I hate losers...

I don't have to elaborate on this. You know the definition of a loser and you know who you are. That's all.

Just an ordinary and "mababaw" intellectual conversation

I have a hobby of arguing with people (even though it's not my real stand) just to have a topic for arguing...

This is one of those conversations with my friend. She always seriously argue with me but just in the intellectual level:


Earl : bigla ka nagonline ah
Earl : hahaha
Friend: nina pa actually hehe
Friend: invi lang
Earl: ahhhh
Earl: haha
Earl: walang nagbantay samin kanina
Earl: nag-gayahan lang kmi sa exam
Friend: seryoso?
Friend: bad kayo
Friend: masama cheating
Friend: tsk tsk
Earl: kahit naman sa bar may cheating din eh
Earl: nasa nature na yun ng mga lawyer
Earl: kung walang cheating, bkit pa kelangan ng mga lawyer kung lahat ng tao sumusunod sa batas
Earl: kung lahat ng tao mabuti
Friend: ano ba trabaho ng lawyer
Friend: to preserve justice
Friend: ur argument is nonsense
Friend: parang sinabi mong dapat magdumi ang tao sa kalye
Friend: para saan pa ang metroaids
Earl: kung malinis ang kalye hindi na sila maghihire ng metro aids
Earl: bkit pa maghihire if malinis?
Friend: un nga e.. that's nonsense
Friend: so ur saying dapat magdumi ang tao?
Friend: nakakatwa nman ung logic na un
Earl: hindi
Friend: ur saying kasi na dapat may cheating
Earl: nasa nature lang ng tao ang magdami
Earl: magdumi
Friend: if that is part of man's nature, bakit hindi lahat ng tao nagdudumi
Earl: hindi nga
Friend: so that is not part of man's nature
Friend: it's a choice earl
Earl: hindi rin
Friend: you're contradicting urself
Earl: religion niyo na rin ang nagsabi na nakatakda na kung sinung pupunta sa langit sa sa hell
Friend: you said hindi nga man's nature, pero sinabi mo man's nature
Friend: ano ba talaga
Friend: nope earl
Friend: who said nakatakda na
Friend: there's no such thing
Friend: ang belief naming christians, it's always man's choice
Earl: basahin mo ung old at new testament
Friend: can you pls point it out
Friend: saan sinasabi nakatakda na kung sino masasave and sinong hindi
Earl: may nakalagay dun na there's a man that who will betray the messiah in 25 silver
Earl: silvers
Earl: kung hindi gagawin ni judas un, sinung gagawa?
Friend: he is the son of the devil my dear
Earl: o so bago ma ipinanganak si judas son of devil na siya
Earl: that's the point
Friend: he's different from other people
Earl: nakalagay din sa old testament the mamatay ang messiah and will resurrect after 3 days
Earl: kung hindi siya pinatay ng mga tauhan ni pilate
Earl: sinung papatay sa kanya?
Friend: so you're saying that everything you do is already planned out for you
Friend: ?
Friend: you have no freedom na?
Earl: i don't know
Earl: panu ko malalaman?
Friend: pano mo malalaman?
Friend: so why are you assuming na planado na lahat
Friend: nakatakda na lahat
Earl: eh kasi nangyari sa bible eh
Friend: if d mo lam kung may freedom nga o wala
Friend: it's a choice to be saved earl
Friend: Jesus died for everyone, but it's man's choice whether to accept it or not
Friend: so hindi totoo na nakatakda na kung pupuntang heaven or hell ang isang tao
Friend: parang ganito lang iyan,
Friend: binigyan kta ng regalo, it's your choice kung ttnggpin mo o hindi
Friend: kahit pagpilitan kong ibgy sau, kung di mo rin ttnggpin wala rin
Friend: dba?
Earl: pero kung may choice... bkit lahat ng phropechy sa old testament, nangyari sa new testament?
Earl: kahit itanong mo ba sa religious authority
Friend: hehe talaga?
Earl: walang prophecy sa old testement na hindi nangyari
Friend: church nagssbi na nakatakda na sino mppuntang heaven or hell?
Earl: nakalgay sa revelation
Friend: btw earl
Friend: sa alam ko tama ka, old testament im not so sure a
Friend: but sa alam ko, nappuntang hell ang karamihan, kasi lahat nagssin diba... that's why they had to offer sacrifices pa as an atonement
Friend: but sa new testament earl, Jesus came right?
Friend: through Jesus everyone has been saved
Friend: after He came, lahat nasave (given na they accept Jesus Christ)
Earl: pero may nakalagay sa revelation na may dadating na nilalang may may tatak na 666
Friend: sa old testament, oo, lahat nappuntang hell ata, and they needed sacrifices para mabawi ung sin
Friend: true earl
Friend: prophecies ng bible talagang mangyyari
Friend: but ung example mo lang nina is mali
Friend: coz u said nakatakda na sino mappntang hell and sino mppntng heaven
Earl: nalagay sa revelation un
Friend: tama un earl
Friend: d ko kinequestion ung revelation
Friend: it's about to happen really really soon
Friend: and lahat ng prophecies sa old testament totoong nangyari nga sa new
Friend: but ung argument mo nga lang na nakatakda sino mappuntang heaven and hell nakatakda na
Friend: un ang mali
Earl: and syempre hindi natin alam kung sinu ung mga tao na pupunta sa heaven at sa hell
Earl: si God lang ang nakakalam nun
Friend: nope earl
Friend: remember Jesus died for our sins
Earl: eto isa pang example
Friend: through His blood, we have been saved... as long as we accept Him as our savior we're already saved
Friend: ako i'm sure i'm going to heaven
Earl: naniniwala ka ba na kapag namatay ka oras mo na?
Earl: and si God lang ang nakakalam kung kelan ka niya kukunin
Earl: and si God lang ang nakakaalam kung panu ka mamamatay?
Friend: God is in control of everything
Friend: so yes
Friend: kasi earl
Friend: all im saying is
Friend: ok
Friend: tama ka
Friend: there are a lot of things beyond man's control
Friend: totoo un
Friend: maraming mga bagay na nakatakda na
Friend: i agree
Friend: but i'll say it again
Earl: eto... panu kung tinakda ni God na mamamatay ka dahil sa murder?
Friend: i find it wrong lang ung sinabi mong nakatakda sino mappnta sa heaven and hell
Earl: syempre God is in control
Friend: oo
Friend: God meant for it to happen
Friend: talagang he designed my death that way
Earl: someone will kill you
Earl: kung lahat ng tao mababait
Friend: earl
Earl: wala ng papatay sayo
Friend: man's nature is sinful
Friend: but there's always a choice
Friend: you can choose not to lie
Friend: you can choose not to cheat earl
Friend: ito na lang tanong ko
Earl: but nakatakda na nga may papatay sayo eh
Friend: be honest
Friend: bigyan kta ng P 1M wag kang magccheat sa exam mo
Friend: magccheat ka o hindi?
Friend: oo o hindi lang earl
Earl: sige hindi na ako magchecheat
Friend: see... it's always a choice...
Friend: yes i agree
Earl: but i don't say na choice ko un
Friend: it's man's nature to be sinful, but there is always a choice
Earl: kc may circumstance na nangyari kung bakit hindi ako magcheat
Friend: earl... there is a choice not to accept the P1M and to cheat
Earl: there's a situation that happened for me not to chaet
Friend: hehe
Earl: but there's also a chioce not to kill or not
Friend: but still you didn't cheat
Earl: tingnan mo sa revelation
Friend: the bottom line earl is that man has a choice
Earl: sabi dun maglalaban ang mga bansa
Earl: kaya magsisimula un
Earl: there's a choice na hindi maglaban-laban ang mga bansa
Earl: pero mangyayari pa rin sabi ng revelation
Friend: paulit2 tau earl haha
Earl: so there's no choice na hindi maglaban-laban ang mga bansa
Friend: ano ba sinabi ko.. totoo ung revelation
Friend: lahat dun naktakda
Friend: i agre
Friend: i agree
Friend: ang sinasabi ko lang diba, hindi nakatakda ung heaven or hell for one person
Friend: ok?
Earl: if that's true... therefore wala tayong choice
Earl: panu kung pinili lahat ng tao na maging mabait
Earl: eh di wala ng revelation db
Friend: hehe
Friend: like what you said nga
Friend: it's man's nature to sin
Friend: and all im saying is, if you want not to sin
Friend: you can
Friend: it's man's nature to be bad
Friend: but if one wants not to be bad, kaya rin
Earl: so there's no choice for the people to do sin in order to fullfil god's plan
Friend: so hindi nakatakda lahat earl
Friend: ikaw na nagsabi kanina
Friend: Earl Masacayan: but there's also a chioce not to kill or not
Friend: ur contradicting urself earl
Earl: if you will see it idealy
Earl: kung walang bible, pwede pa ung argument na un
Earl: 2 lang ung situation na pwedeng magcomplement
Earl: 1st situation: God does not exist so people have choice.
Earl: 2nd situation: God control so people have no choice
Earl: na encounter mo na ba ung existentialism sa philo?
Earl: that every person has choices
Friend: why do we have lesbians and gays, kung male and female lang ang totoong choices
Friend: ang argument kasi jan diba
Earl: to be male or female is not a choice
Friend: ang tao either masculine lang (male) or feminine (female)
Friend: all im saying is earl
Friend: hindi lahat black and white
Friend: may gray area
Friend: =)
Earl: haha remember, i'm not a christian so joke time lang ung sinabi ko...
Earl: gusto ko lang makipag-argue... hahahahaha... i believe that people have choice
Friend: i know.. kaya naintndhn ko kung hindi mo rin lam ung ibang concepts. hahahaha
Earl: =)

