Blue & Gold. First Semester School Year 2009-2010
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INSIDE: Not to Dream the Dream Since then, the fate in the annual Penafrancia Military Parade competition has become a yardstick for Ateneo batches. Every victory or defeat is a source of identity for a batch. A sweet victory is always a dream to die for.   Enter the Dragon As mainland China gradually emerges as an economic power, Ateneo High School, though not a Chinese school, anticipates.   Crazy over Korean The Mexican heyday in the Filipino boobtube primetime is over. Filipinos are now glued to anything that smells kimchi and hanbok. Why do Filipinos go gaga over anything Korean?

Lost in Translation The most recent Bikol formula of the Church rites and prayers invokes the Second Vatican Council of Pope John XXIII and the prodding of Pope John Paul II. Still, the faithful are caught by surprise between delight and confusion.   The Pulpit & the Public Office Despite the mandate of the separation of the Church and the State, there is a rush of men of the cloth seeking government posts.   The Jesuit Legacy “For close to two centuries the Jesuit Mission in the Philippines grew and prospered: clearing the wasteland, building towns, evangelizing, teaching, exploring, charting, breaking its gallant lances.”   Forgive us, Father If blog hopping is the “in” thing in the cyberspace, “parish hopping” is its counterpart among the faithful churchgoers. For various purposes, the faithful indulge in parish-hopping and treat themselves to meeting and listening to the men of cloth in the pulpit   Cory Cory is gone and I cry. Pres. Cory’s death is a loss to humanity. It is a national loss. It is a personal loss. For me and my family, Cory has become a symbol of what we can achieve as a people and what we can be as individual persons.   The Monopoly Effect As the retail giant Shoemart flexes its muscle in the Bicol Region, employment smirks abruptly while smaller businesses twitch in pain. What cause the agony of the old-time and small-scale players?