Anything but Ordinary

If we live beyond this post's date...

2008-09-14T14:57:38Z

... then the Mayan's got it wrong.

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MB sued for copyright violation

2008-06-11T11:59:58Z

Major daily Manila Bulletin is being sued for Php 1.2 million by photographer Anton Shekker for allegedly using and printing a couple of his photos without his permission.

The photos, supposedly taken from Shekker's blog, were shown on the March 21, 2007 Travel and Tourism section of the 108-year-old newspaper.

Shekker earlier aired his sentiments through a blog entry, creating a ripple effect amongst bloggers as they echoed the case on their websites.

sources: Yugatech, Photo.net Yahoo News
(author's brief opinion starts here)

This is one very interesting case. Numerous cases regarding mainstream media using nicked photos from blogs surfaced last year. Future Comm 120 (Mass Media Law) students are lucky since they will be surely tackling this once the verdict is set.

wow...

2008-01-02T07:01:04Z

After you die...
Heaven

After death, you will exist in heaven. Everything and everyone you love will constantly surround you for all of eternity. You lucky scoundrel.

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

Simbang Gabi

2007-12-26T03:13:35Z

I was up by 3 am. I took a shower, got a jacket and waited for my dad in the sala with a cup of hot chocolate in my hand. Sip after sip, I would look at the calendar and count the days: nine more to go. With one last gulp, I stood up and put my jacket on as he got done. A breeze greeted us as he opened the door on our way to the car There’s no need to turn on the aircon: the wind outside is cold enough to give me the shivers. Our parol danced in the early December morn outside as we made our way to the first of nine dawn masses, misa de gallo, simbang gabi.

Yes, it’s that time of the year when kids go giddy and jumpy and eagerly wish for some goodies from Santa, when adults go shopping for gifts to give and teens do pretty much anything in between. Dancing lights brighten up the once lifeless streets and young people traverse these roads, singing carols at every home, either just for fun or with a hope of a small fee.

Christmas is here again.

It was 15 minutes prior to the mass, and yet stalls selling the season’s delicacies outside the church already had people having their orders taken, to be picked up after the mass. Cold wind caressed my cheek once again as I stepped outside the car. That and the church being dressed with Christmas lights made me feel more excited.

I started attending dawn masses with my dad when I was in my junior year in highschool. That same year, I wrote about Christmas being not what it used to be (Different Christmas, Youngblood, Decemeber 23, 2004.) It seemed to me that it won’t be as much merrymaking as it did in the previous years, perhaps due to the circumstance that everybody was in at that time.

So my dad got me into going with him for Simbang Gabi. He told me about a premise that if you complete the novena mass, you would be granted that wish, and that was the motivation by some to wake up in the wee hours of the morning. I thought of my wish, and I remembered my college exams the next year, and that’s what I wished for back then.

We went to the church beside my highschool, and I saw some batchmates already in our school uniform. Classes start at around 7:30, and the mass ends at around 5:30, so I thought that they’ll get some breakfast before coming to school.

It was a hard ordeal for me at first to attend the mass: waking up at 3 in the morning no matter what time I slept the night before was hard, but I got used to it as the days went by.

It’s the time we spend together that I looked forward to every morning that I’ll wake up and my dad and I would go together to hear mass, get some puto bumbong and bibingka and drive back home. told over and over again whenever the season comes. There’s this one time when the presiding was the one known to be a bit lethargic, and he almost succeeded in putting the both up us asleep, if it wasn’t for the constant pinching my dad and I did to one another. That happened on the first day of simbang gabi two years ago, and we just came from a gathering the night before, so imagine our struggle to wake up early that day. We also had this habit of not taking anything before mass, except for a hot chocolate. Dad told me that during this time, it would be best if we let the host be the first food we take.

Simbang gabi has became an annual event for the two of us, and each time I go to each mass, the more I realize what Christmas really means. It‘s not the number of gifts we see under the Christmas tree nor getting that expensive thing on our wishlist, it’s the satisfaction that we get from seeing a person’s eye light up as she opens the gift that you spent all night making by yourself and from sharing a night’s meal with the people dear to you.

Every year I wished for something, and incidentally or not, almost all came true. I passed my entrance exams, graduated with honors, and got into a good university. But my wish to have love live is still under the works (well, that can wait. My now hectic academic life deprives me from immersing into another responsibility.) Nevertheless, it’s not the wishes that I was after, it was experiencing a tradition years in the making.

In a few days, I’ll be waking up at 3am to take a shower, get a jacket, drink hot chocolate, and wait for my dad. We’ll welcome the cold winds as we board the car and drive to the church near my highschool, get our orders for puto bumbong and bibingka taken, and attend the first of nine dawn masses, misa de gallo, simbang gabi, and complete the novena again. My wish, that may everyone feel the spirit of Christmas wherever they are.

____________________________________________________________

Written December 14, 2007. Kurismasu Ommedetou everyone!

Just in time...

