I wrote the following to close my book review on Edgar Wickberg's "The Chinese in Philippine Life, 1850-1898":

"The problem of identity itself has remained largely unchanged. Today, we are witness to an ethnic community at the cusp of continuous change as a younger generation of Chinese Filipinos or Chinoys - no longer just one or the other - ( Read more... )

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It's almost 2 a.m., I'm wide awake, I have a book review due tomorrow and I've only finished reading the first chapter of the book...and I'm still lounging around like some apathetic loser in front of the computer ( Read more... )

Tonight, I did something very out of character ( Read more... )

Wow.

I just finished watching The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, which I had originally downloaded for Ma'an soulfulsolace, who needed to watch it for one of her classes. I don't remember the last time a political documentary held my attention continuously for more than an hour - I think the last time that happened was as I alternately laughed and sat ( Read more... )

No, I really wouldn't... I'd still rather bleed maroon, as Jae chickenbarbecue calls it! ;)

(I was actually going to say, "I still love it that I've been marooned," but decided that the double meaning is TRICKY. Hehehe, kidding.)

Now I've always watched the La Salle-Ateneo - or Ateneo-La Salle, if you will - rivalry with much interest. Sometimes I take sides ( ( Read more... )

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I swear, Jessica is singing "all the CAMELS come out for a public affair". But I know, I know, she meant CAMERAS. But that's what it sounds like. CAMELS!

Ma'an soulfulsolace, you have no idea HOW GLAD I am you're back! :) hahaha ( Read more... )

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The world is too big for love to be real. There are too many people in the world to ever know, beyond everything, that you are with the right person. That your heart is as swollen as it can be. Think of all the people in China. It is unlikely anyone will ever meet all of them. How can we know for certain, for absolute certain, that trapped inside a ( Read more... )