When April Means Graduation, Workshop, and Festival
From IYAS Writers Workshop at St. Lasalle-Bacolod (April 20-26), go ang beauty ko - via ferry - to UPV-Miag-ao, Iloilo, last April 22 to attend PJ’s graduation, our youngest sis. So here’s my beauty in my summer dress and reliable bag - with my two adorable sisters - 
amidst white monoblock chairs and Miag-ao hills. 
In Bacolod, we discovered their No.1 coffee shop named Kuppa. One afternoon, with Sir Danny Reyes, John Teodoro, and May Ann Pernia, we tasted their coffee and cake and vowed to return once we are back down there.Btw, I find it amusing these days that I’ve been mistaken for a Koreana: sa taxi ("Sobra, Manong, napaka-brown ko." Sagot n’ya: "Singkit ka kasi.") at pati mga friends ko. Ano ba ‘yan:) Sa tutuo lang, di ko alam if I’ll be flaterred or be sad. One thing for sure, talagang Asian Malay beauty ako and proud of it. Hehehe. 
Back in Antique, I found myself in the company of old friends, in a sort of lunch-meeting about what we can do for our beloved province(Kasi mga think tank kami. Hahaha. We missed Glenn Mas)at John’s farm in Maybato, San Jose: Nonong Egida, the Tourism Director; Acai Flores, Paranubliun-Antique’s head; Dani Misajon, ever the cultural worker, John (of course), and Dr. Alice Magos, retired 
UPV anthropologist. Secret na lang ang mga pinag-usapan namin:)
Here’s a handful of kamunsil,for 20 pesos. Going home means munching that. 
Of course, of course, April is not only about writers workshops and meetings, it’s also about beauty 
pageant. Here’s one, from our baranggay. S’yempre, mga pinsan ko ang nanalo d’yan:)
