| Start: | Oct 14, '07 |
| Location: | Sto. Domingo Church, Quezon Avenue, Quezon City |
Friday, October 12, 2007
Our Lady of La Naval de Manila Grand Marian Procession
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
The CSB Experience: Lipatan, Palitan, Enrolan, Atbp.
Nung Lunes, nakita ko si Jane na nakalog-on sa internet sa loob ng klasrum (10-minute interval, yahoo CSB!). Kasama niya sina Pax, Inna, Aje and co. at mukhang seryoso ang anuman ang nababasa nila sascreen.
I took a sneak peak at what they're looking at at actually, binabasa nila iyung listahan ng mga courses sa La Salle Main. Nasa may section sila ng College of Liberal Art at kinilik iyung text na "Communication Arts". Gulat sila sa listahan ng mga majors sa ComArts. Narinig ko pa nga si Pax na gusto na niya lumipat, ganon rin si Aje. INterested rin si Jane.
Coincidentally, ilang araw rin ang nakakaraan, sabi ni inna na may balak siyang magtransfer from CSB to Ateneo. Nagtanong iyung mga friends niya bakit. Hindi ko na lang inalam pero right now, meron siayng application form sa pagkakaalam ko.
Ano ba naman ito, is thge dark days of CSB returning?
Ako rin, at first di ko rin naman nagustuhan na hindi sa schoolna gusto ko ang mapapasukan ko. Kaya nga di ba nasabi ko na ang pinapangarap ko talagang pasukan ay ang UP lalo pa't dream course ko ang Fine Arts. Pero dahil di ako nakapasa sa quota at dahil na rin sa iba ring mga factors, sa Benilde na ako napunta. Actually, okay naman ang pagiging AB-MMA major ko eh (Sa tingin di tama ang tawagin ang sarili ko na MMA major kung di ko pa natatackle ang majors ko later pa). Sorry sa sulat ko, nagiging konyo ang sulat eh.
Pero kahit naiiggit ako na mas maganda ang itsura ng Main sa loob, marami sikat ang nag-aaral (Nabanggit ko ba na ka-floor ko si Serena Dalrymple?), hindi lang tatlo ang caf, at may green soccer field pa; di ko inisip na magtransfer o magshift man ng kurso.
Now, rewind to June 2007. Nagkekuwentuhan noon iyung ilan sa mga blockmates ng DV1. Sabi ng isa na hindi talaga first choice ang CSB kungdi La Salle. Napunta lang siya sa CSb nung di siya nakapasa. Grabeh talaga. Well, ako rin naman, di pasado sa entrance exam ng La Salle, at sa CSB na lang.
Kahapon nga, sabi ng isa kong blocmmate na,"mawawala na ang DV1". Although, in fact, madiidssolve ang section pagdating ng third term, ang big niyang sabihin ay mawawala na iyunug mga naging DV1 dahil lilipat na (o may balak) na umalils ng CSB.
Sa totoo nga lang, mahirap ang magtransfer ng school, let alone shifting to another course. Nung nagapply ako sa La Salle, ang first choice ko ComArts kasi ito ang pinakaclosest sa either Fine Arts, Advertising, o MassCom man. Di ko na maalala iyung second choice ko pero sa kasamaang palad nga at di ako nakapasa.
Sayang rin naman ang mga endeavors ng section kung di kami magkikita-kita bilang magkacourse o kaeskwela sa CSB kung isa man sa amin ang lilisan at lilipat sa ibang kolehiyo. Huwag naman sana ganon. Bukod pa nga sa mahirap, mahal pa ang lumipat. Sayang ang oras na andon ko, lalo pa't kung di ka masaya sa tinahakan mong kurso, kawawa ka naman. So sana naman, inatct pa rin kaming mga taga-DV1 kasi walang section ang katulad sa'min dahil WE ARE ONE DV1 (Ngee..)
Sana huwag na lang no?
I took a sneak peak at what they're looking at at actually, binabasa nila iyung listahan ng mga courses sa La Salle Main. Nasa may section sila ng College of Liberal Art at kinilik iyung text na "Communication Arts". Gulat sila sa listahan ng mga majors sa ComArts. Narinig ko pa nga si Pax na gusto na niya lumipat, ganon rin si Aje. INterested rin si Jane.
Coincidentally, ilang araw rin ang nakakaraan, sabi ni inna na may balak siyang magtransfer from CSB to Ateneo. Nagtanong iyung mga friends niya bakit. Hindi ko na lang inalam pero right now, meron siayng application form sa pagkakaalam ko.
Ano ba naman ito, is thge dark days of CSB returning?
Ako rin, at first di ko rin naman nagustuhan na hindi sa schoolna gusto ko ang mapapasukan ko. Kaya nga di ba nasabi ko na ang pinapangarap ko talagang pasukan ay ang UP lalo pa't dream course ko ang Fine Arts. Pero dahil di ako nakapasa sa quota at dahil na rin sa iba ring mga factors, sa Benilde na ako napunta. Actually, okay naman ang pagiging AB-MMA major ko eh (Sa tingin di tama ang tawagin ang sarili ko na MMA major kung di ko pa natatackle ang majors ko later pa). Sorry sa sulat ko, nagiging konyo ang sulat eh.