2007-12-21T11:07:52Z

I would like to share a part of Cheche Lazaro's acceptance speech at Gawad Plaridel that really speaks of how I felt in one of my posts:

"More than any other time in our TV history, we now think in terms of exclusives. Our newscasts are punctuated by “exclusives.” Perhaps it is time to review what the intrinsic value of an exclusive is and more importantly, how our choices of exclusives affects the audiences we reach. One vivid example is an “exclusive” about two women involved in a hair-pulling incident. It may be worthwhile to ask ourselves what value this has as a news story aside from the riveting human drama of two women tearing at each other’s hair. Or one story of recent memory is the continuing saga of the Ruffa-Yilmaz break-up, which stayed with the major newscasts on a daily, telenovela basis. What is the take-out of viewers? Are we doing this just to attract our audience, or keep up with competition? Is there a lesson to be learned? Today, showbiz news is a part of every newscast. Admittedly, the bottomline is enhanced by showbiz news. While showbiz news is strong in form, it has to be given context and careful, responsible thought. "

Manong, pwede po bang paki-ano (patay) yung yosi? Hikain ho kasi ako...

2007-10-04T14:59:16Z

Sumakay ako ng Ikot kaninang hapon papuntang KNL. Patungo kasi ako sa Claret para magturo sa club ko (Journalism CLub). Nasa bandang NCPAG na yung jeep ng nakalanghap ako ng nakasusulasok na amoy...

Yosi...

At iyon nga. Akala ko ba merong smoking ban? Ewan ko ba kung bakit napaka-inconsiderate ng mga nagyoyosi. Kung sila lang sana nakakalanghap ng mabaho nilang usok ok lang eh. Pero, ayoko ng may nagyoyosi sa paligid ko, kasi nga asthmatic ako. Kaya iyon, pinakiusapan ko siya at...

Tuloy pa rin siya sa pagbuga.

Ewan ko ba kung epeko ng nikotina ang pagkabingi niya o sadyang tanga lang siya o nagkukunwari lang. Basta ang naisip ko: Kukuhanan kita ng litrato at ibablog kita mamaya, driver ng ikot jeep na may plate number NVL 496. HUWAG PAMARISAN! Ikumusta mo na lang ako kay Hitler sa impyerno kapag kinain na ng cancer ang lamang loob mo.

PS: kung nagtataka kayo kung paano ko siya nakuhanan ng litrato, 5700 ang dala kong phone, kaya kaya ang patagilid ng hindi halata.

COUNTDOWN!!!

2007-08-25T09:25:33Z

http://roehlnino.multiply.com

i'm loving multiply

2007-07-29T13:30:41Z

because you know if people read / view you, and they do comment. :P

What?

2007-07-22T12:53:59Z

Now that the "No Classes Tomorrow" thing is confirmed, I realize that I now have ample time to do a lot of things.

Book Inquiry

2007-07-20T14:54:47Z

Hello guys!

Does anybody have "Kovach, Bill and Tom Rosenstiel. The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect" that I can borrow/buy? I need it for a book review due on August 6 and the bookstores that I've been to can't determine when they will have an available copy of it. :D

Thanks! (^_^)

something

2007-07-08T07:33:37Z

got this somewhere...

