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- 13:19 i may be panicking, but i am panicking beautifully =p #
- 13:20 @celestialpsyche ahahaha mainam din yan #
- 13:22 @blissery eliza is creepy… #
- 13:28 @ambebi mahilig pa rin ahehe #
- 13:36 @girltulala haha ang sakit sa ulo niyan #
- 13:37 @girltulala hahaha opo, mommy. magaaral na po *subsob* #
- 15:45 look at the bright side: mas makakapag-aral ako ngayong bawas ang distraction na dulot ng Net #
- 15:46 I promise to meet all my self-imposed deadlines. #
- 15:49 lagi akong hinahatian ni eliza ng lemon square cupcakes <3 she is lab hihi. #
- 16:21 managing ed: parang may lakad ka ngayon a.
cy: wala po, nagmamaganda lang. # - 16:39 gusto kong mag-caroling #
- 18:15 tama na ang delaying tactics, magaral ka na. (ayan kinakausap na ang sarili.) #
- 19:13 @whatdayisit super miss na miss na! #
- 19:15 @whatdayisit MUST.CONTROL.SELF. hehe may daily deadlines akong sinet sa sarili ko e =D #
- 19:19 trying to remember the similarities and differences between marxist feminism and socialist feminism…siyet inaantok ako. #
- 19:51 anong pagkakaiba ng national democrats sa social democrats? ahehe nakakahiya, di ko alam. #
- 19:54 ayun, medyo gets na ahehe. #
- 19:59 ano namang pagkakaiba ng people’s organization sa NGO? #
- 20:00 ang batang matanong ay batang matalino. o sadyang wala lang alam =p #
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- 13:17 i asked for lemon square, i got sonja’s. happyhappyjoyjoy =) #
- 13:18 @thegshift games ba kamo, kate? try addictinggames.com #
- 13:19 try mo yung "i don’t even know," sobrang sabaw. #
- 13:20 gusto kong itry ang alaska yoghurt drink (epektib ang print ads sa akin hehehe) #
- 13:23 may cellphone nang may 8MP camera! parang kailan lang, sinabi ng photog prof ko na malabong mangyari yun hehe. #
- 14:40 me wants a cheeseburger #
- 14:48 after much delay, ilo-launch ko na mamayang gabi ang finals madness. i-expect nyo nang maga-a la zombie ako sa mga susunod na linggo. #
- 15:01 I cherish un-harried Lolo moments with Sir Ben hehe. #
- 15:29 stupid SNL clip won’t load #
- 15:54 @blissery tru lab niya ako, eliza. fling ka lang
) # - 16:16 @blissery it’s not chos, it’s chiz! chiz is the new chos. (shet hahaha) #
- 16:37 delaying tactic: addictinggames.com #
- 16:42 magka-kalahating taon na pala akong single. puwede na yun! ) #
- 17:50 @whatdayisit oo nga, john lloyd knows best hahaha #
- 17:51 @celestialpsyche wag nang magpigil…go forth and multiply! *bad influence* #
- 20:46 tinatamad mag aral #
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I was about to enter the newsroom when Miss ____ “ambushed” me.
Miss: Cyril, ang taba mo na.
Cy: Nagpataba po talaga ako.
M: You like it?!
C: Yeah : )
I was surprised that she was, er, surprised. What’s wrong with gaining a few pounds? It’s not as if I’ve become obese. In fact, I am still six pounds underweight.
Besides, I put on weight because people, including Miss ____, had been telling me that I was too thin. I didn’t believe them until Bebi, who’s skinny, pointed out that while I’m about seven inches taller than her, my legs were thinner than hers.
May 2008
So I increased my food intake, resulting in a four-pound weight gain. My cheeks and arms became noticeably plumper (for some reason, my waist didn’t expand), and some people (impolitely) made sure that I knew. (Some weeks ago, an officemate said, “Ang taba taba na ni Cyril” in a sing-songy voice as I passed by. She didn’t even look up from her desk. Oh, the rudeness.)
July 2008
I admit that the comments get to me sometimes, despite assurances from other people that I look better now than before. Whenever my confidence dips, I look at myself in the mirror and try to assess myself objectively.
