Malditang Librarian

Suicide is always a complicated issue, especially teen suicide. Adolescence is a complicated time of your life, with peer pressure and crazy hormones and all the negativity. People always say that suicide is the most selfish decision a person can make, because those left behind will always have the grief to deal with, and everyone will also think of what they could have done to prevent the event. There is always grief and shock in the wake of news about suicide. I admit that I myself once entertained thoughts of ending my life, but it was more of a feeling of wanting to disappear as if I never existed. I could never bear causing stress to the people I will leave behind. No matter how much we think that we are so unpopular or that our lives are useless and didn't affect other people, we are not hermits who grew up without human contact. Now, I believe that as long as you are alive there is still hope that things will get better in the end (because trust me, they will). While i...

Me and my fellow board passers last 2015 gamely posing with their posters! Liza, Kristine, and Lenie. As a board exam topnotcher, people always ask me for advice and tips on how I did it. The truth is, for all passers, it all boils down to prayer and hard work. Though I know that the recognition is temporary, I will always treasure the time I prepared for the board. For three months, I lived in UP Diliman campus during the review. I spent that time breathing the air of UP! It was a time that I was so focused on one thing, and I did achieve it. I was asked to speak before the reviewees last year to motivate them in studying for CPU's review classes for the librarians' licensure exam. Good thing that 11 out of 13 test-takers passed from CPU last 2016! I'm just writing these here for future reference. Here we go: Remember: passing, and topping, the exam begins with the MIND.  The most important things are reviewing the basics, answering practice exams (and analyzing yo...