random thoughts

• naghapag si sen. santiago ng anti-video voyeurism bill.
• mula sa college of dentistry ang bagong e-i-c ng manila kule.
• sa "fantasy land" ulit iikot ang paksa ni gng. arroyo sa kanyang ika-7 sona
• muling inihapag ang panukalang batas na total log ban.

Econ 101 Readings (Optional)

• Strike 3 for good economics by Cielito Habito (PDI, July 16, p.B2)
• WB say collection efficiency, not new taxes, needed by gov't (PDI, July 16, p.B1)
• RP halal products making a comeback in ME (PDI, July 16, p.B4)
• China suspends food imports from US, Rp, Vietnam (PDI, July 16, p.A4)

DS 126 (individual reporting on July 21)

TOPICS (NGOs)

1. Aclan (Doctors Without Borders)
2. Aliento (Third World Network)
3. Aquino (Oxfam)
4. Arcega (Bayan)
5. Bravo (Greenpeace)
6. Turingan (Philippine Health Social Science Association)
7. Tuason (Masipag)

• Limit the report to 7-8 minutes.
• Use at least 3 references (combination of published and on-line sources). Proper citation please.
• Distribute hand-outs (TNR, 10 points, single-spacing, outlined, printed in a 1/2 bondpaper, front page only)
• Note that each report will be followed by a Q&A. Everyone should be ready also for a long quiz and recitation about the NGO readings.

NSTP Poetry Reading (JULY 21)

NSTP Poetry Reading (JULY 21)
Theme: Global Security: Issues and Prospects
(Provide 2 copies. Research well. Limit it to 4-6 stanzas. Note that a long quiz will be administered by the professor as we go along with the activity.)

Opening Remarks: Santuele
Closing Remarks: Arquiza
Song Number 1: Pineda (any material related to the topic)
Song Number 2: Giron (-do-)

1. Abris (Filipino peacekeepers in Timor-Leste)
2. Acosta (Political change)
3. Alfonso (Nelson Mandela)
4. Ang (Complex emergencies)
5. Arquiza (Where have all the leaders gone? by Iacocca and Whitney)
6. Arrogante (Taliban)
7. Balbin (Ground zero)
8. Balicsa (Human security)
9. Burgos (Human security act)
10. Caldoza (Bioterrorism)
11. Caraan (Internally displaced people)
12. Cesar (Collateral damage)
13. Clarete (Conflict resolution)
14. Conferido (Land mines in Cambodia)
15. Cortes (Ethnic strife)
16. Cortey (Pentagon)
17. Crisostomo (Peace education)
18. De Jesus (Hegemony)
19. Dionisio (Development diplomacy)
20. Dy (George Dubya Bush)
21. Florendo (Cold war)
22. Giron (Milirarization of space)
23. Gomez (US military-industrial complex)
24. Jalina (Hermit kingdom)
25. Javier (Cyberterrorism)
26. Lentejas (Balance of terror/power)
27. Lopez (Proxy war)
28. Mabansag (Food security)
29. Mendoza (Economic security)
30. Murillo (Wold defense expenditure)
31. Pineda (Social security)
32. Roa (Health expectancy)
33. Santuele (State terrorism)
34. Soliza (Ethnocide)
35. Tayag (Just war theory)
36. Torres (Freedom from want)
37. Velasquez (Freedom from fear)
38. Villaceran (Cultural freedom)
39. Villegas (Cultural exchange)

Econ 101 ACLE (July 13)
Theme: (De)Globalization: Issues and Debates

Instructions

• Submit 2 copies of the poem (maximum of 4 stanzas).
• Write in Filipino, English or Taglish (flexi-style).
• Read it clearly and aloud (1-2 minutes). Then briefly discuss your topic (1-2 minutes).
• Set up the banner earlier than 2 pm.

1. Alcober (public bad)
2. Antonio (state capitalism)
3. Aquino (overeducation)
4. Belgira (market failure)
5. Cabrera (state failure)
6. Cervantes (hot money)
7. Dabbay (JICA)
8. Del Rosario (biblical economics)
9. Garcia (OECD)
10. Germo (population-poverty cycle)
11. Guiriba (culture of poverty)
12. Hizon (contract growing)
13. Hugo (subsistence farming)
14. Lara (subsistence fishing)
15. Lato (just wage)
16. Lopez (trade optimists)
17. Lucaylucay (trade pessimists)
18. Macapagal (UP School of Economics)
19. Malamug (commodification of body parts)
20. Mayoca ("Our mendicant foreign policy")
21. Mina ("The end of history and the last man")
22. Nolasco (toy factories in China)
23. Paguio (hidden unemployment)
24. Perez (military-industrial complex)
25. Quilicot (medical tourism in Hungary)
26. Ramos (Grameen bank)
27. Rances (monopsony)
28. Rosales (dualism)
29. Salazar (carbon credit)
30. San Jose (black economics)
31. Sangalang (50 Years in Enough Network)
32. Tan (reproductive choice)
33. Tibon (social marketing)
34. Torrente (commodity fetishism)
35. Velasco (demographic winter)
36. Viscarra (political economy of hunger)

random thoughts (wala lang)

• salamat dahil bukas na ulit ang cas lib tuwing sabado. isinasara ito dati para raw magtipid sa kuryente at dahil kakaunti naman ang pumupunta rito tuwing araw na 'yon.
• dumami ang mga peste (ipis dagat, mala-pusa sa laki na mga daga, atbp.) sa baywalk dahil sa hilera ng mga kainan noong pamamayagpag ni lito atienza.
• may white tea ang One para tapatan ang C2 green tea na ayon sa pakete nito ay may 5 ulit na dami ng anti-oxidants kaysa sa green tea.
• nangangampanya na ba agad itong si recto para sa 2010? appeal-to-pity ang kanyang mga anunsyo ukol sa kanyang pagkatalo sa nakaraang halalan.
• nanganganib ang maraming namumuhunang koreano dahil sa paggamit nila ng pinoy dummies sa kanilang mga negosyo sa bansa.
• tuwing may krisis, lumuluha ng dugo at nagpapawis ng (nakagagamot?) na langis ang birheng maria. dumarami rin ang mga manggagamot. sa aming pag-aaral ni prof. karganilla ukol sa mga manggagamot sa ika-5 distrito ng maynila na pinondohan ng national institutes of health (nih), lumalabas na malaking tulong pampinansya ang sideline na ito dahil sa mga natatanggap nilang donasyon mula sa mga sumasampalataya. karamihan pa nga sa kanila ay full-time folk healers. sa pananaw ko, sagot ito ng mga maralita sa mababang kalidad ng public health system sa bansa at sa nagtataasang presyo ng gamot at pagpapaospital. may kaugnayan din ito sa sinaunang tradisyon ng babaylanismo sa bansa. subalit may mga kaduda-dudang manggagamot na mala-sindikato na nagbebenta ng cure-all pawis ng kabayo sa halagang 3,000 piso (at may calling card pa). ang labo!
• ipinagmamalaki ng estados unidos na mayroon itong mga modern values na rekisito sa pagiging maunlad at industryalisado. pero nangunguna ito sa pagiging mapamahiin noong ika-7 ng hulyo '07 (7-7-7). madaming nagpakasal ng sabay-sabay. fully-booked ang mga casinos. swerte daw. ang kuleeet! sinunggaban ng mga kapitalista ang pagiging mapamahiin ng ilang mga kanong nagkukunwang siyentipiko mag-isip, rasyunal, abante at kosmopolitan.

TXT JOKE (forwarded message from a student)

Mga bagay ba wish mong pwedeng sabihin sa prof. mo:

1. L8 ka n nman, absnt ka 4 2day!
2. Sir, mali kyo! Minus 10 s sweldo mo!
3. Mam, ma2log n lang tyo plz, pra mas msaya araw q!
4. 'Kaw nga kbsaduhin mo lhat 2 overnyt, kyanin mo kya?
5. 'Wag ka nga maingay, d q maintindihan cnsbi ng ktbi q!
6. Ksma p b s lesson ang cnsbi mo?
7. Wla akong maintindihan sa tnuturo mo! Sori : (
8. 'Wag mo hrpan ung test pra d ka mhrpan gumawa ng questns.

