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Sa unang 5 buwan ko bilang isang mag-aaral sa mataas na paaralan, dito sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, narito ang ilang sa mga bagay na aking natutunan habang ako ay nandito. May mga masasabi ko na 'scientific studies' ako na natutunan at ako mismo ang 'experimental rat.'

1. Ang pinakamasarap na bagay na maaaring mangyari sa iyo ay ang maging tanga. Dahil dito madami kang bagay na matutuklasan. Makikita mo ang tunay mong sarili.
2. Isa pang masarap na mangyari ay ang maligaw ka ng silid-aralan na papasukan at makinig ka sa itinuturo ng iyong propesor hanggang sa malaman mong hindi pala iyon ang iyong klase.
3. Maganda talagang ehersisyo sa katawan ang paglalakad, lalo na sa ilalim ng mga puno. Sariwang hangin ang iyong malalanghap.
4. Mag-ingat sa higad na gumagapang sa iyong paa. Sa dinami-dami ng mga lugar na puwede akong gapangan ng isang higad ay doon po sa aking kuwarto sa aming 'boarding house.' Mag-ingat ka lalo na at kakatapos lang ng ulan. Siguradong nalaglag sa mga puno iyan at gagapang kung saan-saan. Huwag din ito kakamutin kung ayaw mong mamaga ka. Buhusan agad ng alcohol at sa loob ng 3 araw wala na ang kati. Iyun nga lang sa 3 araw na iyon, ubusin mo na ang iyong pagtitiis na hindi ito kamutin.
5. Mahalaga ang pamaypay sa buhay mo. Ito ay lalo na kung ikaw ay nag-100 meter dash patungo sa iyong klase. Siguradong tatagaktak ang iyong pawis. Magdala ka na rin ng tubig para palitan ang nawalang tubig sa katawan.
6. Karugtong ng tungkol sa paglalakad, kailangan na regular mo itong gagawin upang mabigla ang iyong katawan at baka magkasakit ka pa. At ang 30 minutong paglalakad ay makakaubos ng 3 litrong tubig sa katawan mo, lalo na kung lakad-takbo.
7. Huwag kang matutuwa kung wala kayong pasok. Mas mabuti nang may pasok para hindi mawala ang 'momentum' ng iyong 'desire' para mag-aral. Dahil kadalasan tuwing walang pasok, nakatunganga lang ako.
8. Minsan akala mo napakahirap ng lahat pero ikaw lang pala ang nagpapahirap sa sarili mo. Huminto ka muna at pag-isipan ang iyong mga gagawin. Minsan ang utak mo lang ang naghahalo-halo ng lahat para magmukhang mahirap pero kapag inayos mo ay hindi pala.
9. Sabi ni Thomas Hobbes, "Life is solitary, poor, brutish and short." Bakit? Dahil sa ang tao ay nasa "state of war." At bakit nasa "state of war?" Dahil ito sa ang mga tao bago ang Social Contract Theory ay mga "free and equal individuals." Dahil sa wala pang "social contract," kanya-kanya ang lahat. Pero nang ang mga "freea nd equal individuals" ay napag-isipan na hindi dapat ganito, sila ay pumirma sa isang "Social Contract" para bumuo ng "state and society." Hiwalaya ang "state" at "society" para sa mga "social contractarians." Ano ang halaga nito? Wala lang. Pero si Karl Marx ay maituturing na "the greatest thinker of all time." Bakit? Mag SocSci2 ka na lang. Hehe..
10. Huwag kang sasakay ng ikot o toki kapag mahuhuli ka na sa klase, mas maganda na maglakad ka dahil mas mabilis pa ang paglalakad kesa ang dyip.
11. Kapag may tumatawag sa iyo, huwag ka kaagad lilingon sa likod.. [evil laughter]
12. Mahirap makulong sa loob ng simbahan.
13. Isang sulat lang ang kailangan mo para makausap mo ang gusto mong makausap, lalo na yun..
14. Tayong mga kabataan ay masyadong "sellf-centered."

Iyan na ang mga masasabi ko na mahalagang aral na natutunan ko ngayon. Pero hindi pa tapos ang unang sem, baka may bago pa akong matutunan.

Upcoming Posts

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• political thoughts
• pers sem lessons
• lessons 1 to 4
• the big blast
• dennio unleashed

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The Idiot Box 2

Unexpectedly, yesterday I bought the Philippine Daily Inquirer for no reason. My feet carried me to the newstand and bought it. Again, unexpectedly there was an article written by the well-known director Jose Javier Reyes that again talked about television; but this time about the sitcoms (situation comedy).