*****change of topic na******

The Father of Filipino Philosophy

Dr. Florentino T. Timbreza

• Recognized as the Father of Filipino Philosophy
  
• 1st Filipino to author the 1st book on Filipino Philosophy (Pilosopiyang Filipino)
• Co-author of the 1st and only Encyclopedia of Philosophy in the Philippines (Ensayklopidiya ng Pilosopiya)
• 1st Filipino to present and defend a dissertation paper in Filipino for a doctorate degree in Philosophy
• 1st Filipino author to translate the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu in Filipino language (Ang Tao Te Ching ni Lao Tzu sa Filipino)
• Philosophy Professor, De La Salle University Manila
  

QUOTE
"I look forward to the day when Filipino Philosophy shall be taught in many classrooms all over the country."




source: http://firstfilipino.blogspot.com/2007/12/florentino-timbreza.html

Masama ba talaga akong tao???

Minsan, hindi ko maintindihan ang mga bagay-bagay. Hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit kung minsan pakiramdam ko, napakasama ko ng tao kahit wala naman akong ginagawang masama. Kung meron man akong ginagawang masama siguro hindi ko alam na masama iyon o kaya naman hindi ko maintindihan ang rason kung bakit masama ang isang bagay. Inaamin ko na hindi ako isang mabuting tao ngunit sinisigurado ko naman na wala akong ginagawang makapagpapahamak sa mga tao lalo na sa mga kaibigan ko. Siguro hindi ko alam na minsan, nakakasakit na ako nang hindi ko nalalaman o hindi ako nasasabihan. Siguro nga malaki ang pinagkaiba ng mga konseptong makapagpapahamak at makakasakit. Ako ay ang isang taong mahirap magpatawad kaya minsan wala akong paki-alam kung hindi man ako patawarin ng isang tao. Ako ay isa ring tao na hindi marunong makisama at suplado kung hindi ko gusto ang taong kaharap ko. Ako rin ay isang taong hindi mabilis magtiwala sa mga tao. Sa mga taong malalapit sa akin, alam niyo na naman siguro iyon. Siguro ang mga ito ang mga dahilan kung bakit marami akong mga taong hindi kinakausap o kagalit. Siguro, ito ang dahilan kung bakit mabilis akong magalit o magtampo. Siguro, ito ang mga dahilan kung bakit hindi ako maiintindihan ng ibang tao at hindi ko maintindihan ng ibang tao. Siguro masama talaga akong tao, hindi ko lang alam. Wala nga akong itinuturing na Diyos di ba??? Di ba tama? masama naman talaga ako? Kahit anung gawin ko (mabuti man yun o masama) masama pa rin ako... Salamat na lang siguro sa mga taong nakakaintindi sa akin. Kasalanan ko ba kung bakit ako ganito???

LASARET...

LASARET.... Retreat.... The so-called a time to spend time with "God." But how about those people who have different perspective in his/her idea of a higher being?
I know that many of you know my different kind of belief which is not aligned with the most of the conventions. Some labeled me an atheist and some labeled me as an agnostic but for me, I don't care about those labels and I don't give myself any label. There are times that I think atheistically, sometimes agnostic, but there are times I also do theist practices. There is an activity in the LASARET called "coming home" wherein part of it says that you'll feel the presence of God in that activity. There's nothing wrong in trying right? Wala namang mawawala sa akin eh. After doing the activity, honestly, I don't really feel what they call that presence of God. I don't know. There is just two possibilities: there is a problem in my way of thinking or "God" created me with this way of thinking. I believe in the possibility that God really exist. There are also times that I pray but my only difference with others is I don't expect that my prayers will be answered because when I have problems, I'm solving them using realistic and empirical solutions because I really hate uncertainties. I do not know if prayers are really being answered or not and I don't care if what is the real situation. The important is that I do have my own principles wherein not doing improper actions against other people because I believe that people can still be good persons whether God exists or don't.



