“I’VE BEEN TALKING AND I’M NOT ABOUT TO STOP.” Boy Abunda, the country’s King of Talk, doing ‘a job that he loves fiercely’ at the PILLARS Lecture held last November 27, 2012 at the Justo Albert Auditorium. (Photo courtesy of Junior Public Relations Practitioners of the Philippines, JPRPP).
Ex- Regent appeals for PLM Budget
Unremitted budget now P569 million If moneys are not released to PLM by this month based on its approved 2012 budget, there is a strong possibility that, as per government regulations, PLM will lose all its unremitted monies and continue to be deprived of much-needed funds. And PLM will have to wait again in 2013 for its allocation under the approved budget for the new year of the city government. Last December 2012, independent regent Alfred Gabot petitioned to the Mayor and the City Council of Manila and the Vice Mayor for the release of increased unremitted funds in an open letter to the PLM community, Commission on Audit (CoA) reported that the previous unremitted budget of P394 million has increased to P596 million. In their previous report, CoA wrote that PLM would not be able to meet many financial obligations (such as restoring facilities and if the allocated budget was not released by City Hall to PLM. There have been no replies made by the Mayor and the City Council of Manila in response to the regent’s appeals and PLM has not yet received its budget for 2012 as approved by the City Council. “I always believed and advocated this in the Board [of Regents] that PLM is a special and unique university with corporate powers for its own fund and revenue generation for improvement and expansion,” expressed Gabot.
Gabot also said that although it is written under Section 15 of RA 4196 that the Municipal Board of the City of Manila shall appropriate the funds of the operations of the university, PLM is not prohibited from seeking funds, assistance and grants from the national government and its instrumentalities, especially in cases where funds are not readily available. “Let us maximize the generation of revenues and resources, like local and foreign grants, national government subsidy, admission of more paying students. With additional resources and revenues, PLM can plan out for better facilities and expansion.” Gabot advised. He also recommended that the university open new courses while certifiying different programs that could provide extra revenue. The regent is also confident that PLM officials will be able to generate funds for the university. “For those who understand my appeal for the release of much-needed funds for PLM, I urge you to continue
extending this appeal yourselves by keeping your direct contacts to City Hall and others who may be able to help ease the financial burden of our university at this time of the year,” he said. Alfred Gabot is a professor in the College of Mass Communications and since 2000, has been part of the PLM Board of Regents.
King of Talk graces 2nd
PILLARS lecture “Today you asked me to talk about public relations… to talk about media. I decided, I want to talk to you about life,” said Mr. Eugenio “Boy” Abunda, this year’s featured speaker of PILLARS (Pursuit for Integrity, Leadership, Liberty, Accountability, Responsibility, and Stewardship) Lecture held last November 27, 2012 at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Manila’s Justo Albert Auditorium.
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PLM-CM excels in Physician Licensure Examinations
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila College of Medicine (PLMCM) ranked 4th in accumulated result of Physician Licensure Examination from 2007 to 2012. PLM-CM has been consistent in garnering high passing rate in the said professional examination and received an exemplary award in August 2009 Physician Licensure Examination for ranking first with 99 percent passing rate. Moreover, the college ranked 3rd in August 2008 with 89 percent passing rate; 3rd and 4th in Augusts 2011 and 2012 with 98.31 percent and 97.65 percent passing rate respectively. Dr. Meleo Ian N. Alonzo, ranked 4th in February 2006; Dr. Mary Rose M. Maballo, 2nd in August 2011, and Dr. Christina Margarita C. Janer, 7th in February 2012 Physician Licensure Examination were some of the PLM-CM graduates who were top notchers in the said licensure exam. (John Jeffrey Q. Gale)
PLM-Microsoft linkage continues: PLMayers get free Windows 8
“ARTS AND RIGHTS.” The photograph, The Difference is Color, by Brandon Bunyi that features the equality between black and white races won the first place in the “Capture your Rights” photography contest and exhibit by College of Liberal Arts (CLA). From left: CLA Dean Deogracia Santos, UNESCO representative Virgilio Dolina Jr. and Professors Edgardo Diansuy and Ellenor Sibal.