He said that slowly sitcoms are dying.. the shows are now placed at the wee hours of the morning and sometimes they only act as fillers for that particular timeslot.. unlike on the yesteryears where the sitcoms are on the primetime like John and Marsha, Abangan ang Susunod na Kabanata, etc..

He said that then, was the "Real Golden Age of Philippine Television."

Not in this time of ours where the koreanovelas and the flying mutants-with-magical powers rule..

Not in this time where Kris Aquino's pregnancy news is as big as the recent coup in Thailand

Not in this time where the ratings matters and so-what-if-my-show-doesn't-have-sense-as-long-as-it-has-high-ratings

Not in this time where the commercials are sometimes better than the actual program being shown

Not in this time where commercials are longer than the shows and you wouldn't know if you are watching the program or the commercials

Not in this time where there are a lot of artists out there looking for a particular program where they could fit in

Not in this time.. Not today.. But yesterday..

I wasn't born during that time but given the fact that most of the programs that are being shown on the TV now doesn't make any sense.

These shows are giving people the false hopes.

Going back again to the telepantasya syndrome that infected television.. and so what that we have seen how Sabina discovered that her real mother was Eloida not Ayesa, and so what that Inggo was chosen to be the next super hero and needs to be trained in an Academy for Superheroes?

And so what?

Stop claiming that these are the "Golden Years of Philippine T.V. unless they started putting those "trash" programs to where they belong.

Make the people think. Don't make them dumb.

Create programs that make the masses 'intelligent' and stop the "bobofication" of the people, as Jose Javier Reyes said.

Gotta go.. Majika is on its final week..

The Egg Throwing Incident

In support and gratituide to the organization whom assisted me in the first few days of my college life here in UP, and whom they have earned from me trust and respect, I would like to repost their statement so that all may know their position about the said incident.

The Idiot Box

Nitong mga nakaraang araw, medyo naging mainit ang ulo ko, lalo na nang nanonood ako ng TV. Para bang asar na asar na ako sa mga ipinapalabas ng mga TV stations. Halos isumpa ko na ang kaluluwa noong mga 'brains' sa likod ng mga nasabing programa. Pintas dito, pintas doon. Bakit?

Ito siguro marahil ay epekto noong mga natutunan ko sa aming J18 class. Well, ipapakilala ko muna sa inyo kung ano ba itong J18 class ko?

Noong unang nagenlistment ako sa CRS dito sa UP, isa ito sa mga subjects na napili ko at hanggang noong enrollment, ito lamang ang bukod tangi sa lahat ng mga G.E. courses na pinili ko ang naibigay sa akin iyung iba nawala na. Hindi ko na nga matandaan kung anu-ano iyon.

Pero masasabi ko na blessing in disguise pa rin ang nasabing pangyayari dahil sa pagmamanual enlistment ko ay naging maganda ang mga napili kong G.E. courses at unknowingly, isang klase lang ng sked ang meron ako sa araw-araw.

Anyway, ang course title ng J18 namin ay "News in the New Century." Sa title nito, naengganyo ako. Naisip ko, mahahasa pa dito ang aking skills sa pagsusulat lalo na sa larangan ng Journalism. Pero higit pa pala doon ang mga bagay na matutunan ko.

Hindi kaagad iyun ang itinuro sa amin. Siyempre andyan muna ang Journalism Code of Ethics at saka ung mga framing mechanisms ng mga balita pati na mga terms na madalas ginagamit ng mga journalists. Madalas kami ding magfilm viewing gaya noong "The Paper" na tungkol sa isang tabloid na nasa bingit na ng pagsasara. Ang fave line ko doon na hindi ko alam kung sino ang nagsabi ay "Never let truth come in the way of a good story." Iyung isa pa ay iyung "Wag the Dog." Dito ipinakita kung paano nakagawa ang mga media companies sa Amerika ng isang digmaan sa Albania na hindi naman talaga nangyari at nagamit pa ito ng Pangulo ng Amerika sa kanyang kampanya para manalo sa eleksyon. Fave line: "Don't change horses in midstream." - Ito ang campaign 'slogan' noong Pangulo ng US. At lately ay iyung "Reporters at War." Tungkol naman sa mga war correspondents na ikinukwento ang mga karansan nila sa iba't ibang giyera na nangyari sa mundo.

