately, I forgot her name but Ma’am MZM(S?or L?) thank you for your interest in my paper and for the grade. 
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Filipino youth, creativity and poverty alleviation
October 14, 2007
The Peace and Equity Foundation is enjoining the Filipino Youth to be part of its effort on poverty alleviation through a creative writing and photo essay contest with the theme dubbed as “Mga kulay ng kahirapan, hamon ng kinabukasan.”
Manila Center For The Arts
October 14, 2007
An author and freelance writer based in Hawaii, Patricia was crestfallen by what she sees as the obliteration of our nation’s soul — culture, traditions, the arts. So along with a group of artists and writers, she decided to do something about it by envisioning the Manila Center for the Arts.
Its intention is to provide a platform for established and emerging Filipino artists, students, and untapped talents, educators and arts enthusiasts. It will be “a convening venue to serve as a cooperative for Filipino visual and performing artists, musicians and writers whose work is pushing boundaries in content and form, and whose passion involves challenging the status quo.”
How to compile an inventory of books
October 13, 2007
Let me dispel any notion that this post is about accounting, confined as it is to the sphere of debits and credits. Still, in a way this entry would have something to do with “bookkeeping.”
And by books, I suggest nothing else but hardbacks, novels, paperbacks, history books, nonfiction, thrillers, classics, and everything in between – especially those by Ursula LeGuin, Murakami, Frank Herbert, Coelho, Debray, John Irving, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Saramago, Marquez, Castañeda, and more. I have an appetite for books.
For some time, I have been thinking about how to account for all the books that came into my personal possession.
Appalled at the growing number of books that have gone missing (some other things have been missing too these days), I was driven by necessity to keep track of the books that I have, including those that I lent to some people, and the others that have simply become absent both from my memory and the physical realm.
All of a sudden, as I was in a bedridden state, I thought of something.
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