Opinions and Musings
Sunday Bloody Sunday
We've moved in to a new place a couple of weeks ago and we're hankering to fill the space with some activity. The family's filled with Pacquiao fans so we decided to get a pay-per-view subscription and host a viewing party for the Pacquiao-Mayweather "superfight." I...
Built to die
Adulthood does bring a lot of change into people. Either you mellow out and start appreciating life a bit more or you become ornery and be the mean bastard yelling at kids to get off the lawn. I think I'm more of the latter. Given my temperament, I was hoping that I'd...
Offsite shortsight
I really don't believe in the much-hyped offsite team building activities that seem to be totally the craze right now. I'm amazed at how many resorts and camps in the Rizal area are now turning into these adventure and action-sport venues complete with obstacle...
Measuring what?
Albert Einstein said it best. "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." Ever since I posted an informative bit on the new DepEd K-12 Assessment Framework (KPUP), educators...
Hindi na maginhawa
Food trips are quintessential to any barkada. Communal gluttony is probably one of the key reasons humans were driven towards the concept of tribes. Even after 10 years out of college, food trips still draw our little band of misfits together. When word got out about...
Premature
A sigh of relief as UP's Men's Basketball Team finally notched a win after two years and 27 losses? No. Talk about going all out to celebrate the losing-streak breaking win with a bonfire. It's the first time in my existence as a maroon that I remember UP holding one....
Tossed in the blend
Despite the hopes of creating a blended learning environment, real limitations exist in how technology can be made available inside and outside the Philippine classroom. As such, bulk of learning experiences still rely on brick and mortar methods. Having worked in...
Getting paid
Funny thing. I was working on the yearly performance evaluation and appraisal forms of staff (and mine) when this article (on "Why You Can't Rely on a Salary to Get Rich") from Business Insider popped up. Talk about the Internet gods doing their inception thing. It's...
The big fundamentals
Fundamentals. Ever since I developed the maturity to self-learn, I always insisted on getting the fundamentals right early on. Bad habits are hard to break and simply winging it can impede progress later on. For some reason, the PBA doesn't quite sit well with me. I...