Monthly Archives: December 2008

in sum

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a lot of things happened this year. i quit the job i had for the past three years and eight months, then spent the first two months of 2008 unemployed. i was lucky to have enough to live on and still pay my bills on … Read More

i am ninoy

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i’ve been here in the united states for twenty-four years. when i left home—the home of my early childhood, of days playing with my cousins next door and being scolded by my aunts and chased constantly by mosquitos, my roots so deep it stretched from … Read More

every christmas is

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…going to my older brother’s house to spend christmas eve and christmas. …waking up to Pasko na Naman by the Apo Hiking Society, in full, glorious stereo blasting. Yeahhhh… …laughing at my niece and nephew as they try to contain themselves from opening all of … Read More

now then…

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…here’s the new blog site. for a few days, i debated installing wordpress on this site. my old blog site–which i’m not going to link to–was hacked twice, and i’m not technical enough to prevent the shit from happening again; i really don’t want that … Read More