"I can't take the heat of the sun.  It burns my skin!" This was my statement perhaps a week ago... After months of extreme and exaggerated hot weather, it finally rained! I was on my way out of the University of Santo Tomas, and the skies were about pour. Just as I stepped out of the gates of our building, the rain fell down. The heat from the ground escaped, and I was able to smell and feel it. Everyone wa ...

February 28, 2010. It was a lazy Sunday afternoon and I decided to take a nap. I was in a deep sleep until I heard my sister said that the electricity went out. I didn't bother standing up until my dad shouted there was fire! I quickly stood up and paced to and fro. I panicked. I picked up my two small dogs and rushed downstairs. Three of our big dogs were still inside. My dad carried the biggest one and we ...

University of Santo Tomas is one of the biggest and well-known universities in the country. Aside from hitting 400 years last year, it is also known for being really religious & conservative. What about the "green professor", you might ask. I can pretty much guess the first thing that came into your mind when you first glanced at this entry's title. And so here's what I am going to tell you--I did not m ...

It was a beautiful Chinese New Year evening. Most of the Filipino-Chinese families all set out to have dinner at famous Chinese restaurants around Chinatown. My view on this particular restaurant suddenly turned sour when we started ordering. For such a huge restaurant, I couldn't understand why they had the tables all compressed together leaving small pathways for the waiters to move around. My family ...