Open call for Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 3

All budding writers out there, this may be one interesting bit of news for you: Open call for Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 3 Dean Alfar is now accepting submissions of short fiction pieces for consideration for the anthology Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol.3. Speculative fiction is the literature of wonder that spans the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror and magic realism or falls into the cracks in-between. 1. Only...

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July 13: U.P. Tomo-Kai Cultural Night
Jun24

July 13: U.P. Tomo-Kai Cultural Night

Got this from U.P. TOMO-KAI. Everyone is invited to attend. It’s for free! July 13, 2007 Cultural Night 6:00-10:00pm Ang Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman QC Every year, our organization, UP Tomo-Kai (also known as Philippines-Japan Friendship Club) celebrates it’s anniversary. A Tomo-Kai tradition, the cultural night, which is held on the night of the last day of the week, officially culminates the anniversary week. On this...

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Writing about film workshop

Don’t have anything to do this summer (like moi)? Still trying to find out your niche in the writing world (like moi)? Want to write decent movie reviews but simply can’t (like moi)? This is one of the 2007 Multimedia Workshop workshops (er, that didn’t sound okay) offered by the University of the Philippines Film Institute. Writing About Film I: Audiovisual Analysis (6 days / 24 hours) Patrick F. Campos April 30,...

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Kyou no Nihongo: majide

NOTE: Be sure that you have Asian language support for your browser to view the characters. Today’s Japanese word: MAJIDE Usually written in Hiragana and Katakana as below ??? ??? Simple Definitions: Really/Very much Are you sure? Last time’s Japanese word: KAWAII

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Kyou no Nihongo: kawaii
Mar24

Kyou no Nihongo: kawaii

NOTE: Be sure that you have Asian language support for your browser to view the characters. Today’s Japanese word: KAWAII Kanji: ??? Hiragana: ???? Katakana: ???? Simple Definitions: Cute! Adorable! Usage: Which one is kawaii? Picture A Picture B Picture C Last week’s Japanese word: HEIKI

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Kyou no Nihongo: heiki

NOTE: Be sure that you have Asian language support for your browser to view the characters. Today’s Japanese word: HEIKI Kanji: ?? Hiragana: ??? Katakana: ??? Simple Definitions: No problem! It’s ok! Forget about it! Usage: You are walking down the school hallway when you see your crush coming towards you. You hold your head up high and try to add a seductive sway to your hip. But when he almost passes you by, your sudden...

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