Today is July 1, roughly 3 months and three days after Saint James Academy Batch '07 graduated after more than four years of laughs, thrill, sobs, and triumph in the Catholic school who prepared us to the gruelingc calls of college life. Thus I call my new series of life in college/post-highschool life as BUHAY KOLEHIYO.
During my years in SJA, I noticed that after alumni have graduated from highs chool, they come back (at least four months, in time for the annual Enigma) with a whole new look. Alumnuses (sorry if I violated English laws), come back with long hair (kung minsan kalbo na), and a long-dormant fashion sense now awakened. Alunmnaes come back with their hair either got prolonged or shorten, and wear more fashionably "loud". These, according to my Gepsych instructor, are signs of freedom given to them by college life right after their permanent leave from high school. What is taboo in the school is now embraced by many alumni.
Those are the exact things that are shaping the members of Batch 07. Many have enrolled into many colleges and universities, the exclusive, the prestigious, and the popular ones located in Manila, with the Pontifical and Royal University of Sto. Tomas taking a big share from the batch 07 population (I'll go to SJA for thestatistics in case I'm wrong), followed by sectarian and non-sectarians schools like De La Salle University-Manila, University of the Philippines, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, San Beda College, UPHD, St. Paul Manila, St. Scholastica College, Mapua Institute of Technology (soon to be Malayan Colleges), Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Ateneo de Manila Univeristy, and a whole lot more. There also some members going to study abroad such in a case of a batchmate who is the son of my dad's college buddy while those prefer to study in the provinces.
Of course, the Jamer image of Batch 07 will slowly erode with their eventual assimilation to their new schools. Terms like "Iskolars ng Bayan", Thomasians, Lasalistas, Atenistas, Letranites, Bedans, etc. will become an ever common word for all of us and by the time we graduate, say 3-5 years later, we will call ourselves as Lasalistas, Atenistas, Iskolars, Thomasians, Tigers, Blazers, Altas, Heavy Bombers, Stags, Knights, Archers.
Since it the first term (in the Benildean school year) has just started, we're still kinda shy with our new blockmates, since they are in the same position as us. But in the following days, we started grouping together, knwing each oher a little more and eventually disperse to form barkadas within the block. Take the case of some fellow Jamers who are frosh Benildeans, though separated with each other, they found comfort withtheir new found friends and they can all be seen together laughing, with or no contact with other block sections unless you know one of them or that they are your schoolmates in high school.
Gold and blue are the school colors of Saint James, but you ain't be seeing it nymore as you have to raise the colors of your new-found homes. Green-white for La Salle, Maroon for UP, Blue for Ateneo, Gold for USTe, Green-white-balk for Benilde, red for San Beda, Gold-red for Mapua, etc. I don't know but the feeling of being proud of the colors of you college stemmed into your personality. Cheering on every event, whether they are the NCA, UAAP, or any other, feel mo, super proud ka na naiwawagayway ang mga kulay ng iyong mga paaralan.
Eventually, after around two terms, initial frosh block sections will dissolve and the froshes will be mixed and assigned to a new section with a whole new set of new faces. you will have to forge new relationships for never can the bonds existed since high school can help you cope with changes but will drag you down.
Never do we know what college life can offer to us, never can we expect what will happen but we will know a little part of us, a part of us that we never realized that itw as there all along. We find ourselves discovering who we really are and what we can really do. Oppurtunities to show our talents will give us the freedom to do our things, things we failed to show in hign school.
A change in look is alos evident. Old secular colleges may still have to wear uniforms but hey, there's no qualms about our hair so bear with it. While liberal ones encourage to dress what we wanna dress although to some parameters with due respect to the inistitutions we are attending. Uniform or no uniform as long as you neveer regret to study to that school is okay.
The bully will be bullied, the bullied will be brave, the brave will be scared, and the scared will become a better person. The popular does not always have to be top and that the not so smart guy can shpw what he's really made of.
The life of alumni in their college years isabout to unfold as we become more comfortable to show it all. What we thought we can't is actually the opposite. Academics is still there but it will no longer going to b like those in high school. As we create paths for ourselves, from the courses that we have chosen to pursue. Nothing can hinder us to achieve what we can do.
Alumni of batch 07, proud and true Jamers. values instilled in us will give us guidance to new challenges ahead. Moving on with our lives, but holding on to what was taught, what was then ignored, will soon be redeemed. Who wil make a mark, who will make us proud, who will make us ashamed, how will we ever survive. Are we to part ways for the better good.
Iyan ang mga tanong sa isip natin. Hindi natin alam ang gagawini. Pero bilang mga alumni ng Saint James, alam natin na kahit baguhin man natin ang itsura natin, kahit pakaluhin man o pahabaan, gugupitin ng maikli tayp ap rin ito. Kahit hindi madali, kaya natin ito. Buhay natin bilang alumni ng SJA ay panghabang buhay, dahil atyo pa rin ay babalik sa ating pinanggalingan. Kahit kung tayo ngayo'y hinuhulma ng ating mga bagong tirahan, may lugar pa rin ang ating eskwela sa ating mga puso, isipa't damdamin.
Our lives as alumni have just began, so just live it.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
"Closure"
also known as "I Don't Remember Who You Are"
starring my kaibigan ko sa Amerika anim na taon na ang nakalipas.
Monday, June 25, 2007
True Blue Eagle: Ang Palabas ng Spongecola sa Tainga Ko
Ateneo De Manila has been classified with UST and San Juan De Letran as hero-producing schools, as well as future artistas (with La Salle taking the lead). I know some famous Atenistas like Dough Kramer (Season 69 ng UAAP now with the PBL), Chris Tiu (also UAAP 69 but now at PBL), JC Intal (UAAP 69 and now with Harbour Centre of the PBL), Atom Araullo of the now-defunct BREAKFAST show with Patty Laurel, Jose Rizal (after transferring from then-hellish UST, no offense), and the infamous Joseph Estrada (yah, my Mom hates him too). One of its latest products is a recently-graduated is the rising band from the recent band-wave of 2004 and 2005, Spongecola comprising of Yael Yuzon, Gosh Dilay, Armo Armovit, and Chris Cantada.
Well, why in the heck am i mentioning a band that plays alternative music with mooshy lyrics mixed with rock-on sounds with a vocalist who can't seem to make his voice sing from mellow to rockish while in a live gig (based from my observation)? The sad truth: I'm addicted to their sounds.
I got to know about Spongecola back in 2005 when "KLSP" came out on MYX. I didn't really watched the whole MV, just parts of it shown during the summary of the top videos on the Daily Top Ten and the Myx Hit Chart. I also heard part of the chorus ("Kailangan bang pagbigyan, kulang lang sa pansin...). Sad but true, I'm not really into alternative music much, except for npast bands like the Eraserheads, Rivermaya, Bamboo, and those pop rock acts I grew up with during grade school the past decade.
My first impression about the band was further sustained by the releae of their second single (also debuted at Myx) with another mooshy song titled Gemini, with a narrator saying lines from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and featuring Yael's brother Yani as Romeo. Well, sad to say I also didn't have a good first impression with the song either. An added plus is their live cover version of Crazy for You during the Myx Mo! concert (in contrast with their "remastered" version palyed as theme song of The 101st Proposal back then in ABS-CBN).