The PLM academe is now entitled to free Windows 8 Operating System (OS). This is a result of the partnership of the University, through the Information Technology Center (ITC), with Microsoft as part of PLM’s industry-academe linkage program with multi-national companies including SMART Communications and Accenture. The linkage has also provided “the provisioning of the PLM email accounts to thousands of scholars, employees/ faculty and frontline offices; IT Literacy and technology trainings for deans/faculty/ employees; and student development programs, including the Microsoft Student Partners,” as stated in the memorandum of ITC Director Engr. Garry Erwin de Gracia. Moreover, Engr. de Gracia added that the said projects are done in order to
assist students not only in their studies, but also in the industry after their graduation. “We wanted them to immensely benefit from what the industry can offer. We wanted to bridge the academe to the industry. And in doing so, we don’t [just] make a bridge, we are creating an expressway.” Aside from the free Windows 8 OS and the other mentioned benefits, the linkage of PLM with Microsoft brought the Microsoft Student Partners (MSP) program, wherein they launched the PLM Start-App 2012, a series of events which aims to provide selected students from the Computer Studies Department (CSD) training on application of their skills even after graduation. The PLM Start-App activity included the following: Start-App orientation for interested freshmen and sophomores
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IECEP-PLM champs in national tilt Six Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE) students were the champions in the 2012 Institute of Electronics and Communications Engineers (IECEP) Quiz Bee last November 2012 at Philippine Trade Training Center, Pasay. According to Mr. Charles Juarizo, chairperson for Department of ECE, College of Engineering and Technology, the team was composed of Mary Joy delos Reyes, Jay Gunao, Mark Cacatian, Dominique Casdoce (fifth year students), and Vincento Moral, and Renz Mendoza (fourth year students) and were selected based on their academic standing. Mr. Juarizo and Mr. Antonio Tee served as team coaches. Juarizo also said that the teams are expected to participate in Smart’s PalaECEpan, and an interschool quiz bee in Technological University of the Philippines for 2013. (Adrian Nazarene DG. Nualda and Allaine Jolina O. Matic)
Students of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila clinched three out of top ten of the November 2012 Civil Engineering Board Examination by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). Arjay Acosta - Bustos ranked 2 nd with a rating of 96.65%, followed by Archibald Marcaida - Lorenzo, who ranked 5 th with a rating of 94.90% and Saturnino Eyas - Diamzon, who landed at 10 th place with an average of 94.20%. 23 of 25 PLM examinees passed the board exam. This year’s passing rate is 42% higher than last year. 2,380 out of 5,747 examinees passed the said board exam wherein a student of Technological University of the Philippines clinched the top spot. (Janine P. Francisco)
“NO PAIN, NO GAIN.” A student undergoes blood examination to know if she is fit to donate blood during the annual Dugong Alay, Dugtong Buhay last Nov. 28 at the University Activity Center. (Photo by Janine Francisco)
CAE alumnus 4th in CPA Board Exam
CMC alumnus bags NETPAC int’l award College of Mass Communication (CMC) alumnus Adolfo Alix Jr. film Kalayaan won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Best Asian Film award in the 28th Warsaw International Film Festival last October 2012. “The jury members awarded Kalayaan the NETPAC award for the director’s impressive vision of a dark journey into the bottom of human soul accompanied with outstanding cinematography,” Alix said about his recent feat. Alix added that the recognition given to Kalayaan served as a birthday gift to him since it was awarded four days after his birthday. Prof. Ludmila R. Labagnoy, Dean of CMC, said that she will be always proud of Alix’ achievements and that it’s not a surprise after seeing Kalayaan during the Cinemalaya Film Festival. Kalayaan (Wildlife) is about the lives of Filipino military men
designated at the Kalayaan Group of Islands (Spratly Island). The film previously received Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Best Sounds award in the 2012 Cinemalaya Film Festival. Alix is known for his Donsol (2006), Kadin (The Goat, 2006), Tambolista (Drumbeat, 2007), Manila (2009) which were all screened and awarded at various international film festivals .Gelli Annabelle Cahulogan, CMC Student Council Vice President, expressed her admiration for Alix. “Siya‘ yung isa sa mga idolo ng bawat MassComm [student]. Yung mga pelikula dati, magaganda na talaga so hindi na nakakabigla na nanalo siya ulit.” NETPAC is an organization that conducts awardings, film conferences and film funding for Asian Films. They choose the best movies from 44 film festivals in 28 countries. (Mary Pauline G. Del Rosario)
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CHD Alumnus 9th in LET
KING / p.1 The lecture formally opened with the University President Rafaelito Garayblas’ opening remarks, followed by the introduction of the speaker delivered by Prof. Ludmila Labagnoy, Dean of College of Mass Communication (CMC). Patterned after the book The Last Lecture by Robert Pousche, Boy Abunda, who is also known as a preeminent PR man in the country, delivered a lecture about understanding life; which is, according to him, the foundation of every understanding that one must know about public relations and media today. Organized by the Junior Public Relations Practitioners of the Philippines (JPRPP) with their current president, Amadeus Vincent John Celestial, as the head and with the help of PLM-CMC, the lecture was dedicated to Jose Carpio, founder of Public Relations Society of the Philippines and considered as Father of Philippine Public Relations. Aside from PLM students, the lecture was also attended by students from other universities such as St. Paul University, Lyceum of the Philippines University, and Informatics. The featured speaker of last year’s PILLARS Lecture was Solita “Winnie” Monsod, University of the Philippines Economics professor and host of GNTV’s Bawal ang Pasaway kay Mareng Winnie. (Phoemela Nicole V. Ballaran)
Entrep studs 3rd in BIDA 2012
Entrepreneur students, together with the Junior Entrepreneurs’ Society (JES) from the College of Management and Entrepreneurship (CME) bagged the bronze place during the Business Idea Development Award (BIDA) 2012 last October 2012. Out of 34 universities that participated in BIDA, JES’ entry, “Buto’t Balat ng Mangga (BBM) Atbp.” ranked 3rd in the food category, while “E-Panganak” in the service category and “Kasel” in the non-food category gained the 5th and 9th place, respectively. “BBM Atbp.” is a business plan that tends to manufacture and sell pastries using flour from mango seeds and peels, while “E-Panganak” is an online service provider for fast pregnancy plans. Also, “Kasel” is intended to be a company that manufactures biodiesel made from Kalumpang seeds. Kenna Barbon, vice president for external affairs, narrated that the team’s preparation for the said contest involved continuous “training, reading, research and product testing.”
