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March 2005 - Posts

Feeling inadequate
Thursday, March 31, 2005 10:53 PM
Life has a way of balancing accounts.  Often enough, I'm in a huff because people are not doing their jobs to the extent that I would like (one of my character flaws is that I tend to expect a lot from people).  Then something
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Best wishes for our ACM team
Wednesday, March 30, 2005 11:14 PM
My family and I took our ACM team (Mark, Miguel, and Allan), their coaches (Jon Fernandez and Eric Vidal), and some ACM alums (Russell Santos and Jerome Punzalan, Mark's brother) out for dinner two nights ago.  Spirits were generally
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Theft
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:30 PM
Fanny blogs about a pickpocketing incident.  I've been a victim of theft as well.  The freakiest incident happened many years ago. Someone actually broke into my bedroom while my husband and I were sleeping. They stole our watches and some cash
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Heresy; Getting older
Monday, March 28, 2005 10:31 PM
Thanks, everyone, for your comments about my homilists review idea. I'll look for a way to do this.  Maybe I can start by posting reviews on my blog? ;)  We'll see.***I confess that my first job as a C/assembly programmer was the job I enjoyed
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Heresy?
Monday, March 28, 2005 12:52 AM
Two Sundays ago, I did something that I had never done before:  I walked out of a mass.  Perhaps the consequence of growing up with Jesuits is that, 9 out of 10 times, they will deliver a meaningful homily.  When I attend to non-Jesuit
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ACM and nightmares
Saturday, March 26, 2005 10:26 PM
This story on our ACM team appeared in the INQ7.net website a few days ago.  Thank you to Mr. Alex Villafania of INQ7 for taking the trouble to write it.And speaking of our ACM team, I actually dreamed about them last night.  In my dream, a
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Spam
Friday, March 25, 2005 11:40 PM
After four days offline, I downloaded my email yesterday.  I had about 160 messages, about 140 of which were spam.  It's upsetting to consider the amount of garbage there is polluting the Internet. 
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Getting away
Friday, March 25, 2005 12:47 AM
I went to the beach with relatives for four days of eating, sleeping, and catching up.  I did not bring my computer.  I didn't even bring a book.  There was a lot of down time to just be blank.  A nun-aunt of mine and
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Congratulations to Andrei!; Miss Congeniality
Saturday, March 19, 2005 7:12 PM
Congratulations to Andrei Coronel for successfully defending his master thesis yesterday!  I was his adviser and was really hoping he would make it to the grad ceremony two days ago.  Still, I am very happy that he is done.  Congratulations,
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More about the leave and graduation
Saturday, March 19, 2005 3:52 AM
To Aids:  I'll still be physically around, so we'll still see each other.Graduation turned out well last night.  As predicted. there were a great may cheers for batch celebrities--Patrick Echevarria (valedictorian), Gec Chia, Clifford Lim,
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Leave
Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:42 PM
I am taking the first semester of 2005-2006 off.  Mostly, I'm staying put, but I needed to free up time to take care of my projects, most notably the grade school stuff, the national strategic planning thingy, and the ecurricula thingy.I will miss
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Party!
Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:45 AM
Based on Doc Mana's pictures, the party was a success!  About 50 students attended, plus some of the faculty and staff.  It was light and fun.  Thank you to KC and Tina and to the other students who worked so hard to pull this off. 
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Graduation
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 3:04 AM
Gec "Miracle Shot" Chia is graduating with a Masters in Information Technology (MIT) from ADMU in two days.  He is our first MIT grad.  He was reluctant to march because he didn't know anyone else among the grads.  He intented to get his
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Ironic
Monday, March 14, 2005 9:03 PM
The party is scheduled for lunch on Thursday, but--get this--I won't be able to attend!  I have a whole day meeting on that day for the national strategic plan thingy.  I can't not attend this meeting nor can I skip out and come back because
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Party, again
Monday, March 14, 2005 1:32 AM
Over the weekened, Tina and KC corresponded with me.  It looks as if the seniors' sendoff is pushing through.  They're scheduled to meet today to discuss details.  I'm not much of a party animal.  I'm classic CS in the sense that I'm
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five days to go...
Sunday, March 13, 2005 5:47 AM
Five more days before the end of the school year!  I am really looking forward to a break.
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What to say...
Friday, March 11, 2005 1:30 PM
I'm supposed to say a few words during the upcoming party on Thursday (assuming it's pushing through--no confirmation from the organizers yet, but we have the venue).  I'm not sure what to say.  I thought of keeping it "objective"--I'm good
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Gloat
Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:59 AM
Thank you to everyone who sent suggestions for awards.  I've passed those on to Tina and KC.  If you have more ideas, keep them coming.What is the opposite of a rant, a gloat?Well, this is me gloating.Ateneo kicked major a** last night at the
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Award categories
Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:25 PM
It looks like the senior sendoff is pushing through as planned.  We already have a venue and Tina has put together her committees.  There's been no official word from the CS folks yet.  We are defaulting to a mixed group unless told
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Senior Sendoff?
Tuesday, March 08, 2005 12:42 AM
To mark the end of four years in college, Ateneo seniors have an annual "Blue Roast"--a last, informal graduation party for the whole batch.  There's music, there's beer, and there are all kinds of funny awards.  It's intended to be a light,
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Java Cup and Quizzardry
Monday, March 07, 2005 2:18 AM
Congratulations to:Mark Punzalan - 3 BS CS, team captainVanessa Gonzales - 3 BS CSRandolph Espinosa - 3 BS CSfor winning first place in the UP Diliman Quizzardry 2005 with a total of 144 points. UP Diliman came in second with 116 points.The team composed
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Yesterday's Open House
Sunday, March 06, 2005 12:46 AM
The open house yesterday went fairly well. We had about 200 attendees. It started with the departmental talk and tour and ended with a plenary about the Ateneo and Science and Engineering.  We had some fallout by the time we got to the plenary,
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Open House
Saturday, March 05, 2005 12:23 AM
Today is the last of our Open Houses for the prospective freshmen.  I'm a little disappointed that only one-fourth of those invited confirmed attendance.  Still, we will make every effort to put on a good show.  No singing and dancing,
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Gratitude
Friday, March 04, 2005 12:07 AM
Several days ago, a student (not an ACM contestant) approached me with a financial need.  It wasn't megabucks, but this student was a scholar and a working student, so s/he didn't have a lot of cash to spare.I wasn't sure I could help him because
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Publication opportunity
Thursday, March 03, 2005 4:07 AM
The International Conference on Science and Math Education hosted by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Regional Center for Science and Math (SEAMEO RECSAM) is being held in Penang, Malaysia this coming December.I am urging some of my thesis groups
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Saying goodbye
Wednesday, March 02, 2005 12:26 AM
I submitted the grades of the seniors yesterday.  They're gone--hooray! ;)  Kidding, kidding.I am actually quite happy that I got to know this batch.  Partly because of circumstances and largely because of my personality, I only
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