February 2012
3 posts
Winning elections isn’t just about getting more seats than our opponents, it’s about getting a mandate to shape the future.
I hope KAMPI will teach us to stand our ground, explain our future decisions, face down our possible critics and together we will achieve victory through adversity.
We will hold on together. We will stay united. We will come through the fire as one.
We...
Empty houses
I write this one Saturday in February, on a week when the crime stories have forced their way into the daily seven-o’clock newscasts in spite of the impeachment of the Chief Justice. This is Manila, where priests promise love and success and jobs overseas to the souls who touch the cross of the Black Nazarene.
The sun burns hot here, melts the skin off electric posts and strikes bright white...
The Winning Smile
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Super nakakakilig… :)
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When I was still teaching in the University of the Philippines Los Baños, I used to tell my students the story about how I met a stranger on a bus, as an example of an autobiographical report. Semester after semester, the reactions I got were always the same: kilig. Here goes:
It was a Monday night. I boarded an HM bus in Cubao after my evening class...
January 2012
34 posts
“Like what most people say, a flower will grow and bloom on its own good time....”
– Aina, Happiness 101, Youngblood, 1/19/12
“I have come to accept that quitting isn’t always a sign of weakness and that...”
– Portia Silva, Stuck in transition, Youngblood, 1/25/12
“Manalig sa PANGINOON…..wag sa DRAGON.”
– Cristine Benavides, my former classmate in BS Bio
“para kanino ka bumabangon? mamasahe ng mahal para bayaran ang gasolina ng mga...”
– tangina this
Nang dahil sa unan at kumot. . . .
Nagpunta tayo sa lamay ng lolo niya. Hindi ka nga nagsasalita kasi may ilang factor kayong dalawa. The whole time we were there nakaupo ka lang nang tahimik. At nakikinig sa aming mga kulitan. Parang ikaw pa yong namatayan sa inaakto mo.
Matapos ang mga kwentuhan at kulitan nating magkakaklase, nilapitan niya ako. Konting kwento. Sabi niya, sabay turo sa kinauupuan kong mahaba at kahoy na upuan,...
“Tupas is right: A chief justice has to have the caliber of an Abad Santos and...”
– Conrado de Quiros, Day One, There’s the Rub, 1/17/12
“Happiness is like a switch; when to turn it on or off is within our control, we...”
– Aina, Happiness 2011, Youngblood, 1/19/2012
“Do not settle for an “MU’’ type of relationship—an open relationship, as some...”
– Ana Catalina Paje, Pag-ibig 101, Youngblood, 1/9/12
The show must go on
He stands on the steps of the Supreme Court, dressed in black, surrounded by a crowd of supporters chanting his name.
I love you too, says Chief Justice Renato Corona.
The Chief Justice is arrogant. Perhaps arrogance is necessary to become the man whose business is truth, but he is a brave man as well. He has chosen to stand against a President who has the power to diminish the Judiciary. If...
“..may nagsabi noon sa akin, na ang pulitika daw.. ay para kang namimingwit,...”
– Maureen Seo
Message to Noli from Mr. PhD
Re: Status last January 8, 2012 “Wag masyadong maging caring sa babae kung ayaw mamisinterpret. Thin hair lang ang difference ng pagiging friendly sa pagiging flirt. Mabilis ang pagrelease ng oxytocin. At iba mag-interpret ang babae kaysa lalaki. I protect my female friends from fishers. If we are allowed to voice our opinions and so to make judgments, whether correct or not.” ...
Women, From A Guy Who Loves One
by Akoposijayson
Mula sa chart ng human reproductive organs, na madalas idikit sa blackboard ng iyong Biology teacher, hanggang sa signage ng mga public comfort rooms, men and women are always portrayed as the same kind, but light years apart when it comes to similarity. Halos pareho pero sobrang mag-kaiba. Anlabo ba? Kasi tignan mo:
(a) Parehas kayong tao, parehas kayo ng nationality,...
Pulitika. Pilipino. Pilipinas.
Maraming mali sa desisyon at pamamalakad ng gobyerno. Maraming pulitiko ang patuloy na umaabuso sa puwesto at umuubos sa kakarampot na pondo ng bayang pinagkaitan ng pagbabago. Maraming naka-barong na buwaya at mandarambong sa Batasan na kailanman ay hindi mapaparusahan dahil sa lakas ng kanilang impluwesiya at kapangyarihan. Sa kabila nito, maraming Pilipino ang patuloy na nagbubulagbulagan at...
Feeling Ko: A Guide If He's Straight
Until 1am kasama ko si Kuya Rocky sa SB UN. From 5pm-1am isang kaso lang natapos kong mabasa (dinaldal niya kasi ako ng dinaldal). I am such a loser.
Buti na lang we had a good conversation. Having millions of PhD’s I’ve learned so much from him. Iba talaga mag-isip at magrason ang mga psyc at philo people.
Sabi niya sa mga pag-uusap na hinihingi ang opinyon ng isang lalaki, kapag...
