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New Year, New-ish Blog
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Doing things a bit differently this year…
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What If…?
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It’s a scorching Sunday afternoon in Manila, with the temperature predicted to hit 35°C. Best to stay indoors until at least 5PM, folks! I suggest watching this short film by The Bakery while waiting for things to cool down a bit. The Last Bookshop shows us a scenario that (sadly) has a good chance of…
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Intermission.
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So… ummmmm… this happened. Taking a short break; will be back soon. Gotta look at the bright side, though: now I have more time to read! 😉
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Snippets #4.
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This week’s edition of lovely online reads: Such a good question. How can we improve the cities we call home? (I wanna buy this one.) What makes our cities a better place for us?, betterymagazine.com, June 2012 (estimate) Don’t focus too much on size. Sometimes, short is real good. Dr. Aira: In Defense of Short Books,…
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A Brand-New Love Affair With Johnny Air.
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Sometime last year, I went on a self-imposed book-buying ban. I told myself that that ban will be lifted only after I made significant headway and crossed out at least 12 books (equivalent to four themes or so) from my long reading list. Predictably, the ban was forgotten after a few months: I made the…
