because Everything is fleeting-
another wasted desire.
Photos by Van Almeria
LC5 Farm and Resort
General Santos City
June 19, 2010
A Metamorphosis of My Youth
Photos by Mark Joey Bautista
June 27, 2010
Kalsangi, Polomolok
South Cotabato
Virginal
Random thoughts:
It was a relationship.
I am a writer.
Good memories are natural
they are never scripted.
I knew there was Love
when we considered and reconsidered
each other.
I knew it was You
when my heart
yearned
for someone
like you.
. LC5 Farm & Resort, General Santos City
Butterfly
...Because I believe in signs and symbols, because I believe in Love.
Sometimes,
I do not know
how many times
do I have to die.
Always,
I forgot
the number
of days
I tried to exist.
Nevertheless,
I am thankful
having the chance
to breathe,
and to fly.
I am but an Island
for B who never stops on sailing...
This is where true emptiness lies.
People believe that an island
is another paradise-
it is a dwelling of hope
it is the light, the life of the sea.
Every morning, I welcome the sweet
voices of the waves, the dance of whitecaps
every time they leap over me-
it is always a performance,
Sometimes, I wonder how they celebrate at night,
do they also dance
or sing. Do they consider
an audience?
(I love to be with the waves. I love the solitude, i love the joy)
True.
There is happiness in the sea.
There is total emptiness.
(when they don't notice my existence).
Pay Day Books
Annie John
by Jamaica Kincaid
20php
(novel)
BOP
by Maxine Chernoff
(Short stories)
10php
Cavedweller
by Dorothy Allison
(novel)
20php
Area Woman Blows Gasket
by Patricia Pearson
(Essays)
20php
Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
by Herman Melville
(Poems)
10php
Hairs . Pelitos
from Sandra Cisneros' The House in Mango Street
illustrated by Terry Ybanez
(Children's Literature)
25php
All books were bought at Booksale
General Santos City
May 15, 2010
Because Leaders lead by Example
Thank you so Much, Corporate Communications Team!
This book was given to me last May 4, 2010
during the Luau Party at GenSan.
Chopsticks
The day drew nearer to an end when we met.
It was not a call for jubilation
nor it was an understated coup,
it was simply a plain engagement
in a fancy, Japanese restaurant,
we exchanged glances
earmarked smiles,
understatements and ironies
I just remembered how it looked like;
you were next to me and
they were in front of us mulling over
a thought of our possible correlation
that was never familiarity
but a conceived fondness
born out of "their" excitement-
Not knowing it was a metaphor of yearning.
Fellows for the 49th Silliman University National Writers Workshop
| from http://panitikan.com.ph/newsarchive/monthly/april2010.htm |
National Writers Workshop Director-in-Residence Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and Silliman University are pleased to announce that the following young writers have been accepted as fellows for the 49th National Writers Workshop scheduled on 3-21 May 2010: For Poetry Gian Paolo Simeon Lao (Ateneo de Manila University) Dominique Allison Santos (University of Santo Tomas) Jacob Dominguez (University of Santo Tomas) Oscar Serquina Jr. (University of the Philippines-Diliman) For Fiction Aaron James Jalalon (University of the Philippines–Mindanao) Jenette Ethel Vizcocho (University of the Philippines-Diliman) Gilda Ysobel Galang (Ateneo de Manila University) Anne Carly Abad (Ateneo de Manila University) Gino Francis Dizon (Ateneo de Manila University) Jose Carlo Flordeliza (De La Salle University) Ida Anita Del Mundo (De La Salle University) Samantha Echavez (University of the Philippines-Diliman) For Creative Non-Fiction Kelly Marie Tulio Conlon (University of the Philippine–Mindanao) Miro Frances Capili (University of the Philippines-Diliman) Christina Mae del Rosario (Ateneo de Manila University) |
Fellows for the 10th IYAS Creative Writing Workshop
from http://www.usls.edu.ph/default/index.cfm/news-events/10th-IYAS-Creative-Writing-Workshop-announces-Roster-of-Fellows/
The IYAS Creative Writing Workshop proudly announces its roster of Fellows for 2010.
