9-Dean Francis Alfar

Dean Francis Alfar

Who is Dean Francis Alfar? Dean Francis Alfar is one of the best Filipino novelist, playwright and writer of speculative friction. a playwright is also known as a dramatist or a person who wright dramatic play on the other hand a speculative friction writer is when you write fiction story the comes from your imagination and speculation another example is comic book. so lets talk about Dean Alfar personal background in life well he was born on 1969 in Mandaluyong City His plays have been performed in venues across the country, while his articles and fiction have been published both in the Philippines and abroad, He was a fellow at the Dumaguete National Writers Workshop and 20th UP National Writers Workshop.

He is an advocate of the "literature of the fantastic", editing the Philippine Speculative Fiction anthology series, as well writing comics and graphic novels. He is an avid blogger, and founder of Lit Critters,

Awards

Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards

• 2010 - Prose (Remembrance)

Gintong Aklat Awards

• 2008 - Literature (Salamanca)

Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature

• 2007 - for short story for Children (Poor, Poor Luisa)^[4]
• 2006 - for short story for Children (How Rosang Taba Won the Race)
• 2005 - for the novel (Salamanca)
• 2004 - for futuristic fiction (Hollow Girl)
• 2004 - for one-act play (The Kite of Stars)
• 2003 - for one-act play (The Onan Circle)
• 1994 - for full-length play (Island)
• 1994 - for one-act play (Loving Toto)
• 1991 - for one-act play (Short Time)
• 1990 - for one-act play (Fragments of Memory)

Manila Critics' Circle National Book Awards

• 2006- Best Comic Book (Siglo: Passion)
• 2004- Best Comic Book (Siglo: Freedom)

Philippines Free Press Literary Awards

• 2007 - for short story (Six from Downtown)

Fellowships

• 31st National Writers' Workshop, Dumaguete (1992) - Writing Fellow
• 20th U.P. National Writers' Workshop (1992) - Writing Fellow
• 48th U.P. National Writers' Workshop (2009) - Writing Fellow

Works

Books

• Salamanca, Ateneo de Manila University Press, April 2006. Grand Prize Winner for Novel, Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, 2005.
• The Kite of Stars and Other Stories, Anvil Publishing, 2007. (Collection of short fiction)
• How to Traverse Terra Incognita, Visprint, 2014. (Collection of short fiction)
• A Field Guide to the Roads of Manila, Anvil Publishing, 2015. (Collection of short fiction)
• How Rosang Taba Won A Race, Lampara Books, 2012. (Children's Book)

• Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 1, Kestrel, December 2005. (Anthology of short fiction)
• Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 2, Kestrel, December 2006. (Anthology of short fiction)
• Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 3, Kestrel, December 2007. (with Nikki Alfar, Anthology of short fiction)
• Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 4, Kestrel, February, 2009. (with Nikki Alfar, Anthology of short fiction)
• Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 8, Flipside Books, July 2013. (with Nikki Alfar, Anthology of short fiction)
• The Best of Philippine Speculative Fiction 2005 - 2010, UP Press, February 2013. (with Nikki Alfar, Anthology of short fiction); ebook, Flipside, July 2013
• The Farthest Shore: An Anthology of Fantasy Fiction from the Philippines, UP Press, August 2013. (with Joseph Nacino, Anthology of short fiction)
• VOLUME One, Anvil, 2013. (with Sarge Lacuesta, Anthology of short fiction, forthcoming)
• Horror: Filipino Fiction for Young Adults, UP Press, 2013. (with Kenneth Yu, Anthology of short fiction, forthcoming)

Short Fiction[edit]