The activities in LASARET are great especially the Solidarity meal, the drawing activity and the time capsule. I'm really excited about that concept of time capsule but I won't tell the procedures because I don't want to be spoiler. My group mates in this activity is Per, Nazca, Ina, Abby and Kim (Thank you!!! I will never forget you!!!) with the motto: "We are rockstars from heaven and for our fellow countrymen!!!"

*groupmates, please correct me if I'm wrong... hehehe

for the photo's just go to this link:

http://master386.multiply.com/photos/album/68/LASARET_A55

IM BACK!!!!

After a long time of trying to make a G-mail account, at last!!!! I made it. That is one reason why this blog stoped working for almost 2 years??? check my last post: It was still last September 2006!!! Anyway, I'm preparing for my LASARET (Lasallian Retreat) today so I won't able to do a formal post... I'll post ASAP after my LASARET this weekend. I hope you liked my new layout ;P

*About the title: the title "Philosophical" is from my the previous title of my multiply "Political and Philosophical." What I did was I split the title in to two making "Philosophical" the title of my blogspot account while "Political" on my multiply account.

21 Events/Things During/About My 1st Term 2nd Year in De La Salle

My second year first term just passed like a wind and I didn’t notice that I’m not updating my blog for one whole term so this is the summary of the events/things during/about my first term second year at De La Salle.

1. We watched The Da Vinci Code with Jade, Glenna, Ate Bel and Carmella (Ate Bel’s Block Mate). In that Movie, I understood the parts of the story which I don’t understand in the book.

2. I treated Arik and Avis in Red Ribbon because I promised to have a blowout if I’m DL. But on that day also, we planned to go to Katipunan but unfortunately, the weather didn’t allow us.

3. Joshua treated us in Pizza Hut for his birthday with his BB44 classmates including Erika which is still coming from UST.

4. LSPO: I'm still confused if I should continue volunteering in that office because as you know, my beliefs is different on what LSPO is promoting which is to be close to God. By the way, I have an assignment to make the layout of the LSPO newsletter. I hope that newsletter become successful because that will be the first issue if accomplished.

5. Arik and I watched XMEN 3 and that was my last movie for the term.

6. Kris' Debut at Grilla: Kristina (Kris for short), a friend of mine from the communication arts, had her debut at the Grilla at Rockwell. Gian, Jarem (fellow political science students) and I used Jarem’s car to go to that bar. Unfortunately, the car ran out of Gasoline at the front of the Ateneo in Rockwell so we manually pushed the car going the side of the street but we are already lucky that thw car didn’t stopped in EDSA. It also a coincident that Jarem’s big brother is studying Law in Ateneo so he help us out to refill the gasoline tank. Unfortunately again, after the refilling, on tire become flat. After long fixation, we still managed to go on Kris’ debut.

7. Erika's Debut: Before that, Jerahmeel Jade and I planned to buy gift in Glorieta two days before the party. Later, Glenna, Joshua and Frances planned to watched a movie with us knowing that the palace announce that there will no classes at the next day but unfortunately, the palace lifted the order so we failed to watch because Frances had an exam on the following day. Instead of watching movie, Jerahmeel just treated us in Wendy’s because it was his birthday few days ago. On the day of the debut, Joshua, Jerahmeel, Gerard (which is coming from La Salle Dasma) and I went to the party but Jade didn’t come because he is sick so I was the one who told his line in Erika’s 18 symbolic gift. The party was fun but we didn’t finish the disco part because it’s already late night. The three decided to sleep at my condominium and we bought some drinks but of course, I didn’t drink. We played some pokemon cards and discussed about many matters about life.

8. LOS GWAPITOS: The Los Gwapitos is a group of Political Science students including me which became my College Barkada. The other members are Brian (the one in charge in our friendster), Chris (I always stay in his house and doing computer game and online matters. He is also interested in Anime and Yugioh like me), Jag (We always dbate on many things) and Aiko(He has a car so we can go whatever we want like in Mall of Asia).

9. UAAP Game with Carmina: Carmina and I planned to watch the game between the UE and Ateneo. I fetched her in Katipuna because Ninoy Aquino Stadium is just along Vito Cruz. When we arrived at Taft, first, I treated Carmina in Yellow Cab as my accomplishment to her when I become DL. Arik also come in Yellow Cab but he didn’t join us in the game. We sat on the General Admission Area which is still lower that the Upper B of the Araneta Colisium. We sat in side of Ateneo because obviously, Carmina is an Atenean but I didn’t side to either UE and Ateneo because I’m still loyal to La Salle… hehehe..

10. Glenna's Debut in Club Mwah: It is very hard to find the venue because they say that Club Mwah is just in Boni along EDSA but it took us (I’m with Ate Bel that time) almost two hours to find the venue because a traffic officer said the we should still ride a jeepny in Boni. Fornutanety, we are not the most late to come but the others including Joy Mangubat with his BF Joeffel and her (Glenna’s) blockmates were already there. Later, Joshua, Frances together with Dianne Querrer and her Brother came. The show had started after a while which is performed by gays and it’s wonderful. After the show, disco came next. By the the way, it's also the birthday of Jade on that day!!! He treated us in Old Spaghetti House for lunch.

11. Frances' 18th birthday: In that day, I have a dilemma and where to go because Roselia, a friend from LSPO had also her debut in Laguna but I chose to go to Frances’ because Laguna is far. I went with Glenna and Precious and Diane Querrer also came. When we were going riding on the taxi 12am, a police officer apprehended the taxi for such violations but I think those policemen just wanted to get some money.

12. Philosophy of Religion (PHILORL): Laureen Velasco was our professor in that subject and many are saying that I must drop the course knowing that she is a terror one and other said that she is an Atheist. But I didn’t drop the course because she is also my professor in the Introduction to Philosophy which I got 2.5. On the issue of Atheism, she is not actually an atheist; others just don’t understand why she is exposing us to that kind of belief. Actually, she is just in the between like me which not affirm nor deny the existence of God and doesn’t care about the debate of Theist and Atheist because I know that no one will win on that debate unless they take suicide and see what is true. The more important thing is to do what is good and right. She has the specialization in Zen Buddism which is the hardest part of her lectures but in the end, I still managed to get a 4.0 and I think that is one of my greatest achievement in La Salle; getting 4.0 from a terror professor. Others can’t believe on my grade on that subject because they said that it really hard to take that professor and they can just get 1.0 or even 0.0. I have no friends in that class because all my classmates are higher batches. There is a philosophy major in that class who just got a 1.0 and when we saw my grade, he was wondering why he just get 1.0 and non-philo major like me got a 4.0. By the way, we are three 4.0 I the class as announced my Ms. Velasco but I don’t know who are the two.

