Near perfect

I seldom acknowledge my students in this blog since I usually stereotype them as spoiled brats who never displayed the academic rigor expected of UP students. However, I have to hand it to John Gabriel Pelias – my former English 1 student and the valedictorian...

Two more years

The Department of Education decided that the way to move forward with our country’s educational system is to add an additional two years in order to make sure that we produce world class graduates. No one’s really talking about it despite its looming...

2010 life lessons

To be nearing 30 with no sense of accomplishment. It just plain sucks. It’s that point in your life where reality kicks you hard in the balls and leave you . Forget quarter-life crisis. 30 is the new 40, methinks and the epiphany of answering the “What...

Friendbucked

How pathetic (my writing) life can be? It’s been almost a month since I posted something on this blog and it’s not even something worth reading. December has always been a rush month for everyone especially for myself since there’s usually a lot...

Whose responsibility?

A friend who works in HR shared to me how she encountered one personal evaluation sheet indicated that the employee feels that the organization has not provided him enough work hours to learn work skills. And the employee consistently regarded himself as...