Philippine Collegian Issue 3-4

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1 in 3 Diliman UPCAT passers does not enrol in UP — Page 3 Dreamscape

Philippine Collegian Opisyal na lingguhang pahayagan ng mga mag-aaral ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas - Diliman 5 Hulyo 2011 Taon 89, Blg. 3 - 4

No right turn

Terminal Cases Delfin Mercado

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Aquino’s detour from the ‘tuwid na daan’

he incessant rain eradicated all chances for an evening run around the Academic Oval. With an oversized umbrella in hand, I trudged along the muddy path to the jeepney stop. I intentionally slowed down my pace, glancing back with each step, half-wishing to see you walking behind me. Coming home, I found the front door of the apartment ajar. I was surprised when you came out, but pleased when you pressed your lips into mine. I inhaled your Marlboro menthol-breath. Moments later, I was tracing every crevice in your body with relish. The skies rumbled and woke me from my ecstasy. It was a dream. I turned over in bed, willing myself back to sleep and back to you. The sweet alto of your voice startled me. “Hello,” you said, from your side of the bed. You lay there, with only the sheets on. I looked into your eyes and recognized that familiar gaze, the one you always gave me when you wanted me to run after you, back in the beaches of our childhood. A clap of thunder echoed through the room. I blinked. When I opened my eyes, you were gone. A dream within a dream. Nowadays, we only meet in dreams. We meet in my dreams, where I am most powerful. I can imagine you in any way I want, and draw up scenarios that will never be possible when I am awake. Yet, no matter how perfect the dreams are, I dread dreaming of you. Asleep, my own creations can betray me: my dreams of you are too vivid to forget, too beautiful to be forgotten for me to want to wake from them. And worse, they keep me from wanting the real thing. It has been a week now since I last saw you walking around the Academic Oval. You were with friends you met in college—friends of yours who are no longer friends of mine. You smiled and waved when you saw me, then I ran towards you, thinking of how soft your— A dream within a dream. I don’t even have to sleep to dream. ●

Mila Polinar Tuwid na daan. This was the path, one year ago, that Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III vowed to tread as the 15th President of the Philippines. In his inauguration speech, he said he would part ways with his predecessor, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, whose crooked governance served as the framework for numerous cases of corruption, incompetence, and human rights violations. Aquino announced that his administration would lay its own foundations, sweeping away the vestiges of the previous term.

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Disappearing justice Editoryal Pahina 2

Pagpapatuloy ng karahasan sa ilalim ni Aquino Lathalain Pahina 7


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