[/] worried about getting bullied by fratmen or getting killed in a riot
[ ] got bullied by fratmen or was killed in a riot__
[ ] witnessed a riot__ nasa wishlist
[ ] watched the Oblation Run duckpin bowling practice with jed, ralph and lemuel when that happened.
[/] made friends with a teacher
[ ] was tricked as a freshman into attending a rally/prayer meeting
[ ] wore red or black on one of those wear red or wear black days
[ ] wore red on Valentine’s Day
[/] wore black on Valentine’s Day *white last time.... will be on black again this coming valentines
[ ] celebrated a birthday at Mang Jimmy’s
[/] learned UP Naming Mahal (and forgot it immediately after) *
[/] got on the dean’s list as CS or US *2nd sem!!!
[ ] slept on a bench
[ ] was an RA or SA
[ ] lied or begged to an RA for a slot in class
[/] participated in a there’s-only-one-more-slot-are you-feeling-lucky? not actually one slot left. it's like 39 slots and there were around a hundred students inside eng's theater
[/] jogged around the campus haha
[ ] visited the Vargas Museum
[/] knew at least one xerox lady, manong, or technician by name manong guard? hahaha
[ ] attended university level graduation
[/] got an activist for a teacher kom1
[/] watched a La Salle vs. Ateneo UAAP game when i was in HS
[ ] watched a UP vs. any school basketball game
[/] studied in CASAA
[ ] studied in McDonald’s or Jollibee Philcoa for one full night and bought just one regular-sized drink
[ ] studied along Katipunan cramming in Mcdo/Starbucks chilled is more like it
[ ] studied along Katipunan and affected the mannerisms of a stereotypical Atenean
[/] watch a play that’s not required for Comm III
[ ] went stargazing
[/] ate in Chocolate Kiss, Tea Room or Chateau Verde
[/] slept in the lib
[ ] struck up a conversation with a taong grasa
[ ] wrote to/for the collegian.
[/] seriously pondered about the identity/ies of the people described in Eksenang Peyups
[/] went to the chapel
[/] got a pebble stuck in your shoe/slippers while walking in Sunken Garden fuckers...
[ ] cut class with your block to watch a movie
[ ] had a voltes V for a teacher— dunno. that cross-eyed biatch better die.
[ ] took a class under Joseph Palis
[ ] lied to the transcript lady to get a transcript earlier than the standard 3 months
[/] went to a Freshman-only concert where you had to show your form 5 to prove freshmanhood no food stalls inside? that sucks...
[/] subsisted on just streetfood (ex. fishballs, half footlongs, kwekwek, squidballs/rolls, mais, dirty ice cream) for a day ever heard of TGIS? tiis gutom ipon salapi. go HS!!! hahaha
[ ] learned how to smoke
[ ] went on an out-of-town trip with blockmates or orgmates
[/] fell in love since who knows when
[/] actually read the book you keep borrowing from the lib
[ ] played cards during your free time
[ ] dress in business attire
[ ] sumabit sa jeep
[ ] got sung to or sung to someone in class during Valentine’s day
[ ] watched the lantern parade
[/] helped out a total stranger
[/] helped out a total stranger because he/she was hot
[/] learned to stay awake for more than 24 or 48 hours straight *duuuh
[ ] got bullied by fratmen and feeling cool wannabe people who were actually losers
[/] took Wednesday and/or Sat classes WILLINGLY socsci3
[ ] volunteered for the pahinungod
[ ] ate “tasteless white sauce” pasta from cock-a-noodle-doo
[ ] got a boyfriend/girlfriend :|
[/] took time to read the vandalism in the CR
[/] watched a sexy art film for any GE class * scorpio nights and y tu mama tambien counts right?
[/] got held up or pickpocketed again in HS... pero sa loob ng UP to
[/] felt depressed because you were not as good academically as you were in high school *sigh*
[/] did a last minute paper *we do our best in times of extreme pressure
[ ] had spent a lot for 1×1 ID pictures
[/] got exempted from final exams haha
[/] got exempted from a final exam but still took it kom 1
[ ] attended a varsity pep rally
[ ] watched LIVE AIDS, Androgyny, Maskipaps or any well-known variety show
[ ] promised to quit smoking
[ ] got into at least one (org- or council-sponsored) adventure race
[/] knew where the best restrooms are on campus been there :P
[ ] joined an org regionalistic orgs...
[/] allowed yourself to make mistakes on purpose
[ ] went to the gym in spite of having no PE class just to ogle varsity players
[/] took summer classes cwts
[/] admired the oblation HS. may dahon nga si oble.
[/] made a video for a project let's see... hmm... polsci 14, cwts... ano nga ba yung uba?
[ ] had a crush on a teacher *:-)
[/] had a teacher who had a crush on/tried to court you putanginang sub iyan nangingindat ng estudyante hahaha
[ ] attended your ROTC Bivouac
[ ] faked sickness to get an absence excused
[ ] got your car scratched by one of those “kuya bantayan ko kotse niyo” kids *car? as if i have one, ahehehe
[ ] took a PE class where you had to pay for tuition (i.e. sportsclimbing, ten pin bowling, etc)
[/] went to school in your crappiest yet most comfy clothes pambahay!
[ ] learned how to use the Bayantel pay phones no need
[/] participated in school activities
[ ] caught the UP Pep Tryouts
[ ] dated someone from UP
[/] rode an IKOT and TOKI malamang...
[/] found a tambayan library?
[ ] went drinking at Sarah’s
[ ] learned how to beg for a higher grade
[ ] used your 6 allowable absences wisely
[ ] lived in a dorm
[ ] volunteered to be beadle or go-to guy for your group/class
[/] had the worst schedule but then again, baka mas pangit pa yung iba
[/] realized that there really is just one coconut tree on the sunken garden beachhouse?
[/] not used up all 6 allowable absences
[/] ate in ISSI, Treehouse, Mama Thai’s and other more obscure cafeterias oo ata
[ ] ate food Aristocart-style
[/] attended an ACLE
[ ] got as many app forms as you can during the job fair
[/] learned how to cram HS pa ito
[ ] sold tickets for (or watch) an org-sponsored movie premiere
[/] saved money to Xerox all of your seatmate’s notes it was mutual
[/] had accidentally seen a make-out session *the lagoon has wonders
[/] slept in class *while watching phone sex at panpil 19
[ ] finished a homework/assignment/paper in the shopping center or philcoa
[/] had mountains of unused sample exams and/or old testaments haha fuck off...
[/] resolved to be “better this semester”
[/] slept during a test USTET WAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
[/] had groupmates from hell (ie. no-shows, babblers, dependents, airheads, dreamers, idea stealers, plagiarists)
[ ] learned how to work with groupmates from hell laglag
[ ] perfected the art of parking on campus
[ ] had a bad encounter with one of the guards on campus
[/] developed a love for sisig
[ ] practiced those UP cheers in the first meeting for PE class
[ ] looked at microfilms in the library or poked through archives
[/] reserved a classroom, AVR, etc. for a class or org function
[ ] attended UP Fair
[ ] went to a library other than your own college’s to research
[/] lost a perfectly functioning umbrella sa ikot nung bumaba akong FA para kumustahin si erika after nung talent test
[ ] used consultation hours properly
[ ] went to the Guidance Office for real, heart-to-heart guidance
[/] went to the infirmary hinanap namin ni doreen si nicai
[ ] attend class with a hangover or tipsy — attended class while drinking??
[ ] drink beer or alcohol while inside UP grounds
[/] walked all the way to Philcoa or Katipunan
[ ] bought frogs from NSRI or a Bio department
[ ] maxed out on the 6 allowed unexcused absences but DID NOT drop
[/ got invited or pursued by a sorority or fraternity
[/] wore slippers to school
[/] had a professor who smoked in class so what kung nag polsci14 ka, quilop ka ba?
[ ] got diagnosed by the Infirmary as pregnant or infected with STD

