Striked!

I commute daily. Others like me are affected by the transport strike today. Students commuting from outside Naga City will surely miss classes.

The Duke Superbowl

Duke U is known for excellent college basketball program but not in college football. Their weekend match with notre dame, a traditional college football powerhouse, however upped the desire of Duke fans to win. Duke and ND are both 1-9 in football standings (that is 1 win and 9 losses). There is a big possibility of Duke winning it -- a rare opportunity in a lifetime. :-) For a more humorous story, visit http://www.dukesuperbowl.com/

A new life!

Congratulations to daddy Manny and mommy Girlie. A 7-plus lbs baby will now make their nights memorable. We are very happy for them!

Yes I should be happy

... 65-64! That's how close the game was. A rubber match is forged between the Blues and the Greens.

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From http://www.hoopaddict.com/livescores/
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63-58 DLSU
Rico Foul on Baclao 2PF
Baclao 0-2 FT
JV RB 2:12
Long blocking foul 1PF penalty
JV 1-2 FT
64-58 DLSU 2:10
ADMU TO on inbound
JV miss
ADMU RB 2:00
Tiu 3
64-61 DLSU 1:45
JV missd 3
Ty RB 1:30
Walsham missd 3
ADMU RB 1:08
Tiu airball 3
Long RB
Rico Off Goal tending on Arao shot 51 sec
64-63 DLSU
Bader miss
Baclao RB 25 sec
Tiu drive 7.3 sec
64-65 ADMU
Timeout DLSU
Bader missd 3
End of 4th Quarter
64-65 ADMU

Metaphor of absence

Last friday, a faculty's cubicle is empty. Nobody bothers. Another faculty declares that it is not unusual. For a long time, she's quite hard to find whenever it's her birthday.

This time however is different.

She's migrating with her husband and kids to Canada this October. Her absence last friday is a foreshadow. I think the college will miss a friend. The college will miss a faculty who for a long time worked hard in keeping the department intact and running smoothly. The college will miss a faculty who always submits her grade reports on time (actually, most of the time earlier than the due date). She mastered teaching discrete math with linear algebra and computer-aided statistics. She always come to class prepared. There was a time I worried that she's working too hard and that her blood pressure might shoot up because of n concerns in the department (btw, n approaches infinity).

I wish her and her family all the best in their adventure at the other side of the world. I have been there and life there is quite good.

1 point

.. and that my friend seals the fate to meet the tigers. hehe

UPDATE: The blue eagles (69 pts) won the knockout game vs the tigers (64 pts).

Time out!

It's nice to play bowling with Rey, Josh, Froi, and JP. We even made it to the final round of the competition. We are assured of 3rd runner-up. heheh.