Mae Astrid Tobias 1979-2009 (Updated)
Over Saturday dinner at a friend's place, someone said, "Come Monday, stocks are sure to go up 'coz of the Wall Street rally. No ghost month this year!" Sure enough, the local stock market did go up yesterday by about 5%.
So maybe the stock market is finding traction even in this lousy economic climate and during ghost month, but the local writing community is not, having lost another young writer, Mae Astrid Tobias (as learned via The Spy In The Sandwich), following on the heels of this earlier loss.
My condolences to her family and friends.
Update: Some added info from School Librarian In Action:
"Her remains lie in state at the Paket Santiago Memorial Homes in San Roque, Marikina City. KUTING, the premiere organization of children's writers in the Philippines, will be in charge of the necrological services tonight. There will be a mass at 7 PM after which, the program remembering Ms. Tobias' life and works will commence. She was KUTING's President from 2004-2006."
Further info here.
So maybe the stock market is finding traction even in this lousy economic climate and during ghost month, but the local writing community is not, having lost another young writer, Mae Astrid Tobias (as learned via The Spy In The Sandwich), following on the heels of this earlier loss.
My condolences to her family and friends.
Update: Some added info from School Librarian In Action:
"Her remains lie in state at the Paket Santiago Memorial Homes in San Roque, Marikina City. KUTING, the premiere organization of children's writers in the Philippines, will be in charge of the necrological services tonight. There will be a mass at 7 PM after which, the program remembering Ms. Tobias' life and works will commence. She was KUTING's President from 2004-2006."
Further info here.
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