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5 Ways to Give/Receive Love

So we've all said those 3 small, yet so special words once or twice in our lives but did we ever really speak to that special someone as effectively as we could? Love is universal and so is the fact that actions speak louder than words. In saying that here is my question, did you speak his\hers language? There are 5 ways to give\receive love.

1) Touch - cuddling, holding, whispering sweet nothings to them

2) Affirmation - "I love you, you mean the world to me", making your words soothe them

3) Quality Time - loving to just be in the very presence of your special someone!

4) Gifts - buying someone something that has meaning, touches their heart.

5) Acts of service - Most important, doing even the smallest things just to show appreciation towards the one you love. Taking care of them, nurturing, running errands, foot massages or "hey let me help you with that", showing love

Each person is different. For instance, personally I'm a little bit of each.

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You can't win if you don't play.

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ERK2 Crusade launching☝

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My body doesn't want me to do this. As I run, it tells me to stop but my mind must be strong; handling the pain with strategy. It is the will to succeed 😊

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"The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly."

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Even Our Education?!? (Post-Colonial - Critical Commentary)

*UST

Spanish Colonial Period 

Who is taught? Who is able to enter or access the system as learners? Who are retained? How?

Early period:

Spanish friars and missionaries educated the natives through religion with the aim of converting indigenous populations to the Catholic faith.

Although secondary and higher education were made available to the local inhabitants by virtue of the 1863 Education Decree, it was only the illustrados (wealthy locals) who could afford to send their children to study.

What is taught? What topics are covered? What are the popular (in demand) themes or courses?

In the Spanish Era, the schools focused on Christian Doctrines

Colleges provided physics, chemistry, natural history, and math, theology, philosophy and humanities.

Who teaches? Who is allowed to teach? Who teaches the teachers? How are teachers trained?

The tribal tutors were replaced by the Spanish Missionaries. Education was religion-oriented. It was for the elite, especially in the early years of Spanish colonization.

-Spain introduced the European system of education in the Philippines First schools established were parochial schools, with Spanish missionaries as teachers. Filipino children were taught the Catholic doctrine, the 3 R’s (reading, writing, arithmetic), music, arts and trades

How is teaching (pedagogy) done? What techniques or approaches are dominant?

Modern public school education was introduced in Spain only in 1857.

Teaching was done through the use of phonology

The sound of “ll”  and “y”

Yeismo

Happens in loanwords not in Spanish names with /ll/.

Examples of these are Cordillera (Filipino: Kordilyera), balyena (Spanish: ballena; whale)

sound of [j] examples are kabayo (Spanish: caballo; horse) and sibuyas (Spanish: cebollas; onions).

How is teaching (pedagogy) done? What techniques or approaches are dominant?

The Sound of <z>, <ce>, & <ci>

Seseo

Common in Andalusian, Canarian, and most Latin American Spanish dialects.

Examples of this are the names Ciriaco [siˈrjako], sédula [ˈsedula] (Spanish: cédula; document; Philippine English: community tax certificate/residence certificate) and sinturón (Spanish: cinturón; belt).

 How is teaching (pedagogy) done? What techniques or approaches are dominant?

The Sound of <j>, <ge>, & <gi>

Jota

Non-existent in any of the Philippine languages. In words that carry this grapheme, Filipinos usually realize the sound as [h]. Therefore, names such as 'José' are pronounced [hoˈse] instead of [xoˈse]; [h] is common in Andalusian, Canarian, and some Latin American Spanish dialects.

 How is learning organized or managed? By whom? What are the state policies? How is the matter funded?

 During the Spanish colonial period, the Philippine education was organized by the Spaniards themselves who was funded by the monarchs of Spain. The state policies said that the Filipinos are not to be taught on their mother tongue of Spanish but only tagalog and english.

 What are the outcomes or outputs of the system? Where do the students go after graduation or what do they do?

 Universidad de San Ignacio in Manila

Universidad de San Carlos in Cebu

Universidad de Santo Tomas in Manila

 Universidad de San Felipe de Austria in Manila

Colegio de San José (1601) became the Escuela Municipal (1859, later renamed Ateneo Municipal de Manila in 1865, now the Ateneo de Manila University)

Colegio de San Juan de Letrán in Manila

Modern public school education was introduced in Spain only in 1857

Education served mainly for catechism purposes.

