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The Clarity of Things” is the title of the new short story I finished a few weeks ago, which will soon be coming out in the Australian literary journal Westerly.

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                    [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay
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                    [Title] => What books rock Gang Badoy’s world?
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Gang Badoy Capati is writer-at-large for Esquire Philippines. She founded Rock Ed Philippines, a volunteer NGO with movements, projects and groups all over the Philippines.

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                    [AuthorName] => Girlie Rodis
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                    [Title] => The write inspiration in Bangkok
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This hotel with a history befits head of states.

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                    [AuthorName] => Millet M. Mananquil
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One day inside the HR director’s office an interview was taking place.


Interviewer: "So why did you leave your previous job?"


Applicant: "The company relocated and they did not tell me where!!!"


There was a time when horror stories used to begin with: "It was a dark and stormy night..." Now it begins with your boss saying, "I never wanted you to leave but..." And so you enter the house of horrors.


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                    [AuthorName] => Francis J. Kong
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                    [Title] => Grand dame by the river
                    [Summary] => Some things just get better with time. Like wine – we’ll drink to that! Like some cheeses – say (blue) cheese! Like that old Christmas goody – the fruitcake. And like The Oriental, Bangkok, the grand dame by the river who turns a graceful 130 years old this year. A few weeks ago, the grand dame played gracious hostess to six journalists (including this writer) from the Philippines. We took an evening flight via Lufthansa and landed before midnight at the Bangkok International Airport.
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Ching M. Alano
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                    [Title] => Plotting the plot
                    [Summary] => For one of their first exercises, I asked my graduate fiction workshop to write plots based on a set of characters they themselves chose: a waiter, a librarian, a city fiscal, and a "mermaid" or a swimmer in a hotel novelty act. The idea was to see how my students would think through characters and situations, what possibilities they would explore, what risks they would take to bring their stories to full and satisfying conclusions.
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The clarity of prose

By Butch Dalisay | September 22, 2014 - 12:00am

The Clarity of Things” is the title of the new short story I finished a few weeks ago, which will soon be coming out...

Arts and Culture

What books rock Gang Badoy’s world?

By Girlie Rodis | January 19, 2014 - 12:00am

Gang Badoy Capati is writer-at-large for Esquire Philippines. She founded Rock Ed Philippines, a volunteer NGO with movements, projects and groups all over the Philippines.

Sunday Lifestyle

The write inspiration in Bangkok

By Millet M. Mananquil | July 28, 2013 - 12:00am

This hotel with a history befits head of states.

Travel and Tourism

Good enough no longer is

By Francis J. Kong | January 20, 2007 - 12:00am

One day inside the HR director’s office an interview was taking place. Interviewer: "So why did you leave your previous job?" Applicant: "The company relocated and they did not tell...

Business

Grand dame by the river

By Ching M. Alano | April 2, 2005 - 12:00am

Some things just get better with time. Like wine – we’ll drink to that! Like some cheeses – say (blue) cheese! Like that old Christmas goody – the fruitcake. And like The Oriental, Bangkok, the...

Modern Living

Plotting the plot

By Butch Dalisay | July 29, 2002 - 12:00am

For one of their first exercises, I asked my graduate fiction workshop to write plots based on a set of characters they themselves chose: a waiter, a librarian, a city fiscal, and a "mermaid" or a swimmer...

Arts and Culture