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Entries for September, 2007
September 3, 2007
Wanna see my pets?
Posted at 04:51 PM
First off, has anybody noticed the new tabulas homepage? I was like "whoah" when I first saw it.. haha it seems that after getting used to a homepage, it takes some adjustements before one gets used to another.. haha oh well...
Anyway, I got home early today, since my class ended at 10:30. My philo prof is sick and was admitted to Medical City last night. I do hope he gets well soon. Anyway, I was home by 12:00 noon just in time to eat lunch. So from 12:30 to 4:30, what did I do? haha nothing. I just walked around the house, cleaned some stuff, fed my fish and watched TV. haha I was acting as if I dont have requirements to do. *sigh* time management really isn't one of my strong points. Ay, i did "accomplish" another thing pala, i was able to recover pictures of my three pets from the old-and-dilapidated desktop computer of mine. haha
As you all know, I have several pets. A cat - Mitten, who has been with me ever since I started high school, and two dogs, one almost two years old - Goblet (a.k.a Gobby) and another one that's barely a year old - Cielo. I also have a pond with fishes and an aquarium with, yes you've guessed it right, more fishes. haha Since fish are generally boring when in pictures, i'll just post pictures of my three "mammal" pets. haha Enjoy!
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September 4, 2007
Lost and Found!
Posted at 08:59 PM
Anyway, today started out pretty much like any Tuesday - woke up at 6:00 to get to school just minutes before my International Economics class begins. And then there was the usual Economics 177 which resembles a "Study Period" environment - quite like the S.S.P (Student Study Period) Ateneans have in High School. And then there was the trip from Bel (Eco 177) to CTC (LS 126.) Before getting to CTC, students have to pass through the guards. Well, I was walking with my friends and one friend of mine (i'm not naming names, but she's chinese. wahaha) was apprehended by the guard because she was not wearing her I.D. properly. So after some pleading and my involvement (a.k.a pakikialam haha), she got off with a warning and we thanked the guard and proceeded to our classroom. Then, we had LS and then after, there was the usual Theo blur of a lecture. I dont know why but my head hurts everytime Theo ends. hmmm, info overload siguro. haha
Anyway, I directly went to the bench to meet up with Mandy. Once she arrived, we went to the lib first before going anywhere else kasi i had to return this book i borrowed for pol sci. So anyway, i was about to enter the lib when I realized na wala na yung ID ko. If atenean ka, you would know how much of a hassle it is kung wala kang ID - you are completely shut off from the facilities of the ADMU (lib, RSF, reserve section etc.) plus you have to play cops and robbers with the guards so that you won't have to do mandatory work. Not to mention the fine you have to pay to have another one made (f*ckin 300 pesos) plus the hassle of preparing an affadavit of loss. So anyway, all these were going throug my mind.
So , i retraced my steps, from the lib, back to faura, back to the regcom bench. And then, I approached the same guard I was talking about kanina, the one who apprehended my chinese friend. I asked him if he saw any lost I.D in the vicinity. But no! He didn't care. All he wanted was for me to sign that piece of paper of his saying that I violated the ID rule. I told him that I was looking for it, and that was why I wasn't wearing it. It was as simple as that. Jusko, kung nasa akin yun, bakit ko naman hindi susuotin di ba? But then, he didn't want to hear it. He was saying that his instructions were simple, that he would just have to record people who violated the i.d. wearing rule. By then, my temper was rising. Why did he have to follow blindly!? This already happened to me before and the guard that time even helped me find my lost I.D. But this time around, he was so eager to have me write down my name. I kept on explaining. And he kept on resisting.
And then it happened, my temper was rising and I was feeling anger in my voice. I know it should have scared the guard ( i think it did, basing from the please-don't-hurt-me look in his face), but it scared me more. If there is one thing I'm good it, its containing my anger. Anger in this case is not the same as irritation. haha I may not be good in containing my irritation, but i can contain my anger well. But this was and i mean, his was genuine-p*tang*namo-anger. Trust me, this doesn't happen a lot. I can't even remember this happening, ever. I have been angry in the past, but not to this extent. I was already frustrated that I lost my I.D and I was already panicking tapos he wont even listen... shet. It was like I was already down on the floor and he still kept on kicking. haha It was scary. I was fuming, and trust me, that was something nobody wants to see. Not even me. haha
So, I went to the ADSA and DSWS but It wasnt there. I wanted to go back to the classroom for theo to check if i left it there, pero there was a class so I couldn't go in. So i hesitantly left ateneo determined to go back the next day and see if anyone has surrendered my I.D.Anyway, fast track to when I arrived sa house. It was around 6:30 pm when I arrived sa house tapos I recieved a text from an unknown number. When I opened it, it was from Anne, a friend of a friend of mine who says that she found my ID! OMG, I was soooo relieved. haha Buti na lang.
