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Transitory Interest(s)

because Everything is fleeting-

 another wasted desire.

Photos by Van Almeria

LC5 Farm and Resort
General Santos City
June 19, 2010

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Mark Joey Bautista

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A Metamorphosis of My Youth



Photos by Mark Joey Bautista
June 27, 2010
Kalsangi, Polomolok
South Cotabato

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Femme Fatale



Bought at Booksale KCC Mall of GenSan
June 18, 2010

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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

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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.

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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).

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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 
 

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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. 

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Heart of a Woman


  

April 20, 2010
@ General Santos City Booksale


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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.








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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)

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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.

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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! 

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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:
  • 2 short stories (1,000 words to 5,000 words); OR
  • 2 essays (1,000 words to 5,000 words); OR
  • 2 one-act play (10 minutes to 30 minutes play time); OR
  • 3 poems
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:
  • Printed on short-sized bond paper (8.5″ x 11″)
  • 1″ margin on all sides
  • Font: Times Roman 12
  • Double spaced with 0.5″ indent for the start of all paragraphs.
Applicants must also send hard copies in an envelope together with cover letter to
Dominique Gerald M. Cimafranca
Deputy Workshop Director
c/o Davao Union Drug
(beside Electroworld)
CM Recto St. cor. Jacinto Ext.
Davao City

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Gridlock


a life beyond..
Disengaged Delight.


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Chasm of Infinity



There is bitterness in bliss.



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Good Old Friends








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Depth of Field III




@ Sagittarius Mines, Inc.
March 6, 2010
(Activities: Sox Bloggers Discovery Tour/Project Visit)

Delicate.
Superficial.

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Depth of Field II

@ Sagittarius Mines, Inc.
March 6, 2010
(Activities: Sox Bloggers Discovery Tour/Project Visit)

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Depth of Field

@ Sagittarius Mines,Inc.
March 6,2010
(Activities: Sox Bloggers Discovery Tour/Project Visit)

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Sail Away

February 27, 2010
Kalilangan Festival
@ General Santos City

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True Beauty

February 20,2010
Search for Lakan at Lakambini 2010
Gaisano Mall, General Santos City

Just-another-picture-of-splendor.

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Optimism

February 6, 2010
@ Bai's

Provoke.
Kindle.
Incite.

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Hope

February 1, 2010
@ Plaza Heneral Santos

There's a Rose and nothing more.

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Verge (Repost)





Surreal by Van Almeria 
@ Seawall, Davao City
January 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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Serenity


@ Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City
January 29, 2010



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...because it is CHEAP...because she is a WOMAN.





Few Book Chapters


Gift from Best friend G 
January 16, 2010
General Santos City

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