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I apol­o­gize to non-Ateneans who will be read­ing this. But this is a unabashed expres­sion of love to my alma mater. This year is the Sesqui­cen­ten­nial (it means 150^th year anniversary–I didn’t even know there was such a word until the Arneow started using the term!) of the school. And there are a lot to be thank­ful for. These are 150 odds and ends about the Ateneo…

82: In Loving Memory">

This site is an inter­ac­tive art project by a good friend of mine (and mem­ber of my barkada, the Wednes­day Group) Fr. Jason Dy, SJ. He’s a great artist, and you might want to check out his web­site, Batik­Batik na Karik­tan (the title is a Fil­ip­iniza­tion of Ger­ard Man­ley Hop­kins’ poem Pied Beauty).

This one I got from the Busi­ness Mir­ror. My work con­stantly reit­er­ates how there are really no such things as acci­dents. “Acci­dents”, as we know them, are really due to many man-made fac­tors: lack of train­ing, a lack of sys­tems, or pro­ce­dures to fol­low, and/or plain old stu­pid­ity. This is one of those things. 32 years ago, there was a study that showed how Marik­ina is unsuit­able for development.

This one is from a Daily Tri­bune arti­cle by Armida Siguion-Reyna. Love the JPE anec­dote of his first ele­va­tor ride!

I was born at the tail-end of Mar­tial Law. I have very vague mem­o­ries of it. I would have to say that i did not have a first hand infor­ma­tion of it. I heard sto­ries from my dad, but that was about it. I dis­tinctly remem­ber see­ing the images of Ninoy Aquino being shot on the tar­mac of the air­port that will even­tu­ally bear his name (poetic jus­tice!). Oh, as an aside, I am writ­ing this while I’m in Ninoy Aquino Inter­na­tional Air­port! How appro­pri­ate!