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Crowds and Realizations

We all have those cliques or crowds we usually hang-out with, for me my crowds are usually the loud ones, the ones who party, the ones who cause headaches to the teachers and the ones outspoken. The crowds I am in now I guess didn’t influence my identity but then I was already this loud, outspoken, party girl who just happen to found a crowd same as me, this kind of led to me being restricted to only hanging out with the “wild ones” and during high school I didn’t really approach the quiet ones until the 12th grade. I realized that the crowds I am didn’t really influence me but then I always see myself influencing them. 

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Multiple Views

I am a girl, an Atenean, a daughter, a sister, and a friend. We have multiple identities and multiple ways people view us, our friends, parents, siblings, significant others and even our selves have a different view of what we do with our lives. This activity just proves how our perspective is entirely different with the people around us, this makes us understand the way people view us. We could also use this activity to be more careful of our actions because being mindful of our actions could prevent a negative view towards us. Most importantly we need to realize and understand our parents because in the adolescence age we long for freedom from our parents, we get tired with all the boundaries thats been set around us. This is for our benefit we are just being protected by our parents, let us learn to appreciate them and understand them.  

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IN BETWEEN THE STAGE

During elementary we were taught about the stages of growing up, from the childhood stage, to the adolescence, to becoming a young adult, and eventually an adult. Little did I know that between the stage of adolescence and becoming a young adult there is what they call the “emerging adulthood” it is the phase where we use as an experimental stage to test and see who we are and who we want to become. Moreover, it is also the stage where we slowly transition to the young adulthood. To my surprise this stage is actually true being in the age bracket where this occurs and upon reflecting I see how this is actually applied to my life. This could be the reason why at this stage I see most of my friends trying out different kinds of activities and trying out different clubs and organizations. Based on the JoHari window, there are 4 components that bases on our characteristics one being the area where we and others know, area where we don’t want others to know about us, area where people know stuff about us that we don’t and lastly the area where we and others don’t know. I think that this is a very important take away from this week’s lesson and could be applied to our lives since we could use these things we know to further strengthen and develop them. Moreover, we could use these predictions as a hypothetical direction to where we are we are going in life. Let us use this stage as a opportunity to emerge out of our cocoons and turn into beautiful butterflies and fly in the future :D. 

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TIMELINE OF THE SELF

This week I learned that our level or stage or psychosocial development is evenly divided among our age groups. Growing up we have numerous time frames we walk in and out of, where we learn new things about our self and help us understand what other are going through. For instances, during our infant years we are in a stage of trust vs. mistrust. During these years our security is our parents, this would explain why most babies don’t allow strangers to hold them because as babies we find our sense of security with our parents, thats why we are clingy to them as kids. Moreover, this stage is crucial because lack of trust will eventually lead to consequences later on in life such as trust issues and loose relationships among friends or peers. I didn’t really realize this nor have I ever understood people with these kinds of problems because I thought maybe thats just who they are ? I never thought that maybe they are like this because of their past or a certain event that occurred to them as an infant that could traumatize them to become this way. This new way of seeing the perspective of others and how they react could help me understand more their background and what their coming from aside from jumping into conclusions and judge them straightforward. 

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THE THREE EGO’S

Based on this week’s reading I have learned that there are three sides of thinking that I have. One is the “devil” one is the “angel” and one is a little bit of both ;). There is always someone who would tell you “its okay, sometimes lang naman” and theres this someone that says “if its wrong then dont do it.” I’d like to say that I am in the middle cause in my opinion a little bit of something isn’t too bad ;) 

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A LITTLE NOTE OF JOY

We were tasked to do a little anonymous act of kindness, and I chose to make little post it notes and then placed them of the tables or arm chair everytime I leave for my next class. I was able to see one reaction of a girl and it made me really glad to see the grin on her face especially with everyone stressed out during finals week. The note wrote “Keep your chin up your tiara is falling” this tells us to keep our head held high and the tiara symbolizes a queen who is a powerful person. So this note simply puts it as “Keep your head held high cause you are a strong person”. It really made me feel glad that by this simple act of kindness I was somehow able to alleviate the stress of the person and make them smile even for just a second. This activity shows that doing a simple act of kindness will not only brighten someone else’s day but it will also brighten up yours :) I think that this is the best stress reliever one can do. 

