Isang email mula sa kabit ni Dating Pangulong Erap

Kilala ko na ng husto ang mga ganitong email na isang tingin ko palang, kaya ko na kaagad malaman kung isa siya sa mga email na nanloloko lang ng mga nakakatanggap nito - unwanted emails ba. Pakiramdam ko nga bihasa na ako sa mga ganito eh.

At kagaya rin marahil ng maraming may email address, binubura ko kaaad ang mga ito ng hindi man lang binubuksan. Sa totoo lang, bago ako magbasa ng kahit anong email, buburahin ko muna lahat ng ganung email. Nakakairita kasi na minsan, sa 35 na email ko, 10 lang dun ang may kwenta sa buhay ko at karamihan, mga email na pinapaasa lang akong marami akong email.

Pero minsan, kapag nababagot ako o sadyang nakakaengganyo ang pangalan ng 'nagpadala,' hindi ko agad binubura at, sa katunyan, binabasa ko pa nga.

At akalain mong mayroon din palang mga pagkakataong mamamangha ka sa mga ganitong email. Minsan kasi, sobrang imaginative ng pagkakagawa niya na umaabot sa puntong nakaka-aliw. Hindi pa rin nakakakumbinsi pero nakaka-aliw pa rin. Sino ba kasing tao ang may kakayahang umisip ng mga ganitong scenario para lang makagawa ng mga email na manloloko? Kaya nakakabilib eh. Yung iba kasi lantaran na lang sinasabi na: "I'll send ou 300 gazillion dollars just reply to this message with your contact info, etc."

Pero ang email na ito, gumamit pa ng kaunting history at story background para lang mas magmukhang convincing. Haha. Kakaibang talaga. Oh eto na (unedited):

From:Madam Laarni Ejarcito Enriquez. Confinement house.
Manilla, Phillipine.

WITH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE,

Dear Sir,

I am very sorry to had infringe into your privacy without permissionbut please with all humility i solicit your attention to hear me out.Iammadam Laarni Enriquez, a filippino by nationality, and a divorcee. Honestly I would like to have a long lasting relationship with you ,if possible entrusting my life time fortune into your possession,as now I am broken hearted and needs someone to trust, without remembering mypast and forsaken experiences from close confidants and family. I need someone, who would take me for whom I am and as a life timepartner, after making claims of my deposited life fortuned in Abroad.Well, from your profile, I believe in me that you ought to be a veryhonest person.

I would like to give you a brief description of my lifeautobiograph I was once the mistress of our President, Joseph Estrada,andduring his tenure in office, I was often used as a courier indepositinghis(the president) funds, in the Europe,and Africa because of myhonesty but his wife Madam Loi and her son-Jude, accused me of havingsecretaffair with the president ,this led to fabrication of all kind ofallegation against just to disrepute my honestly earned fame .

But, not quite long, I was arrested, together with his wife and son,in connection with the 27th July, 2003, failed coup for working in thehousehold of the ex-president Joseph Estrada .Althought i was latergranted bailed as there was no substantial evidence against me , now Ihave been released but under security watch within state confinementwithlimited opportunity to reach the outside world to prove my innocence. All, I want from you is to assist me make claims of some funds, I diddeposited in metallic truck box in security finance house in London,United Kingdom a remote states in British. Every other deposit havebeenconsficated and seized by the the government of Madam Gloria thePresident of republic of philippine .

But, this one is the only one theycouldnot see, as I did kept the deposit certicate and deposit agreetmentwith one of my close confidant The Amount being deposited is much about 20. Million United statesdollars,as this was the money that was supposed to be used by thePresident to acquire some properties in Europe.

All, I want from you, now is honesty and sincerity, as, as soon asthis money is claimed by you, I will look for a way out and sneaked outof Philippines and travel down to meet you in your country , theshipment cost and demurrage has being taken care I would like us to goinvestment partnership together,in investing this money in your countryandanywhere else you prefer.