DS 127 (1st group project)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Form a group with 4-6 members.
2. Submit a PPT presentation (minimum of 15 slides) about any of the following sets of topic below.
3. Be able to establish the interconnection of the key issues in your chosen topic cluster.
4. Submit a print-out of the PPT presentation (white background, 4 slides per bond paper for purposes of economy).
5. Follow this sequence (1st slide: title & byline, 2nd slide: TOC, in-between: presentation (facts and figures/illustrations) with analysis, last slide: list of sources)
6. Observe the do's and don'ts of PPT presentation.
7. Cite your sources (minimum of 5).
8. Submit it on July 25. Grading criteria: substance (60%), logical flow (20%) & lay-out/design (20%)

TOPICS:

1. Women, Water & Sustainable Dev't
2. Industrialization, Appropriate Technology & Sustainable Dev't
3. Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Biodiversity & Sustainable Dev't
4. Pesticides, Profits & Plunder
5. Greenwash, Globalization & (De)globalization
6. Urban Ecology, Povery & Decay

TODARO (1997) OUTLINE

2 Kinds of World Agriculture

1. the highly efficient agriculture of the developed countries, where substantial productive capacity & high output/worker permit a very small number of farmers to feed the entire nations
2. the inefficient & low productivity agriculture of developing countries, where in many instances the agricultural sector can barely sustain the farm population, let alone the urban burgeoning population, even at a minimum level of subsistence

4 Dimensions of Employment Problem in the Developing Region

1. The Educated Unemployed (unemployment rates rise w/ higher levels of schooling) His explanation: least educated can't afford to be unemployed & must seek any kind of work in the informal sector. Even though they may be grossly unemployed-working, say, only 1 day a week-these people are not counted as unemployed. College graduates, on the other hand, can afford to search for higher-paying jobs & are thus more likely to be counted among the unemployed.
2. Self-employment in the Informal Economy (off-shoot of the inability of the people to find salaried employment; the objective is day-to-day survival)
3. Women & Unemployment (Most women are employed in a very limited range of low-productivity jobs where hours of work were long & pay was low)
4. Youth Unemployment (concentrated in urban area due to in-migration & burgeoning labor force of young new entrants) and Child Labor (children under age of 14 work long hours of pitiful low wages under subhuman working conditions)

The 3 Core Values of Development (Michael Todaro, 1997)

1. Sustenance: The Ability to Meet Basic Needs
2. Self-esteem: To Be a Person
3. Freedom from Servitude: To Be Able to Choose

The 3 Objectives of Development (Michael Todaro, 1997)

1. Increase the availability and widen the distribution of basic life-sustaining goods (food, shelter, health, and protection)
2. Raise levels of living (higher income, more jobs, better education, and greater attention to cultural and humanistic values) = will enhance material well-being; generate greater individual and national self-esteem
3. Expand the range of economic and social choices (by freeing them from servitude, dependence, ignorance and human misery)

DS 123 Poetry Reading (Pop Culture)
July 11 (Wed)

Opening Remarks: Viterbo

1. Almarines: Coca-cola
2. Arreza: Joey de Leon
3. Bangit: Parokya ni Edgar
4. Barrera: Jueteng
5. Bermejo: Sharon Cuneta
6. Buenafe: Birheng Maria
7. Buenaventura: MMFF
8. Contreras: NFA rice
9. Corpuz: Primetime Bida
10. Cruz: Trolley (padyak plying along the PNR)
11. De Castro: FX
12. De Guzman,E: Askal
13. De Jesus: Larry Alcala
14. Dela Cruz: San Isidro de Labrador
15. Dela Paz: Bulagaan
16. Delos Santos: 99 Peso Store
17. Dimaano: FPJ
18. Escanillas: Sto. Nino
19. Esteban: Pulutan
20. Flores: Adobo
21. Garcia: Masahe
22. Hizon: Sagad
23. Iscala: Michael V.
24. Lindo: Mananaggal
25. Macapagal: Rolando Tolentino
26. Moncada: Jologs (etymologies)
27. Ortiz: Mike Enriquez
28. Pantig: Balahura't Balasubas
29. Papa: Pinoy Thrillers
30. Roque: Impersonators
31. Sarino: Dinuguan
32. Viterbo: Madam Auring

Listening session: Pantig, Ortiz and Macapagal

Closing Remarks: Moncada

(Grading criteria: substance, value-added, originality and creativity-all of equal weight)

NSTP Library Work (submission: July 21)

Instructions

• Form a group with 6-7 members.
• Make a primer (title: Development Studies 101) about the following concepts in development studies. The primer should only be as basic as definition of terms with a maximum of 2 definitions for each. Photo inset is optional. In a random basis, I enumerated below the topics to be covered. Come up with a logical sequence in your primer.
• Use books as references. For this activity, don't use online sources.
• Cite the references at the last page of the primer. Use APA format.
• Observe the "no free-ride policy."
• Grading criteria: substance (70%), lay-out and creativity (30%)
• Panel of evaluators: Prof. Ponsaran, Atty. Baguilat and DEVSOC officers

1. development studies
2. development administration
3. social development
4. development research
5. economic development
6. development economics
7. cultural development
8. political development
9. human development index
10. medium-term Philippine development plan
11. development process
12. development theory
13. underdevelopment
14. development of underdevelopment
15. community development
16. organizational development
17. sustainable development
18. development anthropology
19. rural development
20. urban development
21. official development assistance
22. business development
23. agricultural development
24. industrial development
25. technology/technological development

PROTESTA LABAN SA HUMAN SECURITY ACT (ANTI-TERROR LAW)

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DEVSTUD PROFS TRIVIA (Wala Lang)

• Atty. Baguilat was my classmate in SocSci 120, DS 199.1 and DS 199.2.
• Johnny Villegas and Carlos Humberto are among the pseudonyms of Dr. Ed Villegas.
• Atty. Wacnang served as my group's guide from NNARA during our practicum in Central Luzon.
• Prof. Sevilla was once Doc Ed's professor in Economics.
• Prof. Arcilla's educational background covers Chemical Engineering (BS), Economics (MA) and Sociology (PhD).
• Dr. Clavel's educational background covers Journalism (BA), Anthropology (MA) and Philippine Studies (PhD)
• Doc Ed's academic background covers English (BA), Philosophy (MA) and Public Administration (PhD).
• Prof. Roland Simbulan recruited Doc Ed in the Development Studies Program during the early '80s.
• Atty. Baguilat and Atty. Wacnang are both Cordillerans.
• Atty. Baguilat is a shiftee from BS Pharmacy.
• I am a shiftee from BS Biochemistry.
• The writer Kerima Polotan-Tuvera is the mother of Prof. Mariam Soraya Polotan-Tuvera.

GMA's Cabinet Meeting (a forwarded text from a student)

GMA: Kung sinuman ang tamaan ng bolang ito ay s'yang magreresign.
(Initsa ang bola, tumalbog pabalik sa kanya.)
GMA: O, practice lang yun noh! Ulet!!!!!!!!!!!!

Random Thoughts

• It's horsetrading once again in Congress.
• In his play of words, Peter Wallace once said that the opposite of PROgress is CONgress.
• When I personally asked Mrs. Imelda Marcos in a forum about what she thinks is the most distorted part of the Philippine contemporary history, she answered that it is our culture. She said that Filipinos are misunderstood by outsiders. For a very obvious reason, she did not really answered my question. She's witty! (read: cunning)
• Meldy, as she always claim, is allergic to ugliness. That, according to her, explains her penchant for extravaganza, spectacles, and mega-structures.
• The 2010 prexy polls will still be an extension of the GMA-Erap storyline.
• Expect more major and minor disasters (both natural and human-induced, or combination thereof) to occur in the coming months. In fact, we have a major one in our midst (GMA= "tsunano"=tsunami+unano). My apologies for the heightism.
• Everyday, we are having an election in the country. People are "voting with their feet." They are leaving the country for good.
• The country is not only in search of an alternative to GMA, but her complete opposite. It's still an unfinished revolution since 1896.

