Wednesday, May 14, 2003
A WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY
Background Music: "I'm Glad" by Jennifer Lopez
This entry is broken into segments to organize the ideas.
***
The Lines of the Defense
I'm finished now with my defense in English102 which also serves as our final exam grade. My partner and I arrived at the EMS Center 30 minutes before our class, but the place was still closed. After some persuasion, I managed to get the kind EMS guy to let me into the Viewing Room at least 15 minutes before everyone enters the room. I needed to install the images and pictures I have brought with me on four diskettes.
The first of the three defenses today was Badge and Arazelli with their topic about UFOs. They showed us a short film but it was sort of bitin (cut-short) because of time restraints. At the end of their reporting when they were using Powerpoint, a picture of my dorm mate Basil was among a collage of pictures. I was stunned and I started to laugh because I didn't expect Basil to "suddenly appear" in the middle of my English class by being projected onto the screen.
The next would be Upper and Mendy's topic on Stress. Upper has once again defined the meaning of plush cuteness it made me want to hug a pillow and smile.
When they finished, we only had less than 30 minutes to report. I switched off all the lights and told the kind EMS guy to start the Filipiniana music. Ate Angge was by the lights. I was very nervous because I had concentrated my efforts on the visuals of this report that I couldn't concentrate on creating Index Cards to organize the flow of information I would say to the class at the Podium.
The whole thing played out the exact way I had imagined. I was wearing black baggy slacks and I was borrowing Eric's really nice white polo. I didn't realize until I walked outside after the defense that I looked like either a High School student or a Professor.
I wanted to make our presentation as perfect as possible. I'm not a perfectionist, but when it came to this defense I wanted to give it my all. I gave it my all in terms of my hobby... taking pictures and editing them... formulating layouts and presenting it to the class. But since I am so caught up in trying to get a really high grade in this defense, I disappointed myself. I messed up slightly during the Question and Answer portion where the class would ask us questions.
I had the answers in my head, but they were all shattered into pieces that I had to put together. All in front of the microphone, at the podium, in a dimly lit room. It wasn't even totally filled up. Only 40% of the seats were taken. And my lovable classmates were the audience together with a down-to-earth professor... I shouldn't have messed up but I did.
I couldn't answer directly to Apple and Tintin's questions. I had to get Ate Angge to answer them. I felt bad because I saw Ms. J. Medina writing down things in her grading and recitation folder. I'm not sure if she was grading Apple and Tintin for asking questions (asking questions is required if you want a recitation grade) or if she was grading Ate Angge and myself. I'm hoping she graded us during the presentation and all before the Question and Answer portion. I am so nervous about that "Mastery of the topic" criteria.
Overall though, we did good. No, we did great! Syempre, I don't want to boast... but when I say "we did great" I don't mean it directly towards our grades... but towards our goal. Ate Angge and I accomplished everything we had envisioned from the start about this Term Paper. In the process, parang naging closer kami sa isa't isa because of our travels. I would enjoy these kinds of assignments in the future. Working with somebody and getting to know them better.
***
Sa Philosophy naman, di ako nag-aral sa quiz. Tatlo o apat yata ang topic included sa quiz na yun. Theism, Atheism, Agnotheism, and Religious Experience. Amazingly though, naka-15 over 20 ako for a quiz that I didn't study for. For me, that's satisfying for such a crowded day with so many events.
Pagkatapos ng quiz, nagusap si Ms. E. de Leon sa klase tungkol sa Final Exam sa Friday. Parang madali lang siya na hindi. Confusing right? Um, saglit lang. Bakit ako nag-ta-tagalog?
***
Afterclass Hours at the Office
A Staff Meeting of the Heraldo Filipino would be held at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. We ate lunch at Square Canteen and then Eric and I had to break off from the rest of the group to roam around with nothing to do. Our classmates went home.
