yeah right. asa na lang ako.

na-try ko na pumasok ng holiday at mag-exam ng sunday. nang dahil lang sa bagyo mawawalan kami ng pasok? no way in hell na siguro un.

pero damnit! isa lang class ko bukas. and to think na susugod ako sa baha para lang dun. bullshit!

sana talaga magkaron ng milagro at mawalan kami ng bukas.

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[UPDATE]
10:09:04 pm

waaaah. miracles really do happen. haha. :))

i just received this message from a friend:

"to all UPd students.. Ched has announced suspension of classes tom for all levels including college in metro manila. UP diliman shall follow the announcement. sure na walang pasok sa UP dil. got this from the OIC."

weeeeeeh~! ang saya saya talaga.

totoo na 'toh.

NO CLASSES TOMORROW!!!

Labels: bagyo

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:46:00 06/20/2008
Most Read
Opinion

On the third day of classes in the hundredth year of the University of the Philippines (UP), a freshman from Cotabato province, a Chemistry major at UP in Diliman, Quezon City , had to drop out. Together with his father, the brokenhearted young man went to see each of his instructors to have his subjects invalidated.

While his Math 17 instructor was deleting his name from the class list, I could see the poverty, desperation, anger and sense of resignation in their faces. It was not the disappointment of winning the lottery and being denied the prize later. The young man is a member of a minority group in Mindanao . Without any connections and in the absence of any socialized admission policy, he qualified as a freshman in the College of Science of UP Diliman, a distinction he earned through intelligence, pure hard work and perseverance amid poverty. But in a few days, father and son are going back to Mindanao for good.

The father explained they could not afford the “socialized” tuition at P600 per unit for students in Bracket C, families whose annual incomes range from P135,001 to P500,000 per annum. The father and son expected to be in Bracket D, families with annual incomes ranging from P80,001 to P135,000. Students in bracket D pay P300 per unit.

UP president Emerlinda Roman seems to be disconnected from reality, or she must be fooling herself by insisting that the new Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP) is fair and proper for an “iskolar ng bayan” [scholar of the nation]. Her family should try living on P6,666.75 a month (which when multiplied by 12—the number of months in a year—equals P80,001, the lower bound of Bracket D incomes).

UP, no longer conscious of its role in society, chooses to ignore the long-term impact of offering greater genuine educational opportunities to the brightest among the poor, who are getting poorer amid the reported economic gains of the country. Socialized admission and tuition fee schemes do not lower academic standards. I’ve had countless students from public schools and far-flung provinces. They come to UP not as well prepared as their counterparts from the best schools in Metro Manila. But many later outshine the sometimes overconfident Manila-raised kids.

After the new STFAP took effect last year, UP is no longer an option for the brightest among the poor. I agree with the cab driver whose daughter qualified for UP Diliman, as narrated in Youngblood (Inquirer, 3/24/08) by Mariel Kierulf Asiddao, a UP Mass Communication student. The cab driver insisted it was ESTIFAK and not STFAP.

NOLI N. REYES, professor, Institute of Mathematics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City

Labels: iskolar ng bayan, up

lol. sasabog na ang UP. haha. amf. lagi pa naman ako dumadaan sa may CS. buti nalang hindi pa ko nasasabugan. hahaha. wala lang. just read below. :D


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June 10 2008

MEMORANDUM NO. CAS 2008-21

To: CS Faculty, Staff, Students and Visitors

From: Caesar Saloma
Dean

SUBJECT: Stray World War II bombs in the National Science Complex

Everyone is advised to use only existing roads and established
pathways inside the National Science Complex. Please do not venture
into various construction sites without securing prior authorization
and guidance from proper authorities.

As of this writing, more than thirty (30) stray WWII bombs have
already been dug up by NSC contractors during the course of their
work in the are where future buildings of the Institute of Chemistry-
Teaching Wing and the National Institute of Physics will be located.
The bombs were buried about a meter deep or less below the ground.

Vice-Chancelor Grace Gregorio has already sought the technical
assistance if the PNP on the matter. The retrieved bombs were turned
over to the UP Diliman Police Force and then brought to the PNP
Explosives Ordinance Division in Camp Karingal.