Well, medyo mababaw di ba? I.D. lang naman yun! bakit naman ganon kagrabe ang reaction ko.. well, if you're not an atenean, then I wouldn't expect you to understand. Pero if you're an atenean and still feel that I overreacted, then clearly you have had no prior experience of losing your I.D. and never underwent the tedious process of getting a new one. Enough said, I'm just glad that I have it back.
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September 9, 2007
Flashback: Marketing
Posted at 10:55 AM
This post is somewhat biased. If you are easily offended by possible discrimination against other schools, then stop at this point. You have been warned. But if you take pleasure with it, then by all means, go ahead. haha
I went to this marketing seminar/contest yesterday. There were a lot of Ateneans there, and even more interns from Unilever so it was like a mini-reunion for us student-interns since we come from different schools and we hardly see each other. What was amazing was that ang daming students from other schools, I mean, the other schools. haha weird nga eh. Pero ika nga ng friend ko, mahahalata mo yung galing ADMU, yung galing La Salle, yung galing UP and you'd know pag galing ibang school. haha Hindi ako ang nagsabi niya ah. haha natawa lang ako sa comment.
So, as I introduced myself yesterday to my case study groupmates, I realized one thing: What the hell am I doing here? haha There were a lot of people there who came from various schools AND specialized in Marketing, with courses like Marketing Management and even a double major of Marketing and Economics. But me? I only have three (3) f*ckin units to show for Marketing and I took that course over a year ago which pretty much means I hardly remember anything. haha
So we started with the case study. The case study was about St. Francis Square. haha Who the hell goes to St. Francis Square!? haha But still, we had to work with what we had. I think we did good, but I don't think we did better than the rest, especially since our panelist was particularly demanding. As usual, I was silent for the first few minutes. I don't really make "friends" that quick, but then I realized that I had to, especially since there were judges who were looking and listening at us while we were discussing. haha In fairness, nagstep up yung mga kagroup ko na UA & P. But then I realized, screw 3 units of marketing, i have other subjects that are twice as impressive.. what about Economics? What about LS? What about Opman? I am an Atenean. haha Dominate! haha So, I started integrating other subjects to our presentation. So, our group presentation ended up having more LS elements like first-mover advantage, and less marketing. haha
Plus, there was this talk from Mansmith, about People Skills. I loved it. OR rather, I loved the speaker - her name was Chiqui. haha O di ba!? Sa name pa lang, naaliw na ako. I loved her hair. I loved the way she spoke. And she was great at public speaking. Pero dapat lang. Because thats what she does for a living. It was like a seminar on how to deal with people that you have to deal with but you personally dislike. hmmm haha ang dami kong natutunan. I think, that seminar, above all that happened yesterday, was what made my sacrifice of my whole saturday, worth it.
The food all in all was good. It was all chowking. Siopao in the morning. Chao Fan for lunch. And a half-filled box of pancit for afternoon merienda. But it was in no way comparable to Unilever food. haha Unilever food is like "the next level" in free food. I mean, I used to look forward to fridays just for the food and the activities that they prepared for Student Interns. Hahay, I miss those days. 
So what did I learn yesterday? After reminiscing and being painfully reminded of the marketing terms that I have already forgotten, it seems that the most important lesson yesterday - marketing-wise at least, was that it pays to have proper positioning. Having a crappy product positioning means confusion in possible consumers. Sh*t. Proper Positioning. I can't stress that enough.
It just made me remember why marketing in itself is probably not for me. This makes me want to look for other options - probably finance or banking. haha Its damn easier. Plus, Ateneans are at a great disadvantage when it comes to other schools in terms of knowledge and specialization. Pero, ika nga ni ma'am chiqui, success is only 10% what you know and 90% is luck, what you do and how you handle your personal relationships. Truly, we learn new things everyday.
