When I first learned that Tagum City in Davao del Norte had won the rights to host this year’s National Schools Press Conference—the last one I would be eligible to take part in—I wasn’t sure what to feel. To be…
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National Schools Press Conference 2010: The Tagum Invasion
February 28th, 2010 | Published in Life | 1 Comment
To The Girl In The Souvenir Stall
February 26th, 2010 | Published in Thoughts | 10 Comments
The 2010 National Schools Press Conference in Tagum City ended yesterday, but I’ve been unable to get you out of my head.
Before I cold utter a word, you got the shirt you wanted, haggled all you could, and left the stall and my life as quickly as you came—possibly forever.
I spent the rest of the night thinking about you, about the brief exchange of giggles in the stall, about how I was too shy to say a word, about what would have happened had I been brave enough to try to strike up a conversation. I spent the wee hours of the next morning writing this, forgoing sleep I needed much for the homeward journey I made a few hours later.
Post-NSPC 2010
February 26th, 2010 | Published in Life | No Comments
I’m back in Butuan after participating in the 2010 National Schools Press Conference in Tagum City.
I am pleased to report that I placed fifth in Feature Writing – English Secondary and third in the online writing contest…
NSPC 2010 in Tagum
February 21st, 2010 | Published in Life | No Comments
Today, my colleagues and I hopped aboard the early morning bus bound for Tagum, arrived at around 10, spent a couple of hours in NCCC, retreated to our quarters for some much-needed sleep, left later in the afternoon so my…
Power hungry
February 12th, 2010 | Published in Ramblings | No Comments
Hours-long power outages have plagued Visayas and Mindanao for a few weeks now. Locally, the situation has worsened to the point where brownouts happen daily in at least one part of the city. I’ve observed that the city…
Just moved
February 11th, 2010 | Published in DeanLozarie.com | No Comments
It took me quite a bit of tweaking and a lot of patience and hard work, but this blog is now finally and comfortably settled in its new domain, WWW.DEANTASTIC.COM. (The blog used to live at www.deanlozarie.com.)
If you have…
My dream workspace
February 4th, 2010 | Published in Interesting Stuff | 2 Comments
I was in my classmate’s house recently to take care of some school stuff and while I was rummaging through his cabinets full of magazines, I came across an Ikea catalog from 2008. I spent a few minutes going through…
Falling in love with the fountain pen [Excerpts from my diary]
February 2nd, 2010 | Published in Excerpts from my Moleskine | 2 Comments
Excerpts from pp. 57-58, dated 02-01-2010.
Today I fell in love.
I first met my new muse indirectly, on the Internet. Jessica Zafra copied JD Salinger’s “Before the War with the Eskimos” [by hand] as a way of…
JD Salinger, 91
January 29th, 2010 | Published in News | 1 Comment
JD Salinger of The Catcher in the Rye fame passed away in his Cornish, N.H. home last Wednesday at the age of 91. The famous recluse who has lived away from the public eye since 1953 died of natural causes.…
How I passed the UPCAT
January 18th, 2010 | Published in Life | 8 Comments
Results of the University of the Philippines College Admission Test or UPCAT, which I and my batchmates took last August, were released today. Although results are still unavailable online due to technical difficulties with Globe Telecom’s connection, I was told…
Previously
Feb 26, 2010
To The Girl In The Souvenir Stall
The 2010 National Schools Press Conference in Tagum City ended yesterday, but I’ve been unable to get you out of my head.
Before I cold utter a word, you got the shirt you wanted, haggled all you could, and left the stall and my life as quickly as you came—possibly forever.
I spent the rest of the night thinking about you, about the brief exchange of giggles in the stall, about how I was too shy to say a word, about what would have happened had I been brave enough to try to strike up a conversation. I spent the wee hours of the next morning writing this, forgoing sleep I needed much for the homeward journey I made a few hours later.
Feb 26, 2010
Post-NSPC 2010
I’m back in Butuan after participating in the 2010 National Schools Press Conference in Tagum City.
I am pleased to report that I placed fifth in Feature Writing – English Secondary and third in the online writing contest…
Feb 21, 2010
NSPC 2010 in Tagum
Today, my colleagues and I hopped aboard the early morning bus bound for Tagum, arrived at around 10, spent a couple of hours in NCCC, retreated to our quarters for some much-needed sleep, left later in the afternoon so my…
Feb 12, 2010
Power hungry
Hours-long power outages have plagued Visayas and Mindanao for a few weeks now. Locally, the situation has worsened to the point where brownouts happen daily in at least one part of the city. I’ve observed that the city…
Feb 11, 2010
Just moved
It took me quite a bit of tweaking and a lot of patience and hard work, but this blog is now finally and comfortably settled in its new domain, WWW.DEANTASTIC.COM. (The blog used to live at www.deanlozarie.com.)
If you have…
Feb 4, 2010
My dream workspace
I was in my classmate’s house recently to take care of some school stuff and while I was rummaging through his cabinets full of magazines, I came across an Ikea catalog from 2008. I spent a few minutes going through…
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