Marble Tables!!!

2007-07-07T15:27:28Z

click the pic to go to the forums.

CURRENTLY FOR CLARETIANS ONLY

I ghostwrite...

2007-07-07T13:55:47Z

What was originally a tribute to the performance of The Elements and it’s performers from Claret College of Isabela turned out to be the perfect subject for an international award.

The Claret Web Development Team bagged the silver award in the annual International Cyberfair Competition, an event from which over 4,500 schools across 100 countries participate which including various schools in the Philippines, ending months of anxiety and anticipation as this year's main entry didn't even make it the National level.

Entitled “The Elements: The Beauty of Isabela Through Its Tranquil Seas” (see related article), the website consisted of videos, photos, and articles about the stage production done and edited by some students, teachers and alumni.

All participating schools, whether or not they won in the National level, are eligible to join international division. With this condition at hand, the team entered the website in the Local Music, Art & Culture category.

As asked in their project narrative, the team summarized their project as: The group chose “The Elements” to be the subject for the project because it deeply involves the theme for this year: “Empower and Unite” in which unity is a big factor. Our project shows how people from different religions as well as different cultures unite to showcase their talents not as individuals but what beauty it results from having different backgrounds.

The cast of The Elements was informed of the victory through Danielle Puno who played the Wind Goddess. “Ayun, masaya sila. Ang galing daw!” she said when she was asked for the cast’s reactions.

The team consisted of Roy Dela Cruz, Lenard Robles, Enrico Villaruz, Clint-Daniel Abenoja, Marti Lacambra, Christian Buñales, Joey Marcelo, Pocholo Balingit, and Erick Christopher Cruz. Assissting them alumni Mike Anthony Ong, Roehl Niño Bautista, Jose Miguel Quijano, Austell Cyril Tumampos, all of which are from batch 2006, and faculty members Mr. Patrick Cordero, Ms Rocelyn Abancia, and Mr. Roxann Cosico. The project was done in cooperation of Fr. Buddy Agualada, Fr. Mon Libot, Mrs. Zenaida Dela Rosa, Ms. Elizabeth Onsansoy, Mrs. Teresita Anastacio, Mrs. (FIRST NAME) Butaran, Dr. Bengbeng and the cast and crew of the elements,

________________________________________________________________________________

The original article by Cabs was s***. I rewrote the whole thing. Well it's the guy's last article (supposed to be) before he migrates. But I'm still disappointed, he didn't exert much effort into writing his last article.

What you read is the rewritten version.

CW 10

2007-07-07T13:49:53Z

Prof. Guerrero, 1st year, 1st Sem.

Captured

Aurin Añith Bole

I held on tight to my girlfriend’s hand as we entered a room filled with an aroma of freshly-made coffee. There were flowers which were arranged for mourning, surrounding a bronze casket adorned with violet ribbons bearing names. I didn’t want to peer into the glass. I’m sure he’s there, but still.

“Lolo, what’s this thing you always have with you?”

“Oh this one? This iho is a camera. You use it to take photographs. Wanna try it?”

“It’s heavy lolo!!! What’s this hole like thing?”

“That’s the viewfinder. That’s where you focus your subject, or simply what you want to take a photo of.”

“Oh! Oh! How about this thing here that you turn?”

“Try turning it until you get a clear view.”

“Ooh, there you go. Smile lolo!!!”

My first subject was a grey haired man whose smile they said was similar to mine. His eyes were jovial behind his gold-framed glasses. That was first photo I took, encased in ebony frame. It rested on his casket together with a number of cameras.

.He had an Olympus Pen F. It’s a collectible nowadays. It doubles your film’s capacity. But he loved Nikon cameras the most. The rest of his arsenal was composed of Nikons. They beat Leica. They said that if you can’t afford those German cameras you’d be buying the Japanese lot. But the Nikon F series changed all that.

“You see iho, photographers back then who were serious in 35mm photography carried a Leica. But Nikon F, the first of it’s series of single lens reflex cameras beat them and Leica never recovered.”

“Those two are Nikons too?”

“Ah yes, the Nikon F3 and the Nikon F4. Do you still remember when you used the F4?”

“The one I was fidgeting with when I was 5?”

“Yes. Here, take it.”

“Lolo?!”

“I know you want it. You’ve shown enough interest since you were young. Go ahead. Besides, I have to pass on my knowledge somehow.”

