TWIG: Scents for the Senses | Saturday, April 26th, 2008
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This Weekend’s Idea Germ (aka TWIG): What’s your favorite smell or scent? What does it remind you of?
I love the smell of old books. The mustiness reminds me of times spent in school libraries and public libraries. It also makes me want to rush to the nearest secondhand bookstore and browse through old books!
As […]
TWIG: Nick Pick | Sunday, April 13th, 2008
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This Weekend’s Idea Germ (aka TWIG): What was your very first online nick or username?
My first online nick was Kakai. I used it to register for an IRC account. Later on, I used it to sign up for my first web-based email account which was at Rocketmail (now under Yahoo!) and to chat […]
TWIG: A Writer’s Retreat | Friday, March 28th, 2008
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This Weekend’s Idea Germ (aka TWIG): What is your place of refuge, seclusion or privacy?
Until wi-fi forced me to enjoy domestic confinement (or “house arrest”), my place of refuge was the bookstore. I used to spend hours leafing through pages of books and magazines and reading cheesy poems on greeting cards. The smell of […]
TWIG: First Pet | Friday, March 14th, 2008
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This Weekend’s Idea Germ (aka TWIG): Can you remember the very first pet you had?
My first pet was a pig whom I named “Piggy” (very creative, I know). My parents, who managed a small piggery, gave her to me when I was 6 years old. Every day I fed Piggy only fresh guava […]
TWIG: First Date With The Internet | Saturday, March 1st, 2008
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This Weekend’s Idea Germ (aka TWIG): Can you remember your first Internet experience? How was it like?
I first went “on-line” in August 1995, while attending a youth conference in New York City. I stayed with a high school friend who was based in Queens. She and I met her chat friends on an […]
TWIG: Woman Warrior | Sunday, February 24th, 2008
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This Weekend’s Idea Germ (aka TWIG): Who is your personal heroine?
We admire women who go through hard times and come out stronger and tougher. They teach us perseverance, tenacity and faith. Who is your Woman Warrior?
My mother is my personal heroine. She uprooted herself from poverty, worked as a waitress and […]
TWIG: Writers that Inspire | Saturday, February 16th, 2008
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This Weekend’s Idea Germ (aka TWIG): Who are the writers that inspire you?
Whenever I have doubts and fears about my writing, I seek help from these writers:
* Natalie Goldberg - She is to me the ultimate writing guru. I especially love her book Writing Down the Bones.
* Julia Cameron - Her book The Right […]
TWIG: Gimme 5 | Friday, February 8th, 2008
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This Weekend’s Idea Germ (aka TWIG): Gimme 5
List 5 things that you’d like to explore through writing in the future.
Here’s what I have in mind:
1. Food and Culture - because I’m interested in how culture developed culinary tastes and vice versa
2. Cavite Destinations - because Cavite is my new home :o)
3. Children […]
TWIG: Comfort Food | Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
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This Weekend’s Idea Germ (aka TWIG): Comfort Food
What’s your comfort food?
I have several on my menu:
- pork & chicken adobo
- sinigang na baboy
- nilagang buto-buto
- bowl of oatmeal
- chocolate
- yogurt, etc.
List the dishes or foods that give you that warm, secure feeling and write about how they give you comfort (especially when there’s a deadline […]
TWIG: This Old House | Friday, January 25th, 2008
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This Weekend’s Idea Germ: This Old House
What is the one place you call home? What are your fondest/saddest memories of that place?
I grew up in a remodeled bungalow in Pandacan (Manila proper). I spent 15 years of my life in this house. I have more than a truckload of memories of it […]