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Tag: life and other tales

  • Opinion: Paano na si Dolly?

    There’s a lot to be said about education in the Philippines. We have the rising tuition fee, competitive education, K to 12 benefits, the lack of teacher incentives and teachers in general… valid and very concrete concerns which have echoing repercussions on the national academic community. But there are also other concerns that are more…

  • Movie: Jack the Giant Slayer

    Once again, indulgence and a very good movie proved to be the perfect stress breaker package. And yes, Jack the Giant Slayer actually rates as a very good movie (at least for me). *I still say this is for my research project, which is on modern adaptations of fairy tales. *Disclaimer: once again, I missed…

  • Time for some SCIENCE THINKING THING!

    You know you’ve been affected by one too many bio lectures when your first reaction when seeing this in tumblr is not to “aww” or reminisce about movie-related moments. It’s to think: wow, that’s really, really wrong. And my second reaction of giggling inside my head probably isn’t because of (SCIENCE!!), but I can’t help but be…

  • Pens and Pencils: Botanical Hearts

    Featuring grainy pictures of ‘Wood you be my valentine?’, ‘Awkward stomate’ and ‘No effort was made’. Inspired by Bio 101 Plant Anatomy Classes.

  • Green and blue is for you and you

    MY COLOR IS MAROON, oh yeah. In a manner as subtle as a ten-wheeler cruising down a highway (meaning, not very subtly at all) I managed to taint my beautiful maroon blood with a dash of De La Salle green. That’s right. My family is probably shuddering in distaste (they all consider themselves pro-Ateneo and anti-La…

  • Intermission

    I’ve got so many topics queued up in my blog to-write roll; here’s a little self-involved breather. It’s (almost) Valentine’s Day! And as such, I’m going out with some college friends for a Valentine’s Eve dinner of some sort. However, it’s also Ash Wednesday, so I had to opt out of some bonding activities (i.e. going to…

  • Life Goals and other drugs

    I was supposed to title this Wishlist… but then I realized that a wish is something that is “not easily attainable; cannot or probably will not happen” and that simply would not do. I’d like to be A person of indeterminate morality but easily quantified status

  • Blogging is 99% trying to find that perfect free theme. Or praying for a way to magically buy the premium package and premium themes, really.