February 28th, 2010 | by Deantastic | published in Life
When I first learned that Tagum City in Davao del Norte had won the rights to host this year’s National Schools Press Conference—the last one I would be eligible to take part in—I wasn’t sure what to feel. To be…
February 26th, 2010 | by Deantastic | published in Life
I’m back in Butuan after participating in the 2010 National Schools Press Conference in Tagum City.
I am pleased to report that I placed fifth in Feature Writing – English Secondary and third in the online writing contest…
February 21st, 2010 | by Deantastic | published in Life
Today, my colleagues and I hopped aboard the early morning bus bound for Tagum, arrived at around 10, spent a couple of hours in NCCC, retreated to our quarters for some much-needed sleep, left later in the afternoon so my…
January 18th, 2010 | by Deantastic | published in Life
Results of the University of the Philippines College Admission Test or UPCAT, which I and my batchmates took last August, were released today. Although results are still unavailable online due to technical difficulties with Globe Telecom’s connection, I was told…
December 21st, 2009 | by Deantastic | published in Life
School has been suspended until next year to give way to Christmas vacation. The weeks leading up to the break have been unusually full of activity for me as well as for my classmates. I and my colleagues in the school paper were in a frenzy for almost a month preparing to send our first (and probably only) issue to the press, but thankfully all the copyreading has been done and the layout finalized and the paper is now ready for printing. Now that that’s all over with, I can finally sit down to blog.
November 24th, 2009 | by Deantastic | published in Life
A typhoon has befallen Butuan. The mountains encircling the city and our relative distance from the typhoon belt make us safe from nature’s wrath on most days, but for tonight the gods have made an exception. Classes were suspended this afternoon, although it remains to be seen whether the suspension will hold through tomorrow.
November 12th, 2009 | by Deantastic | published in Books, Life
Hello, friends. Just a quick update on my reading: I found a copy of “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway in the school library last Monday. I mentioned in my last post that I recently…
November 2nd, 2009 | by Deantastic | published in Life
October was a very blessed month for me. Besides turning a year older last month, I won second place for Feature Writing during the Regional Schools Press Conference, so I will be going to Tagum City to compete in the Nationals. I was also named Caraga’s Outstanding Campus Journalist for the Secondary level during the same event.
October 19th, 2009 | by Deantastic | published in Life
Things at school have really been busy for a long, long time now. That largely explains the silence in this side of the blogosphere. We’re taking a bit of a breather (next week is Semestral Break Week) so thank goodness for that.
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Entourage Season 6 wrapped up last month. Good news: the show’s been renewed for another season. Bad news: the next season won’t be available until July 2010 (by my estimate), and it might be the show’s last! Sucks because I just recently started following the show and I think it kicks ass.
If and when Entourage gets cancelled, I will make it a point to purchase DVDs from all the way back to the first season (if not all at once, at least gradually).
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September 19th, 2009 | by Deantastic | published in Life
I’m back, a nauseated and tired heap, in Butuan after taking the Ateneo College Entrance Test (ACET) in neighboring Surigao City. There is not much to report about the ACET, except that I’m not so sure how well I did.…
