Viennese variation of bum

Five Years - Sugar Hiccup

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:04:19 GMT

Mmmmmm....
But He will never be back......

i think because its April Fools (entries in Wiki that makes you want to take a second look)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:26:49 GMT

Did you know...

...that John F. Kennedy was shot dead in an ambush by government agents who had foreknowledge of his whereabouts?

...that Ben Affleck died while shoveling snow outside of his house, leaving behind an unexpectedly small estate speculated to be worth as little as US$20,000?

On this day...

April 1:

1970 – The first of over 670,000 gremlins was released into North America.

consummatum est

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:20:57 GMT

at last.

Unglued-Jupiter One

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:57:17 GMT

Clouds above the cemetery,
Can't even tell the time of day,
They give nothing away,
Reading names of people past,
They're so very close and
far away,
But who am I to say?

Trees obscure the borderlines,
there's big weeping willows,
all around,
Their branches weight them down.

Remeber when we,
came unglued
to float by the window?
The neighbours must have had
a laugh:
We love to put on a show.
For people who would try to deny
We'll show 'em the pictures.
The only thing that bothers me now
is why remeber it here?

Is it true,
As I walk along the beach
beside you,
That nothing in the world can
find you?
Here's to you!
Let the growing of the trees
remind you,
That everything is now behind you.

Ear against a mausoleum,
Eyes on a broken wristwatch hand
My feet still caked with sand.

Remembering when we
came unglued
I feel like my heart is beating fast
I can't seem to relax

And people never used to smile
When posing for potraits
It must have been a different time.
No phony, elastic grin.
I feel like that's the real me.
Straight face and a blank stare.
Looking like I never win,
But I feel fine.

Twice in my life I've been sure that
a wall was the edge of the world

recommended watching (yet again)

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:14:25 GMT

if you like the Beatles or just fond of good music :)

Vincent by Tim Burton(?)

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:23:41 GMT

Vincent Malloy is seven years old
He’s always polite and does what he’s told
For a boy his age, he’s considerate and nice
But he wants to be just like Vincent Price

He doesn’t mind living with his sister, dog and cats
Though he’d rather share a home with spiders and bats
There he could reflect on the horrors he’s invented
And wander dark hallways, alone and tormented

Vincent is nice when his aunt comes to see him
But imagines dipping her in wax for his wax museum

He likes to experiment on his dog Abercrombie
In the hopes of creating a horrible zombie
So he and his horrible zombie dog
Could go searching for victims in the London fog

His thoughts, though, aren’t only of ghoulish crimes
He likes to paint and read to pass some of the times
While other kids read books like Go, Jane, Go!
Vincent’s favourite author is Edgar Allen Poe

One night, while reading a gruesome tale
He read a passage that made him turn pale

Such horrible news he could not survive
For his beautiful wife had been buried alive!
He dug out her grave to make sure she was dead
Unaware that her grave was his mother’s flower bed

His mother sent Vincent off to his room
He knew he’d been banished to the tower of doom
Where he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life
Alone with the portrait of his beautiful wife

While alone and insane encased in his tomb
Vincent’s mother burst suddenly into the room
She said: “If you want to, you can go out and play
It’s sunny outside, and a beautiful day”

Vincent tried to talk, but he just couldn’t speak
The years of isolation had made him quite weak
So he took out some paper and scrawled with a pen:
“I am possessed by this house, and can never leave it again”
His mother said: “You’re not possessed, and you’re not almost dead
These games that you play are all in your head
You’re not Vincent Price, you’re Vincent Malloy
You’re not tormented or insane, you’re just a young boy
You’re seven years old and you are my son
I want you to get outside and have some real fun.

”Her anger now spent, she walked out through the hall
And while Vincent backed slowly against the wall
The room started to swell, to shiver and creak
His horrid insanity had reached its peak

He saw Abercrombie, his zombie slave
And heard his wife call from beyond the grave
She spoke from her coffin and made ghoulish demands
While, through cracking walls, reached skeleton hands

Every horror in his life that had crept through his dreams
Swept his mad laughter to terrified screams!
To escape the madness, he reached for the door
But fell limp and lifeless down on the floor

His voice was soft and very slow
As he quoted The Raven from Edgar Allen Poe:

                                                                    “and my soul from out that shadow
                                                                        that lies floating on the floor
                                                                                    shall be lifted?
                                                                                       Nevermore…”

you should see this short stop-motion animation made in 1982, made even before Nightmare Before Christmas :)

one more time one more chance by yamazaki masayoshi

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:18:02 GMT

kore ijyou nani wo ushinaeba kokoro wa yurusareru no
dore hodo no itaminaraba mou ichido kimi ni aeru
One more time kisetsuyo utsurowanaide
One more time fuzakeatta jikan yo

kuichigau toki wa itsumo boku ga saki ni oretane
wagamama na seikaku ga naosara itoshikusaseta
One more chance kioku ni ashi wo torarete
One more chance tsugi no basho wo erabenai

itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata wo
mukai no HOOMU rojiura no mado
konna toko ni iru hazu mo nai noni
negai wa moshimo kanau nara imasugu kimi no moto e
dekinai koto wa mou nani mo nai
subete kakete dakishimete miseru yo

sabishisa magirasu dake nara dare demo ii hazu na noni
hoshi ga ochisouna yoru dakara jibun wo itsuwarenai
One more time kisetsu yo utsurowanaide
One more time fuzakeatta jikan yo

itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata wo
kousaten demo yume no naka demo
konna toko ni iru hazu mo nai noni
kiseki ga moshimo okoru nara ima sugu kimi ni misetai
atarashii asa kore kara no boku
ienakatta "suki" to iu kotoba mo

natsu no omoide ga mawaru
fui ni kieta kodou

itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata wo
akegata no machi sakuragi chou de
konna toko ni kuru hazu mo nai noni
negai ga moshimo kanau nara imasugu kimi no moto e
dekinai koto wa mou nani mo nai
subete kakete dakishimete miseru yo

itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no kakera wo
tabisaki no mise shinbun no sumi
konna toko ni aru hazu mo nai noni
kiseki ga moshimo okoru nara ima sugu kimi ni misetai
atarashii asa kore kara no boku
ienakatta "suki" to iu kotoba mo

itsudemo sagashiteshimau dokka ni kimi no egao wo
kyuukou machi no fumikiri atari
konna toko ni iru hazu mo nai noni
inochi ga kurikaesu naraba nandomo kimi no moto e
hoshii mono nado mou nani mo nai
kimi no hoka ni taisetsu na mono nado

recommended watching: Byousoku Go Senchimetoru (5 Centimeters per Second)

(English Translation)

What else need I lose, before my heart will be forgiven?

