When he was approached during his final year of research to take part in the project his first reaction had been a very definite no since he was entering the final stages of work for his thesis at the time:
Kapag siya ay approached sa panahon ng kanyang huling taon ng pananaliksik na naging bahagi ng proyekto ang kanyang unang reaksyon had been a tunay tiyak hindi dahil siya ay ang pagpasok ng huling yugto ng trabaho para sa kanyang mga sanaysay sa panahon: