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I’ll be the one of the panelists in today’s The UP Parser Writing Workshop.

The UP Parser is the school paper I edited (along with Ia) for two academic years. Not only is it rewarding for me to have the chance to share my blessings with a new generation of wordsmiths, but it’s also surreal to be leading a workshop panel only a few weeks separated from my being a workshop fellow (at the UST NWW).

The workshop programme, taken from my Multiply blog:

The UP Parser Writing Workshop 2008
1.0: News and Feature Writing

July 23, 2008
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
UP Alumni Engineers Centennial Hall
Velasquez Street, UP Diliman

Organized by:
The UP Parser Alumni &
The UP Parser Staff for AY 2008-09

Programme

5:30 - 5:40    Introduction / UP Parser History
5:40 - 6:00    The Winning Team (by Jonel Uy)
6:00 - 6:45    News Writing Workshop (led by Phillip Kimpo Jr.)
6:45 - 7:30    Features Writing Workshop (led by Phillip Kimpo Jr.)
7:30 - 8:00    Open Forum

The Panelists

Phillip Kimpo Jr.
Head Panelist

Phillip served as The UP Parser’s Editor-in-Chief for the academic years 2004-05 and 2005-06, helping resurrect the then-dead publication. During his term, Parser emerged as the foremost publication in the College of Engineering, releasing seven issues with more or less a total circulation of 3000 copies, many of which were in full color and tabloid size. During this time, Parser’s signature line was permanently etched in DCS history: We don’t just write programs; we write.

Phillip graduated from the Department of Computer Science in 2006, and was cited as an Outstanding Representative by the UP Alliance of Computer Science Students (UP CS Network). He currently works as a freelance writer, editor, and website manager.

Phillip is a member of LIRA (Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo), an organization of poets writing in Filipino under the aegis of National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario (a.k.a. Rio Alma). He is a founding member of KATAS (Kalipunan ng mga Taga-Sining para sa Lipunan). He was a Fellow for the 9th UST National Writers’ Workshop and the 2007 LIRA Poetry Clinic. He serves as a staffer for the Bulawan Online literary journal.

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Today is the first day of the week-long 9th UST-CCWS National Writers’ Workshop, and as luck would have it, I’m one of the workshop’s Fellows (for the English Creative Non-Fiction category).

I learned that I’ve been accepted a few weeks ago (see my Multiply blog post), although it was only last week that UST formally announced the Fellows on the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

This is my second literary workshop after graduating from the LIRA Filipino poetry clinic and being sworn in as one of the organization’s newest members.

Wish me luck!

I’m now serving as the Editor of the Web’s “oldest blog directory”, EatonWeb. The site is one of Splashpress Media’s prime properties.

Taking from the directory’s About page:

As the oldest blog directory on the web, Eatonweb is the perfect place to establish your blog’s online authority. But what really sets EatonWeb apart is the way we measure and display the importance of blogs in our directory.

Each blog receives three rankings: strength, momentum and overall.

I share the day-to-day duties with fellow Pinoy problogger J. Angelo Racoma, SP Media’s Editor-in-Chief and EatonWeb’s manager.

Membership at EatonWeb is free, although there is a review fee for each submission in order to maintain the quality of the directory. (Yep, we do write reviews for each blog!)

Visit EatonWeb today.

Tomorrow morning I’ll be flying to Kalibo, Aklan to participate in the third international reunion of our clan. I actually have tons of work and literary stuff in the queue, but I’d have to forget these for the meantime — even with the telecommuting nature of my employment, I think it’s impossible to work there this time of the year. Kalibo is reveling in the wild Ati-atihan Festival!

My last trip to our home province was in May 2006. After this new one-week vacation, I’ve got a full hectic year ahead of me, so I think I’ll store up on the fresh air and great memories, hehe.

See you soon.

I have recently unveiled my new “summary page”, Phillip.Kimpo.ph. (Check again — there’s a dot between the names. It’s hosted under the Kimpo.ph family website, which was opened a few weeks ago.

The webpage won’t replace my main Corsarius.net site; instead, it gives a quick overview of what I have been doing lately, especially in the fields of literature, editing, problogging, and webmastering. As such, I have shortened the lengthy About blurb on the sidebar and placed a link to the summary page.

