The Ocean of My Being

Last year, in December, I went to the Filipino Reader Con held at the Ateneo de Manila University. I went alone because I didn't really know anyone who was interested and it was just as well. I won a book during the raffle draw and got to buy a few more from the display; I made a few new friends; I met a handful of local authors and book collectors; and, most especially, I had so much fun and learned a lot during the panel sessions and the book discussion s . It was a really good experience. One author that I found interesting was Beverly "Bebang" Siy, well, mostly because she just cracked me up with her antics and witticisms. She was the moderator in one of the panel sessions I decided to take part in. She was wearing a white dress and she had a little bouquet of flowers. She said something about her engagement and fast approaching, at that time, wedding.Thus, the white dress and the little bouquet. She looked like a bride. As I was listening to the panelists as well

Hello, world! I'm back! And, I'm just going to pretend that this blog hasn't been on hiatus for about four months even after I said I'd be blogging more. Oh, well. So, where were we? *winks* I'm supposed to be finishing an academic paper at the moment, but I had to take a break from the academic stuff. So, I thought of dusting off this blog and writing about any random non-academic thing that comes to mind. And, what comes to mind right now is a story I have wanted to share in this blog for quite some time now. I think now is a good time to finally get on it. I do hope we all learn from it. ***** One day, in Christian-dominated Metro Manila, a Muslim lady got on a jeepney. The other passengers in the jeepney knew instantly that she was Muslim because of the hijab (veil) she had on. Some of the passengers ignored her and some gave her the usual glare that, by now, she'd become so used to. Not that she could blame them, news on TV and on print kept using