11:48 PM hi mama ber, happy birthday!God bless you always, i wish u ol d best n lyf- family, health, school career, and self. we're here for u, luv u mama ber! stay sexy as always!mwah  =D
 11:55 PM Senior citizen, Happy, happy, happy birthday! :-D
 12:12 AM Happy bday biril! Shat na! XD
 12:17 AM Yow ber! Ngw8 jd ko 12am para mkagreet ko saimo saun.:-) tsar!hehe. Happy birthday! Yaw kabalaka, dli ka pa tigulang tan.awn. Haha. ;-) ingtz. Enjoy ur day. :)
 12:18 AM MA BER! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! LOVE U! MUAH!
 12:27 AM beryl! happy beerday! haha! ate njud au ka, agay, haha! cge lang, gwapa and young pa btaw tan.awun, ehehe... u enjoy ur day! happy birthday!
 12:36 AM hi happy birthday... ü hope ur happy now.
 12:56 AM Hapy bday be! :)
 01:17 AM Mama ber! Hapihapiberday!Hahaha!Mwaaaah!
 02:02 AM Happy birthday my dear!Ü mwah.
 03:13 AM Happy birthday berber!
 06:48 AM: Hapi burtdey!ü
 07:37 AM Get up, its tym to be happy... :) happy birthday h0ney, h0pe u will fully enjoy dis day bc0z u hav d right t0 be happy... :) good morning h0n, i love you... :) happy birthday love :)
 07:42 AM Hapi bday :- )
 07:56 AM Gpanganak ka karn na adlaw! Aha ka na higdaanan nag.tugpa? Muwahahaha. Ate beryl, malipayung kaarawan. Makuha mo sana ang iyong inaasam!
 07:58 AM Heypi bday be...Mwuah! WaAaAh. 22 nka, mgulang pa dy ka sko. Hehe. Yes!..btaw oi. Wish u more lucks to come..
 07:58 AM For a very special friend lyk you... You deserve much more than a simple call.. :p Pero for nw call ra ako mbuht. Hehehe. Happy birthday beryl. Enjoy diz day.
 08:21 AM Happy bday beryl!
 08:44 AM Zum Geburtstag viel Glück, Zum Geburtstag viel Glück, Zum Geburtstag liebe Beryl, Zum Geburtstag viel Glück!!! Luv ya L. Mwah! :-X
 09:02 AM Happy birthday t0 y0u! Happy birthday t0 y0u! Happy birthday happy birthday.. Happy birthday t0o y0uu!!hehe amping mama bers! Godbles u!hehe aha man ta krn?hehe
 09:03 AM Hapi bday...... God bless....
 09:16 AM  -,happy b-day te mai i wish that u hve a succesful life in the future,. .G0d bless!!!
 09:21 AM happi bday ate beryl!haha..
 11:31 AM ate be!! hapi burtdee!ü
 11:45 AM iam hapi bday.. hehe tc owiz iam, wish u ol d hapines n lyf, haha .. mwahugz. . ü asa man ta unya?hekhek
 12:08 PM Happy beryltday bei..isa kang bayani pagkat isa kang nars na tumutulong sa sangkatauhan,kung kaya't ikaw dapt ay tularan spgkat ia kang bayani.kelangn ikw na ang mging presidente ng pilipinas.....its ol bwt d mayor tats!
 12:13 PM Beryl hapi bday! Panlibre beh hehe
 12:21 PM Badar, hapy bday!ü
 12:27 PM 09-16-09 (Wednesday) Happy birthday Mama Ber!!! :D
 01:05 PM Hapi birthday bingkay!!ü en0y d special day =)
 01:41 PM Hapi bday.! Wish u ol d best, m0r bdays 2 cum, ndg0od health.. God bless nd take care.. ehehehü
 01:54 PM HaPpy b0itd0i mama ber! Weeh! Hahaha! Btaw, Happy happy birthday! Tnx 4 bein a g0od friend.hav a w0ndrful day!hehe.;-)
 02:49 PM Badar, happy brthday! Tc alwys. L0ve yah. Mwah ;-)
 02:52 PM Happy birthday badar! Love you mwahhh tke cre!
 04:25 PM Bing happy birthday!ü
 04:54 PM BeryL! Happy birthday.ü
 05:35 PM Happy bday. Asa ang kaon? Hehehe
 05:40 PM Happy birthday ber!
 05:50 PM Happy birthday mama ber. ü - ninz
 06:24 PM Mai hapi birtdey! Sori wasn't able to grit u earlier. Was so busy here. Anyway, b hopin for u d best n b prayin for ur blessngs.
 07:40 PM te may2 .. Hapi bday .. ü
 08:00 PM bes, senxa kr0n lang q ktxt. HAPPY BIRTHDAAAYY!
 


