XX. SPEECH CHOIR x IGNITE

Last competition MA151, bagged the first prize and we're the champions of the cheers and chants competition and this time we are set for another competition that will truly challenge our young minds and test our camaraderie.

And boy we were tested alright. This speech choir competition came along with our ignite project, campaign project, movie/book report, and some tests. We literally crammed this speech choir, we seriously thought that we had no chance of winning.

During the contest we we're thinking that we just want to get this competition done and over with. The first contestant was ACA 151 and they we're so good, they set the bar so high we thought we had no chance of winning anymore. But after, the long wait we won the 1st Runner up title. :D WEEEEEE

In between the speech choir contestants we're the Ignite speaker, like the Public speaking the public speaking 1 professors chose a representative for the class. The chosen representative for MA 151 (AMAZING) is Jelee Llaneras, in our class she delivered her speech and it brought a lot of people to tears. I was one of those who cried during her speech because I really related on how she felt. Her words hit right at home.

Anyways, a big YAAAAY for this term. and congratulations to everyone who won :D

XIX. PUBLIC SPEAKING

It wasn't a normal day for me. Last December 22, 2015 selected students from different courses under the school of management we're chosen to deliver an extemporaneous speech with the theme Fantasies and Celebrities: a filipino Obsession?

And I was one of them. I was so nervous that day that I couldn't eat breakfast. But then I prepared so hard for it. I would recite my piece every time that I thought of doing it. It doesn't matter when and where. I would recite it first thing in the morning, at the table, while travelling inside the car, inside the shower, I became so annoying that my family would groan when ever they hear the introduction of my speech.

I couldn't help it. I was so scared and nervous. Then came the day. We were grouped in 10's per room. Inside the room we would compete with each other and only three of the 10 people would get through the final stage which will be held in the auditorium.

I was the fourth one to deliver a speech in our room, my heart felt like it was going to go out every pump. As I was listening to how good my competitors we're I realized how broad and how interesting the topic was. A lot of them also shared their personal experiences, on how they felt about celebrities.

In the end it was a great experience. I was able to bag the 1st runner up title. Right now whenever I remember my answer during the question and answer portion, I want to hit my head with hammer. HAHA my answer was really out of the question. Actually, I did not know what I was saying then, words just kept coming out of my mouth. That is why I practiced so hard and recited my piece over and over again. It is because when I get nervous my mind does not filter and I just say the first thing that comes into my mind.

I can say that it was a great experience and is really something that I will always remember.

XVIII. Think of me, Think of me fondly (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra)

Think of me, think of me fondly

Seriously, the day after I watched Phantom of the Opera, I hummed it over and over again, and guess what this is the only line that I know. Imagine how annoying i was.

I loved the musical so muuuch that I am going to tell my family to watch it

Actually when I was in High School, I had one friend who nagged me on watching The Phantom of the Opera, but I thought that it was too corny for me. Yes! it's true I judged the movie too early.

But boy was I wrong, I looove it. As I was watching I kept wondering how can those people be so good at singing? What did they do that made them have that kind of voice because I want that voice.

The play is starred by Christine who is a discovered star/singer of the new manager of the Opera house. aand I loved her when she sang think of me. There was also a part when the phantom was training her on how to sing that he even brought her inside his lair and planned to let her stay there, but Christine was so curious about his mask that she took it off. This made the phantom mad and made him sang about him being a monster. She left the lair and couldn't get over how he looked.

But sadly I wasn't able to finish it, because I was absent during the second part. But if given the chance I would watch it all over again.

XVII. S E N S E (INTER HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION: SPEAK SENSE)

Have you ever been in a room full of good people?
People that has comments about a lot of things? People that had a say in current issues about our country? What if those people we're High school students? Wouldn't it be amazing?


That is what happened to tha auditorium of APC last November 27, 2015. It was filled with high school students that could express themselves and excel in speaking in front of a crowd.

It had the theme: Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, It's the only time we've got. And was joined by ten different high school speaker from different schools.

