Reality and Dreams: Dila

This one was a bit too late so just before I completely forget what I saw in my dream, I'll tell you guys about it right away.

A few nights ago, I had this dream wherein I was found myself back in the US after so long a time. The dream itself was a bit fuzzy but all I could remember clearly was this guy I knew then, his name is Kendall, was in it.

So Kendall is a year older than me and by now, he's in first year college. We really don't know much about each other except that he lives in the same neighborhood as I (or so I remembered) back in Falls Church seven years ago. 

I knew him as a wee bit of a meanie and a bully-ish kind of fellow. He was also a member of this circle of duly-recognized "Patrollers", so everytime I go to and from school in a school bus, I could hear him yelling at young violaters. One phrase I could very well still remember what he used to say whenever he's on-duty "GET OUT FROM THE AISLE!!" (Aisle is pronounced as "Uh-y'all" hehehe!

Back in my dream, so I met him somewhere in Falls Church and then he tried to talk to me, trying to reconnect, even though there's really nothing to reconnect about considering we were not really much friends with each other; only connection was him being a classmate of my good friend, Abe, who's now in his 3rd year at Ateneo de Manila.

He spoke to me, he started conversing with me, yes. But the weird part about it is that he's talking to me in FILIPINO! To make things clearer, he's speaking to me in TAGALOG na TAGALOG na walang pag-aalinlangan!

Some of what he said were like this: "Oh, kamusta ka na?", "Naalala mo pa rin ba sina...?", "Balita ko nasa college ka na, totoo ba iyon?". Things like that!

Not only was it very awkward that I had a dream about one of the most unfriendliest people I know on the face of the earth, it's him speaking to me to language he most likely won't understand in reality that made it all the more weird.

Is there some special meaning with regards to this? I already have a record of dreams ended up being true to life (albeit it occurs in places not shown in my dreams initially), so it may be a sounding possibility that this one may see the light of day as well. Where and when, only God could tell.

侮辱或涵义？

種類の侮辱か含意。 彼は私達のものはであるが、彼が外国人の仕事を愛顧するもの軽視する。 彼はテレビのよい物を認める標準の最高を余りに有する。

少し前に、考えの議論はDLSU-Mからの私起こったと私の友人の間に増加しなさい。 それは私が彼によって誤解された信じる主題上の私達の意見を表明することの精神にだけあった。しかし私は彼が意味した何を私があるので私は余りにこの主題の後ろの実質の土に気づくにはべきであること私がこれをいかに言うか、理由、CSBのマルチメディアの画学生驚きだった。

私がまだマルチメディアの画学生の視点のトピックを見る位置にないが私はちょうど私達が媒体(テレビ、ラジオ、映画、等)の分野の私達の仕事を批判することを継続したら虚心でありよいよ来る信じない私達に今あるものが以来のTV競技場の既存の分野の進行中の改善である。

しかし彼はのDLSU-Mの人"の学生として、それを言った; De La Salle (-) [聖者の大学] Benilde" 私は彼が彼自身そう言ったように、"彼のポイント(広告の専攻学生があっている彼)がつかめるべきである; 私は、であるCSB学生意味する。 単語'を作りなさい; De La Salle Benilde' "を言う部品を意味しなさい; De La Salle"。

全く表面の穿孔器、私は理解することを彼がちょうど言ったことをによって彼の含意を試みた。 彼はことを"の一部分として意味するかもしれない; De La Salle" Benildeanが彼がLasallianとして持っている同じ視点を共有するべきであると同時に私の意見(彼に従って)。 しかし私は自分自身に尋ねる: 彼はなぜこれら二つの明瞭な学校が学生のための同じ理想そして視野を共有するべきであると考えるか。 彼がCSBの学生のについて知らない、私はDLSU-M学生であることについてのどちらかを知っている多くの事がある。

私が信じるように、La Salleマニラは他に類似したほとんどのコースの従来の大学、である。 確実一般教養科目の大学は等量設計および芸術の私の自身のCSBの学校に多かれ少なかれであるが、まだ、それぞれは他と別の方向を取る。 CSBは、彼が想像できるよりより多くの方法で同じでないDLSU-Mである。 どんなCSBが以外"として記述されているか; 学習者centered" 施設は、Benildeの学生学校に十分に私達の特性を表現するために私達を防ぐ服装規定があっても、より多彩、独特、より独立している。