Okay, enough of all that stuff. Sa mga nasabing palabas, namulat kami sa kung paano namamanipula ng mga nasa media ang pag-iisip ng mga tao. Nakita namin kung paano nila nakakayang lokohin ang mga manonood sa pagpapakita ng mga larawan o bidyo na hindi naman talaga totoo. Nakita namin kung gaano ka-bias ang mga nasa media sa pagbibigay ng balita.

Pero sa kabila nito, hindi pa rin naman nawawala ang tiwala ko sa mga media companies. Kaya lang hindi talaga maiiwasan na mapansin ko ang ilan o madami nilang biases. Kahit pa ano ang sabihin nila sa kanilang mga slogan gaya ng Panig sa Katotohanan o Just News, may bias pa din sila. Bakit meron silang bias? Una na lamang ay sa kung sino ang nagmamayari ng mga nasabing istasyon gaya ng ABS-CBN ang mga Lopezes. Madami silang mga businesses kaya kung meron mang mga balita na may kinalaman gaya ng sa Meralco, medyo toned down ang kanilang balita para naman hindi masira ang kanilang interests. Iyung GMA, si Felipe Gozon, lingid sa kaalaman ng lahat isa siyang Marcos Crony, kaya kung may mga balita sa mga Marcoses ay ganoon din, medyo magaan ang balita.

Doon palang masyado nang malakas ang ebidensya ng biases. Paano pa kaya iyung mga mismong nasa newsroom o ang mga reporters mismo at marami pang kachokaran diyan.

Doon naman tayo sa mga palabas na nasa primetime.

Tingnan mo na lang ang line-up ng kanilang mga programa. Noon si Darna, ngayon si Sabina, nandyan din si Krystala na naging Super Inggo. Masyadong napakaraming mga 'telepantasya' series sa TV ngayon. Isama mo pa dyan ang mga Koreanovela. Iyung Dos at Siyete ay nagaagawan sa mga nasabing palabas. Iyung Dos, "the first and true home of Asianovelas" etong siyete naman e, "The Heart of Asia." Hanep sa paggawa ng bandwagon.

Madalas napakaganda ng mga trailer nila at may mga kino-quote pa silang mga critics o mga 'viewers' kuno dahil hindi naman natin alam kung talagang nageexist sila. Balik tayo dun sa trailer, ang ganda. Sobra sa mga special effects at pati na ang mga ipinapakitang teasers. Pero kapag pinanood mo na e eeengggk.. ang panget.

Isa pa a iyang mga special effects na iyan. Nakupo, ay grabe talaga sa paggamit ng mga special effects na iyan. Minsan sobrang hindi na angkop sa eksena e pilit na nilalagyan ng effects.

Haay naku sumasakit na ulo sa kakaisip pa diyan.

Basta. Gumawa naman sila ng mga me sense na palabas. Eto ang aking suggestions.

1. Alisin ang showbiz news sa mga news programs. Pabayaan niyo nang may The Buzz at S-Files tuwing Linggo.
2. Muling ibalik ang mga educational programs gaya ng Knowledge Power. Kung irereplay lang, forget about it.
3. Umisip naman ng mga original concepts at hindi na lang puro love story na may naaapi tapos happy ending. Gumawa naman kayo nang makatotohanan hindi puro kathang isip na nagbibigay ng mga 'false hopes' sa mga tao.
4. Ilagay ang mga TV documentaries sa primetime. Gumawa pa kayo niyan kung sa hatinggabi niyo lang ilalagay. Sino pa kaya sa tingin niyo ang mamumulat sa mga nasabing palabas? O baka talagang ayaw niyo lang mamulat ang mga tao.
5. Huwag na huwag papakialaman ng mga may-ari ng mga nasabing media companies ang paglalabas ng balita. Ilabas ang nararapat. Kung kailangan na makita sa mga bidyo ang mga pugot na ulo ipakita nang maramdaman talaga ng mga tao kung ano ba talaga ang nangyari sa mga nasabing balita.
6. Tigilan na at tantanan na ang paggawa ng mga reality shows. Wala naman talaga saysay iyun kundi nakikita mo lang kung ano ang totoong kulay ng tao at ipinapakita lang kung paano sila mangulangot.
7. Tantanan na ang sobrang pagyayabang ng mga ratings. Hindi naman iyan sukatan kung talagang magandang ang nasabing programa o puro ka-cheapan lang.