Thank you for your cooperation.

cc. Chancelor Sergio S. Cao
Vice-Chancelor Cynthia Grace Gregorio


lol. i was asked the same question 3 times in a row kanina. boo freshies! hahaha. :))

i remembered tuloy ung FWA nung freshie pa ko. nag taxi pa kami galing math building kasi super lakas ng ulan nun and hindi namin alam kung san ung theater. haha. XP

anyway, i really hate first day of school. >_< pupunta ka sa classes mo tapos wala naman pa lang profs. damn them. sana man lang may nakapost na hindi sila papasok today. hindi ung nag-iintay ka sa wala. eh SUPER INIT kaya dun sa mga classroom. unless aircon un, syempre ok lang mag-intay. pero NO it's not! grrrrr.. buti na lang tomorrow aircon lahat ng class ko. XD

oh well. so much for that. hehe. nga pala,

hindi pa ko enrolled. hahaha. :))


whoa!!

i never thought that this account still exists. hahaha. i was browsing my friend's site kasi kanina. and then nakita ko na may link with my name. of course i clicked it. then poof! it's my blog pala. haha.

akala ko na-delete ko na 'toh. hehe. but what's odd is i still remember my username and password. haha. my last post here is like last 2007 pa kaya.

anyway, wala lang. sayang naman kaya i'll try posting here again. hehehe. :))

found this on a friendster bulletin board. haha. this should reach the UPd faculty. :D

Whew, the centennial of our beloved university is just a year away! And yet how come I can’t feel the administration’s plan for our 100th year celebration? Maybe they are having problems coming up with things to celebrate our decade of existence as the country’s premiere learning institution. So let me suggest some things that might be done to improve our dear campus in line with the celebration of our one hundredth year in 2008.


CRS V.3
I think most (if not all) UP students would agree with me that the university’s computerized registration system has long been a student’s pain in the… head during registration period. So I’m suggesting constructing a huge tambiolo in the sunken garden, in which all subject slots will be put inside scribed in fancy colored balls. Then all of UP’s students will draw one (whether or not he/she needs the subject he/she gets) and after drawing the balls a bargaining phase will commence where students will bargain the subjects they need with other students, trading slots.


ALTERNATIVE TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS
Personally, I think the board of regents should be abolished because it doesn’t serve the interest of the campus’ students who are the very composition of the university (think kule issue plus TFI). I think it should be replaced with an automated system where everyone will have a say on the decisions made for the university. Who isn’t bored of regents anyway? (Pun intended) With the system I am proposing, every professor, student, janitor-anyone within immediate concern of the university will have power equivalent to their percentage in the university population. The automated system will go like this: You will just have to text POSITION LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME ID NUMBER COLLEGE DEPARTMENT DECISION REASON and send it to outer space! Uhm, err to 1908, I mean then a computer will tabulate the results. Voila! Vox populi, vox Dei.


ADDITIONAL COLLEGES AND COURSES
With the growing diversity and variety of the students’ interests in the campus, I think it is crucial for the university to create the following colleges and courses:


(I) COLLEGE OF ELITISM AND OVERAESTHETICS- This new college might create a problem with the College of Business Administration, College of Mass Communication, College of Arts and Letters and School of Economics as the said colleges might experience an exodus of their students who want to shift to the following courses to be offered by this new college:

(1) BS ABDOMINAL KINETICS- Caters to those students who, when walking, looks like a manananggal that’s about to be divided in half as the swaying of their mid section suggests.
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Belly dancer or Guest relations officers in clubs.

(2) BA SOSYAL STUDIES-Dedicated to students who have passion in climbing the social ladder.
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Social Butterfly

(3) BS FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT-Students under this course will be taught to spend their money like there’s no tomorrow.
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Politicia

(4) BS GIMMICKAL GEOGRAPHY-Mostly field study where graduates of this course should develop a nose for partying.
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Events planner, travel agent

(5) MA CONYOTICS-advanced studies in elitism. Only graduates of the BA SOSYAL STUDIES, BS FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT and BS GIMMICKAL GEOGRAPHY who obtained a GWA of 1.25 or higher are allowed to take the
program.
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Business tycoon
SUGGESTED DEAN:
ORGANIZATION: A Masscom college org suddenly transforming into a department org +wink+


