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For those chosen few, you're probably familiar with the terms in the above-mentioned title. After all, it's not everyday that you'd stumble upon people who've studied in an ACE School. I saw this list in an ACE group in Facebook, and it was worth a couple of laughs. It did bring back a lot of childhood memories as I studied in the system from Grade 1 all the way until graduation. Which would probably account for being my restless when stuck in a cubicle, and why I fidget a lot. I had it tough on the PACEs as well since I was using the older version of them, not the nicer ones that Nuel has now. Anyway, if you're from SCTC, CHA, TRLA, LBBCA, PCST and all that alphabet-soup named schools of the ACE/SOT system, this is for you. I added some of my own personal experiences as well, so enjoy. You've gone to an ACE school if: 1. You don't know how to plot a geometrical equation, but by golly you know what gerunds, infinitives, and participles are and can dif...

So I was listening to the radio here in Manila today, and the DJ talks about how cheap it is to own a digicam nowadays. Not surprisingly, the narcissists in folks come out, especially when they score a brand new camera. Because of this, it has given rise to the term "camwhoring." I think we're all familiar with this term. Just visit any person's profile in Multiply, Facebook or Friendster and you get the idea, especially if it's a 500 picture album entitled "~!me!~" Looking at camwhoring made me realize that there practically countless ways of posing and holding a camera when taking a pic. Here are some of the examples I can think of: 1.) The arms-forward picture of yourself and/or with a group. 2.) The top view arms-forward pic (to hide the double/triple chin and show off the cleavage or man-boobs). 3.) The bottom view pic (when not listening to your teacher or bored during a meeting). 4.) The picture of yourself while looking at a mirror, wit...

I heard in the radio today a discussion of TV shows that they wanted to show again in TV. With shows like " Knight Rider " getting a facelift in the States, and " MacGyver " being shown again here (just forgot what channel), here are other shows that I'd want to see and be shown again: (And yes, I was a kid in those days, not a teenager. Since kid is defined as 6 years - 99 years of age, this shouldn't be a problem. Should you have other shows, feel free to comment; I've posted the Youtube links to the titles and others) 1.) Perfect Strangers - I had a friend in grade school named Neil, and he was Balki to my Larry. We did get around to calling each other "Koseen" in school. I guess it was because we could do the ridiculously amusing Dance of Joy . 2.) Transformers (Season 1) - I couldn't watch He-Man and She-Ra when I was a kid, so I watched transfixed as Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Jazz, Ironhide and the rest of the Autobots fought...

I think I'm one of the chosen and favored few here in this country who count football as their favorite sport. From the moment I saw Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" and the "Goal of the Century" goals as a 6 year old, I was hooked to the game. I would kick a rather limp volleyball and use the gate as a goal, and when I got older, Nikko and I would join our league in Sun Valley then, he as a defender (whom I could never get past) and me as a midfielder/forward. I never seriously thought of joining a varsity team and to my regret I didn't get to join a club - but when I got to play, I played, bad eyesight and all, for the love of the beautiful game. I've been able to see games that stand out a lot for me - Beckham's sending off and redemption against Argentina, Man United's comeback in Barcelona, Zidane using his head for the right reasons (France '98) and wrong reasons (Germany '06), Ronaldo at his worst and best, Baggio's mis...

Like probably most folks, I did watch the Pacquiao-Dela Hoya fight. As much as I was happy that he did win, and convincingly from a boxing perspective, I couldn't help but think about some things while watching it. First off, our adulation of Pacquiao is such already, that he has become our country's drug of choice. Allow me to elaborate: we're so hard up economically, our political situation's a mess, our politicians are even worse, we're desperate for anything. So when Pacquiao wins, we're high on his victory, boasting of Pinoy pride for maybe two weeks. Then when the news cycle ends, we're back to where we started. It's an unfortunate fix that we can't seem to get out off. Do we consider ourselves so low, that when the Charice and Pacquiaos of this world give us some form of recognition, our country hops on to their bandwagons hanging on for dear life? Our dear politicians and even our media feed off this frenzy, obviousy posturing with Pa...

In light of what's been going at the 10 Spot, I'd like to re-post an old blog of mine from another site: We've all heard, in one form or the other, the expression, "Nothing in this world is permanent except change." Weird, but it's true, since life is really all about changes. From the moment we are born to this world, we all experience change. Whether it be taking that first step, crossing the road for the first time, entering school to getting that first job, getting hitched and having kids, life is one big constant cycle of changes in life. That's why I personally believe that we do need the occasional shake out of our comfort zones. In Wikipedia's definition of a comfort zone , what stands out is the patterns or behaviors one has without encountering anxiousness or the sense of risk. Any thing breaking this pattern would need a change in behavior and patterns, a paradigm shift even. As uncomfortable and nervy as it may sound, a little change ...