http://www.redroom.com/member-blog/rickyrivera Member's Blog Teaser en http://www.redroom.com/blog/rickyrivera/the-monumental-sellout <p>Last night, the Senate passed the modified version of the Baselines bill. This version, our sources say, is the one &quot;approved&quot; by the Chinese government. Essentially, the bill conveniently excluded the seas and oceans between the Kalayaan Islands and Scarborough shoals under our regime of islands, which, effectively means that we don't own those prime properties. This is the official ...</p> <p><a href="http://www.redroom.com/blog/rickyrivera/the-monumental-sellout">read more</a></p> http://www.redroom.com/blog/rickyrivera/the-monumental-sellout#comments arroyo snubbed by obama Barack Obama baselines bill China Hillary Clinton kalayaan islands philippines news us-philippines Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:59:05 -0800 rickyrivera 107534 at http://www.redroom.com http://www.redroom.com/blog/rickyrivera/the-beauty-unity <p>My eyes feasted in the explosion of colors and the sheer symmetry of human forms paying homage to the majesty of nature. Truly, the Beijing Olympics is the most beautiful of all the past Olympics games opening of all time.What made it extremely beautiful and distinctly the most memorable, is its message–all of humanity are one. And China is the truest living testament of that unity.For ... </p> <p><a href="http://www.redroom.com/blog/rickyrivera/the-beauty-unity">read more</a></p> http://www.redroom.com/blog/rickyrivera/the-beauty-unity#comments Beijing Olympics China chinese communist party Tibet Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:00:17 -0700 rickyrivera 49659 at http://www.redroom.com http://www.redroom.com/blog/rickyrivera/writing-life-and-life-writing <p>I just spent more than twenty years of my life as a writer. Nothing extraordinary about that except that I should have been a lawyer. My father wanted me to be a barrister and I, myself, wanted to become one. But, The Fates are always more knowledgeable. Had I become a lawyer, I would not have suffered what I'm suffering now.Being a writer in the Philippines is always a struggle. For, there's ... </p> <p><a href="http://www.redroom.com/blog/rickyrivera/writing-life-and-life-writing">read more</a></p> http://www.redroom.com/blog/rickyrivera/writing-life-and-life-writing#comments literature philippines world Writing Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:45:59 -0700 rickyrivera 49656 at http://www.redroom.com