The CSB Experience: Sama-Summer Na (The road to Summer classes)

     Following that very heartbreaking news of me not passing Algeb last term, I had no choice but to drop my enlisted Bmat2-x from my 3rd term sched since I really have to pass this prerequisite. So far so good, I'm okay now with ALgeb since my professor there is the same one from last term's Algeb except it's at the AKIC and all are quite.

    Just last week I found out that the enlistment for summer will be held this week so I took no time to spare and had myself enrolled in it. But that was before I knew that something horribly wrong will took place.

    First, I can't seem to access my CSBInfo account as I can't log in to CSB's intranet nor the CSB SIS (Student Information System) so for a whole month, I've been coordinating with the guys of the ACTC to find out what wrong with the problem. So far, I'm not the only one with this problem. All I get from accessing are the messages "you account has expired" and "...can not log you in...". Oh darn! By the time of the pre-enrollment for summer, I have to do something for me to get access to my SIS account so as a last minute measure the ACTC guys had my existing password replaced with anew one I made. That surely did the trick but I sure wished that they would ahve done this a lot sooner.

   And when I thought everything was all okay and on going, I found out that the subject which I want to enlist which is BMAT2-x (Business Mathematics 2) is nowhere to be found on the enlistable subjects in my SIS account. I asked the Office of the Registrar for help and they couldn't give me a reason why such a thing happened. I explained that I was supposed to have Bmat for this term but I have to drop it to retake my Algeb since it is a prerequisite for Bmat. My Bmat on the other hand is qualified to be my back subject since I didn't took it for this term as it was wreitten in my course flowchart.

  To make the long story short, the Registrar said that they'd enlist my subject for me. Oohh, talk about special case! :):):)

So I guess all's well that ends well............................or is it?!

With One Last Call, There's Magic (a.k.a. Sais Tres Uno Bokya Otso Nueve Nueve)

     Since a few days ago, I was trying to call them using their number 631-0899. There are times that the line is busy while there were times that it is but in the wrong place at the wrong time.

    Using my cellphone, I've been calling up so that I'd be able to talk to the DJs as well as havinga 15-second round of fame in radio, hehehe. They do answer but because i'm very nervous on actually talking to them on my cell, I quickly hang it up waaghh(Plus, I don't have much load left in my cell to talk anyway! )

   Some of the programs that I've called so far are the following: Good Times With Mo, CJ and Sarah, Boys Night Out, and Mid-Day Play. I feel embarassed since most of the calls that had made it through I had to hang up since I don't really expect to have someone answer given that during most of the day, telephone hotlines of FM stations are all clogged up so there's less a chance for one to get through.

   Well at least, by the time I got home yesterday, I try to call Magic again for one "ast" time and guess what? Sarah answered my call but too bad it didn't make it on the radio as they just playing a song. here's how it goes:

Sarah: Hello?

Me: Hi, Is this Magic 89?

Sarah: Yeah it is. May I know who's calling?

Me: I'm James...Uhm it's my first time to call...

Sarah: So how's it going James?

Me: Just got home

Sarah: Got home from work?

Me: Nah, I just got home from school...

Sarah: Okay, thanks for calling James :)

Me: yeah thanks!

That's what happened I guess last night. I can't get over to the fact that a DJ actually talked to me. I better do this more often :)

Minuet 1 - J.S.Bach

I'll have a violin recital this coming March because I'm part of my alma mater's music school (St. Cecilia Music Studio). I'd be playing two pieces, one classical, and one modern pop.

The following video is confirmed to be one of my pieces, Minuet 1 by J. S. Bach

Updates soon... and pray for me...

The CSB Experience: Meet Me At The Hotel Lobby

from kumanta.com

"Meet me in the hotel lobby
Everybody's looking lonely
Watch me as i walk in slowly
When your eyes meet mine
It's in the mirrors of the hotel lobby"

    Minsan, sinamahan ko friend ko sa AKIC kasi may iche-check siyang lugar doon. Iyung pupuntahan namin nasa mababang floor naman iyon kaya puwedeng hindi na lang gumamit ng elevator pero nag-insist pa rin siya. Akala niya nasa isang palapag pa iyon pero sinabi (kasi kabisado ko iyung daan sa hinahanap niya)  ko na hindi iyun doon. Nagtanong siya sa guard pero sabi niya nasa floor pababa nito...

