“The words are not good for the secret meaning, everything always becomes a bit different, as soon as it is put into words, gets distorted a bit, a bit silly—yes, and this is also very good, and I like it a lot, I also very much agree with this, that this what is one man’s treasure and wisdom always sounds like foolishness to another person.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
The Journalism Studies Association of the Philippines, Inc. (JSAP, Inc.) wishes everyone Happy Holidays! Enjoy the holidays and may the year 2025 be peaceful and prosperous for everyone! See you next year for the Annual Assembly, more webinars and seminars. Last year's national conference was held at the Quezon City University (QCU) and this year,… Continue reading Happy Holidays from JSAP, Inc.
FB reminded me of a blogpost I wrote in 2015 about the movie Heneral Luna. At that time, FB had a section for blogposts. I wonder why this blogpost is still in FB memories when the Blog or Notes section on FB had been deleted already. Since the Blog/Notes section of FB had been deleted,… Continue reading Luna, Mabini, the Cojuangcos and the Philippine Revolution
BARMM DismembermentOn September 9, 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that the Province of Sulu is not a part of the Bangsa Moro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) since the province voted against the ratification of the new Bangsamoro Organic Law in the plebiscite held on January 21, 2019. This now opens a Pandora box.… Continue reading Federalism :Many Nations–One State
This is one of the academic papers I wrote in graduate school:March 2002 by ©Datu Jamal Ashley Yahya Abbas In 1989, Klaus Krippendorf wrote his The Power Of Communication And The Communication Of Power: Toward An Ethical Theory Of Communication. In this theory, he proposes, “to examine a pathology of communication of which the social use… Continue reading The Bangsa Moro Problem through Krippendorf’s emancipatory theory
The Real Story of the Origins of the modern-day Malita There are just so many #FakeNews or #MisInformation or #DisInformation widely disseminated through the World Wide Web that one does not know what to believe anymore. One cannot trust even official government sites or even legal documents like congressional bills. Some may be harmless or… Continue reading MALITA, the town my great-grandparents built
It's the birth anniversary of my eldest brother Macapanton Rashid Yahya Abbas, Jnr. In our family, he was also called Limahong because of his Chinese features. We younger siblings would not dare call him such, except when he was not around. Our parents loved giving their children nicknames, mostly silly ones. When I was in… Continue reading Remembering Big Brother Jun Abbas
Postprandial Musings, 2.0 