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A MOMENT OF MINDFULNESS

One moment of mindfulness for me was the moment I woke up, instead of doing the usual of picking up my phone to check for notifications or what I had to accomplish today, I just laid there in bed and savored the last few moments I had before I started my busy day. During those few moments of bliss I started to notice the cold air conditioning, the soft pillows and the beautifully lit room. This it what a good morning experience should feel like, not waking up to check your phone or stressed about the day you have ahead, because of this few moments to actually reflect on the beautiful morning my day was amazing. Because I started my day with a positive action, it produced a domino effect causing my day to be filled with positive vibes. It’s surprising to see that one to two minutes of being mindful could produce a lasting effect on your day which motivates you to become a more productive person. This gave me a realization that before this I always started my day full of stress, exactly the time I wake up I check my phone and already start to worry about the things I need to accomplish on that day. So, this experience allowed me to hold myself back and remind myself that I need to calm myself down and that I needed to give just a few minutes to myself and just be mindful rather than have my mind all over the place stressing. Being a really stressful person, this is one of the simple things that I need to do in order to calm myself and make a little motivation or positivity in my day in order for me to become a more productive and positive person throughout my day. 

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ABC’S to my basic emotions.

Doing this Project made me realized a lot of actions or gestures that I do whenever I feel these emotions. It made me realize some of the traits that are not really good habits and it also made me realize about the good traits that I show during the occurrence of these emotions. Whenever kids learn ABC’s they learn a whole new world of the alphabet but the ABC’s I learned helped me learn a whole new world about myself. 

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FRIENDS - Pagbabago ng Teknolohiya, Pananamit ng mga tauhan at ang Pag-promote ng pagkakapantay-pantay ng kasarian.

      Unang ipinalabas ang teleserye na FRIENDS noong Septyembre 22, 1994. Sa teleserye ng FRIENDS ipinapakita ito ang buhay ng anim na kaibigan. Ipinapakita sa teleserye ang mga paghihirap ng naranasan ng mga bida upang maging malaya at matagumpay sa buhay. Sa pagsusuri ng teleserye, makikita ang impluwensiya ng dekada 90 sa teleserye, katulad ng teknolohikal na pagsulong at ang mga pangkapantay-pantay ng kasarian. Ipinakita FRIENDS sa pananamit ng mga tauhan sa henerasyon at ipinapakita rin ang mga teknolohikal na pagsulong at ang kaginhawaan nito sa buhay ng tao. Ipinagusapan rin sa teleserye ang mga isyu tungkol sa hindi pagkakapantay-pantay ng kasarian at binigay pansin ito sa pantay na paraan.

                                             (larawan mula sa SBS)       

Buod ng Teleserye

        Ang teleserye na FRIENDS ay isang comedy batay sa Manhattan, ito ay tungkol sa anim na magkakaibigan na si Rachel Green, isang dating taong tanyag sa lipunan na naghahanap ng paraan sa pagbabago ng buhay upang maging malaya pagtapos niya tumakas sa kanyang kasal, Si Rachel ang kakuwarto ng kanyang bestfriend na si Monica Geller. Si Monica Geller, isang head chef sa isa sa pinakasikat na restaurant sa Manhattan at ang kapatid ni Ross Geller, maraming gulo ang pag-ibig sa buhay ni Monica at pagtapos niya magtagumpay sa buhay gusto nya magsimula ng pamilya kasama ang tamang lalaki. Si Ross Geller, isang propesor tungkol sa mga dinosauro, buong buhay ni ross nakaranas sya ng malas sa pag-ibig at naghahanap siya ng babae na makakasama niya habang buhay. Si Chandler Bing, isang nagproproseso ng data at yun pinakaka-matagumpay sa kanilang anim, ay nahihirapan magkaroon ng seryoso na relasyon at lagi nagbbiro bilang pagtatanggol sa sarili. Si Phoebe Buffet, isang maligaya na paghihilot na nagpapangarap maging isang mang-aawit tungkol sa mga naranasan niya sa buhay. Si Joey Tribianni, isang aktor na pakikibaka para maging sikat sa showbiz, si Chandler ang nagtutulong sakanya umpang maabot niya ang kanyang mga pangarap sa buhay. Ang anim na magkaibigan ay nagsama-sama sa pakikibaka magtagumpay at maghanap ng kaligayahan sa buhay. Bukod dito, sa panahon ng sampong taon, itong ordinaryong grupo ng magkakaibigan ay makaranas ng kaguluhan, problema sa pamilya, noon at sa mga susunod na pag-ibig, away, tawa, luha at mga sorpresa sa pagtututo nila kung paano talaga magiging tunay na kaibigan.