I submitted an Interview slip to the CLEAPS for Dean Esmilla. I have an article about the "1st time someone passed the board exam, bar, whatever... of a specific yata yata...". I don't quite get the article so I'll be txting my step-Editor Ate Tina Soriano (News Ed) about the article once more.
I was trying to submit my other interview slip for Dean Garibay of COE, but it was lunch break and the doors were locked and the blinds were down at their window.
My third article was all the way in CBA and is about the "Thomas Awardees of the Marketing Department". Yes, all three articles are as dull as a lazy gray dog. I was only being driven by the fact that there are shadows over me in the HF and I want to step out into the light and redeem myself.
We ended up inside the currently-being-renovated Heraldo Filipino office. Slowly the numbers of our fellow staffers started to rise. Maycee, Eric, and I had a nice "classmates and co-writers" talk on the visitors couch which was temporarily located outside in the hallway.
Maycee went to interview the EVP of DLSU-D while Eric and I went into the office. Ate July (Associate Ed) received a telephone call in the office from Ate Tina (News Ed) and she suddenly handed me the phone.
Ate Tina asked if I could add anymore article contributions to news. I lit up in sparks from both worry and excitement.
My three articles have now swolen to about seven! This is the first time I've been assigned more than four articles for a single Broadsheet. And these articles slide away from the "lazy gray dog" into more interesting topics. "SARS, Foreigners, in DLSU-D"... "ANTI-PASSIVITY RALLY/CAMPAIGN of the USC"... "OSA INTEGRATION SEMINAR"... and of course the article I've been dreaming of writing... "ON-CAMPUS DORMITORIES FOR 2003-2004". These aren't the titles of course, but the ideas are there.
Awesome. I have got to be the strangest writer in the HF for "wanting" to write for a section of the HF that isn't even the one I've signed up to. There's a problem though, my home is in FEATURE and I'm under Kuya Marthy's (Feature Ed entering 2nd Term) "jurisdiction". He recently established this past summer the "PROTOCOL FOR FEATURE WRITERS" which bans Feature Writers from working on other sections until they finish their assigned work in Feature itself.
Meaning, when Kuya Marthy assigns things this Friday... It'll be squeezed with the seven articles I now have for News. Luckily, some articles in News I really have an interest in so that shouldn't be a problem. But with articles involving critical interviews, that'll be the killer.
***
A Campus Journalist, a new season
Since there was so much time and new articles I had the option to do, I decided to do the rounds and go to places that I can possibly have an ambush interview. I tried the USC since parang close na sila Shiela at Joanna sa tauhan doon... for my "Anti-Passivity Campaign" article. I wanted to interview the incoming President, Kuya Rommel. But he wasn't there at that time.
I went to the CBA to check if I can set an appointment with Dean Chavez and then after submitting my interview slip, I was told to just call the CBA Office at a later time.
Afterwards, I went to the on-campus dormitories to interview Matron Hernandez. The woman I admittingly said I greatly disliked! Recall any blog entries last 2nd sem about my curfew violation and threat of possible termination on Valentines Day?
Scratch that.
When I interviewed her, I had all the insights of the dormitories this incoming school year. Three buildings are now for the on-campus boys dormitory... which means two additional ones to last year's pioneering one building. Wow. Three buildings of guys... and no longer a one-length hallway of neighbors. Sad.
Matron Hernandez stated without me even asking that if I had certain immunities now from the on-campus dorm curfew! OMG! She said to tell the guard if I get curfew and that if I was coming from the Heraldo Filipino office, not to consider me for a violation. Wow. The Matron herself opened the gates for me.
And to say, I had been thinking of doing some expose or something about the dorms and how cruel it was sometimes! Harhar. Right now... just like in that future cliche... IT'S ALL GOOD.
***
A Heraldo Filipino Staff Meeting
A big surprise hit me (or probably us three in the HF from JOU1-1) when Ate Joyce (Managing Ed) mentioned the "Five OFFICIAL Participants in the CEGP in Vigan". Three of the selected participants were bundled up... us! Ate Joyce informed us during the Staff Meeting in Square Canteen. I was starting to get the impression that malabo na ang plano tungkol sa pagpunta sa Vigan at sa Baguio (Year-End).
