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Pusong Wagas 26 Nov 2011 | 03:14 am
Paul Morales, friend and Artistic Director of Ballet Philippines, asked me to write a libretto based on the legend of the founding of Mandaluyong. In my story, there's a princess in a dysfunctional r...
Inamorata 19 Sep 2011 | 08:31 pm
Amar Como El Mar A Man is spit out of the sea. Playing with the waves, it is summer in his memory. A woman appears. Their kiss tastes like brine. When a stone is hurled in the water, me...
Mangoes 18 Sep 2011 | 02:13 pm
I begin with a wonder: That I am buried neck deep; That in these parts, I only used to grow in India From a soil no different from the loam you are familiar with. When you look out the window whe...
When Culture Attacks 1 Aug 2011 | 02:49 pm
Kaibigan, Good intentions mark the passage of the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009, but legal fester points abound. With not much fanfare, Republic Act 10066, also known as the National Cultur...
IF POQUE-POQUE IS ON THE MENU, WHERE IS THE KABATITI AND UTONG 5 Mar 2011 | 04:37 pm
These innocent vegetables, otherwise known as eggplant, sweet gourd, and stringbeans form the staple in Ilocano vegetable cuisine. Throw in the slimy saluyot, the leafy marunggay and its eat-by-your-t...
Writing Exercise 12 Jun 2010 | 08:31 am
Kaibigan, We were asked to choose a picture from the the Cartier Bresson exhibit in MoMa. I chose the picture of a boy going down a Parisian street cradling two big bottles of wine on each hand. We w...
Plays, Plays, Plays 23 May 2010 | 02:31 am
Kaibigan, I went to two play readings of the May-I Lab. One was a children’s play, performed with much enthusiasm and written with charm. It touched on the usual hallmarks of cutesy aphorisms that co...
Untitled 15 May 2010 | 02:13 am
Kaibigan, Went to yoga yesterday. I felt great afterwards. Then went to Jacks a 99 cent store and bought something to make spaghetti with. The kitchen filled with the smell of tomatoes, capers, garli...
Do You Pangalay? 4 May 2010 | 06:34 am
03 May 10 Kaibigan, It is fairly safe to state that a sophisticated standard of performance has been set in the Folkloric Dance World—from Belarus to Bayanihan. For the modern audience, the present...
Welcome to the City 25 Apr 2010 | 05:13 am
Kaibigan, I rested my yoga mat to tie my shoe laces on the street after a yoga class. When I was done, I picked my drink with my left hand and a notebook to the address of my next appointment in anot...
