We're still having a hard time convincing the GSASE office to open the subject Communication Theories and Models for the three of us, even if we were introduced as "graduating" students to the dean herself. Honestly, it feels good to hear the term, thought it just means we're only finishing our academic units at the moment. There is still the comprehensive exam which I plan to take in the summer of next year, and of course the dreaded defense for my thesis. I really am tired of pleading and defending our case but I am not losing hope. I really don't want to return next semester to enroll in a single subject, much more waste my time and money. And to top it all, I don't want to meet "my worst nightmare ever" for the second time!
I was frantic last night for I thought I lost my new digitized company ID. Accoding to the HRDD, a replacement would cost 500 pesos!!! Another disappointment this week... the 25-peso increase mandated by the government will not be given to us entirely, and not even on time. Damn!!!
I am so pissed off with an officemate who is acting so nosy about everything. We don't even have time to share secrets anymore for we are afraid she might hear it and spill the beans. It's as if she doesn't know the word privacy. There are stories that are only for us and yet she doesn't seem to care. I just wish she would stop acting that way.
Monday, June 27, 2005
Monday, June 20, 2005
UPDATE! UPDATE!
Finally, I have my own television set. It's a cute 10-inch NEC model (I actually never thought they have that size!). No more fighting over the remote control!. My family can watch their favorite telenovelas from now on.
After a tearful night last Friday (don't ask why!), I received a very great news yesterday. Organizational Communication will be handled by no less than my favorite professor (yipee!). And to top it all, the "terror" professor is not teaching any subject this semester (hooray!). Although it's unbelievable, I still have to wait 'til Saturday just to be sure. This is going to be a great last semester indeed. If only they'll scrap the displacement fee, I'll be the happiest girl on earth.
Cheers!
After a tearful night last Friday (don't ask why!), I received a very great news yesterday. Organizational Communication will be handled by no less than my favorite professor (yipee!). And to top it all, the "terror" professor is not teaching any subject this semester (hooray!). Although it's unbelievable, I still have to wait 'til Saturday just to be sure. This is going to be a great last semester indeed. If only they'll scrap the displacement fee, I'll be the happiest girl on earth.
Cheers!
Monday, June 13, 2005
IN A RUSH by Blackstreet
it came over me in a rush
when i realized that i love you so much
that sometimes i crybut i cant tell you whywhy i feel what i feel inside
how i try to express whats been troublin' my mind
but still i cant find the wordsbut i know
that somethings got a hold of me it came over me in a rushwhen i realized
that i love you so muchthat sometimes i crybut i cant tell you why
why i feel what i feel inside
baby someday ill find a way to say just
what you mean to me
but if that day never comes along
and you dont hear this songi guess you'll never know
it came over me in a rush
when i realized that i love you so much
that sometimes i crybut i cant tell you why
why i feel what i feel infeel what i feel inside
and when i say inside i mean deepyou fill my soul
and thats something i cant explain
its over me cuz it came over me in a rush
when i realized that i love you so much
that sometimes i crybut i cant tell you whywhy i feel what i feel inside
it came over me in a rush
when i realized that i love you so much
that sometimes i crybut i cant tell you whywhy i feel what i feel inside
it came over me in a rush
when i realized that i love you so much
that sometimes i crybut i cant tell you why
why i feel what i feel inside
Heard this song on Love Notes last Friday. It's true that people come and go in our lives that we sometimes fail to notice it because they're gone in a blink of an eye. And when we finally realize that...too late!!!
when i realized that i love you so much
that sometimes i crybut i cant tell you whywhy i feel what i feel inside
how i try to express whats been troublin' my mind
but still i cant find the wordsbut i know
that somethings got a hold of me it came over me in a rushwhen i realized
that i love you so muchthat sometimes i crybut i cant tell you why
why i feel what i feel inside
baby someday ill find a way to say just
what you mean to me
but if that day never comes along
and you dont hear this songi guess you'll never know
it came over me in a rush
when i realized that i love you so much
that sometimes i crybut i cant tell you why
why i feel what i feel infeel what i feel inside
and when i say inside i mean deepyou fill my soul
and thats something i cant explain
its over me cuz it came over me in a rush
when i realized that i love you so much
that sometimes i crybut i cant tell you whywhy i feel what i feel inside
it came over me in a rush
when i realized that i love you so much
that sometimes i crybut i cant tell you whywhy i feel what i feel inside
it came over me in a rush
when i realized that i love you so much
that sometimes i crybut i cant tell you why
why i feel what i feel inside
Heard this song on Love Notes last Friday. It's true that people come and go in our lives that we sometimes fail to notice it because they're gone in a blink of an eye. And when we finally realize that...too late!!!
