Another Coup?

(3rd UPDATE) Trillanes, Lim call for Arroyo's ouster

A group of soldiers facing charges for a 2003 coup plot called for President Arroyo's removal Thursday after walking out of a court hearing at the Makati City Hall.

Sen. Antonio Trillanes and Army Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim marched out of a Makati courtroom and joined civilians and uniformed military personnel armed with M-16 and M-14 rifles. The soldiers, some of whom were carrying Magdalo flags, marched along Makati Avenue and entered the Manila Peninsula Hotel.

More from ABS-CBN website.

I may not like GMA and I am for her ouster, but I do not like soldiers plotting coup as a solution to the problem.

Saturday Film Class

Due to request from the Division, I have a Saturday class for Film Appreciation 4PM-7PM, F513G. Although this course will be for the graduate students, there are some undergrads and faculty who request to attend my class.

My class will be open for "sit-in" students as long as they ask permission from the Mass Comm Deparment or Humanities Division first, or inform me ahead of time. I can only accommodate 30 students.

Congress Blast

I was shocked when my wife told me about the blast in the Batasan Pambansa after 9PM. Gene Arcena, the manager of MTS, tried several calls to my cellphone which I left in the office before I went to my film class. When I finally got hold of him, he informed me also about the news.

I was a bit worried because Rep. Luzviminda Calolot-Ilagan of Gabriela was injured in the blast. Her driver was killed instantly, according to confirmed messages I received from close friends. I knew Ma'am Luz for almost 15 years, she was the President of the College Faculty Club when I was elected as Secretary-General of the club way back 1995. She and her human rights lawyer were my consultants when I was the President of the College Faculty Club in 1999 onwards.

When I got married, she was one of our primary sponsors. She gave a speech in the reception, ending with a Hindu prayer (I still have these on tapes - Thanks to Manong E and Devi). My prayers for Ma'am Luz's fast recovery .... and I pray for the peaceful rest of those who died in and after the blast.

Pilipinas, where are we heading?

Salutation to the Dawn

Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life,
In its brief course
Lie all the verities and realities of your existence:
The bliss of growth
The glory of action
The splendor of beauty,
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow only a vision,
But today well lived makes every yesterday
a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day!
Such is the salutation of the dawn.

by Kalidasa, Indian Dramatist

Forgiving

“Forgiving does not erase the bitter past.

A healed memory is not a deleted memory.

Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember.

We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.”

(LB Smeldes)

DavMUG Meeting

Davao Mac Users Group Meeting

All Mac Users in Davao City are invited for the November 2007 Meeting
of DavMUG at the Spro Coffee Shop
10 November 2007, 7:30 PM

Bong S. Eliab
DavMUG President

See locator map below for your information:

LECTURE OF PROF MUNDELL IN DAVAO CANCELLED

LECTURE OF PROF MUNDELL IN DAVAO CANCELLED



I regret to inform all concerned that, due to unavoidable difficulties,
the visit and lecture of Professor Robert Alexander Mundell,
1999 Nobel Laureate for Economics,
at Ateneo de Davao University on
Friday, 16 November 2007,
have been cancelled.

For your information and guidance.