   Ngayon, ginamit namin ang stairs ng CSB Hotel papuntang sa floor na iyon at nakarating rin. Nakita niya na may sched na nakapaskil na nagsasabi na bawal ang students hanggang sa oras na puwede na sila pumasok. Hindi makapaniwala iyung kaibigan ko kaya umalis na lang kami na frustrated siya.

    Tapos, ginamit niya iyung hagdanan ng hotel pero sinabi ko na baka bawal tayo kasi sa hotel na iyung pupuntahan natin. Sabi niya okay lang kasi CSB rin naman iyon. Binalaan ko naman na bawal ang students pero nag-insist pa rin. Iyung guwardya na lang sa may labasan ng hotel ang mismong nagsabi na bawal ang mga students sa CSB Hotel, tinanggap naman ang ginawa naming excuse na naligaw kami sa paglabas.

    Mukhang di na masigla mukha niya, sinasabi na kung bakit di pinapayagan ang mga students na maglabas-pasok sa hotel kung kailan gusto nila at kung bakit ang mga ilang lugar sa loob ay hindi open-for-all sa lahat ng oras.  HIndi ko siya mabigyan ng maliwanag na sagot pero iyun na yon talaga.

The CSB Experience: Uniformity

      What do I wear on a typical school day? A plain t-shirt, a pair of jeans or long shorts, a pair of sneakers and that's all to it. What does some schoolmate wear in a typical school day? A long pair of black pants, a pair of clean "croc" shoes, a white "polo" shirt with a CSB logo on the left upper pocket of he shirt. What does another schoolmate wear in a typical school day? A polo shirt beneath a dark-coated blazer with a fairly acceptable skirt with leg-wearing stockings and high heel shoes that are perfectly polished.

     It's a surprise that CSB is not what you expect from a Catholic institution with a liberal-minded student body. Some wearing uniforms, others wearing formal attire, and others wearing "normal clothing". It turns out, the school, for which many have thought has no existing uniform dress code, does have such.

    Later did I figured out that most of the schools of CSB have their own set of dress code (By the way, CSB have a dress code policy on what not to wear applicable to all students just so you know). If what I heard is correct, SMIT and SMS (School of Management and Information Technology and School of Multidisciplinary Studies respectively) students are required to wear formal attire although there are days were they can wear semi-formal to civilian attire (smart casual to casual). SHRIM (School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management) students have required to wear formal on certain days of the week as well as uniform attire (uniforms varies by year and major track). On the matter of CSB's SPaCE (School of Professional and Continuing Education) I have no idea as well as SDEAS (School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies). Good thing is that we from SDA (School of Design and Arts) doesn't have such a code.

    One reason probably is to instill the students from these certain schools a sense of professionalism in preparation of whatever career they may take in the future. That may be the reason why as early as their freshman year, students are required to obey their respective dress code. Too bad on the part of my fellow SHRIM friends, they told me that they weren't told by their seniors of this dress code being implemented and many had a hard time adjusting since they expect that they get to experience life without wearing school uniforms, or so they thought.

   From a non-uniform wearing student's view point, I feel kind of alienated whenever I'm around with uniform and formal-clad students, especially in classes where many of my classmates are from SHRIM and SMIT. I always think that these students are more proper, more organized and a lot primmer than us from SDA (Or so I thought) as well as a whole lot smarter.

    I contrast, those from SDA are somehow encouraged to be liberal-minded, wear anything they want to wear, reshape their hair whenever and be themselves. That's why I see many who wear: emo, goth, rock chic, rocker, urban, sport-themed, plain, outrageous, etc. from head to toe. On my part, I tend to wear green-colored shirts but now that I think about it, its getting kind of creepy for me to wear green all the time. As I write this, I'm wearing white for a change.

