“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 Gawad Tsanselor Para sa Nakakatanging Lingkod Komunidad is one of the highest awards of the University of the Philippines Diliman awarded to individuals, groups, or organizations that improve communities through meaningful community service Winning the Gawad Tsanselor Award is the greatest milestone, if not the culmination of Prof. Khrysta Imperial Rara's fight for the… Continue reading FOCA’s Gawad Tsanselor Award
(Or My Life at UP CMC Graduate School during Nemenzo's Presidency) Last night, Khrysta and I went to the wake of Dr. Francisco Nemenzo at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman. I first met Dr. Nemenzo in the late 1990s at a get-together at the residence of then Inter-Press Service (IPS) chief Kunda Dixit.… Continue reading Dodong Nemenzo, the Intellectual Activist
It's graduation time in the Philippines and my FB newsfeeds are full of photos of young people in their graduation regalia. They remind me of my own graduation more than a dozen years ago (MA in Media Studies) . So, I’m putting up my photo, too with the UP Newsletter’s full-page feature on me! From… Continue reading Studying Communication & Media Studies
Postprandial Musings, 2.0 