SocSci 120 (group report for July 17, same groupings)

• Political Psychology of Imelda Marcos (Bangit's group)
• Political Psychology of Ramon Magsaysay+ (Escanillas' group)
• Political Psychology of Miriam Santiago (Lindo's group)
• Political Psychology of Rodrigo Duterte (del Rosario's group)
• Political Psychology of Jejomar Binay (Viterbo's group)
• Political Psychology of Raul Gonzalez (Macapagal's group)

SocSci 120 (Directed Reading in Social Sciences)

Each student was assigned (a) specific chapter(s) from Mind/Body Health: The Effects of Attitudes, Emotions, and Relationship (Hafen, et.al, 1996). Read the material well and relate it to your experiences (personal or vicarious) and observations within your social group. The discussion scheduled on July 10 (T) &13 (F). Salamat.

SOCIOLOGY OF CARE WORK

EMERGING THEORIES OF CARE WORK by Paula England (Stanford University)

Care work is done in the home as well as in markets for pay.

Five theoretical frameworks have been developed to conceptualize care work; the frameworks sometimes offer competing answers to the same questions, and other times address distinct questions.

• The "devaluation" perspective argues that care work is badly rewarded because care is associated with women, and often women of color.
• The "public good" framework points out that care work provides benefits far beyond those to the direct recipient and suggests that the low pay of care work is a special case of the failure of markets to reward public goods.
• The "prisoner of love" framework argues that the intrinsic caring motives of care workers allow employers to more easily get away with paying care workers less.
• Instead of seeing the emotional satisfactions of giving care as its own reward, the "commodification of emotion" framework focuses on emotional harm to workers when they have to sell services that use an intimate part of themselves.
• The "love and money" framework argues against dichotomous views in which markets are seen as antithetical to true care.
  

DS 126 Modified Graded Recitation (July 14)

On a random basis, each student shall be pitted against another to argue on a specific policy issue in the Philippines. On that day (July 14), one will be assigned to argue for (merits) and another against (demerits) each policy issue listed below. Therefore, all these topics should be studied carefully. I suggest that you form a small study group for purposes of convenience and economy. Each student will be called to enter the room one at a time and will be given 5-6 minutes to deliver his/her points/counter-points. 8 jurors will evaluate all the speakers based on the following criteria (substance, logic and persuasive ability). Good luck!

1. Human Security Act of 2007
2. Amnesty Plan for MILF, NPA and mutineers
3. Rep. Gilbert Teodoro as DND Chief
4. General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
5. Commercial structures along baywalk in Manila
6. Lemon law
7. 2-Child Policy
8. Unicameralism
9. Philippine-US 'Special' Relations
10. Party-list Law
11. Fiscal Incentives Rationalization
12. Federalism Proposal of Nene Pimentel
13. Privatization of NFA
14. Lifting of citizenship restriction in operating business in the Philippines
15. NSTP

Readings

Econ 101 (Macroeconomic Theories, Policies and Issues)

• Editorial: Implement the attrition law (MlaTimes, June 27, p.4)
• Imports decline as electronics sales slow (MT, June 27, p. B1)
• Who wants to be an entrepreneur? by Wootton (MT, June 27, p.B1)
• Editorial: Intolerant (MlaStandardTodat, June 23, p.5)
• Exodus of doctors has limited effect on poor nations-OECD (BusinessWorld, June 26, p10)

DS 127 (Physical and Natural Resources and Development

• Mining expert: Reinvesting in communities a must (MlaTimes, June 27, pp.1-2)
• End 'hypocrisy' on environment, Malaysian tells WEF forum (MT, June 27, p.5)
• Editorial cartoon on illegal logging (MT, June 27, p.4)
• Intolerant (MlaStandard Today, June 23, p5)
• Public-private national committee on large dams revived (BusinessWorld, June 26, p.10)

DS 126 (Politico-administrative Insitutions and Behavior)

• Business Curcuit by A.P. Macasaet (Malaya, June 27, p.B11)
• Manila's 'Dirty Harry' set to clean up city (MlaStandardToday, June 2, pA12)
• Intolerant (MlaStandard Today, June 23, p5)

SocSci 120 Face-Off (July 3)

Escanillas (+) Public Ad's Identity Crisis (-) Barrera

De Jesus (merits) Post-modernist philosophy (demerits) Pantig

Buenaventura (+) Philosophy is a dead discipline. (-) Arreza

Abrigo (+) Are the Social Sciences really inferior? (-) Buenafe

Lindo (merits) RGEP (demerits) MK

Desales (+) Geography mainly determines the people's character & history (-) Madriaga

• 6 minute time limit, winner takes all (1.0-5.0), may use guide during the speech, jurors will be invited, wear semi-formal attire, medium of communication: English or Filipino, research well

emcee: Macapagal, opening remarks: Cruz, closing remarks: Udaundo, time keeper: Emakris

DS 126 (for purposes of discussion/recitation only)

Define and illustrate the following terms:

• Politic science
• Public administration
• Political dynamics
• Polity
• Political capital
• Political independence
• Political rights
• Political cleavage
• Political law
• Political freedom
• Political decentralization
• Political culture
• Political psychology
• Political sociology
• Political econony
• Astropolitics
• Political officer
• Political animal
• Politics of gender
• Politics of media
• Politics of religion
• Political art
• Political novel
• Political anthropology

random thoughts

• Para sa akin, dapat manatiling may nakalaang tambayan ang mga University-based organizations sa CAS. Katuwang ng maraming mga propesor ang mga orgs na ito sa pagpapataas ng kamulatan ng kapwa nila mag-aaral. Sa kasaysayan, ang mga orgs na ito ang humubog sa maraming mga mag-aaral na maging responsableng iskolar ng bayan at mamamayan. Naging aktibo rin sila sa paglulunsad ng mga makabuluhan proyekto sa loob at labas ng UP. CAS ang kinikilala nilang "tahanan" sa pamantasan dahil sa progresibo at mapagpalayang tradisyon nito. Bahagi ng kaluluwa ng CAS ang mga mag-aaral (organisado man o hindi). Kawalan sa bahagi ng CAS kung ililipat sa ibang lugar ang maraming U-based org. Mababawasan ang sigla ng CAS kapag nagkataon.
• Sa kabilang banda, dapat namang tiyakin ng mga orgs na malinis ang kanilang tambayan (para hindi ito maging kapuna-puna sa mga administrador, guro at kapwa mag-aaral).
• Pagbati kay Atty. Karol Sarah Baguilat sa kanyang pagsisimula sa Public Attorney's Office (PAO). Nakaatas sa kanya ang pagtulong sa mga pamilya at biktima ng extra-judicial killings. Samantala, may klase naman siya sa UPM tuwing Sabado. Taas-kamao para sa people's lawyer!

Economics by Dr. Gregory Mankiw

"Whereas politics seemed vague, rambling and subjective, science was analytic, systematic and objective. Economics therefore combines the virtues of politics and science."

"Labor market, like all markets, is subject to the forces of supply and demand."

"An economy's income is the economy's output."

"Can good news for farming be bad news for farmers?"

"Workers unemployed for many months are most likely to suffer economic and psychological hardship."

"The principle of comparative advantage shows that trade can make everyone better off."

"Suppose that the world's fastest typist happens to be trained in brain surgery. Should he do his own typing or hire a secretary?"

