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myKindle and the Book Experience
o o o This week, I will be doing one thing I have not done in a long time — do a public reading from my first novel; and do another thing that I have not done at all — do a public reading from my...
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No Me Quitte Pas
o o o I’m sitting on my rattan chair, feet up on the edge. The room is spotlit, mostly dark. The TV in my bedroom is on PBS, where Barbra Streisand just finished a private concert for a privileged...
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The Polyglot (in me)
Language begins with my mother. In a country like the Philippines, dotted with islands, each with unique food and language, it is rare to hear someone say, “I’m Chavacana.” Filipinos identify each...
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And So Begins a Revolution
o o o My American immigration gave birth to my rational way of thinking. Had I stayed in the Philippines, I would have, just like many Filipinos, a Ba(t)hala Na mentality, the sense and act of...
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HuffPo Blog: Dear Homophobic Philippines
o o o It would be appropriate to start this missive by noting the year of our recorded civilization: 2013; and by including a recent headline reflecting our current state of affairs: “Obama urges U.S....
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huff po: Dear Filipino Immigrants . . .
o o o Here is our last count: four million Filipino immigrants in America. Nary a season on primetime TV without a Filipino face gracing the screen: American idol (Jessica Sanchez, Jasmine Trias),...
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huffpo: Dear Beautiful Mother . . . (Happy Mom’s Day!)
o o o There will always be the unflinching devotion of a son to his mother, and history has shown many a similar story, and mine is similar too, except that I’m gay. A gay person’s life journey can...
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Dear . . . (Recent Huffington Post Articles)
I haven’t updated this blog in so long. Here are the last articles in Huffington Post from the most recent. Dear Filipino Organizers Erased by the Cesar Chavez Movement We immigrants mark our...
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Huff Post: Dear Nora Aunor, Greatest Filipina Actress, Brown and Beautiful
o o o Philippine cinema today is a city of bleached-brown faces and light-skinned faces that magically don’t tan in the tropical sun. Manilawood is a city that privileges mestizo actors by placing them...
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Blogs on Huffington Post
Thanks so much for visiting my page. This page badly needs updating. I have not found the time to do that. It will be my project for 2016. However, if you found your way here through social media,...
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