 

In another attempt to become a responsible student, I hung out at Bo's to study for 3 quizzes that shall be given the day after. With a glass of über tasty Espresso Crumble and cool lounge music on the background ("Something" - The Beatles Chill Out), I was clearly having a grand time. It wasn't long until my peace was disrupted when my ex-boyfriends' ex-girlfriends barged to meet up with the guys on the next table.

Now I'm not the type of person who pries on other people's businesses, especially on those of little or no significance to my life.  However, I can't help but watch these girls prove just how much they lacked substance that they throw themselves at men. And they couldn't feel any shame because perhaps they deemed these guys were worth losing their senses to since the latter were semi-pro basketball players. One of these ladies especially hounded these type of men. I would know for sure because we both fell for the same guy. Too bad, she fell harder.

Her presence used to be an annoyance to me but now, I feel sorry for her. She reeked of DESPERATION. Women are often mistaken to believe that dating stars on the hard court is a huge boost in the ego. Sure, there's a sense of pride to watch female fans chase after your guy. You can access dug outs and get exclusive passes in the team's social functions while others would sell their souls for an autographed jersey from your beau. And you actually take it as a great compliment whenever someone says you're the luckiest girl on earth. But in truth, that's all there is to it: flattery and vanity. Shimmer is temporal. Off-court, they will return into the shallow and superficial blokes that they always were and wouldn't feel a tad bit of guilt for bad behavior because these girls have put them on a pedestal. How lucky is that?

I do not know why I feel very much obligated to write about this. Perhaps it's another one of my "feminist instinct override". Oftentimes, women forget about the global advocacy of women empowerment when it comes to basketball players or basically, MEN. I mean, WAKE UP. Let's make Simone de Beauvoir proud. Darlings, do not be blinded by the limelight. Do not give them the privilege to vex your heart. Don't let them get away with their cheating escapades. Don't even think that it's their duty to entertain more than one woman. Don't make silly excuses for their insensitivity. Don't think that their toned muscles can make up for their dim wit. Always look beyond the face, talent, biceps and abs. Always DIG IN. Stardom can make gods of men but it never WILL. 

In fairness to the other sex, I am quite certain (and hopeful) that there are players who are blessed with good nature and the best intentions; players who are not players. Hopefully, it won't take so much out of us to find one.

I guess, what I'm really tryna say is, I don't want others to make the same mistakes as I have.

It was late summer when I tried to rekindle my passion for football for the following reasons:

1. Unmitigated boredom.
2. I'm a fat pig and I need to lose lots and lots of pounds.
3. To get my mind off basketball.
4. Playing in the intramurals would definitely make for an unforgettable senior year.

Haven't played a single soccer game for 6 long years so I've returned to being an idiotic noob on the field. Used to play as a striker back in high school and now,  I'm a disheartened fullback defender. But I'm cool with it. With 116 lbs., playing forward is so out of my league. I understand I have to undergo more conditioning and improvement of technical skills, even the basics.

So far, so good. Every practice has never fell short of fun. And how I love the exhaustion! There's so much pride in the huge beads of sweat trickling from my head all the way to my neck. Bruises become marks of glory.

And tell ya, it's been a glorious week for me.

C. Prescribed University Uniform
     5. Enforcement
The Guard-on-duty shall exclude students from entering the campus for non-compliance of the university policy on prescribed uniform. However, students who wish to gain entry inside the campus shall be asked to leave their university ID and report to the student welfare and concerns Coordinator of the DSA for proper sanction and clearance purposes.

D. Dress Code Policy for XU students

All students must enter the campus properly groomed and neatly dressed during wash days, e.g. every Wednesday.

All female students are prohibited from wearing:
1. sleeveless shirt or blouse
2. tattered and.or patched jeans
3. short pants
4. miniskirt (more than 3 inches above the knee)
5. see-through and plunging neckline blouses
6. midrift ("heaven") blouses
7. rubber slippers

Before anything else, I'd like to clarify that I am not 100% against university rules and regulations. The chaotic world is very appreciative of the efforts of educational institutions to promote order. 

