Thursday, July 11, 2024

A Hope in Hell: A Review of Mouths to Speak, Voices to Sing by Kenneth Yu

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  Book image from: https://www.penguin.sg/book/mouths-to-speak-voices-to-sing/ I enjoyed this collection of short stories very much. I love ...

A Loving Portrait and a Love Story: A Review of Assembling Alice by Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta

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  Book image from: https://www.penguin.sg/book/assembling-alice/ It's a beautiful retelling of a courageous woman's life, full of li...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

The Age of AI: Intro Video Created with Generative Artificial Intelligence

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I was amazed to discover Artflow.AI which allowed me to "shoot" a video without any production requirements (other than my "a...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Some Stories Need Telling: A Short Review of Some People Need Killing

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Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista, Random House, 2023 Photo from patevangelista/Instagram I was bewildered by Rodrigo Duterte...
Friday, September 09, 2022

Homo Sapiens

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Homo sapiens We think we are conquerors when we venture out into the sea. We forget how vast it is, how dark. And further out, when we look ...
Thursday, September 08, 2022

The Uses of Time

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The Uses of Time We all know that not all moments are equal. We use the thirty seconds of gargling mouth wash to do other things, like washi...
Wednesday, September 07, 2022

Philippine Lemon

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Philippine Lemon We call it calamansi. Even that last syllable tastes sharp and sour. Scorching days are a dime a dozen in my city. At eleve...
Tuesday, September 06, 2022

Glucose Tolerance Test

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Glucose Tolerance Test I want nothing else, even if it isn’t cold, even if it is in a tiny plastic cup, even if it was just boiled or left o...