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I went to the dentist this weekend to have my molar tooth fixed, hoping my dentist would not delve into its root canal.

Habang kinakalkal nya kalooblooban ng ngipin ko (and damn it was sooo painful!), a thought struck me. Joining a frat probably is like going to the dentist. You voluntarily went there to get hurt.

You know you'll get hurt and suffer but you know you'll come out of it alive.

So being an amuyong is like that, you know what to expect but you know you'll live. That should ALWAYS be the case, di ba?

But in the case of Cris Mendez…

Kaya nga mejo tanga yung mga nagsasabi "he took a risk and he should know that". T*angna! Hindi niya nirisk na mamatay sya noh! He took the risk na masasaktan siya pero hindi ang mamatay.

Parang ako, I risked na masasaktan ako pero alam ko at buo ang tiwala ko na hindi ako papatayin ng dentista ko. Pag pinatay ako ng dentista ko, liable ang dentista ko. Hindi nya pwedeng sabihin na "she risked it eh". Gago di ba?

Sorry mababaw ang pagkumpara ko pero kasi yun ang unang pumasok sa isip ko nung tinotorture ako ng dentista ko (di kasi siya nag-offer ng anesthesia eh). Para bang napaghambing ko lang yung sakit. Hehehe.

O sige, I'll bring it closer to home…I joined a greek-letter org in college and I know mahihirapan ako pero alam ko na hindi ako mamamatay. Di kami nagkaiba ni cris at ni along villanueva (na pumasok ng APO sa UPLB last year) na hindi namin ginusto mamatay, pero ok lang na masaktan o mahirapan. Pero sila namatay at hindi nila ginustong mamatay.

At kaya hindi dapat sabihin ng mga tao na walang kasalanan ang APO at sigma rho. They conduct initiations not to -- supposedly -- kill.

But they did.

And they should be responsible for it. Just like if my dentist accidentally killed me (oo, masakit talaga yung ginawa nya sa kin…pero lab ko dentist ko ha suki na yung pamilya namin and friends).

Ang titigas pa ng mukha ng sigma rho, sampahan daw ba ng kaso ang UP for dismissing the officers of sigma rho. Eh automatic yun eh, preventive suspension baga.

These frats are breeding monsters. And to think that some of the sigma rhoans are entering or are now in the law profession. Tsk tsk.

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que horror! see this video of miriam talking about the "rape initiation" rites in some frats and sororities in UPLB.

frankly, i'm not suprised. heard of it before. and the person involved had a face and name (to me), not just some kwentong barbero or urban legend floating around the campus.