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April 2005 - Posts

Pampanga
Friday, April 29, 2005 11:56 PM
This is the last day of teacher training in Pampanga.  The class is going pretty well. The teachers in the group pick up concepts very quickly.  We made up for the day that we lost because of the blackout and it looks like we're very much
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If you want something done right...
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 11:32 PM
...do it yourself.Am feeling really frustrated today and it's only 7:28 AM.
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Messed up schedules
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 12:20 AM
It's only the middle of the week and my schedules have already been royally messed up.
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Teacher training
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 1:45 AM
Sandra Lovenia and I are conducting public school teacher training in Pampanga this week.  I received a call yesterday saying there will be no electricity in the whole of Pampanga on Wednesday. What were my contingency plans.  .... Duh???Call
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Strange morning with a happy ending
Sunday, April 24, 2005 6:39 AM
My husband, Redg, and I were driving home after a night out with some friends.  Upon exiting the car park Redg took out his wallet, paid for parking, and then put his wallet on his lap instead of returning it to his pocket.  We reached
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Where does the time go?
Friday, April 22, 2005 11:47 PM
It's almost the end of April. Where does the time go?I feel as if I am running out of hours in the day and days in the week.  When I read blogs of people who say they are bored or depressed, I wonder: can pass on some work to you? :)
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Medium-term plans
Friday, April 22, 2005 12:56 AM
My concurrent events begin in two hours. Allow me to blog before the madness begins.One of the items on the dept agenda for at least the next couple of years is to elicit donations from the alumni to the establish special departmental funds.  Essentially,
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Convergence
Thursday, April 21, 2005 7:05 AM
I have three different meetings at the same time tomorrow.  Is this what they mean by convergence?Edit:  Make that four meetings.
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Dealing with stress
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:05 PM
Aside from the asthma meds, I deal with stress a number of ways--I cook, I swim, I watch movies or TV.  What about you?
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Shortest mass every; Signs of stress
Monday, April 18, 2005 11:04 PM
This is a true story:  A certain highly-respected and nationally-renown priest was officiating a mass.  He began, "The Lord be with you.... The mass is ended, go in peace!" and then walked out!  The stunned congregation didn't know what
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Last two homilies
Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:59 PM
Just a quick note about the homilies from the last two Sundays.  It was the same priest both times.  His homily was written down and he only took five--yup, five, cinco, lima, 5--minutes.  I love this guy!
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Long shot
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:48 PM
I'm what's known in psychology as a low-need achiever.  I'm not competitive.  In fact, I tend to shy away from competition on a personal basis.  (My rabid cheerleading of our programming teams gives you a sense of how different the "persona"
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Sibling rivalry
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:25 AM
One of the consequences of being chair is being "mom" to two very different sets of individuals--the CS and the MIS.  Each are brilliant and talented. Each has brought glory and recogntion to the school and to the dept.  However, they have personality
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Writers Retreat
Friday, April 15, 2005 12:20 AM
The Loyola Schools community received email from the Office of Research and Publications (ORP).  The Vice-President for the Loyola Schools is sponsoring the first-ever writers retreat.  Ten faculty members are going to be sent on an all expenses
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Fantastic news!
Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:43 AM
A teacher is most proud when a strudent of hers succeeds.  Last night, I had what must have been my yearly quota for proud moments.  I received email from three groups from CS batch 2005:  their papers were accepted at the International
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Venue; update on NSPI
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:45 AM
Some notes about the new possible venue--I asked the grade school and they said it could fit 700 gradeschoolers, which means it should be big enough for the 360 or so college students and their computers, plus some room leftover for judges and staff.
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Another possible venue
Monday, April 11, 2005 4:50 AM
Another possible venue was pointed out to us:  the Ateneo Grade School Auditorium.  It's flat.  There are no permanent seats.  And it's air conditioned!  We've made some preliminary inquiries and initial feedback is positive because
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A vision of things to come?
Sunday, April 10, 2005 12:02 AM
Dr. Bill Poucher watches as Mark, Allan, and Miguel leave their DNA on the championship cup.The picture is courtesy of Doc Mana.
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Supermodel?
Saturday, April 09, 2005 12:29 AM
I don't know if you still remember my old avatar--a picture of my brother's dog, Pao.  While he was being taken for a walk, he was spotted by an ad agency. The agency is now asking my brother whether they can use Pao in a photoshoot for a magazine
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Drowning; more on the MIS feedback
Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:57 PM
Jason blogs about being stressed.  I always thought of myself as the least stressed person I know, but I have to admit this year has been nasty. I have five big projects on my plate, over and above the day-to-day admin stuff and teaching (what teaching???).
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Feedback
Thursday, April 07, 2005 6:00 AM
The Guidance Office conducted exit interviews of representatives from CS and MIS batch 2005.  We listended to the report today.  The feedback from the students gave us many things to address.  Some comments were very telling.  For
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ACM World Finals
Wednesday, April 06, 2005 7:09 AM
If you haven't already seen the scores, here they are:http://icpc.baylor.edu/icpc/Finals/Scoreboard/index.htmlWe solved one problem out of 9.  MIT solved 2. Virginia Tech solved 2.  Three teams solved none.  We're in good company.
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Responses; ACM World Finals; New avatar
Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:57 PM
Thanks, everyone for your congratulations. ***Re: the venue.  Moro is *not* airconditioned.  I visited and spoke to the manager, Ms. Bonoan. The exercise studios, physical therapy rooms, and workout rooms are airconditioned, but not
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Reappointment
Tuesday, April 05, 2005 2:24 AM
I just received a letter from Fr. Nebres informing me that I have been reappointed as Chair of DISCS from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2008.  I am happy because this is an affirmation that I am doing ok.  Running the department,
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Venue; good homily
Monday, April 04, 2005 1:41 AM
I don't know if I already mentioned this:  The Ateneo is hosting the ACM ICPC Manila Regionals this October.  The main issue we are grappling with at the moment is the venue.  Where should we hold this?  We are anticipating about 600
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Your prayers, please
Saturday, April 02, 2005 11:14 PM
Miguel Arguelles, one of our ACM team members, was hospitalized yesterday for an infection of some sort.  I spoke with him and his mother over the phone.  They both say he will be well enough to fly out to Shanghai today.  I told  Mrs.
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ACM donation
Saturday, April 02, 2005 12:09 AM
Ginger Co, an alumna from the 1990s and our first female departmental awardee sent in a donation for our ACM team. Thanks, Ginger! 
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