The black of letters and the black of blinking eyelids. All these remind me of the black of sleep, the every luxury I've been wanting for the past hour reading Eviota's "The Political Economy of Gender..."
To keep myself awake I munched bits of Maggi instant spaghetti; only bits, because of a self-imposed requirement to finish only half of every ( Read more... )

I heard Susan Mayer and remembered the Recto Avenue. And its “diplomas.”
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The rule for Creative Writing is "Don't Tell. Show."

So, for this narrative due on Wednesday, please comment and be specific. If you need to cut and paste lines that "tell" please do. Such lines should not tell but show the reader how it feels like to be in that experience. Please comment, and be as brutally honest as you can. I'm a tough guy. I ( Read more... )

Our highschool valedictorian is actually chatting with me! And she always responds to my messages. Boy am i lucky!

I feel like someone from showbiz is talking to me and I wanna brag about it. heheheh

From hannah:

"it's a good thing though you have your friends to guide you. just don't allow them to change you too much. allow yourself to evolve at ( Read more... )

Sept 6-9--Baguio: where my tactlessness those days has repercussions today. The effects are changing me in a very painful way.

The bright side is: for the first time, Van actually gave me some advice. I'm glad you were around Van. I feel like bowling: one down two to go. The feeling is like checking five items in your what-to-do list. That's what ( Read more... )

I thought I'd never get a 1.5 from Tanlayco's prelims.

I thought Ma'am Nerissa would never say, "Hi Song..." to initiate a conversation with me.

I thought I'b be unable to submit my abstract to Galan today. But I did. He hasn't read it yet. And if he does read my Gender studies-cum-Marxism research proposal, then realizes that he's not into Marx-he ( Read more... )

"Angguwapo mo naman. Sana lalake ka na lang"-to me from men and women.

This is the homophobia of today.

Like everyone else, I'm ordinary.

But I just don't look like it.

Owing Metroback more than 50K, thesis deadline 40 days away, a 0 out of 100 score in Land Reform and Taxation, a deduction of 500 php for myweekly allowancefor the next eight months (possibly ten)... Tanlayco--now that these prob... ehem... challenges accrued to a more formidable burden, I'm lookin at another restless, sleep-deficient week. This ( Read more... )

Marc Nery (6/21/2007 10:58:18 PM): did you know? CHORVA has its etymology from the greek word CHEORVAMUS meaning "for lack of the right owrd to sya or in place of something one wants to express but cannot verbalize"