Journal
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Feel-Good Japanese Ghost Stories
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: An urban legend with a touch of rom-com level heartstring-pulling, told in a few episodes. In Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, we…
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Manila, 1945: Three Stories from World War II
Three World War II stories from our grandmother, who was a little girl in Manila when it was destroyed and liberated. When people live in peace for a few generations,…
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A Gentle Path to Bloody Revolution: José Rizal’s Vision of the Philippines a Century Hence
Rizal wrote “The Philippines A Century Hence” in 1889 for La Solidaridad, a bi-weekly publication created by Spain-based Filipino literati. The ilustrados, as they were called, were the privileged, educated…