This morning I intend to do nothing but to look for my  homework. I managed to find a lot of contact details for our directory, but it seems that it would take me a whole day if I would do it all by myself. I guess Maam Angie's right on making this homework a group homework. Hello, do you think it's easy to find contacts of the different agencies and local government units within Cavite all by yourself? I just started doing it, and I'm beginning to give up, whew. After this I still have to finish my Communication Theory homework. There are only a few details left to deal with so I think it's easy.
This morning while going to school I saw a streamer of the Pilipinas Got Talent tour that will happen here in Dasmariñas this coming August 7. I got excited and told mom about it, and if she agrees, it would be fun! I'm planning to invite tita Menie to come along with us, since she likes Jovit very much. Ohhh, I'm so excited!!

Of course not! I really wanted someone who knows at least how to play a musical instrument. Especially those who plays classical music instruments like me. Sharing my love for music is really important for me. It really shows who I really am. Ever since I learned playing wind instruments such as the clarinet and flute, I learned to love music. I had this view in life that the kind of music you like reflects yourself. That's how much important music is to me...

It depends on the person who experience it. But for me, romance evolves over time. You cannot simply fall in love with a person that quickly. In my experience, it took me a year before I develop my feelings to my first love. At first I just like him because he's better at drawing than me. All I want at him is to get to know him and be friends with him. But after a year of being friends with him, I suddenly developed feeling for him. I didn't experienced love at first sight but instead I developed that feeling over time.

 Event: Lola Deng’s 1^st Death Anniversary

 

My Motivator for the Day:

 

A Leader is Humble

 

“Your attitude should be the same that Jesus Christ had… He made himself nothing; He took the humble position of a slave… And in human form he obediently humbled himself even further by dying a criminal’s death on the cross.”

Philippians 2:5, 7-9

 

“…When you realize your worthlessness before the Lord, he will lift you up, encourage and help you.”

James 4:10

 

My personal reflection on these passages:

I think it really pays to be humble. It’s true that a leader must have humility to consider him as effective. But it is in the sense that there’s still an authority, in my opinion. My understanding of this humility in leadership is that a leader must learn to accept his flaws and to listen to his subordinates when they say something about you that mean there’s something wrong about you or what you did. I could not think of a better example of being humble other than Jesus. During his life on earth he shows much humility, that he became human not as a king, but a servant to the people. And being humble he died on the cross for our salvation. A leader is not a leader for him only; he is a leader because he is a leader for the people.

 

My entry for today:

            Hi there LJ! As what I told Chibi Ponzie in my entry yesterday I didn’t bothered attending the EB meeting because I don’t want to, and I already have an appointment with the family. I promised my mom to accompany her and my brother to the film showing at school today. I already know what are they going to watch there but I still wanted to come because I want a vacation, even a little bit. By the way, the title of the movie is Yaya and Angelina: the Spoiled Brat Movie. As seen in the title the main characters are Yaya (played by Michael V.) and Angelina (played by Ogie Alcasid). Those characters were from a segment of a long time running comedy show on GMA-7, Bubble Gang. I seldom watched Bubble Gang but I know a lot of it because of the segment’s popular lines such as: “Whatever, Yaya”, and “You’re such a loser/winner” with matching gestures shaped like letter L or W.  The movie house was filled with laughter because of this movie. After that we ate our lunch at KFC. Darn, my little brother couldn’t finish his Strawberry Banana Yoghurt Milkshake and I didn’t have any other choice but to finish it for him. Before that I already have a Mixed Berries Yoghurt Milkshake. And what do you expect? An EXTREMELY FULL stomach! It caused me to skip supper, feel sleepy and burp a lot! If I didn’t have this feeling, I would have talked to Uncle Ron while we’re there at our Lola Deng’s house. Okay then, maybe I have told a lot today! Well then, see you soon, LJ!

 I never imagined my week would be so hectic like this.  Its just plain lucky coincidence that it’s our semester break today and I don’t have to worry on my academics very much. I just hope that my grades will be okay. What’s important is that I’ll pass all of those subjects. But if it so happens that I get high grades, then thanks to the Lord! Now let’s see, what happens this week? Actually, there are lots of weird happenings but I believe that it brought up the fun part of my experience. I’ll divide this entry into three different discussions, in which each of those discussions primarily talks about a particular event this week. The first part is our performance in La Salle Canlubang last Sunday (October 25, 2009); the second part is the Basic University Training in Lasallian Leadership or BUTIL for short which was held at the DLSU System Charles Huang Conference Center at Batulao, Batangas (October 26-28, 2009); and lastly the DLSU-D Symphonic Band Mid Year Workshop which was held at Lemery, which is also in Batangas (October 28-30, 2009).

 

Lasallian Sports Camp

October 25, 2009

De La Salle Canlubang

Laguna

 

We were invited by DLSC to perform for their sports event. By the way, this is my first off-campus exposure since I became part of the organization. My initial reaction was obviously excitement, because I really want to see what do other La Salle schools in the Philippines look like. I was obviously astounded when we arrived there because the architectural design of the school is really cool, plus the school area is really clean and healthy to the eyes! The school lobbies really look like those that I have seen in anime shows or Japanese/Korean dramas. What if I use it for the concept of my virtuoso comics? Just wondering, I’m not sure if I could follow it thoroughly. The event went fine, maybe because aside from us, there are also performers (to be specific, they are pep squads) from other schools. I’m also happy today because I got to see my favorite Kundirana member (I think Bryan was his name, and I remember that he’s once a child actor when he was still a kid). To sum it up, today’s really fun. I wish well have another one again next time.

