internet, internet

Where is the net?  It's almost a month and the dorm still has no access to the internet.  The only time I access the net is when I go to campus with my laptop and bum on the Hotzone wi-fi (and see a handful of dormers also bumming on the wi-fi), or when I go to the computer labs (like what I'm doing right now).  Internet can be distracting...  But there are times when I urgently need it, and it's usually the time when the guard in Kostka Extension says it's past midnight so I need to go back to the dorm.  Another thing about having no net is that I get out of touch with the outside world.  Many dormers don't have access to television (yes I know we have TV rooms in Eliazo and Cervini though not in the new dorm, but we don't usually watch TV).  There are no newspapers in the lobby of the new dorm.  I only get information because people talk about it (e.g., "barko ni Arnold nalunod!").

I'd like to borrow a quotation from Babette's Feast, and change it.  Here it goes, "Throughout the residence halls sounds one long cry from the mouths of the dormers: Give us the chance to have internet"

2 days

No!!!  I don't want to leave yet :(

one week

di pa ko ganahan mubalik!!!

What time is it? Summertime. It's our "vacation"

Random thoughts:
- New dorm. New room. New floormates.  I wonder how the next two years will turn out.
- I must buy pirated DVDs.  But I don't know what movie or series to get.  Any suggestions?
- I don't know what free elective to get.
- Mga taga-Iligan, laag ta beh!  Walay plano na mangaligo sa Timoga or maglakaw-lakaw lang sa siyudad?
- I'm writing this post in the wee hours of the morning.  I should sleep earlier to readjust my body clock.
- I'm glad summer classes are over.  I never felt the summer-ness of summer because of school.  Last year, it was summer with classes.  This year, it is classes during summer.
- SMEG semester is near.  I feel anxious.
- My SIM city is improving!  I slept at 4 AM yesterday because I was playing SC4000 and watching House episodes.
- I want to read more books!  The only book I haven't read in my shelf is Don Quixote (which I still haven't returned to Kara).  I'm still 1/4 of the way in Don Quixote, and I think I won't finish reading it during the 2-week break because it's boring.
- "I'm gonna find my purpose" (LSS)
- Who's the mother in How I Met Your Mother?  I don't think it's Stella.  Or maybe it's her.
- I hope my random number of 488 will still bring me okay classes.
- Arf arf. Bow wow.
- Meow.

To all MEAns!

Interorg (Externals Division) is still in search of additional Core Members. MEA Interorg operates as a link to the different orgs within Ateneo. Interorg is also in charge of preparations for SOM Week.SOM Week is the time of year when the business-oriented organizations of the Ateneo come together to face each other in friendly competition. The different SOM Week activities are designed to showcase the skills, intelligence, talents and ingenuity of students belonging to the different organizations within the business cluster. MEA, as a business-oriented org in cooperation with the JGSOM and the rest of the business cluster, aside from competing, is also tasked to come up with activities which students will take part in.

So for those who are interested, kindly send your application to mdgmdeguzman@yahoo.com. If you have any questions, you can also text 09166526333. Looking forward to hearing from you guys ASAP, as well as to your active participation during SOM Week! - Tammie & Maria (Interorg ABs)

Spread the Love!

Hoy!  Attention! Claudia, Karla, Kyna, Pam, Penpen, Kristine (if you're still alive), Maria, Clara, Leia, Kara!

Post 10 things that recently made you happy, then tag ten other people and spread the LOVE!

1. badminton with Dahl, Kristy, and Lec2x
2. chatting with Claudia
3. eating chocolate cake
4. being home
5. toblerone in the ref
6. badminton again this Friday
7. texting with my high school friends who are also unli
8. not studying
9. the summer break, no matter how short it is
10. my dog :D

Of the Bar Examinations

Nothing against lawyers, but I always thought the bar exams is overhyped.  Other exams are not given as much media attention (e.g., board exams for engineers, doctors, etc.).  While reading the newspaper, I finally came upon a column that reflected my views.

Taken from today's editorial in the Inquirer:

Misplaced interest

It is hard to understand why, up to now, so much fuss is made about the yearly bar examinations. Before the exams, elaborate arrangements are made in putting up the examinees in hotels and attending to all their needs so that they can concentrate on their final review. On the day of the tests, cheering squads and small bands lend a fiesta atmosphere to the occasion as the candidates file into the examination rooms.

On the day the results are announced, the place where the names of the successful examinees are posted is a stage for various reactions to triumph and tragedy. The list of the successful examinees, with the names of the 10 topnotchers in the lead, invariably makes it to the front pages of newspapers.

The great importance placed on the bar exams in the early days of the Commonwealth and the Republic was understandable because lawyers were needed to fill important posts in both the government and private sectors. But now the country has an oversupply of lawyers, and the Philippines possibly ranks up there with the United States as one of the most litigious countries in the world. Now that we are engaged in a serious effort to develop our nation economically and socially, what we need are not more lawyers but more scientists, engineers, economists, managers, technologists.

The United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France developed at a fast pace because of their scientists, engineers and technologists. The same is true with the leading Asian countries like Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. These countries are now highly developed not because of their lawyers (although lawyers do contribute to their orderly societies) but because of their scientists, engineers, technologists, economists and managers.

A civilized society cannot exist without people who will help maintain law and order. But we could accelerate the economic development of our country if we gave more attention to science, engineering and technology, encouraged more of our children to take courses in these areas of study and sent more of our people abroad for advanced training in these disciplines.