Graduation
The kids have graduated. I'm very proud of you guys and I wish you the best of luck in college. Squeeze college out for all its worth, and learn everything you can about your subjects, about people,...
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Ubuntu on HP500 Notebook
Having decided to finally purchase a laptop, I canvassed the shops for laptops under 40k with basic features where I can get most of my work done. We have a shortage of desktop PCs for school teachers,...
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Kurt Vonnegut, 84
I was shocked to read that my favorite author, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., has died. I have long feared this day, as he was already old and was a heavy smoker of Pall Mall cigarettes, "a classy way to commit...
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Panay Island: Boracay
Boracay BeachMarch 31 to April 3, 2007After bringing Dawn to Ilocos to meet my family, she invited me to come with her on a vacation to meet her relatives in Capiz province, in the island of Panay....
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I climbed Tarak again last April, just to guide my co-teachers Henry, Annie, and Teacher Jo up a mountain they haven't been to before. I wasn't really all that up to it because we weren't really all...
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Sometimes I feel that I want my life to be a Cameron Crowe movie. Sometimes I just want a Cameron Crowe soundtrack for it.I caught Elizabethtown on HBO last week, and I was taken away by how personal...
View ArticleIdentification Cards
The school is in a haste to implement its “No ID-No Entry” policy that it directed its teachers-in-charge to urgently create temporary identification cards. These cards are just printed on paper, with...
View ArticleBackground change
I changed the background from a view on Mt. Guiting-guiting's knife edge to Mt. Apo's boulders. Not something one sees everyday.
View ArticleRegarding Regards
One of my pet language peeves is the misuse of the phrase "with regard to". A lot of people in our school, including language teachers, use the phrase "with regards to" indiscriminately. My problem is...
View ArticleChoosing schools
My uncle is planning to move his family back here from the states, and they have been shopping around for a school where my cousins (a 13 year old girl and a 9 year old boy) can attend next year. I...
View ArticleItch
After watching Lakbay TV on cable, I suddenly had this itch to go off on climbs again. It's been two months since my last climb, and lately I haven't been feeling the urge to climb. I'm horrendously...
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Dawn tagged me, so I'm writing seven things about myself. I won't be tagging anyone else, because I'm that kind of person.1. The first thing people should know about me is that I am deaf on my right...
View ArticleFamy etc.
I tagged along with my former officemates when they went to Famy last Saturday to send Mian off as she transfers to Singapore in October. I enjoyed this climb better than my first trek up Famy, because...
View ArticleConcerts and Exams
No new climbs. )=----------------Two weeks ago Dawn and I watched Fall Out Boy live at the Araneta Coliseum. Dawn really was the FOB fan, way back before they released their Infinity on High album. She...
View ArticleBusy busy
It has been a very busy last two weeks for me, and sadly it wasn't much along the lines of work and school. Having suddenly been pushed into a cramming mode when November came around, wedding preps are...
View ArticleSex Education with the Government
City Hall conducts this huge waste of time called the Family Planning seminar as a requirement for couples who are about to be married. As with a lot of government initiatives, the seminar has a worthy...
View ArticleLevels of Twilight
I freaked out again last night with a nightmare that I had before. I dreamt that I was awake in my bed but I was unable to move a muscle. I wasn't able to open my eyes, move my fingers, nor move my...
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Mt. Ugo
Mt. UgoKayapa, Nueva Vizcaya to Itogon, BenguetNovember 29 to December 2, 2007This Mt. Ugo climb was definitely one of my toughest climbs so far. Perhaps this is because I've been so out of shape these...
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The Akiki Trail
Mt. Pulag via Akiki-AmbangegFebruary 23-25, 2008I meant to write about this after I posted a write-up about my wedding, but while I would want to think that one through, I can just hammer this out and...
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