Zamboanga Blogger Feature: Dra. Filipinas Rojo

In Zamboanga City, most bloggers belong to the youth, or the age group 15 to 30 years old - that is, youth as defined by the National Youth Commission of the Philippines. I have met just two other bloggers well beyond that age bracket, but neither of them come from Zamboanga. The blogger I am featuring …

My Animo Zamboangueno Project Entry

It has been quite a while now since my last blog post, give or take two months. Also, I haven't kept my promise of writing even just a post a month. I haven't had time for writing yet this year. Who am I kidding, I haven't had time to write in forever! But since I …

Continuation: #ZamboCrisis

I just realized that it's now a month after my last post, and it's now two months after the #ZamboCrisis first started. In those two months, both a lot and a little could be said about the progress. The Zamboanguenos are still too hurt and rankled to talk about much. We would much rather acknowledge …

To be continued: #ZamboCrisis

Note: As the title of this post suggests, I am not yet done with this write up. It just occurred to me that my last post was dated 9 September 2013. And as I've promised myself to update this blog once a month, I've decided to post this, exactly a month after my previous post. …

Head Lice and Mud Pies

Note: I haven't had the opportunity to post any write-ups from college here yet. So here I am doing so. For our English class last week, we were tasked to pair up and write a descriptive essay about our partner. There's little surprise, really, that I pair up with my grade school best friend, whom …

The Best Tenth of August Thus Far

There are quite a number of things from high school that I still haven’t moved on from. The first would be my cork board. All throughout third and fourth year, instead of pin important memos and to-do lists, I stuck mostly pictures and little mementos on it: JS Prom pictures; Halloween Parties, High School and …

My First Philippine Toy Library Experience

Note: So it's been a little over than five months since I last posted. It's a shame really that I didn't get the chance to keep a journal during high school. More so the fact that I failed to update this blog even just once a month as I initially planned. So I finally graduated …

Concept Paper: If You Itch For Success, Keep On Scratching

Note: This is one of the few papers I've written this school year. We've moved on to academic writing, and boy do I miss creative writing. My teacher gave me a 90 on this one. Boo!   Concept Paper: Success Objectives: to be able to define, concretize and discuss a concept.   If You Itch …

You Will Understand Tomorrow (a translation)

Note: Our topic for Filipino class as of the moment is translation, or pagsasalin. The piece I translated is by Juanito V. Glori, entitled You Will Understand Tomorrow. Translating this piece from English into Filipino is a major requirement for the third quarter. So here'e my hand at translating:Maiintindihan Mo Bukas(Juanito V. Glori)Isinalin ni Pristine Janielle. F. Padua             Ang …

Mama and Papa

Note: Today, 11 September 2012, is my grandfather's 86th birthday. I was meaning to post this some four months ago, but decided to post it on a significant date, like today. But a lot has happened in those four months; the gravest of all is my grandmother's death. So I am posting this the way …