After a month of doing nothing, I mean being a bum, on Nov. 10, I will soon be joining the labor force as a Research Analyst-Economics for Thomson Reuters. For three months I will be joining the company. The salary is 13.5K/month, enough for the workload. What I really like about the offer is that the company is good since it is a multinational company and I need not to wear skirt their attire is just business casual.  Hehe! I don’t really like wearing skirts. Please pray for my first day. Btw I was hired through People4people. May God bless me! Aja! Marjie!

Though the UAAP Season 71 was over, the basketball stars are still creating their name in the showbusiness. After the crowd’s favorite Chris Tiu decided to be a Kapuso host, another basketball heartthrob from the green side is trying his luck as a movie star. Yes, it is really true! Simon Atkins would soon be seen in the big screen. He just started shooting for the horror movie Sundo with Robin Padilla and Iza Calzado. Well, he got the looks and the confidence and he is also used to fame since he used to be a model and endorser of Hanford, together with Kirk Long and Chris Tiu.

I just hope that he will still be pursuing his basketball career since he is being expected by the Lasallian community to be the next TY Tang or JVee Casio, a three pointer guard. Good Luck fellow Lasallian. Animo!

Aside from officially being an alumnus of DLSU, I am now officially a “bum”. As of now I’m just enjoying being a “couch potato” in our house. These past few days I just watch tv and surf the net. It’s like I’m in a vacation. Haha! But don’t get me wrong, I’m still a citizen of this beautiful country and so I must fulfill my obligations to it, also to my family, my friends (?), my fellowmen and to out Lord Almighty. I’m currently looking for a job. I already had my interview with Metrobank, to where I also had my on the job training, and with Chinabank last week.

As for Metrobank, they were offering me an administrative job (which I think is pretty much good) wherein I would be dealing and computing for the salaries and compensations of the VIPs. It sounds great right! BUT! Yes! There is a big BUT! I would find a hard time transferring to other departments more to other companies if ever I would get the job. It is because the nature of work is really confidential. Also knowing that Metrobank is a local firm, the salary they offer is at an entry level. Actually, the job description is pretty much fine and no problem with the salary, but if I would find a hard time transferring especially if I didn’t like the job, I don’t want to be stuck to it forever. It would be my FIRST JOB! Hay!

As for my career path in Chinabank, I already had my exam and initial interview. I’m now waiting for their call whether I would be having another interview for the job I’m applying for. Actually, I’m applying for their Management Trainee Program. As we all know, if you want to earn big bucks MTP is for you, of course you have to have good grades, I mean, high grades. I hope I would be called soon.
Now, I mean as of this time, besides writing this entry, I’m also creating my jobstreet account. I’ve heard from a friend that jobstreet really works and she already had interviews in different companies because she registered to the site.

Well, well, well, what can I say? Good luck to me and I promise that the “bum” me would soon be over.

Haha! ganun ba kagrabe ang lahat! Nasa Inquirer!Nakakahiya! - That’s all I can say.

Ateneo apologizes over bonfire incident

By Jasmine W. Payo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:05:00 10/06/2008

MANILA, Philippines—A recent Ateneo bonfire celebration has added fuel to the varsity animosity between the Blue Eagles and the De La Salle University Green Archers, prompting an apology from top officials of the Loyola-based school.

Ateneo de Manila University president Fr. Bienvenido Nebres, SJ, recently apologized to the La Sallian community for an irreverent incident during the bonfire on the Ateneo campus last Sept. 30 to celebrate the UAAP championship won by the Eagles at the expense of the Archers.
Some of the firewood used at the bonfire had the names of the entire La Salle roster bannered by JV Casio, Rico Maierhofer and coach Franz Pumaren.

“Despite our rivalries in sports, we are both committed to Christian values and what was done is certainly a violation of values we share,” Nebres said in a letter to De La Salle University System president Br. Armin Luistro, FSC, dated Oct. 2.

As reports and photos of the incident circulated in blogs and online basketball forums, students and alumni from La Salle, and even Ateneo, branded the act distasteful regardless of the rivalry between the two elite squads.

Nebres said none of the school officials “saw it ahead of time, because the wood pile was covered by a tarp against the rain until the time came to light it.”

An alumnus already claimed responsibility for “producing the materials” and apologized to Nebres for “the backlash it created.”

“Our community accepted [Ateneo's apology],” Br. Bernie Oca, FSC, La Salle’s representative to the UAAP board, said Sunday. “We are also awaiting the results of their investigations which they said they will do.”

