I love my homeland, but it's an absurd country. Politics in the Philippines is like spectator sports! Miguel Syjuco absurdcountryhomeland Change image and share on social
I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus. Miguel Syjuco appealbookconsensus Change image and share on social
Postmodernism was a reaction to modernism. Where modernism was about objectivity, postmodernism was about subjectivity. Where modernism sought a singular truth, postmodernism sought the multiplicity of truths. Miguel Syjuco modernismmultiplicityobjectivity share on social
There is that potential of the expats coming back to the Philippines. But sadly they are no opportunities, no incentive for them to come back home. Successive governments have, in fact, been training them to export them rather than working on the economy to welcome them home. Miguel Syjuco backcomeeconomy share on social
I treat my writing like a day job, like my main job, even if for many years I was doing other jobs to pay the bills. I worked as a copy editor. I was a medical guinea pig. I was an eBay power seller of ladies' handbags. I was an assistant to a bookie at the horse races. I bartended. I did anything I could to make ends meet. Miguel Syjuco assistantbillbookie share on social