There Is Real Beauty In My Eyes

Everything Matters. Time Is Precious.

Don't Say Fili, Sister. Say Pili. In Tagalog, Pili Means To Choose. Pino Means Fine. Pilipino Equals 'fine Choice.

We Didn't Have Television Until I Was About Eight Years Old, So It Was Either The Movies Or Radio. A Lot Of Radio Drama. That Was Our Television, You Know. We Had To Use Our Imagination. So It Was Really Those Two Things, And The Comics, That I Immersed Myself In As A Child.

All The Fabulous And Fearless Writers Gathered Here, Whether They Are Living In Manila, The Us, Or Elsewhere In The Ever-growing Philippine Diaspora, Have A Deep Connection And Abiding Love For This Crazy-making, Intoxicating City. There's Nothing Like It In The World, And They Know It.

Becoming A Mother Has Helped Make Me A Tougher, Stronger Writer.