"Determinants of productivity: physical capital, human capital, natural resources, and technological knowledge."

highly recommended websites for DS 126 class

• http://www.gov.ph/
• http://www.congress.gov.ph/
• http://www.senate.gov.ph/
• http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/
• http://www.dilg.gov.ph/
• http://www.cenpeg.org/
• http://www.ibon.org/
• http://www.bulatlat.com/
• http://www.pinoyweekly.org/
• http://www.newsbreak.com.ph/
• http://www.inquirer.net/
• http://www.mbc.com.ph/
• http://www.up-ncpag.org/
• http://www.malaya.com.ph/
• http://www.dbm.gov.ph/

'07 Practicum Conference

• Taas kamao para sa matagumpay na pagtatanghal ng Devstud Conference '07 noong Hunyo 15.
• Pasasalamat sa mga 4th year DS majors na bumuo ng programa. Marami kaming natutunan sa inyong karanasan.
• Pagpupugay sa mga POs na nakadalo sa kabila ng mahabang biyahe at pagiging abala sa CO.
• Pasasalamat sa mga 3rd year DS majors na nagtanghal ng pangkulturang bilang.
• Pagbati sa NNARA para sa mahusay at maagap na koordinasyon at paggigiya sa mga nakaraang practicum.
• Pasasalamat sa lahat ng mga dumalo mula sa ibang kurso.
• Taas kamao para sa lahat ng mga komunidad na tumanggap sa aming mga mag-aaral sa loob ng halos 1 buwan.

"Ang lipunan ang tunay na pamantasan ng karunungan at karanasan."

Announcements

• Dr. Ed Villegas (Devstud Program's academic coordinator & Ibon Foundation president) will deliver a lecture to DSS faculty about the political economy of culture on June 22. All Devstud majors should procure a copy of his paper. Ms. Ang (1st yr), Ms. Concepcion (2nd yr), Ms. Teves (3rd yr) and Ms. de la Paz (4th yr), please take charge.
• Student organizations sponsoring any issue-based symposium/forum may invite my NSTP CWTS students to attend (as delegate) and/or participate (as reactor). Please inform me about the topic, program, date and venue ahead of time for purposes of documentation. May I underscore that the my approval largely depends on their availability and relevance of the subject matter. Just this semester, I instituted a system to account/document the co-curricular activities of my NSTP students. They are required to attend at least 10 socially relevant symposia/fora per semester. A representative of the sponsoring organization is requested to countersign the tracking form of my students for purposes of validation/checking.

social cost

Quoted from a photo caption by Reuters

"Call center workers gather in a bar after an overnight shift in Makati.

Booming outsourcing industry is generating thousands of jobs

and billions of dollars in revenues but many of its young employees are

turning to caffeine, cigarettes and alcohol to deal with unsociable hours

and demanding, and sometimes abusive callers."

Major concerns for doing business in the Philippines

Major concerns for doing business in the Philippines*
(in descending order)

1. Corruption
2. Policy inconsistency
3. Political instability
4. Bureaucratic red tape
5. Lack of political will to change
6. Labor problems
7. Economic instability
8. Lack of judicial effectiveness
9. Poor infrastructure
10. Security issues
11. Low market growth (local)
12. Tax transparency

*Based on the 2006 Corporate performance survey

SocSci 120 Reporting (June 26)

SocSci 120 Reporting (off-shoot of the freakonomics readings)

1. Political economy of baby-naming industry (Bangit, et. al.)
2. Isang pagsusuri sa pagpapangalan sa mga anak ng mga aktibista (de Jesus, et.al)
3. Sociology of anonymity (Arreza, et.al.)
4. Black psychology (Corpuz, et. al.)
5. Black feminism (Esteban, et.al.)

Report within the prescribed time limit. Follow the do's and don'ts of PPT presentation. Provide value-added to the report. Check the compatibility of each equipment/gadget to avoid any technical aberration. Cite the references. Ensure that the font is large enough to be seen by everyone. Prepare an opening and a closing statement. On the day of the reporting, the professor shall assign 1 student per group to serve as the presentor of the their output.

DS 123 Readings

DS 123 (Filipino Identity & Culture) Readings

1. Cultural ecology by Michael Tan (PDI, June 8)
2. Struggles of students abroad by Ambeth Ocampo (PDI, June 13)
3. Filipino delivers Harvard Law graduation speech by Volt Contreras (PDI, June 8)
4. Ang alamat ni Ka Satur by Rolando Tolentino (rolandotolentino.blogspot.com)

Be ready to input and discuss related insights to add more substance to our discussion on June 20 (W).

Least Trusted Government Officials

Public Distrust (Pulse Asia, April '07)

1. Oreta (-43%)
2. GMA, FVR, Esperon (-41%)
3. Abalos (-40%)

7 Ms in Dynasty Building (Coronel, 2007)

7 Ms in Dynasty Building (Coronel, 2007)

1. Money
2. Machine
3. Media/Movies
4. Marriage
5. Murder & Mayhem
6. Myths
7. Mergers

Practicum Conference

• Ihanda na ang reserbasyon ng LT at ng mga kakailanganing kagamitan (LCD, laptop, atbp) ng mas maaga.
• Repasuhin ang balangkas ng programa. Ihanda na rin ang lay-out nito. Ipakita sa akin sa June 5 ng umaga (10 am).
• Ipakita rin sa akin sa June 5 ang plano ng program committee sa dekorasyon ng stage (banner lang naman ang kailangan at ilang pirasong malong)
• Titipunin ko sa June 5 ng umaga ang mga bumubuo sa clearing house sub-committee ng exhibit committee para pag-usapan ang mga litratong (10-15) isasama sa panel ng bawat grupo (7). Inaasahang hawak na ng clearing house sub-committee ang mga litrato ng 7 grupo sa araw ng iyon. Inaasahan ding may mga representante ang bawat grupo sa pulong na ito.
• Simulan nang mangulekta ng kontribusyon para sa ihahandang pagkain batay sa napag-kaisahan ng food committee.
• Paghandaan na ang presentasyon na itatanghal ng bawat grupo (PPT/Flash presentation, etc.). Siguraduhing dadaan ang mga ito sa content at language editing ninuman sa pinagkakatiwalaang kamag-aral (kabilang man o hindi sa grupo). Maaari n'yo ring ikonsulta ito sa akin, kay Atty. Baguilat, Dr. Villegas, Kuya Reggie at Amihan (kapwa mga NSTP professor na rin sa University of Makati). Tumukoy lamang ng 2 taga-pagsalita para sa aktwal na presentasyon. Unuulit ko po: Hindi kailangang ilahad lahat ang inyong karanasan at natutunan sa erya sapagkat naitala na ito sa inyong written reports (journal, technical paper, lexicon)
• Bigyang diin ang mga isyung panlipunan, mahahalagang kaalaman (facts and figures), natatanging tagpo at rekomendasyon sa presentasyon ng bawat grupo. Hindi nangangahulugang puro PPT presentation ang paraan ng paglalahad.
• Simulan na ang pagsusulat ng tula (para sa mga mag-aaral na kabilang sa poetry reading).
• Simulan na ang pagbuo ng PPT/Flash presentation para sa Parangal sa mga PO at Giya.
• Ipaalam na sa mga PO at foster parent ang araw ng pagtatanghal habang maaga.
• Inaasahan po ang kooperasyon ng bawat isa.

quotes

"Lifestyle is a matter of choice for people who have a choice."-Cito Beltran


"Dahil sa pag-concede ni Mike Defensor, iboboto ko na s'ya sa 2010."-listener of a radio program


"One killed is one too many"-US senator on the extra-judicial killings in the Philippines


"Ang practicum ay pagpapakumbaba ng pamatasan sa masa."-Prof. Alamon (formerly with DS Program)

INVITATION

PAGLUBOG, PAG-INOG, PAGHUBOG

What: DevStud Practicum Conference '07*

Where: Little Theater, Rizal Hall, CAS-UP Manila

When: June 15, 2007 (9 am-4 pm)

*fieldwork experience of the practicumers (7 communities); cultural presentation (poetry reading, song number); tribute to guides and people's organization; solidarity message; etc.

