Kathleen Medina, Tim de la Paz, Jayvie Dizon, Renzelle Palma, Paul Genesis Gatus, Dea-woung Jung, Manuel Domingo Jr., and Camille Perkins PG, Kath, Gladys Melgarejo, Jeremy Kris Cortez, Karen de la Cruz, Charles The adviser and the graduates of 2009
Millions of people have been talking about Susan Boyle-- an ordinary 47-year-old virgin who caught the attention of the judges and the crowd at Britain's Got Talent. Absolutely, Susan's got talent. But what's more amazing is not her singing prowess but the discrimination that the Brit showed before Susan sang "I dreamed a dream." It also showed how ageist Simon Cowell is for reacting negatively when Susan said she's 47 years old. The faces of the audience, and the way they looked at each other as they raised their eyebrows showed nothing but discrimination. Susan Boyle has shown to the whole world how the Brit define talent. She has proven that talent does not come only from young and good-looking people.
Congratulations to Stef and Charles for being among the top students in class for AY 2008-2009! Recognition ceremony was held on March 26. (This is a late post :-)
Rina Jimenez-David is right -- that CELEBRITIES HAVE RIGHTS, TOO . I've been following the news about what happened to Ted Failon since the day his wife was reported to have taken her own life -- a news that was given different angles by the police as reported by the media. The media would obviously do everything to report every detail of the story because this news has many news elements. Prominence is number one. Ted Failon has been a famous Filipino broadcaster who frequently scrutinizes the "ways of the police." It is with no surprise that the media would not leave any detail unreported because the police surely don't want to leave any detail unreported. Oo nga naman, it's the police's chance to get back to a broadcaster hitting them on air. Aside from prominence, other elements that make Trina's death newsworthy include conflict (allegedly, Ted and Trina had a fight about something that led to her death), crime (obviously, the media are rep...
Natapos na naman ang isa pang academic year. Sampung taon na pala mula nang magsimula akong magturo sa kolehiyo. Nakakatuwang isipin na kaya ko palang magturo. Alam kong nahirapan ako noong una. Lahat kasi ng expectations na dala ko mula sa kolehiyong pinagtapusan ko ay wala dito kung saan ako nagtuturo. Sa sampung taong lumipas, marami na rin akong natutunan. Marami na ring mga estudyanteng natulungan. Marami-rami na rin ang naniniwala na kaya ko palang magturo habang marami din akong iba pang ginagampanan tulad ng pagiging ina, asawa, vice chair, manunulat, atbp. Sa ngayon, alam kong masaya na rin ako pero nakakalungkot lang isipin na ang mga nagpapasaya sa akin ay umaalis din. Sinasabi ko na nga ba, hindi dapat nag-i-invest ng emosyon sa kahit ano at kahit kanino. Noong isang taon, nagtapos ang mga taong naging malapit sa akin. Ngayon naman, may mga aalis na naman. Bakit ganito ang buhay ng guro? Magtuturo, mapapalapit ang loob, tapos magtatapos ang estudyante. Kasabay ng...
These photos were taken by Kevin (Kim, Dong-wook) when we were in Baguio City. We went to UP Baguio (my alma mater), Mines View Park, Burnham Park, Convention Center and of course at SM. I really had nice time with Charles and Kevin on April 2. SM Baguio looks so nice here... It's a grand mall in the mountain province :-) I didn't know Charles took this photo. We were at Mines View Park here. Kevin is on the background looking at the camera :-) This is OBLE's rear view -- ha-ha-ha! Kevin and Charles wore the native costume of the Igorot for picture taking. They paid P10.00 each for wearing such. (lol) I was looking at the view at Mines View Park. Another candid photo? OBLE in another angle :-) A shot of one of the tambayans in UP Baguio. This is a shot of the official publication of UP Baguio -- (I forgot the name) lol A painting by a Fine Arts student at UP Baguio.
"Why is there something rather than nothing?" --Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz REFERENCE: Adolf Grünbaum. (2008, June). Why Is There a Universe at All, Rather than Just Nothing? (Part 1). Free Inquiry, 28 (4), 32. Retrieved April 16, 2009, from Academic Research Library database. (Document ID: 1496326571).
A duo with -kamikaze- MMORPG. Online games. Virtual world. SHAIYA. The past holy week signaled the beginning and end of my battle in the virtual world. I started playing an MMORPG for a week -- trying to level up my character named SexySteffi in an online game known to players as SHAIYA . It wasn't as sophisticated as Wow but most things are basically the same. The best parts would be killing monsters to level up and killing darkies to get higher ranks. Another good thing about online games like SHAIYA is the opportunity to talk to people or gamers from different parts of the world. I've met gamers from Columbia, Chile, Texas, Australia, Canada, etc. Gamers really come from different walks of life. Some are young, some old, some married, some single, some just fooling around, some serious about leveling up. As a priest, SexySteffi is in demand in the game :-) Some players would always invite her to a party so that they could conquer the monsters without getting killed a...
Faculty from the Dept. of English & Communication: Dennis G. Infante (Chair); Mrs. Josie Cunanan (former Chair); Virgie Bautista (Vice Chair); Ms Remy Janda (ESL Coordinator);
Mr. Jojo Dingal ; Ms May Dulalas-Diongon and Mr. Robert Guzman
The faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences during the Retreat in Baguio City.
WE hold retreat every year to remind ourselves of the most important things we value in life. Last April 2-4, our retreat was held in Sta. Catalina Spiritual Center in Baguio City . The place and the weather were very much helpful in setting the mood for making reflection (cum relaxation).
Our retreat master, so far, is the best one. Unlike other retreat masters, this one (but sorry, I don’t remember his name)didn’t bore us to too much prayers and didn’t insult us with too many jokes. Instead, he was able to balance among prayer, inspirational songs, anecdotes and content.
PRAYER
The retreat provided the bes...
GOING BACK TO MY ALMA MATER REMINDS ME OF THE FREEDOM I ENJOYED AND THE FREEDOM I NEVER HAD I’ve gone back to Baguio City last April 2. I went there for our department retreat. On the first day, I went out with Charles and Kevin (my Korean students) to visit some places around the city. It was Charles’ second time to be in Baguio and Kevin’s first time. We went to UP Baguio (my Alma Mater), Baguio Convention Center , Mines View Park and Burnham Park . UP Baguio is physically very much different now compared with what it was years ago when I was still studying. It’s already autonomous. When I was studying, it was UP College Baguio. It was then under the administration of UP Diliman – parang extension campus ang UPCB then. But now, autonomous na. As such, it has its own Chancellor and of course, budget. With autonomy, I think UP Baguio was able to make itself more established. Dati, BA Mass Communication belonged to the department of Humanities and Communication. B...