“We initiated to conduct an in-house mentoring sponsored by the adviser (CME Prof. Gaudencio G. Raganit III) at Manila Grand Opera Hotel for the mock defense and presentations.” BIDA 2012, which was held at the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bldg. in Taguig City, is a competition for student enrolled in business or science and technology courses to create a business plan under four categories, namely: food, non-food, services, and technology. Barbon added that the said competition aims to “recognize creative and innovative products, technology, or services using local, indigenous and recycled materials; develop entrepreneurial culture and a sense of nationalism among Filipino youth, and promote entrepreneurship as a major component of the country’s Sustainable Economic Development (SED) program.” Raganit spearheaded the entry of JES for the third time wherein last year, they were a finalist under the service category with adviser, Ms. Angelita Serrano. (Krystine P. Antonio)
PLM Isko 9th at Sketchers Streetdance Battle 8
College of Human Development (CHD) alumnus Regin Raymund Delfin Dais achieved 9th place in the 2012 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) last September 2012. Dais got an average of 87.40% in the Secondary Professionals Category. He was one of the 20,834 secondary teachers who passed the exams. Meanwhile, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila got an 81.08% passing rate, wherein 60 out of 74 teachers passed; better than last year’s rate of 64%. LET is a board examination for aspiring teachers in which passers will have the rights and privileges as a licensed professional. (Ehren Louise M. De Dios)
College of Accountancy and Economics (CAE) alumnus Marc Rodolf Briol Arca clinched fourth place in the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Board Examinations last October. Arca, Outstanding Student Awardee and first summa cum laude of CAE, obtained a rating of 93.43%. Meanwhile PLM obtained a 63.83% passing rate at the said exams ( 90 out of 141 examinees), six percent higher than last May’s CPA board exam result of 57.14%. “We are very satisfied with the result, especially with a placer in the Exams.” Mr. Orlando Fernandez, Leadperson for Accountancy Department, College of Accountancy and Economics (CAE), told AP in an interview. He also added that the college is committed to pursue substantial improvement of PLM in future CPA Board Exams, including the newlyrevised fiveyear Bachelor of Science in Accountancy Marc Rodolf Briol Arca (BSA) degree. (Adrian Nazarene DG. Nualda)
PLMayers pass 2012 ME Board Eight out of eleven PLMayers from the College of Engineering and Technology (CET) passed the September 2012 Mechanical Engineering Examinations, gaining a 72.2% passing rate, above the national passing rate of 69.86% Engr. Rolando Marasigan, in-charge of the exam results said he was satisfied with the current passing rate obtained but, he is still challenging the next batches to do better. “As a professor of Mechanical Engineering, ang gusto ko kasi sa aking mga estudyante, kahit hindi sila magtopnotcher, basta makapasa sila lahat at makakuha ng 100% passing rate, I’m happy with that. That’s my objective. That’s what I tell them- basta lahat sila makapasa. Ngayon, kung mayroon sa kanila mag-top, that would make me more motivated to teach. “
PLM nails 3 top spots in CE Board
The PLM Iskolars Dance Incorporated (PLM Isko) garnered the 9th place of the 26 universities and high schools competed in the final battle of the 2012 Sketchers Streetdance Battle 8 held at SM Mall of Asia Arena last November 2012. Sixteen different universities competed in the final battle to earn the grand prize of Php 100,000 for the winning school. According to Emerson Esguerra, PLM Isko’s internal vice president, the dance crew has been competing in Sketchers Streetdance Battle for five years with the help of their alumni. Most of the competitors came from various private universities and high schools. When asked who was the toughest contender of PLM Isko, Esguerra said that all competitors where good dancers.