Halagang 40K na Pagkahumaling
Chinat mo ko. You’re asking a favor. Gusto mong magbigay ng gift kay Des. Thru me. Hindi magiging halata kasi siya ang kamonito-monita ko last xmas. Kumbaga extension. Pwedeng lumusot ang idea. I thought simpleng regalo lang. Dress lang nabanggit mo sa chat. Okay. Naiintindihan ko ang dynamics ng crush crush na yan, ng secret admirer chuchubels. Dinaanan mo sa school. In fairness may bago ka...
“Love is not a matter of having but a matter of being.”
– Felipe Balingit (my psychotic classmate who has hundreds of PhD’s, I am seroius)
We fervently pray...
IT may not have been a really disappointing year but it was neither exactly the year we dreamt of. After the raised expectations of 2010, the year 2011 just seemed to get worse the further it went on. War raged on. Crimes continued to be committed with impunity. Strong winds blew with ferocity, and rains fell, triggering deadly floods. And bad things just kept happening due to either human...
“Time is like a cone of ice cream, sweet but can melt in our hands. another year...”
– Paige Bandelaria, (my friend in PLM College of Medicine)
“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
– Andy Dufresne, Shawshank Redemption
This 2012, we hope…
December 2011
42 posts
“Lord more challenges in 2012, please. As in more and more and more. Yung siksik,...”
– Noliver, 2012
““Tumingin ka sa palibot sa mga kaibigan mo o kaopisina, sabi ng Writer.
...”
– Para Kay B, Ricky Lee
“You don’t have to wait for new year to change.”
– Rainne Reyes
Sa Muling Pagdaupang-PALAD
May lagpas dalawang taon na rin kitang hindi nakikita. Siguro doktor ka na ngayon. Parang kailan lang lagi kang nagpapasama sa kin sa mga lakad mo. Pati na rin sa condong yon. Sa totoo lang dun talaga tayo naging malapit sa isa’t isa. Sa condong yon.
Hindi ko nga alam kung anong nagustuhan ko sa ‘yo. Wala namang ispesyal sa itsura mo. Bagamat matangkad ka at maganda ang mga ngipin,...
What is the most promising part of your life that...
Yan ang tanong na nabunot ko noong 2007 Mr. and Ms. College of Science q and a portion. Ngumiti ako after basahin nung mc ang tanong. Ngiting aso. Ngiting akala mo alam na alam talaga ang sagot. Pero sa loob-loob ko, bakit ganun, yong nauna sa kin ang tanong sa kanya “what makes you blush?”. Ang sagot pa nga niya blush on. Joke time ata tong q and a. Iba-iba ng degree of difficulty ang...
MRT diary
You can meet a lot of people in public markets, but you can be too preoccupied to even notice them. You might encounter a number of strangers in a jampacked bus, but you can barely see their faces. You can be seated inside a jeepney with more than a dozen other people, but the noise, heat, and pollution are a big distraction. It is only in the MRT that you can read people’s faces and know...
We really do not need others to tell us what we can do. We have the power to start something that can change even just our small corner of the world. Every scene that is played out in front of our eyes is an opportunity to let the hero inside of us out. We have within us the power to bring positive changes in the lives of others. Yes, we are the change. So let us be.
- Louise Marie R....
I think one dose of youngblood entry would be enough for a day’s inspiration. Nakakapanghinayang lang na recent lang naging available online ang youngblood articles, this 2011 lang. Nagstart ito, as far as I can remember, 1993 0r 1994. I bought the three compilations of these articles. Paulit-ulit ko ring binabasa. I shared the books to Claire and Emae. Ang ganda kasi ng mga kwento. Iba...
Second best
Is it everyone’s dream to be No. 1?
Honestly, I don’t know.
All my life I can remember only three instances when I landed on the first spot. The first came during grade school when I bested the whole class in our spelling contest. It was not a big event, just a class exercise, but I really felt proud of my accomplishment. I got the right spelling of the word “school.”
The second time I...
Mr. Imperfect
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A must read for girls out there. So cheesy.
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One day I hope to meet an imperfect man who will seem perfect to me from time to time.
He will not be the best I have ever met, but he will be great when I need him to be. He will hold my hand when we cross the street and make sure I stay on the safe side of the road. He will kiss me goodnight before I go to sleep, and he will...
Recharged
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Sobrang naka-relate ako rito. Sobra.
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I was born into a family that leaves unspoken some meaningful words like “Thank you,” “I love you” and even “Happy birthday!” Our father, a strict disciplinarian, probably had much to do with it. We have distanced ourselves from everything sweet, mushy and cuddly. But still our home is filled with the familiar noise of a typical...
It's Christmas time, if you would be sent to CDO...
I remember a question similar to this and of course my basis for drafting the question. The Q and A in the Mr. and Ms. Medicine in 2009.
As a doctor, you would be sent to Maguindanao, how would you comfort the families of the victims of the Maguindanao Massacre?
The question was quite difficult. And I am expecting so much from the contestants knowing that they are would-be doctors.
The winning...