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September 17, 2007
ACET 2008
Posted at 07:32 PM
Just a quick post before I go back to my acads. Well, the semester is about to end, in roughly three weeks. Honestly, I can't wait! I just can't wait to stop working, to just have the time to relax and sleep until my head hurts. haha I know everyone complains about this, and I can't blame them, sometimes the demands of academic life is just so damn ... for the lack of a better word, demanding. haha
I just feel that for the longest time, I haven't rested. If I'm not mistaken, it has been almost been two years since I last swam in a swimming pool. Two f*ckin' years! After the last school year (2006-2007), I immediately started working for Unilever, then after that there was Regcom and then immediately after that is the current semester. To tell you the truth, I have never been so tired in my life. Its like everything has been one very very very very very loooooooong day and I just can't wait to rest, even for just a short time before I go back to working again. hahay
And the past week was pretty much eventless - the so-called calm before the storm. Now, the storm is here - and its a big one.. haha ang dami dami dami daming requirements and I just don't know kung paano ko magagawa lahat yun! pero anyway, why the hell am I complaining... I do this every semester and yet I end up doing them anyway. haha
Also, last Saturday, I was an ACET Proctor! OMG, I almost forgot to write that here. haha Rissa, Kamille and I signed up sa OAA office to be a proctor and we passed their so-called screening so there. We were assigned the AM and PM shift last Saturday. The call time: 5:45 am.. o di ba!? it is even 15 minutes earlier than Regcom. So anyway, I woke up at 5:00, dressed up (kasi semi-formal yung attire) and then went to Ateneo. I arrived there at 5:40 and it was raining so I took a cab. When I arrived sa High School, ang dami nang tao. To tell you the truth, I kinda saw myself in those early birds - i distinctly remember myself arriving sa grade school for my ACET at 5:30 am since I was scheduled to take it in the morning. O di ba, atat!So anyway, there were loads of counting involved. Pero, regcom prepared me for that naman eh. For Regcom people there, it was just business as usual. My assigned examiner was Tonette, who incidentally is a graduate of the Ateneo, LM if I could remember correctly. She's taking up law din pala. Sobrang kalog niya. haha So ayun, we just administered the test to two batches. It was fun at times and Tonette was the disciplinarian.. and I just kept my mouth shut. haha I just assisted those who had questions. Plus they kept calling me "sir" haha... I just love the authority (I am so power hungry ^_^  .. haha this is really making me want to teach even more!
To be honest, sa tingin pa lang, parang alam ko na kung sino yung galing Ateneo High School - they're the ones who look and feel comfortable. And the chinese would either come from Xavier, ICA, Grace or Jubillee. They're the ones who have the drive, as in mafefeel mo yung intensity. There are those who feel that they have something to prove. And there are those who are just here and there.. wala lang, no comment ako. But no, ang kanilang mga first choice, puro BS Chem CE.. haha o di ba!? There was even this girl from a school called: School of Tomorrow! haha Tonette and I laughed so hard about this that I think a lot of people were distracted. wahahaha haha SO ayun, I just realized that some people really are test takers... especially those who know how to manage their time. It was boring at times, especially during the Math and English parts which were the longest. So Tonette and I tried to answer some questions. haha But it was more difficult than I could remember. There was even an algebra word problem that I couldn't solve. I asked Tonette to help me, pero di pa rin kinaya ng powers namin! wahaaha Feel ko talaga, if I take the ACET again, baka mamaya di ako pumasa this time around. waahahaha
So ayun, being in my High School made me realize that there are just some places where I feel so comfortable. I just do. I spent several of my happiest years there. And they all just keep on coming back everytime I go back there. But it just makes me feel so old, especially since they did a lot, and i mean a lot of renovations. Plus, this is the fourth ACET after my own batch - if that doesn't make me feel old, I dont think anything else will.
Anyway, got to go back to work!
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September 21, 2007
Animo Ateneo!
Posted at 07:29 PM
This was something that was forwarded to me a few days ago. It really grabbed my attention - especially since i am a very very very big Harry Potter fan. and I thought to myself, "this has got to be posted in my blog." - so with that, tada! here it is....
This was written by Miguel Antonio Lizada and was taken from www.animoateneo. com
This started as three separate entries in my blog I must be honest and say that this was nothing but a mere product of boredom. I wrote this after re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and after asking myself "What would Ateneo be like if it was attacked by Voldemort and his dark creatures".