I don't know why but things changed when I heard on the radio waves (and on our classroom computer) on a new song played by Spongecola, "Jeepney". The song has two different versions, one is the acoustic music video version and the album version. The albujk version really changed my perception on the band's sound. I admit that Yael is not that a good singer for mushy rpop rock songs with love themes but I guess he made pretty good combination with their playing of "Jeepney". When the MV of Jeepney was shown way later than did the airing of the album version on the radio, it was also as good as the former, with Yael sounding much better with the acoustic sound (last year, someone inserted a live acoustic version of "Jeepney" which I later acquired before the end of the school year).
Added to my renewed appreciation of the band's music is the showing of "Una" on Myx. Their song fitted perfecctly with the director's concept of the music video. However, I think Yael should have let the second voice parts to his band mates if he's gonna sing the whole song as a solo, maybe he would leave the second-voice parts behind. But over-all, it is good.
Maybe what made me even more appreciative to the music of Yael, Chris, Armo and Gosh is the release of their first single from their sophomore album (Transit) which was used as OST for Komiks: Pedro Penduko. The song is catchy and is in line with the purpose of the show (Huwag kang bibitiw bigla, huwag kang bibitiw biglaahaha...), I even made a spoof of it like "'Wag kang lilingon bigla...'wag kang lilingon biglaahahaha". Nge....! They use the song whenever Pedro is about to do something heroic both on the opening credits (all 4 versions of the credits) and on every episode (with an added choir touch). Their MV was good too, them riding on top of MRT and all.
Now with the curse part, what made Spongecola literally stuck into my head was when I made a burned copy of the band's first album from a copy my sister borrowed (although she's not totally kissing over them). At first I only listened the song's like Jeepney and Una but now that I'm in college, I need something to keep myself pre-occupied while riding on the LRT all the way home. So I used my burnt copy and set my CD player on random, so I get to listeb to all the song's from "Palabas", all 14 of them (22, Partisan, KLSP, Neon, On The Floor, Stone's Throw, Jillian, Lunes, To the Sky and Cunning, Una, Dragonfly, Gemini, Jeepney, and Closure).
As of right now, I'm having LSS from listening from too much Spongecola. Even without the help of lyrics, I can somehow remember some parts of the songs' words (...maybe this is paradise).
Their songs also seem to be perfect BGM for any slideshow movie that I may make, with "Closure" I already have it used for one.
So my brain now's "maybe little addicted, maybe i just can't get out of this, maybe it's just too soon to say" and that my brain is now filled with "fireflies, take a trip to paradise".
END
Well, why in the heck am i mentioning a band that plays alternative music with mooshy lyrics mixed with rock-on sounds with a vocalist who can't seem to make his voice sing from mellow to rockish while in a live gig (based from my observation)? The sad truth: I'm addicted to their sounds.
I got to know about Spongecola back in 2005 when "KLSP" came out on MYX. I didn't really watched the whole MV, just parts of it shown during the summary of the top videos on the Daily Top Ten and the Myx Hit Chart. I also heard part of the chorus ("Kailangan bang pagbigyan, kulang lang sa pansin...). Sad but true, I'm not really into alternative music much, except for npast bands like the Eraserheads, Rivermaya, Bamboo, and those pop rock acts I grew up with during grade school the past decade.
My first impression about the band was further sustained by the releae of their second single (also debuted at Myx) with another mooshy song titled Gemini, with a narrator saying lines from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and featuring Yael's brother Yani as Romeo. Well, sad to say I also didn't have a good first impression with the song either. An added plus is their live cover version of Crazy for You during the Myx Mo! concert (in contrast with their "remastered" version palyed as theme song of The 101st Proposal back then in ABS-CBN).
I don't know why but things changed when I heard on the radio waves (and on our classroom computer) on a new song played by Spongecola, "Jeepney". The song has two different versions, one is the acoustic music video version and the album version. The albujk version really changed my perception on the band's sound. I admit that Yael is not that a good singer for mushy rpop rock songs with love themes but I guess he made pretty good combination with their playing of "Jeepney". When the MV of Jeepney was shown way later than did the airing of the album version on the radio, it was also as good as the former, with Yael sounding much better with the acoustic sound (last year, someone inserted a live acoustic version of "Jeepney" which I later acquired before the end of the school year).
Added to my renewed appreciation of the band's music is the showing of "Una" on Myx. Their song fitted perfecctly with the director's concept of the music video. However, I think Yael should have let the second voice parts to his band mates if he's gonna sing the whole song as a solo, maybe he would leave the second-voice parts behind. But over-all, it is good.
Maybe what made me even more appreciative to the music of Yael, Chris, Armo and Gosh is the release of their first single from their sophomore album (Transit) which was used as OST for Komiks: Pedro Penduko. The song is catchy and is in line with the purpose of the show (Huwag kang bibitiw bigla, huwag kang bibitiw biglaahaha...), I even made a spoof of it like "'Wag kang lilingon bigla...'wag kang lilingon biglaahahaha". Nge....! They use the song whenever Pedro is about to do something heroic both on the opening credits (all 4 versions of the credits) and on every episode (with an added choir touch). Their MV was good too, them riding on top of MRT and all.
Now with the curse part, what made Spongecola literally stuck into my head was when I made a burned copy of the band's first album from a copy my sister borrowed (although she's not totally kissing over them). At first I only listened the song's like Jeepney and Una but now that I'm in college, I need something to keep myself pre-occupied while riding on the LRT all the way home. So I used my burnt copy and set my CD player on random, so I get to listeb to all the song's from "Palabas", all 14 of them (22, Partisan, KLSP, Neon, On The Floor, Stone's Throw, Jillian, Lunes, To the Sky and Cunning, Una, Dragonfly, Gemini, Jeepney, and Closure).
As of right now, I'm having LSS from listening from too much Spongecola. Even without the help of lyrics, I can somehow remember some parts of the songs' words (...maybe this is paradise).
Their songs also seem to be perfect BGM for any slideshow movie that I may make, with "Closure" I already have it used for one.
So my brain now's "maybe little addicted, maybe i just can't get out of this, maybe it's just too soon to say" and that my brain is now filled with "fireflies, take a trip to paradise".
END
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The CSB Experience: I'm Busy With 4 Things and I'm Hoping To Add 2 More
It is very much surprising that for being in benilde for only more than 5 weeks, I have already made myself busier with 2 orgs and a CoP commission plus being president of a block section. Now I'm gearing up on the possibilty on adding two more ocupations under my belt!
During the Frosh Orientation, I have encountered Mediamax, an student organization for whcih they give its mebers training session, hold special events, and the like. Likewise, it is sort of a big advantage for me since I'm majoring Multimedia Arts, my course in CSB. The reason for it is that in time for my majors in my later years, I'd be able to be well-familiarized with the software programs like Photoshop and Dreamweaver. Sort of like a big pre-major prepartion kind of thing. They don't have,as far as I know, regular training sessions for all members but consultation are available on the SIU office (at the MMX cubicle that is), the block sections have their assigned gurus so that these gurus can help their assigned members on different things.
Next is the CSB DebSoc or Debate Society. the org is divided into two, one is the org itself with set of officers and members, the other is the DebSoc varsity wherein they represent the college in various events in and outside the country. The varisty can pick any member of the org to its roster of debatees but of course they have to train their members on the field of debating. I'm currently "enrolled" on a Monday training period of 1:00-2:30 in the afternon just before my class in Filip11 would start. Once I've settled my schedule in Benilde, I could ad another day of training for me to catch ahead. The org itself is the varisty although the org selects members to represent the org itself and the school.