13. Chemistry Lab (LBYCH05): Ms. Angelica Lim, our professor in the subject maybe the kindest prof I ever had in La Salle. She treated us in McDonalds one time and she gave 4.0 grades even though we are not doing well. She didn’t give any quiz or final exam. I’m with Brian and Aiko in that class

14. Chemistry Lecture (ARTSCHE): I still get a 3.0 in that class not even studying because it is hard for me to understand Chemistry. All the exams are multiple choice and I just using my luck to pass. I had a pre-final grade of 1.5. But after taking the final exam, I still managed to get 3.0 and I don’t know how was it but Aiko and Brian said that they “make bola-bola” of the prof to make me high because I have a favour for them to do. That class is fun becasue aside from Aiko and Brian, Martin and Angelo (Our classmates in English 1) was also there and also our new friends Jaja and Tracy.

15. FILIPINO 2 (FILIPI2/FILDLAR): The professor in that subject is Maam Raquel Sison-Buban which they say that to be a sure pass. She is also my professor in FILIPI1 and I got a grade of 3.5. We had a classmate at that time that also got 3.5 not going to class in the entire term that makes the rumour true. On the course card giving, I just got three but when I looked at my grades online (which is the more accurate one), it was 3.5.

16. GENDERS: I was a subject about sexuality, about the issues, violations, equality etc. I managed to get a 3.0 in that class of Ms Pamella Averion because she didn’t give any quizzes and all she gave are just projects and papers. I was with Jag and Chris in that class.

17. Church and Sacraments (RELSTWO): I always debate with our professor Mrs. Cadsawan and my classmates on many subject matters on that class but we are still friends out side the classroom. I class requires a Church service and I did that in Mt. Carmel Church in Lipa with Jade (we are in different class but he is also taking RELSTWO). I managed to get and 3.0 in that class inspite it is after my Philosophy of Religion schedule wherein those have conflicting ideas.

18. Philippine History (KASPIL2): I was my first 7am class in LaSalle by Mr. Roberto Mata and every Friday, a have a very break from 8am to 2:30pm. I got a 3.0 in that class and my classmates are from College of Bussiness and Economics because I was cross enrolled.

19. LSPO Sports Fest: I played basketball and we won even though we have just 7 members in the team and our opponent has 12. In Volleyball I played in the first set but they immediately removed me from the game because of many errors including when I spiked the ball back to the opponent’s court after the opponent’s service not knowing that it is a violation called service block. After the sports fest, I have lot of body pains for days.

20. Course card distribution: When I’m waiting for Chris in the Amphitheatre I saw Camille, a friend from international studies, and her sister and they sat on my bench. When Chris came, we went to the room of Mr. Mata with Camille (because we have the same prof but different subjects) to get course card. I’m not expecting 3.0 but in is written. The next was the course card in RELSTWO which is also 3.0 then FILIPI2 also 3.0 (but 3.5 in the online). After that, we had a long break so we went to Mall of Asia using Aiko’s card to eat lunch. Chris and I saw a Yugioh deck and we are planning to buy that on the first week of the second term. When we go back, I first go to the room of Ms. Velasco, my philo prof, and I’m very afraid that time expecting that my grade will just be 1.5 or 2.0 that removes my chance of being a DL because I’m that sue of the result of my exam in Zen Buddism. But When I saw the course card, I was 4.0!!! Then I got my GENDERS card after that with a grade of 3.0. My course cards in Chemistry Lab and Lecture were given earlier with a grade of 4.0 and 3.0 respectively. When I will compute my grade, obviously in more than 3.0 because I don’t have a grade below 3.0 and that makes me a DL. I think it would be the last term that can get grades with no 3.0 below because the subjects for the next terms are already majors and I’m sure that those are already difficult. After the coure card distribution, Glenna, Joshua and I went to Glorieta because Glenna had to buy something there. When Glenna bought bag on Gift Gate, there is a free picture taking so we had picture taking inside the Gift Gate Store. After buying, Glenna and I go back to Taft leaving Joshua there because he had a party to attend to. After getting her things from the dorm, we went to Buendia and ride a bus going to Lipa.

21. The Vacation: I have a two-week break and the class will resume on September 11 and I think that's Avis' Birthday. Am I right? And the 12th will be Carmina's. Blowout!!! (joke). I'm busy watching Anime series like Yugioh, Fushigi Yugi and Gokusen. My blockmate Norman had a sleep over in our house for two days and we played NBA Live but the standing is 2-0 in his advantage. I cannot beat his Kobe Brayant!!! hehehe. Tomorrow, I'm planning to watch the level 10 Mass Dance and I will meet Carl (a member of the original 6, high school barkada) and maybe also Mavic. On Monday, the classes will start and that means I'm already in the half way of my college life because I already accomplish 4 terms then after that second term, there are also another 4 terms to be accomplished.

The Junior Year Begins

Hay, nagsimula na ang first term ko!!!! May good news at bad news... Ang bad news, pina-drop sa'kin ng dean ko ung ENGLISH2 (Academic Paper Writing) ko kasi sa College of Business and Economic (CBE) ako nag-enroll eh bawal pala. Pwede daw ung ibang subjects sa CBE except yung ENGLISH2. Tapus naubusan naman ako sa College ko kaya sa Philippine History na lang yung inenroll ko.. Nagkaroon tuloy ako ng klase ng 7am them 2:30pm ang sunod. Good News naman, naging prof ko ulit sa Filipino2 ung prof ko nung Filipino1 na mataas magbigay ng grade. 3.5 ung pinakamababa niya!!! hahaha... Then sa Philosophy of Religion, naging prof ko naman ung teacher ko sa Introduction to Philosophy (INTPHIL)... Though mahilig mambasak yun and pinakaterror sa Philosophy department, I still like her because madami akong natututunan sa kanya. 2.5 lang ako sa INTPHIL niya. hehehehe.... Ang saya palang pagsabayin ng Philosophy of Religion (PHILORL) at Church and Sacraments (RELSTWO) !!!! nakakakasira ng ulo... hehehe

Sched ko nga pala this term...