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Enrollment Blues
I was supposed to enroll my last two remaining subjects yesterday. Bad news is that only one of those two is offered (Sigh!). Only three of us need that subject, and I'm hoping we can convince at least five more so we can lower the displacement fee (DF) for that subject (probably around P2,000 by the end of the semester).
While waiting for another classmate, I asked myself whether I would still enroll or what, considering that a petition is more of a 50-50 chance. I even joked that the money would be better off spent at Glorietta!
But what really angered me yesterday was the new policy that all DF must be paid first before one graduate student can enroll. They are even asking for our class cards! Of course we were obviously shocked, but like other policies, we have no choice. I have five subjects with DF, with the first two already with me since I try to pay every time I have extra money. Although the class cards are all worth getting for my grades are higher than I expected (",), the money I have is only for this semester's tuition, plus I feel this new policy really sucks!
I decided to wait until next week so I can speak with my classmates first.
There are a lot to complain.
1. Is it really considered a state university?
2. Every year, tuition is up by 15% while miscellaneous is at 5%.
3. We don't have any idea where this developmental fund we pay every semester goes.
4. We spend classes in a learning center or sometimes in the dean's office as compared to those who are enrolled in a trimester basis who are able to use the graduate school building.
5. We are sold raffle tickets (compulsory!) at 500 pesos.
6. Number of students should be 20 per class, unless you agree to pay the displacement fee for the class to continue. If there are only seven students, they would share the payment for the 13 slots at the end of the semester before they can have their class cards. Last semester I attended a class of nine, and as per my computation, the DF is more or less P1,500.
7. In my nine subjects, I only had four professors (though I enjoyed the four with the same professor).
I have high regard for this institution for it is among the top ten in the country. But sometimes I wonder if my money was worth it after all this time.
While waiting for another classmate, I asked myself whether I would still enroll or what, considering that a petition is more of a 50-50 chance. I even joked that the money would be better off spent at Glorietta!
But what really angered me yesterday was the new policy that all DF must be paid first before one graduate student can enroll. They are even asking for our class cards! Of course we were obviously shocked, but like other policies, we have no choice. I have five subjects with DF, with the first two already with me since I try to pay every time I have extra money. Although the class cards are all worth getting for my grades are higher than I expected (",), the money I have is only for this semester's tuition, plus I feel this new policy really sucks!
I decided to wait until next week so I can speak with my classmates first.
There are a lot to complain.
1. Is it really considered a state university?
2. Every year, tuition is up by 15% while miscellaneous is at 5%.
3. We don't have any idea where this developmental fund we pay every semester goes.
4. We spend classes in a learning center or sometimes in the dean's office as compared to those who are enrolled in a trimester basis who are able to use the graduate school building.
5. We are sold raffle tickets (compulsory!) at 500 pesos.
6. Number of students should be 20 per class, unless you agree to pay the displacement fee for the class to continue. If there are only seven students, they would share the payment for the 13 slots at the end of the semester before they can have their class cards. Last semester I attended a class of nine, and as per my computation, the DF is more or less P1,500.
7. In my nine subjects, I only had four professors (though I enjoyed the four with the same professor).
I have high regard for this institution for it is among the top ten in the country. But sometimes I wonder if my money was worth it after all this time.
Thursday, June 02, 2005
BOOK REVIEW: The Da Vinci Code
I’m through reading the Da Vinci Code last Wednesday and I must say it is a very intriguing novel. Below is a brief (?) summary of it.