On the Year-End, the Dean of Student Affairs has rejected the HF's plan of the Year-End Seminar to take place in Baguio City. However, feel namin kaya naman ang budget ng HF... we are having no problems financially as we are being funded by the University. I'm not expecting anything from the Year-End at this point. I'm just bracing myself from possible disappointments.
Anyways, HF entered my bloodstream once again and circulations greatly improved today. This past week, I've felt my presence in HF deteriorating in front of the others despite my efforts. But now, just like what Kuya Marthy said "I've been given a second chance for something...".
So, I've been given a second chance. I now have articles for NEWS and I have articles for FEATURE coming this Friday. Together with some words of wisdom from Maycee, a little bit of spirit, and a little bit of me into this whole equation, maybe I can pull through and redeem my status as a writer for the HF and for the students of DLSU-D.
Naks.
***
Nearing the end of a Voyage
Treated myself to a SOLO A at Kenny Roger's for an improved day compared to the past few days. Went home afterwards. Got home just when the sun had set. Kuya Henry found a Silver CR-V, Model 2000... yes!! Wait... hold on... no... it's a Manual. Which, by the way, is fine with me... but my parents want an Automatic. Damn! At least I now have my first potential CR-V.
Paul introduced me to the Hallmark Channel, which is now on CH 46. Meaning, I can now watch STAR TREK VOYAGER after five years away from it. And then, when I went to the Hallmark Channel... it appeared on the screen. "Next: Star Trek Voyager".
I had watched the first three seasons... and I have no idea what season they're on right now. Until I went online and found out the episode they showed this evening is third to the last of the entire series.
Awwwwww. That bites. You see the beginning, and now you're seeing the end. What happened to all the exciting stories in the middle? All those cliffhangers at the edge of the seasons to those battles and CGI graphics... All of it. Damn.
***
Thank you for one great day. I feel all better now.
Background Music: "I'm Glad" by Jennifer Lopez
This entry is broken into segments to organize the ideas.
***
The Lines of the Defense
I'm finished now with my defense in English102 which also serves as our final exam grade. My partner and I arrived at the EMS Center 30 minutes before our class, but the place was still closed. After some persuasion, I managed to get the kind EMS guy to let me into the Viewing Room at least 15 minutes before everyone enters the room. I needed to install the images and pictures I have brought with me on four diskettes.
The first of the three defenses today was Badge and Arazelli with their topic about UFOs. They showed us a short film but it was sort of bitin (cut-short) because of time restraints. At the end of their reporting when they were using Powerpoint, a picture of my dorm mate Basil was among a collage of pictures. I was stunned and I started to laugh because I didn't expect Basil to "suddenly appear" in the middle of my English class by being projected onto the screen.
The next would be Upper and Mendy's topic on Stress. Upper has once again defined the meaning of plush cuteness it made me want to hug a pillow and smile.
When they finished, we only had less than 30 minutes to report. I switched off all the lights and told the kind EMS guy to start the Filipiniana music. Ate Angge was by the lights. I was very nervous because I had concentrated my efforts on the visuals of this report that I couldn't concentrate on creating Index Cards to organize the flow of information I would say to the class at the Podium.
The whole thing played out the exact way I had imagined. I was wearing black baggy slacks and I was borrowing Eric's really nice white polo. I didn't realize until I walked outside after the defense that I looked like either a High School student or a Professor.
I wanted to make our presentation as perfect as possible. I'm not a perfectionist, but when it came to this defense I wanted to give it my all. I gave it my all in terms of my hobby... taking pictures and editing them... formulating layouts and presenting it to the class. But since I am so caught up in trying to get a really high grade in this defense, I disappointed myself. I messed up slightly during the Question and Answer portion where the class would ask us questions.