The Nikon F4, with a 50mm lens and a spare 80mm lens, a developed vertical grip and shutter trigger came out a year before I was born, 1988. It’s an auto-focus camera, but you can also focus it manually. When I took lolo’s photo 11 years ago I just turned the lens until what I saw in the viewfinder was clear.

“I know you can do it Al.”

The F4 was not there. I had the black camera around my neck.

“I’m going now lolo. Let’s do this”

“Don’t forget what I’ve taught you Al. When the competitions arrive, I’ll be there to see you win. Show them what you’ve learned from me, and I know probably better than anyone on photography.”

I felt something wet roll down my cheeks as I held his photo closer.

“Let’s go…”

I never looked at his body before the meet. I wanted his living image to stay in my mind. I knew that if I looked, I may not have fulfilled my promise.

499 words

Viewfinder

I was 7 when I first peered into the hole-like thing found on my lolo’s camera. He always had a camera with him, and I got curious once.

“What’s that thing you always have with you lolo?”

“Oh, you noticed! This is a camera. Wanna try it? There! Look into that square hole iho. That is the viewfinder. You would focus whatever you want to take a photo of within the box.”

“What?”

“Ah my boy, you’re still young to understand my words. Why don’t you take a shot of lolo? If you can see me on the viewfinder then click that button right there.”

My first subject was a grey haired man whose smile they said was similar to mine, with eyes so jovial behind his gold-framed glasses. That was first photo I took, encased in ebony frame. It rested on his casket together with a number of cameras.

I should have known that he was a renowned photographer at his time. No wonder he was ecstatic to see his grandson fidget with his camera. He loved Nikon cameras. My first lessons with him on photography were filled with tales on how Nikon beat Leica.

“You see iho, photographers back then who were serious in 35mm photography carried a Leica. If you can’t afford those German cameras you’d be buying the Japanese lot though. But Nikon F, the first of its series of single lens reflex cameras beat them and Leica never recovered.”

He gave me the Nikon F4. The Nikon F4, with a 50mm lens and a spare 80mm lens, a developed vertical grip and shutter trigger came out a year before I was born, 1988. It’s an auto-focus camera, but you can also focus it manually. The subject is seen clearly through its lenses. We would go out to take pictures, bringing our own camera, making use of whatever we see as our subject. Learning with lolo has been always fun.

The F4 was not there. I had the black camera around my neck.

“I’m going now lolo. Let’s do this”

“Don’t forget what I’ve taught you Al. When the competitions arrive, I’ll be there to see you win. Show them what you’ve learned from our sessions, my boy.”

I felt something wet roll down my cheeks as I held his photo closer.

“Let’s go…”

I never looked at his body before the meet. I wanted his living image to stay, the same one I’ve seen through the viewfinder on that day I took my first photo, the same one that I’ve seen beyond the viewfinder through the year’s we’ve been together. I knew that if I looked, I may not have fulfilled my promise.

500 words

j 101 paper

2007-07-07T13:45:26Z

Roehl Niño Bautista

J 101 – MRU

Prof. Yvonne Chua

Print media on broadsheets may seem to be obsolete due to the rising popularity of new mediums. But the survival of tabloids or “the poor man’s newspaper” says otherwise.

Once again, the demise of newspapers is foreseen, but this time with the advent of the internet and various online news services being pointed out as the cause for this ‘inevitable end’. People prefer reading the news found on the streets rather than the ones printed on broadsheets. A leading newspaper in the country printed free versions of the paper, and even put up online versions of their issues. But as the broadsheet manages to cope with the online revolution, tabloids in the Philippines seem to worry the least.

Half the price and size, tabloids enjoy more sales than broadsheets with their “own” appeal to the masses. With crime stories written in utmost brevity and sensationalism and ever popular sex-themed articles, the tabloid has been pushed down to its lowly place. Even though news on current issues can be found on tabloids, the sex content that attracts consumers gives the tabloid its cheap image.

There is a possibility for tabloids to rise from its status by publishing articles that are relevant to the readers’ lives, pretty much like what broadsheets publish. Newspapers are flexible enough that they have survived through various prophecies of doom upon the arrival of broadcasting, and tabloids are still selling twice as much as newspapers do, despite the sexual image it has portrayed to the industry.

Extinction is not the next thing for print media, at least not in the near future. As it has emerged to be a reliable medium, its survival is very much expected.

Based from:

Things are not all as they seem: The Tale of the Tabloids

By Hector Bryant L. Macale(PJRR, November 2006)

Readers are vanishing, publishers are worrying: Will There Be Newspapers Tomorrow?

By Chit Estella (PJRR, November 2006)

shadows

2007-07-07T08:11:30Z

Be wary in your sleep when the lights go out at night
For I am there
Watching

You kicked me and spit on me on my lowest of days
Shredded my honor
Ashamed

Now I rise from the mud
Where you buried me half dead
For I am the heir of the shadow

Upon my fall you guarded your rise
Stole everything
Your end is near

Wrong was your choice of an adversary
I am the offspring of radiance and shade
Justice shall be attained

Cherish your final moments
My blade will soon glimmer of crimson
Whilst I prepare you for the carrion to feed on

It will soon begin

- Xyphz

Random!!!

