This week's picks of reads from the blogs and sites I follow includes advice on blogging for freelance writers and getting great freelance writing gigs. http://ping.fm/svI7E
Continue reading...When a pack of total strangers are forced to work together for the good of the guild or the alliance, one thing is bound to come up. That thing is none other than guild drama. http://ping.fm/GI4vL
Continue reading...If you are a writer, say that you are and start acting like one. http://ping.fm/ryZrE
Continue reading...Interesting articles and blog posts from my Google Alerts and RSS reader for the week of April 30 to May 5. http://ping.fm/Bvg9e
Continue reading...The Realm of the Elderlings books are probably some of the best fantasy books I’ve read in years. They’re not high fantasy like The Lord of the Rings, and they’re not as sweeping as A Song of Ice and Fire. The RotE books read more like an historical drama with small touches of magic. But in these books, Robin Hobb gave us flawed and relatable heroes – hopelessly silly at times, utterly passionate about what they want, and thoroughly believable. http://ping.fm/c1aoC
Continue reading...Criticism is inevitable in a freelance writer’s job. It’s simply impossible to please everyone no matter how hard you try. http://ping.fm/9GWIu
Continue reading...Some interesting reads I found on my RSS reader and Google alerts from April 23 to April 28. http://ping.fm/Z9Afj
Continue reading...The Real Ghostbusters has got to be one of the best American cartoon series ever produced. http://ping.fm/6Ag6J
Continue reading...http://annasibal.publr.com/post/1335934 Why Do You Want to Work as a Freelance Writer? -
If you want to know the benefits to and how to
http://annasibal.publr.com/post/1335934 Why Do You Want to Work as a Freelance Writer? -
If you want to know the benefits to and how to
If you want to work as a freelance writer, there is one question about freelance writing that you and you alone can answer, and that question is this:
Why do you want to work as a freelance writer?
The birthday cake I got shot me straight up to chocolate heaven. http://ping.fm/5I5PX
Continue reading...How many of us are like Ken Cosgrove, one who has been told to stop wasting time with writing and find a “real job”? http://ping.fm/0PQP4
Continue reading...It was only by the end of March that I first heard of Pinterest. I only learned of it when I was asked to help create training modules on how to use it for online marketing. Since it certainly would be impossible for me to do the job without finding out what Pinterest is all about, I decided to find out for myself why Pinterest is such a big deal. http://ping.fm/21PFk
Continue reading...As I write this post, my head aches, my eyes are blurry, and my hands are a bit shaky. I’m not sick or anything. It’s just that I’ve only had four hours of sleep last night and the night before that, and I’ve had to resort to coffee to keep me awake. It’s kind of ironic that just a few days ago, I came across a video of Arianna Huffington talking about the importance of getting enough sleep at night. http://ping.fm/8sUvZ
Continue reading...Easter Sunday is for families, and I spent mine with my parents. We were supposed to watch a movie, but we couldn’t decide on what to watch. I wanted to see Hunger Games, but my mom preferred Mirror, Mirror. We ended up not going to the cinema and instead had a long lunch at Cyma Restaurant in Trinoma. http://ping.fm/SZ1uI
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I have always greatly respected Prof. Solita Monsod. This lecture of hers is a wake-up call to every Filipino, not just UP-Diliman students.
Daniel Wagner's The Philippine Bus and Miss Universe must be one of the most linked and most forwarded articles in the Filipino online community today. The article talks about last week's tragic Quirino Grandstand hostage taking that ended in a bloodbath and beauty queen Maria Venus Raj blowing her chance at becoming Miss Universe 2010.
At first I was reluctant to read the article. The last thing I want right now is another Filipino bashing online. It is already difficult to deal with the horror, anger and dismay that the two events mentioned above elicit. The Philippines rarely hits the international headlines, but when it does, it is usually about some screw-up. And wow, what a screw-up we have this time. It is definitely nothing to be proud of for us Filipinos.
But that is just the case, isn't it? We Filipinos don't have a lot to be proud of. Or at least we as a race have probably forgotten how it is to live with pride. That is why we lap up every single victory that comes our way, no matter how indirectly – from Lea Salonga bagging a Tony and an Olivier Award for her Miss Saigon performance; to Manny Pacquiao's winning punches in the boxing ring; to the likes of Gloria Diaz, Margarita Moran, Miriam Quiambao, Precious Lara Quigaman – and yes, even Venus Raj – winning or coming close to winning the beauty queen crowns they vied for.
When something bad happens instead, we become defensive or passive-aggressive. Or we turn to fatalism and make numerous excuses. Ganoon talaga, eh; walang magagawa. Mr. Wagner's article hit the matter right in the head.
One passage in Mr. Wagner's article struck me the most:
"When I lived in the Philippines from 2003 to 2007, I was asked, what is the difference between the Philippines and Indonesia? My answer was, 'In Indonesia, they have hope.' I came to the conclusion that in spite of all the things the Philippines has going for, its people didn't demand enough of themselves, or of their government. Political apathy and a willingness to accept a low common denominator of performance have taken their toll on the psyche of the Philippine people."
I was too young to remember exactly what happened during the 1986 EDSA Revolution, but I do know that what happened was indeed something profound. And now that the symbol of that profound moment has passed away this morning, I do sense that a chapter of our history as a people has come to a close.
Thank you, Mrs. Aquino, for the sacrifice you have given for our country. I may not have agreed with everything you said and did in the last few years, but I do respect and admire you for who and what you are. You made me proud to be a woman and a Filipino, and even apathetic fools like me do feel a sense of loss with your passing. The Philippines just lost one of its last moral leaders and there is no one out there yet who is as worthy of our belief as you were.
May you rest in peace.
I'm not really a fan of rap music or hiphop but, like most Filipinos of my generation, I am a fan of Francis Magalona. He was such a big thing when I was in high school; performing his breakthrough song "Mga Kababayan" was even one of our music assignments back then.
People die all the time, but when an icon of your youth passes away, you just can't help but be affected. You will mourn in your own way.
Found these in YouTube. A video of him singing Kaleidoscope with Parokya ni Edgar and, of course, Mga Kababayan.
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