Now being block president is not what I call an easy job. Add to the fact that there wasn't a class election to select our president and instead have my blockmate Ferdz Lanusa say my name that made me president of the class. back in as early as high school, I have run for several political position in the classroom level but I didn't aspire to become a president of a class. Now, I have this moral obligatio to control the behavior of my blockmates from further chaos and mayhem than it is now. It's driving me nuts like crazy and be able to remind them on important stuff like homework, projects and the like!
The good side on being president is that I'm automatically a member of CSB's Council of Presidents, on their "Block Commission" for which we recently elected the block presindet of DV2 as our block commision chairperson. We discuss things on the block level but so far we don't have any meetings as of yet. The block commission of CoP is expected to exist around the time that our block sections for the first term (or possibly until the second term) are abolished/dissolved.
Now for the possibilities:
I'm planning on continuing my quest of joining the official school publication, moving my sights from SJA's VOX to CSB's Press Corps. this time, I applied for a position on literay writing. I have existing literary pieces (short stories, poems and personal narratives) for which I previously passed them as my entries for Palatak, a collection of literary works of the students of SJA (parang Literture Delight dati nung Grade 5 ako), which as of now I'ms till clueles as to when will it be available to us almunis of Batch 07. In case, my entries (plus 2 new pieces I made last week) went through the Literary editor of the Press Corps without a hitch, I'd be getting acall from them saying that I need to do a literary exam to rpove that i'm worthy to become a literary writer for the press corps. If ever I made it to the Press Corps, expect me to be all aorund super busy.
Add to that si my intention on joining Benilde's Taekwondo varsity team. Although my coach back St. James allowed me to continue on training in malabon, i don't think it would be right for me to continue on since my team in SJA would represent the school on PTA events. I'm no,onger a sudent there so that would'nt be too fitting. According to the coach of the varsity, they have (like the varsity in La Salle Manila) trainings from 6:30 to 9 in the morning (M-W-F) at the La Salle Sports Complex (and the Bro. Andrew Gonzales Building of DLSU) in La Salle U. It's a kind of good and bad thing for me. For the plus side, they start just before I have regular classes at 2:30 (Mondays), 9:20 (Wednesdays), and 10:30 (Fridays). the minus side of it is that I have to sacrifice waking up late on these three days to go to training, worse, waking up as early as 4:00 to gte in school before 6;30. For me to do that, I need to live in a dormitory but that's plain exaggeartion and totally out of the question.
One I'm not so sure of, but the other depends on my decision to go on with pursuing it.
I have to make a choice, be busy or be no busy.
During the Frosh Orientation, I have encountered Mediamax, an student organization for whcih they give its mebers training session, hold special events, and the like. Likewise, it is sort of a big advantage for me since I'm majoring Multimedia Arts, my course in CSB. The reason for it is that in time for my majors in my later years, I'd be able to be well-familiarized with the software programs like Photoshop and Dreamweaver. Sort of like a big pre-major prepartion kind of thing. They don't have,as far as I know, regular training sessions for all members but consultation are available on the SIU office (at the MMX cubicle that is), the block sections have their assigned gurus so that these gurus can help their assigned members on different things.
Next is the CSB DebSoc or Debate Society. the org is divided into two, one is the org itself with set of officers and members, the other is the DebSoc varsity wherein they represent the college in various events in and outside the country. The varisty can pick any member of the org to its roster of debatees but of course they have to train their members on the field of debating. I'm currently "enrolled" on a Monday training period of 1:00-2:30 in the afternon just before my class in Filip11 would start. Once I've settled my schedule in Benilde, I could ad another day of training for me to catch ahead. The org itself is the varisty although the org selects members to represent the org itself and the school.
Now being block president is not what I call an easy job. Add to the fact that there wasn't a class election to select our president and instead have my blockmate Ferdz Lanusa say my name that made me president of the class. back in as early as high school, I have run for several political position in the classroom level but I didn't aspire to become a president of a class. Now, I have this moral obligatio to control the behavior of my blockmates from further chaos and mayhem than it is now. It's driving me nuts like crazy and be able to remind them on important stuff like homework, projects and the like!
The good side on being president is that I'm automatically a member of CSB's Council of Presidents, on their "Block Commission" for which we recently elected the block presindet of DV2 as our block commision chairperson. We discuss things on the block level but so far we don't have any meetings as of yet. The block commission of CoP is expected to exist around the time that our block sections for the first term (or possibly until the second term) are abolished/dissolved.
Now for the possibilities:
I'm planning on continuing my quest of joining the official school publication, moving my sights from SJA's VOX to CSB's Press Corps. this time, I applied for a position on literay writing. I have existing literary pieces (short stories, poems and personal narratives) for which I previously passed them as my entries for Palatak, a collection of literary works of the students of SJA (parang Literture Delight dati nung Grade 5 ako), which as of now I'ms till clueles as to when will it be available to us almunis of Batch 07. In case, my entries (plus 2 new pieces I made last week) went through the Literary editor of the Press Corps without a hitch, I'd be getting acall from them saying that I need to do a literary exam to rpove that i'm worthy to become a literary writer for the press corps. If ever I made it to the Press Corps, expect me to be all aorund super busy.
Add to that si my intention on joining Benilde's Taekwondo varsity team. Although my coach back St. James allowed me to continue on training in malabon, i don't think it would be right for me to continue on since my team in SJA would represent the school on PTA events. I'm no,onger a sudent there so that would'nt be too fitting. According to the coach of the varsity, they have (like the varsity in La Salle Manila) trainings from 6:30 to 9 in the morning (M-W-F) at the La Salle Sports Complex (and the Bro. Andrew Gonzales Building of DLSU) in La Salle U. It's a kind of good and bad thing for me. For the plus side, they start just before I have regular classes at 2:30 (Mondays), 9:20 (Wednesdays), and 10:30 (Fridays). the minus side of it is that I have to sacrifice waking up late on these three days to go to training, worse, waking up as early as 4:00 to gte in school before 6;30. For me to do that, I need to live in a dormitory but that's plain exaggeartion and totally out of the question.
One I'm not so sure of, but the other depends on my decision to go on with pursuing it.
I have to make a choice, be busy or be no busy.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The CSB Experience: I Think I Speak Like A Coñotic
It's been already 4 weeks since I have become officially a Lasalista, este, a Benildean (in Tagalog, it's Benildano), but now I think the way I speak is getting pretty affected with the so-caled "Lasalista" accent.
At home, I unknowingly speak English more often especially during dinnertime where the whole Habitan household would gather (plus on family outings). I can;t really help although I still speak as much tagalog as then. Even so, me spekaing English is beginning to scare me.
There was this time when we are having dinner that I began to speak Coño English, the most disgusting that I would have say is "Well, they make turo on the subject eh. We can't do anything tungkol that..." but thank good ness I don't. Just the extent that I make ideolectic terms when speaking in English. Good thing that my mom is a UP graduate so she knows how I'm experiencing (that's why I call this series THE CSB EXPERIENCE right?).
More often than not, in class, I have the tendency to speak English more often when reciting than Filipino. I'mo not really sure if there is a provision in CSB where English is used as the medium but like I said, I can't help it. Many of my blockamtes are from well-off families and they have English as a first language (this is the very subject that I used for my high school thesis).
If my environment is very different to the one I'm used to, I have no choice but to be adapted to it in order to survive. And that is the exact thing that happend to me.
