Copyrighted Oble

          I just found out from my New Media Class through my classmate Jervis that the UP Oblation is now copyrighted by the Quezon Hall Administration. I do not know when this started but even my classmate Jamay said that their sorority  was asked to pay 12,500 pesos for the Oblation they used in their Powercards and that they were not allow to make derivatives from the oblation.

        Maybe it's the answer of the UP Administration to protect the identity of the University from many shirt makers that use the famous icon and also to protect it from grim marketing strategies by other people outside the University;  however, I find it ironic because the oblation per se is an icon of freedom but how come students can't even take photos with the famous UP icon?!

Best and Birthday

     After our consultation this afternoon with our professor in BC 181 for the colloquium next week, Sir Choy said that so far we are the best presenters in his class. It was also in that instant that I learned that my partner will be celebrating her birthday today! So here's for my best partner, Wang! Happy happy birthday. Super thanks to all the patience and sacrifice you had for this paper and presentation. Let's strive to maintain our being the best. Let us offer this to God! Cheers!

Piece of Childhood

Print screen image of the closing bill board of the 62nd episode. 

I just finished watching for the nth time my favorite anime so far which is HunterXHunter. I like the story of friendship, of fidelity, of being strong, of being the best. It's all worth it, spedning hours in front of my laptop just to complete the primary episodes of HXH. I wanna watch the two sequels, too! Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio, thanks for the spirit! Now, I wanna be a hunter! 

Procrastination at its best!

Pagbitaw

Orgasm of a dream

Marahil marami tayong pangarap sa buhay. Ang ilan ay gusto sigurong mangibang-bayan upang doon suungin ang mga hamon ng buhay, samatala ang iba ay nanaising manatili sa bayang tinubuan para dito ipagpatuloy ang laban ng buhay.

Nais kong maging matagumpay at dalubhasang Filipino sa maraming larangan. Alam kong hindi pa ganoon kalinaw kung saang direksyon ako magpapatuloy matapos ang kolehiyo. Kung magbukas man ang opurtunidad na makapag-aral muli, akin iyong tatanggapin. Samatalang kung iba man ang plano para sa akin ng tadhana, akin din iyong kukunin ng buong-buo. Dahil sa kaguluhan ng pag-iisip ko kung ano nga ba talaga ang ninanais ko pagkatapos grumadweyt, marami na rin akong naisakripisyong mga sana'y opurtunidad na noon ay hindi ko man lang nabigyan ng halaga. Mga taong nagmahal, nagpapamahal, at minahal. Mga bagay na inangkin, ibinigay, at itinabi.

Alam kong walang patutunguhan ang blog entry na ito. Nais ko lamang magpahayag ng mga bagay-bagay na nasa aking isipan matapos makapag-basa ng mga teoryang talaga namang tumagos sa aking pagkatao. Ito'y mga teoryang may kinalaman sa nais kong marating isang taon mula ngayon. Ngunit, kinakailangan ko nga bang magpa-apekto?

Kagabi bago matulog, ako ay napadala ng mga mensahe sa mga iilang mga tao sa aking contect list sa cellphone ko. Ang laman ng text ko ay:

Pangarap kong maging isang magaling at dalubhasang Filipino. Tara, matulog na tayo at magising sa bukas na maaliwalas.

Tapos biglang nag-reply si Ate Carmela, ang aking kaklase at kaibigan na nagdadadalubhasa sa teorya ni Michel Foucalt na gagamitin niya sa proposal niya pang-tisis.

Hindi ko na makakamtan ang pangarap na iyan sapagkat nag-iisip at nagsusuri ako sa Ingles. Naka-kahon na ako sa Ingles. Filipino will always sound beautiful. Hanggang pakikinig na lang ako.

Bigla akong natahimik pagkabasa ang kanyang mensahe. Hindi ko na kakayanin pang patayin ang init at nagbabagang pangarap na mayroon ako, malabo man yan o malinaw. Hindi ko lubos maisip na ang isang kaibigang magaling mag-isip ay tila naging isang saging sa champorado.

Marahil, makitid pa rin ang aking perspektibo at pananaw sa mundong aking ginagalawan. O siguro ay naka-kahon na rin ako sa mga teoryang inakala kong magpapalaya sa akin? Hanggang dito na lang siguro ako sa ngayon. Haharapapin pa ang mga hamon ng pagiging iskolar.

Sandali. Matanong kita. Anong pangarap mo?

 

New chancellor of UP Diliman

I just read the tweet of the Philippine Collegian stating that the new UP Diliman chancellor is Dr. Cesar Coloma of the College of Science.

UP Diliman Selection for the next Chancellor

Today is the day when the five nominees will face the judgement from the stockholders of the University of the Philippines' flagship campus. I saw Sir Roland yesterday and wished him goodluck. I am for him because of the credentials and his administrative experiences. It's not only because he is our dean in CMC, but also because I believe he was able to upgrade the college. Now I am excited for the results. I hope sir Roland gets the post.

Buddy Date

Finally my buddy Joan and I have our buddy date already! I had fun. I discovered so much about my buds. She's not your ordinary college freshman in the School of Economics. She's a band member, a vocalist at that. And she's so friendly and talkative, I guess, and I like our date!

We ate the isaw in front of the International Center, jogged at the acad oval, watched film at the tambayan and also cleaned the area, then we exchanged gifts! :)

There you go, as the best applicant last semester, I am confident that my biddy will also be the Best Applicant in Publicity Committee of UPCE this sem. She's really the BEST! Go buddy!