XVI. It's not the Media, It's you! (Media Literacy)

Last November 25, we were told that we wuld not have classes and that we need to go to the auditorium because we are going to listen to a talk by the people behind Subselfie. It was one of those days that I felt like the last thing that I needed in the world is a seminar about Media Literacy. I thought that it was going to be a very boring and cliche speeches. I expected that I would be able to catch up on my lack of sleep while the seminar was on going but boy was I wrong.

Photo credits to the owner

The speakers we're Edma Remillano, Lian Buan, and Sophia Balod. Edma Remillano is the Manager for advocacies of SubSelfie and is the news writer for State od The Nation's Address with jessica Soho, she also has her own business "Edma's Homemade cuppackes". Lian Buan is the Associate Editor of SubSelfie and is the Associate Producer for segments in the State of the Nation's Address with Jessica Soho. And lastly Sophia Balod, she is the Visual Arts Manager, and is the segment producer for Balitanghali, Saksi and State of the Nation's Address with Jessica Soho.

The three speaker talked about different topics but what I really got from them was that since the media here in our country is very rating driven, if ever you find something that is nonsense, annoying and a complete waste of time being aired on television please do not watch it. Do not watch it, so that the rating would go down and the media people would start talking about the things that actually matter. Watching something that you get annoyed to or patronizing something even if you are against whatever is happening would only sustain the channel the ratings would need therefore they would not change the content of their show.


Another thing that I learned is that, it is not the media that changes the people. It is not the media that is a lie. It is us. If we let the media change us, it would be entirely our fault. If we lie in social media sites about who we are, we would only be fooling ourselves. Social media and other types of media is nothing but merely a tool to communicate, to educate and to inspire. If you let it control you, there would be no one to blame but you and only you.

If you wish to view their insights about things please chech out SubSelfie.

XV. #PEPERODAY AT APC

PEPEROO! Oh how I love pepero and I loved it even more when it decided to go to our school. Imagine your favorite food has an event in your school. Am I lucky or what? (haha)

Pepero has been around since 1983, it is a cookie stick dipped in chocolate which has various flavors. Pepero is manufactureed by the Lotte Confectionary in South Korea. Even though Lotte faced some controversies and lawsuits about Pepero being inspired by Pocky, Pepero is still being produced and distributed in different parts of the world.

Pepero day started in South Korea (of course haha) it is on November 11. The main purpose of Pepero Day back then was exchanging Pepero in hopes of becoming thinner and taller. But nowadays Pepero Day is a day where you will exchange or give Pepero to the people you love.

Pepero decided to bring Pepero Day here in Manila and Asia Pacific College is one of those colleges chosen to celebrate that day. We had games and contests that of course had Pepero products as prizes. During the day we also had free Pepero! (Yay!)It was a day to remember.

Let everyday be Pepero Day!

XIV. Just DON'T do it. (Plagiarize)

Have you ever felt lazy to write an essay, a story or even a blog post that all you wanted to do was just copy and paste from articles over the internet. Oh admit it, we are all guilty of thinking about  plagiarizing, or even really doing it. You may have a hundred and one reasons, you are tired, you ar not feeling well, you don't know anything about the topic but it does not change the fact that plagiarizing is wrong and illegal.

To you it may simply be copying and pasting some sentences and paragraphs off the internet to your notepad or word but to the writer of the essay, story or article you just plagiarized it means so much more. You are removing the writer his dignity and his credibility as a writer. You are practically stealing his thoughts on an article where the writer has poured his/hers emotion in.



No student, blogger and writer has a reasonable excuse for plagiarizing. It is a simple no and a decline to every trial of making an excuse. Get you head in the game and your butt off your seat and start thinking about your own ideas andstart looking at your own prespective. It may seem hard at the start, but once you get used to it, you may not notice that you are almost done with whatever article or piece you are writing, And you will feel good because you know you did it all by yourself without the help of anyone even the internet.

XIII. He's the Man.( Alejandro Reyes Roces)

A Filipino author, an essayist, a dramatist and a National Artist of the Philippines for literature. He is Alejandro Reyes Roces. He has done so much and yet, not a lot of people know him (I am also guilty *wink*).

