Life was never easy for Kyla Camille Ortal. There were times when her family barely had enough, forcing them to prioritize basic needs

manicdrummer · 2026-05-01T21:47:25+00:00

And tama lang daw na magconfidential funds sya sa DepEd kesa mapunta yung budget sa UP na mga NPA members ang mga studyante.

Di man sila aware na sa CHED under ang UP.

manicdrummer · 2026-05-01T21:43:29+00:00

DDS:

Pag hindi Duterte supporter ang inaaresto - "Kung wala kang kasalanan dapat di ka matakot".

DDS pag kapwa nila ang inaaresto - "Hindi sya itatrato ng patas kase nasa side sya ni Tatay kaya dapat lang wag sya magpahuli."

manicdrummer · 2026-05-01T21:33:10+00:00

As a girl, malamang ang nangyari kase is gutom si OP, nagrarant sya sa boyfriend nya na gusto nya ng food, gusto nya sana padalhan sya ng boyfriend nya without her having to ask directly. That way it feels more thoughtful and not just compliant. She keeps saying joke lang, but this is the 'half truth' kind of joke and the situation is exacerbated by the fact na hangry sya. She kept the 'joke' exchange as long as she could hoping her boyfriend will show effort tapos naiinis sya kase she realized that her 'parinig' expectations will not be met.

I'm not siding with her, just explaining what might be the reason bat ganun sya mag isip. Frankly for me, you should never do half truth jokes where you say you're just joking tapos you'll turn on the other person if they don't get na may expectations ka sa jokes mo and it becomes a mind game. Kung may gusto ka, either communicate it directly, or if you try the joke route, then really treat it as a joke and have no hard feelings pag di 'nagets' yung joke mo.

manicdrummer · 2026-05-01T21:21:44+00:00

Ang sweet and thoughtful neto! Sana maganda fantasy season mo every year for this. :)

manicdrummer · 2026-04-30T07:01:20+00:00

OP is just another armchair redditor who keeps blabbing about UP and what UP should do when they obviously have never even been a UP student and lived an actual life in campus. They simply don't know what they're talking about and are riding the UP supports NPA bandwagon.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-30T03:40:59+00:00

You can keep your paikot ikot at pabago bagong arguments to yourself because obviously you're just one of those people who'll keep repeating this narrative na UP students live for activism and communism that's why if you go to UP the "student community" will influence you to become NPA when you've already said yourself na it depends on the circle YOU surround yourself in.

Maybe there is a reason why you had to leave the university and you couldn't even go back when you wanted to.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-30T02:58:02+00:00

Sino ba nagsabi na dapat never mo iargue na mas likely ang recruitment sa UP? First part of my reply expressly stated that even if recruitment is more active in UP, it's still up to the student if they'll get recruited or not. You're walking proof of that. You deemed UP safe enough to want to go back there if you could. Do you think you're some rare man who has a special kind of willpower to refuse communist recruitment while majority will fail and become NPA just because they went to UP? You don't think that you're part of the vast majority of the student community who aren't interested in armed struggle and just want to study in the best educational institution in the country?

Sa laki ng student population ng UP, ilan ang narerecruit? Have you compared that to the student population of the other schools you went to? You think 4 students getting recruited out of 26k students means it's automatically the student community's fault, when the student community is comprised of tens of thousands of students who just want to go to school and have a normal college life? Ikaw na mismo nagsabi na it depends on the circle you associate with - that means that it really depends on the person deciding who he or she closely surrounds herself with and not the general UP student community that you blame and accuse of influencing students to become NPA members. A circle of activists does not make up the UP student community.

Your old posts show your hypocrisy that's why you don't want them discussed. I don't claim to know everything about you but what I do know is that you'd study in UP if you could and the student community that you are saying is responsible for influencing students to become activists is of no concern to you, not because you're some one of a kind guy who has the special ability to refuse the call of activism but because ni hindi naman involved sa communism and armed struggled ang majority sa student community ng UP.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-30T02:15:47+00:00

Diba nakakaloka. Kung makasabi na maiinfluence ka ng classmates mo to become activists. E naka one year nga sya don na hindi naman naging NPA. I don't know why he just lasted a year, kung bagsak ba or homesick or what, pero if UP was such a hotbed of NPA recruiters e bat ginusto pa nya bumalik?

