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July 2005 - Posts

Neighbors
Sunday, July 31, 2005 12:06 AM
Last week, the neighbors were having a nasty argument.  We couldn' t here he details but there was a lot of shouting involved.  Today, another set of neighbors is having it out.Nothing physically violent, thank God.
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One more thesis idea
Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:55 AM
I would like to encourage the seniors to consider continuing the thesis of Alvarez, Tayag, Teotico and Tormes from last year.  There's still a lot that can be done with the project. The documentation is currently with Marc Lihan but he is supposed
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Possible thesis ideas
Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:46 AM
I received a text message from Dr. John Paul Vergara asking if I wanted to pitch thesis ideas to this batch of seniors, so I am now in the process of assembling some possibilities.  Large files ahead but if you have the bandwidth, check these out:
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Telecollaborative activity
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:20 AM
My good friend and colleague at the Grade School, Mrs. Helen Amante, is setting up a telecollaborative activity between our grade 7 students and three other groups: Ateneo de Zamboanga, a group of evacuees in Cotabato, and high school in Israel. 
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Favorite sandwich
Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:35 AM
May I share my favorite sandwich with you? Two slices of crustless bread, mustard, slices of soft cheese (brie or camembert), a slice of pepperoni lyoner, a slice of coppa ham, a slice of canadian ham, lettuce, sundried tomatoes, and jalapeno
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Asthma
Monday, July 25, 2005 5:40 AM
For the past few days, I have been having asthma.  I was diagnosed with it about five years ago.  It's not a bad case.  It is normally triggered by some external factor--stress, inclement weather, etc.--or if I'm already sick with
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The Island
Sunday, July 24, 2005 9:49 AM
We watched The Island this afternoon.  I found the premise interesting--similar things are happening already, this is just the next "logical" step.  It makes you wonder where we draw the line.
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How cool is this!?!
Friday, July 22, 2005 7:19 AM
Thank you, Ouie Badelles, for this amazing gift!
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Vision
Thursday, July 21, 2005 1:04 AM
If you were under no constraints, if you didn't have to worry about family, money, age, physical ability, etc., what would you do with your life?  Would you still be doing exactly what you are doing?  Would you be doing something completely
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Health
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:25 PM
My sister is a veterinarian. When one of my golden retrievers died earlier this month, she immediately discussed the case with her colleagues. As it turns out, there's a blood parasite (erlickia) that has been killing dogs in her area of practice. 
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Creative writing
Monday, July 18, 2005 11:49 PM
My creative writing class had an interesting discussion regarding the last assignment.  The challenge was to describe a feeling--anger, fear, joy, envy, etc.  The constraint was you could not use the word or its synonyms in the essay. 
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Harry Potter 6
Sunday, July 17, 2005 11:22 PM
I just finished HP6 yesterday afternoon.  I'm not going to post any spoilers, but what the heck was that about???You can interpret that any way that you wish.
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Neil Gaiman interview
Saturday, July 16, 2005 11:28 PM
Thank you to Amity Tan for informing me last night that NU 107 was re-airing their interview with Niel Gaiman.  I was able to catch most of the show. He was such a nice guy!  It was pretty amazing.  He said a couple of things that
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More congratulations!
Friday, July 15, 2005 10:16 PM
Congratulations toDr. Luis SarmentaFor being namedDepartment of Science and TechnologyOutstanding Young Scientist!
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Congratulations!
Friday, July 15, 2005 10:13 PM
Congratulations toChristine AmarraDr. Reena EstuarJon FernandezDr. Pablo ManalastasEric Vidalall faculty members of the Department of Information Systems and Computer Scienceof the Ateneofor being one of 5 winners in the SMART SIP APPS Challenge!We
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The Date; Random ramblings
Thursday, July 14, 2005 2:10 AM
Remember my 36-year old male friend who asked this 25-year old girl out?  Well, the date never happened.Try, try again.***The whole political situation is so depressing.  What is happening to us! I wish I could leave this all behind and move
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Into the fray
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 11:06 PM
Big rally scheduled in Makati and I have to go there for appointments.  If I don't make it back, send out a search party...
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Feeling the leave
Monday, July 11, 2005 11:37 PM
It is mid-July already and I'm finally in the place that I had hoped I would be for this leave.  I'm spending a lot of time at home.  I'm still working, but not as frantically as I was last month.  I take my time, yet everything gets done.  The
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Horrible wedding
Sunday, July 10, 2005 10:53 PM
We attended the wedding of a cousin yesterday.  Talk about horrible.  First, it started 45 minutes late.  The invitation said 2:30.  The ceremony actually began at 3:15.  I do not understand why people feel the need to get
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Neil Gaiman in Manila
Saturday, July 09, 2005 11:45 PM
I tried to have my Neil Gaiman books signed at the Rockwell tent yesterday.  I arrived an hour early, but there were already thousands of people ahead of me, so I gave up. I got to see Neil from a distance--talk about worshipping from afar--but one
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Discernment
Friday, July 08, 2005 2:28 AM
First of all, thanks to everyone who commented on my last blog entry.  It's nice to listen to what people have to say.  With any luck, the feedback will help us be of better service to our students.***On another topic, I have been feeling very
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Survey says...
Tuesday, July 05, 2005 1:45 AM
According to a survey of our CS/MIS seniors, these are the top 10 electives that students want to take (in order of preference): CS179.11        Flash Scripting                                                 
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Radical hair cut
Monday, July 04, 2005 6:02 AM
I don't consider myself photogenic, so don't expect any before or after shots.  Let me just say (since I've shocked so many people today) that I had a haircut yesterday afternoon.Yesterday, my daughter told me she wanted a haircut, so I took her
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Survey says...
Sunday, July 03, 2005 6:10 AM
According to an industry survey, these are the most required/requested technical skills today: Net-centric technologies Java/JSP, J2EE, .NET, ASP/ASP.NET, HTML, XML Client/Server Visual Basic, C++, Visual C++ Host-centric technologies COBOL,
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Hope
Friday, July 01, 2005 1:34 PM
Congratulations to Kiran Tina Vaswani (MIS'05) and Joseph Patrick Echevarria (Ps'05) for being among the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines!Tina and Patrick received their awards today at Malacanang Palace.We are very proud of you!
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Insecurities
Friday, July 01, 2005 12:14 AM
Apologies in advance to dru. This is going to be a political entry.Discussions of political ideology and principle irritate me because I find them meaningless.  We waste too much time arguing about who should be President, about the Constitution,
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