January 2012
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100 best first lines from novels →
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1. Call me Ishmael. - Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851)
2. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)
3. A screaming comes across the sky. - Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow (1973)
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Yo, internet, this a joke? Ever heard of a...
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“Poetry is my understanding with the world, my intimacy with things, my...”
– Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (via awritersruminations)
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“When the web started, I used to get really grumpy with people because they put...”
– Neil Gaiman on Copyright, Piracy, and the Commercial Value of the Web (X)
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summing up 2011...
a little bit late
still, before I forget, I have to write them down.
and then be inspired and do more this 2012
-public inquiries in Tacloban and Manila;
-discovered and loved photography through My Picture A Day Project (although i gave up before the year ended. will start again, promise)
-rediscovered painting and art therapy
-My first ever marathon! The Bullrunner Dream Marathon....
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Let's get ready to rumble!!!Here's the Corona... →
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Where to go in 2012 #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines →
With 16 holidays in 2012, including Chinese New Year on January 23 (which has never before been designated as a national non-working holiday), you may want to check out the following destinations based on travel trends and forecasts for 2012.
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INI-MINI-MINI-MO, now where to go?
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The Beginning: The Library Project (March 2011) →
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The Library Project: Kasabuahan Ha Gagaw →
Finally, at the end of the year, we were able to have, more than a cabinet books. We finally have a library. The billard table is gone. My father’s no longer drinking, but the neighbors continue to drink, tagging their children along. The children from Sumpong Elementary School also continue to pass by our house, every morning, on their way to school. It is a hope, that the Library Project,...
Congratulations Romi! Mabuhay and UP Mountaineers! →
Mark Ryman called in from the summit to report that the team reached the summit at 6:45 P.M. local time.
Standing next to Mark on the summit was Romi, who hours ago became the first Philippino to climb the Seven Summits- a huge congrats to Romi! Nearby stood Omar, who completed his sixth summit and will complete his journey this spring on Denali and in doing so will become the first Egyptian...