I had the answers in my head, but they were all shattered into pieces that I had to put together. All in front of the microphone, at the podium, in a dimly lit room. It wasn't even totally filled up. Only 40% of the seats were taken. And my lovable classmates were the audience together with a down-to-earth professor... I shouldn't have messed up but I did.
I couldn't answer directly to Apple and Tintin's questions. I had to get Ate Angge to answer them. I felt bad because I saw Ms. J. Medina writing down things in her grading and recitation folder. I'm not sure if she was grading Apple and Tintin for asking questions (asking questions is required if you want a recitation grade) or if she was grading Ate Angge and myself. I'm hoping she graded us during the presentation and all before the Question and Answer portion. I am so nervous about that "Mastery of the topic" criteria.
Overall though, we did good. No, we did great! Syempre, I don't want to boast... but when I say "we did great" I don't mean it directly towards our grades... but towards our goal. Ate Angge and I accomplished everything we had envisioned from the start about this Term Paper. In the process, parang naging closer kami sa isa't isa because of our travels. I would enjoy these kinds of assignments in the future. Working with somebody and getting to know them better.
***
Sa Philosophy naman, di ako nag-aral sa quiz. Tatlo o apat yata ang topic included sa quiz na yun. Theism, Atheism, Agnotheism, and Religious Experience. Amazingly though, naka-15 over 20 ako for a quiz that I didn't study for. For me, that's satisfying for such a crowded day with so many events.
Pagkatapos ng quiz, nagusap si Ms. E. de Leon sa klase tungkol sa Final Exam sa Friday. Parang madali lang siya na hindi. Confusing right? Um, saglit lang. Bakit ako nag-ta-tagalog?
***
Afterclass Hours at the Office
A Staff Meeting of the Heraldo Filipino would be held at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. We ate lunch at Square Canteen and then Eric and I had to break off from the rest of the group to roam around with nothing to do. Our classmates went home.
I submitted an Interview slip to the CLEAPS for Dean Esmilla. I have an article about the "1st time someone passed the board exam, bar, whatever... of a specific yata yata...". I don't quite get the article so I'll be txting my step-Editor Ate Tina Soriano (News Ed) about the article once more.
I was trying to submit my other interview slip for Dean Garibay of COE, but it was lunch break and the doors were locked and the blinds were down at their window.
My third article was all the way in CBA and is about the "Thomas Awardees of the Marketing Department". Yes, all three articles are as dull as a lazy gray dog. I was only being driven by the fact that there are shadows over me in the HF and I want to step out into the light and redeem myself.
We ended up inside the currently-being-renovated Heraldo Filipino office. Slowly the numbers of our fellow staffers started to rise. Maycee, Eric, and I had a nice "classmates and co-writers" talk on the visitors couch which was temporarily located outside in the hallway.
Maycee went to interview the EVP of DLSU-D while Eric and I went into the office. Ate July (Associate Ed) received a telephone call in the office from Ate Tina (News Ed) and she suddenly handed me the phone.
Ate Tina asked if I could add anymore article contributions to news. I lit up in sparks from both worry and excitement.
My three articles have now swolen to about seven! This is the first time I've been assigned more than four articles for a single Broadsheet. And these articles slide away from the "lazy gray dog" into more interesting topics. "SARS, Foreigners, in DLSU-D"... "ANTI-PASSIVITY RALLY/CAMPAIGN of the USC"... "OSA INTEGRATION SEMINAR"... and of course the article I've been dreaming of writing... "ON-CAMPUS DORMITORIES FOR 2003-2004". These aren't the titles of course, but the ideas are there.
Awesome. I have got to be the strangest writer in the HF for "wanting" to write for a section of the HF that isn't even the one I've signed up to. There's a problem though, my home is in FEATURE and I'm under Kuya Marthy's (Feature Ed entering 2nd Term) "jurisdiction". He recently established this past summer the "PROTOCOL FOR FEATURE WRITERS" which bans Feature Writers from working on other sections until they finish their assigned work in Feature itself.