The education of the ilustrados indirectly fuelled the nationalist spirit of the locals toward a reform movement, and consequently a revolution against Spain.

Jose Rizal and other Filipino intellectuals

Filipino Nationalism

*Letran 

  References:

http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1197/Philippines-HISTORY-BACKGROUND.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_Philippines_during_Spanish_rule

http://www.slideshare.net/ijennaMel/education-in-spanish-era

http://www.slideshare.net/XianahMhari/our-spanish-heritage

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The Lazy Filipinos (Indigenous - Critical Commentary)

Even a popular celebrity singer has already said and at some point reached out that a half-Filipino like Bruno Mars also has a characteristic of being lazy. Lucky that he is a star Filipino because he has reached Hollywood. In his composed song “The Lazy Song” pictures out what a typical bum guy does at home without doing work or anything to at least do something productive for him or society. 

I agree the fact that most Filipinos are lazy. As a student, I always notice when I ask my classmates what to do for homework, they tell me what to do but the thing is when I follow up the other question, when will you do it?, they say that they’d just do it the night before which shows best examples of cramming. And I don’t believe that this attitude of Filipinos will ever be gone because it is already stuck in our culture and unending trend.

  “The Lazy Song”

“Today I don't feel like doing anything I just wanna lay in my bed Don't feel like picking up my phone So leave a message at the tone 'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything. Uh! I'm gonna kick my feet up Then stare at the fan Turn the TV on, throw my hand in my pants Nobody's gonna tell me I can't I'll be lounging on the couch, Just chillin' in my snuggie Click to MTV, so they can teach me how to dougie 'Cause in my castle I'm the freaking man Oh, yes I said it I said it I said it 'cause I can Today I don't feel like doing anything I just wanna lay in my bed Don't feel like picking up my phone So leave a message at the tone 'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything Nothing at all! Ooh, hoo, ooh, hoo, ooh, ooh-ooh Nothing at all Ooh, hoo, ooh, hoo, ooh, ooh-ooh Tomorrow I'll wake up, do some P90X Meet a really nice girl, have some really nice sex And she's gonna scream out: 'This is Great' (Oh my God, this is great!) Yeah I might mess around, and get my college degree I bet my old man will be so proud of me But sorry pops, you'll just have to wait Haha Oh, yes I said it I said it I said it 'cause I can Today I don't feel like doing anything I just wanna lay in my bed Don't feel like picking up my phone So leave a message at the tone 'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything No, I ain't gonna comb my hair 'Cause I ain't going anywhere No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no I'll just strut in my birthday suit And let everything hang loose Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Ooh Today I don't feel like doing anything I just wanna lay in my bed Don't feel like picking up my phone So leave a message at the tone 'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything Nothing at all Ooh, hoo, ooh, hoo, ooh, ooh-ooh Nothing at all Ooh, hoo, ooh, hoo, ooh, ooh-ooh Nothing at all”

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Battle Against The Only Odd (Western – Critical Commentary)

The reality that we will never changed is the reality of what the west has done for everyone. I don’t really look at it in a bad way because in fairness, having a super power leader can guide other countries towards peace and justice. It has not only come to the point of having regularity to all government units in the world but they have helped innovation in broad backgrounds. They have raised the bar of high-risk development in creating a more crisp and un-ending good competition.

Unfortunately, why is North Korea building its pride against other super powers? Isn’t that a little bit too much to battle against the others giants? So far, the U.S. has raised their alert status because North Korea can just lunch a nuclear missile anytime. I wonder what it would be like the prime minister of North Korea. Why wage war for some reason of being the god of all gods? 

To look at it in another hand, I think it’s a challenge for all of us. If North Korea decides to bring this world war up, wouldn’t this be a wake up call to all underlying countries to stand up higher compared to others. Not that we should always rely to the United States but why can’t we Filipinos just be better? Only if this sarcastic line would happen, why not.

