Student of the Week

We don’t need to water cactus all the time. And the most important thing is we can use it as a weapon to hurt our enemies. -Eric on Benefits of Taking Care of a Cactus

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ― Aristotle

Student of the Week

Teacher: What do you enjoy doing with your family? Karen: Shopping because I don’t need to pay for anything.  

“Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

September Articles

I’ve got another article published in Thought Catalog: Even if you aren’t into anime, you should watch ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’.  [https://thoughtcatalog.com/prex-j-d-v-ybasco/2017/09/even-if-you-arent-into-anime-you-should-watch-the-seven-deadly-sins/] I don’t know why but I had thought ‘7 Reasons to Watch ‘The Seven Deadly Sins” was a better fitting title but they changed it. Then again, the more important point is, it…

The world in which we live is the only world about which our senses can testify. Unless it is made a better world, a fairer world, millions will continue to go to their graves silent, saddened, and embittered. Abraham Flexner 

August Articles

Still by far the best confession in anime lol (gif is not mine btw). I have just finished Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (鋼の錬金術師, はがねのれんきんじゅつし) and arrived at a conclusion that Japanese animation is the best way to get over dramas. This month, I have a couple of articles I highly enjoyed reading |discussing with a couple…

Burning the Handbook of Mortals?

As a published author, I am proud of every star, review (positive or negative), and every dollar my novel and articles earn. This recent case about a book making it to the New York Time’s Best Seller’s list has just intensified this pride. Instead of dousing my desire to write because any nameless writer can…