(II) COLLEGE OF ACTIVISM-I know this college should have been established long before any other colleges were created in the campus. This college shall offer the following degree programs:

(1) BS MILITARY ADVENTURISM-students under this program will be taught the art of the coud d’etat, military junta and the likes
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Senator

(2) BA COMMUNISM-self explanatory. Takot ako +wink+
**JOB OPPORTUNITY:NPA spokesperson

(3) BA POPULAR MOBILIZATION-Students following this degree program will be taught basic shouting, placard painting and mob marching.
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Partylist representative

(4) MA MARXIST STUDIES-Graduates from this graduate program are expected to know the life and teachings of Karl Marx
**JOB OPPORTUNITY:NPA spokesperson

(5) MA MAO TSE-TUNG STUDIES-An alternative to the MA Marxist studies program plus literature from Red China
**JOB OPPORTUNITY:NPA spokesperson
SUGGESTED DEAN: Juan Paolo Alfonso


(III) SCHOOL OF TACTICAL SCHOLASTICS- We have had the skill even way back in high school or even to some, in elementary. The art of tactical scholastics has long been a effective alternative to conventional studying. It is expected that the number of enrollees under this program would be a lot less than the ones I’ve already mentioned because of the ethical issues tagged under the subject matter but in a few semesters time the school of tactical scholastics would eventually transform to a college of tactical scholastics once it sinks in to the society.

(1) BS CHEATING AND FORGERY (MAJOR IN PRINT OR ORAL EXAMINATION)-Official file tampering degree
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Fixer

(2) BA TEACHER’S PETOMOLOGY-this course explores the art of tactical gift-giving and obedience. Its graduates become adept in getting a flat one with mere charm.
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Professional student
SUGGESTED DEAN: Any Student


(IV) INSTITUTE OF ELJIBITIZOLOGY-The College that explores the potentials of the third sex.

(1)BA CLOSETOLOGY-The art of hiding. Suggested professors are piolo pascual, uma khouni, paolo ballesteros, etc.

(2)BA HOMOSEXUAL LINGUISTICS-Students studying the gay lingo and its evolution.

(3)CERTIFICATE IN FINGER GYMNASTICS-a crash course on how to have that little pinky finger of yours up while picking up a glass, holding a vase, etc.
SUGGESTED DEAN: Piolo Pascual or Danton Remoto
EXTRA:Abolition of the Third World Studies Library and converting it to the Third Sex Studies Library


OTHERS:

BS EXHIBITIONOLOGY (MAJOR IN PETTING OR NECKING)-With the rising number of the academic populace exhibiting public displays of affection, it is imperative that such a degree program be made. Classroom shortage is not a problem because classes under this course maybe held either in the lagoon or the sunken garden.

PhD in ORGANIZATIONALSTUDIES (MAJOR IN ORG MINOR IN ACADEMICS)-This graduate program should only be offered to students who have had at least two organizations in his/her undergraduate years. Once this criterion has been satisfied, the screening committee should make sure that aspiring applicants to this program should have at least at one point in their stay in the university had:
(1)Skipped class in favor of an org activity;
(2)spent more time with orgmates than with family; and
(3)gone to campus only to attend an org activity.

part 2 nung previous entry. hahaha. super benta talaga.

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I thought Jay's ex-girlfriend was really out of our lives. But heaven
only goes that I was wrong. Kakakasal pa lang namin nun when Jay
received a uninamous text. "Meet me at the clinic." I had a stinking
feeling in my butt. I told him not to go. It might in danger him.
Pero sabi niya, ok lang daw because life is what we make. Tumahimik
lang ako. Sabi niya, "Penny for you talks." But I didn't know what to
say. Beggars can't be losers. Isa pa, worried talaga ako na baka yung
girl yun. Jay said, "Can't got your tongue?" I tried to smile at him.
Kahit di ako nagsalita, actions speak louder than works, di ba?

Be that as is may, umalis pa rin siya. I was out of the loophole.
After a few hours, I called him on his cellphone. But my calls fell
on Jeff's ears. Lalo akong nag-worry kasi I didn't even know Jeff.
Sabi na nga ba di na dapat umalis si Jay. That's what I'm talking
about it.

So I tried calling some friends who will help me find Jay. That's
what friends are for naman di ba? But I just faced a blank mall. I
had to do this alone. Nag-taxi na lang ako. Pero ang mahal na pala ng
plug down rate.