    Although I'm speaking nonsense here and feel kind of bias, I can't blame myself since that's how I think. Hopefully, time will pass and I would have a different point of view towards people wearing dress code-enforced attire. Especially now that I'm getting to know some of them in my classes, hopefully I'd be able to overcome it.

from a song sung by a trio in Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas, "It's just the way you are..."

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Some are reposts of my previous photos while I have new ones added

THe CSB Experience: Taglines I Came Up With for my 7 Sections

    Before anything else: 1)Sayang uli, di tayo umabanse at natalo tayo ng isang matinding kupunan mula dun, 2)Ang saya-saya ng Mini-Fair sa SJA sayang nga lang at sandali lang ang ikinataako don, 3) Masaya ang magkaroon ng klase sa tatlong building ng CSB!, 4)Nakakatawa naman ng ad ng mga taga-Solomon Guest House, mapuntahan kaya iyan one of these days, 5)One is still authoritative with a knack for puffing, another looks like a damsel but cant live without making a ????? a day, while one is the silent killer with a new dough for making odd things out.

 

    This term, I go to classes with diefferent sections with all too different section names. I have DV9 for Philoma and Comsk2, DFS1 for PEtriid, DV1 for Worlite, H16 for Filip13 and HH2 for ALgeb-x (rewind). So I came up with the idea of making catchphrases that rhymes with the names of my sections so heto pa lang ang naiisip ko, Enjoy!:

 

AYOKO 'YAN, DFS1!

U R MINE, DV9!

WE ARE ONE, DV1!

WALANG BITIN SA H16!

R U 1? DR1

R U, HH2?

 

HEHEHEHE! wala nang magawa!

Ate Jade at 21 on 21 Day 1

What do Montessorians and Lasallians have in common? What if Montessorians and Lasalians come together? Ewan! Friends ni Ate from grade school (Saint Mary Montessori Ctr.) and college (DLSU) helps my ate make this outreach program sa Heart of Mary Villa, Maysilo, Malabon. Sayang walang Jamers.

Most pics taken by me! :):)::)

January 19, 2008

Ate Jade at 21 on 21 Day 2

Sana meron rin akong ganyan :(

Rivulet Restaurant Along Roxas Bouolevard in Pasay. The restaurant is the famouos so-called "raining restaurant".

January 20, 2008

A Year after Campus

     I'm a solid kapamilya that's why I tend to watch Channel 2's programs (most of them anyway), watch some of their films, and buy CDs from their recording artists (konti lang), and as well as buying magazines from their publishing arm. In the field of radio however, I switch from one station to another. At first I really enjoyed listening to ABS-CBN's FM station but it was only 2 years ago that it somehow made itself much of a "pang-masa" station, which is not all that bad. Although, in aspects that I cannot thoroughly explain, they've made themselves so "baduy". Now I really miss listening to radio!

    97.1 DWLS-Fm is no exception. I remember when I was as young as 8 years old, GMA-7 would air plugs of its FM station, Campus Radio WLS-FM on TV. I'm not much of a Kapuso, I always enjoyed listening to its FM station since it was a perfect place for us, its niche target market, to really enjoy listening to. Like its namesake, Campus Radio is really aimed to the youth market, primarily those from demographics of high school to college students (I first heard of its existence when I was in Grade school).

    Two years ago during summer vacation, I began to listen to the station after so many years. Even now, the same old same old was still there. I still remember one of their DJs, Joe Spinner, since I open the radio during morning rush hour. Even if they play contemporary RnB, Rock and Hiphop (they're a pop station by the way), they occasionaly play OPM, primarily those from the band front like Sandwhich (Its song "Sugod" song most often played by Joe Spinner), Urbandub (Its breakout song "First of Summer" was also often played by the same DJ), and Itchyworms. And they speak good English although they can speak Filipino if the situation calls for it.

