Ang Nakalimutang Pamana ng San Nicolas Maynila

Iniiwasan ko parati ang DelPan na malapit sa pier. Napaka-notorious ng lugar na yun, kung bagito ka nga malamang pagtitripan ka. Pero di ko aakalain na ang Del Pan ay nabibilang sa isa sa mga pinakamahahalaga nguni’t mukhang nakakalimutan nang makasaysayang distrito ng San Nicolas sa kalagitnaan Maynila…
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Calle Escolta

Nung bata pa ako, lagi kaming dumadaan dito kung pupunta ng Binondo galing Santa Cruz sa Maynila. Noon pa lang, naririnig ko sa mga magulang ko na may dating reputasyon ang Escolta sa pagiging Wall Street o Ayala Avenue nung kapanahunan na ang financial center ng Pinas ay nasa Maynila pa mismo at wala pa sa Makati….

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In-Love sa Downtown!

Di ko alam pero meron akong pagkahumaling sa mga downtown areas nitong nakaraang araw. Paano ba naman kasi kasama ito sa trabaho ko, bilang isang field researcher ng isang unibersidad na nag-iimbentaryo ng…

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Drawing Inspiration from the Sardine Can

 Looks like every urbanite is turning into a mass transport maniac nowadays. Given that the price of fuel is spiralling towards the heavens sure makes me feel sick…Last year, diesel was just around P30.00, and now double its price. So it’s kinda unpractical if I have to bring in a car nowadays…I prefer going on with the mass transport, even if it means to be standing up for hours or killed in a stampede of rushing passengers in the MRT.

Now I’m inspired of helping others by writing a survival guide and a guide itself about the Metro Rail Transits or the Light Rail Transits…I might go on train surfing for the next several days in order to seek information so that there can be more of the people, rich or poor, Pinoy or foreigner to survive the crushing queues of the mass transit system and of course, not to get lost. At least para naman may napupuntahan din ang pagtitiis kong mapisa at pumila sa parang walang katapusang linya. Serbisyo publiko na po ito!

The "Isms" of Historiography…the Intellectual Orgy of the Day

04 July 2008. A day that Americans celebrate. But for me, its a day of so many isms.Isms isms isms isms, hay abaw daw mabu-ang ko di bala!

Our professor in historiography discussed so many “isms” tonight…these schools of thought in history that I just stumbled recently. The last time I heard of these was 3 years ago but I thank my profs in UP for giving me lasting memory of their teachings in local history. Our class had a fun intelectual orgy because of the clashing interests between these isms. I thought history was boring, just wait and see till you have a glimpse of its naughty naughty side!

Anyway, these schools of thought in historiography just gave me a glimpse of how broad my chosen field is, and some say one or several schools of thought might be your mantra in your academe lifetime. My professor said, by the time we finish this semester, we should have at least one school of thought or “isms” that would influence on how we view our history and our world.

Hmm, let me give the isms here: God-centric, Human-centric, ideal-centric then of course, reconstructionalism, constructionalism, deconstructionalism, revisionism, humanism, romanticism, empiricism, positivism, materialism, idealism, rationalism, structuralism, modernism, orientalism and some have post as their prefix. Waaahhh!!! But the amazing thing here is that these “isms” are so inter-related to each other despite some opposing and the others complement.

Oops…stop it. I won’t divulge in the topic too much. At baka ma-bulilyaso ang research journal ko para sa araw na ito. Hehe!!

Oh the beauty of being human! This is humanity, and I believe that the “isms” I mentioned are just partial in understanding human nature not just only in the past, but also for today and tomorrow. I know that these things that I was reintroduced and learned will be used for the greater good of the society I hope that I can help. Di ko ito pagmamaramot, at di ko gustong lumaki ang ulo ko dahil dito.

Oist, humanist ang approach ko dito sa post na to…Good night to all!

P200 for a day in Manila, Are you Kidding?!

Hay, hanap nga ako ng trabaho pero puro conflict sa schedule ko. Puro call center na kinamumunghian kong balikan. Puro graveyard shift. Puro hindi ako qualified. Yung napakasimpleng pangarap na maging isang college prof, hindi pa maabot dahil kelangan pa ng ka-etchosan ng mga schools na dapat may masters degree ka na! Tarantadong buhay to!
Oo nga’t Atenista na nga ako, pero hanggang ngayon di pa ako lubusang nakaka-kalas sa aking pagiging Iskolar ng Bayan. Nasanay sa mumurahin pero sangkatutak at masasarap na pagkain sa Kabisayaan. Oo nga’t kumukuha ako ng masters degree pero Dios ko, isipin mo na lang ang baon ko…P200 kada araw!!! Eto pa ang catch, uwi-an pa ako sa kada klase ko…imagine na lang ang distansya nang tinatahak ko…tapos nakakapagod kasi Byernes ng gabi ang klase, kung kelan pahirapan ang uwi-an at sakayan.

Galing ng Imus hanggang Pasay Rotonda = P30
Taft Avenue MRT to Cubao MRT = P15
Cubao LRT to Katipunan LRT = P12
Katipunan Tricycle to Ateneo Campus - P21
One whole meal = at least P60 to P70 kada pagkain na may kasama nang mineral o juice…minsan times 2 mo pa.

Di pa sapat dyan ang P200!

One way pa lang yan…compute mo ang roundtrip at mabibitin ka sa P200 na binibigay sa’yo ni ermats.

Hindi ako lubusang ma-satisfy sa mga pangyayaring ito. Gustohin ko mang magtrabaho pero ayoko na talagang bumalik sa call center (na pinakasikat na job offering). Patulan ko man ito pero masasakripisyo ko ang kalusugan, kaligtasan at lalo na ang pinaka-priority ko sa lahat…ang pag-aaral ko.

Gusto ko rin namang matulungan ang mga magulang ko para makapag-hanap ng pambaon ko at saka mabawasan ang dependency ko sa kanila…kahit papaano mabawasan ang sakit ng ulo nila…pero ano to? Umaasa at namimili.

Ayoko nang bumalik sa call center pero ayoko ding umasa na lang palagi sa mga magulang ko.

Isang Hapon sa Footwear Museum ng Marikina City

Mainit sa labas, kaya naman napag-isipan namin na magpahinga muna mula sa init na nilakad namin mula Calumpang hanggang Marikina Bayan. Dahil sa gusto na rin naming magpalamig, pinasok namin ang Museo ng Sapatos o ang Footwear Museum ng Marikina City….
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