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Photo: Jake Letts’s reflection. Jake is our favorite model in this series because we can’t figure out what he’s thinking. True he may be thinking, “I must get out of here”, but he makes you wonder anyway.

Winners, actually, we have two. But first, a story from my childhood (groan).

When I was in grade school I hated the phrase, “Give chance to others.” It is a literal and awkward translation of “Bigyan natin ng pagkakataon ang iba.” It meant that even if you were the student most qualified for something, you had to give way to the next most qualified student because the school wanted to avoid any hint of favoritism. This also prevented you from having an excess of self-esteem (Too late for that, teacher) while promoting self-esteem in your peers. I decided that when I grew up (which mentally hasn’t happened yet) I would do nothing of the kind.

Which is why the winners of LitWit Challenge 3.9 are two contest regulars who have won half a dozen previous challenges between them. Momelia and dibee, congratulations on winning this one. dibee gets The Third Brother by Nick McDonell and Snark by David Denby. Momelia gets Twelve by Nick McDonell and Showbiz Lengua by Pete Lacaba. (You can trade prizes if you like.) You can pick up your prizes any time at National Bookstore in Power Plant Mall, Rockwell, Makati.

The Weekly LitWit Challenge is brought to you by our friends at National Bookstore. Stay tuned for the next LitWit Challenge.

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This week’s Jock With A Book is Oliver Saunders of the Philippine Volcanoes, the national men’s rugby team.*

Where’s the book?

We forgot it.

That we remembered to take the picture after our synapses were fried is a feat in itself.

We are expecting a new batch of Jock With A Book photos. You’ll love them. Meanwhile please bear with this one; I know you would’ve preferred someone reading the Pevear-Volokhonsky translation of War and Peace in hardcover.

*Maybe we should call this feature Rugby Player With A Book, but what if we manage to take shots of Federal Naderer reading?

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Newsflash, I just got the photos of the next Jock With A Book. You need to start preparing your retinas, you don’t want them to combust.