Pero kahit naiiggit ako na mas maganda ang itsura ng Main sa loob, marami sikat ang nag-aaral (Nabanggit ko ba na ka-floor ko si Serena Dalrymple?), hindi lang tatlo ang caf, at may green soccer field pa; di ko inisip na magtransfer o magshift man ng kurso.
Now, rewind to June 2007. Nagkekuwentuhan noon iyung ilan sa mga blockmates ng DV1. Sabi ng isa na hindi talaga first choice ang CSB kungdi La Salle. Napunta lang siya sa CSb nung di siya nakapasa. Grabeh talaga. Well, ako rin naman, di pasado sa entrance exam ng La Salle, at sa CSB na lang.
Kahapon nga, sabi ng isa kong blocmmate na,"mawawala na ang DV1". Although, in fact, madiidssolve ang section pagdating ng third term, ang big niyang sabihin ay mawawala na iyunug mga naging DV1 dahil lilipat na (o may balak) na umalils ng CSB.
Sa totoo nga lang, mahirap ang magtransfer ng school, let alone shifting to another course. Nung nagapply ako sa La Salle, ang first choice ko ComArts kasi ito ang pinakaclosest sa either Fine Arts, Advertising, o MassCom man. Di ko na maalala iyung second choice ko pero sa kasamaang palad nga at di ako nakapasa.
Sayang rin naman ang mga endeavors ng section kung di kami magkikita-kita bilang magkacourse o kaeskwela sa CSB kung isa man sa amin ang lilisan at lilipat sa ibang kolehiyo. Huwag naman sana ganon. Bukod pa nga sa mahirap, mahal pa ang lumipat. Sayang ang oras na andon ko, lalo pa't kung di ka masaya sa tinahakan mong kurso, kawawa ka naman. So sana naman, inatct pa rin kaming mga taga-DV1 kasi walang section ang katulad sa'min dahil WE ARE ONE DV1 (Ngee..)
Sana huwag na lang no?
INTENSYON: Ika-2 Kabanata, Training Day
[Writer's Note: This entry does not mean to inflict any harm to anyone. This is based on true events so anything that you may find may be offensive. If you don't want to continue, don't read any further now.]
Lumipas ng ilang araw at lunes na muli. Ang pasok ko nung first term tuwing Monday ay 2:30 PM kaya pwede ako magpuyat the day before, hehehe. Nga pala, ala una n.h. ang oras ng training kaya habang maaga pa lang ay umalis na ako ng bahay at dumiretso na sa CS.
Once there, pumunta ako sa org booth ng Lipon sa OSPI o "Office of Student Participation and Involvement" para makipagkita sa mga tuturo sa'min ng basics ng debate. May mga seniors na nandon at tinuro sa'kin kung saang room gaganapin yung pagsasanay. Doon na ako dumiretso at pagpasok ko nandon na sila, kasama ang ilang mga Neodebaters.
Among sa mga vets an nahandoon ay sina Rem, Rico, Sempai Manuel at si Ate Carol. First order of business? The basics...
"Now, there are two standard formats that debaters often use, the British Parliament format and the Asian Par. Here in CS, we use the former. What's the difference between the two?....The British Par format is composed of two parts, Government and Opposition and subdivided further into two, Opening and Closing. Opening Gov is composed of the PM and the DPM while the Opening Opp is made up of a LO and DLO. For the closing half, each side has a member of the house and a whip...."
Ahhgg, nose-bleed! Okay, nagtake-down notes ako sa mga pinagsusulat nila sa board. Then one of the vets gave us an example for example of a motion, hindi ko nga lang malala kung proposal iyon o assesment. Any way, they did something kung saan pagdedebatihan nila iyon.
Nosebleed uli. Di ko akalain na ang piansukan kong gulo ay talagang mahirap, kahit simula pa lamang. Kung actual debate practice, hala kita na ang deficiencies ko, waaghh.
By the way, nakilala ko iyung ilan sa mga kasama kong mga neodebaters. Nung first day, 2 lang ang nakilala ko, si Mikel at si Reeves. Later sa susunod na mga araw, na-meet ko naman si Mauritio a.k.a. Mao, Lara, Licca, Jomelyn, Jamille, Marco at Jyna.
First speech ko, bale di pa formal debate actually kasi ilan lang kami ang pumunta that time. The motion given is all about globalization at ang epekto nito samlocal economy. Sorry, hindi ito saktong motion na bingay, sinasabi ko lang kung ano ang naalala ko. Anyway, turn ko na, may notes ako regarding my ideas at bago pa man natapos ang 7-minute time limit ay natapos na kaagad ako. May nakitang problema sa'kin si Sempai. He mentioned about me "stattering" o paulit-ulit ang sinasabi, at parang hinihika ako (sa totoo lang, nauubusan lang ako ng hinga kasi tuloy ak sa pagsasalita at nagko-code switch ako, siyempre nose-bleed eh kung tuloy ang pagiIngles mo). Si Lara, on her first speech parang kuha na niya pero parang nadidistract siya kasi may tumitingin sa kanya mula sa labas. By the way, Lara's a second year Diplomacy major.
