Our NGO, Ex Libris Philippines, a SEC-certified, nonstock, nonprofit organization of book enthusiasts, is raising funds in order to help send deserving but financially challenged UP students to school. Our last two fundraising projects held March 2007 and April 2008 have funded the education of seven poor but deserving students at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. We are now holding our third fundraising project for our NGO's Scholarship Project. This year's fundraising project is a Concert for a Cause, with performances by Gabriela Francisco, and other professors and alumni of the UP College of Music. All funds to be raised will go to the Scholarship Project. The concert will be on May 21, 2010, Friday, 6 p.m. at the UP College of Music, Nicanor Abelardo Hall. We REALLY hope that you can come! And please help spread the word to your friends and family, and invite them to come as well! It will be a night of music and magic, and for a good cause, too! You'll be helping send students to school. Tickets are at Php 300.00 each. For tickets, please contact Tata Francisco at 0920-947-08-61, or Gabi Francisco at 0920-947-08-35. You can also email us at teachertata@gmail.com, or gabitwin@gmail.com. By simply forwarding this email to your friends, you'll be helping us A LOT already. Please help us spread the word about this Concert For A Cause! Thank you so much. For more info on our NGO and our Scholarship Project, please visit: http://exlibrisphilippines.multiply.com. We're also on FACEBOOK!
Dear Friends,
Teatro Regina, the theater club of Regina Maria Montessori, would like to invite you to our 2010 student production featuring two one-act plays, Anton Chekhov’s THE BOOR and Ime Aznar’s TERENGATI. Our showdates are February 24, 26 and 27, 2010, at 9:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. Through our plays, we seek to hone the talents of our students and enable them to learn real life lessons through the art and the discipline that is theater.
Chekhov’s The Boor is a romantic comedy that involves a vain and hypocritical young widow, and a no-nonsense, rough man who will not tolerate her female manipulations. Aznar’s Terengati is a Filipino adventure tale, a retelling of the Manobo love story between a beautiful sky maiden and the mortal Terengati who falls in love with her. He undergoes numerous trials and adventures in order to win her.
Your coming will greatly encourage and support our young student actors and crew members, and also encourage them to continue their theater experience even after they have left elementary and secondary school.
Tickets are at Php 150.00 each. Should you have any further inquiries, or should you wish to place orders, please feel free to contact us at the numbers listed below.
Thank you, and we hope to see you in our performances!
Sincerely,
Gabi and Tata Francisco
(Directors / Club Moderators of Teatro Regina)
Gabi: 0920-947-08-35, Tata: 0920-947-08-61
Work Phone: 820-02-80/81
  
A new year has come, and I've turned 23. Ack! Where has the time gone?
A quick look at my Multiply blog section reveals the frequency of my blogging: nil. Or practically nil, which amounts to the same thing. There is virtually no written online evidence of the year that had just gone by!!
Well. Just pictures. Okay fine, lots and lots of pictures (for those who are interested, I upload mainly to Facebook now ;) )! But still! Pictures, no matter how detailed the captions, remain pictures, without thoughts to accompany them. And if my relatives and loved ones measure my weight by pictures (something which I do as well, I must confess), I measure my mental maturity by my words. And they've been invisible online for ages! NooOOOO!
Anyway. I've a two-fold explanation for my long-time blogging hiatus. The first lies in the smooth, blank, creamy pages of my real-life journal. Since November of 2008, I've come to rely on the comforting, tangible presence of an actual journal, one that can fit perfectly in any of my bags and accompany me everywhere. So wherever I am---at my desk in the faculty room, in a classroom waiting for my next class, in the car stuck in a traffic jam while in transit, or at a cafe---I can just whip it out and start scribbling whatever inane thoughts come to my head. (Aside: Don't the strangest ideas hit you at the most peculiar times? Fanfiction plots, twists in teaching, ideas for org activities and M.A. papers---they all seem to hit you just when you're lowering yourself into the bathtub, so to speak. Eureka! End Aside.)
