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Google-fu
Google-fu

Google first. Ask later. Someone else's got the answers to your stupid questions. We can't be bothered. *** Yup. Maybe we should start offering this as a basic course in college. Better yet, teach Googling as early as basic education. I remember that our teachers use...

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The fashionable World Cup

The Philippines hasn't really been a football nation. Never mind if we used to be quite good at it and if Barcelona FC's legend's part Filipino. Only a few people would ever associate the town of Barotac Nuevo with football. Yet, for the past month, everyone's into...

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Soul searching

One of the huge reasons why I've become so jaded teaching in UP is the shifting demographics of the student population. Usually, a discussion of starting salary's one of the most interesting portions of my English 30 class. Everyone was keen on sharing their opinions...

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Honors inflation

It's graduation time once again and I wonder how many kids will be walking tall just because they'd be graduating cum laude or its higher variants. This might be a bit of sourgraping but it seems that it's just so easy to get honors these days. The Revised Genereal...

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Bits and bytes

To think that I've spent the past twenty-two years of my life studying in a formal setting. Fancy that. Hours spent inside the classroom. I wonder if that should count as living at all. And guess what I'll be doing for the next few years again. Study. Contrary to what...

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Hooliganism or activism

It's quite interesting how people view the Quezon Hall paint throwing incident yesterday. Facebook was practically a warzone between those who lauded the students' move of throwing paint at a school official and those who believed that UP has really dumbed down. As...

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Basic IT as GE course

I'm getting sick and tired of the "excuse," "Kaya nga ako nag-English" as an excuse not to know basic math concepts and technology concepts. I've been involved in IT education as writer, editor, trainer and consultant largely because part of my personal advocacy is...

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Master baiter

Finally! A bit of time to blog. For the past month, I've been splitting my time between work and thesis writing. And boy that wasn't a pleasant experience at all on so many levels. I remember the pressures of writing my undergraduate thesis (gaining 20 lbs in the...

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Globelines Broadband cheaper rates

Business sure know how to sucker punch you. I just noticed that Globelines is offering much cheaper rates for new broadband subscribers. My Php 1995 2 Mbps plan and landline is now only Php 1295. Thinking it's unfair, I called up Globelines to see what they plan to do...

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