i went to the philo department for the last oral exam before the school year ended. the exam didnt go too well, i couldnt quite explain why kavannaugh thought freedom was both an 'open' and 'closed' concept. i related it to knowledge. the knowledge we have opens more options to us, and in turns allows us a greater breadth of freedom by which we are ( Read more... )

the hardest semester of my entire college career has just ended. a week has gone by since my last oral defence for my business-related classes, and i can honestly say that every sleepless night was worth the final results.

sure we started out as that ditzy group who knew nothing about the complicatedness of starting up a business, but hey. in the ( Read more... )

i really wanted to watch the World Pyro Olympics in manila bay. but becasue of all the parties and shopping and errands that held me down, i couldnt. i was sulking deep inside the whole time, in contrast to the holiday cheer i simultaneously infusing into my stressed out marketing groupmates. but new years came around, and i realized that, the ( Read more... )

i hauled my groggy slept-at-3:30am self out of bed today at 5:45. i must really like racewalking, huh.

got to ULTRA at around 6:30, just in time to start warming up with the rest of the team. it was joyce, nikko and myself - being a racewalker in ateneo doesnt feel like a real sport amongst the decathletes and sprinters warming up next to me.

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i was talking to laise today about going to the track and field alumni party tomorrow tonight. i said i probably wouldnt go. she insisted i live a little, and not let my remaining college years dry up in studying and school alone. we started talking about moistening such mundaneness with drinks and substances of ... illegal nature. after all, she ( Read more... )

ive had the luxury of time to think about it. but this'll be the first time i write about it ( Read more... )

i went to IS today as both an official photographer and surrogate parent to my little sister. my dad usually assumes these roles (the father half of parent at least), so when you flip through our family photo albums, there are lots to see of my mom, sisters and myself, and only occasional shots of him. he's so passionate about capturing moments ( Read more... )