ARTSCHE
A56
2.0
MW
1140 - 1240
M315

FILIPI2
A59
3.0
TH
0800 - 0930
M313

GENDERS
A52
3.0
TH
0940 - 1110
M320

KASPIL2
C31
3.0
MWF
0700 - 0800
L318

LBYCH05
A58
1.0
W
0810 - 1110
J506

PHILORL
A54
3.0
MWF
1430 - 1530
M319

RELSTWO
A63
3.0
MWF
1540 - 1640
M317

After All... Summer is Over...

The LSPO had an outing/training last May 18-20. Ang saya talaga!!!! Matindi talaga ang bonding sa LSPO. Nagkaroon kami ng Amazing Raze!!! Hay, mga sadista talaga sila, pinahirapan nila kami!!! Second iyung team namin.. Nagkaroon din ng mga cultural shows. Masaya din iyung last day- nag-American football kami sa pool!!! Hay... Here are some of the pictures taken... Hindi ko masyadong nagamit ang cam ko kaya konti lang...

The Publication and Documentations Commitee

The Liturgical Commitee

The Retreat and Recollection Commitee

The Coordinators

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About nga pala dun sa PHILPER, nakakuha ako ng perfect score sa paper so that means, 4.0 ang grade ko dun!!!! hahaha... then my GPA increase from 3.2 to 3.3!!!! DL pa din ako!!! Sayang, 3.4 ung 1st honnor DL.. Hay, 2nd Honnors lang ako... Bawi nna lang next time... hehehe

Tommorow will be the start of my junior year!!! pasensya na kayo, wala akong sophomore year kasi 3 years lang ako!!! hehehe..

Mabibigat ang mga subjects ko ngayon:

Academic Paper Writing

Translation

Church and Sacrament

Chemistry

Philosophy of Religion

Gender Studies

Hay... Pasukan na bukas!!!!

LSPO SLA ROCKS!!!

Philosophy of the Person and LPEP

Hay, sinuswerte na yata ako ngayung summer term. The results of my three exams on my PHILPHER are 91/100, 101/110, 50/50, 25/20; and the total is 267. I just need 13 points to past the course. Nag-report kami kanina about Historisity but the score was not yet given but that reporting has a perfect score of 80. Imposible namang hindi pa ako makakuha ng 13 points dun. But wait, hindi pala pwede ang passing grade lang, kailangan ko pang magkaroon ng total score na 320 na equivalent sa 2.0 para hindi ako matangal sa D.L. Sabihin na nating makakuha ako 50/80 sa reporting. sa 317 na score ko then 3 points na lang ang kulang. Tapus may isusubmit pa akong paper sa friday na equivalent sa finals. Siguro naman kaya kong kumuha dun ng higher than 3 points or mga 20 points man lang kung masmababa sa 50 ang report ko. So that means, hindi ko kailangan masydong seryosohin yung paper if that's the case.
Ano nga pala ang pinag-aaralan sa Philosophy of the person? Some of the topics are Subjectivity of the Self, Behaviorism, Existentialism, Love amd Relationships, Death, Historicity, Life and other things related to the person. Most of the text books used are from Ateneo because my professor is a graduate of that school. Kaya if you're in ADMU, may possibility rin na ma-encounter niyo ang mga topics na iyun especially if you are in the College/ School of Humanities.
About naman sa LPEP, alam na iyon ng mga freshmen na papasok dito... hehehe.. Sa mga hindi nakakaalam, it's the Lasallian Personal Enrichment Program (Freshmen Orientation). It's a busy week for LSPO kasi 10 days kaming mag-oorganize ng mga Mass and prayers. Nag-start na siya noong Monday at nauna iyung CCS (College of Computer Studies). Hay nakakaaasar sila kasi hindi sila nagpaparticipate... hehehe. Pero kanina, it's the turn of CBE (College of Bussiness and Economics). OK naman sila, madaming nagparticipate. We are expecting more on the COE (College of Engineering) and CLA (College of Liberal Arts). Tapus baka kagaya lang din ng CSS ang CED (College of Education) at COS (College of Science) kasi konti lang din ang population nila.
Masaya namang kasama ang mga ka-LSPO ko and we are looking forward on our outing on May 18-20 in Tanauan. Nakakaasar, bakit sa Batangas pa!!! hehehe..

Outing and LSPO

Last Sunday and Monday, I had an outing with my family and my classmates in BM41 respectively. The outing was great and fun inspite of my busy schedule this summer...
This are some of the pictures of BM 41's outing last monday...






Lumabas na ang resulta ng first long exam ko sa Philosophy of the Person. Though medyo nakakalito ang sabjek na ito, nakakuha pa din ako ng 91 out of 100.. Ok na rin yung score na iyun kasi marami ding bumagsak and 75 ang passing.

Other thing that makes me busy is the Lasallian Pastoral Office (LSPO). It is the counterpart of the campus ministry sa DLSL. I'm a member of that org and we are practicing on our performance sa orientation ng mga frosh... Kaya Arik and Trixie, mapapanood niyo ako sa stage!!! hehehe... Avis, sayang naman, hindi ako mapapanonood.. hahaha.. And another thing, libre lagi ang food if you are in that org and may outing pa kami before the first term starts and sagot lahat ng school. hehehe. Marami na akong nagin friends doon including Don..

Hay, hanggang dito na lang muna..

Ahm wait, about na new layout, yan ang mga games na lagi kong nilalaro sa laptop ko.. Pokenmon and NBA live.. hehehe... wala lang.. hahaha

Summer class

Start na ng summer class ko. Then, nalaman ko na kasali pala ang summer sa pagkompyut ng GPA ng 3rd term. Nakakaaasar!!! Terror ang prof namin ni Glenna sa Speech!!! Si Shimamoto!!! Since Dean's Lister kami, nagdrop na lang kami sa sabjek na yun baka bigyan pa kami grade na 1.5 and worse matanggal kami sa DL. So, Philosophy of the Person na lang ang sabjek ko ngayon. OK naman ang profesor ko doon.

I know that summer is time for rest and others, outing and party. But for me, rest is a waste of time and sobrang nakakainip. Yes, may mga outing at parties na naghihintay sa akin pero hindi buong summer ay outing at party lang. Siguro mga 3-5 days lang iyun. Kaya yun... hehehe

My one week vactaion and my third term grade

Hay, natapos na rin ang isang linggong bakasyon ko. Sadly, walang internet sa bahay kaya hindi ako nakakapag-update. Ang ginawa ko lang... Nakaharap sa laptop buong maghapon at naglalaro ng mga games.

