Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Random Thoughts

Atienza has done his share in the beautification of some portions of the City of Manila. It's about time that somebody takes over to attend to the rising rate of street crimes and kotong cops.
Expectedly, 2007 election will be another showcase of Gloria's micromanagement in the area of cheating.
But this time, she'll be more careful.
Students should take a careful look at how the race for the CAS deanship will proceed. Observe the dialectics and be heard. Pulsuhan ninyo ang mga stakeholders sa CAS kung sino ang susuportahan nila.
You'll be able to identify a pattern/trend.
Election has just become a tool to legitimize the entry of business oligarchs, warlords, and
people like Richard Gomez in the political arena. May dapat kalugaran ang bawat tao.

Friday, September 22, 2006

Kahirapan

Indikasyon ng Kahirapan
ni Diwang Palaboy
  • mas dumarami ang mga umaakyat sa bundok para sumama sa armadong pakikibaka
  • mas dumarami ang mga umaakyat sa mga billboards para magpakamatay
  • mas dumarami ang mga sex workers sa loob o labas man ng casa
  • mas dumarami ang mga nagdodroga upang ipantawid ng gutom
  • mas dumarami ang mga bugnutin at emosyunal
  • mas dumarami ang mga sumusulat sa kani-kanilang pulitiko para humingi ng tulong pampinansya
  • mas dumarami ang mga kumukuha ng passport sa DFA
  • mas dumarami ang mga gustong mag-artista (as a way out of poverty)
  • mas dumarami ang mga gumagamit ng uling
  • mas dumarami ang mga nangungutang sa 5/6
  • mas dumarami ang mga pawnshops o sanglaan
  • mas dumarami ang mga mukhang matanda (kahit na nasa edad 30-40 pa lang)
  • mas dumarami ang mga nabibiktima ng nakawan
  • mas dumarami ang mga OSY
  • mas dumarami ang mga bumibili ng kalahating order ng ulam sa karinderya
  • mas dumarami ang mga nanghihingi ng sabaw (matatandaan sa kasaysayan ng daigdig na mahalaga ang naging papel ng sabaw upang maitawid ng mga mamamayan ang gutom lalo tuwing laganap ang kahirap o nasa kasagsagan ng digmaan)
  • mas dumarami ang populasyon (na higit na nagpapalala sa sitwasyon)
  • mas dumarami ang mga kaso ng aparisyon ng Mahal na Birhen diumano
  • mas dumarami ang mga produktong de-sachet
  • mas dumarami ang mga bahay sa ampunan
  • mas dumarami ang mga kumukuha ng B.S. Nursing
  • mas dumarami ang mga umaanib sa mga charismatic groups at kulto
  • mas dumarami ang mga panatiko sa artista, ideolohiya, relihiyon at iba pa
  • mas dumarami ang mga nagbebenta ng lupa at sasakyan
  • mas dumarami ang mga naba-bankrupt na bangko, insurance company at negosyo
  • mas dumarami ang mga nagbebenta ng bahagi ng katawan (kidney, dugo, atbp.)
  • mas dumarami ang mga nagpapaupa ng bahagi ng kanilang bahay, compound, atbp.
  • mas dumarami ang mga paaralan na may M.A./M.S. at Ph.D. course offerings para sa mga nagmamadaling makatapos ng walang kahirap-hirap (for promotion or prestige)

Monday, September 18, 2006

DS 123 Content Analysis (September 23)

Content Analysis

Maaring piliin ang alinman sa kanilang mga tula/awitin sa wikang Filipino/Tagalog. Tiyakin na may kopya ang bawat isa. Maaaring handwritten o encoded. Babasahin ito ng malakas sa harap ng klase bago simulan ang content analysis. Magsaliksik din ukol sa may akda ng tula. Kung awitin man, maaaring magtanghal ng listening session.

Emmanuel Lacaba (Paguio)
Andres Bonifacio (Linatan)
Bienvenido Lumbera (Cruz)
Axel Pinpin (Abrigo)
Teodoro Agoncillo (Umali)
Amado Hernandez (Luartes)
Jose Lacaba (Panlaqui)
Jess Santiago (Mandapat)
E.J. San Juan (del Rosario)
Virgilio Almario (Guiwo)
Rolando Tolentino (Roxas)
Noel Cabangon (Docena)
Joey Ayala (Ofina)
Alexander Martin Remollino (Corpuz)
Jose Maria Sison (Santos)
APO Hiking Society (Vergara)
Joi Barrios (Rimando)
Amante del Mundo (Mones)
Prospero Covar (Ang)

