There Is Real Beauty In My Eyes

My Identity Is Linked To My Grandmother, Who's Pure Filipino, As Pure As You Can Probably Get. And That Shaped My Imagination. So That's How I Identify.

All The Fabulous And Fearless Writers Gathered Here, Whether They Are Living In Manila, The Us, Or Elsewhere In The Ever-growing Philippine Diaspora, Have A Deep Connection And Abiding Love For This Crazy-making, Intoxicating City. There's Nothing Like It In The World, And They Know It.

Growing Up In The Philippines, I Loved All Kinds Of Movies. We Had A Very Healthy Film Industry There When I Was A Child. It's Now Gotten Very Limited. They Only Make Action Movies And Hard-core Exploitation Movies. Women Get Raped; Men Get Shot.

Everything Matters. Time Is Precious.

It's Not Just Nyu. There Are Days When I Feel Like I'm Stranded In Some Upscale Mall In Pasadena. Don't Even Get Me Started On The Insidious Transformation Of Bleecker Street!