The People who Made it Successful

Two days ago, our CMS 135 class launched our online magazines. It was the last activity before we finally say goodbye to blogging as a requirement in class. It was held at one of the dorms inside the UPV Campus and the event all in all was a success.

 

But who made the event successful? 

• The audience. Well, a special thanks to our invited guests for coming over. The event wouldn’t be possible without you. You were the ones who listened and appreciated all our efforts. The positive feedback from you during and after the online magazine launch made the whole event a success!
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• The adviser/class teacher. The teacher is the one who truly knows the subject matter. So, thank you Sir Bobby for imparting to us your knowledge about blogging and online publishing. I admit that I wasn’t into it at first, but with your will to motivate us, I started to love and appreciate blogging. All our activities in class wouldn’t be possible and wouldn’t become successful without your advisory. 
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• The student bloggers. Yes, it’s us guys. We made the event a success! With our determination, cooperation, and love for each other (chos!), we pulled this one off! I know we are all busy with our other academic requirements, but still we were able to do this together. Hopefully, we can also graduate together. Hahaha 
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Tips for a Long-lasting Relationship

In reality, relationships may only enter in one of the two directions: It’s either the long lasting way or short-range way. My boyfriend (James) and I are already together for three years and we are counting for more. It is not easy to be reaching this far, but it is very possible for couples aspiring to be like us. I’m not claiming that we are a perfect couple that everyone should look up to. But we perfect in our own special way.

Here are some tips for a relationship to last long, if not forever:

1. Keep the friendship tighter than the romance. More than the romance, James and I are best of friends. We make sure that we love each other as a friend and as a couple. I’ve always pointed out that in a relationship, romance will not always be present, but friendship will. I think the friendship tights our relationship stronger.

2. Be patient and kind. Typical but true. As couples in order to last longer, we must be patient with each other. When I’m not in a good mood, James makes sure not to complain anything just to keep the balance between us. Same is true with me when the situation reverses.  We are also kind with each other in a sense that we give each other something special, without expecting anything in return.

3. Know how to care. Who doesn’t want to be taken care of? Along with love, we also share physical, mental, and spiritual care with each other. It makes the relationship lasts longer because aside from taking care of each other as a person, the relationship itself is also given care making it a healthy one.

4. Be truthful, loyal and trustworthy. Most common reason for couples having short range relationship is infidelity. Well, James and I funded our relationship with trust. We also make sure that we are truthful and loyal to each other. Even if the truth hurts sometimes, we still manage to tell the truth to each other and not keep secrets.

5. Involve friends and families. We share common friends which makes our bond stronger. From time to time, we do not go alone as couples rather we go out with our friends. We also, bond with each other’s families. We are not a secret couple so I think, with the consent of each other’s families, our relationship becomes stronger and healthier, making it last longer

Love is Life

Just a thought:

“Love makes the world go round”, they usually say. What does love really mean? I say, love is the feeling that we share to another person, animal, or even a thing. It is being in a relationship. However, we just don’t mean relationship with the opposite sex, like what many are thinking, but relationship with God, with our peers, with our family, and with ourselves. Love means being in love with God above all, with our boyfriends or girlfriends, with our peers, with our family, and also with ourselves. I love God because he is my savior. I love my boyfriend because he is kind and patient. I love my peers because they are helpful and loving. I love my family because they are supportive in every way. And most of all, I love myself because many love me. To some, love makes them crazy. But for me, love makes me live. Love is life.

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Never Say Die: Managing Stress

Being a senior student in college is the time a person becomes the busiest. It is the time for many deadlines, accountabilities, requirements, etc. It is the time that we become so stressed and it is also the time that we want to scream these three words, “I wanna die!”

No. Dying or killing yourself is not the solution to our current academic problems. Stress is very manageable. We just have to know what to do. Here’s what I do and I suggest you should do too to manage stress.

1. Manage your time properly. Make schedules, make to-do notes, do activities step by step, do not cram and make assignments or projects ahead of time.

2. Do academic works during free time of the day. Make use of your free time during the day to prevent sleepless nights.

3. Sleep at night. Having a normal sleeping habit is very important in managing stress because it helps the body regain the energy needed to start a productive day.

4. Eat plenty of foods and drink plenty of fluids. Do not skip meals and prevent yourself from being dehydrated for it will cause the brain to not function well. Eating healthy foods boost brain power.

5. Take multivitamins, like Stresstabs, Enervon, Centrum or Revicon. Multivitamins are mineral supplements to the food that we take in. These will help us become healthy and give us energy to keep on going. 

 

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The Negative and Positive Effects of Working on a Thesis.

Before I graduate from this university, there are still many requirements that I should comply. One major requirement is the undergraduate thesis which could make or break my future as a student. Working on a thesis eats up a lot of my time. It has negative effects on me today, but I’m sure that it will have positive results in the near future.

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The negative effects:

• Pimples
• Less time to comb hair
• Lack of Sleep
• Delayed Menstruation (for women)
• Less time for leisure
• Spending more money.
• Brain drain
• Affecting performance in other subjects.
• Less love life
• Getting thinner and thinner
• Migraine
• Back pain

The positive effects:

• Graduate on time.
• Satisfaction and relieving feeling.
• Party afterwards!