Source:

http://sports.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20081006-164767/Ateneo-apologizes-over-bonfire-incident

The person behind the Ateneo bonfire incident already confessed and admitted his fault. He is Jesse Paredes, an Ateneo alumnus and former Standard Today columnist. He is also the  brother of musician Jim Paredes. Huh. What can I say, he is a respectable personality indeed, but his act didn’t show it.  (pertaining “only” to that incident)

Here is his apology letter addressed to Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, SJ, President of ADMU.

3 October 2008

Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, SJ
President
Ateneo de Manila University

Dear Fr. Nebres,

I write this letter for two reasons. The first one is to own up to producing the materials with the names of the Green Archers and placing them prominently in the woodpile before the bonfire for all to see.

Secondly, I sincerely apologize to you for the queasy situation you are in as a result of the backlash it created.

While the nature of this letter is a personal apology to you, please feel free to extend it to parties you may deem fit to receive it.

Sincerely,

Jesse Paredes
HS’54, AB’58

Honestly, the apology is all we need. Admitting his fault just proves he’s being an Atenean. I hope this would settle all the issues. Peace. Go Ateneo! Animo La Salle!

Even if I’m a Tiu fanatic eversince last season, I find it somehow awkward to leave a comment on his blog. But due to the dlsu-admu rivalry that happened last tuesday during their bonfire wherein they put the names of our players in their bonfire woods, I was really disappointed with the admu community. This made me decide to leave a comment on Tiu’s blog.

Well, I’m one of those hundreds to make first comments on his blog. Though I hated that thing they did on bonfire, I’m still a fan of TIUva-TIUTIU…haha…lol

The recent UAAP season 72 has been controversial. Aside from having the archrival, La Salle and Ateneo, compete for the men’s senior basketball crown, there were also issues regarding why the green archers didn’t get their trophy during the awarding and that the last game was said to be “Luto” by some Lasallians and green archers’ fans. (Just for the record: The green archer team were in the locker room during the awarding and nobody did mind to call them to get their award- that’s according to Coach Franz Pumaren.) After the game, I thought it would all be over. Except for the rivalry of the two colors, of course, it would always be there to light up the “friendly competition” of both schools. So okay. They won, we’ve lost.

BUT. It didn’t end there. Just recently, hot issue (I mean literally “hot”) came up smoking in the internet, through the blogs, multiply and even forum sites of some Lasallians and Ateneans.  I’m pertaining to the bonfire event in Katipunan. I know that it was a celebration for the Ateneo community for winning the championship after all the hardwork of the team (including the investment of MVP to have their training in LA with some of the best basketball gurus). However, I think it was a foul and below the belt to put the name of some of the green archers, the coach, the staffs and even some of our brothers on their bonfire woods. I also heard that some also burned green shirts. Duh! What for? You’ve already won the championship. If ever they’ve lost I would understand why they acted that way. Just like what my friend have said “Putek! Foul yun!”. Proofs and evidences are all over the net. And here are some of the pics. (credits to Carmel)

I know that some of our players are arrogant but they don’t deserve it especially our brothers. As far as I can remember we never celebrated championship that way. We don’t put names of other players on our bonfire woods and burn blue shirts. For us, the way we celebrate championships were all food, dance, picture taking and concert.

Sorry if ever I offended anybody here in my post but I was just hurt and offended by this act. I know Ateneo is a good school and have produced some respectable personalities. I’m not generalizing the Ateneo community but whoever did this it was really unethical and really below the belt. It was not funny at all. It had offended the Lasallian community especially the students. Huh. Sorry. Really sorry. I don’t know how to end this post so let me end this way. Quoting another Lasallian- “You’ve got the crown, We’ve got the respect!”

Pa’no na Kaya
Sung by: Bugoy Drilon
Composed by Ryan Cayabyab

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Paano nga ba napasukan ang gusot na ito
‘Di naman akalaing magbabago ang pagtingin sa ‘yo ohh wooh
Mula nang makilala ka, umikot ang mundo ko
‘Di na kayang ilihim at itago ang nararamdamang ito wooh…
Paano na kaya, ‘di sinasadya
‘Di kayang magtapat ang puso ko
Bakit sa dinami-rami ng kaibigan ko ikaw pa
Paano na kaya ‘di sinasadya
Ba’t nahihiya ang puso ko
Hirap nang umibig sa isang kaibigan
‘Di masabi ang nararamdaman
Paano na kaya

Kung malaman ang damdamin at ‘di mo tanggapin
‘Di ko yata matitiis mawala ka
Kahit ’sang saglit man lang…wooohhhh….

