[busy signaL]
[Sunday, April 30, 2006]
vince forwarded me a text message today, concerning the apparent birthday of john baptist de la salle. i was being entreated to view the joyous commemoration as a reminder to "live out the spirit of saint la salle as demonstrated by the tenets of lasallian education". inspiring words, if only the aforementioned school system were still interested in what its founder believed in.
the institute of the brothers of the christian schools, according to my lasallian high school education, was set up in order to give financially-challenged youngsters a quality of education equal to that found in expensive private schools. an admirable mission-vision for its time; today, however, there are a number of things amiss when considering its applicability:
first, financially-challenged youngsters are not to be found in a lasallian school. second, quality education does not exist anywhere in the philippines. and third, the only reason why lasallian education can compete with private schools is because it has become one as well.
calling attention to the lifestyle supposedly advocated by lasallian brothers only exacerbates the irony, since example is a far more convincing teacher than rote. if there are any alumni out there who still believe that they owe their success to their college education, it is only due to one of two things - accurate working knowledge of what not to do, or a network of contacts spanning half the globe.
i suppose, then, that i too should be thanking my teachers. without their expert guidance, i would have had neither the cynicism nor the acerbity to flesh out this entry.
sige ingat.ü
posted by stani at 7:01 PM
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the institute of the brothers of the christian schools, according to my lasallian high school education, was set up in order to give financially-challenged youngsters a quality of education equal to that found in expensive private schools. an admirable mission-vision for its time; today, however, there are a number of things amiss when considering its applicability:
first, financially-challenged youngsters are not to be found in a lasallian school. second, quality education does not exist anywhere in the philippines. and third, the only reason why lasallian education can compete with private schools is because it has become one as well.
calling attention to the lifestyle supposedly advocated by lasallian brothers only exacerbates the irony, since example is a far more convincing teacher than rote. if there are any alumni out there who still believe that they owe their success to their college education, it is only due to one of two things - accurate working knowledge of what not to do, or a network of contacts spanning half the globe.
i suppose, then, that i too should be thanking my teachers. without their expert guidance, i would have had neither the cynicism nor the acerbity to flesh out this entry.
sige ingat.ü
posted by stani at 7:01 PM
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[Saturday, April 29, 2006]
i was idly flipping through channels late last night when i caught urbandub's myx live performace [thanks to vince for the heads up]. i truly believe that that band has the potential to put the philippines on the music map, like what the eraserheads might have, if not for the fact that most of their best work was in the vernacular.
but this post is not about that.
rather, after a half-hour of good music, urbandub made their exit and what next band should grace my screen but the ever-popular cueshe. now don't get me wrong - it's always tough being a noob, and as a musician i know that sometimes the temptation to 'borrow' material is strong, sometimes overwhelming. and, yes, sometimes one composes melodies which subconsciously [i refuse to say "accidentally"] resemble others.
but this post is not about that either.
what this post is about is the fact that while some people will remain oblivious to the fact that simple plan, silverchair, the itchyworms, or orange range are just paperwork away from throwing a court case at you, it is inherently more difficult to get away with the complete duplication of an entire music video, especially if the song accompanying it is basically the same thing as the original's. case in point - 24 hours. that whole staring at pictures and holding your head in your heads while your house burns down is so... i don't know... it's been awhile maybe?
It's been a while
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been a while
Since i said i'm sorry
sige ingat.ü
posted by stani at 10:28 AM
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but this post is not about that.
rather, after a half-hour of good music, urbandub made their exit and what next band should grace my screen but the ever-popular cueshe. now don't get me wrong - it's always tough being a noob, and as a musician i know that sometimes the temptation to 'borrow' material is strong, sometimes overwhelming. and, yes, sometimes one composes melodies which subconsciously [i refuse to say "accidentally"] resemble others.
but this post is not about that either.
what this post is about is the fact that while some people will remain oblivious to the fact that simple plan, silverchair, the itchyworms, or orange range are just paperwork away from throwing a court case at you, it is inherently more difficult to get away with the complete duplication of an entire music video, especially if the song accompanying it is basically the same thing as the original's. case in point - 24 hours. that whole staring at pictures and holding your head in your heads while your house burns down is so... i don't know... it's been awhile maybe?
