POLITICS and BUSINESS

The last colloquium was about Politics, Media, Business and Military. Councilor Jay Sangil, the invited speaker for Media and Politics shared to us his experiences as a journalist and as a councilor. He used to write for the Philippine daily inquirer and now he is running again as a councillor of Angeles City. He explained that being a journalist is really a serious profession and requires a lot of courage and must be sincere in your field.

I admit that we had a fruitful and active discussion in this colloquium. All of us participated in the discussion and asking relevant question that made the colloquium very interesting…

THE STATE OF CAMPUS JOURNALISM TODAY

Our class sponsored a colloquium last Tuesday regarding the state of campus journalism in our school today. It was attended by all the editors in chief of different college papers and of the official student publication of the school.

I remember what the adviser of the Pioneer Ms Heather Bautista said that campus journalism is very poor in our school which I agree. Campus journalism in our school is very poor because of suppression of the freedom of speech. It’s really saddening that compare to other schools we cannot exercise freely our right to expose negative issues in our campus.
In the forum my classmates raised some questions like;
“What keeps them going if they cannot exercise their freedom of speech”?
“How can they write against the admin that it won’t look like negative”?

There were lots of question still left hanging in the wind…
The challenge for us student is to actively participate and contribute something in our campus. We shouldn’t just sit and wait for change in our campus; we should act and not be passive on the issues that are happening in our school.

Your voice matters. Now, if you have something worth saying, you can be heard.

You can make a difference. We all can..
Let’s get started.

FASHION FADES BUT STYLE IS ETERNAL

The topics in our colloquium today were ENTERTAINMENT, FASHION, BEAUTY, MUSIC, SPORTS, and BUSINESS.

Ms Angela Boyd was the speaker about beauty. Theater actor Pong manio an ABMC 4 student was the one who talks about entertainment. Ms. Roxy a Physical Education teacher was the speaker for sports topic. Fashion speaker was Isa Minel Gozun who quoted “Fashion fades but style is eternal”. The highlight of the discussion was when our teacher asked the invited guest to choose one male and female from the class and suggest what appropriate outfit that they can wear.

MEDICINE

LIFE AT RISK....

The invited speaker in our colloquium who tackled about Medical Technology profession was Michelle Valdevieso. Sharing her working experienced in the field of Medicine is indeed a delicate and great responsibility. She said that mislabeling is the mortal sin in their profession. In her profession they have to be extra careful in giving the result to their person making them sure that the result will give to the right person. In their profession, shortcut method isa big no no, they must undergo in step by step process. Her life is also being at risk because every chemical and substance she holds might slip and she will be infected if that blood is HIV positive etc..

As a Medical Technologist their role includes Blood collection, match blood for transfusion, examine and analyze body fluids and cells, examine clinical content of fluids, test for drug levels in urine and sometimes in blood, count cells and look for abnormal cells in peripheral blood smears, analyze the results and correlate them and if necessary repeat the test.

PHILOSOPHY, EDUCATION and LITERATURE

The first topics discussed in our colloquium were Phisolophy, education, and literature.

Mr. Jay Pajarillo talks about Philosophy in the field of extentialism. He shared how important to live our life with purpose, living a life with direction and meaning. For his talk, he mentioned that the moment we were born, we already have our essence and existence. God created us but it doesn’t mean that we are free to do everything we want to. Our purpose in this world is living a life that is in accordance in God’s will.

The invited speaker Mrs. Luna in education talks about the importance of education and being a mother and an educator. She shares her challenges that she has encounter being a mother and an educator as well.

Mr. Jay Pajarillo, Faculty from the Social Sciences Department of the College of Arts and Sciences, Mr. Lawrence Bansil, a student from the College of Nursing and Mrs. Luna, a former Faculty member of the Christian Formation Center of this university were the speakers for the second colloquium.

PROCLAMATION RALLY OF TEAM UNITY

Last Tuesday we attended the Proclamation Rally of TEAM Unity at the Bren Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga.

The administration, led by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo together with the Vice President Noli de Castro, came in full force in support of TEAM Unity candidates at the proclamation rally here in Pampanga. Also present were local officials led by Pampanga Governor Mark Lapid, Representative Juan Miguel Arroyo, and Senator Lito Lapid.

Arroyo appealed to her province mates to vote for all 12 senatorial candidates of TEAM Unity. The President, speaking in Kapampangan, urged her province mates to support her candidates, so that they in turn could help develop the province.

I noticed that all tried to inject humor in their lines and most of the candidates would greet the crowd, but only to proved to be experts of the local dialect. They are all claiming that they have a Kapampangan blood, that his relatives, wife are from the same province etc… which sounds like telling the people to vote for them just because they are also have a blood of Kapampangan. The candidates will, instead, focus on explaining their platforms to the people.

Packed meals from a popular fast food chain were distributed to those who went to the rally. Some barangay officials said Governor Lapid provided the meals.

TEAM Unity is composed of reelectionist Senators Edgardo Angara, Joker Arroyo and Ralph Recto; Arroyo's former chief of staff Michael Defensor; Governors Luis Singson of Ilocos Sur and Vicente Magsaysay of Zambales; congressmen Prospero Pichay of Surigao del Sur and Juan Miguel Zubiri of Bukidnon; former senators Teresa Aquino-Oreta and Tito Sotto, and Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III.

In the administration’s Team Unity, there some unanswered questions. What are Senators Joker Arroyo and Ralph Recto, who spent most of their time in the Senate criticizing the government of Arroyo doing in the Team Unity line-up. Also Senator Edgardo Angara, former Executive Secretary of President Estrada and former Senators Tessie Aquino Oreta and Tito Sotto, who defended Estrada in his impeachment trial and who campaigned mightily for the opposition candidate against Gloria Arroyo in 2004, doing in the Team Unity line-up of Gloria’s handpicked senatorial candidates?

What I actually find so distressing is the reality of what the true intentions of these candidates why they shifted under the administration. Is it because of principle base or under pressure? Well whatever that maybe I just hope that people will be wiser in choosing for the right leader who will help in the development of our country…

VJ HUNT 2007

VJ HUNT 2007 (SAMASKOM & ABMC 3 Production)



Last night I received a text message from one of the participants in the VJ HUNT, the text goes like this “congrats to you all! You’ve really done a great job… thanks guys for inviting us and be a part of your program… this has been a memorable event for us, we really had fun! Thank you so much! God Bless you guys…take care always”… Wow that’s really heart warming compliment for all of us who work hard for it! Even though its really tiring on our part and it took lots of our time, I can say that it is a great accomplishment for all of us… imagine we’ve done it on our own… It’s really amazing! I’m so proud to be a part of this production ABMC 3 the best talaga!!! Wooo!!!! I also want to compliment my classmates, because in times like this they never fail to do their work and I can feel the unity of our class… Maybe it’s because all of us want to prove something that we are not the discreet section they used to know.. We have learned a lot from all those people who always discriminate and criticize our section… We want to prove to them that they are wrong!!!

We’ve got all the talented, smart and the best student in our class…..

Two thumbs up for the ABMC 3!!!

To all those who participated, THANK YOU SO MUCH for making the VJ HUNT 2007 a successful one… Congratulation again for all the winners!!! Lav u all!!!