And I don't even even blame Alas just yet because he too barely made it out alive and these kids for me feels so fragile at the moment. I just fuckin' hate the entire institution, because WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG HA? THIS IS NOT THE ATENEO I KNOW MAN
Elites will never understand how hard it is to be a dreamer living in the province. To dream big is to sacrifice the comfort of home for rare opportunities. Elites will never understand.
Well, mag agree man kayo o hindi, nahaluan na ng politics ang pagkamatay ni Rene. Sinamantala nila yung pagiging DDS ni mother dear.
Anyway, Bobet, wag mo rin patulugin LAHAT ng gumagamit sa name mo para sa sarili nilang interest.
May you rest in peace, KING EAGLE.
@AteCrue Hindi mo maiintindihan lahat because you probably came from a higher status. Bobet was one of their hopes and as long as no clear narrative is given by ADMU hindi maiibsan yung sakit.
The idea that the Philippines was "forced into Catholicism" is infantalizing bullshit that removes any agency to my ancestors.
Sorry. We chose to be Catholic. Our ancestors CHOSE to join the Universal Church.
i wonder how many coffees & showers they’ve shared, how many times “asa ka pre?” was followed by “sabay ta pre,” without either of them thinking twice or how many stray cats they’ve saved. hay bobet, aaron, aeron. the OG trio.
aaron’s bestfriend. aeron’s #2 to his #1.
@AteCrue Boang ka vha? Hindi ikaw ang nawalan , itahimik mo yan. A life won't still come back even with all the truths. Respeto nalang siguro, you cannot blame a grieving mom. Her kids are her life too, losing them meant losing hers.
Gurl like I wish gyud no na atik lang ning tanan about the deaths of those two basketball players. Like it was all just a dream pero it's not. Bodies are already laid before our eyes
WATCH: Drone Footage of the Actual Rescue of Rene Baterbonia
On June 8, it was reported that Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia and his teammate, Divine Adili of Ateneo de Manila University, drowned during a team building activity at a resort in Dipaculao, Aurora Province.
Ngayon tahimik kayo dyan Ateneo de Manila University? Jusko pati assistance iba pa sasalo tarantado. Is this the OH-SO-COOL, SO HIGH,SO STANDARD, SO ELITE ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY NOW? tangina mga elitista ampota. Power structure so clear lols
Every few years, Ateneo produces a think piece about inequality in the Philippines. About the gap between the elite and the masa. About how institutions must serve the marginalized.
Rene Baterbonia was from Agusan del Sur. He was recruited because he was 6'4", won the Palaro MVP, and could help Ateneo win a UAAP title. He was the masa. He was the kind of kid those think pieces are supposedly written for.
He is now dead after drowning during an Ateneo-organized activity.
And the institution's response has been to ask for "privacy and space."
The gap between what Ateneo preaches and what Ateneo practices has never been more visible. Or more damning.