The book centers on the quest for the Holy Grail. But unlike the other quests, it starts with a murder scene, wherein the curator of the Louvre Museum, Jacques Sauniere, was found lifeless in one of the galleries of the said museum. What’s even more puzzling is that before he died, he wrote seemingly mysterious messages around him and positioned himself like the Vitruvian Man, as drawn by Da Vinci.
As the French police investigated the crime scene, an American symbologist by the name of Robert Langdon was called for questioning since he was supposed to meet Sauniere a few hours before he was murdered. Captain Bezu Fache was bent on arresting Langdon at that moment only he has no sufficient evidence.
Then came Sophie Neveu, a cryptologist who also works for the French police. She told Fache that the message found on the floor was nothing but a sequence in mathematics known as the Fibonacci sequence in no particular order. She believes that Langdon has nothing to do with the killing so she arranged for a secret meeting with him, where she showed Langdon a picture taken of the scene before Fache told his men to wipe clean a part of the message. Shown there were the words: “P.S. FIND ROBERT LANGDON.” Sophie strongly believes that the intently erased message was for her – P.S. for Princess Sophie, a name her grandfather used to call her when she was little. Sophie was Sauniere’s granddaughter whom he has not spoken for ten years.
Sophie and Robert are now running for their lives. After having discovered the true meaning of the messages and getting the key from the Madonna of the Rocks, they went to a Swiss bank where they used the numbers from the Fibonacci Sequence to unlock a vault containing the box Sauniere left for Sophie. The bank manager helped them escape the French police but he was terrified that the incident might ruin his bank’s reputation so he decided get the box from the two. However, Robert and Sophie were cleverer than him.
With no one else to turn, Robert decided they should go to Sir Leigh Teabing, a known Englishman who has devoted his life to finding the Holy Grail. Sophie held her breath as Robert and Leigh told her the true meaning of the Grail. The Grail was a term for Mary Magdalene, who, as the two narrated, was the wife of Jesus Christ. She was actually the last person whom Christ has instructed to lead the Catholic Church. They even had a daughter named Sarah. Because both Jesus and Mary Magdalene were both from royal descendants (contrary to the teachings of the church that Mary Magdalene was a hoar), a certain group, the Priory of Sion, was tasked to look after the safety of the woman and her child. Furthermore, Jacques Sauniere was the Grand Master of the Priory and the three other persons killed on the same night were his Senechaux. The four were the protectors of the Holy Grail. (Note: Previous masters/members of the Priory include Da Vini, Isaac Newton, and even Walt Disney)
But who is behind the murders? All four were killed by Silas, an albino taken in by the Opus Dei, which is headed by Bishop Aringarosa. The bishop taught that everything was for the greater good, as the Teacher told them. A few months back, the Vatican told Aringarosa that they would no longer support Opus Dei. Knowing this, a person called the bishop and asked him to help him look for the Holy Grail, which the voice said contained important documents that the church would not want the world to know. Talk about blackmailing here! But all four members of the Priory gave Silas a false location of the keystone, so obviously this angered the Teacher. The bishop, in everything that had happened, had never seen the Teacher. All conversations were through cellular phone.
Back to Teabing’s house, they figured out how to open the cryptex from the wooden box. Yet they were surprised to find out another cryptex inside, a smaller one that is. Unknown to them, Silas was outside the house, ready to attack the three in order to possess the cryptex. Luckily, the three was able to stop Silas. And while figuring out the password for it, they decided to go to London for the next clue. They boarded a private plane owned by Teabing, with Silas and a manservant named Remy accompanying them.
Upon reaching the Temple Church, Robert, Sophie, and Leigh found out they were in the wrong place. Meanwhile, Remy, who unfortunately works for the Teacher, untied Silas and told him to get the keystone from Sophie. Silas succeeded but he also held Teabing as hostage.
Now the only thing left with Robert and Sophie was the riddle to unlock the password for the second cryptex. They sought the help of a librarian in King’s College with materials on the Holy Grail.
Silas taught he would finally meet the teacher. But he was told to wait in the Opus Dei office in London as the car drove away. Remy is now talking to the Teacher, who is no less than Leigh Teabing! Because Remy is the only person who knew his identity, Leigh killed him by handing him a bottle of wine mixed with nuts. Poor Remy, he has an allergy with nuts!
