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Christian B. Manaloto

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Hi sir! How are you, really? :)

November 04, 2015

Right now, I am not OK.
First, I am over-committed. Teaching 7 undergraduate classes + 1 postgraduate class. Studying 9 units for my PhD. Rehearsals for our upcoming musicale "Mariang Makiling" (I will be singing; so please watch us on November 13, 7 pm @Marian Auditorium!).
Second, I assume you know what's happening to some of your Miriam College professors [#MCKeepOurTeachers] who are going to be dismissed summarily.
Thank you for asking, whoever you are. :)

Latest answers from Christian B. Manaloto

Hello sir, we really miss your brilliant mind in MC and hope that you come back! I just want to know how you are and what you're doing at the moment. God bless! :)

September 11, 2016

People come and people go. Life is like that.
That's why you have to learn to appreciate people while you have them around.
Right now, I don't think I'll be coming back to MC ... ever.
I'm still alive and not planning to kill myself anytime soon.
I intend to place a well-aimed combat boot on Moneymaking Corporation's arrogant posterior first.
Thank you for asking.

What is/are the importance of the transfiguration of Jesus/ what does is it trying to tell us?

February 14, 2016

The core group of the Twelve (Simon Peter and the sons of Zebedee) witnessed Jesus' change of appearance, described in the Synoptic accounts (Mark 9 || Matthew 17 || Luke 9). Paragraph 556 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church [http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p122a3p3.htm] gives this:

"The Transfiguration 'is the sacrament of the second regeneration': our own Resurrection. From now on we share in the Lord's Resurrection through the Spirit who acts in the sacraments of the Body of Christ. The Transfiguration gives us a foretaste of Christ's glorious coming, when he 'will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body.'"

what is the metaphor that best describes yourself?

February 03, 2016

"I am a living contradiction in terms."

Hi sir! I have been battling depression for years now and a lot of my friends asks me about my past but I don't really tell them the truth bc I don't think they'll understand and take me seriously. What should I do? I have thoughts of dropping out and enroll in an open school? :D Thank you so much.

November 04, 2015

I'm so sorry to hear about your battle with depression.
I have undergone it myself in a less severe but no less serious form, but without resorting to clinical intervention.
You don't have to broadcast everything in your life, including your past.
You can choose to reveal this only to those you believe that you can trust. Although, there is no guarantee that they will understand.
Thoughts and feelings are simply such, unless you act on them.
Before deciding on such thoughts and feelings, consult with competent people you can trust and then discern.
God bless you.

What are your thoughts on committed young couples (17-21) engaging in premarital sex?

November 04, 2015

I am not surprised.
The exercise of sexuality, according to the Judaeo-Christian tradition, is a gift from God to humanity; therefore, it is good.
However, practice of sexual activity outside the context of permanence and fidelity envisioned in marriage makes it an INCOMPLETE good.
The untoward consequences of sexual activity outside marriage are well known and will not be discussed here.
So, why settle for just good, when you can have better? :)

Hi! Sir, in love (in a romantic kind of way) po ako sa isang tao na same kami ng gender. Same naman po kami ng feelings, pero we're not committed to each other- ayaw po kasi maning mag lie sa parents namin. Mali po ba na mainlove ako sa kapwa babae?

September 30, 2015

Emotions / feelings are amoral, i.e., they are neither right nor wrong.
However, emotions / feelings move human beings to act in a certain way, which can be either right or wrong.
So your attraction in itself [in my own opinion] is amoral. However, what you freely choose to do with that attraction will have moral consequences -- for better or for worse.
Feelings are often very unreliable and should not be used as the ONLY basis for any relationship. Feelings, no matter how intense, will come and will go -- sometimes slowly, sometimes rapidly.

I don't know how young both of you are, but I think you're better off focusing on other MORE important things for now -- like getting to know yourself better and studying well and finishing your degree and making use of the limited time and energy to become a competent and caring individual with a clear vision and purpose who not only can fend for oneself in a harsh and cruel world but also contribute to building a better society.

Sir, when's your birthday? :)

September 27, 2015

Tapos na po. ;-)

Sir, what are your hobbies? :)

September 27, 2015

And I thought I answered this question before ... @_@
I am a bibliophile. I read anything & everything I find interesting, fiction AND nonfiction.
I like learning new things. So, aside from reading, I take online courses when time allows. Yeah, I also have a tendency to accumulate academic degrees.
I also like sharing my knowledge, formally and informally.
My taste in music is also eclectic. [I think I listed my favorite songs here somewhere.] I sing in the shower and outside it, too.
Yes, I watch films & TV series [usually at home] when I have time.
I am active on online social media, but I have yet to become a serious blogger.
When I have the opportunity, I go to the gym & work out, ride my mountain bike in Pampanga, and climb mountains.
Because I'm growing older and have little time for it, I love taking long naps.
And, yes, while it may not be so obvious, I live to eat! I love taho, tuna sashimi, pizza, & my Mama's cooking. ;-)

Sir, how do i deal with overbearing parents? I don't want to come off ungrateful, but sometimes (ok, most of the time) being their daughter is exhausting.

September 27, 2015

I'm so sorry to hear about your situation. Parenthood [biological & spiritual] often tends to make people irrational. The general assumption is that parents, out of love, want the best for their children. Unfortunately, they aren't infallible and are subject to error.

"Children, obey your parents [in the Lord], for this is right. 'Honor your father and mother.' This is the first commandment with a promise, 'that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on earth.'" (Ephesians 6:13, NABRE)

The least you can do is to continue loving and honoring your parents -- even if they make mistakes. You can try to respectfully and lovingly dialogue with them by asking their expectations and then sharing sincerely your own thoughts & feelings. No guarantee that they will listen, though, but at least you tried.

But until you can support yourself & live independently, you will -- like Jesus did -- have to be subject to them.

Hi Sir! Have you ever been in a situation where you didn't know what you really want to do with your life or what you just 'like' in general? What did you do to get out of that state? THANKSSS

September 09, 2015

I don't really remember.
Perhaps, when I am upset?
In that case, I just wait for the upset to pass.
But I am assuming that this is where you are right now.
My first suggestion would be to begin at least with finding out what it is that you do NOT LIKE. Perhaps, this way you find out what you do like by way of elimination.
My next suggestion would be just to do your usual duties with extra fervor -- agere contra or "counter act" against the unhealthy desire [in the Ignatian tradition].

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