Contemplations

Hi and welcome to my blog; the musings of a Filipino-American writer, martial artist and teacher. Thanks for stopping by. I look forward to hearing what you have to say about what I have to say.

30 December, 2022

Tribute to Pele

Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022) I never saw him play live, in person or on TV, but for a long time...

13 April, 2022

The Soundtrack of My Life

I was driving home yesterday when I switched radio channels from a regional Top 40 station to the Eighties Sirius XM channel. The sh...

03 January, 2021

My Ten Favourite Books of 2020

My Ten Favourite Books Of 2020 I don’t think I’ve posted one of these in a couple of years so, as part of my personal resurgence and ret...

18 June, 2020

Seven Words Of Hope

18 June, 2020 Friday, the thirteenth of March of this year was the last time my son and I were in our respective middle schools. He’s in ...

28 June, 2019

Cheeky Drop Shot

Cheeky Drop Shot - A Hacker’s Account Of A Weeklong Squash Camp That Gives Back When I was in my late twenties to early thirties, I r...

19 June, 2017

Knee Saga

19 June, 2017 KNEE SAGA I have depressive tendencies. I haven’t been diagnosed but I’ve read enough to see a lot of the charact...

02 June, 2017

Making Choice - Life 2 Juan 0

Making Choices - Life 2 Juan 0 2 June, 2017 Last autumn, I reinjured the knee I damaged in 1996. I was doing a lot of running, ge...

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About Me

Juan Rader Bas: Mabuhay! I'm an Asian American writer (Back Kicks And Broken Promises, Abbott Press, 2012), martial artist and teacher who was born in The Philippines, raised in Hong Kong and ended up in New Jersey.

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