What pain need I feel, before I can see you again?
One more time--I don't want the season to change
One more time--That time we spent joking together

I was always the one to give in when we didn't agree
Your touch of selfishness made me love you all the more
One more chance--My memories hold me back
One more chance-- I can't say where we'll meet again

I'm always searching, watching for a glimpse of you
On the opposite platform, in alleyway windows
Not that I could hope to find you there
If I could have any wish I would be with you now
There's nothing left that I won't do
I'd give everything just to hold you again

Anyone would do if I just wanted
To hold back my loneliness
But on a night like this
When the stars themselves seem like they might fall
I can't fool myself
One more time--I don't want the season to change
One more time--That time we spent joking together

I'm always searching, watching for your face
At intersections, in my dreams
Not that I could hope to find you there
Granted a miracle, I'd want to show you
A new morning, the person that I'm becoming
I'd finally tell you that I love you

I'm lost in memories of summer,
A pulse that fades to nothing

I'm always searching, watching for a glimpse of you
In the city at dawn, in Sakuragi-cho
Not that you would ever come here
There's nothing left that I won't do
I'd give everything I have just to hold you again

I'm always searching, watching for some part of you
In shops when I travel, in newspaper stories
Not that I could hope to find you there
Granted a miracle, I'd want to show you
A new morning, the person that I'm becoming
I'd finally tell you that I love you

I'm always searching, watching for your smile
At train crossings, waiting for the express to pass
Not that I could hope to find you there
If I could live over and over again, I would always go back to you
The most important thing of all

is this what we are?

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:59:44 GMT

Hypotheses For Understanding Ateneans

      Shortly before I graduated fifteen years ago, a group of leaders from socially-involved organizations got together to consider the question of why less students are socially involved. In preparing for a meeting of this group, I came to realize that the principal reason why Ateneans enter the Ateneo is not because they want to become persons for others but because entering the Ateneo is a good strategy (if not one of the best strategies) for ensuring financial security.

      Over time, I nurtured my curiousity about Ateneans while working in various capacities within the University as teacher, administrator and (in formal and informal capacities as a) mobilizer for social involvement1. I remember that sometime in the late 1990s I wrote hypotheses about Ateneans that developed my realizations from 1992, incorporating observations from my experiences after a couple of years of working within the University.

      Sometime in September 2007, I was asked to join a meeting where lifestyle choices of students were discussed and I remember thinking then that the first step that needed to be taken by administrators was to try to understand where Ateneans are coming from. Right after that meeting, I sat down and wrote these 25 hypotheses about Ateneans and emailed it to three administrators who deal regularly with students.

      Some notes regarding these hypotheses: First, I write these hypotheses as a participant- observer in a society and not with the eyes of someone making moral or ethical judgments. In fact I write these things with the greatest sympathy for Ateneans who for me are more tragic than terrible. There are things described in the hypotheses which can be considered by some to be morally or ethically wrong but passing judgment on the acts (much less on the person) is the last thing I want to do. Even when I speak of “inordinate attachments” in the first hypothesis, for example, I mean it in the sense of unfreedom rather than sin. As I point out in the last hypothesis, approaching things from a purely judgmental point of view prevents dialogue between school personnel and students.

      Secondly, while these hypotheses constitute a model which I have found personally useful for understanding Ateneans, it is necessary to point out that not all of these hypotheses apply to particular Ateneans (I have tried to nuance with words like “most” or “a few” where I thought it was appropriate) . They may not even apply at all to some sections of the population (I wonder about scholars, for example, with whom I have not had extensive contact). While I am pretty confident I got the broad themes right, I am very much open to nuancing some points even more or even re-considering some points altogether. That is why I consider these hypotheses and I place the occassional “(?)” to indicate higher degrees of uncertainty.

      I have always wanted these hypotheses to be validated by various sectors of the University: by administrators, staff and faculty to see if the hypotheses help them to understand their experiences with Ateneans, and with students themselves to see if the words and sentiments I express here are their words and their sentiments. I can't emphasize enough that putting these thoughts down on paper was done precisely for intelligent discussion and not to generate sensationalist stories. I hope that if you get a copy of this document you will exercise discretion when quoting from it (thus this long intro) and when passing it on to others.

      I didn't have enough energy to articulate what can be done which is not to say that nothing can be done. Of course I think a lot of the “doing” has to come from the end of school personnel which may begin with a sincere desire to understand Ateneans and listen to their concerns, no matter how contrary these may be to our own values and our sense of what we are currently doing.

      I had the option of releasing these hypotheses anonymously but I do want to know if these hypotheses are valid precisely because they have implications in terms of the way we live out cura personalis with our students. The disadvantage of acknowledging who wrote these hypotheses is that it might prevent people from giving feedback, for one reason or another, knowing that the thoughts came from me. I hope that if after reading these hypotheses you have reactions, comments, suggestions, or any other feedback, you would be kind enough to write to me at ldelacruz@ateneo. edu. I would also be happy to discuss these things personally with you, a meeting we can arrange after making initial contact through email.