Ugnayan ng pananamit ng mga tauhan sa teleserye

      Noong dekada 90, Uso ang pag suot ng mga katulad ng walang likod na tuktok, combat na pantalon ayon kay Locke (2018) at ang mga Ipinakita sa mga pananamit ng mga tauhan ang sikat na pananamit nila noong dekada 90, ang panahon na ginanap ang teleserye. Ang teleserye may kontribusyon din sa fashion ng dekada 90, Nag uso ang isang estilo na buhok base sa isa sa anim na tauhan sa teleserye, ito ay tinatawag ng “The Rachel”.

                                       (larawan mula sa shesimply) 

Ugnayan ng Teknolohiya noong dekada 90 sa Tagpuan ng teleserye

      Ang teleserye na FRIENDS ay nagsimula ng dekada 90 at natapos ng dekada 2004 sa loob ng sampong taon maari makikita natin ang mga problema ng mga tauhan sa teleserye dahil sa panahon na ito wala pa ito mga cellphone at wifi. Sa isang episodyo si Monica ay nagplano ng isang baby shower para kay Rachel at nalimutan niya magpadala sa koreo ng imbitasyon para sa nanay ni Rachel. Sa panahon natin ngayong dekada 2018 ang pagiimbita natin ng mga bisita ay sa pagchat o pag gawa ng event sa facebook. Sa isang episodyo makikita sa teleserye na si Ross ay gumagamit ng pager upang malaman kung kailan manganganak na ang kanyang asawa, Makikita sa teleserye ang mga iba’t ibang teknolohiya sa panahon ng dekada 90 na ginagamit nila noong panahon.

                                      (larawan mula sa radiotimes) 

Ugnayan ng Pagkakapantay-pantay ng Kasarian sa teleserye

      Noong dekada 90, malaki ang pagbabago sa ekonomiya ng amerika dahil sa pagpapantay nila na kasarian ayon kay Marshall (2007). Sa teleserye makikita natin na ang mga tauhan na si Monica at si Rachel ay ipinaglaban ang kanila mga posisyon bilang matataas na opisyal sa kanilang trabaho. Sa isang episodyo, may isang lalaki ay nagkakagusto kay monica at gusto siya gawing punong tagapagluto sa kanyang bagong restaurant. Ipinaglaban ni Monica na gusto nya na makuha nya ang trabaho dahil sya ay magaling hnd dahil sa pagkakagusto ng amo sakanya. Sa panahon ng dekada 90, may isyu tungkol sa pagpapantay ng kasarian, karanasan babae lamang ang nasa ibabaw ng lalaki at madalas lalaki ang ulo ng trabaho o ng pamilya. Malaking pagbabago naipakita ni Monica na siya ay dapat makatanggap ng trabaho dahil sa mga kaya niya. Sa isang episodyo Ipinaglaban ni Rachel sa kanyang kasintahan ang kanyang trabaho, Nung ang kasintahan ni Rachel na si Ross ay nawalan ng trabaho, tuloy tuloy nito ginugulo si Rachel sa kanyang trabaho at sa pagtutuloy nya sa pag gulo nagkaproblema na si Rachel sa kanyang amo. Ipinaglaban ni Rachel na sya ay magtutuloy sa kanyang trabaho dahil ito ay pinagipon ni rachel at hindi sya papayag na mawawala ito dahil hindi mapag-unawa ang kanyang kasintahan na si Ross. Noong dekada 90 karanasan ang babae ang nasa bahay habang ang lalaki ang nagtratrabaho. Ipinakita ni Rachel na ang babae rin puwede magsalo ng responsibilidad.

     Sa muling pagkabalik sa teleserye makikita natin ang labis ng impluwensiya ng pananamit noong dekada 90 sa mga tauhan, ang teknolohiya noon sa tagpuan ng teleserye at ang epekto ng pagpapantay ng kasarian sa mga panyayari ng panahon noon.

Mga Sanggunian

Sangguniang larawan

"FRIENDS (TV Show)." Katie Couric - You Can Watch #GenderRevolution Right  Here,... Accessed September 18, 2018.            https://www.facebook.com/friends.tv/.

"Netflix Added 'Friends' in the UK and People Are Debating If It's Problematic." SBS News. Accessed September 18, 2018. https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/fast-lane/article/2018/01/15/netflix-added-friends-uk-and-people-are-debating-if-its-problematic.

"Outfits Rachel Green Wore in 90s That Are Absolutly Trendy Now." SheSimply. January 14, 2018. Accessed September 19, 2018. https://shesimply.com/outfits-rachel-green-wore-in-90s-that-are-absolutly-trendy-now/.

