More Intimate Facebook

LESS IS MORE. I'm choosing a more intimate kind of friendship here on Facebook. I'm gonna bid bye to some fellows for now there. 


An original post from my Facebook account at 10: 05 PM

UP Fair 2011

Last Ten Hours at PAWS

…BECAUSE THIS IS MORE THAN JUST BEING A C.W.T.S CLASS

The hardest word to say, goodbye: My last Ten Hours in CWTS 2

Aldrin O. Soriano, CWTS 2- MRU| Prof. Arminda Santiago, Ph. D.

…A YEAR-ROUND JOURNEY TOWARDS CITIZENSHIP

            It seems like it was just yesterday when our CWTS Professor Ma’am Armi lectured the meaning of citizenship. She stated in her presentation what citizenship means, “[t]he philosophy that citizens should work towards the betterment of their community” (Santiago, 2010, in her notes presented to class).

            Surely, my Citizens Welfare Training Service 1 class last semester is an enlightening course, with the gazillions of readings that will surely equip you become a better citizen. Maybe, having embodying the knowledge that I have learned in class, I have been chosen by our organization the Order of DeMolay in our chapter, to talk about citizenship and about being Filipino. They said that my being in UP qualifies me to speak about the topic. But that reason didn’t come into my mind immediately because all I thought at first are the lessons I learned in my CWTS class, and that of Ma’am Armi. I can’t thank her enough for all the inspirations, motivations, and love that she gave to our class. Cheers to you ma’am!

…APPLICATION OF THE BASICS

            I got excite for another semester full of fun and laughter in Ma’am Armi’s class. This time, almost same faces were sat in the same room. Some were just added. Ma’am Armi said that this CWTS course will be on the application and that being a Mass Communication course; we should come up with a communication product for our selected NGO.  Nobody got to search for more NGO so ma’am said she will just contact those whom she knows.  I actually got excited for the NGOs where we will get our internship-like excursion. And when Ma’am Armi disclosed what NGO will we go and render service, I got excited because I have pets at home, and that I used to love them so much but when my favourite dog died, it was like I became less passionate about pets anymore. Thanks to this NGO I was able revive my love for pets and even their place!

…BEING ON A TEAM FOR ONE CAUSE

            I have to admit my group dynamics lessen if the people do not participate or coordinate that much. But I am very thankful to my groupmates, for understanding everyone in the team. We were tasked to create posters for the publicity materials of PAWS.

            Our group divided the tasks according to what each of us knows. Like for example, JP who is a Fine Arts major and also Katria who knows how to work in Adobe programs, that they know visual and graphic designs.  Natalie took over everything from the management and even the conceptualization of the designs. I really appreciate her because of this project. I was the one who wrote letters, and went to different offices just to get signatures from various people needed for our posters to be posted in different buildings within the campus.

             …OUR CALL FOR ACTION

                        Our group came up with two powerful posters which I personally believe can help students and individuals in the University to know more about PAWS. It is evident to people who I saw reading and smiling as they look at the posters.  It is also becoming a talk-of-the mouth wherein people whom I do not know and just got to walk with them are talking about the posters. I just wish that we can have another set of posters more for PAWS for them to have financial help for the pets in the shelter. The posters are located at the Vinson’s Hall and at the College of Music.

…A DERIVATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE ACTION

            It was great to know that my advertising professor Ma’am Eleanor Agulto is also a sponsor at PAWS and that she asked the class to create a publicity material, too for PAWS instead of just having a written examination. I told the class that my CWTS class under Dr. Santiago is also doing a project for the said NGO. It was a chance to narrate my fun and memorable moments with the pets at PAWS. I also shared what Ma’am Anna likes as a topic for the poster to be made since our group was the one who is in-charged for making the posters.

            The class was excited in doing their own publicity materials, too for PAWS and we were required to submit a PSD and JPEG files of our posters as the final requirement in that advertising class.  The poster below is my revised edition of what I was supposed to propose to my CWTS teammates but they already assigned people to layout so I kept this poster for my blog site. However, since our Journalism 151 class required us to create a pubmat, too. I will submit this one to that class.

…BECAUSE REAL PEOPLE HAVE FEELINGS TO HELP OTHERS

            I will always be grateful for this chance to be part a CWTS class which does not only go camping and wall climbing, but a class which embodies the real definition of citizenship training.

            To my classmates, and to Ma’am Armi, thank you very much for a year-round of learning and understanding ourselves for us to delve more into helping others. This CWTS class has helped me know myself more and helped me realize how big the world really is and that it needs more people working together as one for its community.

             This is more than just a CWTS class. This is the real world of real people serving. 

Move forward not move on

Many people wanted to "erase" some good memories that they have had with another person, say someone who used to love them or a friend who was dear to them, after a terrible misunderstanding or break-up. Some say they will move on as if nothing happened. This is wrong, I think. It is because moving on and acting as if nothing really happened gives you the opportunity not to grow as a person. The better way to go on with life after a misunderstanding or a break-up with someone who has been part of your life or someone who have made you special, is to move forward.

Moving forward teaches you how to go on with life with something (experience from that that person who left you) that will make you become a better person, stronger than before. You should not forget all the things- sweet or bitter at that, because these are part of learning.

Yes it difficult, yes life is hard, and love can be so irritating and disgustful sometimes, but I am sure that person who have had made you special in every other way, will always be part of your memory, no matter how hard you try to forget about that person.




Edited: 28 April 2011

The boss

Hate me, oh hate me

Go on and unfriend me. You don't deserve me.