Paano na kaya ‘di sinasadya
‘Di kayang magtapat ang puso ko
Bakit sa dinami-rami ng kaibigan ko ikaw pa
Paano na kaya, ‘di sinasadya
Ba’t nahihiya ang puso ko
Hirap nang umibig sa isang kaibigang
‘di masabi ang nararamdaman
Paano na kaya

At kung magkataong ito’y malaman mo
Sana naman tanggapin mo ohh woohh

Bakit sa dinami-rami ng kaibigan ko ikaw pa
Paano na kaya’ di sinasadya
Ba’t nahihiya ang puso ko
Hirap nang umibig sa isang kaibigang
At baka hindi maintindihan
Paano na kaya

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Today is a BUSY DAY.

While the Katipunan guys are celebrating their victory via their so called “bonfire” on a TIUday after the RABEHDAN, here in Taft we are also celebrating our own individual victory by being able to surpass almost four years of our struggle in our college life.

@4 am—already awake and having a hard time to sleep due to excitement for this day and for the whole week’s activities.

@5am—eat my breakfast and prepared for the day. Undecided on what dress to wear so I bought two dresses.

@5:30 am—I turned on the tv and tuned in to “Umagang Kay Ganda” in the hope of seeing my ever favorite green archers. Sad to say I have to leave early so I was not able to watch them. Anyways, I saw Rico today so o prob. but I want a pic with L.A. huhu.

@7:30 am— already in my ever beloved campus spot-  “YFC tambayan”

@8:00 am— paid for the toga and the photo package- “Yes, gagraduate na ako”

@10 am—CBE Recognition Rites Practice- “Effort may practice pa!!duh!!”

@11 am—Eating while waiting for my turn. Make up galore within the campus salon (just kidding!). Thanks to Mama Regz for my make up and Kuya Arven for my hair. Labyah both.

@ 1pm— Mass and awarding of honorable mention. I love my medal.

@2:30 pm—Class picture taking and picture galore everywhere. Labyah guys and gals! I’ll miss Lazzahl!!! haha

@5 pm— Celebrated Kuya Marco’s birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KUYA MARCO!!! Yellow cab was everywhere. Wohoo! pizza galore.

@5:30pm—graduation rehearsal. “Nakakapagod!”

@9:00pm— Got home early! Still early compared before. Hehe

@ now— tired and sleepy so I will just end this entry to get a rest.

Pics tomorrow

I was about to sleep when I read this from Philz’ multiply whom she got from other else’s account.

By now, you would have experienced gale force winds in Katipunan. Or you would have read articles in newspapers or blogs proclaiming the greatness of this season 71 edition of the Blue Eagles, Rabeh, Chris Tiu, Buenafe et al. They will also criticize our Archers as pikon and lacking class for not receiving their runner-up trophy, so perhaps we should be prepared with the facts.

1. While UP is the host of Season 71, they selected the Narvasa Brothers (both former Blue Eagle varsity players) who were directly responsible for the referees.

2. Commissioner Chito Narvasa penalized La Salle and Coach Franz Pumaren during the first La Salle-Ateneo regular season game for not wearing his ID and gave two free throws to Ateneo. This inspite of Coach Pido Jarencio of UST being shown not wearing his ID during the earlier game and not being penalized.

3. During two regular games during the season, one versus FEU and the other against UST, referees who called technical fouls against La Salle’s opponents were punished by Narvasa after the game with a termination and one with a suspension.

4. During the the final championship game, Buenafe, Jobe and other Ateneans could be seen taunting and trash talking but were not penalized.

5. The referees called 29 fouls on the Archers and only 13 fouls against the Blue Eagles. They awarded 28 free throws (18 which were converted) to Ateneo and only 8 free throws to the Green Archers.

6. The phantom finger of Rico was not clearly evident and since there was no reaction from the Eagles, it must not have happened.

7. The Green Archers were in the dugout during the awarding and no official from the UAAP called them out to receive their award.

Finally, if the Ateneans wanted to win with honor, they failed to do so. The Ateneo community should have asked the Narvasas to inhibit themselves due to their school history and obvious bias towards La Salle.

I will concede the first three La Salle-Ateneo games in Season 71 to the Blue Eagles. But we will never know the outcome of game 2 of the Championship series.because the referees panicked when La Salle reduced a 15 point half-time deficit to three at the end of the 3rd period.

Agree ako sa sinabi ng friend ko na “What’s done is done. Let Ateneo have their championship and I believe they deserve it. Di ko lang gusto ung pagkapanalo nila nung game 2.”

Pati mga kilala kong Atenista ay hindi rin gusto yung pagkapanalo nila nung game 2.

What more can I say. Congratz Ateneo.

ANIMO LA SALLE!

KEEP THE FAITH!

BABAWI TAYO NEXT SEASON, SABI NI RICO M. coz he will be back in season 72!!