My Last first semester

I got every single class that I wanted but im still hesitant about my choice of philosophy.

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This was the toughest and at the same time most eye-opening summer term I’ve had since my freshman year of college. I will bow down to Ma’am Rallonza (my political Science professor) and Ma’am Hofilena (my Philippine History professor) for opening my eyes and making it worthwhile to attend classes in this heat.

It wasn’t an easy time to have classes, and the classes we’re not easy at all. Right now I will thank the various things that made it bearable.

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Sine July we’ve been encountering an old couple there and they’ve really started to interest me a lot. We’d normally see them already at one of the couches either asleep or eating breakfast beside their numerous plastic bags and bayongs filled with clothes (I think their clothes at least). Sometimes I’d see the old woman wear an ateneo shirt or jacket to warm herself up and she’d normally bring an ateneo bag. She seems like a really nice old lady, and the Mcdonald’s staff seems to have become acquainted with her as I saw her talking to the manager one time and the manager seems to be laughing really joyfully (though this is part of her job).

I asked my dad this morning what he taught of the couple this morning and mind you I’m not one to seriously believe everything my dad says right away but well…

He says he’s seen them before, back when he owned a shop in filbars he’d find the old lady hanging out at dunkin donuts. He’d spoken with the old lady a few times before and he says that she says (ok this sounds so unwell reported) she used to be a spanish language teacher in the ateneo but she retired but she’s been trying to re-apply for years but she has never recieved a single word about her application. She spends her time in Katipunan now waiting if there would be a follow up, she used to sell watches and small trinkets along katipunan and she’d wash her clothes in the dunkin donuts CR.

It really didn’t take long during july for me to realize she was homeless but she seriously doesn’t look poor, she pays for what they eat at mcdonald’s everyday, she doesn’t beg but I do think that’s where they sleep now.

That couple just really interests me and I don’t know I’m writing this hoping that someone else might get interested as well and try to find out more. Its really intriguing, an old woman in a manang style skirt or daster wearing an ateneo jacket one day just appearing in mcdonalds in the morning with bags full of clothes and cloth.

This friday when we go to Mcdonald’s for breakfast again I’m gonna ask the old couple to sit with us, this is just really sad.

Jai Reyes gets screened by the La Salle defense

I got the chance to sit down and chat with Blue Eagles co-captain and point guard, number 5 Jai Reyes yesterday morning. It was a very eye opening interview as I got to know what’s in a basketball players mind on and off court. He also got me thinking about analyzing and listing down what you want and got to do in college as well as staying true to what you want and like doing. The next Ateneo game versus the UST growling Tigers will be this coming Sunday. Hopefully I can find time to line up for tickets (and have money for tickets)!

This week is hell week even if there’s supposedly time for rest because of the holidays. I’ve yet to ask my Philo groupmates how early they want my edit of the Philosophy paper in but either way I wanna get it out of the way already so I can enjoy the game on sunday. I also got to watch 8 movies for tomorrows 6:30 am theology oral exams and edit part of our Marketing paper, all this coupled with yesterday’s statistics LT, Wired Interview and 0 hours of sleep (yes I went to something as important as an interview with nothing but caffeine keeping my brain alive) means I’m extremely exhausted already. Have I mentioned I still have training tonight at Savannah Moon Dance studio?