2007-07-07T03:14:54Z

RULES:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Media Player, iPod, Winamp etc.)
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For every question, type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to the next question,press the next button.
6. Don't lie and pretend you're cool.
7. When you're finished, tag some other people to do it!

------------

A. Opening credits:
* There's No Easy Way - Paolo Santos

B. Waking up:
* Your Song - Parokya ni Edgar

C. First Day of School:
* Flight of the Bumblebee - Maksim Marvica

D. Falling in love:
* Nais - Batopik (Who the...? Why is it here??? Wait... Sounds ok though... :P)

E. First song:
* Wake Up! - DEPAPEPE

F. Breaking up:
* Torpe - Barbie Almalbis (whaaat?)

G. Prom:
* Bakit Iniwan - Freestyle (prom... tss... haha)

H. Life:
* Sunlight - Paolo Santos

I. Mental breakdown:
* Life is Like a Boat - Rie Fu

J. Driving:
* I Believe - Paolo SAntos

K. Flashback:
* Taimo Pesticide - Pasokya ni Edgar (wahaha!!!)

L. Getting back together:
* I Feel For You - Kyla (Now I should really look through my mp3's

M. Wedding:
* Ted Hannah - Parokya ni Edgar

N. Birth of a child:
* Listen (Acoustic) - Stonefree

O. Final battle:
* Sampip - Parokya ni Edgar

P. Death scene:
* Never Can Say Goodbye - Paolo Santos

Q. Funeral song:
* First Love (Piano) - Utada Hikaru

R. End credits:
* Without You - Paolo Santos

Right after finishing this one, my phone went off.... Strange... :P:P:P

something for socsci3

2007-07-05T13:43:55Z

Highschool students still giggle when they hear the word ‘sex’. They can’t even say sex with a straight face: they would always, smirk, laugh, or smile in a devious manner. Three out of the four I asked (MOS or Man on the street) knew “sex” as the act.” Ang sex ay ang pagkakantutan ng dalawang tao…” one highschool freshmen said. One even went verbuous when he said that “Ang sex para sa akin ay isang sagradong regalo ng Diyos para sa pagsunod sa utos niyang ‘ Humayo kayo at magpakarami”

to be continued...

I WAS READING THE WRONG BOOK!!!

2007-06-24T08:09:16Z

It turns out that it was Mencher's Basic Media Writing, NOT News Reporting and Writing ...

Damn...

What will I do now?

HELP!!! Anyone? Just Chapter 2.... Waaaah!

...

2007-06-21T15:03:29Z

My day is complete...

found this on a friendster bulletin board

2007-06-03T13:54:54Z

Whew, the centennial of our beloved
university is just a year away! And
yet how come I can’t feel the
administration’s plan for our 100th
year celebration? Maybe they are
having problems coming up with things
to celebrate our decade of existence
as the country’s premiere learning
institution. So let me suggest some
things that might be done to improve
our dear campus in line with the
celebration of our one hundredth year
in 2008.

CRS V.3

I think most (if not all) UP students
would agree with me that the
university’s computerized registration
system has long been a student’s pain
in the… head during registration
period. So I’m suggesting constructing
a huge tambiolo in the sunken garden,
in which all subject slots will be put
inside scribed in fancy colored balls.
Then all of UP’s students will draw
one (whether or not he/she needs the
subject he/she gets) and after drawing
the balls a bargaining phase will
commence where students will bargain
the subjects they need with other
students, trading slots.

ALTERNATIVE TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS

Personally, I think the board of
regents should be abolished because it
doesn’t serve the interest of the
campus’ students who are the very
composition of the university (think
kule issue plus TFI). I think it
should be replaced with an automated
system where everyone will have a say
on the decisions made for the
university. Who isn’t bored of
regents anyway? (Pun intended) With
the system I am proposing, every
professor, student, janitor-anyone
within immediate concern of the
university will have power equivalent
to their percentage in the university
population. The automated system will
go like this: You will just have to
text POSITION <space> LAST NAME
<space> FIRST NAME <space> MIDDLE
NAME <space> ID NUMBER <space> COLLEGE
<space> DEPARTMENT <space> DECISION
<space> REASON <space> and send it to
outer space! Uhm, err to 1908, I mean
then a computer will tabulate the
results. Voila! Vox populi, vox Dei.

