I desired Japan for sakura (cherry blossoms). I came as a scholar for the Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2016) held at Kobe Arts Center on the first week of April. I experienced Kobe & Kyoto as a pilgrim. My first sight of sakura on the way to the conference, along the Nunobiki Bashi…
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Baguio Balai Bed&Breakfast, Awesomeness Beyond Expectation
My sister Pearl & I backpacked Baguio for two nights this February. We left Manila a day before the 30th year anniversary of EDSA, the night of Madonna's "Rebel" concert. Victory Liner's deluxe bus is highly recommended: the wifi worked, clean, comfy, non-stop. We covered the must-have tourist spots for Pearl's first-time: Hill Station, Mt.…
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Libro run ang Darwa ka Tagdaug nga Istorya sa Hiligaynon| Chapbook Series of PALANCA Award-winning Stories in Hiligaynon from KasingKasing Press
First Prize, Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, Short Story -Hiligaynon, 2015 The short story "Amburukay" by Jesus C. Insilada is an ingenious conceptual, structural, and linguistic craftmanship that renders the magnanimity of Amburukay, the old, ugly hermit woman of the Panay Bukidnon sugidanun (epic) as nurturer of the young generation. Insilada, a Panay…
Kruuuhay, 2016!
Malipayon nga Paskwa!
Balay Sugidanun 