The system favors the prepared and stable, rather than the ones who are at the margins. — The Philippines still maintains a very classical view of education. We conform to the narrative that after being instituted in the family, an individual steps outside to enter a larger one: education as a social institution. The family now becomes a support system for the individual, where that same person…

I have lived for quite a while now, and here is what I have observed under the sun: — Men think offering a woman some options to decide is tantamount to offering freedom, autonomy, and/or power (which are all good, if taken as a form of primacy and privilege). But they are all manly stuff: the exertion of power is inherently manly, the moment to decide is a business…

In this ‘life’ topic, we go back to the sucking topic of all: self. — What if the void or abyss that we refer to whenever we see ourselves in retrospect is actually that which we call the self? What fashions the self is deemed the self. …

We unconsciously criticize ourselves by keeping a record of our own follies in life littered here and there. — What if the reason why we love another human being is because we are ridiculously incapable of channeling this love towards ourselves? Contrary to the popular belief that one must love out of overflowing self-love where such a love must be shared with another, love is a coping mechanism of…

Thus far, we can tell, as it lurks in the background, that education is being assaulted by the margins of society. — Old-school educationists who are rather left behind or are less adaptive to globalization are more often than not stuck in the phase where education is the only voucher for gradual entrance to larger society. …

A dream is not just a dream in itself. If it were, the moment you get there, at the top of it, it all stops. The effort, the energy, the momentum: it all stops. You have to live the dream as well, right after you symbolically wear the uniform. Therefore…

Congratulations, they say. But admit it: You think they’re dumb. — We live in a society that promises us we can be whoever we want to be. Once given a chance, we make our own names, form an identity, create a branding to ourselves, and win awards, should experts deem us deserving. Of course, greater visibility in society has a validating…

That’s taken from his book, The Myth of Sisyphus. — Often, when we hear the news of someone’s passing due to “killing oneself” we ask why did he or she do it. We always pin the question down to the victim, and never to the world, in which he or she is situated in. And the question of why was…

Society is a ready-made crap necessary to hold things together. — Society is structured. First, we have the family, the very first group of (usually biologically related) individuals. Thereafter, we go to another social institution: education. After which, we have the government. Should the government fail to institute a man, he goes to religion and deal with a bunch of belief…