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PHOTOS: The progressive groups of Southern Tagalog showed their condemnation of the genocide faced by the Palestinians in Gaza this afternoon, May 30, by holding a snake rally at the [University of the Philippines Los Baños, or UPLB].

This is part of this year's May Protest led by the League of Filipino Students - UPLB where anti-imperialist calls were drummed. This will be followed by the Solidarity Night for Palestine tonight at the SU Amphitheater.

-- Tanglaw, 30 May 2024 7:28pm PST

[prayingangel]

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[povofjae]

and way up there, I actually love it.

[hazelalmendras]

Trekking Adventure at UP Los Baños

Me and my friends went on a trekking trip at UP Los Baños, and it was such an unforgettable experience. 🥾✨

We started our trek at 7AM and end by 12PM. We reached Station 10 after that we continued our adventure and visited Mudspring and Flatrocks. It was a long and tiring day — our bodies were aching and we were exhausted — but being with my friends made it all worth it. The laughter, the shared stories, and the view from every stop made every step feel lighter. 💪🏼💚

It was an unforgettable moment for me. I got to spend a full day with my friends, and even just for a short time, I was able to experience peace, quiet, and nature all around me. 🌳🍃

UPLB’s trails offered fresh air, calming scenery, and a perfect break from the usual daily routine. I’m already looking forward to our next trip. 🌱

[serahisui]

it’s the best day of the year! today is the birthday of the poetry of my life, my dear papa cesar. initially i wanted to go on a full day trip to osaka and kobe, but i decided to just go on a nice long walk to celebrate. i feel like i will feel my father’s day deeper and slower that way.

i visited the Daihikaku Senkōji Temple in Arashiyama. the bridge and the bamboo grove are always packed with tourists, but the area further into the river was so peaceful and quiet.

the hike was quite a breather, both in the sense that i was out or breath and it was tranquil. but it’s a pretty easy climb and did not make me feel scared, except for the snake i saw amid the stairs >.<

the temple was empty when i reached it, and it was absolutely beautiful. it felt like. we could write free notes in the notebook they provided, so i wrote a little letter for my papa cesar.

i will definitely go back again. it truly felt like spirited away (just like all the mountain trails here lol)

the skies, mountains, the rivers, the flowers, and the birds were all singing a birthday song to my papa 🤍

[me-dyas]

UPLB Freedom Park phone and desktop wallpaper

(Feb 2022)

[wendellcapili]

Happy to bump into UPLB forestry alumna and licensed forester Desiree Abalos. I met her initially over a decade ago as a student assistant in different UP offices, tirelessly supporting her college education and preparing eventually for her licensure exams.

Her hard work and determination paid off, as she obtained her forestry license and now works at the Commission on Higher Education. Inspiring to see her thriving in her career and positively impacting her community 🙏

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April 19, 2025. Make It Makiling!

[cherryredliz]

UP PASSER CUTIE!! 🤞🏻✨

[wielsonf]

satisficing slot shortage

when we can't optimize, we satisfice (satisfy+suffice).

i personally do not like that anyone in the uplb faculty has to resort to this, but the teacher was left with no other ethical and moral choice, hence, the satisficing.

the issue of limited slots in courses is not new. i vividly remember being one of the summer students in 2010 ̶b̶e̶g̶g̶i̶n̶g̶ queuing for a slot in nasc 10 (forests as a source of life), a general education (ge) course and the lone ge out of ~27 offered that summer at the heart of the makiling forest reserve. from 160, the class size became 220 due to the teacher's prerogative, an institutionalized mechanism in the up system where a professor (in this case, a team of faculties-in-charge) may accept additional students on their own volition.

it has been at least a decade and this problem lingers. increase faculty items, decrease class sizes, more facilities - a few of the possibly many solutions a true national university deserve.

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[yupielbistudent]

Mabigat naman ang naging pagtalakay sa environment and climate reporting. 

Nagsimula si Gaea Katreena Cabico sa pagu-ulat tungkol sa human rights, kaya, ito rin ang naging lente ng kaniyang pagtingin sa mga issue sa kaunlaran at kapaligiran. 

