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'Weather-whether' lang
... Pretty much sums up my experience with pre-paid SmartBro internet so far. It's been less than 24 hours since I've gotten connected, and I've suffered through abonimably slow connection speed (2 bars of signal, around 1 pm till 3 pm), to reasonably quick (like right now, around 7 pm; 4 signal bars! Yay!). Still way slower than the speeds I've ( Read more... ) -
Philippine Elections 2010
I voted last Monday. The indelible ink's still on my right index finger. As a resident of Brgy. Concepcion, in the second district of Batangas, the polling precinct where me and my family members voted was relatively small. Think around 5,000 or so registered voters ( Read more... ) -
Pasaway Kong Puso (Prologue and Cuts)
The rest of this post is in Tagalog-English. But mostly Tagalog. Just posting the cut sections of my latest Philippine romance novella, Pasaway Kong Puso.
( The Prologue, i.e. Pre-cruise. ) -
Philippine Elections 2010
Less than one week to go before the first mostly automated national elections in the Philippines. Am quite excited, if still less than happy with who I'm left to vote. Bleah. Go, democracy. (Or maybe I'm just too old and jaded? The fresh graduates I've met seem relatively enthusiastic with the whole hullabaloo ( Read more... ) -
Tapos na!
Finally finished manuscript 6, tentatively titled Ang Prinsipe ni Ringo (in English, 'Ringo's Prince'). I've been reading kasi the story teasers for my three published (as in available in bookstores) novellas so far, and noticed that 'Prince Charming' is used in each. Could they possibly be 'repackaged' as a series? I dunno. Hindi naman sila ( Read more... ) -
Gomidashi wo wasureta...
My third novella is out! Yay ( Read more... ) -
Preview cuts from Novel #3, 'My Lady Athena'
Note: This post is a combination of English and Tagalog. So, um, sorry for the non-Tagalog readers. I'm a 'published' author writing under the handle 'Monica Bautista' for My Special Valentine / Bookware Publishing Corp. in my home country, the Philippines. Decided to post these excerpts for shameless self-promotion's sake.
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My Bishop-obsession is driving me nuts...
Oh yeah, and what professionally productive venture have I been up to these past couple of months? *note: sarcastic*
Neverwinter Nights 2 - both the original campaign and the Mask of the Betrayer. ( (Aside #1) ) -
Finally, Manucript #5...
Finished the draft for 'Prisoner of Love'. Sa wakas, mga dukha! I've just e-mailed the manuscript to Bookware Publishing.
Out na rin pala ang Second Chances, my second novel under My Special Valentine. Please buy n'yo po. Drama nga lang ang arrive niya. Available in National Bookstore outlets here in the Philippines. Meron din kaming online ( Read more... )