   What made it so distinct from other youth-oriented counterpart is that, having students as its listeners, many of its features are student oriented like infoPop, frontDotCenter, etc. They also have Campus Aircheck where students from different colleges and universities could expereicne of being a DJ. It was on this endeavor that launched the careers of many DJs that are still active up to this day. I still remember from two years back that on one of Campus' Aircheck, they had students from La Salle as guest DJs.

    It was much of shocker, not only from me, but to many about last year's reformatting of WLS-FM. I only knew abut it when I was browsing channels and chanced upon QTV-11, GMA-7's so called "sister station". They had a news flicker that reads of a new FM station called "Barangay LS Forever". That was a Saturday, sometime after February 14, 207, the day Campus breathed it last. I was like "Oh my gosh!". Its a pang-masa station and they have songs from GMA's programs that plays every so often. The DJs are still there (Joe Spinner is now known as Boy Tisoy) but I could hear it from their voices that they feel uncomfortable plus they make "pilit" of having their English sound very much of a carabao English (based from the reactions of the former listeners).

    The reaction about the reformat was tremendous, listeners made the headlines in local tabloid Balita last year as they complained on how the station became "one of them" and begged the management to bring back the now-old format. Forums from candymag.com and  PInoy Exchange had threads talking about it. Eventually, I thought people gradually accepted the change.

Then it happened...

     It was just January 16 of this year that it underwent another reformat but I didn't noticed at first (the CSB bookstore had their radio set in 97.1). I only learned from now that many of the DJs were fired "daw" by Mike Enriquez for not making the station no. 1 in the ratings. So it was for ratings's sake that led to Campus Radio's reformatting in the first place. As i read from Wikipedia, one of the now-axed DJs, Jimmy Jam (under the Barangay LS callname "Atoong the Bomb") made the first step of petitioning for the reinstatement of Campus Radio in Manila (GMA's regional FM stations are still running under the name 'Campus Radio' but there rumors that they may all face posible reformatting similar to the Manila station).

   I was able to get to one of their petition sites and was awestruck with the turnout, more than 2220 online signatures. I, of course, joined the petition for I wish to bring back the old format of WLS-FM.

   If it is for ratings that they changed the image of their FM station, then it is for low ratings that will make them realize taht what they have done only made it worse!

 

The CSB Experience: The First Day the Third Time around

   
     This is a very delayed post since our PC didn't have a DSL connection for a week. That's why I'm writing this piece just now.

    Okay, somehow I'm able to get used to the fact that DV1 is long gone although, bits of us would found to be in the same class. Don't get me wrong, I do miss my old block section but I guess I need to mingle to other people I haven't met as well, just for a change of environment.

    1. MONDAY-W-F

    My first day had me go to school earlier since my my first class (which is PETRIID) is at 9 in tye morning. My DV1 classmate there is Hoogie, Geric, Dino and Ferdie. Hoogie and I had the wrong understanding with regards to the location of our class. For one, we thought BC means "basketball court" whcih refers to the court lying just next to Plaza Villarosa. Second, we waited for nothing. Third, we learned to the bitter truth that BC actually stands for "badminton court".

    C-break is from 12:40 am-2:30 since I'm already used to this sched since the second trimester.  11:40 is Philoma for which I have Issi and Marlon as classmates and a former seminarian as a professor. 2:30 is Comsk2-x with Issi-Marlon plus Camae and friends.

    My Filip13 class was a last-minute change since I have to replace my emptied Bmat slot with another subject. I have a professor with a personality that is so familiar,. somewhat like that of Sir Raffy of Filip11. For the first time, majority of my classmates are SHRIM students (some days, they wear formal, and in others, they wear uniforms) that's why I feel a bit left out although there are a handful of us from MMA.