I don't find it wrong, it's just that it's very disturbing. Orally disturbing I mean since I don't find it a problem if I my written English is what I'm more used to thsan my written Filipino (I can even type English fatser than Filipino which is, for my part, surprising, at an almost zero-misspelling probablity). On orgs where I'm at, English is the first language so just like what I've siad, I have to adapt.
What am I gonna experience next?
At home, I unknowingly speak English more often especially during dinnertime where the whole Habitan household would gather (plus on family outings). I can;t really help although I still speak as much tagalog as then. Even so, me spekaing English is beginning to scare me.
There was this time when we are having dinner that I began to speak Coño English, the most disgusting that I would have say is "Well, they make turo on the subject eh. We can't do anything tungkol that..." but thank good ness I don't. Just the extent that I make ideolectic terms when speaking in English. Good thing that my mom is a UP graduate so she knows how I'm experiencing (that's why I call this series THE CSB EXPERIENCE right?).
More often than not, in class, I have the tendency to speak English more often when reciting than Filipino. I'mo not really sure if there is a provision in CSB where English is used as the medium but like I said, I can't help it. Many of my blockamtes are from well-off families and they have English as a first language (this is the very subject that I used for my high school thesis).
If my environment is very different to the one I'm used to, I have no choice but to be adapted to it in order to survive. And that is the exact thing that happend to me.
I don't find it wrong, it's just that it's very disturbing. Orally disturbing I mean since I don't find it a problem if I my written English is what I'm more used to thsan my written Filipino (I can even type English fatser than Filipino which is, for my part, surprising, at an almost zero-misspelling probablity). On orgs where I'm at, English is the first language so just like what I've siad, I have to adapt.
What am I gonna experience next?
J.I.A. (James In America): Rainbow Class Part 1 [My Palatak Entry]
Rainbow Class Part 1
By Jaime Luis S. Habitan
May 18th, 2001 was the day I sat foot on a public school, the day I sat foot to an American school, and the day that I spent being a fourth grader once more.
My parents brought my little brother, Jorge, and I to a
We arrived at the school right on time before classes could start. A lady from the faculty talked to my parents. She showed us some papers and told them we were already assigned to our classrooms. I still wondered why we were to repeat (at least for the rest of the school year there) since I already finished fourth grade and so does Jorge who finished 2nd grade. We went off first to Jorge’s classroom and we left him there (we later found out that he was on the wrong classroom so he was assigned to another one). Then the lady brought me to a classroom on the other side of the school. The classroom was empty because my soon-to-be classmates were on the other room studying for an upcoming Social Studies test. There was the class advisor and her name was Mrs. Shoemaker.
Yah, I know it’s a funny name but she’s really nice if you get to know her better. She showed around the classroom and I was really impressed on how their classroom looks like. The whole classroom is decorated to all kinds of art stuff. It made the classroom more colorful. By that time, my parents already left and my teacher gave me a short tour of the school.
Soon, the class came back inside the classroom and Mrs. Shoemaker formally introduced me to them. That time, I’m not really used on speaking English as much as I speak Tagalog. So when I began to introduce myself, my English was a bit whacked. I was very nervous but they accepted me anyway.
The first friend I had there was a guy named Will Evans. He’s really cool and smart. He has a twin brother named Andrew and whenever they’re together, you can’t tell which is which. They usually have color-coded sweaters to tell them apart, or wear distinct clothes so you can tell who’s the who. I also made friends with classmates April Purdy, Clementine Milton, and a whole lot more. I found out that there also foreigners who go here, like Clementine who is a South African, Amani Radzi who is a Malaysian, Jungmin Park who is a Korean, Marius Staschen who is a German and Artium Aravelli who is a Russian. It’s a classroom of students from different races and religions which makes this class very colorful much like a rainbow.
Many are very excited to talk to me. There were some shouting that there’s a new student, which is me. During lunch, they were asking me sorts of questions like “What’s your name (I’m James Habitan)”, “Where are you from? (I’m from the
After lunch was recess, Will and the other guys invited me to a game of soccer, a game I was to play only for the first time. I shortly backed out since the ball made a strike on my you-know-what!
There’s a lot of things that happened that day but I have to tell you in general what had been like during those two months as a fourth grader.
Since I’m a foreigner who is bilingual in Filipino and English, I was required to be in the E.S.L. program with Mr. Branscomb as my ESL. Other ESL students who are with me always are Amani, Marius and Artium. Whenever we have English class, I and other guys would always go to the ESL room to meet up with Mr. Branscomb (there was a time that while on the way I accidentally spoke to Amani in Filipino). There, he would correct us with our fluency, giving us the right way of saying this and that. Perhaps the most memorable one was when he thought me the right way to pronounce the “th”-words.
There was also this system I discovered on how students learn their subjects. In major academics like Math, Science and English, each class (and sometimes half of them) would move to the next class to study major topics of that particular subject. By that time too, I found out that there were no quarterly examinations held since it is not required by the American public school system. They only have this year-end test called the SOL or Standard of Learning test. It serves as a final exam to many that’s why we were given notes and reviewers to be well prepared.
Mingling with the other kids was really that easy, you just have to be nice to them. Here, there are no bullies (those caught bullying are sanctioned with penalties, much like in Saint James except that they enforce it well), no vulgar words to be heard, nor talks about “guns, goons, and gold”, if you know what I mean.
June 12 of that year, just a few days before the end of the school year, the teachers hold their annual volleyball showdown to see who the best of the best are. BY that time, I really had a great time here in Haycock. I never expected that there’s a lot more here than one would expect, especially for me.
To be continued…
J.I.A. (James In America): How I Remembered 9/11 [My Palatak Entry]
How I Remembered 9/11
By Jaime Luis S. Habitan
September 11th may be remembered as the day that changed the course of history. Four airplanes, three sites, one tragedy. That’s how people described that day that no one ever expected it to happen unless it’s only found in the movies. But let me tell you how I experienced 9/11 from my own pint of view.
It was
It was
Among my bus mates are two guys from my class. They’re Andy and Jon. Andy lives in the apartment building in front of ours while Jon lives in one of the suites in the other complex. We got along pretty and sometimes I go to their pads to do our homework together, most especially at Jon’s since were both Asians, we had a lot in common, but enough about that.
A few minutes before the strike of nine, we arrived at
By 9, I went straight to my classroom. My teacher, Mrs. Bachison, had already prepared some activities for us to do while waiting for the morning announcements. Five students volunteer every day to make announcements of the news. Our principal, Mr. Jay McLean, always have the last word starting after the recitation of the American Pledge of Allegiance (which I chose not to recite since I’m a Filipino citizen) followed by a moment of silence. By
I didn’t care at first when the secretary from the Principal’s office called one of my classmates that his parents are sending him home. Later that morning, a couple of my classmates were also called from the office for the same thing. By lunchtime, a quarter of the whole class was gone. I didn’t realize that the kids from the other sections of the fifth grade were being sent home too.
It began to bother me when almost more than a dozen more from my class were sent home. By
The two buildings were the North and
Mom was sent home, along with other employees, by the World Bank’s main office in DC, not tom mention all other workers in other establishments were sent home. I later found out that it was a terrorist attack. Most programs on TV were held off for the meantime to give way for the ongoing coverage what could be the worst man-made human disaster in history. Hijackers took over four planes which, according to officials, to be used as large bombs and their main target was the nation’s capital,
Life will never be the same for many of my newfound American friends as many from my school, possibly others have lost their loved ones on those planes, on those buildings. I mean, many people died on that day, not only Americans but people from other nationalities including Filipinos. What kind of savage would try to do that? Why must he use hundreds or possibly thousands of innocent lives to do his evil bidding? These are all the questions people are asking to themselves even up to this day.