Finally, Robert and Sophie were able to locate the right tomb, that of Isaac Newton at the Westminster Abbey. But Robert was ahead of them, only he does not know what the password is! When the three met, Robert and Sophie were obviously shocked of the revelation. Teabing said he did it because the content of the Holy Grail was supposed to be revealed by the Priory to the people at the onset of the new millennium.
Unknown to Teabing, Robert already knew the password when he decided to destroy the cryptex. After doing so, the police came and arrested Teabing.
Meanwhile, Silas was found dead in a garden. Bishop Aringarosa, on the other hand, survived the accidental gunshot from Silas.
Now Robert and Sophie stand at Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland where the last clue pointed them. They were met by a man who is a few years younger than Sophie. He turned out to be her younger brother whom he thought died in a car accident with her parents and her grandmother. Sauniere was actually leading Sophie to find her last remaining relatives. Her grandparents decided to hide the truth from them for they fear that Sophie and her brother will be the next target. Only her parents died in the accident. The most shocking revelation is that Sophie is indeed a princess, because surprisingly, both her parents were from the lineage of Plantard and Saint-Clair, Jesus’ and Mary Magdalene’s own blood. Her surname was changed in order to protect her.
Upon knowing this, Robert decided to ask Sophie’s grandmother if the Holy Grail is indeed at Rosslyn Chapel. She said it used to be but they decided to bring it to a different location for safety purpose.
At Louvre Museum, Robert stares at the floor, which, in a portion of his manuscript, speak of a somewhat tunnel leading to a hidden treasure. He knelt down and paid due respect.
The Da Vinci Code will keep you guessing ‘til the end. Not recommended for devout Catholics, though. Langdon spoke of a lot of conspiracies in the church, including the hiding of the truth, as seen in the Dead Sea scrolls. In my perspective, it does not matter if Jesus Christ was indeed married or not. The fact remains that He saved us from our sins and we should forever be thankful for that.
The book centers on the quest for the Holy Grail. But unlike the other quests, it starts with a murder scene, wherein the curator of the Louvre Museum, Jacques Sauniere, was found lifeless in one of the galleries of the said museum. What’s even more puzzling is that before he died, he wrote seemingly mysterious messages around him and positioned himself like the Vitruvian Man, as drawn by Da Vinci.
As the French police investigated the crime scene, an American symbologist by the name of Robert Langdon was called for questioning since he was supposed to meet Sauniere a few hours before he was murdered. Captain Bezu Fache was bent on arresting Langdon at that moment only he has no sufficient evidence.
Then came Sophie Neveu, a cryptologist who also works for the French police. She told Fache that the message found on the floor was nothing but a sequence in mathematics known as the Fibonacci sequence in no particular order. She believes that Langdon has nothing to do with the killing so she arranged for a secret meeting with him, where she showed Langdon a picture taken of the scene before Fache told his men to wipe clean a part of the message. Shown there were the words: “P.S. FIND ROBERT LANGDON.” Sophie strongly believes that the intently erased message was for her – P.S. for Princess Sophie, a name her grandfather used to call her when she was little. Sophie was Sauniere’s granddaughter whom he has not spoken for ten years.
Sophie and Robert are now running for their lives. After having discovered the true meaning of the messages and getting the key from the Madonna of the Rocks, they went to a Swiss bank where they used the numbers from the Fibonacci Sequence to unlock a vault containing the box Sauniere left for Sophie. The bank manager helped them escape the French police but he was terrified that the incident might ruin his bank’s reputation so he decided get the box from the two. However, Robert and Sophie were cleverer than him.