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“LET’S BOP TO THE TOP.” Together with some Gabriela Women’s Party members, PLMayers perform Gabriela’s “One Billion Rising” dance for Violence Against Women last Dec.6 at Bulwagang Manileno. The seminar tackled women abuse and their legal rights. It was spearheaded by the Philippine Commission on Women and Center for University Extension Services (CUES). Beside the students were two comfort women during the Japanese occupation who shared their pieces of experience to the faculty and students. (Photo by Janine Francisco)
Hallooooo madlang Pilemeyer (Hindi po ako Amalayer, I’m a PLMayer! Kdot! Corny na kung corny!!) Nandito na naman po ang inyong abang lingkod na maghahatid ng mga eklabu ek-ek at chismaks ng ating minamahal na Pamantansan! Ihahatid ko rin sa inyo ang mga nakawiwindang na mga isyung inipon, kinalap, sinaliksik, sinuri, siniyasat at kung anu-ano pang maitatawag at maiikakabit sa salitang NAHANAP. HARHAR!
Pero bago ang, lahat, nais ko muna kayo batiin ng Maligayang Bagong Taon! Kumusta naman ang inyong 2013? For sure eh bigay todo ang iba jan sa pagtalon at pagpapaputok. . . Oooops! Bawal nga po pala ang magpaputok at tulad nga ng sabi ng DOH, i-Gangnam na lamang natin yaaan! Kaloka! Pero in fairness! Wiz nagpaputok ang lola nyo dahil alam kong maraming pang nagmamahal sa akin tulad mo <3 LOL!
Bago ko malimutan ang mga tsismis na aking nakalap tungkol sa unang araw ng semester na binenta ng mga tsismoso nating mga ka-Isko at kaIska! (In short, pinagkanulo nila kayo sa akin. Chaaaring!) Umpisahan natin sa mahaba, mainit, magulo at nakakawet kili-kiling pila noong enrollment!! ENROLLMENT BLOCKBUSTER Aminin nyo, nagmistulang pila ng blockbuster film ang pila ng enrollment nitong Oktubre! Nakakaloka lang kasi ang peg! Buhul-buhol ang pila, may mga nagpupumilit na sumingit (O alam mo yan! Naka-relate ka noh?) At dahil sa mga nakaka-imbey na kaganapan na ‘yan, na-inspire akong i-classify ang behavior ng mga estudyante tuwing enrollment. Saan ka kaya belong? (Bisto ka na, wag ka na magdeny. Pag tinanong, DON’T TELL A LIE!) Una sa lahat ay ang EARLY BIRDS. Oo, una talaga sila sa lahat dahil nauuna pa sila sa Yuesji tuwing enrollment! (syempre echos ko lang ‘yun, pero maaga talaga silang dumarating!) Bilib ako sa kasipagang taglay ng mga estudyanteng ito! Sila ‘yung makikita mo sa unahan ng pila na mukhang atat na atat makuha ang reg form. Pero huwag ka, hanga ako sa kanila dahil marunong silang sumunod sa itinakdang oras. Kaya ang reward nyan, maaga silang nakakauwi, hindi sila haggard-looking at nakakaiwas din sila sa hassle ng pagiging late. (At naniniwala aketch na isa ako ditey. MWAHAHAHA!! In my dreams!) Pangalawa naman ay ang mga ALPHA KAPAL MUKS (AKM)! Ito yung mga ubod ng kakapal (as in makapal ang feslak! SUPER KAPAAAAAL! Kasing kapal at tigas ng pader sa Eypi!!) na estudyanteng pilit na sumisingit sa pila! Ito yung mga nakakairita at madalas dedma kapag napansin ng iba na sumingit lang sila. Haaaay nakooo! Sana naman hindi kayo kabilang sa AKM ha! Pangatlo ay ang mga USER FRIENDLY (Mind you mga ateng at kuya, wiz sila mga Earth Friendly, mga User Friendly sila, isang malaking USER!! ). Kapatid sila ng mga AKMs. Pero sa estilo nila (Estilo? Oppa Gangnam style?) hindi mo masyadong mahahalata na sumingit lang sila (Enebenemenyen! Ay juskoooo!!). Ganito kasi ang ginagawa nila: Hahanap sila ng classmate na medyo nauuna sa pila. Magkukwentuhan sila hanggang sa malibang na nila yung iba at unti-unti na rin makikisali sa pila (Mga mapagpanggap! Mga junakis ni Janice! CHAAAR!!). Medyo effective ang ganitong style. Sa katunayan, maraming tumatangkilik dito. Pero! Tandaan na instant (Yes instant talaga! Parang instant coffee, instant noodles, at instant BOYPREN!) na ang karma ngayon ateh! Kung late ka, gayahin mo nalang itong susunod na babanggitin ko. Ang mga MARTYRS RIVERA! Sila yung mga estudyante late tuwing enrollment, pero hindi sila nandurugas at lalong hindi rin sila sumisingit (Weh?