I just have to be inspired with this saying: “Work now, party later”.

Good bless me. 🙂

The Love Dilemma of Dan Aleias Cayabyab

Dan Aleias Cayabyab is a fourth year BS in Computer Science at the University of the Philippines Visayas. He is BLOG & ME’s guest blogger/writer for this week. He blogs for self-expression. He usually writes about love and his interests. Let’s all read his blog entitled “The Love Dilemma of Dan Aleias Cayabyab”.

What would happen if she rejected you and then asks for your help regarding her love life?

(Please apply cold water to burnt area) Ouch that hurts. That would be the most horrible thing that can happen.  Who could’ve thought that you were the person she would go to when she will have problems on her love life? Nobody knows for sure. You can either ignore or help her. It will not be an easy decision but those are the two possible actions you can make.

Help her. she’s a damsel in distress!

                A martyr’s choice, probably a stupid decision so ready your heart. You must be really kind for to do something like this. You can probably see that you are one of those that she can really trust for things like this, so you see no choice but to help her. You’re even breaking your own heart doing this but you do it so that you can see that smile again that was once on her face that you really like before her problem appeared. You will help her with anything that you can do despite knowing that she will never come to like you more than that of a friend. You’ll help just to make her feel happy, make her feel that you are still there, as her friend.

Ignore her, she shattered your heart!

                Don’t help her. Let her feel what you felt when she rejected you. Let her feel that she chose the wrong person. Let her feel that she deserves it after rejecting you. I know it is harsh but please end that endless chain of suffering that you feel. Helping her only will only make you feel worse. She broke your heart remember? Why would you help her? Is it really worth it? You know the answer to that, NO. Let her fix her own problems, you got yours. Don’t help her. Ignore her. Be heartless, as she was. Make yourself feel better by just ignoring her call for help, let her find others that can help.

                You can just have your own deductions on this kind of matter. This can be just a basis for your actions. Just remember no one can do this except you, but you can always ask from your best friends for help if you really don’t know what to do. 

Flappy Bird: Clever and Frustrating yet so Fun!

While I was checking my newsfeed on facebook, I saw many posts about an application game which many think is very frustrating. I was so curious I asked my friend about it. He told me to try the game so I did play on his phone. So for the first time, I got a zero, another zero, and for several tries, I still got a zero. Then, happiness came when, tadaaaa! I got a score, it’s a one! And I said booyah! But still, I wanted more so I downloaded the application in my own tablet.  The game is called flappy bird.

The game is played by tapping your device in order for the bird to flap its wings until your score gets higher and higher. The challenge is to pass between the green pipes similar to the pipes seen in supermario. It looks easy and clever but actually it is not. It is a game for everyone yet players must have focus, patience and determination.

There goes the addiction. For several tries, my score improved. From zero, I got one or two. But there are really times that I get so frustrated.

2 Types of frustration caused by flappy bird:

1. Of course, it is frustrating when you don’t score at all.

2. It is also frustrating when your score is one point below the top score. 

But the fun comes in when you achieved your new best score!

I just downloaded this app. In a span of less than 24 hours, my highest score is 39. What’s yours? 🙂

Hello Kim Chiu!

Last Chinese new year, TV actress/model KIm Chiu visited Iloilo City.

Here are some photos during the parade with Kim Chiu:

 

Tribu Salognon

I featured here my favorite tribe during the dinagyang celebration.

Dinagyang VLOG to BLOG

Okay. I’m suppose to post a video blog last night, but my file corrupted and the software that I’m using as video editor seems to be not working. I am using Adobe Premiere Pro and seems like it’s not working like a “pro”. Anyway, I made up my mind to work again from scratch. But this time, I need some re-installments which would mean a delay on my video blog post.

So I’ve decided to blog instead.  Last week, we were tasked to create a video blog (vlog) during the celebration of Dinagyang Festival 2014. At first, I was so excited and had lot of ideas popping in and out of my mind. I said, “I’ll do this, I’ll do that”. But when I was at the location last Sunday (January 26, 2014), shooting for a video blog wasn’t easy as I thought it would be.

I took video shots of the tribe competition from the freedom grandstand. I used an Iphone. But I wasn’t expecting that the weather was very hot during that day and the sun was striking straight at us. As a result, the videos were not so good at all. It was also hard to take videos most especially that we were seated somewhere in the middle. I’ve only not taken shots of the dancing tribe warriors, but I also had in my videos many many dancing heads. It was like “urgh!”

Since I was not satisfied with my videos taken from the freedom grandstand, I also decided to take shots in the streets. Now, problems also arose. It was hard for me to shoot a “selfie” video since there were many people. I wasn’t shy. I was just concerned about the phone. I was thinking, “What if at the middle of my shoot, a person from somewhere I don’t know will suddenly snatch my phone?” I can’t take the risk so I just shoot a frame or two. It was also very hot to shoot in the streets. I realized that video blogging is not easy most especially if you have chosen a setting like a grand festival.

(Streets crowded with people)

It was fun. It was hard. It was risky. But I’ve learned lessons. Now, all I have to do is to take a deep breath, think of a plan B, make use of the remaining videos, and work from scratch. I know I can pull this off! Aja!