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Representing Vegan Badges! Yesss!

It’s not everyday that you stumble upon some nice badges to represent causesyou advocate for. But call it luck or resourcefulness (ehem!) or simply the pulse of the current world we live in that these badges land before your blog’s doorsteps as ifthey’re meant for you.

But, wait! We’re not simply talking about badges here but a complete package for vegans who are up in arms to spread the V word. To add to that, you’ll bebasking in yummyvegan recipes that’ll make you go bananas!Italso features...

Writing in conceptual mode

On Jacket 2, Divya Victor writes:

While polarity has often characterized these discourses, it is hard to pin down even contingent names for the resulting dichotomies: Conceptual Writing vs. Lyric Poetry? Conceptual Writing vs. Political Poetry? Conceptual Writing vs. Positivist Representation? Avant Garde Aesthetics vs. Activist Poetics? To speak in the idiom of Maestro Ilayaraaja, my muse while I edited this feature: How to name it? How to, indeed?

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This moment, like many significant mome...

The tale of two birthdays

The room lifted up to the sounds of footsteps and a can opener. The day has come. It was only for a moment when she recollects her scavenging days five years ago in an abandoned parking lot. I wish someone would take me home, she whispered. Her wish was granted.

Welcome home, Koultessa!

She had reclaimedher birthright, Koultessa S. Grugwiv, and in the next few years she’d be sharing aroom with three more abandoned individuals who would eventually become her adopted siblings.

Fast forward to t...

Ma’ Rosa grabs a Cannes

I’ve spenta couple ofdays redesigning my blog and didn’t follow through in order tofile this entry. I’ve been quailingatMa’ Rosa for weeks now but missed the chance of watchingJaclyn Jose take homeher Best Actress trophyfromthe2016 Cannes Film Festivalon Youtube. There’s no doubt thatMa’ Rosa’shard-edged impromptu style social realist narrative could whisk offthePhilippine k-pop-culture-obsessed mainstream mediain a jiffy. Independent filmmakers have been cravingfor keenattention from local...

Per Diem Digital Archive (World of Haiku)

Sharing my haiku poems published in World of Haiku: Poets of the Philippines by The Haiku Foundation. Browse the digital archive for more haiku from around the world.

Haiku No. 1:

pabrikang baboy
bahag-haring panaginip-
organiko

Translation:

factory pig
dreams of rainbows—
organic

Haiku No. 2:

kalbong akasya
umampon sa mga bubuyog
wallpaper

Translation:

bald acacia
births hiveless bees
wallpaper

Tagged: archive, comparative literature, contemporary literature, creative writing, digital lib...

A kid can enter an enclosure, a gorilla was shot, and now the internet has piped down

And that, comrades, is how THE social media work.

So asI mentioned earlier,I’m going to weigh in on the Harambe tragedy because, likethe rest of the internet, I can. But I will not be slinging deadly stuff on the Cincinnati Zooand itsvisitors here. They’ve been beaten up by the interwebsover the past weeks already.

I would simply throwin some insights and leavea picture of Harambe here to remind us all whatwe as humans have diligentlyevolved into, arms akimbo.

Harambe, a 440 lb male silverbac...

Cruelty-free cinnamon rolls and chocolate chip cookies – yes, they exist

And also make you feel likeone box is not enough, and you try tokeep them all toyourself, and out of other people’s reach, especially those who mockyour veganism. Vengeance!

In short, Rustic Garden‘s fresh, homemade vegan treats are every vegan’s wish fulfilled, especially if you have not one but 32 sweet herbivorous teeth like mine. From the no-frills, environment-friendly packaging to thetear-jerking, finger-lickingyummi-ness that will tickle your taste buds to the nth divine level!

But tha...

Morello rages against machines, Bieber and Gomez

Watch Rage Against the Machine guitarist, TomMorello,machine-slaps Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez at 100% full political rage.

Read thestory at Rolling Stone.

Tagged: culture, guitarist, Music, norm, performer, politics, singer, status quo

Sautéed asparagus inside a space simulator

Disclaimer: this is not a recipe post. Asplant-basedliving eases up a bit, thanks to the vegan police, and loyaladversaries, for spreading the V word, vegan labelled productssprout like mushroom in groceries. The vegetable section is still available, of course. We’re not anymore galaxies away from today’s norm. I’ve managed to discharge the superpowers ofbicarbonate of soda and lemon on my utensils, toilet bowl, and cavities. And I’vediscovereda new way to make cooked veggies lookdecent. I gu...

Life and other apps

I’m finally back on board. It seems my daily paperand ink (um, this is a failed attempt at replacing “bread and butter”, gah) didn’t help me in any way in cooking new rants for my blog. Embarrassing, really. No, notwriter’s block. Something more meta, like renovating and keeping up with my minianimalshelter, in my opinion. But thecats have weaved me something far more terrible.A chock-fullof advice for wanna-be faux writer’s block victims. Get off social mediaand play mini-games. Find more ti...