What makes you proud to be Pinoy?

It is the fact that the Pinoy is a lover of the homeland and his patrimony and never is that quality more pronounced than when he is suffering from homesickness while in a land faraway - thinking of the family he left behind, lutong-bahay, his barkada, the free expression of his faith, and the wonderfully long Christmases - in spite of the wads of dollar bills in his pocket or the snowflakes on his face or of hobnobbing with the rich and famous, or the glitter and glamour that can only be found while working in the richer countries of the world, and last but not least, in spite of the feeling of having seen and experienced all that the world has to offer.

http://pinoycentric.com/2008/12/08/contest-pinoycentric-and-avalon-moleskine-giveaways/

Originally written on Dec. 13, 2008 at 10:07 am

Post-Nanowrimo 2008

Today is the first day of the rest of my post-nanowrimo 08 life. I hadn' t showed up at Yellow Cab Glorietta for the Pre-TGIO (Thank God It's Over) Celeb this afternoon due to something akin to jetlag. My body is drained of energy and it's battery charging is in progress. I still can't type on my keyboard without a typo error since my fingers and my arms feel like they've dissociated themselves from the rest of my body. But I feel high. It's a different kind of high that can last me 'til the next nano.

Here's a link you might want to visit to understand what I'm babbling about.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/412825


I dedicate my victory to all victims of abuse. This is for you. Just think that if I can do it, so can you. You may not write but if you've got the same spirit that moved me to put words together and make a story, you'll survive.

I dedicate my winner's badge, too, to my family and friends in church, in the office, at filipinowriter.com for their support and tolerance of my nanowrimo-state-of-mind.

Last but not least, I dedicate this to all who support and succor victims of abuse. Without you, I wouldn't be here. Here's my first post.

Mae Ann R

P.S. Please do what the box on your left tells you to do...for every abused man, woman and child. Join the anti-violence advocates.

Originally written on Dec. 1, 2008 at 6:31 pm