I will send you my Photo, the a depositcertificate and authoritative agreetment which i am prapared to forward to youwith more hint on how to reach the security company to retrieve andrequest the shipment of the metallic box containing fund on my behalftoyour country while i join you at convenient time for joint investmentif you desire.In addition to this i promise to give you five millionunited states dollars out of the total fund for your kind assistance.

Sincerely,
Laarni.

I hated Math 5

I hated Math 5.

I really hated Math 5.

No, seriously, I really really hated Math 5.

But see, for things that make you tougher and better as a student, more so as a scholar of the government and as a student that is paid to study HARD, those things that challenge your very being to exert more than what you can and excel more on the things you’re bad at – things that push you to the limit, no matter how hate-able it can be – are the things that you’ll eventually love. Things like this, though you hate now, can propel you to breeze through other things that could have been tougher if not for the former.

Even we, INATRMED students, who are actually supposed to have a course centered on biological and medical sciences, still have three math subjects: Math 17, Math 100 and Math 101. Math 17 is the basic math while Math 101 is statistics.

And guess what, Math 100 is calculus.

I know, right? Why the hell are we studying calculus for? Do we seriously have to integrate just so we can measure the pimple of our patients? Or wait, do we have to make a graph and check its continuity just so we’d have quantitative values regarding its location on our patient’s butt?

Oh yeah, I doubted its significance. But see, the world would not fail to prove you wrong many times. We use math in Nephrology, not exactly sure kung calculus talaga pero related ata, in computing for concentration gradients, etc. See, even medicine needs math.

This brings me to my stand (this is the part of an article where the writer would actually just state its stand because he can’t find any other creative way to tell it.): Math 5 should remain as a REQUIRED subject for Pisay seniors.

Why?

One: It is undoubtedly useful. It prepares the Pisay scholars for their math subjects in college, making the scholars have a good foundation for the basic concepts.

Two: If it is removed solely because it is TOO ADVANCED for high school students, then why the hell would Pisay remain to be called the premier high school of the country? If they think something as basic as math 5 is too hard for us, then why still call us gifted? If the main reason for removing it is that it’s too advanced, thus too hard, for us, how would we be different then to the other high schools? Ganito ba kaliit ang tingin ng BOT sa kakayahan ng isang Pisay scholar?

I know it could be that they are just concerned, but the mere fact that many have survived Math 5 means that it is not beyond our capacity.

Come on, those people who got a 5.0 in Math 5 failed not because it was too hard. They failed because of external factors – whether intentional or unintentional, whether it’s their fault or not. For crying out loud, it’s just stupid – PLAIN stupid – to remove a subject just because some fail in meeting its requirements.

And I feel offended that the Math Department is even pushed to comparing our curriculum with the other science high schools. Aren’t we even supposed to have a harder curriculum compared to the other high schools of the country solely because we bear the title of being the premier high school of the country? Wouldn’t it be just right to give justice to that title by actually making sure that we are not just high school graduates after we leave Pisay, but exceptional high school graduates? I’m sure that’s what the country would want. After all, we spend tax payer’s money for our education so why not be the best as a form of respect for being scholars?

It’s just irritating that things like this, when looked upon in the wrong paradigm, can lead to actions that can actually decrease the standard of excellence that our beloved Pisay has. We should not let that be. If there’s something to fight for, judging by what I witness with quesci’s standards, excellence is something we, alumni, should protect.

Boom

I've need to be...complete. (centrum. haha.)

No really. I need reasons AND ways to love myself and appreciate myself back from the disgusting viewpoint of myself that I have right now. Okay, I'm starting to sound conceited. Sorry. It's just that to feel like this AGAIN makes me think like I've never learned anything after so many years. The last time I've felt this was way back first year high school when I was all emo and such. You know, the usual teenage angst. Now, to think that I'm already about to receive my right in watching movie rated R18, feeling this makes me puke.

Or maybe I just really wanted to write in English again, as an act of rebellion to the PI paper that I'm writing right now and can't finish because blog entries like this distract me.

Fix your life, Ryan. Finish the freakin' paper.