Development Studies Program

The A.B. in Development Studies was instituted in 1980 as an urgent response to the need to develop practitioners and scholars in development work to confront urgent socio-economic problems in the Philippines. Development Studies enables the students to cull from the experiences of other nations, particularly in the Third World, so that they can develop the ability to formulate and implement developmental programs which are nationalist, scientific, and people-oriented. Both external and internal factors of development are taken into consideration.

The program includes the following areas: development theory, comparative studies, Philippine national development, research methodology, and administrative techniques.

Random Thoughts

• Nanalo ako sa Lotto 6/49 noong Linggo! 4 sa 6 na numero. P800 ang premyo. Nagastos ko na. Ika-4 na taya ko ito sa Lotto simula noong ipinanganak ako. Unang panalo.
• Dahil sa init ng panahon, napakadaming na-stroke at inatake sa puso (mga traydor at life-style related na sakit) noong nakaraang 2 buwan. Mangyayari ito taun-taon (Abril-Mayo).
• Dahil sa kawalan ng impormasyon ukol sa 300% na pagtaas ng matrikula sa Peyups, madaming freshies ang hindi nakapag-enroll. Kulang ang pera. Dinaig pa ng UP ang mga pribadong kolehiyo dahil sa napakalaking porsyento ng pagtataas ng matrikula nito.
• Talo si Ali Atienza! Una, ibinuhos ng oposisyon ang suporta kay Lim (Erap, Lacson, Lopez, atpb.). Ikalawa, balwarte ng oposisyon ang Maynila (noon hanggang ngayon). Ikatlo, kaalyado ni Lito Atienza si Gloria at "kiss of death" ang pagkakaroon ng kaugnayan sa kanya. Ayun, collateral damage tuloy itong si Ali (malas!). Ika-apat, sa mga nasaksihan kong kampanya ay bihirang pinagsasalita ni Lito ang kanyang anak. Lalo tuloy nagmukhang walang gulugod itong bagito. Puro ngiti at kaway lang. Akala ko tuloy ay pipi itong si Ali. Panghuli, epektibo ang kontra-krimen na plataporma ni Lim lalo't higit ang aspetong ito ang napabayaan ni Atienza.

Bangungot

Bangungot*
ni Diwang Palaboy

I.
Action Stars
Sen. Lapid (nagbabalik sa Senado matapos isuka ng Makati)
Sen. Revilla (nagpapanggap na seryoso; nagpapanggap din na senador)
Sen. Estrada (pinakamasaklap, nagpapanggap na action star)



II.**
Chopsuey (songer+mowdel+clown+machete)
Sen. Wood (pumyok)
Sen. Gomez (naflatan)
Sen. Sotto (nabulaga)
Sen. Montano (na-out “shine”)



III.
Ang hinaharap
Sen. Marvin Agustin (Senado muna bago ang pagkapangulo batay sa hula ni Bob Ong)
Sen Vilma Santos (si Luis naman ang hahalili sa kanya sa lokal)
Sen. Eddie Gil (maghihiganti matapos manahimik)



*Maaari ring “Sumpa” depende kung ano sa 2 ang mas kahindik-hindik
**Halaw sa kumakalat na text message

Panawagan

HINIHINGI NG KASAYSAYAN NA HUWAG NATIN IBOTO ANG MGA KAALYADO NI GLORIA ARROYO.

HIHINGI NG SITWASYON NA IBASURA NATIN ANG MGA HIMOD-TUMBONG SA KANYA.

SAKSI ANG SAMBAYANAN KUNG PAANO NIYA GINAMIT ANG KANYANG OTORIDAD AT SALAPI UPANG IMPLUWENSYAHAN ANG MGA:

>BUMUBUO SA MABABANG KAPULUNGAN,
>ILANG SENADOR,
>MGA LOKAL NA PAMAHALAAN (LGU),
>COMELEC
>MILITAR, CAFGU, KAPULISAN AT ANG
>KANYANG GABINETE
PARA SA SARILING KAPAKANAN MULA 2001 HANGGANG NGAYON.

WALANG DAHILAN PARA HINDI NIYA GAWIN ULIT ITO NGAYONG DARATING NA ELEKSYON PARA PALAWIGIN ANG KANYANG PANUNUNGKULAN HANGGANG 2010 AT HIGIT PA.

HINIHINGI NG SITWASYON NA MAGHALAL TAYO NG MAS MARAMING TAGA-OPOSISYON UPANG WAKASAN NA ANG SUKDOL-GANID NA REHIMENG ARROYO.

MAY MGA KAKULANGAN DIN ANG OPOSISYON PERO NGAYON HIGIT NA KAILANGAN ANG KANILANG PRESENSYA. NGAYON HIGIT NA KAILANGAN ANG KANILANG PAGIGING KRITIKAL AT MAPAGBANTAY.

HINDI LAHAT NG NASA OPOSISYON AY DAPAT IBOTO PERO HINIHINGI NG PAGKAKATAON NA KARAMIHAN AY MANGGALING SA KANILANG HANAY (LOKAL O PAMBANSA MAN)

DAHAS, SALAPI, MAKINARYA AT PANLILINLANG ANG IPINAIIRAL NG PANGKAT NI GLORIA ARROYO UPANG TIYAKIN ANG TAGUMPAY NG KANYANG MGA PAKAWALA SA ELEKSYON.

ISA SA MARAMING PARAAN UPANG BIGUIN ITO AY ANG PAGBOTO SA KARAMIHAN (HINDI LAHAT) NG BUMUBUO SA OPOSISYON.

BIGUIN ANG MGA KAMPON NG PAMBANSANG NUNAL.
HUWAG IBOTO ANG MGA UTAK-PULBURA.
ILAGLAG ANG TEAM GLORIA!

SUARA

Mga kaibigan, mga estudyante at dati kong estudyante at kapwa mag-aaral ng lipunan,


Magandang araw.

Makikisuyo naman. Maari po bang iboto n'yo at ikampanya sa inyong mga kapamilya at kaibigan ang SUARA BANGSAMORO (Voice of the Moroland) para magkaroon ng kinatawan ang mga kapatid nating Muslim at katutubo sa pambansang lehislatura. Malaking tulong po ito sa pagsusulong ng kanilang karapatan at kapakanan.

Isulat po natin sa balota ang SUARA BANGSAMORO (o SUARA para mas maikli) para sa party list.


Salamat po ng marami,
John

ngak-ngak

ngak-ngak*
ni tso seyung-huwi

butangera
iskandalosa
palengkera
eyesore, annoying, pabida!

puhuna'y laway at sama ng loob
nagkukunwa pang moralista't messiah (baka me sayad!)

igapos ng mahigpit
busalan
isako
ilagay sa drum
buhusan ng quick-dry cement
itapon sa dagat

at kasamang lulubog sa pusod nito ang lahat ng poot at himutok ni ursula at diego pasang-cruz




*qualifyer: ngak-ngak na lutang, mapanira at makasarili
paalala: medyo morbid at walang kaugnayan kay GMA

SUARA BANGSAMORO

Bigyang tinig at kinatawan ang mga Muslim at katutubo

na mula sa hanay ng batayang sektor ng lipunan.

Iboto ang BANGSA MORO Party List!

DevStud Practicum Advisers

Task: Social Investigation, Class Analysis and Community Organizing

Morong, Rizal (Atty. Baguilat)
Binangonan, Rizal (Prof. Ponsaran)
Montalban, Rizal (Atty. Baguilat and Prof. Ponsaran)
Silang/Amadeo, Cavite (Prof. Ponsaran)
lawa/tubuhan, Batangas (Dr. Villegas)
Laguna (Atty. Baguilat)

SUARA BANGSAMORO

SUPPORT THE SUARA BANGSAMORO!

