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Biting into the China Cake

I am taking a break from writing my special report on China's social unrest to retain my sanity. At least whatever's left of it. If you remember how it was back in school, two weeks before the final paper is due, then you'd have a fairly good... more

Previous blog entries:
Apr 25	-	Weekend Goal
Mar 28	-	Life Update
Feb 11	-	A Country in Desperate Need of a Hero
joni's favorite blog entries:
May 29	-	Sadness is Liquid
Apr 26	-	"Writing is Easier with Computers"
Apr 14	-	Driving My Novel
Mar 2	-	Tonight I Can Delete Messages
Jan 30	-	Novel Writing Induces Nosebleeds
Dec 23	-	Keep Away From Fire
Nov 8	-	A Few of My Favorite Things
Oct 23	-	My Identity Crisis
Oct 17	-	Me and My Iron
Aug 11	-	On 'Kawil' and Why I Shouldn't be Called a Malate Writer
Jul 26	-	It's Been a Year!
Jun 14	-	Sweet Smell of Solitude
Apr 30	-	Me and My Southern Accent
Apr 4	-	On Moving
Mar 19	-	First Date
Mar 8	-	Women's Day
Jan 15	-	Stupid Calendar
Jan 4	-	PuTongHua Update
Dec 26	-	Conversation with a Taxi Driver
Dec 19	-	Missing Christmas in Pinas (a nostalgic entry)
Dec 17	-	peaches and strawberries
Nov 23	-	Loving and Letting Go
Sep 8	-	Reasons for Coming to China
Aug 9	-	Of Cookies and Milk
Aug 8	-	*burp* My Life in China, so far

D's Band

It's not a party until someone takes off his clothes.

D's Band is the winner of the Battle of the Bands in our company Christmas party. Each band performed three songs. This is their first. For bookings, tell me and I'll ask them. Hahaha! Band... more

Previous videos:
Mar 26	-	Popol's Milo Moment
Feb 19	-	Dateless on Valentine's
Jan 8	-	As we welcome the new year...

Pacific Strategies & Assessments

Now it can be told.

I applied for and got a job at the abovementioned company. I’ll be a researcher/analyst which is basically a writer and I’ll be starting with them on the 16th of the month. My focus will be on Chinese affairs and after being... more

Previous links:
Dec 12	-	- Victoria's Own -: Too Feminine - Aigner
Dec 4	-	Friendster - 廓 dada 廓
Oct 17	-	The Bridge Language Learning Solutions :: We'll take you there!

Dogeaters (A Play About the Philippines)

I can understand why Jessica Hagedorn's "Dogeaters," the novel and then the play, became a hit in the US. After all, anything coming from and about this side of the world must be exotic, right? The very title suggests a barbarism that has been... more

Previous reviews:
Nov 8	-	Dong Bei Shui Jiao
Oct 10	-	Kicking and Screaming
Aug 16	-	Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World