‘Fresh milk and a kapok tree’
That’s the title of my debut article with Code Red Magazine, a family-oriented quarterly publication of the Salesians of Don Bosco.
I’ve been itching to make the announcement but I decided to wait until the article was actually on print. Didn’t want to be presumptuous.
For those who are curious about how I get my writing gigs… e-mail. The offer to write a bi-weekly op-ed column in Manila Standard Today came via e-mail. The Code Red assignment, well… the editor couldn’t find my e-mail address so she left a comment on this blog. By “editor”, I mean Carol who is also a part of Pinoy Moms Network.
What’s so special about writing for Code Red? Well, it’s the second step towards bringing my blogs on print. I blog about three things mainly: law and government; food; and family and parenting. The law and government part became my op-ed column for Manila Standard Today. And now, the family and parenting articles will come out with the quarterly issues of Code Red. The only thing that still has to see print is the food part. That will happen when I publish my cookbook — which, by the way, is finished but I am still trying to find the best publishing deal I can find because I don’t want to feel like I’m getting ripped off.
Of course, I also do a lot of photography. But my photos on print? I’m not that presumptuous. 
Well, unless it counts that a photo I took was published with ‘Fresh milk and a kapok tree’. That’s Alex and Speedy standing in front of an ancient kapok tree in U.P. Los Baños. 
What’s the big deal about getting on print, anyway? It’s just another medium, actually, but it also means being able to reach an audience beyond the blog readers. That, alone, makes it special.
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26 Responses to “‘Fresh milk and a kapok tree’”We feast everyday!
Hehe I had a feeling it was Code Red Magazine. You truly deserve to shine out to print media. Congrats.
Way to go Ms. Connie!
Salamat, salamat.
Congratulations Connie! That’s a remarkable achievement. Keep it up!
Thanks, Rach.
Woohoo! Congratulations, Connie
Congratulations! Now you’re a published photographer too
sayang, the article isn’t available online.
uy congrats with the Code Red… and congrats na din with finishing the cookbook… Let us know when it’s “out” ha?
Congrats, Connie! Yeah, I’ve seen that picture in one of your entries. The tree, the pic… both awesome.
cheers to you, miss sassy
Congratulations Ate Connie!
I remembered your article that you said your mom wanted you to take journalism. It’s amazing that you ended up doing something connected to journalism after all.
Thank you ulit. I’ll post the article in the blog in the future.
Maalala ko, some of my photos were published in Manila Standard before with two Life & Travel articles and once on the front page.
I’m getting ulyanin. hehehe O, excited lang.
I’ll say it again, glad to have you on board, Connie. It’s a pleasure to have your words and photo on our pages.
Christianne, the article isn’t available online so you guys will go out and buy the magazine
Bravo! Another achievement for you. Seeing our byline in print gives us another type of high, doesn’t it. And it simply means you got a lot to share .. and share it in a stylish way. Way to go, Connie.
congratulations connie. you truly deserve it.
looking forward to your cookbook.
congrats Connie! that’s a sure way of getting across to more people, who i am sure will learn a lot from you. as to the cookbook, good luck! hope you will be able to find the best publisher.
Salamat.
Alam n’yo, this is probably the incentive — and inspiration — I needed to write even better. All of a sudden, I have a hundred topics inside my head to write about hehehe
Carol, thanks for the opportunity.
wow! congrats! its really good when you have a talent/skill in writing.
and what a small world! our company was the one who created the website of Code Red Magazine! visit http://www.coderedmag.com.ph. = )
congrats Connie
Way to go, Connie! And I shall look forward to the cookbook!
Carol: I was going to buy a copy of the magazine at the Quezon Ave branch of National Bookstore, but it wasn’t available daw. Where else can I buy?
Hey – that’s a huge kapok tree! I didn’t know they grew so large – almost like a California redwood. One day, we shall visit your tree in UPLB. Funny, my wife and I used to date there eons ago but I never saw that tree. Must have been busy with other things.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi, Chateau. I’ve been told that the March issue has been delivered to National Q.A. and other branches already. By the way, each branch only gets a very limited number of copies.
Truly, you’re a Renaissance woman!
Love that photo of yours, by the way.
Hi Carol. I will check tomorrow then! Thanks
Have you tried the carabao milk products at UPLB? There’s a branch of the Philippine Carabao Center here (just before you pass the bridge going to DTRI, on your left). I like their milk-o-gel and yogurt comes in different flavors.
Gay
Gay, thanks, time to go to UPLB. And soon.