The second reason for my virtual silence is more mundane. My job! Or jobs. The crazy hurricane that is the sum of RMM life. I'm amazed and relieved that I've hurdled the first nine months of it unscathed---well, relatively. :) Handling grade six, second year high school and third year high school students is like living in a reality TV show, with a crazy director and an unsympathetic audience. And no Mute button.Thank goodness for the pre-school children. Their ways---their lives!---are sweet and simple. Someone's finger or hand gets hurt, and Teacher can kiss it better. If two children fight, they can make up in the blink of an eye. And there's still such a thing as two children meeting for the first time, and then swearing to be friends for life, and you believe it.
So I am truly grateful for the snatches of free time---like this wonderful Christmas break, which ends, alas, tomorrow!---where I can just breathe, and take stock of what the past year has brought, and look forward to what the new year will bring. This past year saw me through a change of work place, a major addition to workload and work responsibilities, the M.A. comprehensive exams, and the board exam for teachers. I recently celebrated my 23rd birthday and have now to wrestle with the fact that I'm being mistaken for a mom more and more often in malls (hence, the New Year's resolution to stay away from the EVIL CHOCOLATES and not-so-evil-but-still-evil Starbucks fraps).
And...I think I'll save the mushy stuff for my handwritten journal. hehe. I have high hopes for all my students, especially the 3rd Year Barbarians, for the remaining three months we have together.
Happy New Year, and three cheers for the year of the tiger! Grrrrowl! Third year Barbarians, Second Year and Grade 6:
Please use this time away from school wisely. Don't forget to review for all your subjects. As of right now, let's assume that classes will resume on Monday. Your quizzes will push through...
For III - on Tuesday: misplaced and dangling modifiers, and adjective clauses
For II - on Monday: Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions. Recall the films you've watched in the 1-3 p.m. film showings for the past PSAP Palaro week, because you'll need them for the application part of the quiz.
For Grade 6 - on Monday: misplaced and dangling modifiers. Review how to revise sentences which suffer from either one.
Also, SOME IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
Oct 12 to 16: LT WEEK
Oct 21, 22 and 23: EXAMS
Tick, tock, tick, tock. Start reviewing, guys!
ALSO, FOR THIRD YEAR, use this time to memorize your lines for your Shakespearean dramatic monologue/dialogue! Presentation dates: October 19, Monday (Values Period and English Period), Oct 20, Tuesday (English Period and Homeroom Period) and afternoons of Oct 21-23.
Take care of yourselves. Let's keep praying that the next storm won't hit us too bad.
(Guys, one more thing. Please help spread the contents of this Note to your other classmates; not everyone's on my FB/Multiply contacts list. Thanks! (Taken from http://updusc.multiply.com/journal )
1. UP Sagip Isko is accepting the following donations. You may drop off your contribution(s) at the Church of the Risen Lord, UP Diliman campus.
a. Food: canned goods, noodles, biscuits, bread, rice and potable water
b. Clothing – usable, wearable, clean, and dry clothes (any size), slippers
c. Beddings – blankets, sheets, pillows
d. Toiletries: soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush
e. Medicines: Paracetamol, Mefenamic acid, band aids, iodine, alcohol, Doxycycline, etc.
2. Volunteers are encouraged to join the relief efforts. Please contact 0915-8666968 for more details, or drop by the operations center at Church of the Risen Lord, UP Diliman campus.
a. Communications – with computers/laptops, cellphones, wireless landlines, radios
b. Sorting and packaging
c. Transportation – drivers, big cars, etc
3. For assistance to flooded/missing UP Diliman students, you may send their name, college, location, contact details, and status (flooded, missing, stranded, sick) to any of the following:
a. Cellphone: 0917-8619022
b. Landline: 219-9848
c. E-mail: updusc@gmail.com
d. Facebook: updusc@yahoo.com
You may also fill in the form at this link.
