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Fr. Jett Villarin; Language pet peeves
Friday, December 30, 2005 8:42 PM

Fr. Jett Villarin, S.J. of the Physics Department, the Manila Observatory, and currently President of Xavier University was hospitalized for severe headaches. Please keep him in your prayers. *** A teacher of mine once said that you could

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Breathing room
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 7:05 AM

The vacation so far has been pretty intense. I mentioned that I had a list of things to do. I'm happy to say that I've finished most of them. The remaining items have to do with writing out several papers. They say that the creative

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A good match
Monday, December 26, 2005 6:07 AM

Yesterday, I heard through the grapevine that an acquantance of mine is having a problem with her decades-long marriage. It has gotten so bad that it looks as if a separation is imminent. I do not know her or her family very well.

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Happy Holidays!
Sunday, December 25, 2005 6:45 AM

To theSpoke community, all the best for the holiday season! This painting, entitled Hibiscus v2, is by my husband, Redg.

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Dinner with Stan
Saturday, December 24, 2005 11:03 AM

OK, here's the blog entry about dinner with Stan. I typed the blog title earlier then had to end before I actually wrote anything out. Two nights ago, I had dinner with Stan, Michelle Casio, also with Microsoft, and some officials from Mapua,

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Foiled
Friday, December 23, 2005 9:42 AM

My new memory card is scheduled to arrive after Christmas. In the meantime, Redg found one in a surplus shop, an additional 256MB to tide me over. Wow, did it make a difference! My tablet was palpably faster. The problem, though, was

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When is a heavy workload not a heavy workload?; When is a vacation not a vacation?
Thursday, December 22, 2005 8:20 AM

Correct me if I'm wrong: It seems to me that students generally do not resent teachers or courses that are demanding. Comments on heavy workloads are not necesssarily complaints. Seems to me that students have a threshhold for the amount

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Memory upgrade needed; Spoiled surprise
Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:21 AM

I haven't been blogging as frequently. Part of the reason is that my tablet is grinding to a halt. I've installed Google's system monitor on my desktop and have noted that I'm always consuming 80% or more of my memory (256MB). Looks

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Wrap party plans
Sunday, December 18, 2005 7:34 AM

My grade school project is on its last few months. We officially end on March 31. All the scripts have been submitted--finally. We have about 16 modules completely finished and 10 whose final versions that are supposed to be submitted

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JTA; Holiday shopping; A question of fit
Saturday, December 17, 2005 7:01 AM

DISCS is setting up a Junior Term Abroad program. Essentially, CS and MIS students can apply to spend part of their junior year in a partner school abroad. This was an innovation of the JG School of Management. It was such an impressive idea that

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Making CS interesting
Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:46 AM

I had a chat with Fr. Nemy Que of the Office of Admission and Aid. One of the programs that he runs is the Ateneo Junior Summer Seminar, a summer-long advanced placement for incoming high school juniors. The seminar is a mix of courses--math,

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New puppy shots
Monday, December 12, 2005 10:42 AM

My niece, Kathy Chavez, took some pictures of the puppies. I think she captured them at their adorable best: To answer Bernard, yes we have seven. Only five appear in the picture. This is Machang, formerly known as "7".

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How time flies when you have wireless! Learning new things
Friday, December 09, 2005 9:05 AM

I"m in the Penang airport waiting for my flight to Singapore. So sorry I will not be able to say hello to Bernard in person--I'm connecting straight away to the Manila. I got to the airport one hour before the counter opened--yes, I'm THAT eager to get

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Inquirer coverage; paper presentations
Thursday, December 08, 2005 5:49 PM

The Inquirer covered published an article and a picture of the finalists and winners of the DGF Food Writing competiton. Here's a link to the article online. Sorry, it doesn't include a picture. *** Today's paper presentations were very

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Congratulations to the Linden BoyZ!
Wednesday, December 07, 2005 5:57 PM

The Linden BoyZ are in the ACM ICPC World Finals! Congratulations to Mark, Allan and Topher! We are so proud of you!

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Just wondering...
Wednesday, December 07, 2005 4:23 PM

One of the things that women have to be conscious about is the phenomenon of Visible Panty Line (VPL). This is a fashon no-no, supposedly a pet peeve of the opposite sex. So I can't help but wonder: is there a male equivalent of VPL?

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Credit where credit is due; homework
Tuesday, December 06, 2005 11:15 AM

I'm in Penang this week for a conference. The announcement to the community says that I am here to deliver three papers. What it doesn't say is that these are not my papers, but the papers of my students--Trina and Carlo, Elgine and Carolyn, and

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A question of leadership
Monday, December 05, 2005 8:32 AM

Aside from technical competence, one of the qualities we try to develop in our students is leadership. More specifically, we are looking for the ability to work with others, to set goals and directions, to motivate others to go for those goals,

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Busy?
Friday, December 02, 2005 7:27 AM

When people knock on my door, they ask my usual pet peeve question: Are you busy? Yes, I'm busy. I'm never not busy. I mean, what do you think I'm doing at my desk--shopping? watching movies? surfing? blogging (ok, maybe sometimes...)?

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