I am neither too fat nor too thin. I am in the pink of health, and that’s what matters. =)
I got Sonja’s! *skippity-hops*
Matagal ko nang gustong makatikim ng Sonja’s cupcakes because of the good reviews, but I found the price, erm, prohibitive (P100 for one cupcake??).
Mabuti na lang charming ako, ahahaha. Salamat, Ginoong Paolo Iñigo! =)
in cupcake heaven
The Elvis and Choco... something
cold milk (not from China, I hope)
Ang SARAAAAAP. Wala akong masabing profound kasi ang SARAAAAAP, hahaha. Like Irene, I actually felt happy while eating. Sulit (ang bayad ni Paolo ahehe) =)
Sa uulitin! =p
last week at Krocodile Grille-Greenbelt
Kate (to waiter): Isang Cerveza Negra saka dalawang San Mig Light.
Cy: Ako, Kuya, isang mango juice.
*pause*
Cy: Kuya, please don’t judge me.
ice and bebi, aka the non-dorks
cy and kate, aka the dorks
- 12:10 bracing myself for finals period. let’s get ready to rrrumble! #
- 12:11 @simurgh03 hahaha stretch stretch nang onti para ma-relaks #
- 12:29 tapusin na ang daydesk meeting nang makakain na kameee #
- 12:55 done eating but still not satisfied. gusto ko ng matamis! (puwede na ang pag-ibig. chos.) #
- 12:56 @simurgh03 okay lang yun, rach. ngayon ko lang din nalaman e. #
- 13:28 does not understand why some people actually dream of becoming FHM models #
- 13:32 *sings* Rachel is a dooork. Rachel is a dooork.
Ay wait, ako rin pala =p #
- 14:26 @romydiaz patingin nga ng boobs mo, mister d! ) #
- 14:27 okay, i take it back hahaha *immediate regret* #
- 14:43 @simurgh03 i’ll do it if the price is right… =p #
- 14:44 @simurgh03 aaaccckkk ano yan? hahaha, naku di ko alam. saka matagal na akong di nagbabasa ng panorama, as in more than a decade na =p #
- 14:45 @girltulala tenkshu, gempren, for the vote of confidence *kish* #
- 14:45 @girltulala yun pala a, hetong sayo, um! *sends a ton of pagibig* #
- 15:22 nase-stress. dalawang exam at isang paper paaaaa. sembreak, you’re so near, yet so far… #
- 15:24 @ambebi pag narinig mo yung filipino version, baka isumpa mo ang kantang yan =p #
- 15:24 @simurgh03 yown! nagamit ang four-year training sa pambubullshit ng papers! *claps* #
- 17:09 everything’s a mess (in the eyes of an OC) #
- 17:34 awat na sa requests, nase-stress na akooooo #
- 18:34 @thegshift in demand tayo e *taas kuwelyo* haha #
- 18:42 nanggigil sa panghilod, ayan sugat sugat tuloy. some people never learn… #
- 19:35 gusto ko rin ng whammos!!! #
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Here are portions of Raul C. Pangalangan’s column (“The clergy’s all-out war on contraceptives”) in today’s issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (emphases mine):
The Catholic Church’s hard-line position against contraception simply doesn’t make sense. Fine, the Church objects to abortion, but THE BILL DOES NOT LEGALIZE ABORTION IN ANY WAY and indeed affirms the criminal laws punishing abortion. Yet the opponents of the bill keep on calling the bill “pro-abortion….
In contrast, read Thursday’s report in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. “The abortion rate in the United States has hit a 30-year low, with the decline particularly marked among teens, who once had the highest rate of abortion.” ABORTIONS WERE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED BY MORE THAN 50 PERCENT WITHIN 15 YEARS, DUE IN LARGE PART TO THE INCREASED USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES….
There are only two ways I can make sense of the clergy’s scorched-earth stance on this issue. The first is pure Church doctrine. As part of the lay public, I defer to the experts in dogma. I understand that some authoritative guy some time in the past said it was wrong. He’s got to be right. As proper faithful, we’ve got to toe the line. I leave them to their own internal wrangling, SO LONG AS THEY DON’T IMPOSE IT ON ALL OTHER FILIPINOS.