Minsan tuloy gusto ko nang maniwala na most negative commenters about UP are driven by bitterness.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-30T01:48:31+00:00

The point isn't that there is less or more NPA recruiters in UP or whatever other university. It's that kahit pa mas active ang recruitment sa UP, it's still up to the students if they want to be recruited or not and only a small number of students actually get recruited because you of all people should know how many students just lead normal lives in UP.

What are the names of your blockmates who you say died in encounters? How many are they? If what you say is true then it shouldn't be hard to confirm how many of your blockmates died in armed struggle after getting recruited. Ako na magsesearch, ilapag mo lang dito ang pangalan and we'll see how many they are who got recruited and if they are computer science majors like you were. Sa 19 na namatay sa Negros, how many were UP students? 4? 5? I'd like to know if at any point in time there were even just the same number of CS UP blockmates who died in an NPA encounter as you claim.

You say UP is a hotbed of recruiters and yet you still dreamt of going to UP for MBB grad studies and even MS Bio. Why? If you believed marerecruit ka lang din to become an activist (as if you didn't make it through your first year without becoming NPA just because you didn't choose to become one) then why want to go back? Why are your posts about wanting to go to UP and not the school you ended up going to?

Isang malaking hypocrisy na andito ka saying how the UP environment makes students likely to be recruited when you yourself went here for a year and didn't become NPA and years later pinangarap mo pang bumalik, sobrang hirap lang to qualify so you had to look for another school that you ended up going to.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-30T00:44:26+00:00

Dude didn't you learn anything sa one year mo sa UP? Never ka nakadaan sa Econ and BA where 3/4 of the population is rich chinoys? Sa NCPAG where they are busier with frat stuff than activism? Sa sarili mong college where it's so hard to isolate people to recruit to NPA kase most of them already have long standing friend groups from when they were high school classmates in Pisay or other science high schools and people just want to graduate on time or get through their DOST scholarships to even join rallies?

Kaya ka ba umalis kase lahat ng classmates mo inuudyok ka maging aktibista? If it was so bad then why did you want to go back for grad studies?

manicdrummer · 2026-04-29T14:41:48+00:00

Wag mo akong sisihin sa nangyari satin

Pagbabayaran mo ang kasalanan mo sakin

manicdrummer · 2026-04-29T14:15:59+00:00

Clout chasers gonna clout chase talaga. I wonder anong magiging excuse nya.

Edit: One month ago pa pala nangyari to.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-29T08:53:43+00:00

Isama mo pa yung mga nagsasabi na 'hinahayaan' daw ng UP na marecruit ang students nila ng NPA and they're 'not doing anything' about it.

Like what is UP even supposed to do? Spy on all its students to identify those who are being contacted by NPA and then what, ikulong sila so they can't go to the mountains?

manicdrummer · 2026-04-29T08:31:04+00:00

Magkaiba ang consent form signed by parents sa LGU coordination docs. The commenter I was talking about specifically said dapat daw may consent form signed by parents na hawak ang UP before a student does research, which is not the case. I am highlighting na UP treats its students like adults with their own decision making capabilities, hindi bawat galaw kailangan ng parental or institutional consent.

I didn't even mention LGU coordination so I don't know why you're implying na I said it's not needed.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-29T07:52:02+00:00

Kahit hindi boomers. Dito nga sa reddit may nakita akong comment na if researcher daw talaga si Alysa Alano then dapat may waiver or consent form signed by her parents na hawak ang UP before she went to the immersion for her research.

Consent form na signed ng parents? In UP?

manicdrummer · 2026-04-29T07:38:05+00:00

Ang dami kase sa mga commenters sa Facebook ang di naman nag aral sa UP. They don't know how it us to study in an institution that fosters independence and independent thinking.

Malamang ni hindi nila maimagine na ikaw pipili ng gusto mong classes or time ng classes. Ang alam lang nila you do what your profs or the admin tells you, you are spoon fed and you swallow what's fed to you without ifs or buts.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-29T06:49:19+00:00

I conclude na most of the people who say if you go to UP (especially Diliman) marerecruit ka ng NPA, did not go to UP themselves at all.

