Takeaway #2

It's been months since I got back here. Welcome back! And finally I will post more constantly, as I bade my University farewell. I had my first Takeaway last February, and there I stated how Takeaway goes, so check it out.

This is a special edition of Takeaway, in light of last Monday's graduation. Enjoy. And congrats, 4CA3, you will all be missed! And congrats to all the graduates out there, including the large number of graduates from the Faculty of Arts and Letters!

💻 FEED

Graduation: The Flame's Vox Populi

My classmate was asked by our Faculty's student publication about the challenge she faced for the past four years. Her answer is very heartwarming.

Post-graduation: For Every College Senior: A Goodbye To The Soulmates You Found Over The Last Four Years by Kim Quindlen

"But soon you’ll all be taken away from me. Not in an angry, harrowing way. Just in a this is life kind of way. You’re all going to be pulled in directions different from my own, because we’re all trying to dip our toes into adulthood, real adulthood, and this separation is part of it. "

Commuter Stories:

Mark Capulong's story as a commuter from Laguna to UST and back (like yours truly)

His story is worth reading and worth sharing. I feel so much for him as a fellow commuter from the same province (albeit a different city)

"All students who commute from their respective provinces always find the fun and thrill in Manila. But then again, the probinsya suburban life is for me."

Another story by a classmate from high school, who also studied in UST. Also a fellow commuter from Santa Rosa, Laguna.

"[A] big part of me will always be left speeding on by in the bus, in the jeep, tricycle, lrt, uv, or pnr, and I wouldn't trade that experience for a few more hours of comfort I would have exprienced in a dorm room."

📄 PRESS

UAAP Volleyball: Shaya’s hard good-bye by Rick Olivares (BusinessMirror)

"Shaya [Adorador] bit her lip. The memories are still raw and fresh. Now she fought back the tears. “If there is anything I learned from all these years—puro talo man o meron mga haters and bashers—kailangan pa rin bumangon. Bukas ay bagong araw at laban lang.”"

UAAP Volleyball: The MVP in Jaja’s Heart by Kristina Villanueva (The Philippine Star)

"“When they say Jaja Santiago, probably what they would recall is my height,” said Santiago in jest. “But what I would want to leave in the UAAP is the goodness I have shown to people, how I was able to help them as a person and how I was able to inspire them. The awards will be gone, but it is how you are to others that will be remembered.”"

Senator Angara: Edgardo J. Angara, man of destiny by Wilson Lee Flores (The Philippine Star)

"The sudden demise of former Senate President Edgardo Javier Angara is a great loss to the Philippines, because he is one of the most hardworking and intellectually brilliant politicians whose numerous laws, projects and ideas have immeasurably benefitted us and helped lay the strong bedrock of our now fast-growing economy."

Productivity: 7 Traits of Super-Productive People by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman (Harvard Business Review/BusinessMirror)

"The most productive people might seem to get it all done through magic — or cutting corners — but as it turns out, extreme productivity is just a set of skills."

Duterte's Kitchen: For God and man – Chef Vic by Calvin D. Cordova (Sunday Bulletin)

“The President doesn’t even know me. But for me, I am not serving him. I am serving God so I will continue this program to serve God and the people,” Chef Vic assured.

▶ VIDEOS

The final scene of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which makes me want to download and watch the show.

I recently got into following Pewdiepie on YouTube. His content is, for me, uniquely funny and entertaining.



Tim Challies gives a great insight about personal devotion, which he calls as "getting a great big Jesus hug". What does that really mean? Go check this out!



CongTV elevates his content with this funny skit! Friends is (slightly) shaking...

🎧 MUSIC

Nobody Greater - VaShawn Mitchell

What Planet Are You From? - Momoland

Love Sick - Momoland

Stay - Blackpink

If You Leave Me Now - Charlie Puth

Sleep Tight, Good Night - Twice

⏩ QUOTED

"This is my last broadcast as the anchorman of The CBS Evening News; for me, it's a moment for which I long have planned, but which, nevertheless, comes with some sadness..."—Walter Cronkite, legendary anchor of CBS Evening News in his last newscast

"I think it's not as important that NBC took this program off the air as it is that NBC put this program on the air. That was something. We go smiling...This is the three-hundred-sixty-seventh edition of Overnight; there are no more.  And so it goes. [head on palm]"—Linda Ellerbee, anchor of NBC News Overnight in their last broadcast (December 3, 1983)

(at 1:15 of video)

"It's not goodbye, son. See you later."—John Q, John Q (2002)