UP ISSI: Food Bazaar and Enterprise Exhibit

UP Institute for Small-Scale Industries (UP ISSI) invites us to come to Promoting Food Industry Competitiveness Training (PRO-FIT) Program which started on August 5 until the 31st. 

It's true; they're delicious and affordable. :)
This is located at ISSI's 2nd floor.
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If you're a UP student and you want something new for your lunch (like me), this is the place to go.

I ate there twice already because of a particular stall: Wyett's Bakery. 

This is Wyett's glorious bicho-bicho for only 7 php!

I tried their pizza (for only 15 php!) and bicho-bicho, and not only were they delectable, they were also soooo soft. Sulit na sulit na sulit.
I hope they would have a permanent place in UP. :)

I also bought Jenric's polvoron for pasalubong. :)

Jenric's cookies and cream flavored polvoron.

12 pieces for just 50 php! Available in malunggay flavor too.

I also bought some stuff from other participating enterprises some time outside the bazaar dates:

Hillfarm salads for 75 php each.

Leathery pouch for 150 php. 

So if you are looking for something different for lunch, UP ISSI is the way to go.

*I hope they extend their bazaar dates. :) See you there~!

Mga utos (pwede ring pakiusap) sa mga sumasakay sa jeep

1. Hwag umupo malapit sa driver kung ayaw mong mag-abot ng bayad ng iba.
2. Hwag magpaabot ng bayad kung halata namang walang malapit sa driver. Lalo na kung dalawa lang kayo.
Kapag nakaupo sa malapit sa babaan, magpaabot ng bayad kung may malapit na sa driver.  Kapal fez lang?
3. Hwag bumukaka. Ayon sa aking pagtatanong-tanong, wala naman daw naiipit.
4. Ipusod o hawakan ang mahabang buhok, lalo na kung mahangin at siksikan.
5. Kung bawal sa inyong bayan ang manigarilyo sa loob ng jeep, hwag manigarilyo.
6. Itapon ang basura sa basurahan. Note: Hindi basurahan ang buong jeep, o ang kalsada. Kung walang basurahan sa loob ng jeep (na madalang naman kasi inutusan na sila na magkaroon nito), ibulsa ang basura. Mahiya kayo sa naglilinis ng ikakalat niyo.
7. Umusod nang hanggang sa makakaya. Tandaang lahat ay nagbayad at hindi lang ikaw ang may karapatang umupo nang maayos.
8. Ayos lamang na mag-usap sa loob ng jeep ngunit makiramdam sa mga katabi kung hindi sila naaabala.
9. Maghanda ng barya na pambayad. Maniwala sa paskil na 'Barya lamang po sa umaga'.
10. Hwag tumitig sa mga katabing (o katapat) hindi kakilala. Nakakaconscious, ikaw kaya.
*Gist: Bawal maging makasarili kapag sasakay sa jeep. Walang mas may karapatan sa pagiging komportable sa jeep, walang kasa-kasarian o pinipiling edad dito.
*Note: In no particular order. Not official. Based from personal experiences, only. Dedicated sa matandang may bakit-ko-iaabot-yan?!-matanda-kaya-ako! fez noong hindi niya inabot ang bayad ng nagpaabot sa akin. 

On why we have to study 'Life and Works of Jose Rizal'

It's not the first time that I heard it; actually, most of the college students complain about taking history and Rizal courses. They question the use of these subjects on the career that they will be pursuing after graduation, how their money is wasted on those units, and how their time is consumed just to earn good grades for the subjects. 

Truth be told, I felt just the same when I was in high school. We were made to report or dramatize Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo per chapter, and every five chapters, there would be an exam covering names, places and dates from those sections. Their importance were not explained deeply, and they were forgotten when exams were over. 

But college came and I took a different perspective because of one thing: my Rizal professor told us that they teach those courses because it's a law. The Republic Act No. 1425, An Act to Include in the Curricula of All Public and Private Schools, Colleges and Universities Courses On the Life, Works and Writings of Jose Rizal, Particularly His Novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, Authorizing the Printing and Distribution Thereof, and for Other Purposes, commonly known as the Rizal Law, mandates all educational institutions in the Philippines to offer courses about Jose Rizal. 

But he didn't stop there. He told us how stupid we are not to want to know history, and it's evident on the way we respond to the what is happening in the Philippines. If we are learned in history, we will not still be in the society that Rizal drew in Noli and El Fili, but alas, most of their chapters are reflections of the present Philippines still. From the falsehood of the Filipino Catholic church as 'church for the poor', to usurping of lands from the indios, to mockery of too-Filipino-looking people (pango, kayumanggi, maliit). 

Padre Salvi and Sisa's family story is parallel to Bishop Teodoro Bacani and his sex scandals, Tandang Selo's family story is parallel to Hacienda Luisita's farmers' never-ending battle (I hope not) with the Aquino-Cojuangco clan, and powdered Dona Victorina is parallel to every out-of-stock condition of whitening products in the Philippine market. 

If only these were taught to every Filipino since high school, no one would dare ask again of its relevance.

In the end, nothing's changed because we don't know the value and meaning of the things that are required for us to learn.