4. Student organizations are highly encouraged to join hands with the USC in making our relief operations more efficient and responsive. Org heads are invited to contact 0917-8114511.
5. UP Sagip Isko is now extending assistance to students who may have been displaced/have no homes to sleep in for the moment as flood waters in certain areas have not yet receded. If you are able and willing to offer your house as a foster home for the short term (this week at least), please fill in the information at this form. UP Sagip Isko will facilitate matching of displaced students.
Thank you.
Please forward/repost.
Gabi's in it and I contributed an article :) Got inspired by Gabi. SUPPORT PHILIPPINE OPERA! 
The entry below was taken from the official blog at http://philippineoperacompany.com/harana/
PHILIPPINE OPERA COMPANY LAUNCHES “HARANA” Eight of the country’s most awarded classical singers will come together in one show to outdo each other in a rare display of vocal powers.
The Philippine Opera Company, home of the country’s premiere opera singers, proudly presents HARANA.Featuring the golden voices of sopranos Ana Feleo, Deeda Barretto, Karla Gutierrez, Florence Aguilar, tenors, Glen Gaerlan, Sherwin Sozon and baritones Jack Salud and Lawrence Jatayna. This show promises to take its audience to a spectacular musical journey showcasing the very best of Philippine music. From indigenous and pre-colonial to contemporary and fusion, each musical suite is theatrically presented with authenticity, originality and visual excitement. HARANA is Philippine Opera Company’s newest addition to its exciting line up of show packages. Composed of 8 highly classically trained singers – 4 male and female singers – Harana aims to showcase the evolution of Philippine music through song and movement. Each suite is theatrically presented with authenticity, originality and visual excitement. The word “Harana” is the Tagalog (the predominant Philippine dialect) name of a traditional form of courtship in which a man woos a woman’s affection by singing underneath her window. The creation of each Harana suite is a product of thorough research with the commitment to preserve indigenous Philippine music and its appropriate dance and folklore. It also aims to restructure and enhance these research findings to evolve repertoires suited to the demands of contemporary theater; and to promote international goodwill through performances at home and abroad. The result is an absolute feast to the senses. In cooperation with Narda’s and Yuchengco Group of Companies. HARANA shall be staged on August 28, 29, and 30, 2008, 8:00 pm at the Carlos P. Romulo auditorium,RCBC Plaza, Makati. For ticket reservation please contact Doris Campaña at 892-8786 or Ticketworld at 8919999 or log on to www.philippineoperacompany.com Got this from the lovely Cass. :) Seems fun to try this meme out.
1.Dapat ba gwapo?
~ Tama si Cass; "gwapo" is SUBJECTIVE. I will see him through my eyes, and I'm sure that whoever it'll be, I'd think he is. So never mind what others think. :)
2. Matalino?
~ Yes, please? But not overly so.Oh, and he needs to have a lot of EQ, not just IQ :)
3. Preferred Age?
~ Contrary to what my friends think... :) I'd want him to be at least my age (22). Just because I find older men like Timothy Dalton or Sean Connery attractive doesn't mean my Significant Other has to be their age. hehe :)
4. Preferred height?
~ At least my height (5'6'')
5. How about sense of humor?
~ Absolutely. This is NON-NEGOTIABLE.
6. How about piercings?
~ Er...no.
7. Accepts you for who you are?
~ This has "foundation" written all over it, doesn't it? :)
8. Pink hair?
~ Goodness, no!!
9. Mushy or no?
~ From time to time. :)
10. Thin or fat?
~ If "Spartan" is too much to ask for... haha... let's just say, FIT.
11. Moreno or chinito or mestizo?
~ As my co-teachers can attest, my taste runs toward the tall, dark, handsome (read: "Kahoy":)) type. But this doesn't always have to be the case. :) I find a certain Mr. T / No. 17 to be terribly attractive, too.