C.A.T.ales: Suffering...Enjoying
I think it was great for us to take part for the Grand Marian Procession that Sunday because it will be the turn of our batch to experience this, such that this will be the last time we may take part of this as a student of
I was able to go to school in time before
I saw students moaning complaining on “why should we do this?” The reason for this because it is not only our requirement to do so but it also a chance to experience being with the rest of the Dominican community united on celebrating the victory that Roman Catholicism in the Philippines was saved due to the miraculous help of the Our Lady of La Naval. We must come to observe this, especially now that we are now seniors. Other batches gone before us have already got through with this so there shouldn’t any problem as to why we should.
Although my feet hurt as we march on a long stretch of road, documenting the procession and at the same time saying the rosary with rest of the squad, I saw people lining up along the streets that we walked across and those holding candles near their homes. Having being living right near with the sanctuary that houses that statue of Our Lady Of naval, had probably made the local residents get used to the annual celebration. It is a good thing for many of them have observed it very well, many lining up as we walk along the procession, holding either candles or rosary. There are also some who walks along with us. It is a great pleasure for many that Filipinos have even now, stayed connected with their fate despite all the technological advances that we have been experiencing in recent years.
As the sun sets and the night rises out, it became known to us that the procession have brought together many people, not students from Dominican-administered schools, but also ordinary people from all walks of life. United and bound by their devotion of the Virgin Mary.
In conclusion to my insight, it is now up to us to stay through to our religion, to live up to the faith and spread what is to spread and to stop what is to stop.
Friday, June 15, 2007
The CSB Experience: Peepz At The Cubicle
I just got out from a meeting called out by my org and I was on my way to Matien Marie Hall when I had a divine calling to the boys' restroom. Came along with me are some group of guys doing their business too.
I went inside a cubicle to do my business there and as I was doing just that, some guys began peeking on the next cubicle wherein there making a sneak peak off their kabarkada.
I'm just minding my own business really but I noticed, that one fo the guys outside the cubicle where I am in, is talking too near it as if he was talking to me. Mindless, I was already closing up my zipper and I feel that someone is closely watching me (I was of course facing the wall so they didn't really see who I am). I guess they thought that I was one of their kabarakadas that's why they're making these mischievous activity.
I turned around so I can get out of the cubicle and at the most unpleasant surprise I ever had, some guy is taking either video or a picture of me from his cellphone. Dude, how wrong is that!?
To show them I'm not who they think they are, I made an angry careless face, barged myself out of the cubicle and there!
They were all like "Oops, sorry....We just thought that....". Yah, sorry on taking pics off the wrong guy, they're sorry! I didn't speak and just went out of that freak of a restroom.
I swear, I hope I won't have a similar encounter like that again!
I went inside a cubicle to do my business there and as I was doing just that, some guys began peeking on the next cubicle wherein there making a sneak peak off their kabarkada.
I'm just minding my own business really but I noticed, that one fo the guys outside the cubicle where I am in, is talking too near it as if he was talking to me. Mindless, I was already closing up my zipper and I feel that someone is closely watching me (I was of course facing the wall so they didn't really see who I am). I guess they thought that I was one of their kabarakadas that's why they're making these mischievous activity.
I turned around so I can get out of the cubicle and at the most unpleasant surprise I ever had, some guy is taking either video or a picture of me from his cellphone. Dude, how wrong is that!?
To show them I'm not who they think they are, I made an angry careless face, barged myself out of the cubicle and there!
They were all like "Oops, sorry....We just thought that....". Yah, sorry on taking pics off the wrong guy, they're sorry! I didn't speak and just went out of that freak of a restroom.
I swear, I hope I won't have a similar encounter like that again!
Sunday, June 10, 2007
The CSB Experience: La Noche Solidaridad De Frosh Dela Colegio De San Benildo
Well, it's a night of the most unforgetable series of events that I have ever expericed. Little have I knew that star-gazing is part of the Benildean curriculum. Although I'm perfectly aware that there are famous personalities who attend at CSb (there's lots more who are all enrolled at La Salle U, State U and the Ateneo)
June the 9th, everybody are all perfectly aware of the upcoming Frosh Solidarity Night. Many of the froshes (sorry I feel "froshes" is more suitable than "froshies" to say since it's sound more proper) already had their tickets given to them for free. I was expecting some big event so I brought my mom's digital camera so as not to let myself out on this event.
The morning before, our adviser for ORDEV-A (Order and Development of Values-A) gave us yellow forms for which we are required to have at least three events that are Ordev-accredited events signed so as to ace this subject and move on to Ordev-B next term. Since I was th e class president (waah), I was given the task to collect these form and eventually giving them all out before the Frosh Night. My blockmate, Dino, was not in class that morning, so I was pretty much surprised that he wasn't able to get a copy.
It was already a minute passed six in the evening when our professor in NATSCA1 (Human Factors in Design) dismissed us. I have to give out their yellow forms so I told to them to not exit the classroom so I can give them their forms. However, many didn't listen and I was left calling their names outside at the hall to make them come back. Two of my constituents, Jason and Jonathan, had already left and I don't know how to look since I have the grueling task to get a copy of the yellow form for Dino (curse the mandate given to me!). I Asked my blockmates if any of them are Smart subscribers since Jonthan is one. Paul, in good grace, is one and I was able to have him text Jon so that Jason and he could get their copies. However, no word came from the two eventually. Since, many are already lining up in front of the CSB theater where the Frosh Night si to be held, I accompanied Dino abd found our way to the Office of Student Affairs located at Solomon Hall. We received a copy of the yellow form and made our way back to the CSB thater. There were several lines made of of froshes (I can't tell if there are upperclassmen lining up too), all according to the alpahbetical order of their names. At the line which covers my last name, I gave my ticket with my student # written at its back and my yellow form which will returned to me on the 13th.
Once I got inside the theater, it's not yet full but the influx of the froshes made go at the front so for me to see all the action onstage. The event already started with the opening act made by a Bandang Lasalista from across Taft Avenue, then the Footworx (?) team made a collaborative dance number cum FIRST DAY HIGH and TARA LETS.
Next were a number of bands, starting with PInikpikan. This band I have already heard of during my Frosh orientation. It is a band where its members make use of Filipino folk instruments as well as traditional Western ones. The way they make music is a fusion of ethnic Pinoy and modernism, the product beinga unique blend of sorts. One song that got stuvck in my mind are the words "Ungga ungga aya aya". Their lead vocalist, which is a femme fatale, makes a good belly dancer and has one of the three main host tagging along with her.
The next set of bands made me like "HUH?! WHAT THE HOW!?". My mouth went open when the hostess suddenly called out the name of the next band: ITCHYWORMS!!! I was really like "HUH?! WHAT THE HOW?!". It's really them in the flesh so I was really surprised when their drummer appeared before the eyes of the audience. Then the rest of the band appeared and began to play two of their hit songs, "Beer" and "Loveteam".
