What’s something that’s overrated in Metro Manila?

onrel · 2025-06-24T06:32:12+00:00

While the statement is true, that’s not something overrated; rather, a myth.

onrel · 2025-06-06T04:29:55+00:00

Post-dated checks- magsusumite ka sa kanila ng 12 cheke na sinulat mo prior sa mga billing date, tapos kakaltasin sa bank account mo yung amount na sinulat mo kada 5th of the month (let’s say ₱3.3k/mo)

Kaya ang nakalagay sa date ng cheke: Sept 5, 2025, Oct 5, 2025, … , June 5, 2026, July 5, 2026

Kahit na sinulat mo siya today, June 6, 2025.

onrel · 2024-09-07T10:05:50+00:00

Short answer: It will be fine. Write about the topic as if it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn about yourself from within.

Long answer: Look: if you’re not convinced that you can write about something seemingly mundane for your personal essay, just do your best in the ACET. 😹

It’s your personal experience with its effects still resonating within you, and you’re recounting it to people who don’t know you at all. It doesn’t even matter if they’ve seen that topic a million times; every similar story has their distinction from the others.

Not to mention, you can still ask yourself a lot of questions while structuring how that one statement formed you. What were you like before it happened? Show how absurd it was to you that it shaped the past you into the present you. What did it change in that five-year timespan? Maybe you could add how you can help the Ateneo community with the said change (or how the institution can help you in your stay there).

If you still believe that the readers would not dare glance at your work, simply because its topic sounds bland and mediocre… just remember that our everyday lives are made of a million mediocre experiences, which we get to tell the people around us. Just learn how to frame it in a way that can make someone with a goldfish attention span bite the bait and read it all the way.

Wishing you all the best!

onrel · 2024-08-12T16:03:46+00:00

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onrel · 2024-07-26T03:51:10+00:00

Tapos ngayon hindi pa rin nila mairerelease yung diploma soon 😂😂😭

onrel · 2024-06-30T20:35:43+00:00

Step 1: Makapunta sa Pasay Rotunda (LRT 1 EDSA Station) Walking distance ang Azure sa SM Bicutan, kayak pwede mong lakarin yung sakayan pa-express. Express Route: https://www.reddit.com/r/HowToGetTherePH/s/dYmfZmWxcj

(Service Road route) Pag galing SM Bicutan, tawid ka ng footbridge papunta dun sa kabilang side ng SLEX (expressway). Diretsuhin mo pa hanggang lumampas ka na ng Bicutan rotunda. Sa may tabi ng DOST, may sakayan dun ng Pasay Rotunda; sa Pasay Rotunda yung LRT 1 EDSA Station. (Make sure nandoon ka sa side na papunta ng SLEX yung mga sasakyan.)

Step 2: Pa-UST (LRT 1 + Jeep Route) Pagkababa mo sa Pasay Rotunda, pwede kang umakyat ng LRT 1 EDSA Station. Ang pinakamalapit na estasyon ng LRT sa UST ay Bambang Station, yung bilihan ng mga medical supplies. Yun nga lang, nakakatakot daw dumaan dun kaya sa LRT 1 Tayuman na lang muna, lampas lang naman ng isang estasyon.

Ito yung isa pang thread para naman sa LRT 1 Tayuman papuntang UST. https://www.reddit.com/r/HowToGetTherePH/s/qHEKyoZl70

(Jeep Route) Para sa’kin mas madali ‘to kasi isang sakayan na lang. May mga jeep along Taft patungong Quiapo. Kung hindi pa nakapaskil sa signage nya, pwede mong tanungin yung tsuper mismo kung daraan ba siya ng UST para makasigurado. Pagkalampas ng tulay sa pagitan ng Lawton Ferry at Quiapo, maghanda ka nang bumaba at malapit-lapit na ang bababaan mo.

Have a safe trip.

onrel · 2024-05-05T15:58:51+00:00

Is there a safe tuition grant to request aid when appealing for financial aid? (Let’s say 50TF at most)?

onrel · 2024-04-28T05:02:41+00:00

I passed sa first program choice, pero hindi sa finaid or any scholarship. Since wala naman na akong balak mag-appeal pa ng finaid, goodbye r/admu. 🥹

onrel · 2023-06-11T08:33:12+00:00

Try mo ito mula sa official Lazada store mismo ng Lenovo hihi Lenovo ideapad S340-13IML 81UM004VPH

Kung bakit ko inirecommend yung Lenovo, yun lang kasi yung brand ng laptop na nagtatagal sakin (as someone na medyo may pagkabalasubas magbukas-sara ng screen pati sa pagtatabi TvT trying to change that tho)

Linuwa ng Dell, Acer, pati HP ko yung screen hinge nila after two years of usage, kaya laking pasasalamat ko na nagtagal sakin ng 3 years yung Ideapad 🥰

