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Posted 1 month ago

it has been a while since I wrote a personal post.

today was a productive day in which I:

blow-dried my hair after showering
bought bread and nail polish remover
picked up Coltz’s graduation gift
wrapped grad gifts for Coltz, Dom and Shek
baked a dozen vanilla-glazed sugar cookies
read a bit more of How They Met and Other Stories
finished a puzzle game on Kongregate
cleared out some memory on my phone

tomorrow we have practice for the commencement exercises and our college send-off party. then I’m planning to get my nails done with Kez. and Coltz will stay the night.

I am excited to see all the friends again but also sad because I know that some of my not-yet-graduating friends are sad about being not-yet-graduating. I keep my own social media sites updated with graduation news but I try to show them as much love as I can. and I find it really sweet that most of the ones who are in Baguio are going to see us off.

I can kind of feel the pre-graduation (and, prematurely, some of the post-graduation) depression settling in. but I’ve been getting a lot of love this week from friends and family. so I am generally happy right now. <3

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Posted 8 months ago

graduation

assuming I pass all of my subjects this semester, these will be my subjects next semester:

SC190
SC elective
journ elective
free elective
free elective
natsci3 or STS
PE2

… and then I march. wow.

I just need to keep reminding myself to stay afloat, and take care of my health, and that actually most of the hardest subjects are over.

and I need to make progress on my thesis. gulp.

so this post is something I can look back on when I feel like the requirements never end. because I know that I wouldn’t have gotten this far if I couldn’t do it with my first three years of subjects.

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Posted 9 months ago

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eh masaya kame, bakit ba. :D

photograph by Gail Capati.

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Posted 9 months ago

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the ladies of Tinig Amianan at Chancellor RR’s Investiture last Friday.

photograph by Gail Capati.

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Posted 1 year ago

A Notice to the Public: Baguio City Road Constructions

The Department of Public Works and Highways – Baguio City District Engineer’s Office (DPWH- BCDEO) stands by three principles:

(1) Right Cost – reasonable and fair budget allocation
(2) Right Project – constructions, rehabilitation and improvement where most needed
(3) Right Quality – durable and safe roads

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The DPWH is the first government agency that comes to mind when the topic is road construction. This is typical because the word “highways” is in the name and a responsibility of the department. But does this department accommodate complaints?

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from UP Baguio journalism 106: investigative journalism — read the other side of the long-running controversy between the citizens and the Department of Public Works and Highways.

please share your thoughts with us! leave your comments at the bottom of the page.

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Posted 1 year ago

libro, hindi bala.

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Posted 1 year ago

freshie days and freshie night

sometimes I miss those freshie days when UP was still pristine and immaculate in my eyes and being there was nothing short of amazing. the academic workload was a healthy challenge and first years were the priority in tons of events. I was fully convinced that I would graduate after exactly four academic years. and I had this overblown but noble concept of Iskolar ng Bayan and social responsibility and how we were - are - capable of so much.

not to say that I am complaining about my UPian life now. but it’s a little sad sometimes to realize how much has changed in the way I look at my school and myself. it’s like losing the innocence of youth.

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Posted 1 year ago

regarding the upcoming walk out.

in any subject — GE, minor, major, elective, NSTP, PE, any subject at all — missing a class can hardly be called a good move. intentionally skipping class is even worse, especially if those 90 minutes are dedicated to something unproductive. I admit that more than once I have cut class, sometimes to take care of other more urgent requirements, other times because I was running late and had already surpassed the fifteen minute grace period, and in a few instances, frankly, just because I was feeling tired or lazy.

in my two-going-on-three years in UP Baguio, however, I have not yet missed a walk out. the walk out of 2010 was for the fight against the state universities and colleges budget cut, and this year the battle for the people’s right to an education continues.

first two days in bullets

Tuesday

woke up early and got to school half an hour before the start of my first class
hung out with Mela, Jason, Albert, and Dani at the kiosk
~~may dumaan at nagkaruon ng grabeng laglagan~~
hugs all around

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