Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand 
why the old poets of China went so far
and high 
into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

News @ UP Asian Center

The UP Asian Center will hold a public lecture, "Changing Organizational Culture: Developing Creativity in a Government Workplace," on 25 November 2019, 1:30 – 4 pm at the UP Asian Center, QC.

A lecture-exhibit, “Alas ng Bayan: Women, Heroism and Memory” will open on 25 November, 10 am, and will run until 27 November 2019, at the UP Asian Center, QC. The event is free and open to the public.

The UP Asian Center will be organizing a lecture and tea tasting, Blue Tea in Southeast Asia, on 19 November 2019, 3:00 pm–4:30 pm, at the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. The event is free and open to the public, but seating is first-come, first-served. Participants are encouraged to sign up.

The UP Asian Center will hold the "Asia 4.0: The 2019 Graduate Students' Conference" on 23 November 2019 at the UP Asian Center, QC. The event is free and open to the public.

The UP Asian Center will be holding a rountable, "Regional Integration and Cooperation in Asia," on 14 November 2019, 3–5 pm, at the UP Asian Center, QC. The event is free and open to the public.