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A Song for Cris Anthony Mendez (Blowin’ in the Wind by Bob Dylan)Sunday, 09 September 2007
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Every neophyte has to walk down many roads before he can be called Brod(short for Brother). The roads vary from fraternity to fraternity but generally, they include the following:Shock hazing - arranging experiences whereby a neophyte will be startled, frightened, or appalled [...]
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One Voice (An OFW’s reaction to Malu Fernandez’s “From Greece to Boracay”)Thursday, 06 September 2007
In response to Marc’s comment in my birthday post, I would like to air my views about Malu Fernandez’ article entitled From Greece to Boracay!. A lot of people have expressed their views about the controversial author’s article. And this post could just be one tiny flame in the millions of opinions that have been [...]
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Notes to Neo (In search of modern-day Filipino heroes)Sunday, 26 August 2007
I’m sure that you can still remember this scene from the movie, The Matrix. You almost wanted to be Neo in the movie. Imagine being told that you are someone special and that you are “The One.” It’s very similar to Jesus’ message to his disciples as written in the book of John. He said, You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit.
How cool would it be if this same message was said to you by someone you look up to? What kind of warm feelings and happy emotions would you feel if your idol or mentor told you that he has been waiting for you all his life and that you are the chosen one?
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Ang Mother Tongue at Lingua Franca (English version)Saturday, 18 August 2007
I am an elementary school teacher. I teach at a school where the role of language is very important because our students come from 36 different countries.
For the parents at our school, there are two essential elements that are crucial to the overall language learning of their children. The first one is called mother tongue [...] -
Ang Mother Tongue at Lingua FrancaSaturday, 18 August 2007
Ako po ay isang guro sa elementarya. Sa paaralan kung saan ako nagtuturo, napakahalaga ng papel na ginagampanan ng wika sapagka’t ang mga mag-aaral namin ay mula sa tatlumpo’t anim na bansa.
Para sa mga magulang ng aming paaralan, may dalawang bagay na kinakailangan upang maging ganap ang pag-aaral ng wika ng kanilang mga anak. Ang [...]