ADDITIONAL COLLEGES AND COURSES

With the growing diversity and variety
of the students’ interests in the
campus, I think it is crucial for the
university to create the following
colleges and courses:

(I) COLLEGE OF ELITISM AND
OVERAESTHETICS- This new college might
create a problem with the College of
Business Administration, College of
Mass Communication, College of Arts
and Letters and School of Economics as
the said colleges might experience an
exodus of their students who want to
shift to the following courses to be
offered by this new college:
(1) BS ABDOMINAL KINETICS- Caters to
those students who, when walking,
looks like a manananggal that’s about
to be divided in half as the swaying
of their mid section suggests.
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Belly dancer or
Guest relations officers in clubs.
(2) BA SOSYAL STUDIES-Dedicated to
students who have passion in climbing
the social ladder.
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Social Butterfly
(3) BS FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT-Students
under this course will be taught to
spend their money like there’s no
tomorrow.
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Politician
(4) BS GIMMICKAL GEOGRAPHY-Mostly
field study where graduates of this
course should develop a nose for
partying.
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Events planner,
travel agent
(5) MA CONYOTICS-advanced studies in
elitism. Only graduates of the BA
SOSYAL STUDIES, BS FISCAL
MISMANAGEMENT and BS GIMMICKAL
GEOGRAPHY who obtained a GWA of 1.25
or higher are allowed to take the
program.
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Business tycoon
SUGGESTED DEAN:
ORGANIZATION: A Masscom college org
suddenly transforming into a
department org +wink+

(II) COLLEGE OF ACTIVISM-I know this
college should have been established
long before any other colleges were
created in the campus. This college
shall offer the following degree
programs:
(1) BS MILITARY ADVENTURISM-students
under this program will be taught the
art of the coud d’etat, military junta
and the likes
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Senator
(2) BA COMMUNISM-self explanatory.
Takot ako +wink+
**JOB OPPORTUNITY:NPA spokesperson
(3) BA POPULAR MOBILIZATION-Students
following this degree program will be
taught basic shouting, placard
painting and mob marching.
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Partylist
representative
(4) MA MARXIST STUDIES-Graduates from
this graduate program are expected to
know the life and teachings of Karl
Marx
**JOB OPPORTUNITY:NPA spokesperson
(5) MA MAO TSE-TUNG STUDIES-An
alternative to the MA Marxist studies
program plus literature from Red China
**JOB OPPORTUNITY:NPA spokesperson
SUGGESTED DEAN: Juan Paolo Alfonso

(III) SCHOOL OF TACTICAL SCHOLASTICS-
We have had the skill even way back in
high school or even to some, in
elementary. The art of tactical
scholastics has long been a effective
alternative to conventional studying.
It is expected that the number of
enrollees under this program would be
a lot less than the ones I’ve already
mentioned because of the ethical
issues tagged under the subject matter
but in a few semesters time the school
of tactical scholastics would
eventually transform to a college of
tactical scholastics once it sinks in
to the society.
(1) BS CHEATING AND FORGERY (MAJOR IN
PRINT OR ORAL EXAMINATION)-Official
file tampering degree
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Fixer
(2) BA TEACHER’S PETOMOLOGY-this
course explores the art of tactical
gift-giving and obedience. Its
graduates become adept in getting a
flat one with mere charm.
**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Professional student
SUGGESTED DEAN: Any Student

(IV) INSTITUTE OF ELJIBITIZOLOGY-The
College that explores the potentials
of the third sex.
(1)BA CLOSETOLOGY-The art of hiding.
Suggested professors are piolo
pascual, uma khouni, paolo
ballesteros, etc.
(2)BA HOMOSEXUAL LINGUISTICS-Students
studying the gay lingo and its
evolution.
(3)CERTIFICATE IN FINGER GYMNASTICS-a
crash course on how to have that
little pinky finger of yours up while
picking up a glass, holding a vase,
etc.
SUGGESTED DEAN: Piolo Pascual or
Danton Remoto
EXTRA:Abolition of the Third World
Studies Library and converting it to
the Third Sex Studies Library

OTHERS:
BS EXHIBITIONOLOGY (MAJOR IN PETTING
OR NECKING)-With the rising number of
the academic populace exhibiting
public displays of affection, it is
imperative that such a degree program
be made. Classroom shortage is not a
problem because classes under this
course maybe held either in the lagoon
or the sunken garden.

PhD in ORGANIZATIONALSTUDIES (MAJOR IN
ORG MINOR IN ACADEMICS)-This graduate
program should only be offered to
students who have had at least two
organizations in his/her undergraduate
years. Once this criterion has been
satisfied, the screening committee
should make sure that aspiring
applicants to this program should have
at least at one point in their stay in
the university had (1)Skipped class in
favor of an org activity; (2)spent
more time with orgmates than with
family; and (3)gone to campus only to
attend an org activity.

Together we stand!

2007-05-30T14:30:15Z

Helping out a batchmate. This is for you Lawrence!!!

Hi! Pls. help me out. I've just been added to the list of Radio 1 DJ's for Monster Radio RX 93.1. I'm assigned as the indie & art correspondent. I'm one of latest hosts of All Access with Rico and Gelli. My on airname is Enzo and you can listen to me every Thursdays from 3-6pm. So, my first request is for you to tune in to the show. Let's spice up the ratings, shall we? Next, this is the most important thing you can do for me, pls add up my multiply account. allaccessindie.multiply.com pls make your friends add me up too.. Don't forget to add allaccessradio.multiply.com too . Thanks! :D

Yes, I do write in Filipino...

