Whatta Valentine's! (continued)

V-Day is Black Day

There was a sea of black students, faculty, and alumni that covered the open courts of Mapua Intramuros yesterday. Why? Well, the management announced that Mapua Institute of Technology will now just be a Department/School of Engineering and Architechture while it's wholeness will now be called Malayan University. Though this will not happen soon, this was the plan of the management as it strides for higher competency. There was no classes yesterday in both campuses (Makati/Intramuros) simply because there were no students. Though I wasn't able to unite with the happenings in Intramuros because of my valentine's day activities, I of course, as a proud alumni, wore black as a sign of protest to their decision. Our president will meet our department on thursday to discuss things out. We sure hope they retain the name and not use Malayan anymore or UP will no longer have the 'activists' repution themselves, Mapuans too. Below are important links to this event.

- President's Note on going for University Status
- Online Petition of Students and Alumni
- Philippine Star News
- Manila Standard News
- Philippine Daily Inquirer News
- Pictures

Valentine’s Tragedy

While waiting for my sister in law for our valentine’s dinner at our house, we were shocked at the news flash that there were buses exploding in EDSA. One thing that immediately came to mind was calling my brother who commutes riding a bus from his new job in Makati. Fortunately, he was already at home enjoying a family dinner (minus kuya-that’s me! who already got married). Anyway, this was really so disturbing and disappointing knowing that people do these inhumane things with innocent people at stake. More surprisingly, it is not only in Makati that this incident happened, but also in Davao and Gen. Santos, all in the same day. Here are the links to some news.

- Philippine Daily Inquirer News
- ABS CBN News

Whatta Valentine’s!