Kaya iyon tuloy, nataranta siya at di na natapos. Patapos na ang oras ng training at may klase pa ako ng 2:30. Sabi na lang ni Sempai at ni Ate Carol, ay magpractice sa pananalita, which I did kaso di pa rin mawala ang pagkabulol ko at ang pagsta-statter.
Nose-bleed, pare. Todo na!
DURUGTUNGAN
Lumipas ng ilang araw at lunes na muli. Ang pasok ko nung first term tuwing Monday ay 2:30 PM kaya pwede ako magpuyat the day before, hehehe. Nga pala, ala una n.h. ang oras ng training kaya habang maaga pa lang ay umalis na ako ng bahay at dumiretso na sa CS.
Once there, pumunta ako sa org booth ng Lipon sa OSPI o "Office of Student Participation and Involvement" para makipagkita sa mga tuturo sa'min ng basics ng debate. May mga seniors na nandon at tinuro sa'kin kung saang room gaganapin yung pagsasanay. Doon na ako dumiretso at pagpasok ko nandon na sila, kasama ang ilang mga Neodebaters.
Among sa mga vets an nahandoon ay sina Rem, Rico, Sempai Manuel at si Ate Carol. First order of business? The basics...
"Now, there are two standard formats that debaters often use, the British Parliament format and the Asian Par. Here in CS, we use the former. What's the difference between the two?....The British Par format is composed of two parts, Government and Opposition and subdivided further into two, Opening and Closing. Opening Gov is composed of the PM and the DPM while the Opening Opp is made up of a LO and DLO. For the closing half, each side has a member of the house and a whip...."
Ahhgg, nose-bleed! Okay, nagtake-down notes ako sa mga pinagsusulat nila sa board. Then one of the vets gave us an example for example of a motion, hindi ko nga lang malala kung proposal iyon o assesment. Any way, they did something kung saan pagdedebatihan nila iyon.
Nosebleed uli. Di ko akalain na ang piansukan kong gulo ay talagang mahirap, kahit simula pa lamang. Kung actual debate practice, hala kita na ang deficiencies ko, waaghh.
By the way, nakilala ko iyung ilan sa mga kasama kong mga neodebaters. Nung first day, 2 lang ang nakilala ko, si Mikel at si Reeves. Later sa susunod na mga araw, na-meet ko naman si Mauritio a.k.a. Mao, Lara, Licca, Jomelyn, Jamille, Marco at Jyna.
First speech ko, bale di pa formal debate actually kasi ilan lang kami ang pumunta that time. The motion given is all about globalization at ang epekto nito samlocal economy. Sorry, hindi ito saktong motion na bingay, sinasabi ko lang kung ano ang naalala ko. Anyway, turn ko na, may notes ako regarding my ideas at bago pa man natapos ang 7-minute time limit ay natapos na kaagad ako. May nakitang problema sa'kin si Sempai. He mentioned about me "stattering" o paulit-ulit ang sinasabi, at parang hinihika ako (sa totoo lang, nauubusan lang ako ng hinga kasi tuloy ak sa pagsasalita at nagko-code switch ako, siyempre nose-bleed eh kung tuloy ang pagiIngles mo). Si Lara, on her first speech parang kuha na niya pero parang nadidistract siya kasi may tumitingin sa kanya mula sa labas. By the way, Lara's a second year Diplomacy major.
Kaya iyon tuloy, nataranta siya at di na natapos. Patapos na ang oras ng training at may klase pa ako ng 2:30. Sabi na lang ni Sempai at ni Ate Carol, ay magpractice sa pananalita, which I did kaso di pa rin mawala ang pagkabulol ko at ang pagsta-statter.
Nose-bleed, pare. Todo na!
DURUGTUNGAN
INTENSYON: Unang Kabanata, Ang Panimula (Buhay Kolehiyo)
[Writer's Note: This entry does not mean to inflict any harm to anyone. This is based on true events so anything that you may find may be offensive. If yoy don't want to continue, stop reading this entry right now]
"Hi, how's debate?"
"Ah, It's pretty okay"
"Hindi ka ba nahihirapan sa pinaggagawa sa inyo ni Sempai?"
"Medyo pero kakayanin ko"
"Don't worry, lahat kami naranasan na rin namin iyan"
"If you say so..."
Kumusta! Ako nga pala si Luis Romulo Agostolo pero puwede niyo na lang akong tawagin sa palayaw ko na Louie. Isa akong freshman sa isang prestigous na college na nagngangalang Colegio Santiago. Kumukuha ako ng kursong Advertising kasi pinapangarap kong magtrabaho bilang tagagawa ng mga TV at Print ads na nakikita natin sa labas. Isa nga pala akong president ng block section namin nung nakaraang term kaya medyo hectic talaga kasi kailangang inaasikaso mo ang lahat ng mga pangangailangan concerning our section, kumbaga certifed workaholic ako.
