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Rico Blanco leaves Rivermaya courtesy of rebelpixel productions.

I’m still in shock with the news. Rico has got to be one of my favorite local music personalities out there. And Rivermaya became a favorite ever since he took the reigns and led ‘Maya to transformations.

Likewise, no offense to the amazing talent that is the remainder of the group but ‘Maya without Rico is pretty much like pork adobo without the pork.

Future of computing? Probably. If it’s Microsoft, it’s bound to be a monopoly.

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I’ve been trying to contact our department and the Graduate Studies Office to clarify stuff. I was a bit puzzled why my calls weren’t getting through. When I tried the UP trunkline, I found my answer.

The trunkline operator said that there’s no connection to the whole Faculty Center where the the department office and the GSO are located. The reason – someone robbed the main phone cable to the building!

Hot damn! Only in the Philippines. And in UP, no less. Pati kable, ninakaw!

Anyway, I’ll be reporting on June 4. Yey!

It just occurred to me. I’ve always been reading about the tradition of yelling “Freebird!” in rock concerts in the US. To those who aren’t familiar with the topic, Freebird‘s a song by legendary Southern US rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd. If you’ve watched My Name is Earl and god-forbid Elizabethtown you may have seen references to this anthem.

I have no arguments against this. Freebird‘s probably overrated, say, compared to other 70s rock anthems but it’s a nice song. Smooth topped off with an incendiary guitar battle at the end. The song’s been so ingrained in the American rock culture that it’s been an old running “joke” to yell out a request for it. Never mind if the band’s borders more on jazz. Here’s an article about it, The Curse of Freebird.

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Curses! Blame Mae for this post. Hehehe. I’ve never been really big on these meme stuff. But since it’s Mae who tagged me, I’ll give it a shot.

In any case, while there’s a heck of a lot that would make us a little less proud being a Filipino, there’s a heck of a lot to be proud of. Since there’s only need for three, here are my picks.

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