The Miseducation of the Filipino

This essay by Renato Constantino is so ironic. He keeps on promoting the Filipino language and says that teaching in English is somewhat toxic. Then why the hell did he present his arguments in English? Shouldn't he had written it in Filipino?

Other than that, the essay was very relevant, interesting, and meaningful. You should read it when you have the time. Lots of free time.

This could come in handy.

Seminars

I should get used to that. It's better that way. They say you learn more things in attending forums and seminars more than attending your classes. [But yeah, you should still attend your classes. Forums and seminars aren't credited.] Only if I can convince my college acquaintances/friends to do so too. :)) That would be so beneficial to them.

On a completely different note, seminar is not equal to seminary.

Work work...

College suddenly became really stressful. WTF? I'm just a freshman. FRESHman. Ibig sabihin dapat hindi pa pinapahirapan para magstay fresh for the rest of the year :-" Pero whyyyyy. @_@

I'm now a coordinator of this seminar thingy on Essentials of Leadership. Basically, it's a leadership seminar, but how can I become a coordinator of such a seminar if I haven't even been to a single leadership seminar in my entire life? @_@ It's not graded. It's not even for school, but something in it makes you guilty if you wouldn't do a good job. The community that handles it is a very Christian community called Opus Dei. [You can research about that. I don't have time to explain for now] It would seem like a SIN to not cooperate. :| But wait, there's more. There's a 10 o'clock mass on Saturday in honor of Opus Dei's patron saint, St. Josemaria Escriva. The thing is, I have this orientation seminar with AIESEC [an int'l org] from 9 to 11. :| If I don't go to the seminar, I would be missing a lot - programs, activities, FRIENDS. If I DO go to the seminar, I would again seem to be a sinner to choose the seminar over going to mass. :| What a dilemma!

Anyway, I have more important things to do right now than blogging. [Sorry blog :(] I have to go now. This English 1 creative essay won't write itself!

On a completely different note, I, together with two friends, saw Windsor and Karen eating lunch. So we hung around for a while. When we parted with Windsor and Karen, my friends were like, "Girlfriend?" =))))) Nah. I don't think they are.

...or are they? :-?

Where to eat?

This time we tried having lunch at the Economics building. Why? They have air-con. B-)

Too bad the food was pretty expensive... and unappetizing. Rodic's is way better. [Best tapsilog ever!!] Then again, it's also a bit expensive... Then it's down to that pasta place by the main library. :))

Now, where should I eat tomorrow?

On a completely different note... nakita ko si Miss Mariel kanina sa Ortigas. \:D/ Mas weird na yung hair nya. @_@

Something weird happened.

But I'm not quite sure what it was.

Cyclists

I'm too tired/lazy to make an actual blog post. :))

Quote nalang...

"Best friends are siblings that God forgot to give you"

Wala lang. Naaliw ako eh bat ba. =))

Freshie

It's really convenient to have someone you know as a blockmate. Better yet, if he you have the same classes everyday. You wouldn't need to make a schedule since you could just copy and paste, like what I did above. :))

There are some cons though, but I wouldn't want to expound on that. :))

On a completely different note, parang si Miss Mary-Arr ung prof ko sa geog. :)) Seryoso. @-) Nakakamiss tuloy.

Weeeeeeed!

We went all the way from Diliman to Ortigas just to get our hands on some milk tea. :))

On a completely different note, there was a fire in UP last night, causing all the Palma Hall classes to be suspended today and yesterday. Two of my classes were there, so I only took one class today. :))

Kikomachine

UP life has been really awesome so far. The only downside is that you're so tired to do anything by the end of the day. I've only been going to UP regularly for three days and I've had so many experiences already I could make a comic book! Well, if I had the skill to make one. Too bad I'm not a good artist.

On a side not, Physics 10 was awesome. Air-con room! And the prof dismissed us 30 minutes early :)) I think I'll be liking Physics. It has the nicest building among my classes. :)) And they say it's really easy too [It's not your typical high school physics. It's an easier version, more on astronomy even]