Lucena City, a 4-hour drive from Antipolo, is a city of multitudes. A later excursion deep in the underbelly will make you see how the local government tried- and succeeded in maintaining the old charm and newness of the place. Alongside 7-11 are broas-centered stores. Alongside sprawling malls are the decay of abandoned buildings, still unfazed, but the years of neglect had taken its toll. As one friend pointed out " Lucena fuses the ancient and the contemporary".
We were there for the Regional Schools Press Conference. My third time since I started teaching in a public school. It was, in my opinion, the break, the hiatus, we all deserved. It was a 5-day recuperation. We ( the advisers), squeezed the hours talking, eating, gossiping, looking over our journalists hopefuls, and to some, me particularly,scrounging books in Booksale.
Very eclectic arrays of hard to missed gems.I imagined my collection back home, doing high fives, dusting off the place, to make way to the new addition to the family. If I could marry a store, I'll definitely be monogamous.
Next time, whenever I visit places for RSPC, remind me to bring sacks!
Goldengrove- Francine Prose
Eat, Pray, Love- Elizabeth Gilbert
Natasha- David Bezmozgis
Granta 115 The Feminist issue
Granta 87 The Jubilee issue
Also, in going there, I couldn't pass the thought of not bringing my reading material. One I bought in Booksale Edsa Central and the other in National Bookstore- Victory Park and Shop, Antipolo.
Stargirl- Jerry Spinelli
and
7. Twisted 7 by Jessica Zafra ( 777! whoah!)
So instead of buying the native products of Lucena, I panic-bought these books because as I always say " My
instinct told me to buy these. "
Xoxo,
Ryan
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