Bonus Article: Guardians of Annoyance

Every university has its own burden to carry, wretched staffs who makes the students’ life a little less boring. See I happen to come across different schools with various security guards and I definitely have to say, security guards at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela are the worse guards on the face of the earth. Literally, they are. You could see it in their snuggling faces, how they maltreat innocent students, stressed and over pressured students. And what can the students do? Fight against them? The problems today in these modern universities are that even Guards are required to be respected as equal as a teacher. Even without the bit of effort coming from the guards. Now you cannot pass them without saying “Good morning sir/ma’am,” yes, we cannot call them “kuya or ate” anymore. That’s the kind of respect that they’ve demanded.

Michael (not his real name), a current student at the Pamantasan is a live witness of how bad these security guards treat students. “They are so mean. I mean, their first approach should be as nice as hell. When I entered school yesterday to return a book at the library, the guards addressed me as a hitch hiker which was extremely rude. You could’ve just asked about my business at school that day. They’ve entered a job wherein you help the administration employ discipline within the school grounds, they assist, not insist! If they’re incapable of reminding students of the rules and regulations from time to time then they shouldn’t enter this profession at all, it’s in the handbook! What about students who have no intention of breaking any rules whatsoever huh? Don’t they get to be treated nicely? No. I say why don’t we discipline the Guards for once in a while?” This is as clear as gold. The witness clearly testified of the verbal brutality of the guards towards the students. So what should be your next action? Would you just read this and do nothing, or would you do your job and fight your right to be treated as equal, being an important member of the university, a student, the foundation of a university.

DEATH's favorite prey

I don't know what to feel right now.

I never liked being in this situation, the kind where you just cried for you Uncle's burial ceremony and his wife suddenly dies as well leaving their 4 all grown-up sons and daughter and you don't know how to cry some more. But again, who would want to be in this situation?

It's like sadness week all over again. Only this time, the letting go would be easier. I can't imagine losing BOTH my parents in a week of time. I would go crazy like drink absinth or cases of beer and do drugs if I were to lose them. I wans't that close to my Uncle and Aunt. But i really cried hard when we buried Uncle Emong. I think it was the massive amount of sympathy that i felt for sons and daughter he abandoned, and the bitter understanding: what if i were in their shoes right now? i would want my relatives to be right at my back, ready to hold me up. How can you heal a heart with two scratches? I juts feel for them even though i haven't experienced it yet.

How can you be happy in the midst of 2 deaths in a row. this is so stupid. i don't understand. really... then i read this quote ad it made me smile:

"It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis rather an embrio state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals?"

Benjamin Franklin, 22 February 1756