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♥ I will have a lot, and I mean A LOT of fangirl entries in this blog.
Yes, that means incoherency, pictures, keyboard smashing, incoherency, squealing, iconposts and incoherency.
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♥ Aside from being an outlet of my fangirly-ness (whut) I also blog about my personal life.
That also means photography, Ateneo life, family, friends, slice of life entries, memes when I'm procrastinating, beliefs, and all that jazz.
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I AM SO ANGRY IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20090504-202929/The-great-aook-blockade-of-2009

Fuck you. We're already a poor country and making books more expensive for us citizens doesn't help one bit. Taxes? ON BOOKS? Most people don't like reading enough as it is! To discourage them people by making books more expensive is.. I don't even have words to describe this, except, you are cunning people to keep the already poor level of education of the Philippines at an even lower level while securing the opportunity for learning within your group. I hope you know you and your kin aren't going to live forever.

And please, the Philippines fucking signed the Florence Agreement under the United Nations, okay. Just the fact that our politicians can't respect that and are even corrupt to the point of being able to do this to an international agreement disgusts me.

And the fact that makes this all the more frustrating, is that this happened because of Twilight. No, I'm not joking. Feel free to cry at the stupidness that is my country.

To sum this rant up in an offhand way, my facebook status:
So the Philippine government is placing additional taxes on all imported books, educational and non-educational, even if they signed a UN agreement not to, mainly because of Twilight. Sadly, I'm not joking.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20090504-202929/The-great-aook-blockade-of-2009

And I don't know if this will actually do anything, but if you think this is stupid and have a facebook, join the cause.

_{I bolded the sentences I felt a really strong pull too. also, i know she says she can speak straight Tagalog, but excuse the Taglish (ie jeep instead of the tagalog equivalent, and modern slang)}

This is a re-post from Omi, the Sanggunian President, which is in turn a repost of a Multiply contact of his, Nicole. She's currently a freshman in the Ateneo.

In defense of the Atenean community.

Atenista ako. Pero marunong akong mag-diretsong Tagalog. Atenista ako. Pero marunong akong makipagtulakan sa MRT at isiksik ang sarili ko sa kakarampot na espasyo sa jeep. Atenista ako. Pero hindi ako gumagasta ng libo-libo sa isang pares ng sapatos o sa isang jacket. Wala akong kotse, wala akong driver, at lalong-lalo nang wala akong Wii o X-box o Play Station para mag-Guitar Hero at Rock Band maghapon. Pero hindi ibig sabihin nitong hindi ako singtalino at sing-galing ng ibang Atenistang meron ng mga bagay na to. Hindi ibig sabihin nitong hindi ako bagay na mag-aral sa isang sikat na unibersidad. Hindi ibig sabihin nitong hindi ako Atenista.

Madalas nababansagang maarte kaming mga Atenista dahil sa pananalita namin. Pero matalino lang ang mga estudyante ng Ateneo. Ang kapaligiran, mga propesor, ang estilo ng pagtuturo at pamamalakad ay dinisenyo para manganak at magpalaki ng mga studyanteng hindi lang napipilitang mag-aral ng mabuti, kundi ginugusto talagang maging mahusay sa akademya. Walang masamang maging magaling mag-Ingles. Walang masamang maging gamay makipag-usap sa mga dayuhan. Walang masamang maging marunong makipag-debate at ipaglaban ang pinaniniwalaan mo.

Mareklamo daw kami. Bakit, sa La Salle ba, walang nagrereklamo sa lakas ng ulan? Sa UP ba, walang nagrereklamo sa init ng panahon? Sa Benilde ba, walang nagluluksa pag walang kuryente o mabagal ang wi-fi? Hindi kami naiiba sa inyo. Sa lahat ng mga ganito pa rin ang ideya tungkol sa mga Atenista, wala pa siguro kayong nakakausap na dormer ng Cervini, na galing Cotabato at nagsisikap mag-aral ng mabuti kahit nag-iisa at malayo sa pamilya. Wala pa kayong nakikilalang scholar na minsan kailangang umutang sa OAA para lang may pamasahe papasok. Sila? Nagrereklamo ba sila?

