Once upon a time i was part of a creative writing circle. We would meet at the The Chocolate Kiss (How is it that a campus cafe in the Philippines happens to have a non-.com.ph URL?), sip iced tea sweetened with syrup, and tweak each other's work.
I remember brilliantly and constructively critiquing one aspiring writer's offering, the first installment of a dark comedy novel. I recently learned that he is now the managing editor of a national computing magazine back home. At least he gave my edit an enthusiastic review. I could even venture that my contribution inspired him to continue his literary pursuits. But now I can't help but wonder what happened to all those others whose oeuvres i deigned to annotate, sharpened pencil busily and almost disdainfully scribbling directions and admonitions across pages.
Who was that overconfident stranger? She seems a lifetime away. If people who knew me when were to find this awkward blog, i'd wish to dissolve, like syrup swirled in iced tea.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
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hello. thanks for dropping by. i WILL (as i am wont to do) go through your archives and figure out the connection. but for now (the bar being an irritating thing i have to deal with, hehe!) i will have to say that the only connection i see is that you've got the picture of death in your blogger profile...neil gaiman's death.
you must admit that if death seemed as pleasant as her, no one would fear it at all.
is the rosa above the same rosa i'm thinking of? how'd you come across her blog?
anyhow, you just reminded me of one of the (many) reasons why i hated diliman for not offering the health courses. i would've loved being near to all these places - the chocolate kiss, rodic's, the bbq place near sunken garden, sunken garden and its nocturnal events (hahaha), etc.
i'm sure that iced tea-swilling writer/editor is still there. only she's hiding under the guise of a monk/ranger with cinnamon-bun hair.
have to be in school in a few. arrrrgh.
- k
mmm... that website made me think of chocolate.
bah! you're independent, and you're figuring things out your way. right? besides, you're not 50 yet!
okay so i suck at making people feel better.
h
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r-
hi! welcome to my little corner of cyberspace. good luck with the bar.
i agree, gaiman's death is the friend you didn't realize you could look forward to meeting.
k- yes, and google. but ssshhh...i wanna see if she can figure out who i am ;P
how is school, by-the-by?
mmm...rodic's...shredded tapa...
can anyone come up with an expat-friendly clone of rodic's tapsi? pretty please?
i guess i should put up a cherish avatar. nakakatamad nga lang and i don't have any experience editing screenshots.
h-
cookies! cookies! cookies!
chocolate makes me feel better. which reminds me, we've still got a torte sampler in the fridge...
mrmfrmfmrmf,
f
mommy got a torte from daddy, and it's been in our fridge since february. what's a torte, anyway?
*researches*
h
"that's just NASty"
-Cleveland, Family Guy
why? can't it be eaten anymore? :( it's in the freezer anyway.
h
you said fridge originally, which means 6 months tops. frozen food's usually good for a year or two.
oh. yeah i meant freezer. hrm... i want chooooocolate...
*pines*
h
i made a torte! except we didn't have chocolate chips or granulated sugar or vanilla extract. :[ i used cocoa powder, brown sugar + cane sugar, and peppermint extract.
i put a little too much cocoa, but otherwise it was refreshingly okay.
do you know any easy recipes i can cook for 'ulam'? i'm moving into the apartment on friday, and i think i'm going to need to grocery shop/fridge raid.
h
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