• “Terminos” forthcoming in The Time Traveller's Almanac, edited by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer, Tor/Head of Zeus
• “Enkantong-bato” forthcoming in Bestiary, edited by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer
• “Jianghu” forthcoming in Lakeside Circus
• “Things” in Querida: An Anthology, edited by Caroline Hau, Katrina Tuvera and Isabelita O. Reyes, June 2013
• “Remembrance” in Manila Envelope 4, edited by Jessica Zafra, April 2013
• “The Kite of Stars (L'Aquilone du Estrellas)” in Hoard of Thunder: Philippine Short Stories in English Volume II 2001 to 2008, edited by Gemino H Abad, U.P. Press, January 2013
• “Notes on an Ascent” in Thursday Never Looking Back, edited by Adam David, Youth & Beauty Brigade, December 2012
• “A Field Guide to the Streets of Manila” in Esquire Philippines, November 2012
• “The Malaya” in Diaspora Ad Astra, edited by Joseph Nacino & Emil Flores, Estranghero Press, January 2012
• "A Door Opens: The Beginning of the Fall of the Ispancialo-in-Hinirang (Emprensa Press: 2007)” by Salahuddin Alonto, Annotated by Omar Jamad Maududi, MLS, HOL, JMS" in Alternative Alamat, edited by Paolo Chikiamco, Rocket Kapre Books, 2011
• “Something Like That” in Growing Up Filipino II, edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, December 2009
• “How My Mother Flew” in Growing Up Filipino II, edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, December 2009
• “The Music Teacher” in Growing Up Filipino II, edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, December 2009
• “Messiah” in Dark Blue Southern Seas 2009, edited by F. Jordan Carnice, April 2009
• “Fallow's Flight” in A Time for Dragons, edited by Vincent Michael Simbulan, Anvil Fantasy, March 2009
• “Report HC-IK017785A-0097B-006 de Ocampo: Survey of Artifacts Found in the Derelict Vessel The Malaya” in Philippines Free Press, November 2008.
• “I, D.I." in Belonging: Stories of Relationships, edited by Erlinda Panlilio, Anvil, October 2008
• “Remembrance” in Exotic Gothic II, edited by Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, September 2008
• “The Maiden and the Crocodile” reprint in Bewildering Stories, September 2008.
• “The Many Loves of Ramil Alonzo” in Philippines Free Press, August 2008.
• “Sunboy” in Philippines Free Press, May 2008.
• “In the Dim Plane” in Digest of Philippine Genre Stories, April 2008.
• “The Middle Prince” in Tales of Fantasy and Enchantment, edited by Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, February 2008
• “An Excerpt from 'Princes of the Sultanate' (Ghazali: 1902); Annotated by Omar Jamad Maududi, MLS, HOL, JMS” inStory Philippines, February 2008
• “Chasing Aurora" in Sunday Inquirer Magazine of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 2007.
• “Ever, After” in Philippines Free Press, August 2007.
• “The Dragon in the Bell” in Philippines Free Press, June 2007.
• “Sabados con Fray Villalobos” in A la Carte; Food and Fiction, edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Orosa(February 2007).
• “How Rosang Taba Won A Race” in Philippines Free Press, July 2006.
• “Six From Downtown” in Philippines Free Press, June 2006; Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol.2 (Kestrel, December 2006)
• “The Maiden and the Crocodile” in Story Philippines, March 2006.
• “Hollow Girl: A Romance” in Latitude: Writing from the Philippines and Scotland, edited by Angelo Rodriguez Lacuestaand Toni Davidson (Anvil Publishing, March 2006; Futuristic Fiction, Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, 2004).
• “Four-letter Words” in Manual, January 2006.
• “Terminos” in Rabid Transit : Menagerie, (Velocity Press, U.S.A., May 2005).
• “Gumamela” in ab ovo 2 (Kestrel Studios, January 2003).
• “Ser Clessidrana Acerca Tiempo (Mr. Clessidrana Thinks About Time)” in Hinirang.com, 2002.
• “(push)” in Stuff Magazine, May 2001.
• “Spark: The Sad and Strange Tale of Sister Maria Dolores, the Nun who Exploded” in National Midweek, 1992.
• “The Last Mermaid Story” in National Midweek, 1992.
• “The Secret Measure” in National Midweek, 1992.
• “Magan & Balo” in Mr. & Ms. Magazine, 1991.

Comic Books

• Siglo: Passion, edited by Dean Francis Alfar & Vincent Michael Simbulan (Kestrel/Nautilus Books, 2005).
• The Craft Century in Project: Hero, edited by Elbert Or & Andrew Drilon (Questventures, 2005).
• Invitation in K.I.A., edited by Marco Dimaano (Alamat Comics, 2005).
• Quad in Hey Comics!, edited by Ramon de Veyra, 2004.
• Siglo: Freedom, edited by Dean Francis Alfar & Vincent Michael Simbulan (Kestrel/Nautilus Books, 2003).
• Ab Ovo 1, 2, edited by Dean Francis Alfar (Kestrel, 2002).
• The Lost 1, 2. Kestrel, 2001.

(Source Wikipedia)

5-Smoking

Smoking


There`s a smoking campaign event in Asia Pacific College unfortunately I did not attend it so for my blog, it will still be about smoking and the bad effect`s of it. Some say that smoking is just a stress reliever but they don`t know that smoking is a habit of addiction and and the consequence of it is health  diseases that can affect our body and it can also lead to death. studies reveal that the more a person smoke the more likely he is to sustain illnesses such as cancer chronicbronchitis and emphysema but even smoker who indulge in the habit occasionally are more prone to these diseases 

Causes and symptoms

No one starts smoking to become addicted to nicotine. It isn't known how much nicotine may be consumed before the body becomes addicted. However, once smoking becomes a habit, the smoker faces a lifetime of health risks associated with one of the strongest addictions known to man.

About 70% of smokers in the United States would like to quit; in any given year, however, only about 3.6% of the country's 47 million smokers quit successfully.

Although specific genes have not yet been identified as of 2003, researchers think that genetic factors contribute substantially to developing a smoking habit. Several twin studies have led to estimates of 46-84% heritability for smoking. It is thought that some genetic variations affect the speed of nicotine metabolism in the body and the activity level of nicotini receptors in the brain. so stop smoking because its killing you softly.

4-General Luna

Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from any were to your classroom, teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.

Ricky Martin

Antonio Luna was born on 29 of Ocober 1866 in Binondo, Maynila and he is a filipino that fought in the Philippine and American war, back in 1899 to 1902. Antonio Luna is a big part of our history because he fight for the freedom of our mother land when the Americans is trying threatening to took the Philippine, despite of the shortage of the troops of the Philippine General luna never gave up.

The movie General Luna is a filipino historical boipic film about the history of the Philippine and General Antonio Luna's leader ship of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine and America war. It opens with the beginning of hostilities with the American colonizers, and ends with the assassination of Luna on June 5, 1899 - a period in which Luna served as Supreme Chief of the Army under the First Philippine Republic. (source wikipedia)The movie was directed by Jerrold Targon and produce by Artikulo uno production and the role of General Luna was portray by John Arcilla and I think he act very well on portraying our national hero. The movie is really great and you will learn many lesson by watching it and you will also be knowledgeable in the Philippine history so I recomend you to watch this movie.