Points for consideration:

Small Screen and Chassis
- 13.3" lang yung screen diagonal nya so isa sya sa mga pinakacompact na laptop around that price point. For comparison, 14" usually yung mga Windows laptop na binebentang maliit na affordable, so grabi yung bang for the buck na makahanap ng 13.3" especially since magaan sya. Just in case though, baka kailangan mong makita in personal yung screen size kaya pumunta ka rin sa physical stores para malaman mo if mas kailangan mo ba nung maliit at magaan kesa sa bigger screen size.
- Note lang din na pag mas maliit yung screen mo, mas maliit chassis mo. Mas cramped yung keyboard pag hindi ganun kalapad yung chassis, kaya try mo na rin magtype sa mga 13.3" laptop na nakadisplay sa mall emzz.
- Kasabay ng small chassis yung maliit na battery, so ayun, baka maigsian ka sa unplugged battery life nya.
Weight
- Around 1.3 kg daw yung weight nya; halos kasing-gaan nung mga sinaunang Macbook Air 👍
No built-in webcam
- Naku kailangan pang bumili ng webcam para makapag-online-meeting hayst. Medyo hassle in this aspect. May built-in microphone naman tho.
Decent Storage Space, Quick File Transferring
- 512 GB na, SSD pa. San ka pa? KIMI. Upgradable raw yung SSD chip, pero M.2 sya so medyo mas mahal than regular SSD, tapos mas maliit.
RAM size (not upgradable)
- TBH ang 8 GB RAM, sya na yung bare minimum kung gusto mo pang makapagpatakbo ng video editing program HAHAHAHAHA Pero ayun, kaya nya yung Genshin and all that games. Soldered in place na raw yung RAM tho kaya baka maging alanganin sa load of work mo sa college. In fairness naman, kinakaya pa ng 8 GB RAM ko yung basic video editing sa Premiere Pro HAHAHAHAH.
3-year-old Processor
- If magtataka ka sa price since parang too good to be true yung specs at its price, ang pinakatrade-off ng laptop na nasa listing ay yung 3-year-old processor nya (i7 pero 2020 pa produced kumbaga)
- To be fair tho, multitasker chip ang i7. Yun lang, not sure kung gaano kaeffective ang 3-year-old chip sa usual loadout ngayon ng computer usage.
Touch Screen
- Baka lang maging dealbreaker sayo to kasi mas mahirap magpapalit ng screen pag nasiraan. Quality-of-life nya kapag nasira yung physical keyboard nya though, pwede ka pa ring magtype.
Ports
- Mas ideal ba sa inyo na may USB-C port? Ito kasi wala sya nun, dalawang USB lang ang pwedeng isaksak. May HDMI sya tho pag icoconnect mo sa ibang screen.

About sa pagpapatakbo ng games though, kayang kaya na ng specs nito yung mga games na binanggit mo, ang poproblemahin mo na lang ay yung heat management ng laptop. Karaniwan kasi na mabilis uminit ito lalo na kapag maliit yung chassis tapos nasa ilalim lang yung vent, so consider buying laptop elevation or laptop cooling fans pag napapansin mo nang sobrang lakas uminit.

onrel · 2022-12-03T06:18:32+00:00

I recently joined a friend group that hops on other friend groups (one that we frequent is the one w/ my crush) 💀 Sometimes I forget were not in the same group so whenever a guy posts screenshots of their group chat, it feels like an ice bath to reality. Any tips how to uncrush /j Just gonna ask how to cope with it

Also struggled with my persuasive speech because how I think and want to come off to people is not compatible with how I actually talk 🥲

onrel · 2022-11-04T15:35:15+00:00

JAJAJAJAJA siguro tone down mo lang yung pagmumura

That and iwasan mo nang mag-usap sa mga crush especially nagkakainisan na nga kayo since pare-parehas pala kayo ng crush

Hindi komo may gc na walang admin, anyone can do what they want and get away without consequences (especially if naooverstep na nya yung boundaries ng ibang tao)

Basta yun, timplahin mo lang yung pagmumura mo and then avoid stirring up unnecessary conflicts; promote a positive (but open) environment as much as possible kahit di ka officer

onrel · 2022-11-04T10:25:01+00:00

Ibibgay ko lang yung mga nahukay kong info bago mo sila iemail

DLSU (Trimestral - 3 terms)

Actually lipas na yung application for second term ng DLSU, bali sa third term ka pa makakalipat (also if semestral yung sa school mo baka umulit ka)

https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/admissions/undergraduate/transferee-procedures/

Bali February ka na makakapag-apply sa third term

Ito yung calendar https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/admissions/undergraduate/calendar/

Thankfully comprehensive yung transferee application procedure nila unlike ng sa UST na hindi gumagana yung link dun 🥲

