Archive for May, 2007

State of (my) public education

There are only two months in the calendar that we talk about education: April when students graduate and June, when youngsters go back to school. After those periods, all is forgotten. Read the rest of this entry »

Voter Number 15 at 7:15 am, on May 14

Plus I am number 56 in the voters’ list. Read the rest of this entry »

Text campaign heats up

Supposedly, this candidate is one of the unlucky ones who didn’t win the support of the influential religious group, Iglesia ni Cristo. I am not surprised, therefore, if this candidate will resort to unacceptable campaign tactics. But I also take a grain of salt and give this candidate a benefit of the doubt if the malicious text campaign really came from him/her. Read the rest of this entry »

Who shall I vote?

With one week to go before the elections, I am sure that most of us already made up our minds whom to vote. Except for the positions of mayor, vice mayor and councilors in our town, I prepared a list of the candidates whose names I will write in the ballot next Monday. Manuel Quezon III‘s list is a lot similar to my list. Read the rest of this entry »

Tama na yan, inuman na!

Fifteen cans of San Mig Light, an order of Dimsum rolls, three buckets of ice, cigarettes and a humid Friday afternoon in Megamall. Just a perfect setting to bond with (former) co-trainees in the L0-L1 training before we are deployed to our teams. Read the rest of this entry »