Pagkatapus ng mga exams noong April 7, umuwi na agad ako ng Batangas. Kasabay ko si Glenna sa bus. Dumaan kami ng Rob Lipa kasi gutom na kami. Kumain kami sa KFC then nakita namin si Joy sa may Henlin

Last Wednesday nga pala, nakita-kita kami nina Joshua, Jade at Gerard sa Robinsons. Then, nakita rin namin sina Aika, Joanne at Dimple. We watched the movie Venom. Tapos nun, nagpunta kami sa Mcdo at nakita namin si Erika pero kasama niya ang pinsan niya kaya hindi siya nakasama sa amin.

Noong Thursday naman, we visited Ria (yung girl na pinag-aagawan namin ni Jerahmeel nung level 8. Joy, Remember? Pero may bf na siya ngayon... hehehe) kasi hindi kami nakapunta noong debut niya nung April 8. Bumalik na siya sa U.S. yesterday.

Last Friday naman, we went sa Grotto sa Lucban, Quezon.

Kanina, nakuha ko na ang grades ko last Third term.

Psychology: 3.0

Filipino1: 3.5

English1: 3.5

Biology: 3.5

International Relations: 2.0

Biology Lab: 2.5

ROTC: 4.0

PE (judo): 4.0

Sociology: 3.5

GPA: 3.2

At Last, napasali din ako sa Dean's Lister. My Dad said na just wait for my Ipod. Yan Carmina, natupad ko na ang promise ko sayo na gawin kong 3.0 o pataas ang GPA ko. hehehe.

Hay, summer classes naman... sa Thursday na ang start...

My English Portfolio

At last!!! All tasks done for this third term. Kapapasa ko lang ng aking portfolio sa English. Sa Totoo lang, English ang naging paborito kong sabjek nitong term. Masaya kasi ang seksyon namin sa English. Close ang buong class kahit na hindi kami magkakablock. Masaya sin ang istlayl ng pagtuturo na aming profesor.
Heto nga pala ang laman ang aking portfolio:

Major Essays:
Plato and Aristotle: The Twin Towers of Greek Philosophy
Content: 70/70
Mechanics: 27/30
Total: 97/100
Equivalent: 4.0
Plato and Aristotle made up the two thirds of the triumvirate of the Greek philosophy wherein the third member was Socrates. They were the foundations of the western philosophy who inspired other philosophers to think. Plato was a student of Socrates but however, when Plato was 29, Socrates was sentenced to death for being accused of corrupting the youth’s minds. Socrates’ death made Plato think as to whether the society he was in was the ideal society. What Plato first did as a philosopher was to publish Socrates’ Apology, an account of his (Socrates) plea to the larger jury. Later, Plato established his own school and named it the Academy. That school taught philosophy, mathematics and gymnastics to students. When Plato was 61, a Macedonian-born philosopher named Aristotle studied in the Academy and sought to challenge Plato’s philosophy. If Plato was a rationalist, Aristotle on the other hand was an empiricist. Aristotle was not just a philosopher, but a biologist as well. Aristotle in fact was referred as the Father of Biology (Gaarder, 1991).
Plato is famous for his literary work, The Republic wherein one part of it is the Myth of the Cave. The story occurred inside a dark cave where in people are chained and are not aware of the light since birth. They sit with their backs in such a way that they can only see the back area of the cave. Those creatures are holding up various figures above the top of the wall. They cast flickering shadows on the back wall of the cave because there is a fire behind these figures. The dwellers can only see those shadows playing so they assume that these shadows are already the real thing. But suddenly, one of the dwellers managed to free himself and asked himself where the shadows came from. He climbed on the wall and was able to discover that there are still other creatures outside the cave and he also found out that the sunlight is the one that creates shadows through reflections. Because of what he discovered, he concluded that shadows are just reflections of the real thing. After that, he came back inside the cave convincing the other dwellers that the shadows they see are not the real thing. But unfortunately, no one believed him and the dwellers killed him. In the myth, the man who was able to escape is a representation of the philosophers who discovered what is real and he was killed because he disrupted the conventional beliefs of the people. It is compared to the death of Socrates due to his corruption of the minds of the youth (Gaarder, 1991).
Plato also has his own version of an ideal state. Actually, he compared the state to the human body. The head symbolizes the reason, the will belongs to the chest and the appetite is for the abdomen; he called them the soul faculties have their own ideal status. Reason aspires wisdom, will aims courage, and appetite must be curbed to seek temperance. Those three should function harmoniously. For Plato, philosophers should be rulers because they have the wisdom to govern. The auxiliaries or the soldiers make up the second class because they fight for state security that needs courage. The third class is the appetite which is represented by the artisans (workers and professionals in our present day) because they just provide the physical needs of the people. This society is similar to what we call the totalitarian political regime in our present day state (Gaarder, 1991).
Plato also wrote the Myth of the Fallen Angel that said that the souls were originally living in the world of idea wherein knowledge is absolute. Unfortunately, souls had committed a mischief and because of that, they were imprisoned into the bodies and sent to the world of senses, the world we are presently living in. Here in the world of senses, souls forgot the absolute knowledge and their task is to remember the forgotten knowledge. The myth also said that if we die, our souls could go back to the world of idea if we already recalled the absolute knowledge but if failed, we will be imprisoned again to a new body. For now, no one is sure if the knowledge we know is already the absolute one and Plato thinks that most of us just know the relative knowledge that’s why people have different meaning of things like the words love and courage.
Now, let’s switch our gears to Aristotle and start with his theory on causality. For him, everything that exists has causes and he categorized them into four which are: the material cause, the formal cause, the efficient cause, and the final cause. The material cause is the object that things are made of. The formal cause is the idea on the essence of things. The efficient cause is the object or being that cause the existence of things while the final cause is the reason or purpose why things were made. Let us take a chair as an example. The chair’s material cause is wood or plastic while formal cause is chairness or the idea of a chair. Its efficient cause is the carpenter who made the chair and its final cause is for sitting purposes. By the way, St. Thomas Aquinas, a medieval theologian philosopher used this theory particularly the efficient cause as one of his five proofs on the existence of God. Now, let us make the carpenter as an example. Obviously, the efficient cause of the carpenter is his parents while the efficient cause of his parents is his grandparents, and so on. In Logic, no one can reason on an infinitum that’s why Aquinas assumed that god is the efficient cause of his ancestors (Gaarder, 1991).
Aristotle also invented formal logic. He tried to show everybody that nature belongs to different categories and subcategories. Let us take Joseph Yeo as an example: He is a living creature and more specifically an animal, a male, a vertebrate, a mammal, a human being, a student, a La Sallian, Green Archer member, and a guard-forward position. Another way of practicing formal logic is shown in this example: All pigs are mammals. All cows are mammals. Therefore, all pigs are cows. This set of statements is an example of a fallacy or illogical statements because pig is not under the category of cow and vice versa. A correct statement would be: All mammals are animals. Both cows and pigs are mammals. Ergo, both cows and pigs are animals. This set of statement is correct because they are already properly categorized.
Aside from categorizing, Aristotle also established the degree of perfection of things in nature. To do this, he first divided the natural world into living and non-living things wherein living things has the higher degree of perfection due to the fact that living things have souls. Then living things have been divided into plants and creatures; of course creatures are more perfect as compared to plants. It is because the plants only have vegetative souls and the creatures on the other hand both have vegetative and sentient souls. A vegetative soul allows an object to absorb nutrients while a sentient soul allows a creature to react to certain circumstance live saying “ouch” when hurt. Lastly, he divided the creatures into animals and men; obviously, men are more perfect then animals because men have the rational soul and the two other souls. It is through the rational soul that men think, reason and argue. As time went by, Thomas Aquinas also added God to the hierarchy as the most perfect of all being. To sum it all up, god is placed on the top of the hierarchy followed by men, and then animals, which are followed by plant. The non-living things are placed at the bottom.
Unfortunately, Plato and Aristotle had different points of views about the absolute knowledge or reality. For Plato, people should just remember the forgotten reality as mentioned a while ago. On the other hand, Aristotle said that reality is learned through our five senses; that means a blind person since birth can never learn what eyes can see like the colors. Plato also said that it is only the form or idea indicates the reality but for Aristotle it is both form and matter (can be seen by senses) indicates reality. The statement, “Don’t judge the book by its cover”, is considered as a platonic statement. The statement states not to judge the book (which is the reality) by the cover (which is the matter) but we should judge it by its content (which is the form, though it is not indicated in the statement). On the other hand, Aristotelian philosophers revised the statement and were able come up with: “Judge the book partly by its cover.” The word partly in the statement is very important because it emphasizes that reality (which is the book) should be judged not just by matter (which is the cover) but also by its form (which is the content).
If I would be asked if who is the better philosopher of the two, my answer would be it is only right to state that no one is better of the two because as they said, it is really very difficult to discover the absolute truth or knowledge and we are free to discover it on our own.