The Fellows for Fiction in English are: Fred Jordan Carnice, Roselle Jimeno, Vernan Jagunap, Francis Dizon and Anne Carly Abad (English), and Arbeen Acuña (Filipino).
The Fellows for Poetry are: Gian-Paolo Lao, Alyza Mary Taguilaso, Charmaine Carreon (English), Arbeen Acuña, Noel Fortun, Rogerick Fernandez (Filipino), Paul Randy Gumanao, Glenn Muñez (Cebuano), Elsed Togonon (Kinaray-a) and Simplicio Gadugdug (Boholano).
The panelists for this year are Dr. Dinah Roma-Sianturi, Dr. Elsie Coscolluela, Dr. Genevieve Asenjo, Dr. Danilo M. Reyes, Dr. Anthony Tan and Prof. John Iremil Teodoro.
The IYAS Creative Writing Workshop is sponsored by the University of St. La Salle and the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center of De La Salle University and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
The 10th IYAS Creative Writing Workshop is set on April 25- May 1, 2010.
Fellows for the 2010 Davao Writers Workshop
The Davao Writers Guild, in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and University of the Philippines-Mindanao, proudly announces the Fellows for the Davao Writers Workshop 2010:
Short Story
April Dawn M. Paramio
Arvin Antonio V. Ortiz
Freeda Ko Quejada
Jayson E Parba
Essay
Ella Jade Ismael
Seneca Pellano
Play
Hiyasmin Gabriela Espejo
Poetry
Erika Navaja
Friedrich Simon C Layno
Gino Boy Dolorzo
Iryne O. Kaamino
James Roy C. Pascual
Reymond L Pepito
The workshop will take place on May 3 to 7 at Lispher Inn, Juna Subdivision, Matina, Davao City.
CONGRATS TO ALL OF YOU!
Davao Writers Workshop 2010
Davao Writers Workshop 2010
The Davao Writers Guild, in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, will hold a Writers Workshop on May 3 to 7, 2010. Deadline for application is April 9, 2010.Who may apply
Fifteen writing fellows will be selected for the workshop. Applicants must be residents of Davao and Mindanao.Only two slots are alloted to fellows within Mindanao but residing outside Davao. They will receive transportation allowance of up to P1,000.Fellows will receive free board and lodging for the duration of the workshop.Past fellows of the Davao Writers Workshop are not eligible to apply for the workshop. However, they may volunteer to help run the workshop.Categories
We will accept submissions in four categories: fiction, essay, poetry and one-act play. They may be in English, Bisaya, or Tagalog.Applicant portfolios must therefore contain:All entries must be original works by the applicant.How to Apply
Please complete the application form and attach your workshop submissions.Please also submit 3 hard copies of the pieces, and formatted according to following specifications:Applicants must also send hard copies in an envelope together with cover letter toDominique Gerald M. Cimafranca
Deputy Workshop Director
c/o Davao Union Drug
(beside Electroworld)
CM Recto St. cor. Jacinto Ext.
Davao City
Depth of Field III
@ Sagittarius Mines, Inc.
March 6, 2010
(Activities: Sox Bloggers Discovery Tour/Project Visit)
Delicate.
Superficial.
Depth of Field II
@ Sagittarius Mines, Inc.March 6, 2010
(Activities: Sox Bloggers Discovery Tour/Project Visit)
Depth of Field
@ Sagittarius Mines,Inc.
March 6,2010
(Activities: Sox Bloggers Discovery Tour/Project Visit)
True Beauty
February 20,2010
Search for Lakan at Lakambini 2010
Gaisano Mall, General Santos City
Just-another-picture-of-splendor.
Verge (Repost)
Surreal by Van Almeria @ Seawall, Davao CityJanuary 30, 2010*for Star. Art*
Don't
write like Dickinson
Don't
dance like a ballerina
Don't
cry like a cat
Don't
argue like a lawyer
... stop screaming
you are not a blank page
... stop tiptoeing
you are not a thief
... stop whining
you are not a convict
... stop complaining
you are not a patient
afterall,
Dickinson is not a blank page
a ballerina is not a thief
a cat is not a convict
and most of all,
a court
is not a hospital.
Topic: Negation
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