Year-end Report

2007 is a very lucky and fruitful year for me. Indubitably, I have so much to thank for. And here are some of the notable events that I consider worth mentioning:

» Lectures / Forums / Conferences

"The Pangasinan Anlong: Oral Traditions into the 21st Century "
Paper presentor, Conference on Revitalizing the Pangasinan Language and Cultural Heritage
Urdaneta City, Pangasinan
8-9 November 2007

"Promoting Pangasinan Culture through Literature"
UP Subol Society, UP-Diliman
25 September 2007

"Pangasinan Lingo 101"
UP Subol Society, UP-Diliman
18 January 2007


» Published works

Malagilion: Sonnets tan Villanelles (published by KWF & EAC), November 2007. A review of Malagilion was published in Bautista’s Philippine Panorama December 16, 2007 article entitled “A Boost to Pangasinan Literature”

"Stairways of Pay-yo" in Philippine Graphic, October 1, 2007

"The Mumbaki", "Sons of Sisyphus", "Swansong of the Sea", "Caboloan" and "Bonsaic Verses" in Ani 33: 20th Anniversary Issue (Nature and Environment) edited by Mr. Herminio S. Beltran, Jr.

"Villanelle: Unpoemed" and "Renascence" in Philippine Graphic, August 27, 2007

"A Poet Speaks of Caboloan" and "O Morpheus" in Philippine Graphic, June 4, 2007

"Rekindled", "In Our Own Age of Renaissance" and "Poem at Thirty-Six" in Philippine Graphic, May 7, 2007


» Poety Readings

Jam 88.3 (Bigkas Pilipinas hosted by Kooky Tuason)
Ortigas Complex, Pasig City
December 8, 2007

Pangasinan Festival of Culture & the Arts
University of the Philippines - Diliman
December 3, 2007

Danny Sillada: Art for Peace in Mindanao
The Podium, Mandaluyong City
October 27, 2007

Book launching of Ani 33: 20th Anniversary Issue (Nature and Environment)
Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
September 14, 2007


» & other distinctions

1st Prize (Pangasinan Poetry)
“Esaes ed Kareenan tan arum ni’ran Anlong”
Gawad Komisyon 2007 (Gantimapalang Tamayo para sa Tulang Pangasinan)

"Disabled-friendly" website award for www.eac.edu.ph
given by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), National Computer Center - Commission on Information and Communication Technology (NCC-CICT), Vision Office Support Services, Limited and the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP), February 22, 2007, Baguio City

Manguna lawas so linawa'y Amalsa!

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