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Sabi-sabi

Sabi ng isang kaibigang copy editor, marami raw siyang kakilala na nagtutuloy sa abogasya (law studies) dahil lamang sa dalawang bagay. Una, mayaman. Ikalawa, tinatamad pang magtrabaho. Hindi dahil gusto talaga nila. Parang gusto kong maniwala.
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Mas lalaganap na naman ang nakawan. Magpapasko na eh. Isang indikasyon na laganap na ito ay tayo na mismo ang biktima. Dati kasi ay kakilala lang ng kakilala natin o personal nating kakilala. Doble ingat. Ako man ay nanakawan na dati ng laptop. Pang-inis! Buti na lang ay may mga back-up files ako. Minsan kasi ay biktima tayo ng myth of invinsibility. Ito yung kaisipan na sa iba lamang mangyayari ang kamalasan at hindi kailanman sa atin. Yung tipong sila lamang ang magkakasakit ng TB, masusunugan ng bahay, masasagasaan sa Taft, magigripuhan (masasaksak) sa Quaipo, mawawalan ng simcard, aabutin ng LBM sa jeep, mananakawan ng halik sa masikip na mall, atbp.
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Sabi sa akin na isang dating opisyal ng UP ay karaniwang nagtatagumpay daw ang mga dating naging student assistant pagkatapos ng kolehiyo.
* * *
Sabi ni Ellen Tordesillas ay hindi raw oposisyon si Pangilinan. Tila sinasabi pa nga niya na may pagka-oportunista ito. Malaki raw ang pananagutan niya dahil puro "noted!" lamang ang bukambibig ng senador nang iginigiit ng mga taga-oposisyon na itigil ang canvassing ng boto dahil sa malawakang dayaan sa eleksyon ng pagkapangulo. May selective amnesia nga yata tayo.
* * *
Kung magkaka-eleksyon ngayon, narito ang mga iboboto ko sa pagka-senador batay sa listahan inilabas ng SWS: M. Villar, L. Legarda, AP Cayetano, J. Arroyo, F. Escudero, G. Remulla, B. Fernando, J. Binay, S. Ocampo, C. Soliman (kaso 'di pa sigurado kung tatakbo nga ang mga ito)
Pero kailangan sigurong may mas masinsing background check para 'di ko panghinayangan ang boto.
* * *
Batay sa survey ng Transparency International (2005), 76% ng mga Pilipino ang naniniwala na lalala ang kaso ng korapsyon sa susunod na tatlong taon.
* * *
Sino kaya ang susunod na magiging bagong dean ng CAS? May kanya-kanya ng mga manok ang bawat grupo. May pagkakaiba kaya ang national politics at competition for deanship sa UP?
* * *
Ang Pasko ay para lamang sa mga bata, sabi ng isa kong kamag-anak. Parang totoo.
* * *
Sana maibalik ang dating sigla ng L.T. Dahil sa kakulangan ng badyet (at iba pang porma ng suporta???), napakatumal na ng pagtatanghal ng mga talakayan. Ang CAS ay hindi na CAS kung puro variety shows na lang ang itinatanghal sa LT. Nasaan na ang dating intellectual ferment sa CAS, tanong ng isang dati kong propesor. Sayang ang mga naiisip na magagandang proyekto ng mga orgs sa UP. Hindi ko alam kung sino ang dapat sisihin. Isa o dalawang tao lang ba o structural na ang kalikasan ng problema? O baka pareho?

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Econ 101 ACLE

Advisory

Ang tema para sa ACLE na ito ay Ekonomiks, Dayalektiks at Lipunan.

The presentation/discussion should be straight to the point.

Organize your ideas to avoid beating around the bush.

If applicable/possible, you are encouraged to provide hand-outs.

Bring the necessary equipment/materials (laptop, speaker, CD, tape etc.)

Provide visual aids. The font should be large enough to be seen.

The text and background color combination should be viewer-friendly (for PowerPoint presentations).

Please do not forget the 1-2 liner quote from the set of options I provided earlier. (8 x 11 bond paper, landscape, 40-60 font size, Arial font style)

Please bring malong.

I invited some of my DS 121, DS 127, Econ 115 and NSTP students to serve as student-jurors. You are also encouraged to invite fellow UP students.

We will start at exactly 7:00 a.m.

We requested for a larger venue. Please coordinate with Ms. Hazel Lafuente regarding the temporary change of room assignment.

