My Socially Constructed Reality

Another Philosophy class (Asian Philo) is over. I am saying this not because I have wanted the class to end. That is not true. In fact, attending Philosophy classes is one of the things I look forward to every Saturday. Our Philosophy classroom is a place where I get to THINK & REFLECT . With so many things to do in school from Monday to Friday, the only time I feel free to examine the kind of life I am living is when I attend my Philosophy class. And the good thing about it is that, I do the reflection and at the same time, I get to interact with my classmates who all make sense. Anyway, Sir Archie (our professor) mentioned that the ABILITY TO REFLECT is one thing that is unique about a person . This makes us different from animals who don't do reflection at all. They just act according to instinct or to what they get used to. But the question is, "Does it (reflection) make sense?" Could we actually make a difference by taking 15 units of Philosophy classes? Could...

Cha ( on the right ): Was it Mama's birthday today? Stef (on the left ): I think Mommy has just turned 22... Vei (center ) : If it were my birthday today, I'm sure James will be here beside me. So, I don't think this cake belongs to me... [Where could James be?]

Brownies with lots of chocolates, especially baked by my sis!

For the first time in my entire life, food, particularly chef salad and pork stew, tasted so bland. I didn’t even want to drink water, not a single drop of it, at least for several hours that night. Until the following day, my appetite has not visited me. It was because I had mixed feelings that night of June 27. It was a night I didn’t expect to come. I left the school early that afternoon. I swiped out at our attendance monitoring machine at four instead of at 5:30 p.m. I went home early because my family and I wanted to go to my sister and mom’s house in Balibago. We were anticipating a family dinner so my sister cooked spaghetti and my mom prepared pork stew. While cooking spaghetti, my sis even prepared chef salad for me. I requested for it and because she could not say no to me, I had what I wanted. I haven’t finished half of the serving of my favorite chef salad when I heard my son crying at my back. Everything happened so fast, I didn’t get a chance to see what exactly happened...

[ Picture-taking after test-taking last October 14. ]

Meet my college buddy -- my classmate at UP and dormmate at St. Francis Dorm in Baguio City. CATHY is a record-holder. She sent the longest personal e-mail. She's indeed a Journalism grad, and a writer by heart :-) She's currently in Europe, pursuing a Master's degree (sosyal!)

Spider-man cake from VEI & JAMES This is part 2 of Charlie's birthday. We already celebrated his birthday last October 4 (his real birthday) but the cake which was ordered last Oct. 4 was delivered yesterday. :-) Charles is loyal to SPIDER-MAN. He loves Spider-man more than any other super heroes.