12. Long hair or short hair?
~ Short hair. Oh! And ideally, he'd have the "Dimitri" haircut (see Dreamworks' Pictures' animated film Anastacia for reference, hehe).
13. Plastic or metal?
~ If this is a question of musical taste, let's do...musicals/broadway/classical/crossover/Disney. Whew! :)
14. Smells good?
~ Yes, please.
15. Smoker?
~ No! Heck no!
16. Drinker?
~ No. But the occasional social drink is fine.
17. Boy-next-door type?
~ Dang, I'm terribly drawn to "good" boys. Give me a gentleman over a rake any day!
18. Musically inclined?
~ Oh definitely!
19. Plays piano?
~ That would be ideal. But I'd prefer that he SING.
20. Plays bass and/or acoustic guitar?
~ Why ever not?? :) The more musical he is, the better.
21. Plays violin?
~ Again, why ever not?? I adore the violin. My heart simply melts when I hear it (Joshua Bell...where are you? hehe)
22. Sings very well?
~ Ideally, yes. :) At the very least, he has to have a pleasant singing voice AND he has to sing in tune. I'd want him to sing to me. :)
23. Vain?
~ Not Beckham vain, but 'vain' in the sense that he puts effort into looking his best. Occasionally. :)
24. With glasses?
~ Doesn't matter. I wear glasses anyhow. :)
25. With braces?
~ Preferably not. But I really wouldn't mind. :)
26. Shy type?
~ No! I'd want him to be able to carry himself well in any company. He doesn't have to be the life of the party, but he has to be friendly and articulate. A man, not a mouse.
27. Rebel or good boy?
~ Both?
28. Active or passive?
~ Active, definitely.
29. Sporty or bum?
~ Sporty! Because I am. But not the overly sporty, he-loves-the-gym-and-his-pecs-more-than-me type.
30. Singer or dancer?
~ Both, ideally. :) Hmm...between singing and dancing, I'd go with singing. But it would definitely be a plus if he dances well, because I can't. haha
31. Suplado?
~ Please, no. Had a bad experience with the suplado type before. Never, never again.
32. Hiphop?
~ Haha why not? :) As long as his "blackness" is still controllabe, and he doesn't sound like Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder", and he doesn't wear too much bling. Go!
33. Earrings?
~ Goodness, no!!
35. Torpe?
~ No. "What a curse for a woman is a timid man," indeed. That's why he's the MAN.
36. Mr. count-my-ex-girlfriends-until-you-drop?
~ No! *angry face*
37. Dimples?
~ Dimples are charming, but not a requisite.
38. Bookworm?
~ Yes. He has to READ. Has to own books that aren't just for show. I'd love to talk books with him.
39. Mr. love letter?
~ Wouldn't hurt. All women need pretty words. :) But then again, I place far more premium on deeds, not words.
40. Makulit?
~ Not too much. :)
41. Flirt?
~ Preferably not. But I do understand that most males seem to be born with the "flirt" gene already inherent in them, so... just as long as it doesn't go overboard. :) I can be understanding. I think. :)
42. Poem writer?
~ Not necessarily. FACTA, NON VERBA. (Deeds, not words) :)
43. Serious?
~ When he needs to be.
44. Campus crush?
~ I am SO OVER campus crushes. Nyaaar.
45. Painter?
~ Be still my heart. A man who can draw? On top of everything else?!
46. Religious?
~ As in the prayerful type? Not necessarily. Again, I'd prefer that he shows his "religious" side through how he lives his life, day in and day out.
47. Alaskador?
~ Up to a certain point.
48. Computer games geek? Or internet freak?
~ Whichever. I understand the appeal of both, having gone through my own Counterstrike/Warcraft/Starcraft/Diablo II phase. :)
49. Speaks 20 languages?
~ Just English and Filipino would be fine. It would be too much to ask for Italian or Spanish, wouldn't it? hehe
50. Loyal o faithful?
~ I wasn't aware there was a difference. But, yes. Definitely.