Iyun lang. Manonood pa kasi ako ng TV.

Campus Journalism Act of 1991

Republic Act No. 7079

An Act Providing for the Development and Promotion of Campus Journalism and for Other Purposes

Section 1. Title. — This Act shall be known and referred to as the "Campus Journalism Act of 1991."

Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. — It is the declared policy of the State to uphold and protect the freedom of the press even at the campus level and to promote the development and growth of campus journalism as a means of strengthening ethical values, encouraging critical and creative thinking, and developing moral character and personal discipline of the Filipino youth.In furtherance of this policy, the State shall undertake various programs and projects aimed at improving the journalistic skills of students concerned and promoting responsible and free journalism.

Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. —
(a) School. — An institution for learning in the elementary, secondary or tertiary level comprised of the studentry, administration, faculty and non-faculty personnel;

(b) Student Publication. — The issue of any printed material that is independently published by, and which meets the needs and interests of, the studentry;

(c) Student Journalist. — Any bona fide student enrolled for the current semester or term, who was passed or met the qualification and standards of the editorial board.He must likewise maintain a satisfactory academic standing.

(d) Editorial Board. — In the tertiary level, the editorial board shall be composed of student journalists who have qualified in placement examinations. In the case of elementary and high school levels, the editorial board shall be composed of a duly appointed faculty adviser, the editor who qualified and a representative of the Parents-Teachers' Association, who will determine the editorial policies to be implemented by the editor and staff members of the student publication concerned.

At the tertiary level, the editorial board may include a publication adviser at the option of its members.

(e) Editorial Policies. — A set of guidelines by which a student publication is operated and managed, taking into account pertinent laws as well as the school administration's policies.Said guidelines shall determine the frequency of the publication, the manner of selecting articles and features and other similar matters.

Sec. 4. Student Publication. — A student publication is published by the student body through an editorial board and publication staff composed of students selected but fair and competitive examinations. Once the publication is established, its editorial board shall freely determine its editorial policies and manage the publication's funds.

Sec. 5. Funding of Student Publication. — Funding for the student publication may include the savings of the respective school's appropriations, student subscriptions, donations, and other sources of funds.

In no instance shall the Department of Education, Culture and Sports or the school administration concerned withhold the release of funds sourced from the savings of the appropriations of the respective schools and other sources intended for the student publication. Subscription fees collected by the school administration.

Sec. 6. Publication Adviser. — The publication adviser shall be selected by the school administration from a list of recommendees submitted by the publication staff.The function of the adviser shall be limited to one of technical guidance.

Sec. 7. Security of Tenure. — A member of the publication staff must maintain his or her status as student in order to retain membership in the publication staff. A student shall not be expelled or suspended solely on the basis of articles he or she has written, or on the basis of the performance of his or her duties in the student publication.

Sec. 8. Press Conferences and Training Seminar. — The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall sponsor periodic competitions, press conferences and training seminars in which student-editors/writers and teacher-adviser of student publications in the elementary, secondary and tertiary levels shall participate. Such competitions, conferences and seminars shall be held at the institutional, divisional, and regional levels, culminating with the holding of the annual national elementary, secondary or tertiary School Press Conferences in places of historical and/or cultural interest in the country.

Sec. 9. Rules and Regulations. — The Department of Education, Culture and Sports, in coordination with the officers of the national elementary, secondary or tertiary organizations or official advisers of student publications, together with student journalists at the tertiary level and existing organizations of student journalists, shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.

Sec. 10. Tax Exemption. — Pursuant to paragraph 4, Section 4, Article XIV of the Constitution, all grants, endowments, donations, or contributions used actually, directly and exclusively for the promotion of campus journalism as provided for in this Act shall be exempt from donor's or gift tax.

Sec. 11. Appropriations. — For the initial year of implementation, the sum of Five million pesos (P5,000,000.00) is hereby authorized to be charged against the savings from the current appropriations of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports. Thereafter, such amount as may be necessary shall be included in the General Appropriations Act.

Sec. 12. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following the completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved: July 5, 1991

Source: Philippine Collegian.net

Chronology of the Assault

A Timeline on the Collegian Controversy

April 20: The Office of the Chancellor issues a memorandum on the procurement of supplies and services. Mandated by the Government Procurement Reform Act or RA 9184, it states that procurement by government units amounting to P250,000 and above shall be done through a bidding process administered by the UP administration.

