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They call it the “Quarterlife Crisis.” It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are a lot of things about yourself that you didn’t know and may not like.

You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now.
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April 29, 2004

Nick Joaquin: A Great Journalist, A Great Filipino

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines mourns the death of Nick Joaquin, National Artist for Literature and one of the country’s preeminent journalists.
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A magazine that Nick Joaquin (1917-2004) used to edit asked me to write a short statement on his death. Below is the full text of that statement. Thank you. - Danilo Araña Arao, Professor, UP College of Mass Communication

The death of a person is always an occasion for remembering how he or she lived. As the nation mourns the death of Nicomedes “Nick” Joaquin (aka Quijano de Manila) on April 29, 2004 at the age of 86, we remember his vast contribution not just to fiction writing but also to Philippine journalism.
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Pumanaw habang natutulog ang Pambansang Alagad ng Sining na si Nick Joaquin, na kilala rin bilang Quijano de Manila.

Nakumpirma ko ang malungkot na balita sa kapwa niya manunulat at peryodistang si Prof. Luis Teodoro.

Narito rin ang ulat ng INQ7.
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