Moving
The reason I’ve been quiet lately is because I’m preparing for a move. I’ve had this blog for a while, …
Category Archives: Book Buzz
Advice to poets
I love Rainer Maria Rilke‘s Letters to a Young Poet. I felt like he was writing to me, even though I’m not …
On writer’s block
I love what author Douglas Rushkoff says about writer’s block: “I don’t believe in writer’s block. “Yes, there may have been …
Cat in an Empty Apartment
The writer of one of my favorite poems passed away in February this year; I just found out. Too many …
Composing gives me great …
Composing gives me great pleasure… there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours of self-forgetfulness, when one lives in a world of sound.
Clara Schumann, whose birthday it is today
Unmissable: Manila International Book Fair
This is definitely one of the things I miss from home (up there with puto bumbong, bibingka, and parol street …
On my calendar: National Book Festival
I missed the National Book Festival last year simply because I forgot about it, so I’d better not have an …
Free: Learn a language during rush hour
We all hate traffic jams and rush hour, but let’s face it. There’s nothing you can do about it (except …