2007-05-28T12:18:16Z

Naghahanap ang ating bayan ng mga kabataang mag-aalay ng kasibulang buhay, ng kanilang adhikain at sigasig para sa kabutihan ng bansa, mga kabataang magbubuhos at mag-aalay ng oras at lakas para sa pag-unlad ng lupang tinubuan. Kabataang may pagmamahal na maipapakita sa inang-bayan at mga maglilingkod sa ngalan ng karangalan ng bansa,

Ngunit nasaan na ang mga kabataang ito? Naroon ang karamihan, nagtatabas ng damo, namumulot ng basura, nagkakargador sa pier, nagkikiskis sa bukid at naghihiwa sa katayan imbes na nasa paaralan at ng mapaghusay ang kaalaman upang maging produktibong mamamayan sa tamang paraan sa hinaharap. Sako ng semento ang pasan imbes na sisidlan ng gamit-eskwela, bolo ang hinahasa imbes na lapis ang tinatasa. Bundok ng basura ang kanilang tinatahak sa halip na daan patungong paaralan ang nilalakad. Naroon ang kabataan, nagtatrabaho. Gumagawa ng mga gawaing kung tutuusin ay kaya ng matatanda. Naghahanapbuhay ang kabataang dapat ay nag-aaral.

Kahit na ganito ang lagay ng mga murang isipan, bakas parin sa kanilang mga mata ang pagnanais na makaahon sa kanilang kalagayan, na baling-araw ay makapag-aral, at/o makapag-hanap ng mas magandang trabaho, ang ilan upang makapagsilbi sa bayan sa kabila ng kanilang tila wala nang katiyakang kinabukasan.

Wala nang hihigit pa sa pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa²sabi nga ni Bonifacio, na lahat ng maaaring ialay sa ngalan ng bayan ay ibibigay. Ngunit bakit umaalis ang mga propesyonal na ang kaalama’y mas higit na makakatulong sa kumupkop na bayan? Bakit ang walang kapantay na pagmamahal sa bayan ay tila naglalaho na?

Sa hindi kalayuan ay may bantayog na nakabukas ang mga palad at nakalagak ang mga kamay, nakatingala sa langit at taimtim na nananalangin, isang nilalang na handing ialay ang kanyang buong sarili kung kakailanganin.

Ito ang gabay ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan. Naka-ugat ang ating mga paa sa lupa na kung saan diniligan ito ng dugo ng kabayanihan. Ang nag-aalab na damdamin para sa mas masaganang hinaharap ng bansa ay tila naglalaho. Ngunit kung pag-iigtingin ang katatagan ng katauhan at isaisip ang pag-ibig sa bayan, maaayos ang pumupundit-pundit na bumbilya at magbibigay liwanag sa daan patungo sa kaunlaran.

Nasa sarili nasisimulan ang pagbabago. Hindi sa kabarkada, lalong hindi sa kaaway. Paano mo maaakit ang iyong mga kasama kung iba ang iyong kilos sa mga salitang lumalabas sa iyo? Kunin ang mga kabataang namundok, nagtrabaho labag sa kanilang kalooban man o napaniwalang ito ay tama at dalhin sa isang maayos na paaralan. Hubugin ng husto upang maging matibay na tagapagsilbi ng bayan. Ito, Iskolar ng Bayan, ang iyong misyon; ang maging ehemplo sa kapwa, tulungan ang mga karapat-dapat na nangangailangan at ibahagi ang kaalaman sa mga kababayan.

Ang karapat-dapat na bigyang tulong ay ang mga taong may pagnanais na matuto, na matulungan, na maglingkod at ibahagi sa iba ang kaalamang makakamit upang ang ibang tulad niya na may pagmamahal sa kapwa ay hindi manatiling mangmang.

May bagong dasal ang bantayog. Huwag sanang lumisan ang mga mapalad na nahinang at nabigyan ng kaalaman upang maibahagi ito sa susunod na henerasyon. Paano na ang kinabukasan, kung ang mga kabataang biniyayaan ng ng maayos na edukasyon ay aalis sa hinaharap ng hindi man lamang napagbubuti ang kakayahan sa sariling bansa at naipapasa ang kaalaman sa isang nakababata?

HULING PAHIMAKAS NI DR. JOSE P. RIZAL

Masayang sa iyo'y aking idudulot

ang lanta kong buhay na

lubhang malungkot:

Maging maringal man at

labis alindog

sa kagalingan mo ay

Akin ding handog.

sa pakikidigma at pamimiyapis

ang alay ng iba'y

ang buhay na kipkip

walang agam-agam

maluag sa dibdib

Matamis sa puso at di ikahapis.

-- salin ni Andres Bonifacio

Just in case you didn't know.

sunog!

2007-05-27T14:10:45Z

Even though it was raining that night, a fire almost consumed a house a few blocks away from ours. We could smell the scent of something burning from inside the house. It was a relief to find out that it's far.

I still can't get details. The eye-witness accounts are all but confusing. I'll try to get a copy of the police report if any and post more pics next time.

It happened around 8:30-9pm last night.

ok

2007-05-26T15:58:05Z

i owe you guys 12 posts. i'm working on them this week. expect to see:
*) my first attempt in news writing of an event outside any school. (fire starts next door, alarms yours truly)
*) research
*) rants
*) photos...

graaaar...