After the excitement of The Four Sopranos, and a surprise weekend harang courtesy of Gabi (she had laryngitis. so it fell to me to sing in her place) here's another singing gig to get all excited about. :) Just going to the rehearsals and singing along with all these fantastic singers got me all tingly.
(Also featuring: Ateneo High School's own Fr. R.B. Hizon, S.J. and 4M's Josh Imperial and Shim Shimamoto)
(Also: Fr. Rene Oliveros, S.J.)
SLB (Simbahang Lingkod sa Bayan) presents a concert for a cause,
Catch it on Feb 21, Saturday, at the Ateneo Henry Lee Irwin Theater!!
Manalangin. Manindigan. Makialam.
Mr. Onofre Pagsanghan's brainchild. :) Do come join us for a musical evening!
6:30 PM, Feb 6, 2009 Friday @ Dulaang Sibol
Four Sopranos: Ms. Jen Concepcion (Math), Ms. Meng de Guia (CLE), Ms. Tikya Roldan (Arts), and moi from English.
Guest Artist: Father R.B. Hizon, S.J.
Accompanists are Mr. Jude Roldan and Mr. Jampao Reyes!
Hosted by Mr. Nald Galinato and Mr. Enzo Flojo of English!
Tickets at Php 200. Pls. contact Mr. Ronald Galinato of English for details.
(All proceeds of this concert will go to scholarship :))
(Thanks Nald for the promotional materials :)) I love hearing tales of real-life heroism. To hear such stories puts everything back into perspective. Really wanted to share this.
Paying it back for Mang Meliton
GOTCHA By Jarius Bondoc (January 16, 2009) The Philippine Star
This letter from Michelle Rivera is interesting (edited to fit): “Meet Meliton Zamora, a retired University of the Philippines janitor and my hero. “For 45 years he swept floors, watered plants and did odd jobs in campus. I met him while with the UP Repertory, a theater group based (then) at the Arts & Sciences building. He would mop the hallway floors in silence, venturing only a nod and a smile whenever I passed him. “Back then, for me he was just one of those characters whom you got acquainted with and left behind as soon as you earned your degree and left the University for some big job in the real world. Someone whose name would probably ring a bell but whose face you’d have a hard time picturing. But for many UP students who were hard up like me, Mang Mel was a hero who gave them the opportunity to finish college. “The year was 1993 and I was on my last semester as a Clothing Technology student. My parents had been down on their luck and were struggling to pay my tuition. I had been categorized as Bracket 9 in the Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP). My father had lost his job, and to supplement my allowance I worked part time as a Guest Relations Officer at Sam’s Diner (back when the term GRO didn’t have shady undertones) and took some odd jobs as movie extra, production assistant and wardrobe mistress. “To be eligible for graduation, I needed to enroll in my last three courses. Since my parents didn’t have enough money for my matriculation, I applied for a student loan, hoping that one of my Home Economics professors would take pity on me and sign as guarantor. But those I approached either refused or were not eligible as guarantor. After two unsuccessful weeks of search, my prospects looked dim, and my future dark. So there I was, a downcast 20-year-old with a foggy future, sobbing at the AS lobby. I only had 24 hours left to get a guarantor. “Mang Mel, mop in hand, approached and asked why I was crying. I told him why I could not enroll that semester. I had no hopes he would be able to help. After all, he was just a janitor. He asked to see my loan papers and said softly, “Puwede ako pumirma, empleyado ako ng UP.” He borrowed my pen and signed his name. With his simple act of faith, Mang Mel saved not only my day, but also my future. “I paid my student loan the summer after that fateful day with Mang Mel, and it has been 15 years since. I am not rich but have a good job in the real world that allows me to support my family and eat three meals a day. A few weeks ago, a friend and UP Professor, Daki, told me that Mang Mel recently recorded an album which he sells to augment a meager retirement pay, I asked another friend, Blaise, who’s taking his Master’s at UP, to find out how we could contact him. My gesture of gratitude for Mang Mel’s altruism has been long overdue. As fate would have it, my friend saw Mang Mel