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Reading Jose Rizal

I REMEMBER having read some chapters of Noli me Tangere and just the very first chapter of El Filibusterismo in High School. And both were in Tagalog. Unless you are a full-blooded Tagalog, you will have to agree with me that reading … Continue reading

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Rare Gem of a Poem

I AM PLEASANTLY SURPRISED to learn that my good ole friend Dominic Cimafranca, with whom I just got reunited with via Blogosphere [visit his blog,†Village Idiot Savant], is also into poetry. †It is a big surprise because I don’t know … Continue reading

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Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Part 2: Waging War

HERE IS THE second installment of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. †I am aiming to post the whole manuscript in my blog one part at a time. Last Sunday (Sept 28) I posted Part 1 of Sun Tzu’s The … Continue reading

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Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Part I: Laying Plans

† IíVE†ALWAYS BEEN intrigued and impressed by Sun Tzuís famous work thatís why when I found the complete text of The Art of War (in English, of course) a couple of years ago, I kept it in my computer archive … Continue reading

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