Marunong rin ako tumugtug ngnmga instrumento kaso nasa kalaitnaan pa rin ako ng pagsasanay. Iyung tinutugtog kong instrument ay ang baritone, yung parang miniature version ng tuba na hindi bumabalot sa katawan mokundi't hinahawak na lang.
Sa ngayon, masaya naman ang buhay ko dito sa kolehiyo. Daming kong mga naging kaibigan at dami kong natutunan sa streetlife ng mga kolehiyala sa loob at labas ng campus. minsan nga lang nadadala ako sa mga emosyon ko at tumatahak ako sa maling direksyon, minsan nga gumagawa ako ng mga decisions pero minamalas namang pangit ang naging resulta.
Ang ikuwekuwento ko sa inyo ay ang pagkakataong may ginawa akong desisyon at pinandigan ko pero di na kinaya kaya nagkaroon akong ng intensyong bawiin iyon.
Unang linggo ng Hunyo, second week pa lang ng school year. May happening sa school kung saan lahat ng mga student organizations ay nagset-up ng kani-kanilang mga booths para makahakot ng mga bagong recruits. Ngayon, kasama ko ang mga kaklase ko na namasyal sa Plaza B, short for "Plaza Bora. Ngayon, meron isang org na exlcusive para sa aming mga under ng CFAD o College of Fine Arts and Design, eto ang MaxiMedia. Siyempre, nagsign up ako doon kasi gusto ko magundergo ng mga workshops nila para matutuo akong gumamit ng mga iba'tibnag software programs tulad ng Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Pagemaker, at iyung bagong version ng Windows Movie Maker.
Gusto ko rin sana sumabak sa ibnag org kaso inisip ko na "hoy college na ako, di ko kailangang sumali sa ibang org. baka di ko to kayanin, kawawa naman ako!'. Iyun nga ang naisip ko. Pero di naglaon, nabago isip ko nung dumaan ako sa booth ng isang org na kung tawagin ay Lipon ng mga Debatista o "Lipon" for short. Meron naman kaming ganyan nung high school pa ako pero curious lang ako kung paao sila sumasabak sa debate kasi dati sa dating kong pinapasukan, passive ang mga activites ng debate club kaya halos walang pumapansin na meron pala kaming club na ganon.
Balik sa kinekuwento ko, may isang member ng Lipon ang lumapit sa'kin. Tinanong niya sa'kin kung gusto ko bang sumali. Siyempre, ini-Ingles niya ako pero nagreply na lang sa Filipino kasi Pinoy naman tayo, di ba? Out of curousity...
"Ano ang ginagawa niyo sa Lipon?"
"Well, usually we train ourselves to become good debaters with the help of our veterans"
"Sumasali bako kayo sa mga tourneys?"
"Yeah, actually we do join on such. Every year, year we go to Dagupan for the National Debate Tournament, and we also sent representatives to participate on international debate events as well"
"Wow! Astig naman non! Automatic bang member na ako kapag pumirma na ako sa org nyo?"
"Not yet, we're going to have a general assembly and it is up for yo whether you want to attend or not. If you do, automatically you'll be a full-fledge member"
"Ah ok! So kailangan rin bang magbayad ng isang membership kagaya ng ibang orgs?"
"Not necessarily, we found a way how we will charhe new members"
Like that, nagsign-up na ako sa Lipon at nagabang na lang ako sa mga susunod na mangyayari kaya pagkalipas ng ilang araw, nagring ang cellphone ko. May nagtext sa'kin at ang basa niya:
"Hi neo-debaters, my name is Carol and I'm the president of Lipon. We're going to have our general assembly on the 3rd Friday of June, 1:00-2:30 PM on Rm..."
"Neodebaters?", kakaibang tawag sa mga neophytes na katulad ko pero okay lang. Ngayon, nasa akin ang desisyon kung pupunta pa ba ako sa GenAss nila o hindi kaso inencourage ako ng magulang ko tumuloy. Dala na rin sa curiosity ko (dapat pala di ako tumitiwala sa kurosidad kong to, lintik!) ay tumuloy nga ako.
Yup, umattend ako at dami mga 'neodebaters" ang pumunta rin. Sa harap, nandon iyung mga Veterans, senior members at alumni na bumubuhat sa pinaka-existence ng org.
"Hi guys, my name is Carol. As you may already know...I'm the president of Lipon ng mga Debatista or simply Lipon. Let me introduce to you our other veterans..."