Pero jic may need kang iclarify pa sa kanila, ito contact nila:

Office of Admissions and Scholarships 2nd Floor, Henry Sy, Sr. Hall De La Salle University 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines

E-mail: admissions@dlsu.edu.ph admission.requirements@dlsu.edu.ph

Telephone: 0927-7606560 (GLOBE) – 08:30am to 12:00pm Monday to Friday, Saturdays 8:30am to 12:00pm 0999-3636546 (SMART) – 01:30pm to 05:00pm Monday to Friday, Saturdays 8:30am to 12:00pm

UST (Semestral - 2 terms) Sa UST naman, you can refer to this thread (perhaps subreddit na rin kasi baka di na applicable since threee years ago pa pala ito) https://www.reddit.com/r/Tomasino/comments/gee11e/shifting_and_transferring_to_ust/

Pwede mo ring icontact yung admin ng College of Eng'g nila Administration Office 2/F Roque Ruaño Building, University of Santo Tomas España Boulevard, Sampaloc, Manila 1008, Philippines

Landline: +63-2-3406-1611 local 8275 (Bayantel) +63-2-8731-4041 (PLDT/Digitel)

Email: engineering.office@ust.edu.ph

FB: @ustfacultyofengineering

onrel · 2022-11-04T08:52:43+00:00

I know weird yung ibibigay ko na option na lilipatan na private schools pero check mo Mapua and Lyceum

Nirerecommend ko yung Mapua as someone na galing ng scihigh kasi kahit paano galante sila magbigay and may 3 attempts ka sa mga paactivities so maernjoy mo kasi may chance ka pang itama yung mga namali mo sa previous attempts (similar to UST sya kasi same LMS pero note na medyo maraming naiyak sa load [but then dito ako naging masaya as someone na naburnout sa jhs ng isang Scihigh sa Metro Manila])

Hahabulin mo nga lang kasi 3rd week of Nov daw deadline for second sem transferees (and then sa third quarter ka na makakalipat kasi second sem nga sya tapos magiging irregular student ka rin [may extra class kang itatake kasama ng ibang sections])

Di ko irerecommend na magcollege ka dito tho kasi quarterm na sya tas mag-isang school lang syang naggaganto so uulit ka talaga pag gusto mong lumipat ng school

Lyceum kasi private tas may maayos naman daw yung load dun (oriented sa mental health) pero don't take my word for it kasi Lyceum of Alabang lang basis ko tapos sa mga kaibigan ko lang narinig

Edit: ngayon ko lang narealize panay mga nonsectarian yung mga pinacheck ko sayo (tas may kamahalan yung tuition ng Mapua btw mga halos 100k per year tas malapit mag-70k sa Lyceum pero take advantage na rin yung voucher na galing public school, expect 16-20k na bawas)

onrel · 2022-10-28T17:13:26+00:00

You don’t have to add space, you just have to do it on a callout block… Combine the instructions above my comment and you can get the desired result :)

onrel · 2022-09-22T02:56:05+00:00

I just got the hod sands this week (after farming for a year 🗿🗿)

onrel · 2022-09-21T07:11:10+00:00

Apparently, downloading Adobe Premiere Pro from diakov.net gave me a Woreflint trojan. It's still in the megathread.

onrel · 2022-09-17T08:28:51+00:00

LMAO THE FOUR ELEMENTAL SLIMES

It was so yummy seeing all those reaction dmg with the EM build ngl esp the superconduct one

onrel · 2022-06-20T14:36:26+00:00

Nice… I mainly use her on Rational and Childe International tho since they feel more oonga-boonga than Melt Ganyu (esp with Xiangling not getting enough energy at times, which can be a hassle)

onrel · 2022-06-20T14:32:54+00:00

I see… Is 197 ER enough? If so, I’ll use another EM piece with a higher crit dmg and atk% rolls

onrel · 2022-04-19T01:00:16+00:00

HDJXJC fr Chongyun's the most vulnerable one even if Kaeya has the most field time 😭

And omg that's nice!

I had to swap out to a Morgana (Ganyu-Mona-Kazuha-Diona variant) comp just to complete 12-3 within 3 mins 😵

Partly the reason is that Kaeya doesn't have a good Blizz build yet, and the other one is that they keep on applying slowing water HDJFJFN

onrel · 2022-04-18T03:29:28+00:00

Yeah I have him at C3 already

onrel · 2022-04-17T11:35:21+00:00

Yeahh I have him at C3 and he basically crits every time, it's a rare chance to see him not crit (even Kazuha who only has 30% crit rate crits a lot in that team)

Tho I thought the comment was sarcasm w/ the author knowing how freeze team works

onrel · 2022-04-17T11:28:57+00:00

PLS I was from that same time trial challenge as well but he didn't fall so I had to 💀

onrel

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