every second counts!

i'm not into the UAAP hype lately because:

1. UP lost to UST at the cheerdance competition. again.
2. UP isn't too big in basketball.

there's always next year and i'm still rooting for Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, of course!

but this, i like:

To realize the value of one year, ask a student who failed a grade. To realize the value of one month, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of one week, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper. To realize the value of one hour, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet. To realize the value of one minute, ask a person who just missed the train. To realize the value of one second, ask UST (University of Santo Tomas) coach Pido Arencio and the UST Tigers who lost a game to Ateneo. Treasure every moment! Don't just read, reflect on it and share.

it's from a UST friend. he just pasted it, fyi. :) so credit goes to whoever wrote it.

but really, ang galing ng ateneo. like WOWWW! my dad couldn't stop ranting about it and i saw the replay on tv last sunday. talk about divine intervention! that game shall go down in UAAP history for as long as it lives. the second that lost UST the game.

speaking of Divine Intervention, i remember there was a time in class when we were playing the usual "last one standing" recitation/game. basically, it goes like this: everyone in class stands up. professor asks questions about current events, the philippine global economy, or anything economics related. once a student answers a question, he is allowed to sit down. last one standing suffers grave consequences (deductions from the grade or special projects, i think... i'm not sure). so this classmate answered an unbelievable question about the hometown of a political figure. he was able to answer it correctly and by dumbluck, he couldn't figure out how he knew. so when the professor asked him if he really knew the answer (because he was surprised too), classmate said he didn't. but how did you know?, the professor asked. classmate smiled sheepishly, "er, by Divine Intervention?" HAHA! that really made me laugh.