Chaaarot!). Sila ‘yung kasing haba ng pila ang pasensya at handang pagbayaran ang pagiging huli nila kaya nagtitiis na lamang silang maghintay ng matagal. Ang grupong ito ang kadalasang biktima ng mga AKMs at User Friendly. Mapapansin na hindi sila umuusad sa pila dahil sa pandaraya ng iba (Ansaveeh?? Mga mandurugas hudas barabas hektas! Hmp). Gayunpaman, cool lang sila at walang pakialam kung nasisingitan man sila o hindi. Suki sa grupong ito ang mga inosenteng p e r s y e e r . Aynakooooow, ang daming nakakalokang kaganapan talaga pag enrollment. Andiyan din ang mga reklamador t o m a d o r E c u a d o r (maisingit lang.) na kaligayahan na ata ang bigyan ng stress ang aming life. Ke-katanda-tanda na nagtatanong pa. Parang gusto ko talaga sila ibalik sa Grade 1, mygahd (mga tanders na kasi sa PLM etong mga matanong kaya nakakalokaaaa!) Okay, medyo nadala ako sa mga kaganapan nung enrollment! Hanggang ngayon ay namumutawi pa rin sa aking isipan ang mga alaala ng pagpapatala noong nakaraang hating taon. (Waaaaaah! Epistaxis!) PLMAT NAGMAMAGANDA? Napag-usapan na rin lang natin ang enrollment, kumusta naman kaya ang PLMAT na nagsimula nitong Disyembre?(Yes, Disyembre na mga ateh. Uso na nemen ang caroling. Kaya naman, NAMAMASKO po!) At ano itong
sa posibilidad na magsasara ang ating pinakamamahal na Pamantasan! (O sige, ang maniwala, CHAKA DOLL!) Ano naman ang say mo sa isyu na ito? Sang-ayon ka ba o di sangayon? Ipadala lamang ang inyong sagot kalakip ng isang proof of purchase ng paborito mong produkto at i-enclose sa isang legal size envelope at sa isang papel, isulat ang inyong pangalan, student number at course. Ihulog ito sa bintana ng GL. O ha! Sali na! EKSLONG SLEEVES Mukhang nakadidismaya para sa iba ang nauusong ¾ shirts na bentang-benta sa ilang kolehiyo dito sa Pamantasan! (Pahabaan ng sleeves ang peg? Bakit? May maitim ba diyan at hiyanghiya kayong ibulgar ‘yan?) Bentabentang talaga dahil parami na nang parami ang mga kolehiyong gumagamit nito bilang kanilang college shirt! Sabi ng iba, wala daw originality, reklamo naman ng iba, hindi raw swak sa init ng panahon (Eh baka mga baliw lang talaga! Ang init-init, ang haba-haba ng suot!) O, baka naman next year ang university shirt natin ¾ na rin? Bet niyo ba? FOOD CART! Medyo nakakasira ng brain cells ang mga isyung ‘yon noh! Grabe! Takasan muna nga natin ‘yan at pumunta naman tayo sa mga nakatutuwang mga bagay tulad ng pakana ng canteen na food carts! Kinaganda talaga nila ang pagkakaroon ng mga p a g a l a galang food carts malapit sa library, UAC at kahit sa tapat mismo ng canteen! Oh diba, talagang malaking ginhawa ‘to kaya isang malaking check ng red ballpen ‘yaaan! Surray nga lang daw ang isang ateng na nagtutulak ng kariton ng pagkain! Ang tarush daw ng beauty (Nagmamaganda ang lola niyo. Feeling mo naman ateh!) Meron kasing isang MJ (Majondaaa) na nagrereklamo sa ateng na itey na nagtaray daw sa harap ng library nung gusto niyang bumili ng bogtsi. Ay nako, hindi ito nakakaprincess ah. Nakakawala ng appetite!! Ansabe ng E-GRADES?