coming out of the shrubbery behind the Main Library, carrying firewood. He got his address and promised him we’d come by to buy his CD. “With Blaise and my husband Augie, I paid Mang Mel a visit (Sunday after Christmas). Unfortunately, he was out moonlighting as gardener for a prof. We were welcomed into their home by his daughter Kit. Pointing to a laminated photo of Mang Mel on the wall, she proudly told us that her father had just retired with recognition from the University. However, she sadly related to us, several students whose loans Mang Mel had guaranteed neglected to repay. After 45 years of service to the University, Mang Mel was only attributed 171 days of work for his retirement pay because all the unpaid student loans were deducted from his full retirement pay of 675 days. This seems to me a cruel repayment for his kindness. “This is a cyber-call to those who overlooked settling their student loans guaranteed by Mang Mel. This would be a good time to thank him. “Mang Mel is not asking for doles, although I know he’d be thankful for any assistance you can give. So I ask those who benefited from Mang Meliton’s goodness or for those who simply wish to share your blessings, please visit him and buy his CD (P350 only) at No. 16-A, Block 1, Pook Ricarte, UP-Diliman, Quezon City (behind International House), or contact his daughter Kit V. Zamora at 0916-4058104. “Baka kilala niyo.” * * * I recall Mang Meliton from my own days at the Diliman campus in the ’70s. His daughter clarifies that seven students did fail to repay, but the UP admin amnestied six of them. So only one unpaid loan of P5,784 was deducted from Mang Mel’s pension. That doesn’t diminish his kindness, though, for the Iskolars ng Bayan. The Spirit Behind the Fair: TULONG DUNONG FAIRCOM's REFLECTION PIECE for all AHS class moderators: January 14, 2009
Quick question: What do Mr. Bernie Santos, our very own APAA (Assistant Principal for Academic Affairs), Mr. Philip S. Javier, CLE Subject Area Coordinator (SAC), and Angel Aquino, actress and model, all have in common? Let’s add some names to that list: Mr. Joseph dela Cruz of Filipino. Ms. Dolly Duchepec of CLE. Mr. Bong Soriano of Math. Ms. Pinky Escarez of Guidance. Ms. Meng de Guia of CLE. Again, what do all these people have in common? Still haven’t figured it out? Let’s dig a little deeper and see if it helps. Mr. Philip Javier, for instance. It is widely known that he graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1989, and that before that, he graduated from the Ateneo High School in 1985. But how many people know that, before that, he graduated in 1981 from Pura V. Kalaw Elementary School, a public school in Project 4? Now, take another person on our list, Ms. Meng de Guia, who got her M.A. in theology from the Ateneo. Before that, she attended Maryknoll, where she spent her college and high school days----a fact known to many. But how many know people that before that, she graduated from Barangka Elementary School, a public school, in 1978? Now, Angel Aquino is a widely-recognized face and personality. But how many of us know that she was a TD Scholar from Barangka, Marikina, and that she attended St. Bridget’s high school on scholarship? Yes, you’ve finally got it. What is the common thread that runs through all of them? It is TD: Tulong Dunong. The term “Tulong Dunong” is by no means new to us. We’re always hearing about TD. It’s always being mentioned in school events, in classrooms, in casual conversations that can be overheard while walking along EDSA. The fourth year students have TD as part of their curriculum. But what is TD really all about? Is it just a student mentoring program, which requires all fourth year Ateneo High School students to go to public elementary schools once a week and tutor four to six public school kids? Is that all there is about TD? Let’s deal with some facts. The Ateneo High School is home to fifteen TD scholars. That’s fifteen lives that have changed because of the TD program that enabled them to learn from the generous tutoring of their Ateneo high school kuyas. These students from public schools took the entrance exams, passed, and were thus given the chance to study in one of the best, exclusive private schools in the country. They were given