-A MASS-BASED PARTYLIST

WHICH WILL REPRESENT AND ASSERT

THE RIGHTS OF THE MARGINALIZED MUSLIMS

AND OTHER NATIONAL MINORITIES (KATUTUBO)

IN THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.

Nadaya po sila noong nakaraang eleksyon.

Tulungan po natin silang makapagluklok ng kinatawan sa Mababang Kapulungan.

Ikampanya po natin sila sa ating mga kaibigan, kamag-anak at kakilala.

SUARA BANGSAMORO*

SUPORTAHAN, IKAMPANYA AT IBOTO ANG

SUARA BANGSAMORO PARTYLIST*

SA DARATING NA HALALAN '07

UPANG MAGKAROON NG LEHITIMONG REPRESENTASYON

ANG MGA MUSLIM AT KATUTUBO

SA PAMBANSANG LEHISLATURA.

*TRANSLATION: VOICE OF THE MORO LAND

microcosm

microcosm*
ni diwang palaboy


m/a/p/a/n/g/h/a/t/i

mapagmalaki

gapangan at parinigan

karerismo at indibidwalismo

dialektikal, pyudal

PALAKASAN NG PWERSA

hindi mawawala ang mga lutang, mabuway, oportunista't walang paki-alam

tang'na!
karera sa loob at labas, walang ipinag-iba!





*himutok ng mga baguhan at aktibong tagamasid sa karambolang nakatakdang magluwal ng isa na namang karambola

DS 190 Journal Output (individual)

For purposes of creativity and variety, the journal output may be presented using the combination of different styles listed below. It can be handwritten or computer-encoded. Designs and photo insets are optional. You may present your output in plain narrative. Please remember that the objective of journal writing is to document your experiences, insights, reflections, learnings and comments.

• travelogue
• diary
• poem, song
• bullet
• sketch, editorial cartoon
• photo essay
• others

random entries

• dss will elect a new chair (nominees: sir k and sir talampas)
• i'm not a registered voter this '07 poll (but i think i've done my part in educating some voters)
• many pinoys don't trust gloria, tessie and eddie (trust deficit=truth deficit)
• trivia: mitch cuna (former councilor of mla's 5th district and a congressional aspirant) is a ds major.
• alexander lacson's article which argues that pinoys are chosen people is a disappointment to many.
• cas constituents deserve a better canteen (for purposes of hygiene, convenience, image, etc.)
• the cas faculty profile is getting relatively younger (most of whom will leave cas before the age of 30)
• the senate should remain an opposition bailiwick (pechay: ibaon sa lupa, h'wag itanim sa senado)
• ms. potter is a good material for content analysis (especially on gender).
• many pinoys are considering to work in u.a.e. and use it as a jump-off point to u.s. (escape from poverty)
• dss reading room should be rehabilitated and made available to faculty & students (it's the small room near the bio lab ofc)
• the philippine agenda of gma-7 is a commendable effort to remind everyone that the election should be issue- and platform-based.

sakripisyo

sakripisyo
(anuman ang pagpapakahulugan mo dito)

FEU grad, pinaasa, naburyong, nabugnot, hanggang ngayon in limbo
tagahanga ni Kant, 2 taong nakulong, prisipyado, organisado
desididong-desidido (walang duda), no show, singko
titulada, maestra, lampas trenta, ika-400+ na biktima, dami pang nakalinya

sakripisyo'y sugal kina teresita, johnny, irma't julieta

Spending

Spending money wisely is part science, part art. Best case scenario, the ideal spender saves money off the top, covers his or her basic needs, stays out of debt, gives generously to charity and gets real pleasure from planned, prudent purchases. (MoneyCentral, MSN)

(!)

(!) pag-iinarte ni oreta sa tv campaign ad n'ya
(!) pagdami ng mga nabibiktima ng mga sindikato gamit ang hipnotismo sa taft at faura
(!) pag-init ng klima
(!) masabaw (malabnaw) na nilalaman ng "tito mo sa senado" campaign line
(!) pagdami ng dota addicts (subjective 'to)
(!) pagdurog sa mga lehitimong party-list groups
(!) unlitxt80 for 4 days
(!) gma + fg + garci + puno + abalos +2 hermogenes +2 gonzales = board of election cheaters
(!) instant pulitiko, instant artista
(!) daniel magtira
(!) electronic spam
(!) norbit
(!) pretentious religious/charismatic groups
(!) goma for any public post
(!) sugal (pagbili ng pag-asa)
(!) pcso commercial ("Ikaw ang kanlungan sa kahirapan/ Ikaw ang pagasa at kinabukasan/ Haplos mo ay lunas sa bawat pagal/ Ikaw ang dampi ng pagmamahal: PCSO")

DS 122 and 112 (TF)-Feb 13

DS 122: individual presentation
In anticipation of the upcoming electoral race, prepare a short report about the Philippine May 2007 election update/situationer/issues/prospects. No hand-outs needed. No duplication of report. Limit the presentation to 3 minutes. A short quiz follows every report.


DS 112: group presentation
In connection with the topic above, prepare a panel discussion about the following topics:
Democracy (Abrigo, L. Aquino, Udaundo, Bangit)-facilitator: Arreza
Election (Santos, Buenaventura, Cainap, Polintan, Casimiro)-facilitator: Buenafe
Electoral Reform (Contreras, Corpuz, Cruz, De Castro)-facilitator: Pantig
Election Survey (Salosagcol, Dela Cruz, Dela Paz, Dimaano)-facilitator: De Jesus
Partylist: Issues and Challenges (Roque, Esteban, Flores, Garcia): Escanillas
(10 minutes each group, post the outline of the questions that your group intend to answer during the panel discussion, discussion should also include the experience of other countries)

Opening remarks: De Castro
Closing remarks: Salosagcol
Listening session: Trapo by Yano (Garcia and Bangit)

Grading criteria
Relevance to the topic and responsiveness to the outlined questions: 50%
Flow of the discussion: 25%
Dynamic interaction: 25%

Econ 109 (History of Economic Thought)

For purposes of discussion cum recitation:

1. Review the economic and political philosopy of Karl Marx.

2. Read "A Guide to Karl Marx's Das Kapital" by Dr. Edberto Villegas.

3. Visit the following sites:
http://www.kilusangmayouno.org/
http://www.bayan.ph/member-orgs.htm

Econ 115 (Philippine Economic History)

Feb. 10 (Sat.)
Show and Tell of 10 indigenous material culture (individual presentation)
Provide a short brief description about each of its provenance, history and cultural significance.

SABI NI GMA

"IBOTO NATIN ANG MGA MALINIS AT MAKA-TAONG LIDER. MGA LIDER NA MAY PUSO AT DAMDAMIN PARA SA MGA MARALITA. MGA LIDER NA INUUNA ANG INTERES NG BAYAN BAGO ANG SARILI. MGA LIDER NA HANDANG MAGSAKRIPISYO PARA SA BAYAN. MGA LIDER NA MODELO NG ATING KABATAAN."--GLORIA-MACAPAGAL ARROYO

Paanyaya

What: Face-Off: Speech Competition on Issues Surrounding Population, Health&(Mal)Development

When: 9-11 am, January 31, 2007 (Wednesday)

Where: Rm 119 Rizal Hall, CAS-UPM

What: ACLE on Types of Feminism (3rd World Feminism, Black Feminism, Socialist Feminism, etc.)