Madalas daw, kapag pinag-uusapan natin ang development, naka-focus tayo sa ekonomiya. Palaging for the greater good ang sinasabi natin--para dumami ang mga trabaho, umunlad ang turismo, mawala ang mga iskwater--at marami pang iba. 

Pero ayon kay Miss Cabico, kailangan daw natin ng “journalism that amplifies the voices of the people whose concerns are often afterthoughts"--isa rin sa mga rason kung bakit mahalaga raw ang Environment and Climate Journalism. 

Naapektuhan ng mga isyu sa kapaligiran at pagbabago ng klima ang lahat--at may mga epekto rin sila sa ating karapatan. Aniya pa, napapanahon din ito dahil isa ang Pilipinas sa most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts--at nanganganib na mawala ang mayaman nating biodiversity sa hinaharap. Bukod pa sa banta ng pagbabago ng klima, marami ring kasalukuyang reclamation projects ang ating gobyerno na minsan ay nagreresulta sa development agression sa marginalized sectors tulad na lang ng indigenous people, idagdag pa na isa ang bansa natin sa mga pinakadelikadong lugar para sa environmental defenders. 

Ang climate reporting daw ay tungkol din sa tao, dahil tayo naman ang pinakamaapektuhan nito. Bilang climate reporters, kailangan daw natin humanap ng isang issue na may pakialam ang mga tao--dahil dapat na makarating sa kanila ang ating mensahe.

Kaya, aniya, kailangan natin ng mas maraming mga reporter tungkol sa mga ganitong issue--mga journalists na mag-uulat tungkol sa klima, sa mga taong apektado, habang gumagamit ng intersectional lens. Ilan na nga lang daw sa halimbawa eh ‘yung mga isyu ng polusyon, deforestation sa panahon ng climate change--relocation ng mga IP communities at mga fisherfolk o magsasaka mula sa kanilang lugar na kinalakhan papunta sa mga lugar na wala naman silang resources. 

Sa mga ganitong usapin, mahalagang alam natin ang paliwanag ng siyensya at gobyerno--pero mahalaga rin na magsama tayo ng mga marginalized at mga boses na hindi nakapagsasalita pagdating sa development projects na minsan pa ngang nauuwi sa development aggression. 

Nakita ko rin ito sa mga isyu na nalaman ko sa partnered community namin sa Bay, Laguna para sa kursong DEVC 126 na Participatory Journalism. Maraming mga proyekto ngayon ang gobyerno at mga korporasyon sa Laguna de Bay--tulad na lang ng Baywalk, ‘yung highway na tulay sa Canlubang, at floating solar panel na daan-daang ektarya din ang aabutin na makaaapekto sa kanilang pangingisda. 

Sa pakikipag-usap ko sa mga mangingisda, nalaman ko na dini-discourage na nila ang mga anak nila na mangisda--dagdag pa na may iba rin sa kanilang naniniwala na mamamatay na ang lawa ng Laguna. Anila, hindi na raw kasi worth it ang kita sa pangingisda, kumpara dati--at parang mas prioridad naman na rin daw ng gobyerno ang turismo kumpara sa pangingisda. Gusto rin daw naman nila ng development, pero dapat daw, hindi sila maiiwan--dahil madalas daw, mas pinapansin ang sektor ng pagsasaka kaysa sa pangingisda kahit na parehas lang naman daw nilang pinapakain ang Pilipinas. 

Sa tatlong taon ko sa devcom, napansin ko na hindi naman tutol ang mga tao sa development. Gusto pa nga nila ito--hanggat hindi sila napag-iiwanan. 

Ang tunay na development kasi ay inclusive. 

Dapat lahat, pinakikinggan. 

Dapat ‘yung mga tao, nae-empower. 

