Archive for the 'Wika at Hirap' Category

Goodbye, Kitty

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

14 Jul 08 Monday
Little Kitty died yesterday, July 13, 2008, Sunday, around 4:15 in the afternoon. I recall we found Kitty under a tree also on a Sunday, exactly two weeks ago, and we brought her into our apartment at around the same time in the afternoon - also after a brief downpour, just after […]

Kitty’s visit

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Kitty died today, around 4:15 in the afternoon.
We took her to the vet past midnight, and then again around 1:00 in the afternoon.
We buried her under the tree outside our window where we first found her. I wrapped her in the soft purple with gold thread blouse that she liked so much to nestle in […]

Labor thoughts

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

It’s Labor Day.
Jong’s sig line reads, “work in a capitalist society is the cause of all intellectual degeneracy, of all organic deformity.” That’s from “The Right to be Lazy” by Paul Lafargue.
Although I haven’t yet read Lafargue’s work, from a quick browse I can agree about the “organic deformity” of overproduction and man’s own slavery […]

Continuing conversations

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

There are a number of things that I’ve been wanting to write about, after finishing the piece on ISO/IEC 29500. The idea of computer languages and information, is one, as a continuation of my philosophical appreciation of the standardization issues. Another is the sequel to Finding Linux, which I started several days ago with some […]

Conversations

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

One of the interesting things about Eric’s blogpost for Sid, is how Eric interpreted Sid’s poetry on Luna as a (personal) reminder to “keep the faith in heresy alive.” Another matter of interest is how we have a thing for conversations with the dead.
With electronic mail rendering with ease the instant forwarding of feel-good propaganda, […]

Attachments

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Around 3-4 in the morning I was still pounding soya beans, the neighbor downstairs came over because of the noise … The sound of the marble mortar and pestle at the quiet of night must’ve resonated, amplified … Luckily, when the neighbor came, I’ve already finished the last batch.
Of course, the following day, it was […]

Stepping outside the queue

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

The long wait at the National Statistics Office yesterday allowed me to complete two rows of crochet - this is just the long screening queue (we got number 5,796 and number 4,000 was being served when we arrived). There was, of course another long queue for payment but it wasn’t possible to do any crochet […]