A very long day.

The 1st Jose P. Laurel Intra-Lyceum Debate Cup was a debating tournament among teams from the seven Intramuros-based colleges of the Lyceum. It was held last Wednesday.

What makes the event great is that its aim was not to bring glory to the school’s debating team, but to proliferate the culture of debate among ordinary students of the university. What makes it not-so-great is the fact that the College of International Relations did not make it to the grand finals.

But even though CIR didn’t break, the event was memorable because I got to see good friend Gayle in this mode:

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Blogswarm: Exorcise Malacanang!

We will never stop until the bitch is out.

By the way, I called her a "bitch" in this blog even before Albay Governor Joey Salceda made the tag popular. I’m proud of me, lol.

The poster came from Schumey, who made the call for this worldwide blogswarm.

Why are the Chinese friendly to Arroyo? Because she offered them the Spratlys.

Above: Chinese President Wen Jiabao and his bitch

I always wondered why the Chinese didn’t make a fuzz out of Gloria Arroyo’s earlier decision to scrap the ZTE-NBN broadband deal after Romulo Neri’s appearance in the Senate made the deal extremely unpopular late last year.

In my view, the decision should have made the Chinese at least express their disappointment over the fickle-mindedness of the Arroyo government. They didn’t. Their president even tapped Arroyo’s shoulders as if benignly saying, "that’s okay, little girl." Why?

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Orbs: what are they?

This picture was taken today during our cultural presentation at school. That’s me (right) with trivia-boy RB, the bright freshman who’s so full of information he probably spent his childhood memorizing the encyclopedia the way Shariah freaks memorized the Quran.

So what do you notice in the picture?

What? I look good in it? Of course I do. I mean what else do you notice? Lol.

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Here’s what to do with that bitch in Malacanang.

Step 1: OUST HER

Step 2: ARREST HER

ANY QUESTIONS?

This is in response to Jen’s call for bloggers to unite in protest against Gloria Macapidal Arroyo.

"Oust the Godmother"  poster is an original work by Kris of the Nightdreamer while the Pidal mug shots came from the Manila Bay Watch.

How Valentines Day went for me

On Valentine’s Day last year, I received chocolates from at least four girls.

That’s how it is in Japan during the 14th of February. Girls give chocolates to guys and guys are supposed to return the favor come March 14th (I didn’t give chocolates to any girl last year, by the way. Hehe). 

This year, I didn’t receieve any chocolates. Kind of sad. But I got e-cards and e-mails from several female friends from Japan and my sister gave me some of the Toblerones she got from her anonymous admirers. My finger still smells of bittersweet chocolate.

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What’s wrong with being horny?

 The Catholic lobby in the Philippines is urging the government to ban condom advertisements because they say these ads send a message that it’s okay to have sex.

Well, yeah. With the exception of that Trust commercial featuring Winnie Cordero, these condom TV ads indeed give their audience the idea that it’s okay to have sex.

So? What’s wrong with that?

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In pictures: PUP-Lyceum Friendlies

The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) hosted the second Lyceum-PUP friendly debate match last Wednesday.

Well, what can I say, they served doughnuts and Pepsi so it was really great!

I mean, when the Lyceum hosted the first friendlies between the two schools a year and a half ago, we didn’t even serve water, you know.

Aside from that, PUP debaters really rock! They were very unassuming, friendly and wouldn’t even hesitate to make fun of themselves. Their president, Clarrise Marzan, and ours, Suzy Claire Selleza, even danced together in a mimic of Lyceum cheer dancers. It was a blast.

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