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HomeWelcome to "Other Stories" -- REdeLeon's primary home on the web.Aug 20, 2004
RE de Leon is a Filipino Novelist and Businessman based in Agoo, La Union in the Philippines. He recently resigned as a professor at the University of the Philippines Los Baños.

To learn more about RE de Leon, visit his friendster account

To learn more about the Ma-Yi Novel Trilogy project, please await new updates at the new Ma-Yi blog page


This site is under heavy construction.

Please visit it again for more updates, coming soon.



Why "Other Stories"?


The theme of "other stories" has followed me around since my gradeschool days. (Hence "alternativity" which has been my email avatar since college.)

The basic idea is that there are certain stories that have not really found their way into the our society's conversation.

These stories (or approaches to stories) rarely find their way into the headlines, dont get discussed in polite conversation, and are only breezed through in university lectures.

They are, among others,

- the story of a sixth-grade pupil whose intellectual exploration the teacher dismisses as hubris.

- the story of an educator who finds he has more questions than answers.

- the story of a development advocate who isn't quite convinced he's advocating the right approach to development.

- the story of a storyteller in a land where stories are considered distractions from the necessary tasks of daily drudgery.

If the list seem's self centered, I'm afraid that's because a writer is limited by his formative experiences.

On the other hand, that's the point, isn't it?

The entire philosophy of focusing on "Other Stories" is summed up in the act of saying "Hey, look! My story is important too!"

Not because I have unusually important stories to tell, but because we all do.

In the end, the philosophy of "Other Stories" is about empowerment.

My story is important. Your story is important. These other stories that routinely get ignored? They matter.

They say the pen has a power that is far greater than the sword.

Here's to spreading that power a bit.

Here's to...

... the other stories.
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Blog EntryRecent ThoughtsJul 31, 2009
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loveslabyrinth wrote on Aug 18, '09
howdy??? =)
chips0009 wrote on Jul 5, '09
hi kuya rem... musta? busy na mxdo ang lyf anoh? hehehehhe..
diwanggising wrote on May 13, '09
RE de Leon has been taken offline courtesy of Typhoon Emong and hopes to be back ASAP. For now, however, please don't anticipate any quick replies. I'm only stealing a few minutes on an out of town PC
loveslabyrinth wrote on May 5, '09
ic... natext na po kita... bigay ko na lang num ko para sure 0917 533 3779
loveslabyrinth wrote on May 5, '09
hi kuya rem! ok naman po ako... tinext kita last time, kukunin sana kitang ninong, kaso la ka reply...
meguielle wrote on May 2, '09
Kuya Rem! Sino sa mga contacts mo ang navs na sa tingin mo ay hnd ko kilala? Hehe. Ung mga batch cguro sa navs na hnd ko naabutan sa lb.. Invite ko lng sa groups. Thanks. =)
diwanggising wrote on Apr 30, '09
Will try a batch tonight po. :-D
ladylev89 wrote on Apr 30, '09
kuya..
san na yung grup pics??
and yung mountain trailing?? =D
chips0009 wrote on Apr 28, '09
Kuya Rem ^-^
nyaaa...
dyoolyan wrote on Apr 27, '09
thanks for the pictures. dati puro prom pics lang from friends ako. ngaun may davao na din!
diwanggising wrote on Apr 26, '09
All grabbing is fine, and post-editing is fine too, with the only request being credits po. :-D
selahpraise0490 wrote on Apr 26, '09
hi kuya!nag-grab ako ng mga pics... =)
tnx for them po...wish i had a camera like yours..hehe

God bless..
gamesthatplayus wrote on Apr 24, '09
Kuya I grabbed some pics ah. :D
diwanggising wrote on Apr 23, '09
huhuhuhu, akyat kayo La Union! :-S Sige na, sige na! :-D
mjoycepv wrote on Apr 23, '09
kuya rem miss ka na namin.. slamat sa pagupload.. bukas nsa manila na kmi.. yey!!
diwanggising wrote on Apr 22, '09
Day 2 coverage is now complete with Batch 5. Batch 6's upload tomorrow will conclude coverage of the Camp Alano portion of the Camp. Batch 7 and up will be Eden, and some pre and post-camp shots.
diwanggising wrote on Apr 22, '09
takes even longer. hehe. Pwede i-LBC ko sayo yung complete files. hehe.
lenzkydai wrote on Apr 22, '09
hey, what if kung iemail mo saken yung iba then I'll help you upload it. Wala lang I just want to see if it works :D
diwanggising wrote on Apr 22, '09
As of the moment, there are 2,385 Images in various stages of preparation. 1,433, however, are still raw images. So that number will go down as I remove blurred, overexposed, or underexposed shots. On the other hand, if I feel some images ought to be split into two, we might see that number rise as I split images. We'll see. Batch 3 and 4 (Day 2 PM are being uploaded right now...forgive me, Multiply's autouploader is slowwww.)
diwanggising wrote on Apr 22, '09
Hi Chips! :-D
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