Bakit tayo nagmamahal ng mga taong di naman tayo kayang mahalin?
Dahil may sariling lohika ang pagmamahal na nalimot na ng tao nang magsimula siyang umasang may kapalit ang mabubuting bagay.
Hanggang kailan ka aasa?
Hanggang walang pumapalit na mas matindi pa sa pag-asa. Chika lang. Hindi ko alam. Laging nakatingin sa hinaharap ang pag-asa, at hindi ko kayang makita ang hinaharap.
Aside from gravity, what keeps bringing you down?
My friends and some truly dedicated readers. Not that they bring me down—but they remind me that I can only fly in my dreams, and that as humans, we live by falling into places.
Sir, I just read your book. Good job on scaring the shit out of me!!
Wow! Maraming salamat! Pa-promote na lang sa iba mo pang kaibigan at kakilala ha!
Have you ever experienced sleep paralysis?
I have less exciting/dangerous sleeping experiences.
(Aside from your works) what is the novel that you would require your students to read?
They have to go through works by Tony Perez’s first, and then we’ll talk about fiction and writing and reality, and the sadness and mystery and joy that go along with them.
Ano na ang pinakamababang/malalim na pagkahulog ang naranasan mo?
Makalipas ang isang dekada, nagigising akong umaasa pa rin sa pagbabalik niya.
People who talk about other people in a negative way. Unnecessary predisposition towards meanness.
What attracts you?
People who are not consumed with negativity. The littlest things that inspire.
If you could talk to PNoy, what would you tell him?
Read some literature and get a sense of what’s actually going on.
What novel of Murakami do you like the most?
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, because it will always haunt me to know that I haven’t read the complete book yet—because Vintage decided to remove sections from the original Japanese when they translated it to English.
sir clue pls.. si Mica ba ang Tala??
Sa palagay mo talaga, sasagutin ko iyan ngayon? :p
kailan po ang release ng janus silang 2
Tatapusin ko ang natitirang revisions bago matapos ang March. Hopefully, ngayong summer!
san po pwede makabili ng walong diwata ng pagkahulog?
Meron po sa National Book Store branches. Siguradong meron sa Katipunan branch. Salamat!
naranasan mo na ba yung may naglalarong tanong sa isip mo tapos bigla mo na lang makikita o maririnig ang sagot mula sa isang karatula sa labas, dyaryo, tv commercial, sagot ng isang DJ/commentator sa radio, taong nakasalubong etc.... Kung oo, paano ito nangyari?
Oo... may naglalarong tanong sa isip ko tapos bigla ko na lang nakita o narinig ang sagot mula sa isang karatula sa labas, dyaryo, tv commercial, sagot ng isang DJ/commentator sa radio, taong nakasalubong etc...