Katulad nga ng sinabi ni Miss Cabico, kapag tayo raw ay nag-uulat sa climate and environment, hindi dapat natin ipintang biktima lang ang mga taong apektado. Dahil may kapangyarihan at boses din sila. Sa fieldwork namin sa DEVC 126, na-realize ko na sila rin ay mga lider--na marami silang alam at pakialam lalo na sa pangangalaga sa kanilang mga karapatan at kalikasan--sadyang wala lang silang paraan para maipahayag ito sa bigger audiences--kaya, sa kurso na Participatory Journalism, sinubukan namin na maipakita sa documentary namin ang kanilang mga buhay, hinaing, at pangarap.

Nabanggit din sa talk na kapag nagsusulat tayo tungkol sa mga problema sa climate and environment, mas mahalagang i-highlight ang mga solusyon--kaysa sa doom and gloom report. Tulad ng sinabi ko kanina, lahat naman ay may kapangyarihan, kabilang na ang mga lokal na komunidad. Lahat ng bagay ay may solusyon, basta't magtutulungan ang lahat. Isa rin iyon sa mga rason kung bakit mahalaga na maging positibo pa rin ang wakas ng bawat pag-uulat--dahil kailangan ng pag-asa at inspirasyon ng mga tao para mag-mobilisa. 

Sa mga ganitong pagkakataon mas nagiging mahalaga ang boses ng mga local communities at local journalists. Kasi, kilala nila ang kanilang komunidad at mas alam nila ang mga kinahaharap nilang problema. Isa pa, mas nahu-humanize din sila--kumpara kung magpo-focus lamang tayo sa major narratives ng mainstream media sa mga pahayag ng mga scientists and politicians na wala naman sa mismong komunidad. 

Sa Mga Kuwentong Luntian nabigyang diin ang kahalagahan ng pagkain at agrikultura sa lipunang Pilipino at ang kahalagahan ng lupa at tubig sa mga komunidad--mga bagay na nagbibigay buhay. Dito, ipinakikita na ang kapaligiran ay buhay. Na ito ang ating buhay. 

Natutunan natin na magkakaugnay ang lahat sa General Systems Theory ng Human Ecology. Magkakaugnay tayong lahat. Pero nagsisimula ito sa ating mga sarili, at sa ating pakikinig at pakikipag-usap sa isa't isa. 

Kaya dapat, lahat ay makialam--dahil sa pakikialam tayo uunlad bilang isang lipunan. 

[yourlocalsuperkid]

thesis-it!

Today, I met with a potential thesis co-adviser at the UPLB-Institute of Weed Science, Entomology, and Plant Pathology. Since high school, I have always looked forward to making this final requirement in college. This is because I have always been fascinated by the process of research. Though it may be an arduous journey, I feel that it might be just what I need to finally see the end of my path in undergraduate. She introduced me to a topic I could work on based on my interests. Her enthusiasm towards it is contagious. It is important for me that my mentors can match my energy so I was grateful that I saw that in her. Maybe this is it, I can finally work on a possible thesis topic.

[prayingangel]

[norr106]

I JUST NEED TO FINISH MY CET AND IM FREE 😭 😭

[serahisui]

2023年 11月 22日

on this day —

my prof in poetry class treated us to a drink! got the strawberry matcha late from forward cafe 🍓🍵

finished my interview for an application :>

attended the pelikultura film festival as my attendance in english phil lit class — takeaway: “we are all islands of significant stories”

11k steps!

[inmylittlebubble]

Productive Journal Day 4-5; UPCAT review day 2-3 (May 2-3, 2025)

FORGOT TO PUT MY ENTRY LMAOOO WHAHAHAJJAJA a lot happened the in the past few days

Studied for 5 hours in total

Decided to go to UPLB out of impulse, I really enjoyed it lols

I'm the one who's in charge rn at our house because mom and my sister aren't here

Downloaded Minecraft because I wanna play it again

Binge watch movies

GOALS FOR TODAY: Study for UPCAT (Lang Prof and Reading Comp., Clean the doggos and their cage, Attend online review class, and above all, enjoy.

MUSIC FOR MAY 2-3: Saan? By Maki and Alapaap by Eraserhead

Affirmation: UPCAT passer '26🌻🍀