 

Basic University Training for Lasallian Leadership (BUTIL)

October 26-28, 2009

De La Salle System Charles Huang Conference Center (CHCC)

Batulao, Batangas

 

It’s really a great privilege to be part of this seminar that SDAO headed. I heard that there are only three of us from the Performing Arts Group who joined in this seminar: Jem Salandanan from Chorale, Maggie Gocoyo from Pop Band and yours truly, from the Symphonic Band. I am also happy that my block mate, the JOU21 class president Jeiz Villagomez is also part of it too. It somehow relieved me because I don’t want that feeling of being alone the whole time. At the start of the seminar, I couldn’t deny it that I’m feeling a little bit awkward because I barely know only a few of them. The seating arrangement thingy really freaked me out, but thank goodness that my seatmate in the bus going to Charles Huang is Rana, the girl I met during the BUTIL screening. We had a lot of talk and discovered a lot of things from each other. And during the trip to Charles Huang I’ve known quite a bit some names, Jun and Clarize from the opposite side, AC in front of Jun, and many more. I thought to myself on the first day that this is going to be quite rough, and yes, it is! The moment we arrived at the venue our first BUTIL decree was imposed:

 

BUTIL Decree no. 1026-A

“In this Decree we’re not allowed to use the pronouns ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘they’ and other pronouns related to it.”

 

I think the purpose of this decree is to help us know each other by NAMES. It quite worked. I already know the names of most of my colleagues by the time this decree was lifted.

 

BUTIL Decree no. 1026-B

“In this decree you must begin and end your conversation with your colleagues by saying the quote assigned to you.”

 

I do not know exactly what this is for but I consider myself lucky that the quote assigned for me is short:

 

If you want to be happy tomorrow, make today.

 

This decree was imposed until the morning of the second day.

 

Before our dinner we had an amazing race game and I was assigned to PINK team. To tell you, we didn’t have our permanent teams in this seminar. Good thing that we finished the amazing race quite okay, but the time schedule was not followed. After our dinner we had our film showing and we watched Horton. That movie was actually intended for children but Ma’am Eve chose it because of its lesson about leadership. I liked it very much, why don’t I download it and have Matthew watch it? Maybe that movie would soon be Matthew’s new favorite. Why not? Before we go to bed a La Salle Brother aspirant who’s also a DLSU-D alumnus named Mike came and had a talk with us. That tells my day one. Pretty long, isn’t it? (To be continued on part two)

*photos of these events will also be uploaded on part two

Yesterday...

Gosh, our pre-major professor requires us to do a variety show on Wednesday! Just imagine, we only have a week to go before our final exams and for the semester to end, and we only got two days to do the preparations for the variety show! Now how do you like that? Darn it. And I still have to pass a lot of paper works and reports to my professors in my different subjects such as Speech Comm and Computer, I feel pressured on the MS Access long quiz because I really don't know what to do! I hope I can get through these...

Today...

I have already passed my Speech Comm report. I did something for my MS Access database but I could make the functions work! And I couldn't upload the file on the PC! Gosh, I'll try talking to you later, if I got the chance. So then... later...

Honestly I do not have an experience of having a boyfriend yet. But if I were to have an ex-boyfriend, I would still tracking then on social networking sites. I think there's nothing wrong with that. As long as you and your ex remain friends even your relationship has ended, why not?

 Hi LJ! It's been a while since the last time I wrote here isn't it? Many things had happened during those days, and I think that this post is not enough for me to tell it all. What I want to talk about today is my opinion about using blogs (like what I am doing now). The thing is, I just don't like the idea of using blogs like you to defame or insult other people. Just this week, I have heard from some of my friends that a colleague of theirs used  the blog to backfire not just one person. And what's worse, I happen to be a friend of those persons who were backfired by that blogger. I tried to open the site to know the whole story (that's what an AB Broadcast Journalism student can do), but unfortunately the site was blocked. Blogger shouldn't have done that. I think Blogger hates those people that s/he wrote on that blog. But even if s/he has those hard feelings on them, she still shouldn't have done that. The internet is an unsafe place to jot down those things that you want to say about the person that you don't like. It may have been a private blog but still it can be penetrated by some people who has those edge in the computer. No matter how you hide something, one day it will be exposed. Maybe Blogger will admit his/her mistakes one day. But that may be too late.

I would most likely to sit either in the middle or in the front. I seldom sit on the back part whenever I'm attending a class or a meeting even if I'm not interested to where the meeting or the class is going to. And another thing is that I'm the type of person whose easily get distracted and lose focus. It has been a problem of mine since I entered college. Sitting in front of the class has helped me a lot in my studies and maintaining my good grades, and my scholarship as well. As to the question "Can you force yourself to focus even when you're not interested?", I think I can. I don't have any other choice but to listen and focus on the meeting or the lesson at hand because there might have been some important parts of the meeting discussion or class lesson that I might miss if I do not pay attention to it.

My biggest worry for today is our Constitution Subject. Why? Because our finals coverage is so damn difficult. Who wouldn't feel pressured if your professor has decided to discuss the 3 sections of the Constitution all together! But I really hope that I'll make it through. I do not really hate my professor. Because if I do, it will cause me to flunk my grade at his class more. Aside from that, I worry also about our mass media project. I haven't fount lots of respondents yet to help us finish our research. Good luck to our class, I will survive!!!