June 11: As is the practice of previous terms, the Collegian, selects its printing press autonomously after canvassing price quotations from various presses. The cost per copy is P3.

June 15: Supplies and Property Management (SPMO) officer in charge Prof. Virginia Yap calls the attention of the Collegian editorial board (EB). In a meeting, she explains the necessity of the Collegian to undergo a bidding process to be facilitated by the UP admin based on the Chancellor Sergio Cao’s memo deriving mandate from RA 9184. The editors reiterated their stance that the Collegian does not fall under the UP admin or any other government unit, which Yap questions.

June 24: Recognizing the publication's deficit accumulated from the previous terms, which amounts to more than P200,000, and with pressure from the UP admin for the current term to pay for this deficit, the EB again canvasses for a cheaper printing press. The new press complies with the Collegian’s adjusted budget of P2.85 per copy.

July 8: The Collegian, again with pressure from the UP admin, submitted to the Chancellor two budget projections deliberated by the EB, one reflecting actual projected expenses, which amounts to P2,431,000; the other showing reduced expenses to comply with the tight budget and to partially offset the accumulated deficit, which amounts to P2,059,850. The Chancellor then recognizes the latter.

July 18: Since the UP admin still holds the release of the payment for the publication’s printing expenses, the Collegian requests the admin to recognize the EB’s autonomous selection of its printing press. The EB reasons that the canvassing was properly done, even according to the processes mentioned in the Chancellor's memo, except that it was not facilitated by the admin.
The Collegian then begins to conduct its autonomous bidding process to undertake greater scrutiny in selecting a permanent printing press.

July 27: In a letter, the SPMO states that the question on the Collegian's independence still has to be addressed, while reiterating that the publication should comply with the admin’s facilitation of the printing press selection.

August 25: The EB informs the UP admin of the result of its autonomous bidding process. The new printing press, which the Collegian has sealed a contract with, still conforms to the P2.85 per copy and was required to submit pertinent documents such as DTI registration, Mayor’s permit, etc. The EB also reiterates its position that the Collegian is an independent student institution, with funds directly and solely coming from the students, and is thus not covered by the Chancellor's memo or RA 9184. The EB also invoked a provision in the implementing rules of the Campus Journalism Act saying that the selection of the printing press shall be conducted by the editorial staff either through canvass or public bidding.

August 25: Student Regent Raffy Jones Sanchez raises the Collegian's concerns in the Board of Regents’ meeting, where, according to Sanchez, Roman commented that the Collegian staff should collect its own funds if it were to assert its autonomy. Roman then refers the Collegian's concerns to Chancellor Cao and Vice President for Administration Martin Gregorio.

August 28: The Collegian requests for an immediate dialogue with Roman, after learning that payments for printing expenses incurred since its first issue was still denied.

September 1: The Collegian meets with Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Elizabeth Enriquez, together with Diliman Legal Officer Atty. Percival Cortez, as well as officers from the SPMO, Diliman Accounting Office, and Office of Student Activities. In the meeting, Cortez staunchly declares that the Collegian does not have fiscal autonomy, given that its funds paid for solely by the students are completely handled by the admin. Enriquez advises the EB that unless the publication agrees to the admin-facilitated bidding, its funds will never be released.

September 3: In the 10th Systemwide Students' Congress, student organizations from all UP units nationwide who attended the congress co-sponsored and approved a resolution opposing the implementation of RA 9184 to all student institutions and formations.

September 4: The Collegian writes to Cao to endorse the immediate release of the payment for the printing of all the Collegian’s released issues, as without such payment and without guarantee for payment of subsequent issues, the printing press can no longer proceed with the printing of subsequent issues. Cao replied the same day, and implicitly denied the release of funds as he questions the autonomy of the publication.

Excerpts from the Campus Journalism Act (CJA) of 1991

Sec. 4. Student Publication – “...editorial board shall freely determine its editorial policies and manage the publication's funds.” Sec. 5. Funding of Student Publication – “In no instance shall... the school administration concerned withhold the release of funds sourced from the savings of the appropriations of the respective schools and other sources intended for the student publication. Subscription fees collected by the school administration shall be released automatically to the student publication concerned.”

Excerpt from CJA’s implementing rules and regulation

Rule IV, Section 4: Printing of the Student Publication – The printing of the student publication by a private printer shall be conducted by the editoriboard and the student publication staff through canvass or public bidding.”

Source: Philippine Collegian.net