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Apr.29.2013
Though I'm an Art Studies major (with my area of concentration on Art History), I admit that I don't read a lot novels dealing with artworks (and Art History, for that matter).
I do read ekphrastic poems. It was a habit I cultivated from required readings of the Iliad and Divine Comedy:...
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Apr.21.2013
Something beyond conception happened today: it rained (however, briefly) in summer. In the Philippines, we do have the concept of unang ulan ng Mayo (first rain of May) where we "welcome" the monsoon season by playing or bathing under the rain. My yaya believed that children who played and...
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Apr.03.2013
When I think of going back to nature, I suppose that it doesn't only mean an afternoon walk in the park or a day's hike outside the city. In the place where I live, urban and rural intertwine. Somewhere in the outskirts of our village, I've seen a rice field, while in the horizon there are the...
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Mar.29.2013
Living in a country with 1,700 islands kind of gives me an unlimited choice of where to go when I want to have my quiet moments. Of course, I can't go to all of them and the three major islands are very populated so "quiet moments" are hard to find, someone will always barge in on...
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Feb.13.2013
Last 12 February, evening, I had my first live poetry reading at an exhibit opening at school. The title of the exhibit was "Home Sick Home". It was put up by Asterisk, a student organization close to mine (Writers Club). Actually, I think I only got in because the VP for Academic Affairs was a...
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As painful as its consequences may be, the fall itself comprises a sort of joy.”
—Benjamin Huang, A Cup of Fine Tea: "We"
About Zeny May
I was born on 6 May 1991. Educated at a convent school for elementary and high-school, a hotel school (I lasted only a year) then transferred to the university where I'm currently taking up Art History.
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Zeny May’s Favorite Books
Ocean of Words, Brothers, Beauty and Sadness, Prayer for Owen Meany, morning in the burned house, Breakfast of Champions, In Praise of Shadows
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