Entries from October 2007

October 31, 2007

Sembreak?

I promised myself that the next semester would be my last in college and that next year, I am medschool bound no matter what. But up until now, I’m still not sure whether this will happen or not.
Maybe its just me being the uber pessimist or maybe I’m just being honest to myself. I mean, [...]

October 27, 2007

Erap, Pardoned.

Sometimes, being tagged ‘AKTIBISTA’ just because your a UP student may give more than one meaning. Some hate being associated with that word, while others bask and claim every inch of what that word represents. Honestly, being a TIBAK isn’t all about raging rallies, wearing loose clothing, running through the streets with banners and chanting [...]

October 21, 2007

Glorietta 2 Bombing

I was on my way home last Friday when I heard about the bombing at G2. I couldn’t believe my ears when Sen. Gordon told reporters that 8 people had officially died that day and that around 93 more were injured and were sent to Makati Med and the Makati Hospital. It felt strange because [...]

October 12, 2007

10 Things I Hate

I’ve been tagged by Trekker to do this list. This one I’ll be doing as a breather from Philippine politics a.k.a. headache and mind-blowing disappointment. To forget, even for a while, the melodramatic twists and turns up in the Senate, I welcome these 10 things to eat up the excess stress I have from thinking [...]

October 9, 2007

ZTE and DepEd’s Cyber Education

The ZTE Deal is officially dead…or is it?
Last week, PGMA and her cohorts faced China’s top brass only to tell them that the initial agreement on the NBN had to be cancelled; courtesy of the controversies of corruption and the Senate’s probe into that anomalous deal. But what about the agreement on DepEd’s Cyber Education?
PGMA [...]