Leland Dela Cruz

3 October 2007

25 Hypotheses

   1. For Ateneans (and their parents), the central source of anxiety is whether or not they will be able to achieve a lifestyle comparable to or better than the lifestyle of their parents after they graduate. For many, this is their principal inordinate attachment.
   2. Families have a very high expectation of what an Ateneo education can do for their children in achieving a lifestyle which will be comparable to or better than the lifestyle of the parents. This is why parents pressure the students to study hard.
   3. As our tuition increases, the population of students get richer, thus the lifestyle goals are higher and the pressure is greater.
   4. The choice of Ateneo as the place to study is part of the strategy to achieve the goal of attaining a lifestyle comparable to or better than the lifestyle of their parents. Nobody enters the Ateneo because they want to be men and women for others (and increasingly also not because it provides Catholic education).
   5. The choice of course is a central part of that strategy because the course determines the steepness of the future trajectory of the students/ the ease with which the students will achieve the goal of achieving a lifestyle comparable to or better than the lifestyle of their parents. (For the students and their families, there is such a thing as a good strategy or a bad strategy when it comes to choice of course). Thus there is a hierarchy of courses2.
   6. The goal of education for most Ateneans is to obtain an Ateneo diploma and not primarily to learn.
   7. By the time they reach college, and after the first few weeks of freshman year, most students become jaded about the possibility of learning anything in a classroom setting.
   8. What students look for in class is practical mastery (to help them achieve the goal of attaining a lifestyle comparable to their parents?) and they do not appreciate the value of conceptual mastery. Most teachers on the other hand emphasize conceptual mastery. (Like the rest of society, students do not have high regard for faculty because they did not get far in achieving goal #1).
   9. For most Ateneans, Ateneo education is not difficult. Teachers are tagged as kayang bolahin at hindi kayang bolahin (and there are very few of those), A-able o hindi. Most work to obtain a C-average, except those who feel and are capable of getting into the Dean’s List. “Academic excellence” is a term used by those who designed TACSS. Change that to “Academics” and it would still be tops. Academic excellence is not a value for most students. Many students just want to be Dean's list once in their entire college career.
10. Honesty in terms of academics is not valued by many because academic work itself is not valued. Besides, many students commit acts of academic dishonesty and are not caught by teachers. It disheartens the honest ones when the dishonest ones pass or even get honors. There is an underground value for those who are switik3.
11. In general, female students work harder than male students, probably because they believe that in the world out there, they have a natural disadvantage over men so they have to gain any advantage they can. A few women with socially-valued physical assets (or economic assets), however, do not work as hard because they think that those physical (or economic) assets can work for them when they are in the real world.
12. Students are preparing themselves for the big leagues, the world out there and that is why most do not care to excel in their studies. Again, the value of Ateneo education for most is the diploma (#6) and it does not take that much to obtain an Ateneo diploma (#8).
13. The only power the students recognize in school authorities is the power to pass/fail and the power to grant a diploma. Relative to the big leagues they will face after they graduate, the school is seen to be in a subordinate position. Its power is limited to a brief period in one's life. Therefore, aside from the power to pass/ fail and the power to grant a diploma, students do not have much respect for school authority, which is reflected in the way they dress. This is also reflected in the behavior of parents during graduation.
14. On the one hand students feel the pressure to get the diploma but on the other hand, they are not motivated to jump through the hoops teachers throw at them. Hindi nila niyayakap (at matagal na nilang hindi niyakap) ang kanilang pag-aaral.
15. Students sometimes cope with this duality (#14) by resorting to behavior regarded by some as dysfunctional like drugs, parties and sex. The barkada acts as a herd/ support/ outlet but it is not reflexive. It merely reinforces both the pressure and the feeling of uselessness of education. What is missing from the barkada is a questioning of values they live by, especially the value stated in #1. #1 is a very powerful impulse that must not be underestimated and which is reinforced by University structures and teachers (despite the rhetoric to the contrary).
16. Parties (and drinking and (for some) drugs at parties) are part of the college experience.
17. Students recognize the authority of school administrators to impose rules but consider these as impositions of cultural arbitraries by traditional authorities. The school experience, no matter how liberal (ex. no uniform), always has traces of a cloister that one has to go through to achieve the goal stated in #1. Rules such as a dress code, smockets, and id wearing are cloister concerns that they just have to live with.
18. Students are not as inherently committed to traditional moral values. They experience very little guilt when it comes to matters such as (casual) sex and drugs.
19. The increase in sexual activity among students can be attributed to many things:

          o The increase in the student population. Student cohorts have been having sex for years but with the increase in student population, more are being caught. Most students who became teachers were prudes when they were students.
          o MTV, Cable TV (even local TV), glossy magazines (and even newspapers!) which fuel sexual appetites and the influence of media and the internet. Sexual tension is more intense than it has been before.
          o More physical room for sex because there are more dormers living around Katipunan, more parking lots, more spaces around campus, more affluent population who have financial resources (to go to Boracay) or physical assets like cars. (Note: more dorms also means more “house” wear in school; the school is literally an extension of the house).
          o More liberal parents (?) who had their share of sexual exploits when they were young. Less parental supervision.
          o To a lesser extent, globalization and exposure to the international youth scene.

20. As stated in #12, students are preparing for the big leagues and a large part of their preparation is a lifestyle preparation.

21. Material possessions (especially cellular phones and cars) and the social processing of the body (ex. clothes, make-up, accessories) are an indication of the location of individual students in social hierarchies and there are hierarchies. A few (?) students upgrade cell phones once in a while, for example, as a(n unconscious) symbol (and reassurance to themselves) of their general upward direction in life.
22. By and large (but at a slightly declining rate), Ateneans are good people. While they are concerned about goal #1, they have a sincere desire to help which after theology 141 becomes guilt. But very few will translate that into a lifelong commitment because it gets in the way of goal #1. That is why Ateneans end up being very good donors.
23. For most students, faith is not central to their lives. For most Filipinos, faith (even when it is central to their lives) is equivalent to a prayer for safe journey sa patuloy na pag-asenso.
24. Students have very little self-worth and confidence because they tend to define self-worth and confidence in terms of their achievement of goal #1 sometime in the distant future. The family does not help in this regard because it tends to merely reinforce #1. Teachers do not help because they are not sympathetic to the problem stated in #14. The fact that faith for them is not personal also does not help.
25. There is very little room in the University for Ateneans to discuss what's really on their minds. They censor themselves a lot because they might say something wrong that will get in the way of obtaining their diploma or they feel the school will judge them. They feel that they cannot freely talk about #1, #7, #8, #10, #16-19, and #21. The clampdown on the vagina monologues and the occassional clampdown on naughty Matanglawin issues are for them indications that the school does not want to hear certain things coming from them and would rather not have certain things openly discussed.

THES - QS World University Rankings 2007

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:07:34 GMT

got it from a friend :)

