WE HAD a little fun a few minutes past midnight last weekend at the flea market in GenSan’s Paskuhan Festival. All six of us, physics majors, decided to have a Christmas challenge where in 20 minutes?we had to buy gifts that only cost?20 pesos. The gift had to have a special meaning?to the recipient.
It was [...]
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ANOTHER BAD news:
Marcie loses her wallet
Primary suspect: fellow LET passer
STILL PISSED?off with PRC, we decided to take our lunch after the chaos called Oathtaking Cermonies of Professional Teachers?last Saturday.
Just before we ordered, we realized that Marcie’s bag was missing. Not so long after, my friend and fellow physics major decided that she had left at [...]
BAD NEWS first:
PRC spoils my day
FOR THE nth time now, the staff of the (un)Professional Regulatory Board Regulation Commision pissed me off. This time, it happened during the Oathtaking Ceremonies pulled off for new professional teachers at the Notre Dame of Dadiangas University.
For entrants into the world of work, the day of making a promise [...]
MY FILIPINO blog, Batang Kalye has now a new layout!
I also have a new post, which discusses the value of a person. I wrote it two days after reading a comment on my tagboard there. It was not written in defense of myself but as my insight on how we view our fellowmen. It’s my [...]
HAD I been born in a different circumstance, I would have been a monk.
My experiences in life have taught me that happiness comes to one who?has learned to control his desires, or, in a deeper sense, practice self-abnegation.
I have thought about it as many times as I have been in?very long?queues. Imagine, if you lose [...]
ALL THREE entries of Alabel National Science High School bagged the championship in the recently concluded 2007 Regional Intel Philippines Science Fair.
Me (in white polo) with my students (from L-R) Jasper, Eula, Eilaine, Liezel,
Charles, Robert, Lianne, & Myreal.
In the Life Sciences category Robert Ramos’ study on the removal and recovery of Copper ions?from wastewater got [...]
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WE ARE hosting the 2007 Intel Philippines Regional Science Fair, which will formally begin tomorrow December 7 to 8.
We are expecting around 50 participants to present their research studies tomorrow.? We have two teams competing in the Applied Science and Life Science category. Robert, whose tarp I designed, competes in the Applied Science Category.
The theme [...]
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I HAVE been quite busy these past few days. No, not with school but with my other “extra” activities. The great weekend I had?is like an antidote?for? all the stress I was going through.
My family?went to the nearby beach and?had our breakfast by the seashore. To say that it was great is an understatement.
Ladol Beach [...]
I WANTED to draw your attention to this important petition that I recently signed:
“Return the Land of the Sumilao Farmers!”
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sumilaofarmers?e
I’ve read about on Sir Hecky’s blog.
I really think this is an important cause, and I’d like to encourage you to add your signature, too. It’s free and takes less than a minute of your time.
Thanks!
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IT'S SARANGANI's 16th Foundation Anniversary. Watch out for updates on the MunaTo Festival 2008, November 27-29, 2008 at the Sarangani Provincial Capitol Park, Alabel, Sarangani Province.
MunaTo is a B'laan word, which means First People, referring to the relics found in Maitum, Sarangani Province that implies the existence of an ancient civilization there in about 500 BC.