Friends who read my blog forwarded this to their friends who in turn forwarded it to their friends. At the request of my colleagues here in AnimoAteneo. com and people who have enjoyed this, I have edited and polished this story as well as added a few new elements to it.
Just a few pre-reading reminders:
This, in essence is a parody of Ateneo life. Yes, there are of course anti-school and UAAP-based jokes here and there but this mainly satirizes Ateneo life - the people, the language, the culture etc.
This is also a parody of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Its ending resembles the ending of the Harry Potter book. So if you have not yet read the book and you do not wish to be spoiled, I must warn you to read at your own risk.
My thanks to those who have enjoyed what-used-to- be-just-a- time-filler and to those who contributed several suggestions.
Chapter One: Before the Storm
Fr. Bienvenido Nebres SJ was just finishing the day's work when Harry Potter, a senior of the Ateneo de Manila, burst into his office.
"Fr Nebres!" Harry shouted
"Harry!" a surprised Nebres said. "I thought you were out of school destroying the horcruxes to kill Lord Voldemort."
"That's what I wanted to tell you. I discovered that there are two horcruxes here in Ateneo itself. Voldemort has enlisted the help of the De La Salle University and the University of Santo Tomas. They are coming."
"Don't worry, Harry." Nebres said "You know for a fact that Ateneo -- its teachers and students -- are more than capable of defending our Loyola campus. We will hold them off while you search for the horcruxes and destroy them. You will need this." He waved of his wand and out of the air appeared a sword. "The sword of St. Ignatius." Nebres said. "Powerful enough to destroy the two horcruxes."
"Thank you, Father" Harry said. And with that, he sped off to find the last two things which protect Lord Voldemort.
Nebres then waved his wand once more and this time, four people appeared in his office. "Marlu, Rudy, Toby and Joey. The school is in danger"
Nebres then explained the situation to the four Deans of the Ateneo de Manila University.
"I want you to assemble all remaining students in the college covered courts. We must evacuate the freshmen through Marikina. The sophomore, junior and senior students may stay and fight if they want to. Next, I need you to assemble all the teachers, both part time and full time."
Without a word, the four deans Disapparated and went on with their tasks. Nebres too Disapparated back to the Jesuit Residence and briefed the Society about the impending attack.
Fr. Adolfo Dacanay was the assigned to lead the Jesuits to battle "My team is ready to fight anytime anywhere. We will crush them!"
"Excellent." Nebres said
After a few minutes, Nebres, the four Deans and some members of the faculty and administration gathered in Xavier Hall to discuss the battle plan.
"The School of Humanities can summon mythical creatures to help defend us." Marlu Vilches said "The English Department professors are summoning creatures from Dante's Inferno and Greek Mythology as we speak. The Filipino Department is summoning all the manananggals and white ladies from the haunted trees on campus.
"The Philosophy Department" interjected Fr. Ferriols "is summoning creatures from Meron pond right now. Those rascals will soon feel the wrath of Meron! Magiging WALA silang lahat! Konsepto lamang yan sila!"
"Now is the time to test the newest chemicals and inventions from our SEC laboratories. " Toby Dayrit said, "The Department of Environmental Science professors are enchanting the trees to life right now. We will purge them with the help of Mother Nature."
"I have just received a call from MVP" Rudy Ang said "Reinforcements from Makati are coming soon."
"My apples and sunshine are ready to fight as well" Tim Gabuna said. "Go CERSA!"
"I have just finished briefing my school. The Department of History is ready to fight. The Western history professors led by Dave Lozada and JoEd Tirol are summoning the three hundred Spartans and soldiers from the World War II to fight. Fr Bulatao and the Department of Psychology are locked inside the SocSci Conference room right now. They will use their psychic powers to toy with our enemy's mind."
"I have roused the athletes also." Norman Black beside Ricky Palou said "They are ready to put up One Big Fight with their super strength."
A voice interrupted them. "I KNOW YOU ARE PREPARING TO FIGHT! You are no match for us! I have allied myself with the La Salle brothers and the Dominicans of UST. You cannot win against me, Jesuits. Push the limit! Animo Spirit! Give us Harry Potter and the sword of St. Ignatius and we will let you live! We will even let you win some of the games."