1     HARVARD University - United States
2     YALE University - United States
2     University of OXFORD - United Kingdom
2     University of CAMBRIDGE - United Kingdom
5     Imperial College LONDON - United Kingdom
6     PRINCETON University - United States
7     University of CHICAGO - United States
7     CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology United States
9     UCL (University College LONDON) - United Kingdom
10     MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology - United States
11     COLUMBIA University - United States
12     MCGILL University - Canada
13     DUKE University - United States
14     University of PENNSYLVANIA - United States
15     JOHNS HOPKINS University - United States
16     AUSTRALIAN National University - Australia
17     University of TOKYO - Japan
18     University of HONG KONG - Hong Kong
19     STANFORD University - United States
20     CARNEGIE MELLON University - United States
20     CORNELL University - United States
22     University of California, BERKELEY - United States
23     University of EDINBURGH - United Kingdom
24     King's College LONDON - United Kingdom
25     KYOTO University - Japan
26     Ecole Normale Supérieure, PARIS    France
27     University of MELBOURNE    Australia
28     ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE    France
29     NORTHWESTERN University    United States
30     University of MANCHESTER    United Kingdom
31     The University of SYDNEY    Australia
32     BROWN University    United States
33=     University of BRITISH COLUMBIA    Canada
33=     National University of SINGAPORE    Singapore
33=     University of QUEENSLAND    Australia
36     PEKING University    China
37     University of BRISTOL    United Kingdom
38=     The CHINESE University of Hong Kong    Hong Kong
38=     University of MICHIGAN    United States
40     TSINGHUA University    China
41     University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles - United States
42     ETH Zurich - Switzerland
43     MONASH University    Australia
44     University of NEW SOUTH WALES    Australia
45     University of TORONTO    Canada
46     OSAKA University    Japan
47     BOSTON University    United States
48     University of AMSTERDAM    Netherlands
49     NEW YORK University (NYU)    United States
50     The University of AUCKLAND    New Zealand
51=     SEOUL National University    Korea, South
51=     University of TEXAS at Austin    United States
53=     HONG KONG University of Science & Technology    Hong Kong
53=     TRINITY College Dublin    Ireland
55=     University of WISCONSIN-Madison    United States
55=     University of WASHINGTON    United States
57     University of WARWICK    United Kingdom
58     University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego    United States
59     LONDON School of Economics and Political...    United Kingdom
60     HEIDELBERG University    Germany
61     Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN     Belgium
62     University of ADELAIDE    Australia
63     DELFT University of Technology    Netherlands
64     University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA    Australia
65=     Ludwig-Maximilians- Universitä t München     Germany
65=     University of BIRMINGHAM    United Kingdom
67     Technische Universität MÜNCHEN    Germany
68     University of SHEFFIELD    United Kingdom
69     NANYANG Technological University    Singapore
70     University of NOTTINGHAM    United Kingdom
71=     DARTMOUTH College    United States
71=     UPPSALA University    Sweden
73     University of ILLINOIS    United States
74=     EMORY University    United States
74=     University of YORK    United Kingdom
76     University of ST ANDREWS    United Kingdom
77=     University of PITTSBURGH    United States
77=     PURDUE University    United States
79     University of MARYLAND    United States
80=     University of LEEDS    United Kingdom
80=     University of SOUTHAMPTON    United Kingdom
82     VANDERBILT University    United States
83     University of GLASGOW    United Kingdom
84     LEIDEN University    Netherlands
85=     University of VIENNA    Austria
85=     CASE WESTERN RESERVE University    United States
85=     FUDAN University    China
88     QUEEN'S University    Canada
89     UTRECHT University    Netherlands
90=     TOKYO Institute of Technology    Japan
90=     PENNSYLVANIA STATE University    United States
92     RICE University    United States
93=     University of MONTREAL    Canada
93=     University of COPENHAGEN    Denmark
95     University of ROCHESTER    United States
96     University of CALIFORNIA, Davis    United States
97=     GEORGIA Institute of Technology    United States
97=     University of ALBERTA    Canada
99     CARDIFF University    United Kingdom
100     University of HELSINKI    Finland
101     University of LIVERPOOL    United Kingdom
102=     GEORGETOWN University    United States
102=     National TAIWAN University    Taiwan
102=     TOHOKU University    Japan
105     University of GENEVA    Switzerland
106     LUND University    Sweden
107     University of COLORADO    United States
108     MCMASTER University    Canada
109     DURHAM University    United Kingdom
110     University of VIRGINIA    United States
111     MAASTRICHT University    Netherlands
112=     NAGOYA University    Japan
112=     University of WATERLOO    Canada
114=     University of BASEL    Switzerland
114=     University of OTAGO    New Zealand
114=     University of AARHUS    Denmark
117=     University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara    United States
117=     Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE...    Switzerland
119     University of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA    United States
120     OHIO STATE University    United States
121     University of SUSSEX    United Kingdom
122     TEXAS A&M University    United States
123     Université Catholique de LOUVAIN (UCL)    Belgium
124     University of GHENT    Belgium
125     NANJING University    China
126=     HUMBOLDT-Universitä t zu Berlin    Germany
126=     University of WESTERN ONTARIO    Canada
128     Hebrew University of JERUSALEM    Israel
129     NEWCASTLE University, NEWCASTLE Upon Tyn...    United Kingdom
130=     Technical University of DENMARK    Denmark
130=     EINDHOVEN University of Technology    Netherlands
132=     KOREA Advanced Institute of Science & Te...    Korea, South
132=     Université Pierre-et-Marie- Curie - PARIS...    France
134     University of ARIZONA    United States
135     University of FLORIDA    United States
136     KYUSHU University    Japan
137=     University of ABERDEEN    United Kingdom
137=     INDIANA University Bloomington    United States
139     SIMON FRASER University    Canada
140=     University of CALIFORNIA, Irvine    United States
140=     University of ZURICH    Switzerland
142=     University of MINNESOTA    United States
142=     Universität TÜBINGEN    Germany
144     Universität FREIBURG    Germany
145     University of BATH    United Kingdom
146     Freie Universität BERLIN    Germany
147     University of LANCASTER    United Kingdom
148     WAGENINGEN University    Netherlands
149=     Queen Mary, University of LONDON    United Kingdom
149=     CITY University of Hong Kong    Hong Kong
151=     HOKKAIDO University    Japan
151=     TEL AVIV University    Israel
151=     University of NORTH CAROLINA    United States
154     Université Libre de BRUXELLES (ULB)    Belgium
155=     University of Science and Technology of ...    China
155=     University of NOTRE DAME    United States
157     Ecole Normale Supérieure de LYON    France
158     CRANFIELD University    United Kingdom
159=     MICHIGAN STATE University    United States
159=     TUFTS University    United States
161=     KEIO University    Japan
161=     WASHINGTON University in St. Louis    United States
163=     SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University    China
163=     ERASMUS University Rotterdam    Netherlands
165     Universität STUTTGART    Germany
166=     University of CALGARY    Canada