Meaning, when Kuya Marthy assigns things this Friday... It'll be squeezed with the seven articles I now have for News. Luckily, some articles in News I really have an interest in so that shouldn't be a problem. But with articles involving critical interviews, that'll be the killer.
***
A Campus Journalist, a new season
Since there was so much time and new articles I had the option to do, I decided to do the rounds and go to places that I can possibly have an ambush interview. I tried the USC since parang close na sila Shiela at Joanna sa tauhan doon... for my "Anti-Passivity Campaign" article. I wanted to interview the incoming President, Kuya Rommel. But he wasn't there at that time.
I went to the CBA to check if I can set an appointment with Dean Chavez and then after submitting my interview slip, I was told to just call the CBA Office at a later time.
Afterwards, I went to the on-campus dormitories to interview Matron Hernandez. The woman I admittingly said I greatly disliked! Recall any blog entries last 2nd sem about my curfew violation and threat of possible termination on Valentines Day?
Scratch that.
When I interviewed her, I had all the insights of the dormitories this incoming school year. Three buildings are now for the on-campus boys dormitory... which means two additional ones to last year's pioneering one building. Wow. Three buildings of guys... and no longer a one-length hallway of neighbors. Sad.
Matron Hernandez stated without me even asking that if I had certain immunities now from the on-campus dorm curfew! OMG! She said to tell the guard if I get curfew and that if I was coming from the Heraldo Filipino office, not to consider me for a violation. Wow. The Matron herself opened the gates for me.
And to say, I had been thinking of doing some expose or something about the dorms and how cruel it was sometimes! Harhar. Right now... just like in that future cliche... IT'S ALL GOOD.
***
A Heraldo Filipino Staff Meeting
A big surprise hit me (or probably us three in the HF from JOU1-1) when Ate Joyce (Managing Ed) mentioned the "Five OFFICIAL Participants in the CEGP in Vigan". Three of the selected participants were bundled up... us! Ate Joyce informed us during the Staff Meeting in Square Canteen. I was starting to get the impression that malabo na ang plano tungkol sa pagpunta sa Vigan at sa Baguio (Year-End).
On the Year-End, the Dean of Student Affairs has rejected the HF's plan of the Year-End Seminar to take place in Baguio City. However, feel namin kaya naman ang budget ng HF... we are having no problems financially as we are being funded by the University. I'm not expecting anything from the Year-End at this point. I'm just bracing myself from possible disappointments.
Anyways, HF entered my bloodstream once again and circulations greatly improved today. This past week, I've felt my presence in HF deteriorating in front of the others despite my efforts. But now, just like what Kuya Marthy said "I've been given a second chance for something...".
So, I've been given a second chance. I now have articles for NEWS and I have articles for FEATURE coming this Friday. Together with some words of wisdom from Maycee, a little bit of spirit, and a little bit of me into this whole equation, maybe I can pull through and redeem my status as a writer for the HF and for the students of DLSU-D.
Naks.
***
Nearing the end of a Voyage
Treated myself to a SOLO A at Kenny Roger's for an improved day compared to the past few days. Went home afterwards. Got home just when the sun had set. Kuya Henry found a Silver CR-V, Model 2000... yes!! Wait... hold on... no... it's a Manual. Which, by the way, is fine with me... but my parents want an Automatic. Damn! At least I now have my first potential CR-V.
Paul introduced me to the Hallmark Channel, which is now on CH 46. Meaning, I can now watch STAR TREK VOYAGER after five years away from it. And then, when I went to the Hallmark Channel... it appeared on the screen. "Next: Star Trek Voyager".
I had watched the first three seasons... and I have no idea what season they're on right now. Until I went online and found out the episode they showed this evening is third to the last of the entire series.
Awwwwww. That bites. You see the beginning, and now you're seeing the end. What happened to all the exciting stories in the middle? All those cliffhangers at the edge of the seasons to those battles and CGI graphics... All of it. Damn.
***
Thank you for one great day. I feel all better now.
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