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.

22 May, 2012

AAPI Summer Book Giveaway

May is Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. This weekend, Memorial Day Weekend, is the unofficial start of summer. With s...

20 May, 2012

How Much Is Enough?

I’m multiethnic and multinational. I have American citizenship, having been naturalized in 1987, and I have Filipino citizenship, which I ...

11 May, 2012

Second Feature - Interview in The Manila Bulletin Newspaper

Hi. Here's the latest news: the interview I did with The Manila Bulletin newspaper, The Philippines largest newspaper, in February is o...

03 May, 2012

5 Things Not To Say To Children

I came across this on Yahoo! today and I thought I'd post it on my blog and not just share it on Twitter. As a parent - and a self-proc...

01 May, 2012

Things May Change But They Will Always Be The Same

We - my wife, son and I - took a trip down to New Brunswick last weekend. That's where I went to school, as an undergrad at Rutgers U...

Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

It's May and as I do every year I celebrate Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Being Filipino, I get to claim both Asian ...

21 April, 2012

No Pulitzer Ficton Winner Good For Indie Books

The Pulitzer people announced their 2012 winners this week and, for the first time in thirty-five years, they didn’t award a winner for fic...

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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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