Bukod si Ate Carol, yung iba nga ay yung mga sumusunod: Si Manuel Felipe Carillo, ang team captain ng Lipon pero marami ang tumatawag sa kanyang "Sempai"; si Remuel "Rem" Pacilio, ang pinakabata sa mga veterans, iisang taon pa lang siya pero nakasabak na siya mga debate tourneys sa iba't ibang lugar tulad ng Cebu, Dagupan, maging sa Kuala Lumpur; Francisco "Rico" Lucena isang vet na kapag nagsasalita, mabilis pero understandable pa rin; at si Jairus Magaspac, ang moderator slash coach ng Lipon, huwag mo lang siya i-"po" at "opo, lalo na ang pag-address sa kanya ng mga katawagan tulad ng "Sir", "Mang", o "Kuya" man kasi sabi niya, di pa siya ganon katanda; si Luisito Buan, graduate ng CS nung nakaraang taon pero isa sa mga pinakamagaling na debater ng org.
Marami ring iba tulad ni Paya, Raspy, Raffy, at marami pang iba na di ko na alam ang mga pangalan nila.
Mukha ngang exciting ang org na to pero heto talag iyung talagang seryoso na. "Guys, starting either this afternoon or next monday, we'll formally start debate training. If you want, you can schedule your days of availability. As much as possible, we encourage you to train thrice-to-four weekday. But saturday we'll be our hardcore training and we highly recommend you to go to CS so we can, as early as now, prep up for the National Debate Tournament this coming October, okay guys?"
Nge...di pa nga nagsisimula, sasanayin na kami para sa tourney na'to sa Dagupan. Nose-bleed naman 'to oh. Well, wala naman akong magawa pero for now, nagset-up ako ng availability ko tuwing C-Break ng MWF kasi 3 hours higit ang lunchtime ko kaya iyon.
Di ko aakalain na ito na ang simula sa isang bagong hamon sa buhay kolehiyo ko.
DURUGTUNGAN
"Hi, how's debate?"
"Ah, It's pretty okay"
"Hindi ka ba nahihirapan sa pinaggagawa sa inyo ni Sempai?"
"Medyo pero kakayanin ko"
"Don't worry, lahat kami naranasan na rin namin iyan"
"If you say so..."
Kumusta! Ako nga pala si Luis Romulo Agostolo pero puwede niyo na lang akong tawagin sa palayaw ko na Louie. Isa akong freshman sa isang prestigous na college na nagngangalang Colegio Santiago. Kumukuha ako ng kursong Advertising kasi pinapangarap kong magtrabaho bilang tagagawa ng mga TV at Print ads na nakikita natin sa labas. Isa nga pala akong president ng block section namin nung nakaraang term kaya medyo hectic talaga kasi kailangang inaasikaso mo ang lahat ng mga pangangailangan concerning our section, kumbaga certifed workaholic ako.
Marunong rin ako tumugtug ngnmga instrumento kaso nasa kalaitnaan pa rin ako ng pagsasanay. Iyung tinutugtog kong instrument ay ang baritone, yung parang miniature version ng tuba na hindi bumabalot sa katawan mokundi't hinahawak na lang.
Sa ngayon, masaya naman ang buhay ko dito sa kolehiyo. Daming kong mga naging kaibigan at dami kong natutunan sa streetlife ng mga kolehiyala sa loob at labas ng campus. minsan nga lang nadadala ako sa mga emosyon ko at tumatahak ako sa maling direksyon, minsan nga gumagawa ako ng mga decisions pero minamalas namang pangit ang naging resulta.
Ang ikuwekuwento ko sa inyo ay ang pagkakataong may ginawa akong desisyon at pinandigan ko pero di na kinaya kaya nagkaroon akong ng intensyong bawiin iyon.
Unang linggo ng Hunyo, second week pa lang ng school year. May happening sa school kung saan lahat ng mga student organizations ay nagset-up ng kani-kanilang mga booths para makahakot ng mga bagong recruits. Ngayon, kasama ko ang mga kaklase ko na namasyal sa Plaza B, short for "Plaza Bora. Ngayon, meron isang org na exlcusive para sa aming mga under ng CFAD o College of Fine Arts and Design, eto ang MaxiMedia. Siyempre, nagsign up ako doon kasi gusto ko magundergo ng mga workshops nila para matutuo akong gumamit ng mga iba'tibnag software programs tulad ng Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Pagemaker, at iyung bagong version ng Windows Movie Maker.
Gusto ko rin sana sumabak sa ibnag org kaso inisip ko na "hoy college na ako, di ko kailangang sumali sa ibang org. baka di ko to kayanin, kawawa naman ako!'. Iyun nga ang naisip ko. Pero di naglaon, nabago isip ko nung dumaan ako sa booth ng isang org na kung tawagin ay Lipon ng mga Debatista o "Lipon" for short. Meron naman kaming ganyan nung high school pa ako pero curious lang ako kung paao sila sumasabak sa debate kasi dati sa dating kong pinapasukan, passive ang mga activites ng debate club kaya halos walang pumapansin na meron pala kaming club na ganon.
Balik sa kinekuwento ko, may isang member ng Lipon ang lumapit sa'kin. Tinanong niya sa'kin kung gusto ko bang sumali. Siyempre, ini-Ingles niya ako pero nagreply na lang sa Filipino kasi Pinoy naman tayo, di ba? Out of curousity...