166=     VIENNA University of Technology    Austria
168=     Universität GÖTTINGEN    Germany
168=     MACQUARIE University    Australia
170     HELSINKI University of Technology - TKK    Finland
171=     University of DUNDEE    United Kingdom
171=     Universität KARLSRUHE    Germany
173=     University of BOLOGNA    Italy
173=     University of GRONINGEN    Netherlands
175=     University of SAO PAULO    Brazil
175=     University of MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst    United States
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177=     RUTGERS, The State University of New Jer...    United States
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180=     WASEDA University    Japan
180=     University of READING    United Kingdom
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183     Università degli Studi di ROMA - La Sapi...    Italy
184     Université Louis Pasteur - STRASBOURG I    France
185=     University of LEICESTER    United Kingdom
185=     University of TWENTE    Netherlands
187     University of ANTWERP    Belgium
188=     University of CANTERBURY    New Zealand
188=     University of OSLO    Norway
190     University of SURREY    United Kingdom
191     RENSSELAER Polytechnic Institute    United States
192=     KTH, ROYAL Institute of Technology    Sweden
192=     Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ...    Mexico
194     University of BARCELONA    Spain
195=     Radboud Universiteit NIJMEGEN    Netherlands
195=     QUEENSLAND University of Technology    Australia
197=     KOBE University    Japan
197=     CHALMERS University of Technology    Sweden
199     University of WOLLONGONG    Australia
200=     RMIT University    Australia
200=     University of CAPE TOWN    South Africa
202     University of MIAMI    United States
203=     WAKE FOREST University    United States
203=     Technische Universität BERLIN    Germany
205=     LA TROBE University    Australia
205=     QUEEN'S University of Belfast    United Kingdom
207     University of IOWA    United States
208     BRANDEIS University    United States
209=     Universität FRANKFURT am Main    Germany
209=     ZHEJIANG University    China
209=     University of TSUKUBA    Japan
212     HIROSHIMA University    Japan
213     University of VICTORIA    Canada
214     University of BERN    Switzerland
215     University of NEWCASTLE    Australia
216     Universität HAMBURG    Germany
217     University of LAUSANNE    Switzerland
218     TULANE University    United States
219     University of CINCINNATI    United States
220     University of EXETER    United Kingdom
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221=     ARIZONA STATE University    United States
223     CHULALONGKORN University    Thailand
224     STONY BROOK University    United States
225=     University of BERGEN    Norway
225=     University of INNSBRUCK    Austria
227=     OTTAWA University    Canada
227=     Sciences Po PARIS    France
229=     Vrije University BRUSSELS (VUB)    Belgium
229=     GEORGE WASHINGTON University    United States
231=     TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technolog...    Israel
231=     Lomonosov MOSCOW STATE University     Russia
233     POHANG University of Science and Technol...    Korea, South
234     VICTORIA University of Wellington    New Zealand
235     CURTIN University of Technology    Australia
236     YONSEI University    Korea, South
237=     LOUGHBOROUGH University    United Kingdom
237=     University of TURKU    Finland
239=     SAINT-PETERSBURG State University    Russia
239=     Technische Universität DARMSTADT    Germany
239=     Pontificia Universidad Católica de CHILE...    Chile
242     MASSEY University    New Zealand
243=     School of Oriental and African Studies, ...    United Kingdom
243=     Technische Universität DRESDEN    Germany
243=     KOREA University    Korea, South
246=     STOCKHOLM University    Sweden
246=     Universiti MALAYA (UM)    Malaysia
248=     YORK University    Canada
248=     NORTH CAROLINA STATE University    United States
248=     University of ATHENS    Greece
248=     Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VIRGINIA...    United States
252     University of STRATHCLYDE    United Kingdom
253     FLORIDA STATE University    United States
254     University of DELHI    India
255     University of HAWAII    United States
256=     DREXEL University    United States
256=     The HONG KONG Polytechnic University    Hong Kong
258     Universidad Autònoma de BARCELONA    Spain
259=     University of Technology, SYDNEY    Australia
259=     University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Cruz    United States
261     University of UTAH    United States
262     University of LIEGE    Belgium
263     Universität ULM    Germany
264=     University of BUENOS AIRES    Argentina
264=     University of TASMANIA    Australia
266     ASTON Business School    United Kingdom
267=     KUOPIO University    Finland
267=     Université Paris-Sud, PARIS XI    France
269     Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I...    India
270=     Universität WÜRZBURG    Germany
270=     Universität ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG    Germany
272     University of ESSEX    United Kingdom
273=     NAGASAKI University    Japan
273=     STOCKHOLM School of Economics    Sweden
275     Université Joseph-Fourier, GRENOBLE I    France
276=     Göteborg University    Sweden
276=     IOWA STATE University    United States
276=     Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms- Universitä ...    Germany
279     Karl-Franzens- University GRAZ    Austria
280     LAVAL University    Canada
281     University of KANSAS    United States
282=     University of ALABAMA    United States
282=     University of the WITWATERSRAND    South Africa
284=     MAHIDOL University    Thailand
284=     CHIBA University    Japan
286=     WASHINGTON STATE University    United States
286=     University College CORK    Ireland
286=     BEN GURION University of the Negev    Israel
289     University of TENNESSEE    United States
290     CHARLES University    Czech Republic
291     University of SOUTH AUSTRALIA    Australia
292=     University of TROMSO    Norway
292=     BRUNEL University    United Kingdom
292=     Universität LEIPZIG    Germany
295=     Université Paris-Sorbonne (PARIS IV)    France
295=     University of GEORGIA    United States
297     Universität BAYREUTH    Germany
298     University of CALIFORNIA, Riverside    United States
299     UMEÅ University    Sweden
300     DUBLIN City University    Ireland
301=     NORWEGIAN University of Science and Tech...    Norway
301=     University of MONTPELLIER II - Sciences ...    France
303     College of WILLIAM & MARY    United States
304=     University of MANITOBA    Canada
304=     Vrije Universiteit AMSTERDAM    Netherlands
306     Universidad Autónoma de MADRID    Spain
307=     Universiti Sains MALAYSIA (USM)    Malaysia
307=     Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II...    India
309=     GRIFFITH University    Australia
309=     Universiti Kebangsaan MALAYSIA (UKM)    Malaysia
311     Universität KONSTANZ    Germany
312=     Universidad de CHILE    Chile
312=     University of PADUA    Italy
312=     Universität DÜSSELDORF    Germany
312=     Universität BIELEFELD    Germany
316     Universität JENA    Germany
317     University of SOUTHERN DENMARK    Denmark
318     SHOWA University    Japan
319=     University of COIMBRA    Portugal
319=     University of Cologne    Germany
319=     University of NAVARRA    Spain
319=     University of WAIKATO    New Zealand
319=     University of TAMPERE    Finland
324     TIANJIN University    China
325     University of PISA    Italy
326     COLORADO STATE University    United States
327     WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management -...    Germany
328     University of CONNECTICUT    United States
329     University of FLORENCE    Italy
330     Johannes Gutenberg University MAINZ    Germany
331=     JAGIELLONIAN University    Poland
