jari m

Tag: life and other tales

  • We are always the protagonists of our own stories. But just once I had hoped you would play the support in a chapter I had written, laughing and rejoicing in the triumph I overtook. It was a high, it was momentous, it was glory overwhelmed. And it also paled against anything you had to say. I’m sorry.…

  • Haikus to Freedom

    I was reading the Inquirer a week and a day ago, and I thought of airing some opinions on Philippine news. With some poetry. I. to think of the world quite odd: easy to clamor easy to forget The Philippines is perhaps one of the few “democratic” countries where a corrupt president –overthrown by a mass…

  • #TBT: USA!

    #TBT: USA!

    Someday I’ll go there again and watch a Broadway show.

  • Look Up – Spoken Word by Gary Turk

    My sister linked this video to me, and for a crystal clear moment I felt my life change.

  • Top Notch: Performances to Ponder

    I’m only human. I go up the stairs and feel a bit short of breath afterwards. I play tennis and I can only last for two hours. Basically, I have the stamina of an exhausted college student and the performance level of an average achiever. These solo artists put me to shame (and they should. It’s…

  • I’ve known many people now lost to the sea Not unvigilant, or unskilled But human. and as such inherently weak to this force of nature

  • My love of fountain pens, explored.

    I am (unapologetically) fixated on stationery and notebooks. A lot of my feelings about notebooks can be found here [1], but my love for stationery (specifically nib pens) have never really made it to this blog. Until now. I can’t really post pictures of all the pens I’ve collected through the years, since it feels vaguely more braggart-like…

  • In No Regrets, women writers talk about what it was like to read literature’s “midcentury misogynists.”

    This isn’t just about the books. When young women read the hypermasculine literary canon—what Emily Gould calls the “midcentury misogynists,” staffed with the likes of Roth, Mailer, and Miller—their discomfort is punctuated by the knowledge that their male peers are reading these books, identifying with them, and acting out their perspectives and narratives. These writers…

  • NTU UADC 2014: Part 1 :)

    NTU UADC 2014: Part 1 :)

    Time to take a break from rallying against sexism and racism and non-representation.