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Alya B. HonasanArticles

She is a freelance writer, editor, breast cancer and depression survivor, environmental advocate, dog mother to three asPins and a three-legged pusPin, and BTS Army Tita. She is an occasional online English writing coach and grammar nazi, and is happily blowing her hard-earned money on scuba-diving while she can still carry an air tank.
    I’m missing BTS in LA
    Passions and ObsessionsVideo
    October 29, 2021

    I’m missing BTS in LA

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Jimin in ‘Permission to Dance’ (BigHit Entertainment FB) I’M writing this after watching yet another uplifting online concert by my…
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    Prof. Eric Torres: My English teacher
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    October 1, 2021

    Prof. Eric Torres: My English teacher

    By Alya B. Honasan
    In attendance during the tribute to Prof. Torres were his US-based brother Alfredo Torres, as well as colleagues, students, and mentees…
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    PH theater not giving up: ‘This world, these conditions—this is our story’
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    August 16, 2021

    PH theater not giving up: ‘This world, these conditions—this is our story’

    By Alya B. Honasan
    IT was in the midst of a kerfuffle over the comments of a young indie film director (who was never quite heard from again, it seems)—that…
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    Must dolphins dance to BTS <br> if they’re not free?
    Commentary
    July 19, 2021

    Must dolphins dance to BTS
    if they’re not free?

    By Alya B. Honasan
    VIEWERS had mixed reactions to a recent Facebook post by Ocean Adventure Subic, featuring both trained animals and staff dancing to the BTS…
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    If sharks go, we go
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    July 13, 2021

    If sharks go, we go

    By Alya B. Honasan
    The author in Fiji, with tiger sharks congregating in the background (Photo by Boogs Rosales) FULL disclosure: next to dogs, my favorite…
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    I needed this dive trip to Bohol <br> —as much as Bohol needed me
    Art/Style/Travel Diaries
    July 12, 2021

    I needed this dive trip to Bohol
    —as much as Bohol needed me

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Approaching Balicasag Island, about 30 minutes from Panglao FOR a while there, I thought I had become socially inept. It was like one of…
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    ‘I'm so much more than <br> the bad things that happen to me’
    Persona
    June 11, 2021

    ‘I'm so much more than
    the bad things that happen to me’

    By Alya B. Honasan
    News goes viral on the internet for different reasons, good and bad, but once in a blue moon, a truly beautiful story takes your breath…
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    When friends drift away <br>because of COVID, social distancing
    Persona
    June 4, 2021

    When friends drift away
    because of COVID, social distancing

    By Alya B. Honasan
    IN 2013, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent the whole nine yards of treatment. It was a very trying time, because my family…
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    Listen to Fr. Johnny Go <br> when despair tests your faith
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    March 29, 2021

    Listen to Fr. Johnny Go
    when despair tests your faith

    By Alya B. Honasan
    IT’S our second Holy Week on lockdown, and the feelings of despair and despondency are testing the faith of even the most devout and…
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    How 28-year-old Suga teaches  56-year-old me about mental health
    Persona
    March 9, 2021

    How 28-year-old Suga teaches 56-year-old me about mental health

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Suga on VLive before his surgery in late 2020 LAST March 5, fans of the global Korean-born supergroup BTS were happy to see a special…
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