Lazarus, Susanna. "13 times Watching Friends Repeats Made Us Feel Really Old." Radio Times. August 10, 2017. Accessed September 19, 2018. https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-08-31/13-times-watching-friends-repeats-made-us-feel-really-old/.

Sangguniang Sanaysay

"Plot." IMDb. Accessed September 18, 2018. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108778/plotsummary.

"Here Are the Most Feminist Moments in 'Friends,' Just Because." HelloGiggles. Accessed September 18, 2018.

https://hellogiggles.com/reviews-coverage/most-feminist-moments-in-friends/.

Bittle, Nicole. "The 1990s Hit: The Rachel Hairstyle." An Elegant Twist: The French Twist Hairstyle. January 01, 1970. Accessed September 07, 2018. http://thebeautifulchoice.blogspot.com/2012/04/1990s-hit-rachel-hairstyle.html.

Garis, Mary Grace. "12 'Friends' Episodes With The Most '90s Problems." Bustle. April 25, 2018. Accessed September 07, 2018. https://www.bustle.com/articles/80769-12-friends-episodes-with-hilariously-outdated-problems-that-todays-technology-wouldve-easily-solved.

Lazarus, Susanna. "13 times Watching Friends Repeats Made Us Feel Really Old." Radio Times. August 10, 2017. Accessed September 07, 2018. https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-08-31/13-times-watching-friends-repeats-made-us-feel-really-old/.

Locke, Amie-Jo. "'90s Fashion: The Trends We All Rocked." Look Magazine.

March 06, 2018. Accessed September 07, 2018.

https://www.look.co.uk/90s-fashion-the-trends-we-all-rocked.

Marshall, Lisa "“I’ll be There for You” if You are Just Like Me: An Analysis of Hegemonic Social Structures in “Friends”." Electronic Thesis or Dissertation. Bowling Green State University, 2007. https://etd.ohiolink.edu/

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COGNITIVE BIASESSS

There are top three biases that I tend to fall into and the following are, Choice supportive bias, confirmation bias and Blowing things out of proportion. These biases influences me in many different ways such as first, choice supportive bias makes me feel as in my choice is always the best and its the perfect choice even though I am fully aware that it is not. Secondly, the confirmation bias, we as humans naturally don’t like to be corrected so we tend to choose the choices that confirms to our perceptions. Lastly, the blowing things out of proportion bias is one that we all are guilty of.  We tend to exaggerate and think the worst of things, for example when our “crush” doesn't reply to us in matter of seconds we would think that he might be not interested in your or that he has a girlfriend etc. It would influences me in ways wherein whenever I miss a call from my parents I would always freak thinking that she is already mad at me.  In our minds we have systems wherein they become an automatic response such as whenever I hear heavy rainfall my initial thought would be I hope that there won’t be any classes which makes me put off my homework and watch series instead. Another automatic response I have is that whenever I see skinny girls or models my thought would be that I am fat so this really triggers my insecurities which can really be unhelpful to me.  These biases and automatic responses have their downsides and I believe that certain strategies would help me conquer this such as whenever I fall into whether choice supportive bias and confirmation bias I should be more practical as think it through rather than trusting my own gut. Another strategy I could imply is that whenever I fall into the blowing things out of proportion bias I should be more patient and think more positively. Lastly, to avoid the negative influences of the automatic response thought I should first look at the bright side or think of others rather than my self so I won’t be so affected. 

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JHA SYSTEMS

Heyyyy, soo this week in socsci I learned about the two systems in my mind that I already knew but never really gave importance to. During the discussion, I was actually shocked to see how much I should acknowledge it soooo... what disturbed me is that there are some characteristics from my system 1 that are natural yes but frankly mean. For instances, when I hear rain my initial instincts would be suspension or If I hear diet my initial instincts would be insecurity. I learned actually that all my initial instincts were negative and barely positive. So, ofcourse I would want to change that about me by thinking more positively ? Cause it’s really sad that I need to make an effort to remember all the good times I had with my life and barely an effort to remember the bad ones. 

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TWO SIDES OF JHA

Everybody has their own unique characteristics and personality’s. Being a Chinese Born in the Philippines I have that local Filipina side of me wherein I love eating “isaw-isaw”, barbeque, and halo-halo. While I also have that China girl side of me where I LOVE eating dimsum (speading almost every sunday at king chef and waiting for the dimsum promo ;) ) and I love to visit night markets and get good deals during sales. The two sides of me are complete opposites but I think that’s what makes them complement each other because you need a little difference do be unique ;).