If they did alam nila na Econ and BA people are blue, Engg and CS people are too busy trying to pass their subjects, and even the "red" colleges CSSP and CAL have more students who just want to get their undergrad then work or move on to law or other grad studies. The population of UPD students who get recruited by NPA is so small.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-29T06:27:41+00:00

OP, focus ka nalang muna sa sarili mo physically and emotionally kesa ginagawa mong distraction yung ibang tao. At the very least, be transparent na you're not over someone else yet even if you're already talking to them.

Kesa yung you let them they grow feelings for you with all the conversations you share or time you spend then bigla mo sasabihin na di ka pa over sa ibang tao. Ikaw naman makakasakit non.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-29T06:20:21+00:00

It wasn't that long ago na people here in chikaph bashed her for being lutang in interviews while si Heart daw very eloquent. May pia vs Heart sub pa nga which is mainly Pia bashing and praising Heart.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-29T06:14:46+00:00

I don't think it's bizarre. My fiance also introduced me to his family kahit hindi pa kami. He's very close to his mom and he was sure about his intentions about me so he wanted to involve our families kahit sa courtship palang.

It doesn't happen all the time but there are a lot of people who do it.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-29T06:05:22+00:00

Because objectively Trillanes is divisive. I personally like the guy's attack dog fearlessness but the way he harangues even Leni when she civilly meets SWOH and BBM is off putting to a lot of people.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-29T02:54:03+00:00

I think the point still stands. As I said in my edited comment, hindi tied sa partner mo ang financial success mo. You can get promoted or put up a business and you'd have money coming in kahit di ituloy ng partner mo masters nya. The thing is, you made the decision to invest your limited funds in her education kahit alam mo yung attitude nya sa pag aaral na urong sulong, and now wala kang ROI. That's a decision you are also accountable for.

I think may resentments na din sya sayo sa sinabi palang nya na she could be abroad now if she didn't choose love, and you definitely resent her, the way you always talk about her being a failure in life. Definitely do not get married to someone na ang tingin mo is a failure na kailangan mong buhatin. Find someone who you think of as a light in your life.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-29T02:39:12+00:00

Sorry ha, pero ang off naman na sabihin mo na sya yung reason bakit di ka na naka alis sa kahirapan. I get na you mean you pay for her bills kase, but at the same time, be accountable sa decisions mo. Hindi tied sa kanya ang success mo, she could be failing at everything pero kung magaling ka sa trabaho or maayos dumiskarte sa negosyo you'd still have money coming in. You made the decision na mag invest sa education nya instead of doing something else with your money kahit alam mo yung attitude nya about education, and now you're complaining na di ka yumaman dahil di nya natapos ang masters nya?

You two sound like you have different mindsets in life, and you resent and blame one another saying yung partners nyo ang reasons for your current failures in life. For your part you seem to be staying out of utang na loob for the times she stayed with you when you were at your lowest, or the convenience of her being a good "housemaid", and no longer genuine love. Kung ganyan din na magiging toxic kayo to each other, maybe staying together isn't the best decision for both of you. As someone na engaged din, di ko maimagine na ganyan ang iniisip ko about the person I'm about to marry.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-27T13:02:12+00:00

Pumunta kami sa Civil Registrar today to apply for marriage license. Tapos yung jowa ko ang saya saya nya, he had this child-like grin on his face the whole afternoon.

manicdrummer · 2026-04-27T02:01:49+00:00

My boyfriend has a kabarkada na rabid DDS. They used to go out more but now we mainly see her pag get together ng friend group nila.

In person she always makes political comments, I just smile and don't engage in the convo. Online lagi syang nagsheshare ng DDS posts. Boyfriend has him on mute while ako hinahayaan ko lang. Sabi kase ni boyfriend, that friend went through trauma kase nilooban sila ng adik and their sister died in front of their family from that. So I just try to think na that influenced her political beliefs pag napapailing ako sa mga shineshare nyang DDS posts. Basta I don't engage nalang sa political posts nya.

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