Rep. Raul del Mar of Cebu asked: Why should the government spend millions on contraceptives when these come from taxpayers’ money and these taxpayers are Catholic? The trouble, Congressman, is that you took an oath to uphold a Constitution that provides for the SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. Look all the way back to the Malolos Constitution, guys, and up to the present. We are a secular state, just in case you have forgotten….
Let us debate the real issues. I am sure the Filipino clergy will find enough supporters, myself included, in its campaign to reassert the primacy of ethical perspectives, but they will have to junk THEIR 15TH-CENTURY NOTION THAT SEX IS INHERENTLY EVIL AND IS JUSTIFIED ONLY IF IT IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPRODUCTION. They must attune themselves to the modern sense that sex is a way by which couples express their deepest human feelings and by which the most meaningful human bonds are affirmed.
Click this to read the entire column.
The Catholic Church insists that sex is justified only if it is for the purpose of reproduction, yet it supports the natural family planning method, under which couples can have sex only during non-fertile days. Inconsistent, isn’t it?
Anyway, please click this to read the full text of the Reproductive Health Bill, and sign this petition if you support its immediate passage.
Mahalaga ito. Let us be involved.
I know, I know. I have been a delinquent blogger. I haven’t posted a socially relevant entry in…eons. I have been busy with schoolwork, but that is not a good-enough excuse. Knowledge gained must be spread!
There is so much that I want to share with you, but it would be impossible for me to impart all the information in one entry. So let me start small
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Today my South Korean classmate Choice (That’s how she pronounces her name. I don’t know how to spell it, hehe.) and her husband Chong shared with our Feminist Theories and Movements class an award-winning documentary directed by their friend Kyungsoon in 2006.
“Shocking Family” criticizes the typical family’s tendency to disregard the individuality of its members. The film is also a critique of the way the family is being used to perpetuate patriarchy.
The latter was exemplified by the now-defunct South Korean “hoju” system, which dictated that every family should be headed by a man. If, for example, the father died and left behind his wife and six-year-old son, the little boy would automatically become the head of the family. If the couple did not have a son, the father’s death would be considered the end of that family.
Feminists who fought for the abolition of the system were opposed by men, mostly old ones, and even some women who believed that tradition should be upheld and that a man who did not head his own family was no better than a dog (their words, not mine).
The South Korean government abolished the system recently. Unfortunately, the macho mindset is much more difficult to eliminate.
As far as I know, the Philippines does not have a similar legally enshrined system, but this does not mean that patriarchy is absent among Filipino families.
During Catholic marriage rites, for example, the woman is told to be obedient to her husband. And at the end of the ceremony, the priest often says, “I now pronounce you MAN and WIFE,” as if marriage automatically dissolves the identity of the woman and limits her life role to that of a wife and, eventually, a mother.
And don’t parents usually tell their daughters to find a man who can provide for them (“yung kaya kang buhayin”), as if their female children do not have the ability to fend for themselves?
While society expects men to provide for the family financially, it expects women to do the household chores and care for their husband and children. A woman who refuses to abandon her career to be a kitchen slave and soccer mom is considered by society in general to be a bad wife and mother. This is also why the shortcomings of children are often blamed on the mother. “Adik yan kasi pinabayaan ng Nanay.” But what about the father? Isn’t it only fair for parents to share the responsibilities at home?
There are still a lot of issues that need to be discussed (economic power of men, gay parents, etc.), but let me save those for future entries.
I now end this post with a brief etymology lesson:
The word “family” came from “familus,” an ancient Roman term for slave. From this word came “familia,” which denoted a social organism comprised of a male head and his wife, children and slaves, over whom he had the power of life and death (meaning he could have them killed with impunity, if he wished to).
The said social organism existed in ANCIENT Rome. Has much changed, since?
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I promise to try to blog more often (Twitter updates do not count). Finals period would definitely make that difficult, but I will TRY.