331=     GUNMA University    Japan
333     Ruhr-Universitä t BOCHUM    Germany
334     National TSING HUA University    Taiwan
335     TOKYO Metropolitan University    Japan
336=     University of QUEBEC    Canada
336=     National CHENG KUNG University    Taiwan
338     Federal University of RIO DE JANEIRO    Brazil
339=     Universitat POMPEU FABRA    Spain
339=     University of MÜNSTER    Germany
341=     Universität MARBURG    Germany
341=     Universidade Nova de LISBOA    Portugal
343=     University of DELAWARE    United States
343=     Politecnico di MILANO    Italy
345=     WARSAW University    Poland
345=     GIFU University    Japan
345=     SAARLAND University    Germany
345=     CARLETON University    Canada
349     University of BRADFORD    United Kingdom
350     LOYOLA University Chicago    United States
351=     DUBLIN Institute of Technology    Ireland
351=     University of OREGON    United States
351=     FLINDERS University    Australia
354=     YOKOHAMA NATIONAL University    Japan
354=     University of OULU    Finland
356=     National Technical University of ATHENS    Greece
356=     University of East Anglia (UEA)    United Kingdom
358=     City University of NEW YORK    United States
358=     University of NEW MEXICO    United States
360=     University of TOULOUSE III - Paul Sabati...    France
360=     Universitas GADJAH MADA    Indonesia
362=     University of ST GALLEN    Switzerland
362=     University of SOUTH CAROLINA    United States
364=     Universität BREMEN    Germany
364=     Science University TOKYO    Japan
364=     OSAKA CITY University    Japan
364=     Universiti Putra MALAYSIA (UPM)    Malaysia
368     Johannes Kepler University LINZ    Austria
369=     BANDUNG Institute of Technology    Indonesia
369=     Université PARIS I - Panthéon Sorbonne     France
371=     LINKÖPING University    Sweden
371=     WARSAW University of Technology    Poland
373     University of OKLAHOMA    United States
374=     University of JYVÄSKYLÄ    Finland
374=     University of TRIESTE    Italy
374=     DEAKIN University    Australia
377     OKAYAMA University    Japan
378=     University of KENTUCKY    United States
378=     Universität REGENSBURG    Germany
380     SUNG KYUN KWAN University    Korea, South
381=     University of MISSOURI    United States
381=     YESHIVA University    United States
383=     Technische Universität BRAUNSCHWEIG    Germany
383=     Leibniz Universität HANNOVER    Germany
383=     CONCORDIA University    Canada
386=     KUMAMOTO University    Japan
386=     NORTHEASTERN University    United States
388=     Università degli Studi di PAVIA    Italy
388=     Christian-Albrechts -Universitä t zu KIEL    Germany
390     ISTANBUL Technical University    Turkey
391     Université PARIS V - Descartes    France
392     Universität MANNHEIM    Germany
393     Universitat de VALENCIA    Spain
394     University of SIENA    Italy
395     University of INDONESIA    Indonesia
396=     Martin-Luther- Universitä t HALLE-WITTENBE. ..    Germany
396=     GEORGIA STATE University    United States
398=     SOGANG University    Korea, South
398=     National CENTRAL University    Taiwan
398=     University of the PHILIPPINES    Philippines
401=     ROYAL HOLLOWAY University of London    United Kingdom
401=     National CHIAO TUNG University    Taiwan
403=     YOKOHAMA CITY University    Japan
403=     KANAZAWA University    Japan
403=     University of BELGRANO    Argentina
403=     Universite des Sciences et Technologies ...    France
407     Universite Claude Bernard - LYON I    France
408     SWANSEA University    United Kingdom
409=     Justus-Liebig- Universitä t GIEßEN    Germany
409=     SHANDONG University    China
411     University of HOUSTON    United States
412=     BRIGHAM YOUNG University    United States
412=     VIRGINIA Commonwealth University    United States
412=     University of TRENTO    Italy
415     LOUISIANA STATE University    United States
416=     Universiti Teknologi MALAYSIA (UTM)    Malaysia
416=     Universita degli Studi di ROMA - Tor Ver...    Italy
416=     HANYANG University    Korea, South
416=     AUSTRAL University    Argentina
420=     University of NAPLES - Federico II    Italy
420=     TEMPLE University    United States
420=     HITOTSUBASHI University    Japan
423=     ISTANBUL University    Turkey
423=     CHONBUK National University    Korea, South
425     BILKENT University    Turkey
426=     University of ARKANSAS    United States
426=     University Complutense MADRID    Spain
426=     GOLDSMITHS, University of London    United Kingdom
429     Université PARIS VII - Denis Diderot    France
430=     Aristotelian University of THESSALONIKI    Greece
430=     SMITH College    United States
432     MIE University    Japan
433     INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPE...    Mexico
434=     University of TURIN    Italy
434=     TOKAI University    Japan
436     Universität DORTMUND    Germany
437     University of CRETE    Greece
438=     University of SZEGED    Hungary
438=     HEC School of Management    France
440     NOVOSIBIRSK STATE University    Russia
441     University of KENT    United Kingdom
442     University of LIMERICK    Ireland
443     SOUTHEAST University    China
444     Universidad de LOS ANDES    Colombia
445=     University of SALAMANCA    Spain
445=     TONGJI University    China
447=     THAMMASAT University    Thailand
447=     XI'AN JIAOTONG University    China
447=     KASETSART University    Thailand
447=     Universität DUISBURG-ESSEN    Germany
451=     Ateneo de MANILA University    Philippines
451=     NIIGATA University    Japan
453=     Universidad TORCUATO DI TELLA    Argentina
453=     University of GRANADA    Spain
455=     University of LAHORE    Pakistan
455=     National SUN YAT-SEN University    Taiwan
457=     University of PATRAS    Greece
457=     University of RENNES    France
459=     National TAIWAN University of Science an...    Taiwan
459=     PUSAN National University    Korea, South
461=     University of JILIN    China
461=     University of CALCUTTA    India
463=     University of PUNE    India
463=     CHIANG MAI University    Thailand
463=     Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, LISBOA...    Portugal
466=     Universidad ORT Uruguay    Uruguay
466=     KAGOSHIMA University    Japan
466=     TOMSK STATE University    Russia
469     University of PRETORIA    South Africa
470=     National University of Sciences and Tech...    Pakistan
470=     PERUGIA University    Italy
472=     ATHENS University of Economy and Busines...    Greece
472=     Université PARIS IX - Dauphine    France
472=     École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées -...    France
475=     Pontifícia Universidade Católica do RIO ...    Brazil
475=     SABANCI University    Turkey
477=     Università Commerciale Luigi BOCCONI    Italy
477=     Universidade de SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA    Spain
479     Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (...    India
480=     University of GENOA    Italy
480=     University of MUMBAI    India
480=     University of SOUTH FLORIDA    United States
483     University of LJUBLJANA    Slovenia
484=     National University of Ireland, GALWAY    Ireland
484=     OCHANOMIZU Unversity    Japan
486     University of MODENA    Italy
487=     University of KWAZULU-NATAL    South Africa
487=     ESSEC Business School, Paris    France
489     Indian Institute of Technology Madras (I...    India
490=     Universidad de SEVILLA    Spain
490=     ABERYSTWYTH University    United Kingdom
492     Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur India
493=     University of Wales, BANGOR    United Kingdom
493=     KYUNGPOOK National University    Korea, South
495=     Pontificia Universidad Católica del PERÚ...    Peru
495=     National YANG MING University    Taiwan
495=     University of HULL    United Kingdom
495=     ESCP-EAP Paris    France
499=     National CHUNG HSING University    Taiwan
499=     Universidad de ZARAGOZA    Spain
501     Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Italy

