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Binhi

BINHI BLOG POST

During our binhi activity in GK Tanglaw, I have observed a lot of things especially in the family that is assigned to us that is comparable or contrastable to my own habitus. I have learned a lot through these differences and related to them more through our similarities. Moreover, I have mixed emotions and feelings as the activity came to an end.

The activity taught me that these people in GK Tanglaw have a quite different habitus compared to me. First, I have seen that active lifestyle hasn’t always been a major thing to them. Considering that they are currently residing in a congested area, being active or doing a lot of sporty activities isn’t a thing. Due to this, they compensate their recreational activities to playing the videoke with family and friends, eating together during special occasions or simply watching movies on a regular day. On the other hand, I do a lot of athletic activities considering that I am a varsity. I train twice everyday and does a lot of extra workouts. One factor that affected this is that I grew up in a family of athletes. My dad was once a varsity and my mom is an active marathoner until this time at her late 40s. In addition, I have seen that education isn’t really valued that much in the community. Two factors that triggered this is the fact that the families there often transfer houses and that poverty is prevalent in their locality. On the other hand, I value education very much. Several factors caused this characteristic of me. One is that I need to maintain a grade here in Ateneo in order to play in the UAAP and avail my scholarship. Another factor is that my parents molded me in way that I won’t be dependent to them in the near future so in order to do that I need to have good education.

Aside from the differences, I was able to relate to them too due to our similarities. One key similarity that we share is that we both value strong family ties. In their case, the factor that affected their strong family connectedness is the fact that they encountered a lot of problems together. Two of those is being transferred from houses to houses due to the fire that affected them and the time that the father of the family died. In my case, I value strong family ties because I belong in an extended family. We are very close to each other to the point that I treated my titos and cousins as brothers and sisters.

During the course of the activity I felt happy. Happy in a sense that I was able to experience and be in a place outside my comfort zone. I was able to mingle with people that I don’t usually mingle in a daily basis. In addition, for some reason, i could feel the province vibe that I used to have back home in cebu. I could feel the simple and chill lifestyle that I used to have before moving here in manila. But, after the activity I felt kinda sad. Sad because I was not able to be with the community long enough considering that we only went there twice. I was also sad because I have realized that being with them is over and I have to deal with reality once again.

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ONLINE AND OFFLINE IDENTITY....

How people perceive you is very important to everyone’s lives. It is what helps us build rapport with other people. In this blog post, we will be tackling my online and offline identities.

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ONLINE

1.)Facebook:

In my facebook you would see a lot of memes. I often post 3-5 memes in a single day at my timeline. People often visit my timeline to look for memes and entertain themselves. They sometimes call me the “Meme God.”

2.)Instagram :

My Instagram basically look like this. I often post a pic of me in the places that I have been to or the activities I make. I do this because growing up as a child I was so isolated from the outside world due to being the only child and obese. Now, I get to explore and express freely.

3.)Twitter:

In my Twitter account, i seldom post stuffs there. I find it irrelevant considering I have facebook and instagram to do it. I only use twitter for school work or announcement purposes.

OFFLINE

1.) Friends:

My friends see me as a happy go lucky person. They perceive me as a person who gets over with problems easily.

2.) Teamates:

My teamates see me as a funny guy. They see my accent as hilarious because cebuano accent is different. I also make them laugh everyday despite the hard training and hectic schedules

3.)Family:

My family sees me as a very good boy. Considering that I am living alone and managing myself with all the responsibilities of acads and varsity.

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Note: all memes are made with the mematic phone app. No meme is gotten from the internet directly

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Johari Window Activity

The Johari Window activity is an activity that helps me understand and know myself more. At first I thought that the only relevant quadrant in the window is the first quadrant only which is “ things known to others and known to self” because I believe that I know myself that much and all of my characteristics known to me is also known to others already because I am a very outgoing and open person. But, as the activity progresses, I have seen that there is more than meets the eye. There are more things about me that only others have noticed that even me doesn’t actually see it within me. I was shocked by the responses of my colleagues because given the short time that we have been together and given the few hours that we meet every week, they have pointed out a lot of my characteristics that is unknown to me. This just made me realize that if these people whom I only meet twice a week pointed out these much, how much more are the people whom I almost meet everyday, how much more can they point out about me.

As an extrovert person and being a very outgoing one, I have also realized that there are some minor characteristics about me that is being overshadowed by my being extroverted which people failed to see in me. These things are my sentimental, soft and sensitive sides which are not that greatly exemplified and that people thought that it isn’t in me. Some of these are being giving, hardworking, loving, kind and many more. These traits of me are some of the traits that I implicitly show to others especially those not too close to me.

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Johari Window Activity

The Johari Window activity is an activity that helps me understand and know myself more. At first I thought that the only relevant quadrant in the window is the first quadrant only which is “ things known to others and known to self” because I believe that I know myself that much and all of my characteristics known to me is also known to others already because I am a very outgoing and open person. But, as the activity progresses, I have seen that there is more than meets the eye. There are more things about me that only others have noticed that even me doesn’t actually see it within me. I was shocked by the responses of my colleagues because given the short time that we have been together and given the few hours that we meet every week, they have pointed out a lot of my characteristics that is unknown to me. This just made me realize that if these people whom I only meet twice a week pointed out these much, how much more are the people whom I almost meet everyday, how much more can they point out about me.

As an extrovert person and being a very outgoing one, I have also realized that there are some minor characteristics about me that is being overshadowed by my being extroverted which people failed to see in me. These things are my sentimental, soft and sensitive sides which are not that greatly exemplified and that people thought that it isn’t in me. Some of these are being giving, hardworking, loving, kind and many more. These traits of me are some of the traits that I implicitly show to others especially those not too close to me.

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Positive affect activity

1.) Our Increasing positive affect activity which is ‘Do good’ makes me feel good about myself. It feels so nice seeing other people smile because of what you have done. Moreover, i feel proud of myself doing this good acts of kindness. It also incourages me to do more good things in my on way and time not related to class or grades. 2.) In my own opinion this activity is very vital on developing one’s well being especially in our interaction with others and is also a milestone in creating citizens with a concern for others. It also increases one's self pride and courage considering that you are developing yourself for the good.

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Gratitude journal

Today was a great day! I was grateful for the good weather for we were able to train well. I am grateful fo the good food for I was satisfied. I am grateful for the good friends for I was happy.

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“LAYA” This artwork is titled laya. It talks about how Filipinos are greatly enticed by the foreign things and influences that we forgot to appreciate our own. We became confused and dumb about the choices we made. We couldn’t be blamed too cause it is the culture we grew up too and it is what is fed too us. This drawing showed a man without eyes and is tounge tide. The tounge not only symbolizes us being not able to speak our mother tounge fluently but us not being able to make a voice about what’s happening because we ourselves are enticed with our global identity. The eyeless man also symbolizes us not seeing what is really happening and is blinded by the globalization that’s happening. The words at the back are mixed global and local things that makes up our identity. As noticed the words at the bottom most are complete and are our local words and the rest are incomplete or shortened. This symbolizes us being made whole by our own but yet patronizing those of the foreigners.