Category: Diskarte
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Hoy, Pong! is out in the world
Makikilala niyo na sina Dante, Raya, Keebs, at Pong! So excited for you. Matagal kong tinrabaho ang “side project” na ‘to at inilaban ang mga minutong makapagsulat kahit madaming distractions sa buhay. Ang nobela ko ay nasa young adult category at maituturing na urban fantasy. Tungkol ito sa dalawang college student noong taong 1999, na…
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“Hoy, Pong!” will have inside art!
Hello, I’m in Dublin! I’m on the ground floor of my new digs. There’s squirrels or maybe chipmunks (I haven’t researched yet), this black bird with a white tummy and a royal blue tail, and this chunky maya-looking bird with the red-orange chest. And there’s trees and shrubs and a walkway people from the other…
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Singing on the Spot
This week was pretty amazing. I did not expect the volume of congratulatory messages I got on my social media announcement, but mostly because I have forgotten that I did know these many people. I’m relatively old. I’ve lived so many lives. So. Many. Lives. One day I will write about them. But for now…
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It’s happening! I’m getting published!
Ang aking Tagalog novel (working title: Hoy Pong! previously known as Pangkantong Gabay sa Pagiging Ganap) ay ipa-publish early next year ng My Avenida (publisher ng Trese, Kikomachine Komix, mga libro ni Bob Ong, Eliza Victoria, Eros Atalia at marami pang ibang manunulat na Pinoy)—basically my dream publishing house as far back as I can…
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Broken, sure
There was this scene in the first episode of BBC’s Sherlock where Sherlock does a Sherlock guessing Watson’s sibling’s life circumstances by taking one look at the phone he’s using. The phone had several scuff marks near the charging port and Sherlock somehow deduced that only a person with shaky hands would make that many…
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October, You Sneak
I felt like I needed to write something because this month has been hella weird in the best way possible but I forgot what it was I wanted to say and so maybe for now I’ll just talk about how when I went out to run again I could not find the morning goose doing…
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Peeling Over-Ear Headphone Cushions
I once took pride in myself buying 99-peso earphones (the really old Creative ones that play mono because hey no time for a splitter) from the Octagon Superstore and making do until it gives up on me, which is, because 99 pesos, fairly fast. I’m notorious for buying really bad audio stuff because I know…
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Gastroenteritis at Isang Pangakong Magsulat Araw-Araw
Isang linggo akong nagka-gastroenteritis. A little queasiness, a little low-grade fever, tapos stinging hot diarrhea nang limang araw. Masakit, nakakabwisit. Dahil nagbabadya ang pagbabanyo bawat sandali at nakagapos ako sa tanikala ng sakit ng paghilab ng tyan at pagsisisi sa pagkain ng kung anuman ‘yun na hindi ko maalala, tumambad ang pagkakataong makapagsulat at makapag-isip…
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Yeah, Yeah, I’m Still Here
See, sinusubukan ko pa rin kasing palakasin ang loob ko na manumbalik ang sigla kong mag-blog tulad nang dati. At naisip ko na ata ang solusyon, salamat kay M. Noong isang araw, she announced that she’s planning to get off social media in 2018. That really excited me for some reason (not because she was,…
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Hindi Ko Sinasadyang Matapos ang Stranger Things Game #Humblebrag
Natapos ko ‘yung Normal mode ng Stranger Things: The Game app kahit maliit ang phone at attention span ko. Ngayon ay sinusubukan kong tapusin ang Classic mode. Maybe spoilers ahead? IDEK. Kaya ako aliw na aliw sa app na ito ay dahil ang daming aspeto ng kwento at itsura ng Hawkins ang nakuha nila kahit…