Before the next band would follow, a game was held. The three main hosts ( A CDA major, a Fashion Design Major, and a corporate attired-HRIM major) said it's drinking contest, five froshes were called: one is an over-enthusiastic frosh, one is a cool-headed frosh, one is a maarte-looking frosh, one is a mostly-likely-not-the-one type of frosh, and last is a one is a underdog kind of a frosh. These 5 would be drinking cans of Cali and the one with most cans drank would be declared the winner. The last one I mentioned was proclaimed the winner was the underdog with six cans of Cali, followed by the cool-headed frosh with 5 cans, the over enthusiastic frosh with three cans, and the last two with two cans each.
Next band is something of an in-between metallic and pop-rock band. Their vocalist is a former MTV VJ who was not rehired by ALL YOUTH INC for MTV Pilipinas' relaunch as a cable channel. The drummer is a happy go lucky loking bg guy with an Anglo accent. The guiatrist looks like a slight imiation of the drummer and the bassist looks like the guiatrist from SPONGECOLA. What am I talkintg about? Well, it's KJWAN!!! And their vocalist is no other than the very MARC ABAYA! Well, his way of singing is comparable to the styles of Bamboo Manalac and Raimund Marasigan although Marc's way is more gruesome (not gory gruesome but deoxyribose nucleic acid gruesome).They sang three familiar songs, one is their MYX-nominated piece, one is the theme song of Red Horse's Musiklaband rock contest, and one is their latest single where their music video shows them as kids posing for them. Their music is the rockiest among the most rock acts that night. One moment I remebered that he makes slobber over the mike he's using (talk about ewww...), next thing, he sucks his finger like the way we suck lollipops (that makes it double), and for one last act, he drank a bottle fo water that was left half-full and had the rest of it rained over the people in front of the stage, including me (I felt something like this will happen). Oh yeah, he wal already sweating, and with people taking pics of the one and only Marc Abaya (including this sucker of a writer), he did a pose which shows the full glory of being a man (see that pic on J-Pics).
The band followed was an upcoming band. I thought it was the Bloomfields (or Bloomfelds, whatever) since the drummer there was a former Lasalista from La Salle taft who transferred to CSB. but it was rather a neophyte band (sorry but although they looked kinda familiar like as if they were on Studio 23's BREAKFAST). Good thing they have some fans who know the lrics of their songs.
Next band, I'll let you guess who they are: it has something to do with the word CALI. Well, according to the two hosts and a hostess (hoy, don't you make 'hostess' a negative word, it is us Pinoys that made that word notorious) said that from CALI, the next band is...........................................CALLA LILY!!!
Girls around me were screaming right and left, from top to bottom. The curtains went out and so the four Thomasians and a Tamaraw began to swoon over the froshes with two of their hit songs. Good thing I recorded their last song (plus that of the Itchyworms) using my digicam.
Well, the "boring" part of the night would be the Fashion Show with some of us playing as models running at the runway, where for one night their IN, he next morning their OUT.
Then last would be the nonstop Benildo club myx musix played by none other than a "world-class DJ" who happens to be a Benildean. His name, according to the 2 hosts and a hostess. He played house music and brought the whole theatre upside down, Froshes were invited to dance at the stage.
It was already past nine, my parenst are waiting for me outside so I went off. At the exit, there was a hussle outside the Theater but eventually I got through. yah, I saw Liana and Ace going out. On the fourth floor, I went to a nearby vending machine to buy a can of coke. With a 20-peso bill, i was slowly puting it on that thingamajig of the vendor but Ace's hand swiped the 20-peso bill away from me, grrr...
Well, the batteries of my digicam went almost exhausted but I was able to get enough of its energy for the whole frosh night. hah, well, i expect the next one to be the same as this although, I have to pay for the ticket. See you for now.
June the 9th, everybody are all perfectly aware of the upcoming Frosh Solidarity Night. Many of the froshes (sorry I feel "froshes" is more suitable than "froshies" to say since it's sound more proper) already had their tickets given to them for free. I was expecting some big event so I brought my mom's digital camera so as not to let myself out on this event.
The morning before, our adviser for ORDEV-A (Order and Development of Values-A) gave us yellow forms for which we are required to have at least three events that are Ordev-accredited events signed so as to ace this subject and move on to Ordev-B next term. Since I was th e class president (waah), I was given the task to collect these form and eventually giving them all out before the Frosh Night. My blockmate, Dino, was not in class that morning, so I was pretty much surprised that he wasn't able to get a copy.
It was already a minute passed six in the evening when our professor in NATSCA1 (Human Factors in Design) dismissed us. I have to give out their yellow forms so I told to them to not exit the classroom so I can give them their forms. However, many didn't listen and I was left calling their names outside at the hall to make them come back. Two of my constituents, Jason and Jonathan, had already left and I don't know how to look since I have the grueling task to get a copy of the yellow form for Dino (curse the mandate given to me!). I Asked my blockmates if any of them are Smart subscribers since Jonthan is one. Paul, in good grace, is one and I was able to have him text Jon so that Jason and he could get their copies. However, no word came from the two eventually. Since, many are already lining up in front of the CSB theater where the Frosh Night si to be held, I accompanied Dino abd found our way to the Office of Student Affairs located at Solomon Hall. We received a copy of the yellow form and made our way back to the CSB thater. There were several lines made of of froshes (I can't tell if there are upperclassmen lining up too), all according to the alpahbetical order of their names. At the line which covers my last name, I gave my ticket with my student # written at its back and my yellow form which will returned to me on the 13th.
Once I got inside the theater, it's not yet full but the influx of the froshes made go at the front so for me to see all the action onstage. The event already started with the opening act made by a Bandang Lasalista from across Taft Avenue, then the Footworx (?) team made a collaborative dance number cum FIRST DAY HIGH and TARA LETS.
Next were a number of bands, starting with PInikpikan. This band I have already heard of during my Frosh orientation. It is a band where its members make use of Filipino folk instruments as well as traditional Western ones. The way they make music is a fusion of ethnic Pinoy and modernism, the product beinga unique blend of sorts. One song that got stuvck in my mind are the words "Ungga ungga aya aya". Their lead vocalist, which is a femme fatale, makes a good belly dancer and has one of the three main host tagging along with her.
The next set of bands made me like "HUH?! WHAT THE HOW!?". My mouth went open when the hostess suddenly called out the name of the next band: ITCHYWORMS!!! I was really like "HUH?! WHAT THE HOW?!". It's really them in the flesh so I was really surprised when their drummer appeared before the eyes of the audience. Then the rest of the band appeared and began to play two of their hit songs, "Beer" and "Loveteam".
Before the next band would follow, a game was held. The three main hosts ( A CDA major, a Fashion Design Major, and a corporate attired-HRIM major) said it's drinking contest, five froshes were called: one is an over-enthusiastic frosh, one is a cool-headed frosh, one is a maarte-looking frosh, one is a mostly-likely-not-the-one type of frosh, and last is a one is a underdog kind of a frosh. These 5 would be drinking cans of Cali and the one with most cans drank would be declared the winner. The last one I mentioned was proclaimed the winner was the underdog with six cans of Cali, followed by the cool-headed frosh with 5 cans, the over enthusiastic frosh with three cans, and the last two with two cans each.