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One Place to Another or Yet, The Whole (Space – Critical Commentary)

Actually, throughout my stay in La Salle as a student, this was the first time I had a field trip. I knew at the start that it would be fun because it was the time for I, my friends and my teachers to bond and know what it would feel like to do hands-on classes in the public. Luckily, I feel thankful that my teacher chose Laguna to be the place that we would head to for three days. I honestly had a little pressure on this one because as part of a political family, I wouldn’t want Laguna to be judged by how they would see it in a bad way. But I can say that with all the hard work we’ve done as public servants, I know that it is more than enough to gracefully see the changes and development Laguna has begun since 2010.

Fortunately, I lent a bus for my class so that it would be a easier for us to travel and stay safe connected as a whole. First off, we went to Paseo De Sta. Rosa. I’ve been in the place a lot of times already since I was a kid because here you will be able to find outlet stores wherein they sell cheaper old stocks of different brands. This place wasn’t really big compared to because when we visited the place, there were already new extended stores that weren’t there before. We arrived there before lunchtime so the place wasn’t really filled with people. They say that the people who go there were more of middle class because of the prices of the things that are on sale. I could say, if you’re budget isn’t high enough and if you’re not as classy, you can drop by in this place to check what you could get for yourselves.

After Paseo, we headed to SM Calamba. Although I am from Laguna, This was my second time to go there. Pagsanjan is quite far from this that’s why I couldn’t just go and check this place out. Having an SM in Calamba means that Calamba has a high edge of income for the city itself because a SM branch can tell whether the place is good enough for investors that’s why Calamba is lucky enough to stand on its own. Compared to SM Megamall, this level of class compared to this SM is few levels lower the fact that this mall is on the province so most of the people who go in here don’t really mind whatever or how expensive your get up could be. Later that night, there was this aerobics class happening at the ground floor. That was a good example of how people were putting their ground on the floor because almost all of them were friends an getting along with the music like as if there’s no tomorrow. I think I could say that it is more of a chill vibe going to this place because it isn’t as big and it is a place to relax I could tell.

At the first night, I wasn’t able to sleep in U.P. Los Banos because I hosted the Pagsanjan Laguna’s Ginoo and Binibing Pagaent during the Bankero Festival, which is held once a year. But I could say that it is still part of my first times experiences because it was my first time to host this. Luckily, I was totally ready to stand up straight, host and give out my energy during this event with the daughter of Kuh Ledesma, Carla Abellana, and councilor Butchay De Leon of Lumban. It was a little bit of my time to prove to my parents that I am a growing celebrity sharing my talents as well and getting ready to be criticized. I understand that. The bigger you get, the bigger responsibilities you’ll have, the bigger issues you’ll face. That’s life.

  On the second day, in the morning, unfortunately, I wasn’t able to reach the aerobics class because after the pageant, I slept in the Governor’s mansion. The pageant ended at 4a.m. so I really had to rest for the next day’s classes and activities. Before going to Liliw Laguna, I decided to bring the class to my dad’s newly built office at Sta. Cruz Laguna. That was my chance to let my teacher and class see what it’s like to be there because the capitol was newly renovated and that was my only chance to share my dad’s thoughts to my class of being a father to me.

Once we headed to Liliw Laguna, the province of slippers, I already imagined my classmates wondering what’s in that place because I’ve been there several times. The roads were one liner once car to the other so the place wasn’t really that big but long and slanted roads were in place. Along those were shops of slippers and other small pica-pica foods for sale. After that, having a long day, we went back to U.P. Los Banos to have our forum with different teachers who also taught postmodernism politics and cultural studies – how politics is brought in all kinds of things.

Having a long day, we were allowed to go out at night to check out the nightlife at Los Banos. There were small places that were convenient and budget wise. Not that far, we just chilled in a place where they sold cheap drinks and junk food. There my friends and I discussed how simple it was living in a good place like Los Banos. But for me, its still scary and under surveillance because many issues already within the bounderies of U.P. Los Banos. Just to be say I prefer staying in the dorm or at home.

  I am lucky that I was able to share to my classmates what its like to live in the Laguna because this is just a jist of how they can see it through its development. Maybe one day, this place of Laguna will not be called just the province of Laguna but Metro Laguna.

