At the Dress Rehearsal for the 25th Anniversary of the Asian Cultural Council Philippines Foundation, with UP CAL Alumni Association Co-Chair Chyn San Juan & Chair Chris Millado, and Ballet Philippines Trustee Sheree Chua. Chris directed the anniversary show, held last night.

With Francesco Bellissimo, the renowned Tokyo-based Italian chef, Daniele Macuglia, Assistant Professor of the History of Science at Peking University, and my former student, UP Manila Org Comm alumna Joanna Altomonte Abrera, representing Società Dante Alighieri Manila at the UP CAL

#halloween at the #UPdiliman College of Arts and Letters (CAL)

Moderating Monash University Distinguished Professor of Learning Analytics Dragan Gasevic's Keynote Address on "Rebooting AI: Building AI We Can Trust" at the 5th ASEAN University Network (AUN-TEPL) symposium on Student Engagement and Technology-Enhanced Personalized Learning at UP BGC.

Representatives from UP Diliman's Arts and Humanities Cluster met with the university's AI and Academic Integrity Team. The challenge lies in creating frameworks that promote ethical AI use while safeguarding the core values of artistic expression and intellectual honesty.

#cebu #quee fcc ncity

AS WALK,
Palma Hall, UP Diliman
Friday PM
1st week of classes

First week of classes:
English 13 Writing as Thinking (2 classes)
CW 140 Creative Nonfiction
CW 298 Creative Writing and Popular Culture

📷 Gail Esclamado

ASKAL
(Between AS and KAL)
Descending Palma Hall towards the Faculty Center, UP Diliman

AS 101, Palma Hall, #UPDiliman

lubos po ang aking pasasalamat, University of the Philippines Baguio, UP Baguio Outcrop:

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#UPDiliman AS Steps, after the heavy rains have finally stopped 🌻

With UP Diliman friends--Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs Jerwin Agpaoa , Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jose Carlo de Pano , former Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Neil Martial Santillan , and UP CSSP Associate Dean for Administration and External Affairs Raymund Arthur G. Abejo 🌻

ATM: 1105th DOST National Research Council of the Philippines Governing Board Meeting, chaired by President Louise De Las Penas. Many thanks to our host, UP College of Social Sciences and Philosophy Dean Ruth Lusterio-Rico 🌻

Maraming Salamat po, University of the Philippines Baguio 🙏

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With UP Baguio Chancellor Joel M. Addawe & UP Department of Anthropology Professorial Lecturer Gideon Lasco. I delivered this morning's Baccalaureate Address. Gideon is about to speak as the Guest of Honor during this afternoon's Commencement Exercises. Man-iyaman 🙏

The Old UP Diliman Shopping Center (16 July 2016), less than two years before it was gutted by fire (8 March 2018)

"UP Naming Mahal," originally set to music by Nicanor Abelardo, original English lyrics by Teogenes Velez. Performed by the UP Singing Ambassadors, conducted by Dr. Ed Lumbera Manguiat, during the 2025 UP College of Arts and Letters Recognition Day held at the KAL-IBG Theater on July 5, 2025.

UP English alumna (1975) and former UP Regent (2010-2012) Bibeth Orteza will deliver the keynote address during the CAL Recognition Day, to be held at the KAL-IBG Theatre, in UP Diliman. www.linkedin.com/posts/jcapil...

With UP College of Arts and Letters Philippine Studies alumna Chyn San Juan, Ad Interim President (2025-2026) of the newly reconstituted UP CAL Alumni Association, after receiving her Sablay, a gift from her college, years after she earned her undergrad degree.

ATM: From Silliman University--at the 63rd Silliman University National Writers Workshop: Myrna Peña-Reyes: A Celebration of Her Life in Poetry, hosted by Director-in-Residence, Professor D.M. Reyes. lnkd.in/g-2KFpan

Writing as Freedom--at the 63rd Silliman University National Writers Workshop (SUNWW) in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, where, on a clear day, Siquijor, the southern tip of Cebu and Zamboanga del Norte can be seen in the background.

Always happy to visit Nella Sarabia ( www.instagram.com/spectaclesby... ), my optometrist for nearly thirty years. Her clinic is now in Acacia Residence Hall at Laurel and Apacible Streets, UP Diliman, across from the UP Shopping Center and the University Health Service.

My 37th year as a teacher w 2 former students-Sheryl Bartolome & Mark Abalos. Teaching is quite journey, and in UP, it is even more so. I stayed largely because of my students. They have not only enriched my life but have become an integral part of it. Taos-puso po ang aking pasasalamat!

#UPD #UPDiliman #Diliman #mondaymorning

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Sunrise at Lanang

With 2025 UP General Alumni Homecoming Show Director—UP Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts Retired Professor of Theatre Arts Alexander C. Cortez, UPAA Board Members, and representatives from this year’s Jubilarians.