Weeks before the Holy Week, the church usually recommends getting a confession, observing fasting and abstinence, eating no pork or beef on Fridays, praying the rosary, and guarding yourself from sin.
At the St. Therese Chapel at UPLB, I usually attend the 5:30 pm mass as much as I can. The chapel is often packed with [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘acad life’
March 20, 2008
Holy, Holy, Holy
January 16, 2008
UP Centennial Lecture Series (Part II)
Today, I had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Baldomero M. Olivera, the second speaker in the UP Centennial Lecture Series via video telecast at the SEARCA Umali Auditorium here UPLB. He was conferred Doctor of Science, honoris causa, by the university at the UP Film Center at the UPD amidst well decorated [...]
December 13, 2007
2007 UPLB Oblation Run
Oopppss…this is the 2004 UPLB Oblation run. I dare not take a picture of them. Not now.
The thing about being in UP is that over time, you become more perceptive, wais and magulang in the name of serious socio/political/acad stuff or just for the heck of it. UP has become a melting pot of sorts [...]
December 1, 2007
Mommy, not now
Last night, my mom, myate and I had a very serious talk about guys, sex and marriage. It wasn’t the first time we had this kind of conversation but last night was the most serious, if not, the most intense girl talk we’ve ever had concerning these matters. My sister is getting married next year [...]
November 20, 2007
Sexual Innuendos
I hate it when people inject meaning to an otherwise normal and decent conversation. It’s like they purposely sniff out ‘hidden’ messages in your words when in fact, you mean nothing of that sort. The worst part of it is when they smile at you and you start to notice that sleezy sparkle in their [...]