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How To Deconstruct Media (Commodity - Critical Commentary)

La Sallian students are fortunate to have a chance to participate in the LEAP2k13: La Sallian Enrichment Alternative Program. This happens every school year. Each student gets to choose a special class on any of the choices given online in the My La Salle site. Limited slots are given away for each student. Priority is given to the students who get to enroll first. So it’s a rush that every time it’s LEAP day, all students become in a hurry to get what their first choices are, or else they’d get to choose whatever is just available or if still none, most just don’t attend. But of course since its just once a year, I’ve gone to the 3 LEAP days. When I was in 1st year I tried out the boxing class at Elorde. When I was in 2nd year, I was able to enroll in my buddy, Ramon Bautista’s class on Media 101 and for this year, I enrolled in the class of Bianca Gonzales’ on How to Deconstruct Media. 

Most probably I have enrolled in 2 media classes already because so far this is what interests me since this is what can guide me in my possible future career of being an artist. Ramon Bautista is a film professor in the University of the Philippines, self-proclaimed Internet action start, and a popular radio host of the Boys Night Out that is featured every Monday night called Manyak Mondays. Everyone thinks that he’s a sabaw guy. Sabaw is a term meaning lost because of his weird and funny commercials on MTV channel that raised his career as a celebrity. He teaches post modernism through media as well - the none-ending trends about everyday life about literally any topic on Twitter, YouTube and the rest of the social networks. I even remember some of the phrases or terms that he said that were actually true and hitting as well!

"Mahirap pag naka skinny jeans! Mahirap ibalik sa dati!" (Assume that this phrase is for guys who have trouble fixing things in their pockets or something else).

"The best things in life are free? Nooo the best things in life are expensive!".

"Mas ok sumobra kaysa kumulang!".

“Kilig demon + momol weather + kayong dalawa lang #KillerCombo” (Momol means make-out make-out lang).

“Kung may "happy crush", meron ding "happy selos" - selos sa happy crush hihihi <3”.

#DiKoMatanggap sabi mo "ok lang ba kung ganito lang muna tayo?".

For this year’s LEAP, I was assuming Bianca Gonzales to be there but unfortunately, she wasn’t able to go despite she said that she had something else to do. So the organizers of the class just discussed a few things about deconstructing media and just let us leave.

How to Deconstruct a Media Example

A basic media literacy skill is “deconstruction.” This is the careful and close analysis of a piece of media, looking beneath the surface – the characters, plot,language, etc. – to understand its deeper meanings. Any piece of media – amagazine ad, a sitcom, a conversation, a feature film, a TV commercial, or whatever – can be analyzed in this way.

There is no one “correct” way to deconstruct a media example. One of the basic concepts of media literacy is that individuals construct their own meanings from media. This applies to the deconstruction process as well.

Here's one of my commercials that you can use in exercising deconstructing media :)

You can use the following questions to quickly deconstruct a media example:

· Who paid for the media? Why?

· Who is being targeted?

· What text, images or sounds lead you to this conclusion?

· What is the text (literal meaning) of the message?

· What is the subtext (unstated or underlying message)?

· What kind of lifestyle is presented? Is it glamorized? How?

· What values are expressed?

· What tools or techniques of persuasion are used?

· What story is not being told?

· In what ways is this a healthy and/or unhealthy media message?

http://www.smccd.edu/accounts/brownm/Images/Media/DeconstructMedia.pdf 

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Para sa kaalaman ng publiko: hindi po ba't bahagi na ng magandang kaugalian ng mga Pilipino ang magpasalamat sa mga taong nakatulong sa atin? At hindi rin katanggap tanggap ang ugaling pagtalikod sa mga taong minsan ay nakatulong sa atin, o ang pagiging ingrato? Mangyari lang pong pakibasa ang liham na nakalakip. Kayo na po ang bahalang humusga kung gaano ka-ingrato ang taong sumulat nito.

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Judged in the La Laguna Body-Building Competition 💪 Here with me is the heavyweight and overall champion #MONSTER #meetmynewbodyguard #onlyinLaguna

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with Senatorial Candidate Ting Ting Cojuangco ☝#UnitedNationalistAlliance #StateOftheProvinceAddress #Laguna #Elite 🙌

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☝Only the best for my class. Thanks to Asiong/Miong/Dad! 😄 #BagongLaguna #UnaSaLahat #Culture&Politics #courtesycall