over-all score (out of 100):

University of the Philippines - 34.7

Ateneo de Manila University - 30.8

De LaSalle Unviersity - 23.9

University of Santo Tomas - 20.8

British Laws

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:43:57 GMT

from http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071106/od_afp/britainlawsoffbeat;_ylt=Ap1cPwApS.A7eQxCTuNClacuQE4F

LONDON (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II's speech in the British parliament Tuesday may have been routine but at least nobody got bored to death. That would have been against the law.

Dying in parliament is an offence and is also by far the most absurd law in Britain, according to a survey of nearly 4,000 people by a television channel showing a legal drama series.

And though the lords were clad in their red and white ermine cloaks and ambassadors from around the world wore colourful national costumes, at least nobody turned up in a suit of armour. Illegal.

Other rules deemed utterly stupid included one that permits a pregnant woman to urinate in a policeman's hat and murdering bow-and-arrow-carrying Scotsmen within the city walls of York, northern England.

A law stating that in Liverpool, only a clerk in a tropical fish store is allowed to be publicly topless, was also ridiculous, said a poll of 3,931 people for UKTV Gold television out Tuesday.

Nearly half of those surveyed admitted to breaking the ban on eating mince pies on Christmas Day, which dates back to the 17th century and was originally designed to outlaw gluttony during the rule of the Puritan Oliver Crowmell.

The laws and other regulations were culled from published research into ancient legislation that has never been repealed although subsequent statutes have rendered them obsolete.

Respondents were given a shortlist and asked to vote.

Most ridiculous British law:

1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27 percent)

2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down (seven percent)

3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (six percent)

4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day (five percent)

5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter (four percent)

6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (four percent)

7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen (3.5 percent)

8. It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (three percent)

9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour (three percent)

10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (two percent)

nyeeehhhh....bwahahahah

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:55:42 GMT

Have you heard about the world famous paella negra of Washington D.C?

Condoleezza Rice.

another quiz thingy (really now..?)

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:18:00 GMT

WHAT MAJOR IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as History/Anthropology/LiberalArts

You should strongly consider majoring (or minoring) in History, Anthropology, or related majors (e.g., African and African-American Studies, Chinese, Classics, Cultural Studies, Economics, English, French, Geography, German, Greek, Hebrew, International Studies, Philosophy, Sociology, Women's Studies, or other Liberal Arts majors).

It is possible that the best major for you is your 2nd, 3rd, or even 5th listed category, so be sure to consider ALL majors in your OTHER high scoring categories (below). You may score high in a category you didnt think you would--it is possible that a great major for you is something you once dismissed as not for you. The right major for you will be something 1) you love and enjoy and 2) are really great at it.

Consider adding a minor or double majoring to make yourself standout and to combine your interests. Please post your results in your myspace/blog/journal.

History/Anthropology/LiberalArts

88%

Religion/Theology

81%

Psychology/Sociology

75%

English/Journalism/Comm

75%

French/Spanish/OtherLanguage

75%

Physics/Engineering/Computer

69%

PoliticalScience/Philosophy

63%

Biology/Chemistry/Geology

63%

Mathematics/Statistics

56%

Accounting/Finance/Marketing

56%

Education/Counseling

50%

HR/BusinessManagement

50%

Visual&PerformingArts

44%

Nursing/AthleticTraining/Health

19%

hmm...hehe..maybe..:p

on Al Gore's Nobel Prize

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:56:17 GMT

take that Bush! pahiya ka no? wahahahaha

(what if Gore won :p)

hmm..maybe..but i dont like the character :p

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:06:28 GMT

Your results:
You are Green Lantern

Green Lantern		70%
Spider-Man		55%
Robin		47%
Supergirl		45%
Superman		45%
Hulk		35%
Batman		35%
The Flash		25%
Iron Man		25%
Wonder Woman		20%
Catwoman		15%

Hot-headed. You have strong
will power and a good imagination.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...

what the hell does that supposed to mean??

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:02:09 GMT

Your results:
You are Dr. Doom

Dr. Doom		41%
The Joker		40%
Magneto		37%
Dark Phoenix		37%
Apocalypse		36%
Juggernaut		34%
Riddler		33%
Venom		32%
Lex Luthor		31%
Green Goblin		30%
Mr. Freeze		29%
Kingpin		29%
Catwoman		28%
Mystique		26%
Two-Face		18%
Poison Ivy		14%

Blessed with smarts and power but burdened by vanity.

Click here to take the Supervillain Personality Quiz

why???

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:38:08 GMT

bakit may Acc15 na next sem???

~X(

an article from The New York Times..

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:26:09 GMT

A Nation’s Passion Lives in a Rivalry of Green vs. Blue
By RAPHAEL BARTHOLOMEW
Published: September 23, 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/sports/23rivalry.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

QUEZON CITY, the Philippines, Sept. 21 — Senators, foreign diplomats, cabinet ministers, a smattering of Forbes’s 40 richest Filipinos, movie stars and enough professional basketball players to play five-on-five. They are the elite of Philippine society, and they all gather at Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City to watch the men’s basketball rivalry between the universities Ateneo de Manila and De La Salle.

La Salle Coach Franz Pumaren said, “The janitors in Araneta always say, ‘If there’s an Ateneo-La Salle game, once everybody’s out of the coliseum, it still smells good because of the all the socialites watching.’ ”

In the basketball-crazed Philippines, where former players have become senators and nearly every public square has its own court, it is hard to imagine a crowd like this assembling for any other event. Kristie A. Kenney, the United States ambassador, attended the season’s first meeting between Ateneo and La Salle in late July.

Ateneo and La Salle are the most prestigious private universities in the country. The question of which institution provides a superior education is a toss-up; the tie breakers take place on the basketball court.

Although Ateneo and La Salle have similar upper-class student bodies, their respective basketball teams are very different.

The Ateneo players have a squeaky-clean image. The team’s prize freshman, Kirk Long, came from Faith Academy, a high school in suburban Manila for the children of foreign missionaries. Guard Eric Salamat’s surname means thank you in Tagalog.

La Salle’s players have a menacing swagger, with tattoos, headbands, shaved heads and chin-strap beards. In 2005, La Salle revealed that two of its players had used phony high school equivalency results in their applications, and the team was suspended for the 2006 season.

The teams also play different styles, with somewhat different results. The De La Salle Green Archers won four straight national championships from 1998 to 2001 thanks to its vaunted trapping defense.

“The dreaded press; you know your guards will turn over the ball against it,” said Joel Banal, who coached Ateneo in 2002 and 2003. “I used to have nightmares about it.”

Ateneo plays textbook basketball, with man-to-man defense and an inside-out offense that relies on post-up moves and perimeter shooting. The Blue Eagles won the 2002 championship, their only title in the last 17 years.

