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the other side of a circle

Midterm exam was over. I can do things now that I’m used to. Same routine and unusual things I have done. Maybe, it sounds boring and pathetic but, to tell you I enjoyed it in my own way. I can now spend more time in internet cafes pressing keys and clicking mouse until my eyes will get tired. No one else owns the computer keys once they are under my fingers and no one can stop me from clicking the mouse as I point and click those icons and pop out of the screen’s window. May interest to punch the computer keys and to click the mouse became my addiction. iNet is really a wonderful invention. Since, then I’ve noticed this obsession my days will become boring if I cant log to my favorite sites and play the latest online game. But, what makes it not so practical is the money that I wasted every time I surf the net for the purpose of entertaining my self. I realize that I get hooked in the net because of the pleasure of amusement and not of the practical way. I’ve learned now, and I minimi...

Wowowee tragedy

I was in Demlong situated in the top of mountain ranges of Lake Sebu for an Outreach Program sponsored by the CCC-NDMU and the CST council together with the Departmental Officers when a text message received by my friend horrified us. Text Message: “kuya ang dami nmtay sa stampede sa wowowee…!” We did not believe it at first but, when Enyek received the same news from his sister, we barely can’t believe it – it’s true. The text message reported that there were 60+ people and counting killed and many were missing by tragic stampede at ULTRA where the ABS-CBN’s Wowowee a hit lunchtime show celebrates its 1st year anniversary. The whole country seems mourning for this. Openly, I have mixed feelings about it. I feel sorry and I want to express my sympathy to those people who were trodden underfoot as other people rush-in to find way-out to save their lives. Though, I’m not related to any of the victims of the tragedy I was very affected because, I know that many of these people w...