本当に、UAAPの季節の間に、Lasallianの学校の残り、またCSBはそこに特によい相棒Ateneo deマニラに対して凹む時はいつでもDLSU-Mの緑の射手を支えること常にである。 大学はまたそれらがかつて重要部分大学のだったが、意味しない根を私達が"として永久に知られていなければならないことを見、永久に感謝している; La Salle"からのその学校;。 CSBは異なる敢えてするそれ自身"としてだけ知られている学校がちょうどLaのSalleの学校として識別されないようにしない; Benilde" 確認されるべきそれのためのDe La Salleの一流の必要無し。 CSBがDLSU-Mの場所を取ったNCAAの経糸ガイド、私達は"として単に知られている; CSB" DLSの頭文字引いて(専門事項しかしそれの主題は学校が来たもの)だった知られていることを。

すべてのBenildeansへの共通の考えはその"である; De La Salle" ちょうど姓はあり、CSBの過去の加入をDLSU-M内の大学として示す。 しかし私達の名はあり、"ただある; Benilde"。 従って私達の母学校と視点を共有するCSBに専有物の心があれば、必ずしも一致し彼らの目で私達が見るほしいと思うものに必要性はなぜか。

私達がMMA学生として教えられている何を広告学生が、権利同じでなくてもよろしくないので彼に何が教えられたか。 彼はことをI can'信じる; tはどんなhe'か見る; それにもかかわらず私を指すことを試みる彼が彼で投げられるよい原料を見損うこと媒体で一般に示されているひとつひとつの事を見る、またsしかし彼は決して変更のための彼の視点を開発することを試み。

彼は彼にそのような物があること彼が彼のいわゆる高水準を有したけれども私が確信しないようにそれらを判断した。 彼はそれにもかかわらず彼のポイント彼があることを意識するには彼が余りに偏られることを証明するのに代りに外国人の仕事を使用した。

1 La Salleがあるまた1のBenildeがある!

The CSB Experience 2: Fatal Projects and Exercises from Comgrap

I might even die just be reading what we are to do on the last few weeks of Comgrap! Even now, I still don't have my own copy of the Adobe Creative Suite package. I'm still looking for an authorized distributor even if I have all the chance in the world to buy a fake CS master premium. I want the real one from Adobe but I need to know where in Manila do they sell Adobe CS programs legally and how much per package.

Here's an email sent to me by Sir Hansel Lou Gonzales:

//Exercise 07
Logo Reconstruction (DONE!)

//Project 03
Personal Logo
Design a personal logo, bring scanned studies next week for approval.
6 Logo Design Studies to be made. ( Your own personal logo)

//Exercise 08
Vector ME

//Exercise 09
The Type

//Project 04
Movie or TV Show
Your group is tasked to design and conceptualize the look for a new
movie or tv show. conceptualize a good theme for your movie and agree
on an appropriate title.

Requirements
Costume / Character Design
Posters (Main and Supporting Character Posters)
OBB(Movie Title/Logo layout in A4)
Concept Paper(Minimum 2 pages)
Presentation

Prepare as many artworks and presentation materials as necessary
(Sample: bookmark, movie ticket, invites, stickers etc.)

//Finals Project
PrintFolio
Your job is to create/design a portfolio that would best market your
talents and creativity as an artist. (could be you as a freelance
artist or you have your own design studio)

Show off your talents and skills in graphic design through this
portfolio material.

You may use 50% of your previous projects in the subject to be
included in the portfolio. Concept and works that you will use should
be approved first. You may also create new artworks to be included in
the printfolio.

The portfolio SHOULD NOT be a collection of all of your works but
should serve as a teaser or sampler (6-10 artworks only)

Try to think out of the box and avoid the conventional brochure
layout, make your concept as creative and original as possible.

Expectations:
Photo Manipulation, Digital Painting, Logo Design, Overall layout and
proper use of the medium(photoshop/ illustrator)

Specifications:
Output - Printed/Mocked- up
Size - Depends on your chosen format
Format - its up to you to decide if you want it portrait or landscape,
you may change the print format if you have a more creative layout in
mind.
Others - create also a cd sticker, cd case or pocket, business card
(2x3.5inches) all in 300 dpi and your design should be incorporated in it.

The CSB Experience 2: Belediging

Up till now, I still can't memorize the alma mater hymn of CSB...Ang kabisado ko lang kahit papaano ay ang sa La Salle. Hehehe, buti na lang nakita ko nito sa internet para at least ma-post ko dito's kabisaduhin ko sa tuwing binibisita ko ang Multiply ko. :D

Raise your voices, sing your praises

Hail, Saint Benilde!