inirereklamo ng mga nag-iinqure na waley daw ang facilities ng PLM? (Ansaaaabe? Hiyang-hiya naman kami sa inyo, eh ‘di sana sa mga private schools kayo nagexam noooooh!!!) Kahit na waley ang facilities ng PLM (Oo, waley naman talaga siya. ‘Wag na natin itanggi!) mayaman naman kami sa talino noh! Isa pang reklamo, malaginto na raw ang PLMAT fee! Last PLMAT naging P500, tapos ngayon may increase na naman?! (Ano ito nakikipagkumpetensya sa private universities?!) Kung tutuusin, mabigat talaga sa bulsa ang P550. Kaya nga mapapansin na nabawasan ang mga nagpapasa ng application form sa UAC nitong nakaraang buwan. Sana naman eh maipakita sa mga estudyante na worth it ang P550 na itinaya nila para makapagtest sa Pamantasan. BYE BYE PLM NA NGA BA? Isa pang nakakaalarmang usapin tungkol sa Pamantasan ay ang napabalitang magsasara na raw ang PLM? (Omaygad! Hindi pa nga naaayos yung aircon ng canteen ipasasara na kaagad ang PLM?! Charooos!) Samu’t sari ang reaksyon mula sa PLMayers na nakakita ng post na ito sa Facebook! Nakalagay kasi rito ang front page ng isang tabloid na ang banner story ay “PLM CLOSURE FEARED” (So sa Disyembre 21 na rin ba ito? May balak sumabay sa end of the world? Saveeeh?). Sagot ng PLMayers dito, baka naman daw propaganda lang ito (Mga imbentor! Dinaig niyo pa si Papa Einstein! Cheee). Hindi rin sila naniniwala
Isa pang nakatutuwang pagbabago sa Pamantasan ay ang E-grades na dati’y exclusive lang sa ilang estudyante, ngayon nationwide na siya! HARHAR! Kahit medyo may katagalan ang paglabas ng grades sa portal, nakatutuwa pa rin dahil nakinabang dito ang bawat PLMayer. Nagkaroon na rin ng pagbabago sa portal kung saan mas lalo itong gumanda kumpara sa nakaraan. Isang patunay lang ito na kayang makipagsabayan ng PLM sa advanced technology ng ibang unibersidad. Kaya kayong mga bagita’t bagitong mga PLMayers, be proud! Sana sa susunod eh magkaroon na ng wifi ulit sa buong university at sana madagdagan ang PC sa library (Huwag nyo na rin po sana i-block ang FB! Pleaaaase!) PLMayers LEVEL UP !!! S y e m p r e , malilimutan ko ba naman ang naggagalingan at nagtatalinuhang PLMayers na nagtaguyod ng bandila (giyera na ba ito?!!) ng pinakamamahal nating Pamantasan! Umpisahan natin yan sa students from CET na humataw sa Civil Engineering Board Exam!! Tatlo ba naman kasi ang nakasama sa top ten kung saan nakuha nila ang second, fifth at tenth place! Congrats guys! Nakakaproud lamang!
Go naman tayo sa ECE, alam nyo na bang anim na estudyante nila ang nagchampion sa Quiz Bee nitong November 23? (Hooooraaaaaay! Pa-cheeseburger naman kayo dyan! Burger! Burger!!) Magpapahuli be nemen ang CAE? Syempre hindi! Nakuha nila ang fourth place sa Certified Public Accountants Board Examinations! Nakakaloka lamang itong si kuya dahil bukod diyan, outstanding student awardee at first summa cum laude pa siya ng kolehiyo niya!! (Ansabeeee mo?!! Eh ‘di ikaw na! Ikaw na talaga!!!). Hindi lang yan, itinanghal din na over-all-champion ang PLM-JPIA sa JPIAlympics! (Di lang pang-accounting, pang sports pa!! LOL!) Sa CMC nemen, wagi ang kanilang alumnus sa isang International Film Festival! Samantalang nasa ninth place naman ang isang CHD alumnus sa Licensure Examination for Teachers!! Hindi lang CMC at CHD ang proud sa inyo, syempre pati na ang buong Pamantasaaaaaan! B u m i d a naman ang Junior Entrepreneurs’ Society ng CME matapos nilang pumangatlo sa Business Idea Development Award nitong Oktubre. (Congrats mga ate at kuya, palibre naman jan ng swirly bitz oh!!!). Ang PLM Iskolars Dance Incorporated naman nag ninth place sa 2012 Sketchers Streetdance Battle 8!! Emergeeerd! Parang gusto ko tuloy sayawin ang rubbbadaaabango dance! Amoy ulam na ba kayo? Let’s do the rrrruu… O stop na!! Congrats sa inyong lahat guys! Muli, pinatunayan n’yo na naman kung gaano tayo kahusay! Sana mainspire nyo ang mga kapwa nating PLMayers na ma-achieve din ang mga ganyang karangalan! Bow kami sa inyo!! In fairness! Medyo nakakapagod mag-espluk ng mga chika ha! Kaya dapat lang pasalamatan nyo ang lola nyo sa walang pagod na panghahagilap ng mga chismis na nakuha ko pa sa kung saan-saang sulok ng Pamantasan! Bilang malapit na ang Araw ng mga Puso, (Biglang singit?) binabati ko na kayo ng Super Happy Valentine’s Day!! Kahit na forever alone ang peg ko sa February 14, nadyan naman ang aking Eypi family para damayan akis at syempre, malilimutan ko ba naman kayo guys! Mwah mwah <3 O sya, pagpapahingahin ko muna ang beauty ko, kitakits nalang tayo sa next issue! Bye fans!! Love yaaaah! :* xoxo <3
EDITORIAL
Misaligned
Austerity Measures Alleged closure of PLM Resignation of SSC President and other CSC officers Uncollected PLM funds Higher PLMAT fee
To write about the list of all the problems the University is encountering in one editorial proper would not be enough. Numerous complaints surface from every sector of PLM - the administration, the faculty, and most of all, the student body. But without a University President to propose solutions and take measures to address the problems, what will PLM make out of nothing? It is not only at the top management that threatens the stability of the PLM community. In the wake of the resignation former Supreme Student Council (SSC) President Florante Galura, arose issues of who should assume his vacated position. To this day, an acting president takes the helm of the governing body. A problem that should have been given a solution, so long ago. Yet until now, the PLM-Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is mum on the issue of appointing a new president for the SSC. Many of College Student Councils (CSCs) Presidents and other members