Hendrix is my brother. He is an architect. I wrote about him in my pregnancy memoir, which I will share one of these days in this blog. Hendrix has always been my buddy in many storytelling and writing activities that I organize. Here is a video of Hendrix and Nicholas …
“Include the adults.” That was a sound advice that I got from Viviana Quinones, the chairperson of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults, when I asked how we could best encourage children to read. She shared this citing the example of an …
TWIN TIME! You already met Ate Joy and Ate Elsie, the twins’ guardian angels, in the post entitled The Storytellers Named Joy and Elsie. Joy and Elsie learned Motherhood with me as we together changed diapers, prepared milk and sterilized bottles. I call on them on the wee hours of …
It’s World Read Aloud Day on March 5 and we, at The Reading Ruffolos, will celebrate it a day early tomorrow (March 4) with “Poetry Cafe” in partnership with the American Corner Library of the University of San Carlos. It’s going to be an hour of reading poems and sharing …
This is a eulogy; and I am writing this to mourn the death of my favorite second-hand bookshop in Cebu – La Belle Aurore. It was in 2010 that I was introduced to a bookshop that stands unassuming along H. Cortes Street in Mandaue City. A signage says “La Belle …
This movie review of ‘Her’ was published on February 28, 2014 in Cebu Daily News. *** Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. …
This movie review of ‘Homefront’ was published on February 21, 2014 in Cebu Daily News. *** Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. …
This movie review of ‘The Monuments Men’ was published on February 14, 2014 in Cebu Daily News. *** Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an …
This movie review of ‘Robocop’ was published on February 7, 2014 in Cebu Daily News. *** Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. …
And we are back! It’s been a month since we last updated this weblog. Our last entry was on January 28 entitled Reading Maps, which was written while we were in Paris. For 22 days, we travelled around France and Germany and along with visiting several spots and sites, we …
