Friday, September 29th, 2006
Still Breathing
And here I am..still alive and kicking. Yes, it’s all my husband’s fault. He forced me to stay at home…where I was treated like…..a QUEEN. Thanks hon.
A lot happened the past few weeks.
4 days ago, Ross had an allergic rhinitis attack again. And oh boy, he took in a Decolgen Forte tab and a Benadryl capsule! He slept for hours while I enjoy watching tv and had full control of the remote!
Finally, my eldest sister started editing her blog and posted her very first blog post. Welcome to blogging and to my network as well.
It’s September 29 today? It’s Ela’s day! Happy birthday gurl. She was sad when she visited me last Sunday because her boyfriend is in Germany and he won’t be back til first week of October. Just received a text message from Ela an hour ago and she was ecstatic. Edsel, her boyfriend surprised her..turns out the guy’s back tonight. How sweet. Plus an added bonus..after a year of trying to pass a driving course… she finally made it. She’ll get her very first car today from the pharmaceutical co. she works for! What can I say? Poor darn car! Hehehe. Just joking gurl..keep off the MMDAs!
OK…the Ust Growling tigers lost during the first game. But I still believe we’ll have the second one. It’ll be an upset. We’re hungrier….you know how tigers are when they’re hungry. They growl. They’ll eat you alive! Ehemm…this time we’ll take in some Eagle’s meat for dinner! Hahaha! Unless, you know any Tiger-eating Eagle? Yayks!
Ross and I watched Debate over Channel 7 last night. It was about the egg-throwing incident in UP a few days ago. I’ve seen it in the news. Well I have my own say. I guess a lot of students from UP will agree or disagree with me. It’s wrong to say that it’s pambabastos or to bag UP students as communists. Because they’re not. Yes they rally a lot…that’s because they are well-opinionated, socially-aware and intellectually-active individuals. That’s why we look upon the Institution that they’re in. We have always respected the UP breed. But here’s the thing, and i will be honest about it, some of the respect I have..leveled down when I saw those students throw rotten eggs over Gen. Esperon.
There’s no doubt that something is wrong with the present ARROYO government. Who says it’s perfect? But like Mareng Winnie said last night, there will always be a proper place and forum to settle differences . No need to stoop down to the level of the enemy. Throwing rotten eggs over your invited guests is a childish act. The actions that you do and the things that you say show the person that you really are. It could have been better if you didn’t allow Gen Esperon to enter your University at all than throw him rotten eggs.
I am not for Gen Esperon..who knows…maybe he also deserved what he got. It’s the throwing that was shown on National TV which bothers me. That young students can do those things nowadays. Ano ngayon ang pinagkaiba ninyo sa kaaway?
Your enemies are stronger by force…but your young minds combined altogether are much stronger. Use it wisely. Never stoop down. Im sorry Shari..I know you’ll kill me for this.
Anyway like what I’ve said…it’s my own say.
Let’s just allow Milenyo to cool everyone down. Everybody will be busy sweeping the streets!
on Friday, September 29th, 2006 at 9:20 pm:
Hah, great. At least you’re being treated like a queen. Kelan ko kaya mararanasan yun? :p
I don’t really watch UAAP. Wala akong “school spirit,” as they say. Pero infectious ang fighting spirit ng mga taga-UST, or dahil lang ba mas marami akong kilala sa USTE kesa sa ADMU? :p Anyways, I hope your school wins.
About the egg-pelting incident. Hmm. I don’t view it as pambabastos, not really. And as one of those people who’ve been tagged as Communists, it doesn’t really matter if they call us that, and more. I wasn’t able to watch Debate last night (darn power outage), but I’m sure Chairman Pao has mentioned that we have “proper decorum” to throw at least only eggs at EGGsperon. Childish, everything we do is childish. Answering Raul Gonzales’ stupid statement by running around naked is childish. But the important thing for us is that we make our voices heard. Yes, there are proper venues to discuss differences, but then people at the government always snub the senate and court hearings, what more pa na kaming mga estudyante lang? When worse comes to worst, dinadala namin ang laban sa labas. Bilang aktibista, naiintindihan ko rin ang side ng mga nababawan sa mga ginawa namin. Heck, even I don’t really see it as a proper thing to do, proper in the sense na mami-meet niya ang standard ng society. It’s ironic that some people always bad-mouth what happened dahil well-publicized siya, pero pagdating sa mga bagay na dapat may sinasabi rin sila, nananahimik lang din sila. Ang pagkawala rin naman ng mga estudyante naming sina Karen Empeño at Sherlyn Cadapan ay nakakabit ang reputasyon ng UP, pero walang nagsasalita. Dahil lang involved ang mga taga-UP sa isang socially deviant act, kailangang punahin. Isa pa, katangahan (sorry for the word) ang mag-generalize, na imbes may isang grupo lang ng mga estudyante ang may ginawang kalokohan ay kailangang lahat na ay damay. See, it’s all these society-based na kaisipan. Everything’s socially constructed.
We didn’t invite Esperon. UP APSM did. Just because one organization felt the urge to invite someone it knows wasn’t really fond of the students doesn’t mean the guest would be welcomed by all of us with open arms. At least we let Esperon attend the forum clean. Malas nga lang po niya’t hindi siya nakaalis ng malinis din. ^_^