have vacated post (most recently, Colleges of Management and Entrepreneurship and Mass Communication) in lieu of tension arising from the repercussions of Galura’s protest. Many college deans fall to temporary designation. Without security of firm appointment, how secure would an employee be towards his job and the duty that entails? Without being given the proper designation, many of our deans and officers-in-charge toil in vain. More so, there is such an entity called the Board of Regents (BOR) that after more than three years had only shuffled heads in colleges, had a bust of Dr. Jose P. Rizal put up in the university façade, had the old torch edifice transferred near the University Gymnasium and implemented a digital scheme of profiling of grades. The student body would not mind if MacArthur or the old torch fronted Gusaling Villegas. They would not mind if they received physical class cards at the end of the semester instead of e-grades. And although there has been some effort in improvement, the fact remains that there is a misalignment of University priorities.
I have something to confess.
Or rather some things, because, hey, I have a lot of things in mind and I’m not afraid to say them. Or rather, write about them.
1. My original opinion column was about limits and how no one should be defined by them, until certain There are rumors and the fear that comes with them, that classes circumstances pushed me to mine. Hence, the birth of this column/list. would be promptly dismissed and PLM closed indefinitely. It is comforting to know that there will be people who will be firm and supportive of the students. Someone who will know will make sure that our simple liberties in wearing civilian attire during free days would be defended. Someone who knows that there are more important problems that need to be taken care of.
2. I am a pacifist, through and through. It’s not a secret that I would rather hurt myself than pursue the thought of inflicting pain on someone else. Yes, I am guilty of also hurting my family and friends, but I can at least say those actions were done unconsciously. Plus, I get even with being extremely overprotective. You can PLM is in need of leaders that will assure everything would be okay. May this year be the year that a spring of new hope for all. May the mess with me all you want, but dare start on the people next president become a reflection of integrity to all the other leaders of the I care about and you’ll never hear the end of it from me. University, striving to bring back to former glory of this great institution 3. I just might be bit of an emotional masochist. of learning. May he or she become a symbol of transparency as a guide to Maybe it’s because I know that no matter what kind everybody. of crap happens, I’ll bounce back, learn from it and Most of all, may his or her attention be solely focused on pursuing generally be a better person afterwards. And when I’m greater heights for the University, uplifting every PLMayer and guaranteeing being treated like crap, I usually choose to shut up and every aspiration to come true. not do anything, not because I don’t know what they’re doing to me, but because I can still tolerate them. Although I guess it is partially my fault for not calling them out on their a-holeness.
4. I love a great deal of things, too much and too seriously, for reasons not enough words can explain. I see the good and bad of everything. More than that, I have this great curse of being able to understand and accept everyone around me. And as a friend once told me, “You have a difficult life ahead of you, Fleur. There’s nothing you are unable to love after knowing its story. Your compassion will kill you.” How dramatic. Of course it took me a while to realize what he meant. And up until now, I’m still unsure if I really understood what he was trying to get across. 5. In relation to number four, I am able to understand a lot of things. Not just people or machines or theories work. But why they work that way (most of the time, anyway). Of course, I don’t understand everything (although I truly wish I could). But some things, I will never make sense of. Like, how people can work inside an institution and let it fall into ruin because of personal reasons. Like how people say they support and take pride in something, but when the unfavorable happens to them, they are quick to change their mind. Like how people say they love something, but of course do the opposite (or worse, do nothing) to prove it.
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Entropy states that all things are bound to chaos; that the universe and the world are subject to disorder. So does my own room. And to intervene from the impending doom that awaits it, I initiated a general cleaning that did not only prove to be beneficial for cleanliness’ sake but also for the order of my own life. The decision to start is the hardest move. Truth be told, the most difficult part will always be deciding whether I would ACTUALLY clean the room or postpone it for another day. The whole process of making the room appear presentable once more is exhausting. So I always reason with myself. I say, ‘this is still comfortable, I could still live with it.’ But just because it’s comfortable doesn’t mean it should stay the way it is. This is where the motivating force comes in.
is rearranging furniture and other whatsits. Put down some posters here, put up some pictures there, pull the bed in this side, move the computer table in there, etc. To see the room in a different fashion once in a while is a breath of fresh air. So does change.
