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Today’s Extremes

Philo and Math

Earlier this day, our philosopy 1 professor showed us our pre-final grade. Chedeng! I got a grade that is 0.25 short for an "uno." One of my coursemates told me that its the highest na in our class. Ansaya di'ba? :D Then came the result of our second departmental examination in Math 11. I almost forgot I'm a deist. HAHAHA. Yeaaa! ( Sa lahat ata ng pagkakataon na makapag-wish ako, tres lang sa math 11 ang hiling ko.) It came out that i got a score that is half of the passing score. (Grr, bobo ko sa Math 11). And I suddenly realized how extremes my grades are. Sa tingin niyo? Gawwd! TRESSSS! XD The thoughts of taking Math 11 again horrifies me, ayoko maging irreg at ang doomed talaga ng dating sakin. Hays.

Tony Blair Visits Manila

Tony Blair, former prime minister of UK, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, head of the Labour Party in England, and currently UK's special envoy to the Middle East will be visiting Manila this coming March 23 for a speech regarding the functions of a leader as a peace negotiator that was arranged by Campaigns and Grey and De La Salle University-Manila as part of their International Bridge Program.

Event's venue is in Sofitel Philippine Plaza in Manila. Ticket price? 25, 00 pesos for VIP seats and 1500 pesos for the farthest seat in the general admission area. WTF. 25, 000 pesos? Ang mahal. 1, 500. Mahal pa rin. If they really want to be a good leader, they should at least, make theirseleves heard by the general populace. Dapat man lang may 200 peso or 300 peso ticket or libre na lang! HAHA. And for your 25, 00o pesos, you'll get to hear Tony Blair's rantings for 30 minutes. Grrr. Baka 30 days mong inipon yun tapos 30 minutes ubos na? Ang extreme talaga ng lahat sa isang capitalist system.Ticket! Ticket! Ticket! Gimme some!

Solidaridad and Doulos

I visited MV Doulos, the largest floating bookshop, to buy some books. Malamang, bookshop di'ba? I'm expecting great finds and rare titles. It is also my dream to collect works of Michael Crichton and Fidel Castro. At parang pagdating ko dun eh, non-existent silang lahat! Doulos offers a lot of spiritual and inspirational books, story and coloring books for kids but only little of interesting fictions and rare titles. I bought 3 books there for 200 pesos. One is about marketing strategies of schools, churches and museums (Branded Nation), the other one regarding the end of the world (Fused Armaggedon) and the last disproving all forms of established knowledge (The Last Man Who Knew Everything). Sulit naman ang 10 pesos na entrance fee sa pictures around the vessel and sa one hour seat sa balcony. Takot nga lang ako sa ship, so nahilo talaga ako after. XD

Before visiting Doulos, I visited a bookshop in Padre Faura Street. Its the Solidaridad Bookshop which is considered as the best little bookshop in Asia. Though very small compared to MV Doulos, it offers a lot of more interesting titles and I think, rare books than what Doulos can offer. Nag-browse ako sa shelves and everything is worth buying and reading. Every single book there is super nakaka-excite basahin. There are books discussing politics, economics, sociology, literature and even history of neighboring countries. Bakit di ako bumili ng kahit ano? Because every single book under the roofs of Solidaridad is expensive. Minimum na ata ang 700 pesos eh, or may nakita pa akong 600 pesos dun. Still, kahit ano pa man, expensive pa rin. Hays, sayang. SANTA, mag-iba ka naman ng schedule ng pamimigay ng gifts. Please?

Doulos being on the far left because it offers alot of cheap books and Solidaridad being on the far right because it offers books that are expensive are another example of today's extremes. I seem to notice extremities in my environment and it includes these two bookshops.

Bonifacio/Katipuan Monument

Alam niyo ba yung Bonifacio/Katipunan accross SM Manila? Its near LRT's Central Terminal, Manila City Hall and Universidad de Manila. Try niyong dumaan kapag gabi. You see alot of extremes. Yeap. Extremes in publicly displaying affection. Shocks, french kiss kung french kiss. At kahit maraming nakatingin, hindi nabobother. HAHAHAHA. :D

Chillax!

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