Next band is something of an in-between metallic and pop-rock band. Their vocalist is a former MTV VJ who was not rehired by ALL YOUTH INC for MTV Pilipinas' relaunch as a cable channel. The drummer is a happy go lucky loking bg guy with an Anglo accent. The guiatrist looks like a slight imiation of the drummer and the bassist looks like the guiatrist from SPONGECOLA. What am I talkintg about? Well, it's KJWAN!!! And their vocalist is no other than the very MARC ABAYA! Well, his way of singing is comparable to the styles of Bamboo Manalac and Raimund Marasigan although Marc's way is more gruesome (not gory gruesome but deoxyribose nucleic acid gruesome).They sang three familiar songs, one is their MYX-nominated piece, one is the theme song of Red Horse's Musiklaband rock contest, and one is their latest single where their music video shows them as kids posing for them. Their music is the rockiest among the most rock acts that night. One moment I remebered that he makes slobber over the mike he's using (talk about ewww...), next thing, he sucks his finger like the way we suck lollipops (that makes it double), and for one last act, he drank a bottle fo water that was left half-full and had the rest of it rained over the people in front of the stage, including me (I felt something like this will happen). Oh yeah, he wal already sweating, and with people taking pics of the one and only Marc Abaya (including this sucker of a writer), he did a pose which shows the full glory of being a man (see that pic on J-Pics).
The band followed was an upcoming band. I thought it was the Bloomfields (or Bloomfelds, whatever) since the drummer there was a former Lasalista from La Salle taft who transferred to CSB. but it was rather a neophyte band (sorry but although they looked kinda familiar like as if they were on Studio 23's BREAKFAST). Good thing they have some fans who know the lrics of their songs.
Next band, I'll let you guess who they are: it has something to do with the word CALI. Well, according to the two hosts and a hostess (hoy, don't you make 'hostess' a negative word, it is us Pinoys that made that word notorious) said that from CALI, the next band is...........................................CALLA LILY!!!
Girls around me were screaming right and left, from top to bottom. The curtains went out and so the four Thomasians and a Tamaraw began to swoon over the froshes with two of their hit songs. Good thing I recorded their last song (plus that of the Itchyworms) using my digicam.
Well, the "boring" part of the night would be the Fashion Show with some of us playing as models running at the runway, where for one night their IN, he next morning their OUT.
Then last would be the nonstop Benildo club myx musix played by none other than a "world-class DJ" who happens to be a Benildean. His name, according to the 2 hosts and a hostess. He played house music and brought the whole theatre upside down, Froshes were invited to dance at the stage.
It was already past nine, my parenst are waiting for me outside so I went off. At the exit, there was a hussle outside the Theater but eventually I got through. yah, I saw Liana and Ace going out. On the fourth floor, I went to a nearby vending machine to buy a can of coke. With a 20-peso bill, i was slowly puting it on that thingamajig of the vendor but Ace's hand swiped the 20-peso bill away from me, grrr...
Well, the batteries of my digicam went almost exhausted but I was able to get enough of its energy for the whole frosh night. hah, well, i expect the next one to be the same as this although, I have to pay for the ticket. See you for now.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
The CSB Experience: Kjwan on the Frosh Solidarity Night
Marc Abaya threw water at us from his own bottle that he already drank. Aaagh!!
The Despedido of My Future Kiwi-Accented Atenista Ninong
My ninong is a true Blue Eagle. It's just so sad that him and his family will be emigrating to New Zealand in search for greener pastures (not just a milk from Anchor). So here are pics of him during last June 9th's despedido at the Discovery Suites and on Tierra Pura Homes). Yah, my ninong's the guy in yellow.
Sometimes, you don't have to be green than be blue. Why not try blue for once?
The CSB Experience: The Upperclassperson Who Snubbed Me
It's a pun from an Austin Powers movie with the subtitle :"The Guy Who Shagged Me". It's true, an upperclassman of CSb had snubbed me on one of the four halls of The College.
Here's what happened: I was walking along with my Ordev-A professor for whcih he's going to give me some copies of the yellow Ordev forms at the Office of Multidisciplinary Studies at Duerr Hall. Along the way, I chanced upon one of the few upperclasspeople that I know. Just before I came to CSB, I already knew some people there. It [the upperclassperson] is one of the people who gave me the map of guidance in orfer for me not to get lost inside the four halls of CSB. So i decided to greet it with a smile, literally.
It was walking just on our way so I decided to greet it with a smile and a hand gesture saying "Hello!". That smile that I just made was broken when the guy only saw me with no reaction whatsoever. Its eyes look as if they're saying that "Who's that guy and why is he smiling at me?". If you know the feeling of being snubbed, ther you know how it feels to be snubbed like that. The upperclassperson just ignored my greeting went on its way.
You know, an act like that can really hurt a person, even if you now that the person who snubbed you actually knows you so there's should be no reason that it didn't recognized me for we had already met severral times that's why right now I'm sobbing.
I only wish that the upperclassperson would know who is the one I'm talking about. I'll tell you if it already read this blog entry of mine.
Here's what happened: I was walking along with my Ordev-A professor for whcih he's going to give me some copies of the yellow Ordev forms at the Office of Multidisciplinary Studies at Duerr Hall. Along the way, I chanced upon one of the few upperclasspeople that I know. Just before I came to CSB, I already knew some people there. It [the upperclassperson] is one of the people who gave me the map of guidance in orfer for me not to get lost inside the four halls of CSB. So i decided to greet it with a smile, literally.
It was walking just on our way so I decided to greet it with a smile and a hand gesture saying "Hello!". That smile that I just made was broken when the guy only saw me with no reaction whatsoever. Its eyes look as if they're saying that "Who's that guy and why is he smiling at me?". If you know the feeling of being snubbed, ther you know how it feels to be snubbed like that. The upperclassperson just ignored my greeting went on its way.
You know, an act like that can really hurt a person, even if you now that the person who snubbed you actually knows you so there's should be no reason that it didn't recognized me for we had already met severral times that's why right now I'm sobbing.
I only wish that the upperclassperson would know who is the one I'm talking about. I'll tell you if it already read this blog entry of mine.
The CSB Experience: Las Estudyantes de DV1 y La Noche Solidaridad del Frosh
The Jamer in me had come out and brought along a camera to take pics on the most important event as a Benildean. Plus pics from my BLOCK SECTION: DV1
Include close views of the Itchyworms, Marc Abaya's Kjwan and Calla Lily. Plus pics from the three hosts of the Frosh Night and a bandang Lasalista visit from the other side of Taft Ave. and an upcoming band doing a gig.
-James Habitan, DV1 Class President, member of the "Block Commission" of the C.O.P.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
The Talkative Barber: J-Edition
http://www.winglin.net/fanfic/jlhabitan/
The Award-winning Sophomore Play in Saint James Academy.
Starring James habitan, Laudale Zabala, Angelo Franicsco, Ellaine Luzada, and many more!
Coming soon on J-Blog of The J-Blog Files!
The Award-winning Sophomore Play in Saint James Academy.
Starring James habitan, Laudale Zabala, Angelo Franicsco, Ellaine Luzada, and many more!
Coming soon on J-Blog of The J-Blog Files!
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
The CSB Experience: STAR Week
Mula pa June 4, may mga nangangampanya na sa loob ng bakuran ng CSB. Hindi ito mga kandidato para sa barangay elections. Ito'y mga reps ng mga orgs ng CSB. Grabe ang paraan nila para i-promote ang mga orgs nila as in grabeh! ANg mga orgs (nahahati sa mga Prof Orgs, Special Interest Orgs, Varsity, SAG, etc. )nga pala sa CSB ay ang mga sumusunod di lahat ay nadito:
Ang Pep Squad, mula pa last week nagrerecruit na ng members habang ang CSB Press Corps, mula pa lang Frosh orientation week ay naghahanap na ng mga bagong staffmembers.
