it's finally out

the research journal i worked my pretty *ss off editing and layouting. i started work on it in 2007. aaand when i got the first copy from the publishing house this afternoon i saw a caption typo, one that i didn't see before, because i focused too much on the referencing and grammar and such. totally my fault. grrr. sorry, i just had to let it out. hmm. it made me remember a dalisay story. ohwell. i really should learn to let go of the grrr feelings and hope that nobody else notices or will care about the typo (or typos, if i missed more than one, and i hope not) too much. hahaha. anyway, the book will be launched next week thursday, organized and hosted by yours truly.

i'd like to thank our student assistant tang (nahihiya daw siya) for modelling the book for these photos.


*note: i didn't pick the cover color, my boss did. i wanted an off-white background, but since he wanted some black-gold-black-white, well, there 'tis. and it was too bad we could only afford to have it printed in mono because it has some really nice pictures. another ohwell.

okay, now for some details. a short something from the invitation reads:

We would like to invite you to the launching of the book PA-Riles: the UST-CCMF Tondo Youth Community Development Program Participatory Action Research Experience on August 20, 2009, from 4:00-6:00 PM at the Grand Hall of the University of Santo Tomas Museum Mezzanine Level, UST Main Building. In addition, the documentary film on the Tondo Youth Development Program, titled “Daang Bakal: Buhay at Pag-asa” will also be launched and shown.

PA-Riles is a process documentation of the Participatory Action Research project of the University of Santo Tomas (through the Office for Community Development), the Consuelo Chito Madrigal Foundation (CCMF), and the youth of Barangay 228, Tondo, Manila , from June 2004 up to May 2007.

there you go. i'm crossing my fingers things in the coming week will go smoothly for the launch. (this is a really big office thing.) wish me luck. :)