My name is Allan Paolo Barazon, and I
live in a town 10 miles from suburban Manila (in the Philippines). I'm a
sophomore computer science student, and on the side I'm also a freelance graphic
artist. When I'm not busy with school and work, I keep a diary,
sometimes creating short poems, stories and essays; I've also edited school and
community newsletters. When not writing, I'm into
music---whether pounding chords on the piano or strumming some tunes on the
guitar.
I'm also a cineaste, and I usually watch
classic and art films (whether foreign movies or Filipino films). My biggest
showbiz crush is the Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi; it was from her that I derived
my on-line pseudonym, "ziyiManiac", and it was on a fan site that I first posted
my poems under that alias. It was also from her movie "The Road Home" (directed
by Zhang Yimou) where I derived inspiration for some of my poems, including
those that I have submitted.