He was born on July 13, 1924 in Manila. Studied in Ateneo de Manila in his elemntary and high school. But during his college years he left for Arizona and got his diploma for B.A Fine Arts in the Arizona State University. He went back here in the Philippines and attained his M.A in the Far Eastern Universit and received honorary doctorates in Tokyo University, St Louis University f Baguio, Polytechnic University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila University,

You may have read some of his works but forgot his name, one of his most famous works is My brothers Peculiar Chicken. A story that I think every high school-er has read. When Roces was in Arizona state University, his short stroy "We Filipinos are mild drinkers" won first prize.

Not only that Roces is remarkable in the Philippine Literature but also in the Philippine History. Roces is the one who lead in mving the Philippine Indepence day from June 4 to June 12, and was a great influence in changing the language used in the country's stamps, currency and passport from English to Filipino.

Roces, passed away on May 23, 2011 but his works and everything that he has done is now part f history and will never be forgotten.

XII. P-P-P-P-P-P-P-PIZZA (RESEARCH TOPIC)

PIZZA! Who doesn't love pizza? It comes in different sizes and different flavors that you will surely love. Pepperoni, Hawaiian, Margherita, name it you can have it. You can be creative when it comes to pizza, there is no wrong or right when it comes to pizza. Because pizza is loooove.

According to Wikipedia, Pizza is a flat bread that is generally topped with tomato sauce and cheese and is baked in an oven. Pizza dough used to be tossed and baked in a brick-oven. But the modern pizza was invented in Napes, Italy. It started to have different kinds of flavors because of it's popularity. Until now, pizza is still one of the most selling comfort foods and is the most common favorite common food.  From the plain tomato topping then, we now have double cheese pizza, gourmet, Meat-lovers pizza and who would forget about the all time favorite Pepperoni Pizza and so much more.

Did you know that in December 8, 1990 the world's largest pizza was made at Norwood Pick n' pay hypermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa. The pizza was 37.4 metres in diameter.


Pizza has come a long-long way back. So when eat pizza, it means you are eating history. And that you should thank your Greek ancestors for being a hero that saved a lot of girls from sadness and guys from cooking their own meal.

XI. HANGER-ON (PARASYTE MOVIE)

 When I entered our room, I was surprised to see that we were going to watch Parasyte and of course, being the noisy and annoying one, I announced to the whole class that I have watched it already but without the subtitles and I don't know anything about the Japanese language, soooo, yeah I did not understand much then. (HAHA)

This time around, thankfully there are subtitles. Sadly I wasn't able to see the beginning of the movie, or where it all started. But I was able to understand things about the movie that I did not understand then when I watched it without subtitles (come to think of it, why and how did I endure to watch a movie where I did not understand a word they were saying HAHA).

The movie was about aliens taking over the bodies of the people and then, they pretend to be a normal human, but would look for an opportunity to capture other people because they feed on humans. Even though it may sound like a creepy film (and it really is a creepy film), there was a part there that really touched my heart.

When one of the aliens took over Shinichi's mom, he was so devastated that I felt sorry for him (I mean who wouldn't), And it came to the point where he had to fight with the alien that took over his mom, he had to be strong enough to fight against his mother. He was almost killed by the alien inside his mom, but his mom saved him even though it cost her, her life.

 It just makes me really sad, I am a sucker for those kind of drama, the typical i-love-you-so-i-will-sacrifice-for-you drama. I did not like the ending though, it was such a cliff hanger, I am certain that there is a part two and I hope that my professor would let us watch it too.

X. Ang Tatay Kong Kalbo

IX. SoM WEEK

It was my first SoM week here in APC and I had fun  (because there were no classes *yaaay*) Asia Pacific Junior Marketing Association (APJMA), planned and organized a lot of activities. The SoM week opened with the cheers and chants and we were blessed enough to bag the Championship (yay!)


And since we were the champions we had to perform infront of the student body of the School of Management. It was an epic fail, we had so much on our plates the week before the performance that we did not have the time to practice and so we humiliated ourselves in front of everybody. But at least we got humiliated together.