With no one else to turn, Robert decided they should go to Sir Leigh Teabing, a known Englishman who has devoted his life to finding the Holy Grail. Sophie held her breath as Robert and Leigh told her the true meaning of the Grail. The Grail was a term for Mary Magdalene, who, as the two narrated, was the wife of Jesus Christ. She was actually the last person whom Christ has instructed to lead the Catholic Church. They even had a daughter named Sarah. Because both Jesus and Mary Magdalene were both from royal descendants (contrary to the teachings of the church that Mary Magdalene was a hoar), a certain group, the Priory of Sion, was tasked to look after the safety of the woman and her child. Furthermore, Jacques Sauniere was the Grand Master of the Priory and the three other persons killed on the same night were his Senechaux. The four were the protectors of the Holy Grail. (Note: Previous masters/members of the Priory include Da Vini, Isaac Newton, and even Walt Disney)
But who is behind the murders? All four were killed by Silas, an albino taken in by the Opus Dei, which is headed by Bishop Aringarosa. The bishop taught that everything was for the greater good, as the Teacher told them. A few months back, the Vatican told Aringarosa that they would no longer support Opus Dei. Knowing this, a person called the bishop and asked him to help him look for the Holy Grail, which the voice said contained important documents that the church would not want the world to know. Talk about blackmailing here! But all four members of the Priory gave Silas a false location of the keystone, so obviously this angered the Teacher. The bishop, in everything that had happened, had never seen the Teacher. All conversations were through cellular phone.
Back to Teabing’s house, they figured out how to open the cryptex from the wooden box. Yet they were surprised to find out another cryptex inside, a smaller one that is. Unknown to them, Silas was outside the house, ready to attack the three in order to possess the cryptex. Luckily, the three was able to stop Silas. And while figuring out the password for it, they decided to go to London for the next clue. They boarded a private plane owned by Teabing, with Silas and a manservant named Remy accompanying them.
Upon reaching the Temple Church, Robert, Sophie, and Leigh found out they were in the wrong place. Meanwhile, Remy, who unfortunately works for the Teacher, untied Silas and told him to get the keystone from Sophie. Silas succeeded but he also held Teabing as hostage.
Now the only thing left with Robert and Sophie was the riddle to unlock the password for the second cryptex. They sought the help of a librarian in King’s College with materials on the Holy Grail.
Silas taught he would finally meet the teacher. But he was told to wait in the Opus Dei office in London as the car drove away. Remy is now talking to the Teacher, who is no less than Leigh Teabing! Because Remy is the only person who knew his identity, Leigh killed him by handing him a bottle of wine mixed with nuts. Poor Remy, he has an allergy with nuts!
Finally, Robert and Sophie were able to locate the right tomb, that of Isaac Newton at the Westminster Abbey. But Robert was ahead of them, only he does not know what the password is! When the three met, Robert and Sophie were obviously shocked of the revelation. Teabing said he did it because the content of the Holy Grail was supposed to be revealed by the Priory to the people at the onset of the new millennium.
Unknown to Teabing, Robert already knew the password when he decided to destroy the cryptex. After doing so, the police came and arrested Teabing.
Meanwhile, Silas was found dead in a garden. Bishop Aringarosa, on the other hand, survived the accidental gunshot from Silas.
Now Robert and Sophie stand at Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland where the last clue pointed them. They were met by a man who is a few years younger than Sophie. He turned out to be her younger brother whom he thought died in a car accident with her parents and her grandmother. Sauniere was actually leading Sophie to find her last remaining relatives. Her grandparents decided to hide the truth from them for they fear that Sophie and her brother will be the next target. Only her parents died in the accident. The most shocking revelation is that Sophie is indeed a princess, because surprisingly, both her parents were from the lineage of Plantard and Saint-Clair, Jesus’ and Mary Magdalene’s own blood. Her surname was changed in order to protect her.
Upon knowing this, Robert decided to ask Sophie’s grandmother if the Holy Grail is indeed at Rosslyn Chapel. She said it used to be but they decided to bring it to a different location for safety purpose.
At Louvre Museum, Robert stares at the floor, which, in a portion of his manuscript, speak of a somewhat tunnel leading to a hidden treasure. He knelt down and paid due respect.
The Da Vinci Code will keep you guessing ‘til the end. Not recommended for devout Catholics, though. Langdon spoke of a lot of conspiracies in the church, including the hiding of the truth, as seen in the Dead Sea scrolls. In my perspective, it does not matter if Jesus Christ was indeed married or not. The fact remains that He saved us from our sins and we should forever be thankful for that.
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