*girl scout sign* =)
Kani-kanina lang, may unknown number na tumawag sa cellphone ko. I accepted the call kasi akala ko tumatawag yung i-interview-hin ko bukas to confirm kung tuloy kami.
Cy: Hello.
*silence*
Cy: Hello?… Hello?… Hello!
Weirdo: Puwedeng makipagkilala?
I know the polite thing to do is reject the person courteously, pero base sa aking karanasan, mas mainam ang man-deadma dahil lalo silang nangungulit kapag polite ka. So I ended the call.
Aba tumawag uli.
*rejects*
At tumawag pa uli.
*rejects uli*
At tumawag pa uli. So I took the call.
Weirdo: Hello?
*silence*
W: Hello!
*silence*
W: Hoy sumagot ka naman, sayang yung load ko.
*silence*
W: Hello!
*silence*
W: Alam mo, i-cancel mo na lang yung tawag. Huwag mo nang sagutin kung hindi ka naman pala magsasalita.
*silence*
W: HELLO!
*silence*
W: Tangina mo, inuubos mo load ko.
*silence*
W: Hello!
*silence*
W: *ends call*
Next time, isi-speakerphone kita para maaliw naman ang mga kaopisina ko.
- 13:43 praying for a stress-free day (please naman no) #
- 13:54 gusto ko ng ultimate cheese ‘n garlic thin crust pizza ng shakey’s #
- 13:59 ayaw nila magpadeliver… kakain na lang ako ng fudgee bar. hmp. #
- 14:01 takte napagkamalan kong mouse yung fudgee bar ) "*double clicks" baket anlambot?" ) #
- 14:02 yehey papadeliver daw kami mamaya. alabyu, kate! #
- 14:04 I’m not weird, Steely Dan. I’m quirky. #
- 14:06 @romydiaz ah ganun ba? hmmm… TURKEY SUB, CUPCAKE, CHOCO CHIP CHEESECAKE, POTATO CHIPS WITH DIP, NACHOS, QUARTER POUNDERRR hahaha #
- 14:11 nung linggo ko pa inemail yan. kaunting coordination naman. nakakakunsume. #
- 14:14 @romydiaz hindi, may kasamang threat of bodily harm yun >:) #
- 14:16 song to freddy krueger: and i can’t get you out of my dreams. now i know that you’re the dangerous kind.
takte ang corny ko hahaha. #
- 14:41 @thegshift excited! #
- 15:14 inaantok sa sariling kanta #
- 15:29 nanood ng makeup instruction video sa newsroom kasama sina tere at rissa. biglang nagdatingan ang editors hahaha. *hiya* #
- 15:43 Oct. 16 is World Food Day! #
- 15:51 Oct. 15 is Global Handwashing Day aka Araw ni Lilie Lazaro hahaha. #
- 15:55 Masaya palang sumabit sa jeep. Hehe. #
- 16:00 @girltulala sali ako sa gerpren huggg! #
- 16:18 ay kainis binura na sa youtube yung SNL spoof kina palin at clinton… #
- 16:21 mabuti na lang andiyan si perez hilton! tinyurl.com/5dc2wy #
- 17:01 mag-iisang taon na pala since the glorietta blast. time flies. #
- 17:32 @thegshift hindi na, nabawasan ka na ng 10 pounds e ;p #
- 17:36 @girltulala saglit nga lang pero ansayaaa #
- 18:02 cy: umuwi na ba si schatz?
eliza: oo
cy: talaga?
eliza: nagba-bye ka.
cy: sino ako? # - 18:23 @blissery fangirls lang? how about em boys? ;p #
- 18:29 bakit tuwing naka skinny jeans ako e dun pa ako nagtatakaw? (o lagi lang ata akong matakaw) #
- 19:22 four slices of pizza and a box of mojos. gusto pa ng dessert. #
- 19:44 "Bakit ang nipis ng papel n’yo?" – Anak ng… lahat na lang nireklamo e. #
- 19:47 hinuhusgahan na ni kate ang katakawan ko. ibang level na ito ) #
- 20:27 Bossing: Sayang itong si Cy o, puwede sa storytelling… Makapal mukha niyan e. #
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