faye on November 29th, 2008

YOUTH & CAMPUS

For UP the bells toll

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

The sound of the Carillon bells echoing through the vast expanse of the University of the Philippines Diliman campus may be a fresh experience to young generations strolling in the renowned campus.

 
The music of the UP Carillon was first heard on the Diliman campus in 1952. […]

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Ethel on November 24th, 2008

Natascha McElhone as muse and creator
In ‘Californication’ and on film, the actress’ characters tend to
inflame desire. Her great passion, however, is to secure her late
husband’s legacy.
By Josh Gajewski
November 23, 2008
On television, she plays the steady hand in a show about unsteady
people, the muse to David Duchovny’s tortured-writer protagonist in
Showtime’s saucy Sunday night series “Californication.”
She’s also […]

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faye on November 22nd, 2008

All Return Again

It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not
die, but only retire a little from sight and afterwards return again.
Nothing is dead; men feign themselves dead, and endure mock funerals
and mournful obituaries, and there they stand looking out of the
window, sound and well, in some new strange disguise. […]

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Ethel on November 19th, 2008

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faye on November 15th, 2008

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I miss those long walks to V. Mapa from the U.P. As soon as fg closed the Listening Center for the day, we’d start our trek, from U.P. through what is now EDSA (formerly Highway 54), or through what is now East Ave., then turn right at Cubao, on through Aurora Blvd. It was indeed […]

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faye on November 9th, 2008

“Than counting my money in the bank, I’d rather have my children come visit me everyday.”
- Fgdavid, as told to his students during one of his classes

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Ethel on November 5th, 2008

Obama makes history; turns to sobering challenges
By TERENCE HUNT, Associated Press Writer Terence Hunt, Associated Press Writer 43 mins ago

WASHINGTON – His name etched in history as America’s first black president, Barack Obama turned from the jubilation of victory to the sobering challenge of leading a nation worried about economic crisis, two unfinished wars and global uncertainty.
“The […]

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faye on November 3rd, 2008

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faye on November 2nd, 2008

 

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