Chapter Two: More Help
The Ateneans ignored the warning and instead began to prepare for the impending battle. A few minutes later, the voice shouted for a second time:
"I can see you are not listening! It is such a pity. What happened to your Prayer for Generosity? Give me Harry Potter and the Sword of St Ignatius. Give without counting the cost, you always say! You have until midnight. I also call on all students of La Salle Greenhills and La Salle Zobel. It is not too late. Come and join us. Convert! Repent!"
Fr. Dacanay, interrupting his briefing with his exorcists turned and said "The idiot is taking the prayer out of context. Besides, St Ignatius also said to fight without fear of being wounded. And we will do just that."
Three figures -- two women and a man -- suddenly appeared. "We are from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology" said the man.
"Ricky Abad!" Fr. Nebres exclaimed.
"I brought with me our Department Chair Bopeep Saloma-Akpedonu. And this is Czarina Medina, one of our newest lecturers. We apologize for being late. We were preparing our I-bombs."
"I-bombs? What are I-bombs?" Nebres asked.
"Ideology bombs. Once they detonate, they will spread false consciousness in the area -- the La Salle brothers and the Tomasians will think they are winning. It is all false really. We will use their pride against them."
"Excellent. Excellent." Nebres said. "And here comes Andrew Ty and Mark Escaler for the Department of Communication. "
"Yes!" Escaler said "we will infiltrate their communication processes by adding "noise" and ambiguity between the message relay of the sender and the receiver so orders can be reversed and thwarted!"
"The creatures from my horror films are coming!" Andrew Ty said. "We will use them to our advantage!"
"Father President! Some people are coming!" somebody shouted.
Some five hundred people then Apparated out of nowhere. Wearing either red or white shirts, they marched towards Nebres. A young man then stepped forward.
"We are from the University of the Philippines. " said the young man. "For years, our academic communities have built a strong relationship with each other. We have shared professors. We went to rallies together. We have had our differences. Yes. But in the end, our similarities and accomplishments outweigh our differences. .. We are here to help! We are honored to fight with Ateneo once more!"
Cheers and applause errupted from all sides.
"Let's make baka! Don't be takot! Let's make baka! Don't be takot! Let's make baka! Don't be takot! Let's make baba from the hill" the Ateneans cheered
Five minutes to midnight.
The School of Humanities stood with their mythical creatures summoned from the Classics, and the haunted trees and the gigantic swamp creatues from the Meron pond.
The John Gokongwei School of Management with their reinforcements from Makati, along with Venus Ibarra, Ricky Pilar and other professors.
The School of Science and Engineering with their mysterious inventions and weapons. The gigantic trees in the campus now walking sluggishly by their side.
The School of Social Sciences with their unique yet powerful defensive weapons; the Psychology Department ready for the psy-war.
The Ateneo Professional Schools ready to defend their Loyola-based counterparts; the two fraternities in the Law School forging a temporary alliance.
The Alumni, the D.A. (Dalandan's Army), led by Benjie Laza and Mon Cualoping.
The statues of Tomas More, Horacio dela Costa, the Blue Eagle come to life.
The students from U.P.
Two horcruxes left.
Now all is still, where Loyola's colors fly.
Chapter Three: One Big Fight
Midnight.
There was a burst of light emanating from the sky, brighter than the moon and the stars. What seemed like a horde of fireflies turned out to be arrows. Thousands of arrows. Tips on fire.
The arrows struck the Blue Eagle Gym. The oldest building in the University. The symbol of their athletic pride. Now aflame.
Toby Dayrit tossed a beaker of water to the burning building. He pointed his wand at the beaker now mid-air and shouted his spell "Magis." The water transformed into a surf huge enough to douse the fire. The Blue Eagle Gym was safe.
The archers outside roared their disappointment. But they shot again, this time targeting the Erenchun soccer field where some of the Ateneans were camped. Nebres pointed his wand at the arrows raining from the sky and shouted his incantation "Cura personalis" and the thousand arrows turned into bubbles.
The Ateneans cheered. The first two attacks of the LaSallians and the Tomasians have been thwarted.
"You have had your fun, Ateneans." a voice boomed. "Now it is time to get serious."
Darkness suddenly enveloped the University. The enemy had sabotaged their electricity. Immediately all the Ateneans took out and flickered their wands, "Lux in Domino" they chanted. Light emanated from all the wands.
