Category: Life
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Photography: Arch
Our Visual Arts Elective has officially ended. While I don’t think I became a brilliant, or even remotely good, photographer, at the very least I can now hold and use a DSLR without killing it by pushing or turning a button. Yeah.
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Poetry (Spoken Word): Rebirth of a Dream
Rebirth of a Dream When I was younger, there was this one time When I dreamed of being a rockstar, a rebel, a rocker, a hedonist a ‘whatever-ist’ But that dream I buried deep, deep down All the way to the depths of my heart Because no one says go, not a word, not even…
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Books: Room by Emma Donoghue
It’s amazing. I am not kidding anyone. Read it. Read it NOW. Title: Room Author: Emma Donoghue Book Summary: The summary published with the book was very poignant; it reads, “To five-year-old Jack, Room is the world. It’s where he was born, it’s where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night,…
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Prose: the flight of angels//Opinion: On Sunday Masses.
WARNING: I don’t seem to know how to make short posts. Be warned of the coming 1700 odd words. the flight of angels He holds in each of his many hands the image of a bird’s egg, large and small and unique. He nurtures them; his fingers, the least of which holds the strength of the…
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Photography: My Amateur Foray
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Paint: First Artwork for the Year 2012.
Hello. :) This is my first “real” artwork for the year, and so it seems largely unpracticed and messy. Haha. It’s just a “Happy Day! (No Occassion)” gift for a friend who likes Star Wars, Math and Music, so I suppose it doesn’t have to be perfect. Finished over three hours (including the time spent…
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Places: MANILAAA
The city of Manila (sometimes beautiful, sometimes not) has been a permanent fixture in my life ever since I entered my elementary, and later secondary, school. Last week I had the chance to “rediscover” the city with my batchmates, as part of our enrichment experience. The only sad thing about it all was that…
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Books: Aleph by Paulo Coelho
Title: Aleph (published O Aleph in Brazil) Author: Paulo Coelho Book Summary: “In his most personal novel to date, internationally best-selling author Paulo Coelho returns with a remarkable journey of self-discovery. Like the main character in his much-beloved novel The Alchemist, Paulo is facing a grave crisis of faith…”
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