If Ateneo wins Sunday’s game against the University of St. Thomas, it will face La Salle for the fourth time this season, in the national semifinals. Ateneo has won two of their three meetings this season, games decided by a total of 6 points.

In each of these nail-biters, the 15,000-seat arena was sold out, with supporters standing in aisles and stairwells. Almost everyone on La Salle’s side of the coliseum wore green. On the other side, Ateneo’s fans wore blue. Marching bands blared fight songs as spectators on both sides chanted.

The frenzied crowds are often led by some of the most prominent alumni. Senator Richard Gordon, a former Ateneo cheerleader, is renowned for sideline antics like jumping on the scorer’s table to rile up the crowd. La Salle counts the former finance secretary José Pardo and the shipping mogul Enrique Razon Jr. among its supporters.

The rivalry allows Manila’s elites to relive their carefree college days, said Ricky Palou, Ateneo’s athletic director. “It’s the passion they have for their alma mater,” he said. “They become immature. They act like kids.”

The fans’ excessive behavior is matched by the largesse that the alumni lavish on their teams. A group from Ateneo installed the hardwood floor used for the 2000 N.B.A. All-Star Game at the university gym. Not to be outdone, Razon donated about $1 million, which went toward refurbishing La Salle’s sports center and financing athletic scholarships.

The heightened atmosphere of the rivalry puts coaches and players under enormous pressure. When Joe Lipa coached Ateneo in the late 1990s, the former president Corazon Aquino, whose daughter Kris is a 1992 graduate, would call Lipa to check on the team’s progress, said Ricky Dandan, Lipa’s former assistant.

“You can lose to all the other teams, but not to La Salle,” Banal said.

When his team defeated La Salle for the championship in 2002, it was “my most fulfilling accomplishment,” Banal said, adding: “After that championship it’s like the whole Filipino nation knew me. Like if you go to a restaurant, you eat, you’re paying your bill, somebody from Ateneo got it already.”

But the shame of losing also haunts players and coaches. In the final game of the 2002 national championship series, the La Salle star Mike Cortez missed 11 of 13 shots. Afterward, La Salle students and alumni accused Cortez of throwing the game. Although Cortez is now an all-star guard in the Philippine professional league, many fans still regard him as a game fixer.

The rivalry has loosened the bond of friendship between the teams’ coaches. Ateneo Coach Norman Black and Pumaren won several professional titles together in the late 1980s with the San Miguel Beermen.

“If you’re part of the rivalry, you just don’t like each other,” Black said. “Franz played for me and he was my assistant coach, but that has little bearing on what’s happening right now. He’s the coach of La Salle; I’m the coach of Ateneo. Let the chips fall where they may.”

Raphael Bartholomew, who did research at Ateneo de Manila University and was an adjunct lecturer there, is writing a book about Philippine basketball.

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:51:27 GMT

You are The Tower

Ambition, fighting, war, courage. Destruction, danger, fall, ruin.

The Tower represents war, destruction, but also spiritual renewal. Plans are disrupted. Your views and ideas will change as a result.

The Tower is a card about war, a war between the structures of lies and the lightning flash of truth. The Tower stands for "false concepts and institutions that we take for real." You have been shaken up; blinded by a shocking revelation. It sometimes takes that to see a truth that one refuses to see. Or to bring down beliefs that are so well constructed. What's most important to remember is that the tearing down of this structure, however painful, makes room for something new to be built.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

during the recently held uaap cheerdance competition..

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:31:25 GMT

taken from Business Mirror (http://businessmirror.com.ph/09172007/sports02.html)

;p

iii am iron maaannn! insert THE timeless riff here

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:08:26 GMT

astig ng soundtrack! hahahah! hail black sabbath! watch out for that classic guitar lick at 01:01 ahahhaah

no we dont!

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:29:21 GMT

c'mon...

im probably the ugly version of the faces im associated with. hahaha!
kinda like the "Before" faces in the ads of cosmetic products/services :p

hell, i could become an international secret agent if i could look like anybody :p

*got this pic from chrissy, btw

when i was clicking on some random videos on youtube..

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:01:07 GMT

i chanced upon this clip of joey de leon saying something on eat bulaga. it was something to do with a certain issue on willie revillame's wowowee that happened very recently. so i searched for an explanation from willie's side. i was surprised to what ive seen: instead of a regular gameshow, willie made the audience sit down, switch off their phones, and listen what he has to say. then he goes on ranting and crying about stuff like cheating, respect, ratings, and channels 2 and 7.

there are two things that i have realized from what ive just witnessed:

1.) the importance of keeping in touch with current events. when i am back home, i always read the newspaper every night. i always keep myself updated with what is happening in the world today, be it int'l events, local happenings, or entertainment. also, i always listen to the 6pm news on the radio (tv patrol but broadcasted in dzmm) while eating dinner.
when i saw those clips, i realized that i dont read much from the dailies anymore, and how im oblivious to what is happening in the outside world. when i moved in the dorm, that habit was all but forgotten. i dont know if maybe because the newspaper is too far away from me(its in the lobby, but i have to go all the way downstairs. plus, i wont get to read much when there are many people in there as well) and i barely have a signal in my radio. i dont listen to NU107 much anymore too, which is a habit of mine as well.
i dont know if being detached from the outside world is a good thing or a bad thing. living inside The Hill made me care less to know what is happening beyond katipunan ave (except uaap standings :p).

2.) ranting on national television and the problem of media, especially TV. whats up with that? i mean, in front of millions of viewers? i thought only Bruce "The Almighty" Nolan was the only one who could pull it off when he did his live broadcast in the niagara falls. theyre supposed to be professionals! why do they have to cry and say personal stuff in front of everybody? is it for pity? ratings? what the hell?
i think thats the problem with media. some things they present are just so distorted to be true. especially TV. sometimes, i get the feeling that what they say there are just "pakitang tao". i dont know why. i just dont believe much in anything related to broadcasts in the television. you dont know if it was just a ploy, planned by those corporate people in power, to get people watching. you dont know if they are just shitting you with the tears.

to get an idea of what im talking about, here are some links:

wowowee scam
willie revillame (08/29/07) part 1
willie revillame (08/29/07) part 2
joey de leon (08/30/07)

A Shrek movie gone serious

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:47:43 GMT

can wait to watch this! its even written by Gaiman himself!

i dont know if its the lighting, but I think its got to be one of the most photorealistic CG films to date. I first thought it was live-action!

found it in the comments part of a certain video in youtube (albeit with a little paraphrasing :P)

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:44:15 GMT

"yes i admit it. we're just a bunch of bananas! but if you look for a tree in the whole Philippines, only bananas have a heart!

ONLY BANANAS HAVE A HEART!!!!"

=))

oh, look what i found..:p

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:48:44 GMT

so dont. 'cause im not.(its a common misconception :p)