Time will surrender to love

This movie reminds me of something, of someone, of US.
This is timely for me because of what I am feeling right now towards a person I know for more than two years now.WE have been through all the stages mentioned in this film; and now we're back.
Maybe, it's just that REAL LOVE truly waits. Time will surrender to love. 
I am in-love and I will never let go of this girl again.

Summer's Firsts

Unang sabak ng klase kahapon, masaya.

Unang gawain para sa klase ngayon,sana masaya.

At ang sabaw ko lang!

Marry Me

 This is better than the other "marry" song. The first part of this video is cute. I agree with one of the speakers who said that, "timing is everything." I believe so.

Pangalan ko sa ating Alibata

Marka ng aking pagka-katutubong Pilipino.

STATEMENT FROM CONCERNED ALUMNI, FACULTY, STAFF & STUDENTS OF THE U.P. COLLEGE OF MASS COMMUNICATION ON TV5’s WILLING WILLY: A Repost

STATEMENT FROM CONCERNED ALUMNI, FACULTY, STAFF & STUDENTS OF THE U.P. COLLEGE OF MASS COMMUNICATION ON TV5’s WILLING WILLY

by Gina Lumauig on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 8:52pm

We, the concerned alumni of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication, faculty, staff and students, CONDEMN the continued exploitation and abuse of children on television, the continued apathy of sponsors and media owners, and the outright insensitivity of television (in the guise of entertainment), of their hosts, writers, producers.

We are not here to teach our children that it is perfectly fine to take advantage of, exploit, use and abuse them just to be able to earn, without sweat, money from someone who disgustingly brandishes cold cash and material things, to entice audience and viewers, to taunt and laugh at those willing to be taunted and laughed at. We are not here to ALLOW advertisers, sponsors, media owners, to use US, the public and citizens, to enrich themselves by coming out with TRASH television.

Media should be accountable to the public and its citizens, not to the owners and their stakeholders.  Success is measured not by the profits it has earned but by serving the public interest – which is to promote active citizenship through information, education and social integration.

Television audiences are continually being shown a “vast wasteland” of programming, and commercial broadcasting is in effect squandering the public’s airwaves, and we want to put a stop to that.  We are aware that the Market Model in Media is what prevails in broadcast television, where advertisers provide most revenues for the networks, where the bottom line is always profits and where they look at the audience as mere consumers who should buy the products of the advertisers, instead of citizens who should be given quality television. We want to put a stop to that.

We therefore urge TV5 management to re-think their position on entertainment television, to take the high road and choose quality content over crass commercialism, all at the expense of the public. 

We call on the advertisers of this show to pull out their ads immediately.

We call on the public to BOYCOTT the products of the sponsors who refuse to pull out of this show. The temerity of the host to say that those advertisers who pull out will “suffer” is proof that his supposed apology was not genuine and was made only as PR damage control.

We call on the public to be more vigilant both as an audience and as a consumer.

We call on appropriate agencies concerned (KBP, MTRCB, PANA, ADBOARD, DSWD, CHR) to not only slap the guilty parties on their wrists, but to make sure that media ethics and rules are strictly implemented, especially towards the protection of our children.

We adhere to the College’s vision of a society that is egalitarian, participative, and progressive through the development of media that is: -Socially responsible, critical, and vigilant; liberative and transformative; and Free and independent.

We need concrete action from our co-alumni. May those who are in these advertising companies and agencies start by convincing their principals to stop their placements.

Willie Revillame had been, on numerous counts, suspended and removed from Magandang Tanghali Bayan for being disrespectful towards young women. ENOUGH!

Willie was given another break with Wowowee and their greed for more audience and "traffic" led to the ULTRA Stampede. ENOUGH!

Still given another chance and he bit the hand that fed him and threatened the management of the network that gave him his break. ABS-CBN said ENOUGH!

Now at tv5 after another break he abuses a six year old boy. It is just right and about time to finally say that ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

We will make noise and continue to make noise. ENOUGH is ENOUGH!

McDo's New TVC "BFGF": A mini-critical reading

Bilang isang male feminist, pangit ang bagong TV ad ng McDo. Pangit naman talaga, eh. Nakakapagtaka lamang 
kung bakit ang mga kababaihan pa mismo ang nagkakandarapa sa TVC na yun.
Ang pagkakaintindi ko naman, ginamit lamang niya ang fries upang magustuhan niya ang girl ganun din ang babae sa lalake, pero sa totoo, walang pag-ibig na nararamdaman.Kinomodify niya ang "pag-ibig" ng isang babae, ganun din ang babae sa lalaki. Pag-ibig sa mundo ng komersyalisasyon.

Sem Break Pre-summer 2011

Finally I'm already done with my semester!
I am now home. My dad and I together with Kuya Miko went to UP Diliman early morning for me to submit a requirement. We came home at 5 PM. I drove from Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac to here.
I am so excited to take long hours of sleep!

Mga Kabataan ng Tebeng

Maraming salamat sa DAAP Pangasinan Chapter at Order of DeMolay, kay Dad Melvin, Bro. Marcy at iba pang brad sa pagkakataong makapagsalita sa harap ng mga kabataan ng Barangay Tebeng sa Dagupan City. Masaya kapag bata pa lang ay minumulat mo na sa realidad ng mundo, at hinahamon ang kanilang mapanuring kakayahan upang mas maging kritikal sa mapanlinlang na kapaligiran. Nagpapasalamat din ako sa mga kabataan ng komunidad na iyon sa pagpapakitang kaya ko palang makapagpabago ng buhay ng iba. Salamat.

Tunay nga na sulit ang dalawang araw puno ng pagkakataong matuto mula sa interaksyon ng bawat-isa.