I just received the Top 20 Schools in the Philippines report through my college org’s egroup (thanks, Jo!).
Of course, my alma mater, the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman), tops the list yet again.
In fact, UP seems to have monopolized the top three spots, with UP Los Banos and UP Manila trailing behind [...]
It’s no secret that I love Neil Gaiman and that I have a healthy obsession with Dream. I rave about Neil and his Sandman graphic novels whenever I can, sharing my fixation with anyone who’s willing to listen.
There are those Gaiman admirers (“someone” comes to mind) who seem to think that Sandman readers belong to [...]
I apologize for the 48-hour downtime. Apparently, I’ve had a recent surge in traffic, thanks largely to Good Tutorials. My meager hosting plan couldn’t take the pressure (in spite of precautions I initially took; e.g. installing wp-cache), and I had no choice but to upgrade to a more expensive plan with a higher bandwidth allotment. [...]
Are you an infatuated female caught in his web? A slighted lover thirsting for vengeance? A colleague hoping to learn the secrets of his success? A friend desperately trying to understand the paradox that he is? A chronicler wishing to document his fascinating life story?
My good friends “Himan” and “Tayon” somehow manipulated me into designing a new theme for them. I don’t know how it happened, really. All I know is that I woke up one day inexplicably compelled to work for free.
For the love of Himantayon.com and everything it stands for, I proudly unveil the [...]
Okay, the first one was just a tad too serious. That was so not me (but sooo Xyzha, don’t you think?). You see, while we do have a lot of similar traits (scary, they all are), we also have a wide range of glaring differences. In fact, on the surface, we are in no way [...]
Born 8 years apart, Xyzha and I didn’t exactly have a chance to bond as sisters.
Herschel (my middle sister) and I share memories of wading in mud puddles, chasing after dragon flies, climbing mango trees, dismantling Barbie dolls, staging our own dramas, and even discovering puppy love for the first time.
But the only [...]
Fruhlein - or Baby, as everyone in the family calls her - is sort of the fourth of the infamous “tres marias”. Born to the youngest sister of my dad, whose nomadic existence spanned different corners of the world in pursuit of love and meaning, Fruhlein was dumped on our doorstep at a very young [...]
Guile is a blogger who moonlights as Paperbag. He also happens to be the bassist of Hastang and my strongest rival for Mark’s affections. I have reason to be just the slightest bit insecure as far as the latter is concerned. Guile’s been in Mark’s life for nearly 2 decades, his hips are narrower than [...]
I needed help writing the vanity section of this blog, so I asked a few friends to write a little something about me. Guile proved particularly innovative by writing 10 things you should know about Yan. The others followed suit, and pretty soon it became sort of a trend. I thought it would be [...]