The illumination came just in time as suddenly a stampede crushed the fences between Gate 2 and Gate 2.5. The Ateneans have realized the magnitude of their danger: it was not just the LaSallians or even just the Tomasians they were confronting; the other schools were there as well. A thousand green archers were riding the backs of the giant tigers of UST. Charging with them were the giant tamaraws and a hundred warriors whose bodies were painted red war paint. Above, falcons were soaring in the sky.
"YOU FOUL THINGS, noh?" somebody from the Ateneo crowd shouted, charging at the stampede; it was Tessa Rosana "How dare you attack us, noh? You don't know who you are dealing with, noh? TAKE THIS, noh?" She hit her gong with all her might. A powerful sound wave spread throughout the area knocking a hundred archers and animals out.
"HA! noh?" she triumphantly yelled.
And so the other Ateneans started counterattacking as well. David Lozada and his 300 Spartans. The ROTC cadets. The mythical creatures of the School of Humanities. Dalandan's Army.
Ricky Abad and the Department of Sociology soon deployed their Ideology Bombs prompting some of the LaSallians to cheer instead of fighting "Strawberry shortcake nananananana. " "Recticano! Recticano", allowing some of the Ateneans to easily knock the LaSallians out.
Somewhere near the Covered Courts, Norman Black was briefing his team, "Nonoy. I want you here. Chris, here. Jai, there. Alright? Any questions."
"Aaaaah! GOD DAMN IT!" a raspy voice screamed. It was Joe Lipa, former coach of the Blue Eagles, who arrived with the contingent from UP. "Just charge! Attack them! Now!" And so they did.
The LaSalle brothers and Francisco of UST were outside, watching the battle, waiting for their turn to strike.
A handful of LaSallians were found trotting back to their base.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?" Francisco yelled.
"You told us to retreat!" the archer said.
"You idiot! That's just Escaler and Bulatao toying with your minds! Go back! That's it! I am joining the battle!"
She then stepped forward lifted her two arms and shouted "Tiger Power! Raar! Tiger Power! Raar!" The LaSalle brothers thought she had lost her mind. But then she suddenly transformed into a giant tigress, twice larger and fiercer than the ordinary tigers. Seeing their comrade ready and willing to fight, the LaSallians cheered.
"HOY!" Goldie the Tiger roared "NO CHEERING DURING BATTLE! NO CHEERING!" Then she advanced.
Her first target was Fr. Dacanay who was busy exorcising some of the archers and paralyzing them.
"FATHER! Behind you!"
Quickly, Dacanay whirled and performed his own counterattack "Expellus Inferius" blasting her into the middle of the Erenchun field, knocking her out.
"NOOOOOOOOOO! " The La Salle brothers shouted upon seeing their comrade down. "It is time we even the score."
The earth began to quake. And out of the night came a gigantic robot. It was DLRT; the LaSallians had transformed and brought the LRT-1 which passed Taft Avenue into a robot.
DLRT was making quick work of the Ateneans and their creatures, crushing the mythical creatures here and there, tossing the trees brought to life by the Department of Environmental Science.
"Let us not lose hope!" Nebres said. "We are after all committed to hope."
"Now is not the time to talk about GK, Father!" somebody said.
"I am not talking about GK. I am talking about SECtor."
He pointed his wand the Science Education Complex. The building shook and assembled itself into a robot. SEC A was the head and the torso. SEC B became the left arm and leg and SEC-C became the right.
"Mang Freddie!" Nebres called.
"I am ready, Father!" shouted Freddie the man in charge of Escaler Hall which has now become the control room SECtor.
"Attack, Freddie! One Big Fight."
DLRT was no match and quickly collapsed under the strength of SECtor.
"Fr Nebres!" Harry Potter appeared. "Two horcruxes have been destroyed and..."
"Animo La Salle!" "Animo La Salle!" "Animo La Salle!"
There were screams of terror. The LaSalle brothers had entered the battle. They were using their most dangerous spell: The Animo LaSalle -- the Killing Curse!
Finale: The Animo Wand
Ateneans were dropping dead left and right. The Animo La Salle curse was unblockable. Some of the more veteran teachers provided extra defense and protection to the students but most of their efforts were futile.