Elitista daw kami. Pero hindi lahat ng Atenista mayaman o feeling-mayaman. Hindi lahat kami “sheltered” katulad nang hindi lahat nang Lasalista negosyanteng Intsik at hindi lahat nang taga-UP aktibista at hindi lahat nang taga-UST ay mga siokoy na lumulusong sa baha. Hindi porke’t “elite” ang school namin “elitista” kami. Hindi porke’t may dalawang Figaro sa loob ng campus namin hindi na namin nasisikmura ang isaw at betamax. Hindi porke’t malinis ang mga banyo namin pinandidirihan na namin ang mga Aeta. Marunong naman kaming manood ng Eat Bulaga at Wowowee at nabalitaan din namin ang break-up nina Dingdong at Karylle. At hindi lang usong damit at UAAP ang inaatupag namin. May pakialam din kami sa mundo. Alam namin ang tungkol sa global recession at krisis sa stock market ng Amerika. Nanood kami ng SONA at naintindihan namin yon. Alam na alam namin ang banta ng global warming, kaya nga hindi na kami gumagamit ng styro. Alam naming importanteng iangat ang estado ng Pilipinas sa mundo, kaya nga kami may JTA. Alam namin ang kalagayan ng mga magsasaka sa Calatagan, kaya nga ginagawa namin lahat ng kaya namin para matulungan sila. At oo, alam naming maraming nagugutom sa mundo, kaya nga Atenista pa rin kami.

Wala pa akong isang buong taon sa Ateneo. Pero alam ko ang mga pinagsasasabi ko. Dahil sa loob ng pitong buwan sa Katipunan marami akong natutunan, nakilala, napuntahan at natulungan. Dahil nakita ko ang puso at talino ng mga taga-Ateneo. Dahil hindi ako maarte, hindi ako feeling mayaman, hindi ako mareklamo, at hindi ako elitista, pero hindi ipinagkait sakin ang pagiging Atenista.

One of Radioactive Sago Project’s albums is entitled, “… Ang Daming Nagugutom Sa Mundo Fashionista Ka Pa Rin”. Vocalist Lourd de Veyra plugs, “Bilhin ninyo ang album namin, “… Ang Daming Nagugutom Sa Mundo Atenista Ka Pa Rin”. I’m not angry at Radioactive Sago. In fact I love Lourd de Veyra. I want him to write me a song. This is just a reaction.

reference: To my fellow parents: On the meaning of an Ateneo education by Agustin Martin G. Rodriguez, Ph.D. as published in The Ateneo Way SY 2009

This is a re-post from Omi, the Sanggunian President, which is in turn a repost of a Multiply contact of his, Nicole. She's currently a freshman in the Ateneo.

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To the 145 people who are listed in Also Friends Of: in my userinfo. I assume you've added me for graphics (otherwise, it'll just be creepy). They will no longer be posted here; please join pusong_kahon instead and de-friend this journal. Thank you.

Hello 245 people who are still keeping me on their flists.
The time has come.. I thought a lot more people would remove me from their flists once I made my own comm for graphics (pusong_kahon), but unfortunately, it's not nearly enough as I had hoped.

Sooo, I think it's an appropriate time for a friends-cut. 4 years of LJ, but this is the first time I'm doing this, a massive one at that.

I currently have 169 mutual friends on my list.
&I know which ones to keep.
at most, I only know and have connected with half the people I'm actually mutually friends with.
the other half, i realized i don't even know your name, or where you're from, or even what your fandoms are. a lot of you added me for icons, and a few others added me after reading the rules in my intro post--then i never heard from you again after the initial comment.
so yeah. if you can't see this entry, please remove me from your journals.
thank you.

(if you, by some insanse reason still want to remain friends with me, please comment and tell me why. all comments are screened. ETA: (12/4/08) No reason, no add.)

ETA: (12/2/08) i guess it's confusing to some people, but if you click the part where it says "this entry", it will lead you to another entry. If you can't see the linked entry, please remove me from your journals. thank you.