Aside from the cheers and chants me and my friends participated in The Running Man. It is adapted from the South Korean show where players complete a mission at a landmark to win the race. Our team was composed of 5 members. We had so much fun even though we did not know how to play the game that caused us so much time. But we enjoyed and I guess that is what is important.


Oh yeah, there was also a search for Mr. and Ms. SoM 2015, and of course the Marketing and Advertising took home the crowns,Mr. Karyll Lapuz and Ms. Jenna Cruz  are the new Mr. and Ms. SoM 2015 (yaaaay)

Photo credits: Mr. and Ms. SoM School of Management's facebook profile

Photo credits: Mr. and Ms. SoM School of Management's facebook profile

That was my first SoM week here in APC, it was fun and I made a lot of friends. I am so looking forward to next year's SoM week.

VIII. It is not worth it (Anti-smoking campaign)

    Smoking- have you ever tried to smoke? Do you smoke? Do you know someone who smokes? Do you like smoking? Do you know what it does to your body?

    Growing up, I know some people who smoke and I hear their stories and excuses on why they smoke. Some say that it warms their body when it feels to cold. Some say that it relieeves them of their stress, when things get too much to handle. Some say that they just like it and can't last a day without it. Whatever their reason is, they refuse to understand the gravity of the effects of smoking to them and to the people around them.


  I really don't know much about smoking, but this is what I know:

  There are cigarettes, vape, tobaccos and shisha. Cigarettes are those contain finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in paper. I do not know the difference between cigarettes and tobacco. Shisha is a syrupy tobacco mix smoked in a hookah. And vape contains e-liquid and has little to no nicotine and can really help a smoker quit.


 But do you know the effects of smoking?

  Of course we all know that our lungs are the most affected organ when we smoke. Smoking can cause coughs, colds, wheezing and can cause fatal diseases such as lung cancer, pneumonia and emphysema. Not only that smoking affects our lungs but it also affects other organs, body parts and processes in the body as well. It affects the stomach, the heart, the blood circulation, it affects your skin, your mouth and throat and lastly your fertility. Stomach- smokers have a high chance of getting ulcers or stomach cancer, smoking weakens the muscle that controls the lower end of your gullet and allows acid to travel in the wrong direction back to your gullet. The heart- Carbon monoxide from the smoke and nicotine put a strain on the heart by making it work faster. These chemicals increase a persons risk of blood clots. Other chemicals in a cigarette smoke damage the lining of a persons coronary arteries that can lead to furring of the arteries. Blood Circulation- this is obviously connected to the effects on the heart, the toxins from the cigarette smoke make your blood thicker and therefore increases a persons chance of clot formation, the toxins also make your heart pump faster and work harder, lastly it narrows a persons arteries and reduces the amount of oxgen rich blood circulating to a persons organs. The lists of effects could go on but it won't get better,

   A cigarette shortens your life anywhere from seven to eleven minutes. If you can consume ten cigarettes a week, you are taking one hundred ten minutes away from your life. In a year we have 525,500 minutes. There are four weeks a month, so in a month you are taking 440 minutes of your life. In a year that would be 5280 minutes. 5280 precious minutes wasted on cigarette sticks. Is it worth it?

 Yes they do make you feel better, but you really don't get better.


*This blog post was created not to offend but to inform*

VII. Turn left, Turn right

              Turn left, Turn right is a movie about two people always get near each other but can't find one another. It is about John Liu a violinist, and Eve Choi, a translator in a book publishing company. They were at the same time at the same place but they've bumped into each other, but never really got to know each other. Until one fateful day,

VI. A Beautiful Tragedy

V. F R I E N D S

            A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.- William Shakespeare. 

           College. At first this word always sends jitters to my body. I mean hello? I am only one diploma away from the real world. This is the time where I need to make the most of what I have, this is my stepping stone to the future. I mean is it pressure or what?  There will be presentations, quizzes, midterms and finals and everybody is expecting that you know what you  are doing. I don't.

IV. Heneral Luna- Movie making done right!

III. To my ex bffs

II. You're Insecure, don't know what for

I. About Me