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Anong Bastos sa Pagsuot ng Flag?

Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 24th, 2008 No Comments »

Two very intelligent sides of the same coin from two very intelligent friends of mine:
Rey’s and Raz’s
but I have to agree with Rey…

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Quotable Quotes from UP Profs

Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 17th, 2008 4 Comments »

tabi-tabi po…trabaho lang, walang personalan…tawa na lang tayo.
ON EDUCATION
“Do not memorize! Analyze!”
– Doc Nic advising her students never to memorize reaction mechanisms
PROF: O, meron na bang nakapunta sa inyong XXX
CLASS: (tahimik)
PROF: (medyo na-disappoint) Ano?! Puro na lang ba kayo aral? Aral na lang kayo ng aral, ha? Wala na kayong napupuntahan kakaaral niyo!
“IE? Di naman [...]

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Kwentong Peyups ni Nonie: How I Nearly Didn’t Study in UP

Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 7th, 2008 3 Comments »

Published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer
Monday, September 8, 2008
To start with, I wasn’t even aware that there was a University of the Philippines. Seriously. Blame it on my promdi Catholic existence. Or my ignorance. Or both.
Having studied in a super strict, ultra conservative Catholic school somewhere in the province of Sta. Rosa, Laguna (back then, [...]

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6K Down the F****N’ Star-Spangled Drain

Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 4th, 2008 No Comments »

I’m not being self-righteous when I say–to quote Jim Carey–“I can’t lie!”
Impromptu lying that is.
It already cost me several times, and the most expensive of which is P6,000, also known as the US Visa application fee.
I was assured by not a few people that the US Embassy was lenient these days because of the [...]

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Marcus, Marcus, Marcus pa rin!

Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2008 2 Comments »

Arbor ng jacket mo Marc…
When I was 6 years old, I had this pin attached to my breast which said, “Marcos pa rin!”, which my father prompted me to remove lest we wanted stones to come our way.
Fast forward to 22 years later, I had another encounter with another Marcos with a ‘u’…
As what you [...]

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