Tennis, UST and other things
A big congratulations to Rafael Nadal for winning the 2006 French Open. It was a very good match against Roger Federer but the Spanish sensation proved that he is indeed, the King of Clay. After being down 6 to 1 on the first set, Raf won 3 consecutive sets with 6-1, 6-4 and 7-6. His last shot was his signature, baseline shot.
Raf Nadal, the 20 year old Spanish Sensation (He turned 20 during the tournament.)
I'm really proud of my Alma Mater. The Philippine Daily Inquirer has published two articles about people from UST, whom I personally know, for their efforts and contribution to the educational process. One is about the English language and the way it is taught in schools, sometimes erroneously. She has been into correcting the mistakes specially in pronunciation by writing books and producing CDs to help teacher say the words properly. Another article is about the efforts of the University in teaching Aeta adults the basics of survival through Distance Learning.
When I read the articles, I can't help but be proud of my school and feel a bit sad because I will no longer be able to help at these efforts. I'm proud to say that we did a lot of community development efforts and somehow we benefitted from the wisdom of Ms. Bangaoil in terms of correcting the glitches in the way English is taught.
I envy those people who will be going back to school this June 13. School days are over for me.
Maria Francia
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name is Ma. Francia Camacho Rosero.
Libran (go figure where her birth date falls) in the year 1985. Sees
herself as a leader,
she never avoid situations
where she can learn and improve. She
has a knack for reading and really likes her skin color
(hence, the inspiration for the picture) because it
makes her truly Filipino. She loves to sing while doing the dishes and dance
while cleaning. She loves to watch movies and laugh with Vic and Jose. She digs
Disney movies and still loves Lindsay Lohan although she metamorphosed to
something undistinguishable. She has great and big dreams
both for herself and family but find those dreams really selfish, since she
hasn't figured out yet what she can for her country. She would love to work for
humanity. But for the mean time she's just working on familiarizing herself with
every word in the dictionary. A destructive perfectionist, she loves to ask how
things work and likes to know why things works this way and not that way. She is
fascinated by the Arab Culture, Mafia and organized crimes and she really likes
History. She loves watching the news and listening to speeches. She likes
watching sports although she doesn't really know how to play them and one habit
she has been trying to overcome is stalking actors and actresses. She is a frustrated athlete.
And she's serious about her spirituality. 