So far, ang sin-ign up ko nang groups ay ang DebSoc (not the SJA Debating Society but the CSB Debate Society), ang MediaMax (the most preferred MMA affiliate org among the three sister orgs like Kino Eye). i'm planning on auditioning for the Press Corps as a feature writer or illustrator. I don't havce much knowledge about Photoshop but i still prefer plain old drawing. I also have a knack for writing like this one. I already had lots of feature stories (mostly first-person) under my belt after taking Journalism in 4th year HS. Unfortuanetly, during my high school years (as if, i only graduated like 3 months ago!) I failed to get the coveted positions on our school publication VOX. So ifeel this is now my chance to show the writer in me.
I believe i have all what it takes to be a writer. although not as good as a news writer nor as more sports-oriented like a sports writer, beinga feature writer makes me feel like I can all relate the things I'm writing about, even if it's not always have to be my personal accounts.
So far, S.T.A.R. (STudent Activities Recruitment) Week will contnue and will have another one by the end of the 2nd term this year (around September). Students van get acquianted with the orgs during C-Break, the equivalent of La Salle Taft's U-Break.
So pray to God that I hope I'll be accepted by the groups i signed up with especially the CSB Press Corps.
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"When She Left Me" willl be on a temporary hiatus. I'll have the series resumed when i have the time to finish part 4 although I'm not sure where will the story go since I'm having a hard time placing the legalities of annulment which is the basis for my online novel. So to those have read the first three chpaters, bear with me.
- Association of Information Management (AIM)
- Art Link Student Organization (ALSO)
- Blueprint (BP)
- Computer Business Association (CBA)
- Corps of Diplomats (COD)
- Chefs in Progress (CHIP)
- Export Management Society (EMS)
- Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management Society (HRIMS)
- Hoteliers in Progress (HIP)
- Human Resource Management Society (HRMS)
- Industrial Design Society (IDS)
- Junior Marketing Association (JMA)
- Media Max (MMX)
- Travelers in Progress (TRIP)
- Computer Link (ComLink)
- DLS-CSB Debate Society (DebSoc)
- Greenergy (GNY)
- Kino Eye (KE)
- Music Network (MN)
- Optic View (OV)
- Societe et Cultura (SEC)
- Cheering Team
- Fencing Team
- Samahang Kali Arnis ng Benilde
- Women's Football Team
- Coro San Benildo
- Dulaang Filipino
- Footworks Dance Theater
- Filipinescas Dance Company
- Greenstage Theater Company
Ang Pep Squad, mula pa last week nagrerecruit na ng members habang ang CSB Press Corps, mula pa lang Frosh orientation week ay naghahanap na ng mga bagong staffmembers.
So far, ang sin-ign up ko nang groups ay ang DebSoc (not the SJA Debating Society but the CSB Debate Society), ang MediaMax (the most preferred MMA affiliate org among the three sister orgs like Kino Eye). i'm planning on auditioning for the Press Corps as a feature writer or illustrator. I don't havce much knowledge about Photoshop but i still prefer plain old drawing. I also have a knack for writing like this one. I already had lots of feature stories (mostly first-person) under my belt after taking Journalism in 4th year HS. Unfortuanetly, during my high school years (as if, i only graduated like 3 months ago!) I failed to get the coveted positions on our school publication VOX. So ifeel this is now my chance to show the writer in me.
I believe i have all what it takes to be a writer. although not as good as a news writer nor as more sports-oriented like a sports writer, beinga feature writer makes me feel like I can all relate the things I'm writing about, even if it's not always have to be my personal accounts.
So far, S.T.A.R. (STudent Activities Recruitment) Week will contnue and will have another one by the end of the 2nd term this year (around September). Students van get acquianted with the orgs during C-Break, the equivalent of La Salle Taft's U-Break.
So pray to God that I hope I'll be accepted by the groups i signed up with especially the CSB Press Corps.
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"When She Left Me" willl be on a temporary hiatus. I'll have the series resumed when i have the time to finish part 4 although I'm not sure where will the story go since I'm having a hard time placing the legalities of annulment which is the basis for my online novel. So to those have read the first three chpaters, bear with me.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
The CSB Experience: Mag-S.Ex Tayo Tuwing Umaga, Tuwing Umaga....
Yah, I know, the title seems kinda weird but it's true, me and my blockmates all went to S.Ex. Sinangag Express, that is.
It's a newly-opened restaurant just a few blocks away from CSb so it's sort of a walking distance. They offer great, delicious yet very affordable food ranging from the mere tapsilog to the other variation of the silog family like hotsilog, longsilog, or whatever silog they may be. i assure you, you will only have 62 pesos taken out from your lunch money since it really is cheap. For that, S.Ex has become a favorite tambayan or hang-out place for any Lasalista or Benildean. You just have to make sure that you get there earlier since during C-Break, the place is jam-packed full of Lasalistas (and Benildeans). once there, you'll be hearing the trademark Manila sound form their speakers and everything.
So what are you waiting for? MAG-S.Ex tayo!
It's a newly-opened restaurant just a few blocks away from CSb so it's sort of a walking distance. They offer great, delicious yet very affordable food ranging from the mere tapsilog to the other variation of the silog family like hotsilog, longsilog, or whatever silog they may be. i assure you, you will only have 62 pesos taken out from your lunch money since it really is cheap. For that, S.Ex has become a favorite tambayan or hang-out place for any Lasalista or Benildean. You just have to make sure that you get there earlier since during C-Break, the place is jam-packed full of Lasalistas (and Benildeans). once there, you'll be hearing the trademark Manila sound form their speakers and everything.
So what are you waiting for? MAG-S.Ex tayo!
La Naval QC
La Naval Procession ng mga Seniors around Santo Domingo Church QC last October 2006 plus pics of students from UST High school and Angelicum
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The long-awaited delay is now over for this is now my much-awaited return of making slideshow movies from pictures I took on several events from school year 2006-07. There are still many much more from last year so you better watch out!
Saturday, June 2, 2007
La Naval Procession ng mga Seniors sa Sto. Domingo Church
plus pics of UST HS and Angelicum students.
The CSB Experience: Ang Mga Jamers ng DLS-CSB
Malaki ang gulat ko mula noong first day na di ko makikita ang karamihan ng mga kasamahan ko sa SJA na nasa CSB ngayon kasi magkaiba ang mga oras namin. So far a total of 11 Jamers (including an ex-Jamer) are composed of the froshies coming from Saint james Academy. Majority HRIM ang course, ilan ay MMA, may nag-Industrial Design, others: ewan ko na lang.
Here's my partial and unofficial list of these Jamers from Batch 07:
Here's my partial and unofficial list of these Jamers from Batch 07:
- Angelica Punto
- Justin Santos
- Russel Plata
- Fred Dela Peña
- Maan DOmingo
- Liana Agbayani
- Joseph Alipo-on
- Nicky Aquino
- Alvin Santos
- Francis Calayag
- Caroline Santos
- Nikko Plata
Friday, June 1, 2007
SJA CLUB DAY
Club Day Orientation sa Saint James Academy
Commented by a fellow Benildean six months ago (November of 2006)
SJA Intramurals 2006 Part One
SJA Intrams featuring Batch 2007 nung Third pa sila
Available ang Part 2 sa mga susunod na araw. Maari nyo na ring ma-download nag Part kasi sa Youtube, pinatanggal for copyright infringment
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