February 2012
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“It’s a still life watercolor of a now late afternoon
As the sun shines...”
– “The Dangling Conversation” by Simon & Garfunkel
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Lati Yellow: Le Petit Prince
Lati is releasing a line of Lati Yellow dolls inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s Le Petit Prince. All I can say is: asdfghjkl. The Little Prince is just too cute. Too cute. These are just the preview pictures, the entire line will be released tomorrow. I wonder if The Little Prince comes with the tiny rose and the tiny watering can. If he does, I’m so screwed. So screwed.
Again:...
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January 2012
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Rivalry: The Ateneo-La Salle Musical
The Ateneo-La Salle rivalry is a huge part of Filipino pop culture. A musical about it would’ve been able to break so many barriers. Die-hard Ateneo and La Salle fans - whether they are from either school or not is not a question, because this rivalry is practically a national affair - would’ve flocked to shows in full blue or green regalia, seeking for yet another avenue to cheer for...
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Some of my worst friends are books. →
They offer consolation, wisdom, company of a kind, but they’re really not interested in you.
For there to be a conversation – a dialogue – there have to be at least two active participants. That’s company. A book is not company. We engage with it, argue with it, carry it around in our pockets and minds, are haunted by memories of it for years. But it doesn’t argue back,...
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“You musn’t give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger...”
– Holly Golightly, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
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December 2011
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100 Books (2012)
1) Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (2011) 2) Drive by James Sallis (2005) 3) Alice in Deadland by Mainak Dhar (2011) 4) A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (1996) 5) Foe by J.M. Coetzee (1986) 6) The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi (1883) 7) Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (1970) 8) Great Philippine Jungle Energy Cafe by...
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Help for Typhoon Sendong Victims from Ateneo de...
The Ateneo de Manila University through the DReaM Team (Disaster Response and Management Team) responds to calls for assistance from various communities in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan affected by the flashfloods brought on by Typhoon Sendong. Today, it is making a call for donations on behalf of the following groups: Gawad Kalinga-Ateneo (GK-Ateneo),Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan (SLB), and the Office...
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What's Happening in Ateneo?
With less than two weeks to go before the holiday break, the Ateneo campus is absolutely buzzing with org activity. I would say that I’m somewhat overwhelmed and have no idea where to put myself, but no, I know exactly where I’m supposed to be — off this computer and parked on a couch until I finish reading my stack of photocopies, Foe by J.M. Coetzee, and at least a hundred...
November 2011
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“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
– Carl Jung (via psychotherapy)
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October 2011
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A Writer’s Prayer by Neil Gaiman
Oh Lord,...
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Happy French Man
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“You don’t need an MA to know what a condom looks like. If you don’t,...”
– Mr. Danilo M. Reyes, Lit191.7/251: The Development of Fiction
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Here.
I was denied the privilege of frequenting the places you once frequented.
A sad thing to do, I know, but it would’ve been nice and particularly poetic to have been able to sit where you once sat and imagine you sitting there with me.
Instead, I am here; here, where it is new and unfamiliar.
The door where I had walked through has disappeared or been shut forever, whichever’s more...
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September 2011
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