Like most things in my life, my coming out to my parents about 13 years ago did not happen in one spectacular event that shook the world. Being an only child, friends expected only the highest of dramas. However, there was no heart-rending drama: no tears, hysterics, or some other violent reaction to my disclosure. [...]
I started writing this post days ago, intending it to be a post-mortem commentary and what-have-you on two disparate events that gripped the Philippines last week. But then I saw THIS and THIS and it got me wondering whether I should still pursue my earlier intention. Even my fellow bloggers have placed their two-cents worth [...]
On September, I will be one with my fellow gay bloggers in posting.
If you’re gay and if you blog, you might want to join.
Details can be found HERE.
Yesterday two significant events happened in my home and adopted countries. In the Philippines our newly elected President Noynoy Aquino III (or P-Noy, as he’d like to be called) delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA, in journalistic parlance) at the opening of the 15th Congress. Days before he had promised that his [...]
I write like
Stephen King
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A fun link I got from Jessica Zafra’s blog. No surprise here. The first grown-up book I read was a Stephen King novel that reinforced my childhood fear of clowns (including mascots) and had me wary of bathroom and sink drains for [...]
I’ve always likened the process of writing a story or a poem as akin to giving birth. Because once you put it out into the world, you have to relinquish all control as to how it is going to be perceived by the world. As its progenitor, you can only hope that you have given [...]