Grading Criteria: Substance <50%> + Manner of Presentation (Creativity, Logic, Organization) <50%)= 100%

additional points for value-added

Sunday, September 03, 2006

NSTP Interview (3rd Set)

The same set of instruction as the previous interview rounds will be observed. Madam Clar Juico will still take charge of the task registration (first come-first serve policy). The focus of the interview should be about their (i) work-related problems and (ii) advocacy. The due date is on the 23 of September. 3-4 members per group

1. public school teacher
2. barangay health worker
3. nurse/medical technologist/doctor in a public hospital
4. barangay/city/municipality/provincial official
5. human rights activist
6. environmental activist
7. professional journalist/newspaper columnist
8. development worker/social worker
9. cartoonist
10.feminist

DS 121 Recitation (September 5)

Define and illustrate the following terms.
1. tokenism
2. jingoism
3. revolution from the center (Marcos)
4. Pancasila (Indonesia)
5. liberation theology
6. culture of silence
7. kleptocracy
8. Marxist atheism
9. chaebol (Korea)
10.hyper-reality

DS 123 (Filipino Identity and Culture) Mini-Exhibit Evaluation*

*Includes the 1st (reporting) and the 2nd part (viewing of non-DS 123 students)
Grading system: Group (5o%) + Individual effort (50%)

Filipino Religiosity (Group grade: 1.25)
-Ms. Luartes was able to answer most of the questions of the professor.
-The group prepared a powerpoint presentation about INC to compensate for the insufficient INC entries.
-The group classified (with compartments) their exhibit entries into 4 clusters namely: indigenous, Islamic, Christian and Eastern (not Others)
-The group has the most number of exhibit entries.
-The emphasis given to Christianity highlights the fact that it is the dominant religion in the country.
-The group provided food for the audience.
-The group had an adherent of Shinto religion and an INC minister.
Question: Okay lang ba talagang kinain natin ang ostia (for academic purpose)?

Death Culture (Group grade: 1.0)
-Most members of the group were able to report.
-Everyone has more or less contributed equally to the group's output.
-During the actual reporting, others were also giving their insights about Filipino superstitious beliefs.
-The group incorporated most of the Filipino superstitious belief about death (chick, rice, butterfly, mirror, etc.).
-A short skit was also shown as a jump-off point of the discussion.
-The group also had a film viewing of Crying Ladies (with content analysis).
-As part of the interactive component of the exhibit, the group conducted a survey.
-The group provided 2 sets of hand-out.
-Ms. Paguio was consistent in attending to the questions of the audience.
-Plus 14 for the P 14.25 donation from the viewers (interactive component)
-Plus points for the last will and testament and the death cetificate
-The group has the most number of interactive components (survey, abuloy, logbook, etc.)
-Ms. Roxas alternately explained the showcase of their booth and served as the group's mascot at the same time (higa-bangon-higa-bangon...)
-Ms. del Rosario contributed the "bulong" culture among community folks of Cavite.
-A makeshift lamayan for the Ira and Powie/Paui was provided.
-An interesting power point presentation about death was prepared by the group (apparitions, Ninoy Aquino, etc.)
-A diorama was displayed. Ms. Paguio also discussed the issue of economic divide/social stratification in a typical cemetery.
-The group imported Christine (Ms. Alfaro-look-alike) for the presentation.
-The group provided a Filipinas funeral parlor banner. (Paano ninyo nahiram?)
Follow-up Question: Ano na ang nagyari sa sisiw? Paano ninyo ginastos ang P 14. 25?


Filipino Sexuality (Group grade: 1.25)
-The group (led by Ms. Panlaqui) demonstrated the do's and don'ts of condom use (part of sex/population education)
-Condoms with Gary Lising jokes were distributed to the audience.
-Controversial issues were included (15 anyos, sex scandals, etc.)
-The group e-mailed a detailed progress report. (+10)
-Bodjie(with costume) served as the group's mascot (as phallic symbol).
-The group showed several video clips (Intramuros incident, etc.)
-A barrelwoman was showcased in the exhibit.
-The viewers were also allowed to browse the exhibited magazines/books.
-A definition of terms was provided (posted at the board).
-A module about Parenthood and Margie Holme's Q&A book were displayed.
-Fructal objectivity and Quiapo conconctions were exhibited and discussed. (Bodjie, magdala ka ulit ng mga halaman na may ugat sa susunod, kung posible)
Question: Nakapagdesisyon na ba si Linatan at Rimando sa kanilang swapping?
Iniluto ba 'yung talong o itinapon?

DS 123 test construction

Form a group with six members. Based on the previous list of women- and gender-related topics, formulate a 20-item test (sets A ad B) follow...