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Prayer for A Book Launch 18 Aug 2013 | 06:58 pm
Father in Heaven, you made the world through the power of your word, and you redeemed the world through your incarnated Word. We thank you for the gift of participation in the word, in its sound, in i...
Shhh! 2 Aug 2013 | 06:10 pm
Is it just me, or is the volume control on teenagers broken nowadays? Is it a recent development, or has it always been so? I don’t remember ever being so loud, but then again, I’m old and memory has ...
Living a Science Fictional Life 26 Jul 2013 | 08:17 pm
There’s this trope of science fiction movies where the hero talks to his computer and gets a voice response in return. It’s usually just background flavor to show that, yes, what we are seeing is in T...
Wanted: Copy Editor 21 Jul 2013 | 06:30 am
Ateneo de Davao can be a pretty stiff and humorless place. Here's me doing my part to lighten things up. The job offer is real, though; unfortunately, I'm only interviewing Ateneo faculty.
Nerves O'Steel Sally 19 Jul 2013 | 07:50 pm
My students and I were on the sixth floor of Finster building, facing Claveria St., when the incident happened. I was in the midst of a long commentary on a student's proposal when, from the street b...
In Writing Hell 5 Jul 2013 | 09:36 pm
Sometimes I envy UP Mindanao. They have a full-blown four year creative writing program. Ateneo de Davao only has one semester’s worth, and only for AB English and BS Education in English. Still, a se...
Example Company Profile 5 Jul 2013 | 07:32 am
A sample company profile for my CS272 Systems Analysis and Design class.
Teaching Creative Writing 28 Jun 2013 | 09:31 pm
This is the third straight year that I’m teaching the Creative Writing class at Ateneo de Davao. Creative Writing is in the curriculum mainly for AB English and BS English Education students. In past ...
Pre-colonial literature, Philippine myths, and the development of culture 22 Jun 2013 | 07:10 pm
I was going through my files when I turned up this take-home exam from when I was enrolled in the Master of Arts in Literature program of Ateneo de Davao. Lest it disappear again amongst the archives ...
Life without cable TV 21 Jun 2013 | 09:15 pm
When we moved to our new house, we opted not to get cable TV. We’d already made provisions for connections in the house, but at the last moment, we changed our minds. Part of the reason was cost. Cabl...