Many, many thanks to Ia for creating this simple yet sleek webpage.

Visit Phillip.Kimpo.ph!

Now for some family-centric affair…

Last week I presented this portal to the members of the Kimpo Clan, and now I have the pleasure of unveiling Kimpo.ph to the public.

Quoting the site’s About blurb:

The online portal for all members of the Kimpo Clan. The years have witnessed the Kimpo families spread all over the Philippines, and as part of the Filipino diaspora, the whole world. May this website help the descendants of Juan Kimpo and Maria Lutgarda Escalona reconnect with their roots and with each other. On this site, you will find various accounts of the Clan’s history, an extensive family tree for the descendants of the seven children of Lolo Juan and Lola Ganday, info and pictures of all the Kimpo international reunions, webpages of various Kimpos, and more.

Two sections of the site (History, Family Tree) are still in progress. I know, I know — don’t release a website until it’s done through and through. But I figured the news and features section of the site count more right now in the weeks leading to the family’s 3rd international reunion in January 2008, in order to keep people abreast with what’s happening. The History and Family Tree sections will be finished next month (once the souvenir program/book rolls off the press).

Speaking of the reunion, the Kimpo.ph site comes with company — the Kimpo International Reunion 2008 blog. The Kimpo family is in the homestretch of preparing for the quadrennial reunion, and the blog will give a candid look as to how we do it. When the clan is merrymaking in Kalibo and Boracay in Aklan, I’ll try to dish out some liveblogging goodness. And when the festivities are finally over, this blog will be home to summaries, memoirs, and AARs.

Both sites wouldn’t have been possible if not for Ia’s magic (or should I say, stellar) touch. A simple “thanks” won’t cut it, hehe.

That said, please visit Kimpo.ph and the Kimpo International Reunion 2008 blog!

I’ve just uploaded some vidcaps of my recent TV guesting on Nancy Castiglione’s show, where we talked about airplane “toys”. You can view all of them on my aircraft models blog.

Hopefully I can get a copy of the full video soon from Makisig Network. Till then, the poorly taken pics will have to do!

I have lots of blogs with separate groups of readers, so pardon me if I announce this here, too:

Update 11/17/07: Airing will be on November 18 at 7 P.M.

Update: The airing has been postponed to November 18. And even that date is tentative. Sorry for this belated notice; their own notice to me was also belated.

Yours truly will be guesting in today’s episode of At Your Pleasure, Nancy hosted by Nancy Castiglione, airing at either 2 or 3 pm on Makisig Network (channel 76/82 at SkyCable/HomeCable, ch. 84 if you have an analog box installed).

I will be sharing my experiences as a collector of airplane scale models; the show’s researchers were able to reach me through the power of Google, hehe. (Insert the customary praise for the blogosphere: Thank God for blogging!)

The episode won’t be live; it was taped last week. For some tidbits on how the taping went (and my brush with Nancy, Maureen Larrazabal, and Francine Prieto), you can read my post on Slip of the Pen.

Whoa, 28 days without a post? I’ve gone AWOL from this blog because of one thing: doing too many things.

Some of the time-eaters:

• Writing poetry and attending lectures all over the metropolis for the LIRA poetry workshop;
• Working as the new manager of a website;
• Buying books upon books like crazy;
• Attending the opening of a social-realist art exhibit;
• Starting a new Tagalog blog;
• Trekking up the mountain for a small but invaluable literary meeting; and
• Discussing and planning for a new komiks product.

I’d be really, really excited over these developments if only I wasn’t as exhausted as I am right now.

Catch you later.

Less than two months ago, I started writing for Gadzooki and Blog Tutorials, which in turn came on the heels of my new Performancing job. Well, I’ve just accepted two new offers, this time for Blog Network Watch and Blogger Jobs.

Both recently-relaunched blogs are also under the Splashpress Media network, which means I now write for five SP blogs.

Blog Network Watch is a source of news and developments regarding the blogosphere’s biggest blog networks. On the other hand, if you’re looking to start or expand your blogging career, Blogger Jobs will definitely help you out.

Be sure to pay me a visit there!