Online news haven’t picked this out yet, but at least two municipalities in Lanao del Norte have been captured by Muslim MILF rebels. Kolambugan’s Central School has been torched. Hostages, all of them Christian, have been lined up by the rebels to stand on the edge of the highway. Houses in Kauswagan are burning. People [...]
Several bombs have just exploded in Iligan. Of the 7 rumored to blow up, 2 have been reported so far to have succeeded in blowing up budget hotels in the city. I don’t know what the current situation is. The radio stations have signed off. Local and most international channels from our Cable operator have [...]
Last I heard, 4 bombs have just exploded in Iligan. The first one blew up this afternoon on 5:45 pm. It was followed by 3 more as of 8pm. People here, however, are not that surprised. Text messages warning Muslims from visiting certain places had been circulating since about 2 weeks ago. Somehow these messages [...]
While riding the jeep to school, I overheard this conversation. “You’re now a diabetic?” a woman said to a man, who was obviously her friend. She wore what seemed to be a uniform of some generic office. He, on the other hand, was wearing home clothing. “That’s what the doctor said,” the man said. “You [...]
White is in, and it has been a long time since it has been in, but I’ve just recently got in on the craze. I am now one of the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos who wear all white on schooldays. We are the caregiver students, student nurses, and medical students. Ordinarily, I hate wearing [...]
Photo of a tartanilla* dressed up with national colors. I’m a few days overdue, but considering what our President has done to mangle up our calendar, I guess my greeting of a Happy Independence Day would still be appropriate for now, or not. I’m not a political activist. I’m not even close as a nationalist. [...]
Image taken from Despair, Inc. Last Friday, we had our first Problem Based Learning (PBL) experience. It was different from the traditional learning style that I was used to. Gone were the teachers speaking to a class full of inattentive students. Instead, we were 7 students in a small room doing most of the talking [...]
Today is Friday, my last day of freedom. Classes would be starting next week on Monday, which means that after about 2 years since UP, I’ll finally be a “full-fledged” student again. I’m not counting Saturday and Sunday as my last days of freedom because students are usuall free during those days. I’m also not [...]
After receiving my enrollment documents, I went inside a room to have them filled out. A throng had already gathered around a table when I arrived. The room was loud with the sounds of new acquaintances making small talk and old friends having a small reunion. Almost everyone in the room was unknown to me, [...]
It’s obvious. By tomorrow: The Cookie Man gets the boot. GASPY/GASPuleta* wins. His victory speech goes like this, “GASP* I won. GASP* Gee. GASP* Golly. GASP* This is embarrassing. GASP*” *This post was inspired by Vote for the Worst.