Reference:
Gaarder, J. (1991). Sophie’s World. London: Phoenix House.

Going for a Non-democratic Philippines
Content: 68/70
Mechanics: 29/30
Total: 97/100
Equivalent: 4.0
Today, the Philippines is under a democratic political regime wherein the rights and interests of the citizens are the ones being more prioritized than the leader’s will. Democracy has three types: participatory, representative, and liberal democracy.
James Danziger, author of the book, Introduction to Political World, defined the three types of democracy as follows: In participatory democracy, “there is active and direct participation by all citizens in the authoritative allocation” (Danziger, 2001, p153). The text type is the representative democracy “wherein the citizens elect people to represent them in the political process and allocate values on their behalf for the society” (Danziger, 2001, p154). Lastly, we can classify a political regime as a liberal democracy “when citizens enjoy not only democracy but also these more extensive political rights and civil liberties regarding participation, personal freedoms, and opposition” (Danziger, 2001, p155).
The Philippines is classified as representative democratic country because we elect our congressmen to represent our regions or districts. However, the Philippines is not yet ready for democracy because most of the citizens here are not capable of handling the responsibility of being part of the democratic society. I recommend that the Philippines be a non-democratic state for now.
Danziger (2001) also categorized the non-democratic political regime into three: the dictatorship, the authoritarian regime, and the totalitarian regime. The dictatorship according to him is the absence of limited mandate or term of presidency. The leader can rule the nation as long as he wanted. Then, the authoritarian regime has also the absence of limited mandate plus “the actions and dimension of the ruler are not constrained, while the political rights and freedom of the citizens are significantly limited” (2001, p159). Lastly, the totalitarian regime is the full control of government including the term of leadership, social life and state religion as well. By the way, Marcos’ regime is not just a dictatorship, but authoritarianism.
Now, I’ll present my reason why democracy should be abolished in this country for now. My first reason is that the government can’t control already the negative behavior of the citizens because of too much freedom. Too much freedom is not bad at all but, the problem here in the Philippines is that people are already abusing the freedom given by the government. Many people are rallying or even trying to destabilize the government because they are blaming the government pf their poverty. I think that Government should not be blamed for this. They just can’t find anyone to blame and also they cannot find a way on how they can support themselves with depending on the government.
The freedom to vote and freedom to be a candidate is a problem. Anyone can run for office without the assurance that he or she can lead the country well. Many voters are not aware of that.
A non-democratic regime can solve these problems by removing their rights to fight against the government and their right to vote because in this regime, the government is the one always right and there would be elections as long as leader does not resign.
My next reason to abolish democracy is the poor education of the Filipinos especially in the topics about politics and governance. In that case, people don’t understand the real situation of our society. One example of it is the price hike that is happening right now. People always tend to blame the government for the price hike not knowing the real reason for it. The most common instance is the price hike of oil; the real cause of oil’s price hike is the increase of its price in the world market. In that situation, the government can’t control that price hike because it’s not under its jurisdiction so it’s illogical to blame the government for it. Poor education is also a reason because most people don’t know real meaning of the terms used in politics as well as the proper usage. One example is when people is equating the word democracy with presidential. They think if our constitution is amended to parliament, democracy will be abolished. But the truth is, the presidential system is the one that will be changed to parliamentary system, not democracy. Theoretically, a state can be democratic and parliamentary at the same time. Democracy will not be affected whether our system is presidential or parliamentary.
Now, the non-democratic political regime could solve this problem by making education mandatory. People have no choice but to study even though they don’t like to because the government has the power to punish anyone who do not obey what the government wants.
The last reason of lifting democracy is the slow development of our country due to the long process of plans and projects because of the non-stop debates of the congressmen and senators regarding the bills to be passed. Because of the long process, the plans of government for our country are sometimes not implemented. One cause of their conflicts is the different points of views of the representatives of each district. They have different priorities instead of focusing on just one at a time that’s why after the term of a president, only few plans have been accomplished.
Let’s go back to the Marcos era which was an authoritarian regime. Notice that Marcos had fulfilled many projects like the Light Rail Transits (LRT), North and South Luzon Expressways (NLEX and SLEX), mall investments like SM, and many others that helped in the development of the country. And look at the democratic governments after Marcos, it takes time for them before the projects to be accomplished and others are unfinished. Examples of it are the Expo Filipino and nuclear plant project of Fidel Ramos that threw away big amount of our treasury because of their uselessness.
The non-democratic regime is a solution to the problem because in that regime, only one person decides on what to do in our country like in the case of Marcos or even Hitler. There will be no more debates because no one can argue against the leader. If that happens, the development of our country will be twice or even trice faster.
Many people are afraid of a non-democratic political regime and their first argument is the issue about our freedom. In a non-democratic regime, the rights of the people are limited which many people don’t like. But in the case of the Philippines, I don’t see any problem of limiting our rights because as I have said a while ago, people here are not disciplined which government can’t already control. I believe that democracy is just for disciplined and responsible people and not for aggressive and inconsiderate one.
The second criticism about non-democracy is that it is an evil regime. The critics said that if we take a look of the authoritarian governments like Hitler’s and Marcos’, they were overthrown by the people because of their abusiveness and selfishness. But, it is not the non-democratic per se is the one abusive and unselfish but the leaders themselves. It is still possible that leaders can be moral and unselfish. In that case, the leader could create a progressive nation. It is also backed-up by a Greek philosopher named Plato; he stated in his The Republic that the ideal government is totalitarian wherein the ruler is a philosopher (Gaarder ,1991). So if the leader is a philosopher, it means that he is logical and upright to be qualified as a good leader.
The last argument of the opposition is that democracy is the best type of government. Yes, it can be the best type in other countries but not here in the Philippines. We can see some democratic countries like United States and Japan highly developed – but that’s a different situation. United States has a strong government that can even coerce the whole world because of its hegemony. In that case, most Americas would probably obey their highly respected government unlike here in the Philippines that more Filipinos that are against the government than its followers. On the other hand, Japan has a good education system where in the Japanese believes that their universities are the best in Asia which Asiaweek also confirmed. The Kyoto University and Tokyo University gained the first and second ranks respectively while University of the Philippines, De La Salle University, Ateneo de Manila University and University of Santo Tomas just gained the 48th, 71st, 72nd and 74th respectively (Asiaweek, 2000). It only manifest that Japan’s education is no match compared to the Philippines’ and that also means that Japanese people are probably more intelligent, more critical and more responsible enough than Filipinos to be part of a democratic society.
Now that you have read my arguments, I hope that you may now realize that Philippines is not yet ready for a democratic political regime. It is because of the circumstances like weak government, poor education, and slow development in our country. A non-democratic political regime can help solve the problem by limiting the rights of the people to be disciplined and deciding through just one person to avoid long process of debates.
I recommend that if ever Philippines becomes a non-democratic society that there should be selfless and responsible leader that will make our country better. I discourage the totalitarian regime to be used because freedom of religion and culture is not a necessary to be lifted; I think that authoritarian regime is already enough for our country’s improvement. However, when the time has come that the Philippines has already a strong government and responsible citizens that are well educated, I think that’s the time for the Philippine government to lift authoritarianism and bring back the democracy.
Resources:
Danziger, J. (2001). Introduction to Political World. United States: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
Gaarder, J. (1991). Sophie’s World. London: Phoenix House.
http://www.pathfinder.com/asiaweek/features/universities2000/schools/multi.overall.html

