syllabus

September 3rd, 2003 | Marchesa Ababa | No Comments

this semester, i’ll be creating my own syllabus on specific books i want/need to read. it’s something i have to do for myself so my mind doesn’t get lazy. there’ll be a future post of the list of books that i’ll be reading.

*sigh* i have so many wishes.

so far, my interest has shifted to historical autobiographies during mid 1900’s. Esp. topics concerning people who experienced life under the “Red Curtain”. We’ll see how this plan of mine will go…

goodbye … for now

September 1st, 2003 | Perze Ababa | No Comments

last week, i got word that a person very close to me and bernard succumbed to cancer. i’ve been pretty busy the whole week with work that i’ve never really been able to just sit down and express my grief. the last time i saw her was during my sister’s wedding. she was still full of life, and now, she is gone.

i got the chance to talk to ian, her eldest son and our (bernard and i) classmate since the dawn of our lives, two days before the burial, to express my condolences. it was brief but i guess it was enough.

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