Pride and honor, we proclaim

To thee, oh, Saint Benilde!

A teacher of the Christian youth,

A prudent man of God

Inspire us in a life of prayer

As we learn in truth and love.

Raise your voices, sing your praises

Hail, Saint Benilde!

Pride and honor, we proclaim

To thee, oh, Saint Benilde!

Insulto sa Aking Kolehiyo

Not long ago, a discussion of ideas occurred between me and a friend of mine from DLSU-M. It was only in the spirit of voicing out our opinions over a subject which I believe was misunderstood by him. But I was surprise that, how do I say this, reason out that I too should be aware of the real dirt behind this subject since I am, what he implied, "an MMA student" of CSB

Although I'm not in a position yet to see the topic in the viewpoint of a multimedia arts student, I'm just being open-minded believing no good would come if we would go on criticizing our works in the field of media (TV, Radio, Movies, etc.) since what we have now is an ongoing improvement of an existing field in the TV arena.

But he, the DLSU-M guy, said that as a student of "De La Salle(-)[College of Saint] Benilde" I should see his point (him being an Advertising major), as he said so himself, " I mean, you are a CSB student. Make the words "De La Salle Benilde" mean the part that says "De La Salle.""

Medyo suntok sa buwan iyon, as I tried to understand his implication by what he just said. He may have implied that as a part of "De La Salle" my views "daw" as a Benildean should share the same viewpoint he has as a Lasallian. But then again I ask myself: Why does he think that these two distinct schools should share the same ideals and visions for its students? There are a lot of things that he does not know about being a student of CSB, nor do I know either about being a DLSU-M student. 

As I believe, La Salle-Manila is a traditional university, with most courses similar to others. Sure their Liberal Arts college is more or less an equivalent to CSB's own School of Design and Arts, but still, each takes a direction different from the other. CSB, is unlike DLSU-M in more ways than he could even imagine. Other than what CSB is being described as a "learner-centered" institution, the students of Benilde are more more colorful, unique, and more independent, even if the school has a dress code which prevents us to fully express our individuality.

Sure, during UAAP season, CSB as well as the rest of the Lasallian schools are always there to support the DLSU-M Green Archers especially whenever they are pitted against good ol' Ateneo de Manila. The college also look back at its roots and is forever grateful that they were once an integral part of the university but it doesn't mean that we have to be forever known as "that school from La Salle". CSB dares to be different, it doesn't allow itself to be identified soley as a La Salle school, but a school known only as "Benilde" with no De La Salle name needed for it to be recognized.  Heck, even in the NCAA where CSB took DLSU-M's place, we are known simply as "CSB" sans the DLS initials (a subject of technicality but that was what the school came to be known).

A common belief to all Benildeans is that "De La Salle" is just a surname, signifying CSB's past affiliation as a college within DLSU-M, but our first name is, and only will be, "Benilde". So why the need to share viewpoint with our "mother school", if CSB has a mind of its own, and doesn't have to agree necessarily to what it want us see in their eyes?

What was taught to him as an Advertising student doesn't have to be the same as what we are being taught as MMA students, right? He believes that I can't see what he's trying to point me but nevertheless he never tried opening up his viewpoint for a change as well as seeing every single thing being shown on media in general that he fails to see the good stuff being thrown at him. 

He judged them as if he had "high standards" yet I'm not convinced that he has such. He instead used the works of foreigners to prove his point nevertheless he's too biased to realize that he is.

There may be One La Salle, but there is also One Benilde!

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The CSB Experience 2: The Early Show

            Probably by next week, I will be able to encode my schedule for third term earlier than the rest, for the first time FINALLY! YES! YES! I’m happy to know that I’m also a Dean’s Lister for I incurred a GPA of 3.125 yehey!

            So here’s the subject I’m planning to take next term:

1.     NSTPCWS=National Service Training Program-Civil Welfare Service

2.     SONDES=Sound Design in Multimedia

3.     FOTOGRA=Basic and Digital Photography

4.     DESNCON=Design Concepts for Multimedia Arts

5.     DESKPUB=Desktop Publishing

6.     TECHDRW=Technical Draw and Drafting

7.     PROFES1=Design Professions and Code of Ethics

 

Good thing that Sir Dave approved them all, I’m just hoping that I’d be able to pass the prerequisites I’m currently taking now like Frehand and Comgrap. But by the looks of those future subs, I’m guessing I’m in for a rough ride.