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September 2005 - Posts

Incident
Friday, September 30, 2005 8:18 PM

One of my fellow faculty members was the victim of a robbery. Some men entered her house in the early morning and were going through her things, searching for valuables. Awakened by the noise, my colleague got up and started looking around. She

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New job; More art work
Thursday, September 29, 2005 8:11 AM

Let me start by saying I'm not leaving Ateneo. I'm not even leaving DISCS. I've taken on a new position: Director of e-Learning for the Konrad Adenauer Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University (CFJ). The job was offered to

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Yet another blogger; globalization
Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:31 AM

I hope it's not against theSpoke's rules to advertise blogs outside of this community. I just can't resist telling you that my husband, Redg, just started blogging. If you want to see some of his artwork please visit his site. *** One of

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Exploring a possibility; The date; physical therapy
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:43 AM

There's a possibility I'm exploring. Please keep your fingers crossed that it works out. *** The date that I set my friends up on went well, but no chemistry. Oh, well. Better luck next time. *** About two weeks ago, my back

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Straddling both worlds
Monday, September 26, 2005 10:57 AM

In a response to Sir Alfred's blog entry, I mentioned that some of us like to think we have the best of both worlds by teaching and consulting or working and teaching-part time. However, this does not get us as much mileage as we might like to think.

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v2; Reality check
Sunday, September 25, 2005 11:00 AM

I really miss the "Blogs I Read" feature... *** Allow me to share the gist of a conversation I recently had with a long-time academic. This person tried to move from academia to industry, thinking that, after years of teaching and a distinguished

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Busy waiting; update on my single male friend
Saturday, September 24, 2005 10:14 AM

This month was supposed to be busy for me. I was supposed to meet with some other Ateneo administrators to finish a report that is due in the next month or so. I was also supposed to conduct four workshops for the Department of Education,

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Back at last!; Meeting GP Taylor
Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:43 AM

Hello, world! I'm back after four weeks of silence. For some mysterious reason, my account was not included in the first migration to theSpoke v2. I made it during the second round. Thank you to Mario Jobbe for his assistance.

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