When: 1-4 pm, January 31, 2007 (Wednesday)

Where: Rm 107, Gusaling Andres Bonifacio, CAS-UPM

DS 122, DS 112 (TF), Econ 109, Econ 116, NSTP, Econ 115

Ang mga sumusunod na mag-aaral ay nakatokang sumulat ng orihinal na tula ukol sa mga nakatakdang paksa. Mag-isip ng angkop na pamagat. Gawing malikhain, kritikal at malalim ang inyong mga katha. Babasahin ninyo ito sa araw ng pagbubukas ng DSS Week sa ika-5 ng Pebrero sa CAS Rizal HAll Lobby, 9:30 ng umaga. Maaaring sa wikang Filipino o Ingles ito isulat. Ilagay sa aking pigeon hole sa loob ng DSS ang inyong mga katha kasama ang inyong contact number sakaling mayroong kailangang baguhin dito. Si Jen Macapagal ang inaatasan kong maging emcee sa programa at ako naman ang magbabalangkas ng magiging daloy nito. Inaatasan ko si MK na hilingin sa Karatula (Rosas ng Digma) at Karet (Tatsulok) na umawit sa programa. Ang DevSoc naman ang inaatasan kong maghahanda ng mikropono at karaoke. Samantalang ang iba sa mga estudyante ko ngayong semestre ay matotokahang gumawa ng bookmarks at magdala ng nilagang saging na saba na ating ipapamahagi sa araw na yaon. Itotoka ko ito sa klase. Inaasahan ang pagdalo ng lahat sa okasyong ito. Salamat ng marami.

Paksa
SR Terry Ridon (youth vote in '07 polls)
Mike Abrigo (kabataan sa taong 2050)
Patricia Rosales (pop culture)
Tim Maderazo (kabataang petty-b)
Jen Macapagal (freethinker)
Carlo Valerio (eksena sa mob)
Camille Rodriguez (txt gnrtn)
Ron Michael Garcia (malayang kaluluwa)
Wimalyn Cainap (vanity)
Justine Llanes (gitara)

Reading List-DS 112 (TF, S) for next week

S. Korean teachers arrested for pro-North education (AFP)
China admits antisatellite tests, tells US not to worry (Mla Times, Jan. 24, B4)
China's advanced space technology (Mla Time, Editorial, Jan. 24)
1,000 missiles aimed at Taiwan (Mla Time, Editorial, Jan. 24)
BBC int'l survey: 40% say US exerts negative role; 73% against Iraq war (PDI, Jan. 24)
The Last Word by Condrado de Quiros (PDI, Jan. 24)
Surnames by Ambeth Ocampo (PDI, Jan 24)

Additional Readings

Econ 116 (Outsourcing Blues by Boo Chanco, PhilStar, Jan. 4, '07)
Econ 115 (Chapter 1, An Economic History of the Philippines by OD Corpuz, 1997)
Econ 109 (Chapter 3, Economists for Beginners by Bernard Caravan, 1983)
DS 112-TF-(Rethinking the Third World, Kasarinlan, Vol. 12 No. 3, 1st Quarter, 1997)
DS 112-S-(Medical Tourism posted at wikipedia)
DS 122 (http://www.josemariasison.org/inps/prnglEdVillegaskaar.htm)
NSTP (pp. 1-10, Partisan Scholarship: Essay in Honor of Renato Constantino)

DSS Week Film Marathon

Not One Less (Area Studies Committee)
State of Siege (Political Science Committee)
If These Walls Could Talk (Philosophy Committee)
Life is Beautiful (Development Studies Committee)

Required Reading (Econ 109)

"Missing It" by Prof. Alex Magno (First Person opinion column, The Philippine Star, Jan. 6, '07)*
"Fetish" by Prof. Alex Magno (First Person opinion column, The Philippine Star, Nov. 12, '05)**


*refer to the CAS Library
**to be provided by the professor

Pagkilala

Pagkilala sa isang kaibigang nagtapos ng medisina sa Peyups (UPCM) na piniling maging municipal health officer (MHO) ng isang pulo sa probinsya ng Quezon sa kabila ng mas malaking kita at kapanatagan sa Maynila o ibayong-dagat.

Pagkilala sa kolumnistang si Ellen Tordesillas dahil sa pananatiling buo ng kalooban sa kanyang pagpuna sa administrasyong Arroyo sa kabila ng panggigipit ni FG at ng kanyang dinaranas na malubhang karamdaman (cancer).

Pagkilala kay Student Regent Sanchez at Faculty Regent Simbulan dahil sa prinsipyadong tindig laban sa tuition and other fee increase (TOFI).

Pagkilala sa mga mass leaders na patuloy na nag-oorganisa ng komunidad sa kabila ng banta ng pamahalaan sa kanilang buhay at kabuhayan.

Pagkilala kay Atty. Ursua dahil sa kanyang prinsipyado at masikhay na pagtatanggol kay Nicole (micro) at sa pambansang soberanya ng Pilipinas (macro).

Pagkilala sa lahat ng mga working students na pareho at pantay na natutugunan ang dalawang mabigat na responsibilidad ng paghahanap-buhay at pag-aaral ng mabuti (student assistants, fast food crew, tutors, call center agents, etc). Bukod pa diyan ang kanilang pagiging aktibo sa mga makabuluhang samahan/organisasyon sa loob at labas ng pamantasan.

NSTP Interview

Instruction: Same as the previous interview assignments. Ms. Clar Juico shall take charge of the listing of tasks. (4-6 members per group; to be submitted on Jan. 13)

Interviewees
Mr. T. Ridon (UP Student Regent, Law student, DS graduate) on the plight of gov't employees
Mr. T. Maderazo (Manila Collegian, PS major) on the militant tradition of MC
Mr. R. Go (CAS Student Council, PS major) on the issues and concerns confronting the SAs
Ms. A. Mabalay (NNARA officer, DS major) on the plight of informal settlers in UPD campus
Mr. M. Abrigo (DS major) on the merits and demerits of UP's RGEP
Ms. Echanis (LFS, DS major) on the student's movement in Phil. High School for the Arts
Ms. MK de Guzman (Anakbayan, DS major) on basic mass integration (BMI)
Mr. R. Vallejos (NNARA officer, DS major) on Hacienda Luisita update
Ms. Torzar (NNARA officer, DS major) on the significance of protest songs
Prof. K Baguilat (Law graduate, DS prof, DS graduate) on the problems and issues of the Philippine judicial system

Econ 109 (History of Economic Thought)

Prepare to present a mini-report (3-5 minutes, no hand-outs)on January 2007 (1st session) about the application of Ricardo's comparative advantage to any of the following countries. Choose one from the list provided. Keep it brief and straight to the point. Use credible sources to justify your points/arguments/contentions. A short quiz follows every reporter. Expect a panel discussion in between reports (where some of you will serve as panelists/facilitator/resource person). I'll explain the details of the panel discussion on that day.
-China
-South Korea
-Japan
-Philippines
-Indonesia
-Vietnam
-Thailand
-Singapore
-India
-Sri Lanka
-Cuba
-Venezuela
-Mexico
-Australia
-Canada
-United States of America

equations

risk = threat + vulnerability


ethnocide = state terrorism/militarization + development aggression


economic development = economic growth + equity


Philippine history = katutubo + convent + hollywood + banzai


death = excessive rice + excessive sugar + excessive salt

Prof. Simbulan's Dissenting Opinion Re: TFI

Read Prof. Simbulan's dissenting opinion regarding TFI. Soon it will be posted at www.yonip.com. He has already sent a copy of the said document via e-mail to several UP constituents.

Required Film Viewing

DS 112 (TF, S) and Econ 116: An Inconvenient Truth
(a graded recitation will be scheduled on January next year)

CON-ASS-HOLE

CON-ASS-HOLE

NI DIWANG PALABOY

• LAST SALVO OF A MORIBUND REGIME
• WARPED MENTALITY
• HEIGHT OF ARROGANCE AND INSENSITIVITY
• A MEGALOMANIAC'S DREAM
• "CONSTITUTIONAL RAPE" TO QUOTE LACSON
• SOCIAL SIN
• POLITICAL PROSTITUTION AT ITS BEST
• C-U-R-S-E
• WRONG TIME IN ORDER TO FORESTALL AN ELECTION W/C WILL MANIFEST PEOPLE'S WRATH AGAINST GMA AND COHORTS
• WRONG REASON SINCE IT'S PAROCHIAL AND TRANSACTIONAL
• WRONG SET OF PEOPLE LIKE PICHAY, VILLAFUERTE, NOGRALES, DE VENECIA, LAGMAN, ETC.
• FORCES OF EVIL AT WORK
• HELL ON EARTH
• IT'S A HANDIWORK OF PEOPLE WITHOUT ANYTHING RELEVANT TO DO. TAKE NOTE OF THE ADAGE THAT AN IDLE MIND IS A DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND.