"Ano ang ginagawa niyo sa Lipon?"
"Well, usually we train ourselves to become good debaters with the help of our veterans"
"Sumasali bako kayo sa mga tourneys?"
"Yeah, actually we do join on such. Every year, year we go to Dagupan for the National Debate Tournament, and we also sent representatives to participate on international debate events as well"
"Wow! Astig naman non! Automatic bang member na ako kapag pumirma na ako sa org nyo?"
"Not yet, we're going to have a general assembly and it is up for yo whether you want to attend or not. If you do, automatically you'll be a full-fledge member"
"Ah ok! So kailangan rin bang magbayad ng isang membership kagaya ng ibang orgs?"
"Not necessarily, we found a way how we will charhe new members"
Like that, nagsign-up na ako sa Lipon at nagabang na lang ako sa mga susunod na mangyayari kaya pagkalipas ng ilang araw, nagring ang cellphone ko. May nagtext sa'kin at ang basa niya:
"Hi neo-debaters, my name is Carol and I'm the president of Lipon. We're going to have our general assembly on the 3rd Friday of June, 1:00-2:30 PM on Rm..."
"Neodebaters?", kakaibang tawag sa mga neophytes na katulad ko pero okay lang. Ngayon, nasa akin ang desisyon kung pupunta pa ba ako sa GenAss nila o hindi kaso inencourage ako ng magulang ko tumuloy. Dala na rin sa curiosity ko (dapat pala di ako tumitiwala sa kurosidad kong to, lintik!) ay tumuloy nga ako.
Yup, umattend ako at dami mga 'neodebaters" ang pumunta rin. Sa harap, nandon iyung mga Veterans, senior members at alumni na bumubuhat sa pinaka-existence ng org.
"Hi guys, my name is Carol. As you may already know...I'm the president of Lipon ng mga Debatista or simply Lipon. Let me introduce to you our other veterans..."
Bukod si Ate Carol, yung iba nga ay yung mga sumusunod: Si Manuel Felipe Carillo, ang team captain ng Lipon pero marami ang tumatawag sa kanyang "Sempai"; si Remuel "Rem" Pacilio, ang pinakabata sa mga veterans, iisang taon pa lang siya pero nakasabak na siya mga debate tourneys sa iba't ibang lugar tulad ng Cebu, Dagupan, maging sa Kuala Lumpur; Francisco "Rico" Lucena isang vet na kapag nagsasalita, mabilis pero understandable pa rin; at si Jairus Magaspac, ang moderator slash coach ng Lipon, huwag mo lang siya i-"po" at "opo, lalo na ang pag-address sa kanya ng mga katawagan tulad ng "Sir", "Mang", o "Kuya" man kasi sabi niya, di pa siya ganon katanda; si Luisito Buan, graduate ng CS nung nakaraang taon pero isa sa mga pinakamagaling na debater ng org.
Marami ring iba tulad ni Paya, Raspy, Raffy, at marami pang iba na di ko na alam ang mga pangalan nila.
Mukha ngang exciting ang org na to pero heto talag iyung talagang seryoso na. "Guys, starting either this afternoon or next monday, we'll formally start debate training. If you want, you can schedule your days of availability. As much as possible, we encourage you to train thrice-to-four weekday. But saturday we'll be our hardcore training and we highly recommend you to go to CS so we can, as early as now, prep up for the National Debate Tournament this coming October, okay guys?"
Nge...di pa nga nagsisimula, sasanayin na kami para sa tourney na'to sa Dagupan. Nose-bleed naman 'to oh. Well, wala naman akong magawa pero for now, nagset-up ako ng availability ko tuwing C-Break ng MWF kasi 3 hours higit ang lunchtime ko kaya iyon.
Di ko aakalain na ito na ang simula sa isang bagong hamon sa buhay kolehiyo ko.
DURUGTUNGAN
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Enigma 2007: Hairspray
| Start: | Oct 26, '07 |
| Location: | Saint James Academy, Malabon City |
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Hard Gay and Tomy 1 of 2 (with subtitles)
I got this from Youtube. Nakita ng kuya ko, pinakita sa'min ni ate kaya tuwang tuwa kami hehehe.
WARNING: The following is not for all ages, viewer discretion is advised
Monday, October 1, 2007
Buhay Kolehiyo: True Blue Eagle Over The Green Fields, The Forbidden Rivalry
The La Salle-Ateneo rivalry has been one of the most intense, if not the only one, in the field of school competition. It traces its origins back when both were members (founding members) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association or NCAA (where La Salle still has a lasting presence via its sister school, the College of Saint Benilde). Even if both left for the UAAP, their rivalry never ceases thus born the greatest rivalry of all time.
Just last Thursday, I was able to watch the 2nd to the last duel of the two schools live at the Araneta Coliseum with some of my blockmates. Even when we left the LRT 2 station, the intensity is so great as we see many clad in blue and green came pouring into the Big Dome even if it's already the end of the 2nd quarter when we arrived at the Araneta.
