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UAAP

UAAP season 72 is almost over.. the UP Fighting Maroons finished with 3 wins and 11 loses. They may have only won 3 times, but considering that 2 of them are the much favored and most popular Ateneo Blue Eagles and DLSU Green Archers... the Maroons' season is COMPLETE! :-)

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It’s Thursday again. Lie to Me and The Mentalist day. I’ve encountered these TV shows in CS9 about a month ago while looking for an alternative to the Kapamilya dramas, and since then, watching them has became part of my Thursdays.

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Both are investigative shows, ala-CSI. LIE to ME uses expressions and body language to determine if the victims, suspects, and everyone involved in the crime are lying or keeping something. The Mentalist, on the other hand, as its title implies, they use mentality; the lead actor usually psyche those involved in the case. Different cases composed every week’s episode with cases closed and justice served before the 60th minute.

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The shows are fictional and mainly for entertainment purposes only, but can’t it happen in the real world. Can’t we have those kind of people on our justice system? People who really have pure intentions and courage to investigate and know the truth. No bribery, no under the table negotiations, no brainwash. Can’t we have that kind of justice system? Cases solved in a matter of days or weeks, but NOT years or NEVER.

walang himala?

UP Fighting Maroons won by 10 pts against the Ateneo Blue Eagles!!! Final score: 68-58

traveling...

The following is part of Paulo Coelho's Like the Flowing Rivers:

TRAVELLING DIFFERENTLY
Avoid museums . If you are in a foreign city, isn't it far more interesting to go in search of the present thatn the past?

Hang-out in bars. Not in discos, but in places where ordinary people go.

Be open. Go out into the street, choose the person you want to talk to, 'til you found yourself an excellent companion.

Try to travel alone or with your spouse. Traveling with a group is a way of being in a foreign country while speaking your mother tongue, doing whatever the leader of the flock tells your to do.

Don't compare. Don't compare anything - prices, standards of hygiene, quality of life, means of transport, nothing!

Understand that everyone understands you . Even if you don't speak the language, don't be afraid. Some people think that if they travel alone, they will set off down the street and lost for ever.

Don't buy too much .
Don't try to see the world in a month . It is far better to stay in the city for 4 or 5 days than to visit 5 cities in a week.

A journey is an adventure . ... wander the streets, explore alleyways, experience the freedom of looking for something - quite what you don't know, but which,if your find it, will, you can be sure, change your life.

Enjoy your trips!