MONUMENTS OF STORY-TELLING
Keynote speech in Bulacan

I was the town speaker the other week in a magical place in historic Bulacan, a province sweating with history and stories, not to mention great food, rice fields and warm people. The occasion was the 109th Anniversary of the Battle of Qingua in the town of Plaridel. It's the only place in the country that marks this day annually.

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MORE PAINTINGS: PORTRAITS

So I said, just pull up yer socks. More aquarelle, with people as subject. Where is the man in the painting from?

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NEW PAINTINGS: OBJECTS

I am fascinated by certain objects. I don't even know why I'm calling them objects - I paint them because I find them so different and so alive. Want to know where the bicycle in the painting is from?

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SKETCH OF A DAY
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
Special to Business Mirror
March 4, 2008

The rallyists rushed down the short stretch of EDSA from Santolan to Ortigas, as if they were in a hurry to catch-up with a long lost legacy.

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Photo by Redster

SUHARTO: THE BOOK OF
SLAUGHTER AND FORGETTING
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
BusinessMirror
January 29, 2008

Certainly there will be a reckoning, but it will not be soon, no thanks to intrepid members of so-called Western journalism.

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Photo from the most reverend Shailu.

PAKISTAN: A CONTINUING TRAGEDY
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
BusinessMirror
Second of two parts
January 8, 2008

Perhaps this was a situation again of two people and one coffin.

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Tatay and Luna hands pic by redster

PAKISTAN: NOTES TO A TRAGEDY
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
First of two parts
BusinessMirror
January 2, 2008

In the next few weeks we shall witness a torrent of sorrow and regret, as any such horrific loss of life should provoke. But clearly the story is unfinished, despite the seeming finality of Benazir Bhutto’s murder.

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Lemon pic by Xioy from Amsterdam

Bali Climate Talks
SAY HELLO TO THE MEDICS

By no means the definitive cross-eyed take on the Bali COP. It's over for now and there's a long slog ahead, but yes, it's nice how the Orcs ended up getting kicked in the nuts. Every minute mattered in the end...

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IN PRAISE OF GREAT BEER-2
This is for Ben the Pirate

Great beer round two! C'mon in and have some froth...


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GIRL TURNS 5…
The Family Files

Days before her birthday, Luna asks her brother “Kuya, what is your favorite body part?”

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BOY TURNS 9…
The Family Files

Middle of last August, the boy reached nine years. He’s now almost a decade old – time flies faster than the Green Lantern...

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MEMORIES OF CONSUMPTION
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ParasIndonesia

We have two eyes so we can see more dimensions. Or at least we should.

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LURCH TO VIENNA
Notes from the geographically dyslexic
24 August 2007, 0800

Onboard one of Europe's most efficient trains, the writer runs into a tiny cosmic quirk.

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IN PRAISE OF GREAT BEER-1
Westmalle Trappist Beer
For Jean-Francois and the late Michael Jackson

Finally I can write a short piece about the great Belgian beer brewing craft. Belgium is the place of many, if not most, of the world's greatest beers.

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A RESPONSE TO HARRY POTTER'S BEER POST

The wizard's back from his romp in Canada and he has made his first beer post. Hooray!

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Photo by Harry Potter.

ABOUT A GIRL
The Family Files

Her name is Yla Luna. In Spanish it's like saying "And the moon".

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ABOUT A BOY
The Family Files

He waited for months and finally J.K. Rowling's latest arrived. Not even fever could prevent his parents from getting him his book. This was about freedom.

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ENERGY IMPERATIVES IN ASIA
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
Business Mirror; Malaysia Sun
August 6, 2007

An article on the recently released, badly written, business-as-usual ADB Energy Strategy.

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Mobile phone photo: Tatay writing with the fishies, 18 July 2007. By Luna.

GORKHA, St. GEORGE, and The Joy of Bad Beer, aka LOVE AND ROSE

Notes on three new beer bottles from the Kamuning Republic are up and posted. See 'em when you can...

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Stalin still looks like he's clutching a hidden axe for use on party people, and Marx still appears to be the most groovy. Image from the Business Innovation Insider Forum 2006.

NINJA's QUESTION; VITAL TRUTHS

"What is the essence of beer?" asked a visitor of our inebriated site a few posts ago. The Kamuning Republic answers the question in its own way. So come douse yourself and be a bit beer-wiser -- or fuzzier.

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