Playstation2 is fun!
Score: 10/10
Equivalent: 4.0
Playing games in Playstation2 (PS2) is one of the most relaxing and entertaining hobby for me since I was born. In playing videogames, I feel that I can do anything and go anywhere I want to go. I can dunk the ball and block the shots through Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’neal respectively in NBA Live 2006. I can travel around the world and do difficult missions with James Bond by playing 007. I can destroy and terrorize Vice City and San Andreas in playing Grand Theft Auto. I can drive as fast as I can when I’m playing Need for Speed. I can play as Manny Paquiao and be a champion in playing Fight Night. And my most favorite of all, I can discover new places and creatures that is not existing in this world by Playing Final Fantasy X. It is really worth it and you can feel great fun If you have a set of PS2 in your room.

Death in Different Disciplines
Score: 10/10
Equivalent:4.0
Death is the absence of life. It is the last stage of life cycle of all living organisms. Individuals of different disciplines define death in ways. For biologists, a man is dead of all the organs of the body are not functioning well already due to some deceases or accidents. Moslems and Christians believe that death is the separation of the body and soul which the soul could be placed in paradise or hell. Hindus said that death is the way for them to reincarnate until they reach the state they call Nirvana which means absolute happiness. On the other hand, Atheists believe that after death, we will just vanish like a bubble because they said that humans have no soul. The agnostics has no stand on our destination after death because they believe that no one could known where we will go if we die because there is no evidence on the existence and non-existence of souls on human beings.

A Slice of a La Sallian life
Score: 19/20
Equivalent: 4.0
Agno street is a very popular place in De La Salle University though it’s not part of La Salle’s property. Agno is known as the “Heppa Alley” because they said that the food there are not that clean. Many Lasallians go there to buy cheaped-priced foos and smoke freely without being sanctioned by the Displine Officer. It’s very hot there because of the sun and the place smells like a burning building because of the smoke coming from the cigarettes. The alley is noisy because of the sounds of Light Rail Transit (LRT), vehicles passing by, and conversation of the students. Sometimes, the wind blows by and that temporarily removes the heat of the sun and the smoke. The street is not just for loitering but also students are using that way going to DLSU Science and Technology Research Center (STRC), Don Enrique Razon Hall (DLSU Sports Complex), and the soon-to-be-made 17 floors 10 elevators Brother Andrew Gonzalez Hall (General Education Building). An abandoned unfinished established and the Castro street can also be seen on that alley. I think that people should clean the street it looks messy because of the trashes scattered around and they make it more attractive to the eyes so that it can be considered as a real La Sallian’s place.

It's already my vacation. As I have said 1 week lang yun. Pero Ok lang. Wala naman akong ginagawa pag bakasyon. On the 17th, babalik na ulit ako ng La Salle to get my grades. Medyo kinakabahan ako...

One Last Task

Tapos na ang dalawa kong exams sa Biology at International Relations!!! Nasubmit ko na rin iyung take home exam ko sa Psycology... Iyung portfolio na lang sa English ang problema... Limang parts pa ang kailangan kong gawin... Hay, nakakatamad... Next week, one week vacation ako, baka kung may magyayaya diyan, pwede ako... hehehe... Oh, sige.. gagawa muna ako ng English ko... bye!!!

Finals Na!!!

Hay sa wakas... matatapos na rin ang third term!!! Kaya lang, ang dami pa ding gagawin. May exam pa ako sa Biology at International Relations. May take home exam sa Psycology. Then, may portfolio pa ako sa English. Pero OK lang yun... Madali lang yun.. hehehe... Next time na lang ulit ako magpopost kapag hindi na ako busy... bye!!!