Istoryan Writers

[blade101]

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count me in thisbe!

[thisbe.ara]

you're most welcome to join us, blade101!
apil na man ka daan..hehehe
any suggestions asa ta

[Blongkoy]

thisbe.ara and reggiebuang,

If there are 10 or less people for this strategic planning, I can provide a good function room (actually a conference room) plus all the consummables. For food we just have to go out for a while and run to the nearest foodstop around the company.

What do you think?

[Blongkoy]

thisbe.ara and reggiebuang,

If there are 10 or less people for this strategic planning, I can provide a good function room (actually a conference room) plus all the consummables. For food we just have to go out for a while and run to the nearest foodstop around the company.

What do you think?

thisbe.ara and reggiebuang,

This is all for free and complimentary from Counterpart International Inc., a US funding agency I was running until my full retirement in 2001. I might also be able to negotiate with the people there to throw in all the consummables of the activities (e.g. paper, pentel pens and masking tape).

But for midday meals and some snack shortly before that, we can leave the office for a little while and grab a bite in some foodshoppes nearby.

Counterpart International Inc. is located at V. Rama Avenue, inside that compound of offices marked at the roadside by a big seashell.

There.

[thisbe.ara]

sure.. that's so much better.. count me in.. i'll try to gather more peeps.
reg, help us gather more istoryan writers pa jud.. what do you think of blongkoy's idea?

[d`monyita]

ako interested

[thisbe.ara]

okay so far on my list:
> blongkoy
> reggiebuang
> thisbe.ara
> blade101
> d'monyita
> carlo borromeo
> crashburn
> avrilrockz (for layouting and writing)

gahuwat nga magsulod:
> tikboy
> giver_bert
>hehehe.. a whole lot more.. daghan pa kaayo ta..

[thisbe.ara]

lemme share to you my story:
writing was introduced to me by a very dear friend..
her name was arlene osma. i don't know if my alma mater buddies still remember her.
she was silent, she was a great writer, she was younger than me.
we were in the 4th grade, she was on the 3rd.
i was into booklovers' club.. i started joining writers' club because there was no other club to go to..
she was the first one to smile at me.. i was at the back. i just scribbled notes, etc.
then i began to love writing. and i told arlene that. i told her that when i feel depressed, i would sit in a corner and write something.. scribbles.. rhymes.. then phrases.. words...poetry.. feature..
she told me, "ate, parehas jud ta.. parehas ta name..parehas sab ta ug interest.."
then she started being absent in our meetings.. and i heard that she was in the hospital..next thing i knew, she died due to a heart ailment.. at a tender young age.
then our club moderator talked to me and offered me the feature editorial position (arlene's back then..).. i asked, "why me?" and she told me, "arlene had great faith in you.."
i'll never forget that. and i owe it all to her.
thank you arlene. may you rest in eternal peace.

[Velvet]

^touching story. nanglimbawt kadyut ako balhibo.

[Blongkoy]

thisbe.ara and reggiebuang and the rest of iSTORYAN.writers,

We have a little problem with the offer of free space and materials by Counterpart International, Inc.: we can only use it between Mondays and Fridays and not on Saturdays and Sundays and not on first Mondays and last Fridays of the month.

If I have to boast a little of bit on what I have gone through in life, let me tell you that writing is a very gainful career. In fact, I have made life easier for my family and built for them a five-bedroom house (on a hillside overlooking the city) with the more important amenities thrown in, as a writer. And the family too has traveled the world several times over with me in tow pursuing writing assignments.

It is not bad to be a writer. Together we can make a difference. The strategic planning seesion that we are about to go through will find that difference and allow us to see it clearly enough as to enable us to achieve it within a given period of time. And I am more than willing to guide you all here.

But what is my motivation? It is that arty feeling of being able to re-create the future for everyone willing to touch it now. Today.