    Last but not least is my Algeb-x class at the AKIC (yeah, AKIC LOLz). this class is also a mixture of majority SHRIM students plus non-shrims (like EMs, CAs, and MMAs). Good thing is that Ms Melody aka Ms Algeb is my lec prof once again and I have good ol Joseph Alipo-on as my classmate (batchmate). I've also made friends with some of my classmates like Charmaine who is also my travel companion at the LRT. Since I'm kind of familiar with Ms Algeb's lessons, some approach me to help them with our lessons. wow! Well, the first lessons before the midterms were really not that difficult, I still have to deal with my fear of word problems before the finals, grr....

   2) TH

    Good thing about my TH classes is that most of classes, especially my lab subs in Comsk2 and Algeb are all in one day plsu Reconse and Worlite. on thursday, I only have the last two mentioned with a 3 1/2 hour gap (Reconse ends at 9:30 while worlite starts at 1:00 and ends at 2:30). I have no more classes in 4:10 and 2:30 PM every Tuesday and Thursday respectively.

    Only in Tuesday would I find myself crossing three roads to three buildings, and I mean all THREE buildings of CSB: Taft Main, AKIC (Algeb lab) and SDA (Reconse).


So far, I'm happy at the way things are going since I really need a breather after two terms of being with DV1 (I'm still with DV1 by the way, for Worlite). Hopefully, I can finally pass ALgeb (a 1 would be nice) and I only have to take summer classes if necessary (that means no more Ilocos for a while).

Christmas Reunion ng mga Sibucao, Roque, Qoquia, Habitan, etc.

In actuality, this is a reunion of the Sibucao, Roque and Qoquia clans since they are all members of my mom's side of the family. Ang saya saya namin dito sa Malabon hanep! The cousins, the titos, titas, and ninongs and ninangs hehehe.

The CSB Experience: Course Adjustment, AKIC, LRT, Jollibee... (Termbreaker 2)

     It's a good thing that my mom dropped me off to school this morning since it will be difficult to hitch a ride at the LRT to get to CSB. The problem is that a fire, as I write this piece, is currently razing a mall near the LRT Baclaran Terminal in Pasay. I would only have a problem about it by the time I get myself home.

    I was in CSB to have my course adjustment. I failed in Algeb-x (third child in a row) and now I want to have it retaken. Since I enrolled myself to its secondary course, Bmat2-x, I have to replace it with Algeb. The lines are particularly long and there was indeed no order. I thought the line that I joined was the one for CA but in actuality, it is for enrollment purposes (CA form requests and all), so I went to the actual line which is really shorter. If I was there in the first place, I would have been done in no time.

   I cross upon Mark the BSBA-CA guy I met a few months back. he lent me some advise over CA procedures but it'd only made my situation worse. I was looking for a good altenrative schedule for me to take Algeb but there's a but of a problem. It's just that whatever convenient time I pick, it always have a conflict with one of my enlisted subject. Well, since I'm only replacing Bmat2-x for Algeb, I just went to the registrar and get all things done. I shared to her my dilemma and she had one of my classes moved to the time vacated by BMAT so I can have a convenient schedule as well as a convenient time for Algeb. I promise that by this time, I'll pass this subject. I only have to make sure that I get the right rpofessors, not just from lecture, but from lab as well.

    By the way, I had my Filip13 classes moved from the DV2 MWF 16:50-17:50 to an earlier time at 15:40-16:40 at the AKIC...cool. Too bad that I Won't be with DV2 since many who enlisted at DV2 Filip13 are from DV1. Waaghh

    Oh, yeah. On the way home, there was a long line of passengers lining up at the Vito Cruz station. the problem: the fire in Baclaran. It had forced the LRTA to have LIne 1 open from Monumento to Buendia Station southbound and northbound vice versa. The train that I was on was able to get to the first few stations from Vito Cruz to R. Papa fast but when it comes to the last two, 5th Avenue Station and Monumento Terminal, it got pretty yet awfully slow. Judging but how many songs I listened from my I-pod while reaching these two, I guess it's around 20 if not 15 (really).

   I ate lunch at Jollibee inside the Araneta Square before taing a jeepney ride straight to home. Can't wait for Monday!

 

Sa nanghiram sa'kin ng ballpen kanina, text ko na lang kita, ok?