Asean Integration & this NBDB-fail

I have no love lost for the National Book Development Board (NBDB). Never cared for it as an institution, never felt its presence important. In fact the few times I cared enough to attend its annual literary festival, it was unthinkingly called MILF (Manila International Literary Festival), which anyone literate should know also stands for Mothers I Love to F*%#.

At least that year’s MILF worked with a theme and title based on a Philippine novel and called itself “The Great Philippine Book Café.” The following year wasn’t as lucky: they decided to call it “The Read Lit District.”