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.

Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts

Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts

02 January, 2015

My Top Ten Books of 2014

MY TOP TEN BOOKS Being a lover of books – as a reader and, of course, as a writer – and with ‘Top Ten’ popping up almost everywhere you...

26 March, 2014

Literacy, Literacy Everywhere - Characters

Literacy, Literacy Everywhere - Characters Left to right: Me, Elisa Pupko, Peter Mercurio (school principal), Honi Wasserman (schoo...

23 January, 2013

Reading When You're Writing - Good or Bad?

As a writer, naturally, I read. In fact, I'm one of those people who read several books at a time; reading twenty to thirty minutes a d...

18 June, 2012

Are pages in an ebook really pages?

I recently had lunch with two fellow Filipino writers - memoirist Carissa Villacorta and boxing journalist Ryan Songalia. Ryan wrote a fea...

11 April, 2012

Reading is not cool

In my non-writing life, I am, among other things, a Health teacher. This week, our fourth and final marking period of the school year beg...

06 March, 2012

First Reading

So, I did my first reading the other day. It was for Read Across America and I was asked to read for a class of eighth graders. I didn't...

01 March, 2012

Teaching Kids To Love Books

As a writer and reader, I value books. I value them for entertainment, education and emotional support. I also value they’re...

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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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