Dacanay and his Jesuit team however managed to stun a few archers.
Victory however seemed far-fetched. Francisco had been revived from the Stunning Spell by Dacanay. Back in human form, she was battling Jai Reyes, Kirk Long and Chris Tiu at the same time. While the players were certainly skillful, Francisco was able to block all spells launched by the Blue Eagles.
Francisco pointed her wand at Chris Tiu and shouted "Animo La Salle!" But the curse missed him by an inch.
"Not Chris Tiu you BIATCH!" somebody shouted; it was Achoot Cuyegkeng. "Out of my way! Out of my way! SHE's MINE!"
Francisco laughed. " You are no match for me! I am the greatest servant of the Dominicans! What's gonna happen to your Loyola Schools after I kill you?! What's gonna happen to your Blue Eagles after I kill Chrissy?"
"You will never touch any of our students again!!" Cuyegkeng said.
Francisco laughed. And with her unerring skill as jack-of-all- trades professor Cuygekeng sent a Stunning Curse at her opponent. The curse hit her squarely on the chest, knocking her out once more.
"Enough!" Harry shouted. "Voldemort! Where are you? You have been using the LaSallians and the other schools to come after me. Where are you?"
"I am here, Potter." a voice hissed. The voice came from Bro. Armin.
"Brother Armin?"
"No! I am Voldemort! Armind is my past, present and future. See?" he wrote the word Armind then with a flicker of his wand the word became Voldemort.
"I don't get it." Harry said
"Ako rin!" an Atenean said.
"Ha? Can you make ulit?" another one shouted.
"How did Armind became Voldemort?"
"Bai, nalibog na ko!" A Cebuano Atenean shouted.
"Bah! Never mind! Anyone knows the LaSallians can't spell. So anyway, I stunned Armind a few days ago and using his name and face I used the school and all the other schools to come and find you!"
"But you are too late. I destroyed all the horcruxes!"
"No, Potter. I win. You see, while I was Bro. Armind. I was able to find the long lost and most powerful wand in the entire world -- the Animo Wand! And you will be its first victim!"
"Are you kidding me, Tom?" Harry said "Don't you get it? The wand chooses the school. The Animo wand does not belong to La Salle! It belongs to the Ateneo."
"No! You are the fool! The LaSallians have been cheering Animo La Salle for such a long time. The LaSallians truly own the wand and since I am a LaSallian for now, I own it. Die Potter die!"
"But you see, Riddle, you did not review University histories. If you did, you would know that the Ateneans used Animo Ateneo first. And they still use it now. There is even a website right now named AnimoAteneo. com. The Ateneans have reclaimed Animo Ateneo!"
Silence.
"So. It comes down to this isn't it?" Harry whispered "Does your wand know that its original owner still values it? If it does, I AM THE TRUE MASTER OF THE ANIMO WAND!"
Voldemort points his wand at Harry who in turn has prepared for the final duel.
"ANIMO LA SALLE!" Voldemort shouted.
"OH! GET. THAT. WAND!" Harry shouted.
The curse rebounded and hit Voldemort instead of Harry who caught the Animo Wand with his other hand. Cheers from the Ateneans and even some La Sallians, who realized that they were duped were all around.
That morning both Ateneo and La Salle forged a cease fire -- temporary because they next day was the Ateneo-La Salle basketball championship. Francisco who was revived after hours of being stunned by Dacanay and Cuyegkeng decided to lift the "No Cheering!" rule during time out. However, she still flinches whenever Dacanay (or any Jesuit for that matter) would approach her.
There were however, a group of La Sallians who disagreed with having a cease fire. They believed that the death and defeat of Voldemort was unfair so they decided to file a protest. This was later junked due to lack of merit.
Epilogue. Nineteen Years Later.
It was the day of the ACET.
Harry Potter was accompanying his son Ben.
"Dad! What if I fail the ACET and end up in DLSU?"
Harry looked at his son and said "Bienvenido Adolfo! You were named after two of the most powerful Jesuits in the country. One of them is a good friend of ours. In fact he was the one who officiated our marriage."
"But... but... so what if I DO fail the ACET and end up in DLSU?"
Eh di bobo ka talaga! Harry thought. But he didn't say that. "But we will still love you as our son!" Harry said. "Alright. Your test starts in a few minutes. Make us proud. One Big Fight."
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