We were on the general admissions section but the view's great as we can see all the action from up there. Meanwhile, you can still see the distinction of the Irish green and the Jesuit blue as the Dome itself is divided into La Salle and Ateneo territiory. Half of it marks the demarcation line that's why I never imagined that this kind of school spirit is so great!
Initially, I don;t have any idea of who are the main players of La Salle, except for maybe TY Tang and Rico Maiehofer. The latter is especially an exception for I had an idea who he is when the girl standing next to me was all cheering for him and yelling that she wanna be his wife with a banner saying "RICO'S STALKER...CALL ME!". That was when i remebered one time when the announcer during one of the past Ateneo-La Salle games this season made remarks about Rico, calling him "Rico Mambo".
Back in season 69, I already knew one of the players of Ateneo, Season 69's then fresher Chris Tiu along with then outgoing veterans, Doug Kramer, JC Intal and the other guy (LA Tenorio last played on Season 68 right?). Today, Norman's squad of biologically-enhanced super basketball crusaders are made of Tiu, and Kirk Long, Al Hussaini, Eric Villanueva (he's an Atenista right?), and others.
It was on that Thursday that I found out which Jersey numbers should the Archers avoid, the number 17 (Tiu). The other players, among them number 12, I feel they have to avoid also. But it was Tiu's flaring performance (yeah, I admit, he really charged up against La Salle during the final 11 seconds) did the Eagles left a big lasting impression (or the other way around) on La Salle.
Now, besiding the Archers and the Eagles, it'll all go down to a war between two people, La Salle coach Franz Pumaren and Ateneo coach Norman Black. Now, I get to know about Pumaren when La Salle suffered its first Atenista defeat this season, the next game everyone saw him and his stable bald as a symbol of their ambition to subdue Ateneo de Manila, which they eventually did after several ball games. Norman Black, I knew him since Seaosn 69. He looks like an overheating teapot waiting to burst as he looks so angry with a scary face to go with it. I'm not sure how he looks so calm before the game as I always see him on taray mode. He's like the Source of All Evil in the defunct series "Charmed" as even as early as Season 69 did I regarded him as Public Enemy No. 1, I wasn't even a Lasalista yet then but I was siding with the UST Tigers for I feel that ADMU should not conquer Season 69 , weird but true (Sorry Mavs and MR, I already have this impression of ADMU even last year).
Don't get me wrong that I'm all out anti-ADMU. My ninong's an Atenista. I have a friend who goes to Ateneo High School (He's in New Zealand with ninong now). Actually I have 2 friends studying in Ateneo now. But of course, as part of La Salle Philippines, it just so happens I share the passion for DLSU to go over ADMU. But it's all for fun right?
I understand La Salle's will to win, especially after a year of suspension did they have the itchyness to rule the court and hopefully reclaim the crown they lost after some controversies from Season 68 (or was it Season 67, as long as it is from 2004). That is why many feel that this Season, the underdog now is DLSU while many considered UST as the underdog of 69, and the team to defeat is Ateneo.
Many if not all, would see Ateneo as an almost perfect school while La Salle has been increasingly known as a Chinoy university because of its large core of students of Chinese descent. No one knows why we say it as such, especially that Ateneo is almost a quarter century older than La Salle.
Anyway, La Salle's bitter loss from Ateneo that day did not end the road for them as they have a 2-win advantage. Now came Sunday, a do-or-die situation as both faces elimination. Now, the Archers would never again fail their bid to conquer the Eagles as all eyes are set on the Eagles' main asset, Chris Tiu.
Tiu has been constantly being double teamed up by the likes of Ferdinand, and Maierhofer so it became increasingly difficult for Tiu to perform his long distance shoot that have salvaged his team in times when they're even with the other team. He had no choice but to pass the ball on to his team mates. Offense is not exactly La Salle's favorite ally at that time as during the second 1uarter, they can't get a good shot at the basket and their current score of 16 was outnumbered eventually but that of the Eagles.
I wasn't able to go in Sunday's fight but I did watched at the comfort of my home. By the third quarter, La Salle was able to recover and eventually lead the score in the 50's while Ateneo can't get out from their 40's score.
Why is it so? Maybe because that La Salle was able to learn from past lesson to seriously maintain momentum especially when 4th quarter comes. The Green Archers gave their best defensive strategies and never let Ateneo beat them at all odds.
Eventually with almost 10 seconds left, La Salle finally conquered Ateneo 65-60, a 5-point lead that effectively reversed last Thursday's record of 64-65. As they say, revenge is sweeter the second time around and it is sour the other way around.
Nevertheless, WIN OR LOSE IT'S THE SCHOOL WE CHOOSE THAT WHY WE LIFT THE ANIMO SPIRIT.
Good game to Ateneo and La Salle and hope we see another sensational game like that on next year's season 71!!
ANIMO BENILDE!
