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• The Monumental Sellout

  February 17, 2009

  • Last night, the Senate passed the modified version of the Baselines bill. This version, our sources say, is the one "approved" 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 ...
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• The Beauty of Unity

  August 9, 2008

  • 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 ...
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• Writing life and life in writing

  August 9, 2008

  • 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 ...
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