It's been a while
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been a while
Since i said i'm sorry
sige ingat.ü
posted by stani at 10:28 AM
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[Saturday, April 22, 2006]
i am well aware of the fact that i have stopped regularly updating this blog. no, this does not mean that i have started favoring my [o mah gawd] livejournal account; i'm merely suffering from a bout of acedia, following the lunacy that was last term's final spasms, and most probably one that will digress into an acute case of senioritis. the 11 items [excluding this one] on the "to blog" sticky note on my desktop attest to my battle with procrastination. well actually, all of my sticky notes do - one simply wouldn't need them otherwise.
but, cutting to the chase, i am posting this to remind myself of my duty to my readers [if any]. i will hopefully be using the next few days to one by one flesh out the adventures i have subjected myself to over the past three months. if you truly have nothing better to do, it may interest you to know that i will be post-dating these entries, for chronology's sake. it would seem that i have not yet given up on my evil plan to compile certain blog entries into a book, despite the existence of this unfortunate "lost year" i find myself in the middle of.
wish me luck, then.
sige ingat.ü
posted by stani at 12:21 PM
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but, cutting to the chase, i am posting this to remind myself of my duty to my readers [if any]. i will hopefully be using the next few days to one by one flesh out the adventures i have subjected myself to over the past three months. if you truly have nothing better to do, it may interest you to know that i will be post-dating these entries, for chronology's sake. it would seem that i have not yet given up on my evil plan to compile certain blog entries into a book, despite the existence of this unfortunate "lost year" i find myself in the middle of.
wish me luck, then.
sige ingat.ü
posted by stani at 12:21 PM
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the great marshall valencia always maintained that the mentally challenged would one day rule the world. not as far-fetched a prophesy as it seems, actually.
webster defines insanity as: "a : a deranged state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder (as schizophrenia) and usually excluding such states as mental retardation, psychoneurosis, and various character disorders b : a mental disorder". simply put, according to this definition, any thought, word, or deed that is counter-intuitive, unintelligible, or threatening to a man of average intelligence is a form of lunacy.
case in point, the following conversation i overheard on a bus from ayala to bicutan, which i recreate here to the best of my spelling ability:
"pare, reyon leyon neyon?"
"reyon leyon neyon? sigurado ka?"
"oo. herb."
"herb?"
"herb."
"sige. yellow submarine."
"ok. yellow submarine."
and there i was, thinking what the fuck. but i suppose it's a fair trade, considering that not many people would understand a conversation between specialists, be they mathematicians, beauticians, or indeed dota players. it's a strange security as well, knowing that one can discuss sensitive information in public without giving anything away to those not concerned.
this is what our mental health system lacks - the patients in our institutes are merely people who are without their other half. they've lost something alright, but they're looking for understanding, and a diagnosis isn't going to bring them any closer to finding it. the last thing anybody wants to hear is that what he's saying is bullshit, anyway.
sige ingat.ü
posted by stani at 9:26 AM
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webster defines insanity as: "a : a deranged state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder (as schizophrenia) and usually excluding such states as mental retardation, psychoneurosis, and various character disorders b : a mental disorder". simply put, according to this definition, any thought, word, or deed that is counter-intuitive, unintelligible, or threatening to a man of average intelligence is a form of lunacy.
case in point, the following conversation i overheard on a bus from ayala to bicutan, which i recreate here to the best of my spelling ability:
"pare, reyon leyon neyon?"
"reyon leyon neyon? sigurado ka?"
"oo. herb."
"herb?"
"herb."
"sige. yellow submarine."
"ok. yellow submarine."
and there i was, thinking what the fuck. but i suppose it's a fair trade, considering that not many people would understand a conversation between specialists, be they mathematicians, beauticians, or indeed dota players. it's a strange security as well, knowing that one can discuss sensitive information in public without giving anything away to those not concerned.
this is what our mental health system lacks - the patients in our institutes are merely people who are without their other half. they've lost something alright, but they're looking for understanding, and a diagnosis isn't going to bring them any closer to finding it. the last thing anybody wants to hear is that what he's saying is bullshit, anyway.
sige ingat.ü
posted by stani at 9:26 AM
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