But this dress code...it just seems so askew to me.  Who are the policy-makers? Are they male or female? How did they come up with the code? Were students consulted beforehand regarding their view on the issue? Did the policy-makers bother to provide proper and concrete rationale for every prohibition stipulated in the manual?  Are we given the right to question the dress code or any policy for that matter? Moreover, do they acknowledge our rights?

I'd hate to believe that the dress code was simply created and implemented to safeguard XU's  hard-earned reputation as one of the country's premiere universities. It's disconcerting to think that to be a man/woman for others is first and foremost to dress like one. When they stated that 'students should come to school dressed and neatly groomed that befits Atenean gentlemen and ladies', didn't they actually mean for students not to come to school looking like low-life skanks and bums? PUH-LEAZE. Enough of the sugar-coatings.

If by any miracle this is raised to the administration, sure as hell the rebuttal would be a litany of their obstinate one-sided interference on the subject of DECENCY. 75 years had passed and their hands are still over their ears.

But what's most infuriating are the 'enforcers' of the policy. Yes, I'm referring to the security guard.I TRIED to enter school at around 3 pm, Saturday. I had no class but I had to enter the campus as work was piling up at CYB. From afar, I could already tell she was having a bad day. That or she's just putting up a strict front for a more authoritative look. Anyway, I was calmly reasoning with her but she just looked away and let out a  big "Ah di pwede!" And I couldn't finish my sentences 'coz she kept on shrugging and shutting me off. I approached the other guard and asked him WHY I couldn't get in when the manual states otherwise. He just snickered and said "Kami man gud kasab-an." God, I care for your job sir and I care about you but I deserve a better explanation.

Manong, will you explain to me how a number of girls in skimpier shorts and slippers are roaming inside as we speak? Will you please tell me why a girl in a green halter mini-dress is swaggering inside the campus? And don't tell me those are graduates because some of them are in fact classmates of mine. And even if they were, does this imply that only undergrads are obligated to 'look decent'? If this is about reputation, do you think observant guests are able to distinguish a graduate from a current enrollee? Should we then reassure them that those in a not-so-conservative attire are already degree-holders so they're basically off the hook? And what about faculty and personnel? Why should they be excluded from observing the policy when they supposedly serve as models to students? What are the specific qualifications to be a licensed dresscode violator?

Have some consistency naman. Equity is too rare a commodity in the real world. But in the confines of a school, it should be served aptly.

And oh, may I remind you that:

     - regardless of what model or design, all Havaianas flip-flops are basically rubber slippers.
     - skirts that are actually 3 inches or less above the knee look shorter in ladies who stand 5"4' than those who are barely 5 ft. in height.
     - wealthy (looking) visitors should undergo the same tedious baggage inspection as those in the lower class.

O.A. na kung O.A. I could be overreacting. I could be crying over spilled milk. But to be denied entry TO and BY your school is to be denied sanctuary. And honestly, it's one of the worst feelings in the world.

Realizing that they're not worth having a bitch fit, I moved on and went to the Earth Jam concert at the SM parking lot. At least people there still believed in DEMOCRACY.

Bill Gates organized an enormous session to recruit a new chairman for Microsoft Europe.
5000 candidates assembled in a large room.
One candidate was MARIO DIMAYUGA.
Bill Gates: "Thank you for coming. We'll do this by process of elimination to speed up the process. Those who do not know JAVA may leave."
2,000 people left the room.
MARIO said to himself, "Naku! I do not know JAVA but I have  nothing to lose if I stay. I'll give it a try."
Bill Gates: "Candidates with no experience managing more than 1000 employees may leave."
2000 people left the room.
Mario said to  himself, "Lagot! I never managed anybody but myself but I'm staying. What could happen to me?"
Bill Gates: "Candidates without management diplomas may leave."
500 people left the room.
Mario said to himself, "Asus! I never even graduated, but what have I got to lose?" 
So he stayed.
Lastly, Bill Gates asked candidates who did not speak Serbo-Croat to leave.
498 people left the room.
Mario says to himself,  "Patay! Ano yon??? But I've gotten this far, I have to stay on."
So he stayed and found himself standing with only one other candidate in the room. Everyone else had eliminated themselves.
Bill Gates joined both candidates and said: "Apparently you two are the only candidates with terrific management skills speaking Serbo-Croat, so I'd now like to hear you converse in that language."
Calmly, Mario turned to the other candidate and said, "Kumusta ka, pare ko"
Without batting an eyelash, the other candidate replied, "Mabuti naman. Ikaw?