Just last Thursday, I was able to watch the 2nd to the last duel of the two schools live at the Araneta Coliseum with some of my blockmates. Even when we left the LRT 2 station, the intensity is so great as we see many clad in blue and green came pouring into the Big Dome even if it's already the end of the 2nd quarter when we arrived at the Araneta.
We were on the general admissions section but the view's great as we can see all the action from up there. Meanwhile, you can still see the distinction of the Irish green and the Jesuit blue as the Dome itself is divided into La Salle and Ateneo territiory. Half of it marks the demarcation line that's why I never imagined that this kind of school spirit is so great!
Initially, I don;t have any idea of who are the main players of La Salle, except for maybe TY Tang and Rico Maiehofer. The latter is especially an exception for I had an idea who he is when the girl standing next to me was all cheering for him and yelling that she wanna be his wife with a banner saying "RICO'S STALKER...CALL ME!". That was when i remebered one time when the announcer during one of the past Ateneo-La Salle games this season made remarks about Rico, calling him "Rico Mambo".
Back in season 69, I already knew one of the players of Ateneo, Season 69's then fresher Chris Tiu along with then outgoing veterans, Doug Kramer, JC Intal and the other guy (LA Tenorio last played on Season 68 right?). Today, Norman's squad of biologically-enhanced super basketball crusaders are made of Tiu, and Kirk Long, Al Hussaini, Eric Villanueva (he's an Atenista right?), and others.
It was on that Thursday that I found out which Jersey numbers should the Archers avoid, the number 17 (Tiu). The other players, among them number 12, I feel they have to avoid also. But it was Tiu's flaring performance (yeah, I admit, he really charged up against La Salle during the final 11 seconds) did the Eagles left a big lasting impression (or the other way around) on La Salle.
Now, besiding the Archers and the Eagles, it'll all go down to a war between two people, La Salle coach Franz Pumaren and Ateneo coach Norman Black. Now, I get to know about Pumaren when La Salle suffered its first Atenista defeat this season, the next game everyone saw him and his stable bald as a symbol of their ambition to subdue Ateneo de Manila, which they eventually did after several ball games. Norman Black, I knew him since Seaosn 69. He looks like an overheating teapot waiting to burst as he looks so angry with a scary face to go with it. I'm not sure how he looks so calm before the game as I always see him on taray mode. He's like the Source of All Evil in the defunct series "Charmed" as even as early as Season 69 did I regarded him as Public Enemy No. 1, I wasn't even a Lasalista yet then but I was siding with the UST Tigers for I feel that ADMU should not conquer Season 69 , weird but true (Sorry Mavs and MR, I already have this impression of ADMU even last year).
Don't get me wrong that I'm all out anti-ADMU. My ninong's an Atenista. I have a friend who goes to Ateneo High School (He's in New Zealand with ninong now). Actually I have 2 friends studying in Ateneo now. But of course, as part of La Salle Philippines, it just so happens I share the passion for DLSU to go over ADMU. But it's all for fun right?
I understand La Salle's will to win, especially after a year of suspension did they have the itchyness to rule the court and hopefully reclaim the crown they lost after some controversies from Season 68 (or was it Season 67, as long as it is from 2004). That is why many feel that this Season, the underdog now is DLSU while many considered UST as the underdog of 69, and the team to defeat is Ateneo.
Many if not all, would see Ateneo as an almost perfect school while La Salle has been increasingly known as a Chinoy university because of its large core of students of Chinese descent. No one knows why we say it as such, especially that Ateneo is almost a quarter century older than La Salle.
Anyway, La Salle's bitter loss from Ateneo that day did not end the road for them as they have a 2-win advantage. Now came Sunday, a do-or-die situation as both faces elimination. Now, the Archers would never again fail their bid to conquer the Eagles as all eyes are set on the Eagles' main asset, Chris Tiu.
Tiu has been constantly being double teamed up by the likes of Ferdinand, and Maierhofer so it became increasingly difficult for Tiu to perform his long distance shoot that have salvaged his team in times when they're even with the other team. He had no choice but to pass the ball on to his team mates. Offense is not exactly La Salle's favorite ally at that time as during the second 1uarter, they can't get a good shot at the basket and their current score of 16 was outnumbered eventually but that of the Eagles.
I wasn't able to go in Sunday's fight but I did watched at the comfort of my home. By the third quarter, La Salle was able to recover and eventually lead the score in the 50's while Ateneo can't get out from their 40's score.
Why is it so? Maybe because that La Salle was able to learn from past lesson to seriously maintain momentum especially when 4th quarter comes. The Green Archers gave their best defensive strategies and never let Ateneo beat them at all odds.
Eventually with almost 10 seconds left, La Salle finally conquered Ateneo 65-60, a 5-point lead that effectively reversed last Thursday's record of 64-65. As they say, revenge is sweeter the second time around and it is sour the other way around.
Nevertheless, WIN OR LOSE IT'S THE SCHOOL WE CHOOSE THAT WHY WE LIFT THE ANIMO SPIRIT.
Good game to Ateneo and La Salle and hope we see another sensational game like that on next year's season 71!!
ANIMO BENILDE!
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