![]() ![]() i hope i'm wrong with my impression of joaquin but you can't blame people like me who never have seen him, I see his picture alright but gawd, in person he is more aloof than greta garbo, which prods me to ask sometimes, is he still around? he is no better than the poet jose garcia villa who never stayed around while the town clamored for his presence. and when i imagine nick joaquin, i see a fatherly figure sitting quietly in a corner enjoying beer with hemingway and you DO NOT approach him unless you've got an important thing to say. Teodoro locsin calls him the first literary artist of the philippines no filipino now writing matches his stories in power and beauty. ![]() It is said you never submit mediocre writing to nick joaquin, if you do, he'd tear your paper and soul apart. Talking about retired men and women, nick joaquin( i'm sure) is retired now and has probably mellowed a bit. ![]() there's a joke in florida that when "i retire, i'm gonna settle in manhattan and drive really slow and be nice to everybody." in my working hours, i lift people while keeping my temper down - oh boy - keeping my temper is the hardest to do - especially with the types of patients i have - sometimes it just gets into me - imagine treating retired new yorkers. On with the fun - i am back to 'hurried' writing, enjoying it while i've got free time and getting responses from friends in flips-land, i'm telling you, this is the best part of my day, after being poo-poo'ed and strained by patients. ![]()
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