Major Major!

Before I proceed, I, personally, would like to thank and congratulate Fr. Samson for doing a job well done. You have served the Ateneo community well and you're contributions will never be forgotten.

So now since Fr. Samson is stepping down and a new President is stepping up, let this blog (if he ever reads it) be some sort of pool of idea on what I think should be done to convince the people that Ateneo de Davao worth spending both years and thousands for.

First on the list is to abolish it's uniform policy. Wearing the Ateneo uniform on a hot day is like baking yourself on the heat of the sunlight. Wearing the uniform somehow multiplies the scorching heat of the sun. Furthermore, wearing the uniform does nothing to minimize the chill you feel when it's a rainy or cold day. It's absolutely useless (of course instead of covering your body from the eyes of others). People would rather wear something comfortable on a hot day and something cozy on a cold day. And of course they would prefer to be creative with their style on a normal, not so cold not so hot, day. But if it's decency the administration is worried about, of course it's possible to keep the dress restriction. School is still a place to study not a gigantic cat walk. My point is, students are more comfortable studying if what they wear helps them be comfortable.

Next on the list is to give focus on its athletics. The Ateneo should include more ways in keeping its students physically sound. So far, basketball and volleyball are the only sport I see being played here in Ateneo and not everyone knows there's a chess team in our school (is there?). Does Ateneo plan to make their students physically sound by making them dance for 4 semesters? Hey, i have nothing against dancing, but shouldn't there be a choice for the students to make? When i first entered the university I had no choice but to dance my butt of just to make my tuition's worth when I could just shoot hoops (which I'm better at compared to dancing) or kick some footballs to earn a decent grade. And I believe sports is way effective in making students physically fit and sound compared to dancing.

Lastly, I would immediately implement that the campus radio be exposed in the whole university grounds. Scattering speakers all over the campus grounds. By this making the campus people more aware in the latest news, music and even in-born Atenean talents. I will let this campus radio be an avenue for news that students need to know, music that students should listen to and a stage for talents to showcase what their got. Isn't it nice for students be informed as soon as the news break? or allowing talented people to let the students appreciate music created by their fellow Atenean?

Well if all of these were to be implemented as soon as possible, I would love to re-enroll in Ateneo if ever I decide to get my MBA or enroll in Law school in Ateneo de Davao.

“if God will move heaven and earth just to bring two destined people together, I believe he will do just the same to bring two people apart who are not made for each other” –me (02,10,11)

I’ve been staring blankly at this monitor for 30 minutes now, hoping for black smudges of typed-written letters to magically appear but we both know that’s bullshit ‘til I start pressing some keys. Before I start with the main blog proper, I just want to thank that thought at the very top of this blog post if it wasn’t for that thought I may have raised the white flag and went to sleep instead of me typing these words.

So my topic for this blog post is about BREAK-UPS; how to handle them and what to do next after the “worst emotional day” of your life. If you’re about to ask me if the things I’m about to say here are based on my experience, no it’s not. And if you’re going to ask if I ever experienced one, yes I did. If you’re starting to wonder how it happened to me, it’s no longer relevant.

So, how do you handle a break-up? People nowadays mistakenly perceive break up as the end of their world, when in fact science and even simple logic can prove them wrong. SOME (when I say some, it means NOT MORE BUT ONLY FEW IN NUMBER) men take it as a lightly because they’re one again free from the tight (when I say tight, it does mean T.I.G.H.T) grip of their lovers. Some men take it very serious, sometimes way too serious, because they think they know they are never going to find someone who will share with them the most wonderful times of their lives. People, generally, MOURN for the partners they broke up with which is just SO WRONG.

So am I trying to say that it is wrong to mourn over a break up? YES! HELL YES! Why? Because people who experience a break up just escaped someone who were not made for them! If two people were made for each other, it’s a synchronization of two hearts that even adversities or even trials won’t break it apart. Break up is fate’s (or God’s) way of not letting you live someone who was not made for you to love forever. If God will move heaven and earth just to bring two destined people together, I believe he will do just the same to bring two people apart who were not made for each other. So celebrate and be merry! Do not mourn for the loss of someone you just broke up with, you just managed to escape a lifetime of misery and unhappiness! Forget about the good times you spent; as long as time continues to tick, there will always be an opportunity for better times!

So, what’s next after the break up? Obviously, a lot of things will change but the only way to make things better than it was, before the break up, is create a NEW life (this has a HUGE difference to reproduction) when I say new life, it means to break off an old identity to pave way for a new one. Be new, be fresh, be someone better so that you’re better half may pass your way. Do not worry about when your destined half will will come for surely you were destined for one. Do not look for the right one, but BE the right one!