Tag: Aileen Macalintal
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That iconic Japanese wave art is here in Milan and I saw the beautiful thing
Last week I saw a Michelangelo. Today, when my second cousin Kathleen took me to an art exhibition, I chanced upon the famous wave reproduced thousands of times all over the world. What is it with Italians liking Japanese art and manga and food? There are many sushi joints around this neighborhood, competing with hair […]
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Fika, hygge, and turning 30
Dear Micon, I’m happy you’ve reached this milestone, of turning 30. Congratulations on overcoming all the hardships of 20s. It’s one of the most difficult phases of life, they say, the 20s; but yours has been extra challenging. If people would know what you’ve been through, you will have to prepare yourself for warm, tight hugs. […]
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Two months in Denmark
Hello from Aarhus. It snowed yesterday and I make no secret of the fact that I’m ecstatic about first snow just as how excited I am about living abroad again. It’s been two months since I’ve taken a huge leap of faith and travelled to the other side of the planet to master a craft – and so far, the […]
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road trip, the Comm Arts way
Million thanks to the people who took some of their precious time reading, sharing, blogging, re-blogging, tweeting, google plus-ing (whut?), and commenting on my article published in Philippine Daily Inquirer‘s Young Blood last week. Many personal messages surprised and touched me. Friends told me that it was trending in FB, it’s the top most read […]
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I was published in Young Blood!
Today’s a lovely day. I’m back at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) headquarters in Los Baños to start another issue of Rice Today. IRRI is just beside the UPLB campus, so walking around the university brings me back to my golden days of 2001 when I was a freshman. I felt like a student […]
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my first economic report published in an international magazine
Slowly I am inching my way to learning about my job, that is writing reviews/ updates on exports (for an online trade publication that features highly classified information) and being one of the editors of Rice Today, an international magazine (with print-run of 5,500-6,000 distributed around the world). Both publications are dedicated to rice, the […]
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will travel, will go malling, will check in, will live
As of this writing, 473 cases of a(h1n1) have been tallied, one just died, and classes are being suspended in the Philippines, but the Department of Health sees no reason to panic. Travel companies do.
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