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Archive for January, 2008
Buhay America
20 Jan 2008
Found this being forwarded as spam. But reading it, it’s not really spam-ish at all.
Akala ng mga tao na nasa Pilipinas kapag nasa America ka akala nila madami ka ng pera. Ang totoo, madami kang utang, dahil credit card [...]
EDSA II? What EDSA?
20 Jan 2008An interesting article on Inquirer.net today: Forget Edsa II, says Palace. Call me apathetic but ever since 2001, I never found a reason to celebrate EDSA II. It’s a day of tragedy, a day of infamy, anyway. It’s not even a revolution. It was probably the most outstanding displays of f aux democracy in history.
“Remember, [...]
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- Tags: Politics and Society, Rant
Lectures, seminars, and more lectures…
19 Jan 2008It’s just a few minutes since I arrived home from UP. For some reason, I feel like I’m in some intra-campus tour since I’ve been “booked” to have a few speaking engagements. Last week, I held a talk on resume writing for students from the School of Statistics (Stat). This morning, I had a talk [...]
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- Tags: Public Speaking, Seminars
Sucker-punched
14 Jan 2008The one reason why I didn’t believe in sending your car (especially if it’s a used car aging gracefully) to the dealership for repairs is the cost. For me, that was the sole reason why I avoided bringing our old Corolla to Toyota even if the dealership was located a lot nearer than my trusted [...]
UP or Ateneo revisited
In: Education
13 Jan 2008I’m not even including La Salle here. Hehehe… Evil me.
Anyway, I’m quite in a quandary here whether I have to reconsider my views. Well, you may think that since I am affiliated with UP, I will be in full support of the University. Well, quite honestly, being with the university in a role other than [...]
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- Tags: Ateneo, Education, UP
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Hi! I'm Alex, a 20-something blogger writing about the discourses of social media. Once in a while I still let slip posts about the mundane, the asinine, and the trivial. Feel free to contact me.
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