When I got to the clinic, the security was really buffed up. Di
basta-basta makakapasok. So I said, "I beg your cordon. I'm patient.
It's my favorite virtue nga e." Nagduda yata yung isang guard.
Hinawakan ako sa arm. The nerd! I shouted, "Don't touch me not!" Buti
na lang the other guards were nice and said, "Come on, let's join
us."

When I went inside, parang I've been there, done there. Nung walang
nakatingin, nag-explore ako. Nakarating ako sa top floor and I had a
bird's IQ of the clinic. I could not explain it but I was drawn to a
room on the floor. Siguro Divine Intermission na yun.

Parang may narinig akong umuungol. I was thorn. Di ko alam kung aalis
ba ako o papasukin ko. It made me stick in the stomach to think that
Jay and his ex-girlfriend were there. I tried to tell myself to
slower my expectations. But to tell with it! I had to strike while
the iron is not. I had to hear the truth from the corpse's mouth. I
barraged in. O my gas! Si Jay, naka-strap sa operating table, parang
genie pig sa isang nakakatakot na experiment. He was on the cutting
edge. He was bleeding. At ang doctor na nagpapahirap sa kanya, ang
ex-girlfriend niya at ang bago nitong boyfriend, ang nurse na si
Walter. Doon ko napatunayang blood is thicker than Walter.

Guess watch? Di ko alam kung paano ko nagawa pero I was able to
search and rescue Jay. Siguro adrenaline brush na yun.

Now, he's recovering. Nag-sorry siya na hindi siya nakinig sa akin. I
know it's a better pill to swallow your pride so it's forgive and
forget me not. All swell that end swell. I know we should kiss and
put on makeup.

Ang ex-girlfriend naman niya at si Walter, nakakulong na. Detention
is really better than cure. So the moral of the lesson is: if
symptoms persist, insult your doctor.


got this story last august 10, 2007 from UP Circuit's y! group. haha. super funny.

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We' ve been friends for a long time ago. We come from the same alma
mother. Actually, our paths crossed one time on another. But it's only
now that I gave him a second look. I realized that beauty is in the
eyes. The pulpbits of my heart went fast, really fast. Cute pala siya.
And then, he came over with me. He said, "I hope you don't mine. Can I
get your number?" Nag-worry ako. What if he doesn't give it back? He
explained naman na it's so we could keep intact daw. Sabi ko, connect
me if i'm wrong but are you asking me ouch? Nabigla siya. Sagot niya,
The! Aba! Parang siya pa ang galit! Persona ingrata!!! Ang kapal niya!
I cried buckles of tears.

Na-guilty yata siya. Sabi niya, isipin mo na lang na this is a
blessing in the sky. Irregardless daw of his feelings, we'll go ouch
na rin. Now, we're so in love. Mute and epidemic na ang past. Thanks
God we swallowed our fried. Kasi, I'm 33 na and I'm running our time.
After 2 weeks, he plopped the question. "Will you marriage me?" I'm in
a state of shocked. Kasi mantakin mo, when it rains, it's four! This
is true good to be true. So siyempre, I said yes. Love is a many splendor.

Pero nung inaayos ko na ang aming kasal, everything swell to pieces.
Nag-di-dinner kami noon nang biglang sa harap ng aming table, may
babaeng humirit ng, "Well, well, well. Look do we have here." What the
fuss! The nerd ng babaeng yon! She said they were still on. So I told
her, whatever is that, cut me some slacks! I didn't want this to get
our hand kaya I had to sip it in the bud. She accused me of steeling
her boyfriend. Ats if! I don't want to portrait the role of the other
woman. Gosh, tell me to the marines! I told her, "please, mine you own
business!" Who would believe her anyway?

Dahil it's not my problem anymore but her problem anymore, tumigil na
rin siya ng panggugulo. Everything is coming up daisies. I'm so happy.
Even my boyfriend said liketwice. He's so supportive. Sabi niya, "Look
at is this way. She's our of our lives."

Kaya advise ko sa inyo - take the risk. You can never can tell. Just
burn the bridge when you get there. Life is shorts. If you make a
mistake, we'll just pray for the internal and external repose of your
soul. I second emotion.