a chance, no more. But that was all they needed. Who knows what great future now lies before them, now that they have been given the opportunity to be more and do more? Thanks to TD, these scholars now have the chance to experience things that, prior to TD, they would never have even dreamed of. It’s not just the TD scholars’ lives that have been changed. The TD kuyas, the Seniors who tutored these kids---their lives have also been touched. Fr. Joey Fermin, who just recently passed away, was a consistent tutor of the TD Summer Classes. There are also high school alumni who, twenty or thirty years after high school, still give back to TD, either through donations or volunteering to tutor in the TD classes, because they recognize the sheer good that TD is able to do. Dr. Sio Marquez, the current Director of the Health Sciences Program of the college, and a previous TD scholar himself, writes of these AHS alumni who donate to TD because they recognize it for the gift and wonder that it is. TD is the real, concrete manifestation of Ateneans being men for others. It not only provides opportunities for the Atenean kuyas to live out their values and the teachings of the school, but also provides the TD scholars an opportunity to make themselves individuals of worth, such that they are able to grow into people like Mr. Bernie Santos, Mr. Philip Javier, Ms. Meng de Guia---people who make gifts of themselves by giving back to the Ateneo. When we talk about TD, let us not forget the wealth of meaning and the world of opportunity that lies behind those two simple letters. Let us not forget, also, that for TD to continue operating, it needs funds. Donations and contributions are all very well and good, but they are not a consistent thing. The TD expenses easily come up to Php 1.5 M a year, and more often than not, the donations only come up to Php 850,000---if lucky. The TD program virtually lives a hand-to-mouth existence, hence the need for more funds to be raised. What is one huge source of funds for TD? The annual high school fair. There is a tendency for us, when we hear the word “fair,” to think of fashion shows, concerts, games and rides---and we tend to forget that, behind the glitz and the glamour, lies a very real, very urgent cause: the cause of SCHOLARSHIP, specifically, that of the TD. The fair feeds the Tulong Dunong Scholarship Program. The more people go to the fair, the more proceeds the fair makes, and the more money goes to TD. This year, let us remember the real reason why the Ateneo High School holds the annual school fair. Let us remember that the fair is not about the bands, the models, the games and the concerts; it is about scholarship, about Tulong Dunong. Let us also remember, then, what lies behind TD, the spirit behind the fair. http://joremarmon.multiply.com/journal/item/5
 "Autumn At Its Prime" (Momiji)
by Jojo Masias (Francisco)
November 1982
Written in Ohara Sanzen-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan while she was a technical trainee (Banking in Computers) sponsored by the Osaka Prefectural Government
Just ten days ago, I gazed upon this same maple tree. It was standing alone regally in the middle of a pond, surrounded by multi-colored carp. It was wearing a splendid orange gown and fetched the oohs and aahhs of the autumn pligrims doing the annual ritual of maple viewing. And now as I gaze upon it again, bare and bereft of life with a few fragile leaves clinging stubbornly to its dried up twigs I finally understood the essence of autumn in a single momiji leaf: - the exhaustion of giving one's self to the fullest - the sadness of the coming gray and cloudy days - the fear of the cold wintry blanket and the long tranquil nights I could not believe that this five/seven pronged leaf had the power to keep us all in awe and that within a few days after it has passed its prime it would just be like any other brown-scarred leaf, forgotten and trodden upon a muddy path. Such is the momiji in autumn and such is the reality of life. Fleeting moments that occur only once and can only be recaptured in vivid memories... Life's rhythm in the autumn winter epilogue And the inner desire for rebirth And rekindling of warmth Of a new spring and summer...
Jan 30 (Fri) to 31 (Sat), 2009 at the AHS.
PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
Presenting the 13th annual fair of the Ateneo High School: ALA13 ("Alab")! All for the TULONG DUNONG SCHOLARSHIP Program, which sends poor but deserving high school students to schools such as the Ateneo, Miriam and St. Scho.
This is not just any fair. It's ALAB, which stands for continuously burning flame. We're doing this for a cause, for SCHOLARSHIP. Be a part of it. Spread the word, spread the flame. See you there.
ROCK CONCERT
FASHION SHOW
I don't know when this started, but it has been a practice of our family to come up with at least one music video per year. Gives you an idea of how we roll. hahaha. :)
I'm the one in the black and white dress, and Gabi's the one in white (playing the piano). This year's special guest is our bro, Ogot. This was taken after we came from hearing mass. While our Christmas dinner was being prepared, we had a few minutes to kill. It therefore logically follows that we decide to have an impromptu "MTV" session (no practice!!).
7 days til Soph Night! SUBWAY Support Soph Night! Please help spread the word. All proceeds will go to the AHS' Tulong Dunong Scholarship Emergency Fund. SUBWAY. 11.15.08 (Go go go Soph Comm! Mr. Marlon Vargas, Ms. Shaoie Agduma, Mr. Melvin Apo, and all the students who are making this event possible) If there's one thing I envy about my high school students, it's the fact that they're all still TOGETHER. Come hell or high water, come surprise Science quiz or Math long test, come numerous defeats or triumphs---they are in each other's crazy, cacophonous and comical company. (And guys, that's one of the things that makes high school what it is: magical and memorable...so don't take this time in your lives for granted! :)) One of the things that one gets to appreciate more and more as one grows older is simply that: time spent with friends. Because with all the chaos that Real Life brings, it's just so good to hang out and have dinner with friends that you just don't get to see that often. In the midst of a crazy HELL WEEK, I got my "moment of peace" when I had dinner with the "Katipunan Crew." Take two architects, one writer, and two teachers, and put them all together...and you have RED RIBBON CRAZINESS. *bow* (Thanks to Rich and Nicole for the pics!) Nicole and Rich (Notice that guy behind them taking pics? Hmm. Must be because he mistook us for movie stars ;p) With my twinnie! (Whom I don't get to talk to that often, believe it or not!!) Why were we posing like this again? (And look, that guy is still watching us...freaky...) The UP professor and the Architect (naks) Christian receiving numerous calls from his fans Er....why the pose, again? :) Calling all members of the Ateneo High School community! Hurry, get your 2I customized KFD notebooks now! KFD was extended, but only until Wednesday, October 8! (Thanks to Charlie http://charlielapid.multiply.com for some of the pictures) Php 50 for the 4x4 Php 70 for the 6x6 Php 100 for the scrapbooks / large, ruled paper notebooks Taken from http://ikfd08.multiply.com DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING! THESE ARE THE PERFECT GIFTS FOR YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY! 2I's CUSTOMIZED NOTEBOOKS: WRITE THE RIGHT WAY. WRITE THE I WAY. :) Notebooks never looked this good. Hitting the Ateneo High School on Monday, Sept 22, 2008. Hurry! Buy now while stocks last! Sizes: 4x4'' 6x6'' 7 and 1/2 x 9 3/4 '' Let's go 2I! Awoo! (My attempt to help out in the FairCom13 Recruitment)
FAIRCOM 13: LEAVE YOUR MARK, ATENEAN. Don't just be one of the bystanders. Stand up. Do something. Be one of us. Make things happen. "What we do in life echoes throughout eternity." -- Maximus, Gladiator Atenean, ask yourself: how do you want to be remembered? For those who are interested, you may contact J.R. Mallillin of 4K Bryant Garduque of 3M or any FairCom13 member you know! OR Simply waltz your way inside OSA and ask for a FairCom membership application form. :) | |