MAY I REITERATE THE CALL OF THE PROGRESSIVE SECTORS:

MGA TAKSIL SA BAYAN, ILAGLAG SA HALALAN!

NSTP

Look for the definition of the following terms in preparation for upcoming class discussions.

• poverty economics
• asset mapping
• community diagnosis
• community organizing
• commune
• SWOT analysis
• political officer
• ideology
• stakeholder's analysis
• populism
• participatory development
• civil society
• informed consent
• participant observation
• detached observation
• ethnography
• armchair anthropologist
• armchair revolutionary
• social justice
• barangay justice system

DS 112 (TF) READING LIST

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ADVISORY

PLEASE BE READY FOR A GRADED RECITATION NEXT SESSION.
DS 122, DS 112 (TF)-NOV. 28 RE: DEMOGRAPHY SYMPO AT UPCM
ECON 116 (W)-NOV. 29 RE: WELLINGTON WEI LECTURE ON THE TAIWAN EXPERIENCE PLUS HAND-OUTS

DS 122: CONTINUATION OF THE DISCUSSION RE: BLUEPRINT READING BY NEMENZO, ET.AL.

Econ 116 (URGENT)

Econ 116 (Asian Economies)

I am cancelling the group reporting (powerpoint) and group assignment (PhilStar article). Please disregard those tasks. Kindly wait for further instruction. Thanks.

suggested reading

Please read Amando Doronila's Analysis entitled "Overconfidence bugs opposition parties"
(PDI, Nov. 15, '06, p. A-15). It gives us a better perspective about the twists and turns of political dynamics during elections.

Econ 116 (Asian Economies) Assignment

Group Output (4-6 members per group)

Read the article "Asian economies seen to post growth rates of close to 8%" (The Philippine Star, 15 Nov. '06, p. B-10)

Answer the following guide questions. (format: 8x11 bond paper, single spacing, font size 12, Arial Narrow, justified, portrait lay-out)
1.Outline the cause(s), effect(s) and extent of the 1997 Asian finacial crisis.
2.Differentiate economic growth from economic development. Provide illustration.
3.What will be the probable impact of the projected downturn of the US economy in '07 to the Asian economy in general?
4.Is the $2-a-day gauge a realistic measure of economic development in Asia? Argue your point.
5.Define social exclusion. Provide illustration.
6.Differentiate absolute from relative poverty. Provide illustration.
7.Based on the article, what contribute(s) to the improvement of WB's economic forecast in the Asian region?
8.Define NICs.
9.As they are now, describe the economic ideology/system of China and Vietnam.
10.In the political and economic fronts, what are the problems and issues in the Asian region according to the article.

Note: Don't forget to cite your references. Submit the group output on Nov. 29. Be ready for a graded recitation about the group output on the same date.

random thoughts

• Fly-by-night schools/institutes attach "International/Asian"
  to their names in order to create an illusion of prestige
  and excellence. The qualifier (i.e. International/Asian) has
  lost its meaning since no foreign students are actually enrolled
  and no foreign instructors are actually hired. The quality of
  education is also far from international standard.
• Compare the agenda, quality and relevance
  of the editorial cartoons of PDI and MB.

8-7

Nagmuntik-muntikanan pang mabaligtad ang kapalaran sa naging desisyon ng SC sa people's initiative (o politician's initiative) sa resulta nitong 8-7. Sana man lang 13-2 o 12-3 ang kinalabasan. Maanghang man ang nilalaman ng desisyon laban sa PI, hindi pa rin dapat magsawalang bahala dahil halos kalahati (7) sa 15 mahistrado ay salikwat ang naging desisyon sa isyung ito.

Matatandaan na kalakhan sa kanila ay nanindigan laban sa mga mala-Hitler na hagupit ni "tuko."
PP1017 (11-3)
E.0. 464 (14-0)
CPR (13-0)

Batay sa numero, lahat ay pabor sa mamamayang Pilipino.

Sa pagtataya, mabuway pa rin ang sitwasyon.

Sa pagtataya, halos tabla ang labanan ng puti at itim sa ngayon.

Sa pagtataya, hindi magtatagumpay si "tuka" sa Cha-cha Express, the GMA way.

Announcements

For DS 121, Econ 101, Econ 115, DS 127, DS 123 and NSTP-CWTS I students under Ponsaran: Your class cards are already available since October 25 afternoon at my pigeon hole inside the DSS office. Kindly inform the rest. Salamat.

The Department of Social Sciences of U.P. Manila is looking for a part-time lecturer who can handle Development Studies courses starting this upcoming semester. The applicant should be a graduate of Development Studies or any Social Science related course. Previous teaching experience in college and MA/PhD degree shall be given heavy premium in the evaluation of applicants. Practitioners/fresh graduates are also encouraged to apply. Applicants should submit their application letter and curriculum vitae to Dr. Ma. Paula G. Sioco, chair, Department of Social Sciences, U.P. Manila. Prepare for a teaching demo on November 6. Panelists include Dr. Sioco, Prof. Gutierrez, Dr. Mateo, Prof. Castillo, Dr. Villegas and Prof. Ponsaran. Baka may kakilala kayong interesado, pakisabihan naman po.

FINAL EXAM

DS 121 (coverage: poverty&X, type: 2-part exam, check the schedule w/ the dept.)

Econ 101 (depends upon the quality of the magazine output; to be submitted on Oct. 13)

Econ 115 (done w/ the show and tell )

DS 127 (eco-board game to be facilitated on the scheduled date of the exam)

NSTP (NO final exam, North Luzon and Cagayan Valley ACLE will be rescheduled next semester in our NSTP CWTS 2)

DS 123 (combo output to be submitted on October 13)

Whatever informations we learned in and off campus,

be sure to subject them to scrutiny and processing (distillation).

As we learn, we also evaluate, compare, contrast, integrate, debunk and discard ideas. Let us keep the university a market place/battle ground of ideas where students and professors agree to disagree.

Salamat ng marami sa mga ibinahagi ninyo sa klase

(personal insight man o pananaliksik; napilitan man o hindi).

Final remark:

According to a senior faculty of the department, it does not matter if you have a set of professors with a variety of teaching styles and attributes (i.e., orthodox, positivist, slave driver, dart system, progressive, human sleeping pill, absentee, etc). What's important, he undescored, is how the students are able to manage

and respond to them.

Final DS 123 Combo (due date: Oct. 13, Friday, DSS Pigeon Hole)

Group Output (3-4 members/group)
Format: font size 12, Arial Narrow, single- spacing, portrait, 1 page for each item, identify the authorship of each item

1. A comparative analysis of the songs Kaleidoscope (local) and Colored People (foreign)
2. A content review of any Michael L. Tan PDI article about Filipino culture
3. A review of the film, Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros).
4. An assessment of the contribution of Dr. Prospero Covar or Dr. F. Landa Jocano to the critical understanding of Filipino identity and culture
5. An observational study inside F. Sionil Jose's bookshop (Solidaridad along Padre Faura)
6. A book review of Bob Ong's Alamat ng Gubat or Stainless Longgonisa
7. A content analysis of the Kultura section of www.philippinerevolution.net (Philippine revolution web central)
8. A concept map about the traditional, modern and post-modern Filipino family
9. An analysis of Giniling Festival's brand of music
10.A critical analysis of SSP and AH (RGEP) in the UP System
11.An essay about Filipino Sports Psychology
12.X (any entry related to DS 123)

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.

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)

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)

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.

* * *

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.

* * *

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?

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

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?