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

The Asian Center will be observing a four-day workweek from 5 May to 29 May 2014 in compliance with a memorandum issued by UP President Alfredo E. Pascual.

Office hours for the Asian Center will run from Mondays to Thursdays, 7:30 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. It will be closed on all Fridays of the month (May 9, 16, 23, and 30).

The Asian Center library will be open Mondays to Thursdays, 7:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon, and from 1:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.

For more information on the UP President’s memo, download it here. Photo courtesy of the Diliman Information Office.