Every action in response to the call of improvement roots from a desire, and a decision to act upon that desire. So unless I get up and start working, I will continue to succumb to the tragedy of stagnation.
Change is exciting. It exhibits the fact that the world is dynamic and that everything living in it undergoes unending metamorphosis. The phrase “nothing is permanent” was not formulated to scare, but to give hope that foolishness could be outgrown; that I could work on whatever it is I do not like about myself and that I have the choice to be better than who I was the day before. At the same time, it is also nerve-racking. But only if one holds on to something too much.
Small things matter.
Segregate.
My clutter is often composed of stuff that I had refused to put back in their proper places even though I could easily have done so. Like placing a book I used the day before on the shelf, hanging the shirt I took for fitting, or rearranging the pile of papers I skimmed. Doing them would be no sweat but I put them off for the reason that they are, well, easy.
I keep a lot of things. I am forgetful (and, no, I wouldn’t allow myself to be called sentimental); therefore I always need to have keepsakes for reminder. But sometimes, they take a lot of space. Differentiating trash from treasure helps me distinguish between the things that I should hold on to and those that need to be stashed away.
Underestimation, in whatever aspect, will always take one by surprise; sometimes, in a not so pleasant manner. Before I knew it, there goes the product of my delay—a big mess that I could have prevented if I hadn’t been neglectful of small clobbers.
Time tells whether or not the objects, as well as the memory they represent, are worthy of the space they occupy. Years (or even months) from now, what I think is important will not seem to be important anymore. And once the junks had been removed, I could make room for new things.
Change is constant; welcome it with a marching band. One of the things that I fancy doing in my room
As it is said, to gain is to let go.
Sa inaraw-araw na pagpasok ko sa PLM, sa gate pa lang, naiisip ko na: iskolar ba talaga kami? E ba’t hindi kami marunong magbasa? Paano ba naman, may karatula na ngang “ENTRANCE” sa gate, dun pa rin nagsisilabasan ang mga estudyante. Ay sandali. Hindi lang pala estudyante. May mga nag-iinquire pa sa PLMat na lumalabas din sa gate ng “ENTRANCE”. Hindi rin papatalo ang ating mga dalubguro at mga staff dahil pati sila’y nakakasalubong ko habang ako’y papasok. Sila’y pinapauna ko pa sa paglabas sa gate na may nakalagay na “ENTRANCE”. (P.S. Hindi ko alam kung bakit bawal pumasok ang mga estudyante sa gate malapit sa Gusaling Corazon Aquino. Kailangan pa bang umikot sa main entrance sa ilalim ng mainit na araw? E ba’t nagkaroon pa ng gate sa GCA? Ano ‘yun, specially made for teachers lang?) Mapunta naman tayo sa canteen. Nakagawian ko nang umiwas sa pintuan na may nakalagay na “ENTRANCE” dito. Tinamaan na kasi ako ng pagbukas no’n dahil sa mga lumalabas na mga ‘estupidyante’ sa loob. Tapos, do’n naman sa pintuan ng “exit”, box office lagi ang pila ng mga pumapasok. Ano bang nakakapagod sa 10 steps away na
pagitan ng tamang “ENTRANCE” at “EXIT” door? Sige ate, hilain mo pa. Kahit may nakalagay nang “PUSH” sa library door. Pasalamat na nga lang tayo at nakakaintidi naman ng pinagkaiba ng women’s at men’s C.R. ang mga ito. Nakakaintindi tayo ng mga algebraic expressions at nakakakabisado ng op – op – oppa gangnam style, eh ba’t ‘tung mga simpleng salitang dapat sundin, nganga?!! Kung ang simpleng bagay lang tulad ng pagpasok sa tamang “ENTRANCE” ay hindi natin magawa, paano pa ang mas malalaking responsibilidad na sa ati’y iaatang? Kung ang mga maliliit na bagay ay kaya nating ipagsawalang – bahala, nasaan ang ating pagiging iskolar? Ang paglabas sa “ENTRANCE” at pagpasok sa “EXIT” ay mala – Chicago’s Hard Habit to Break hindi lang ng mga PLMayers. Pati na rin ng mga Pilipino. Minsan na rin akong lumabas sa
“ENTRANCE” gate. Kaso salamat sa kaklase ko. Literal niya akong hinila palabas sa “EXIT” gate. Nakakahiya man, natuto ako. Kung uulit – ulitin natin ang mga ito, aba! Send SUPERUNLIFOREVERMISTAKES to 8888. Kailan tayo matututo? Kasi naman ‘te, kuya, porke’t du’n lang lumabas sa “ENTRANCE” gate ang mga ka – beerkada mo, gora ka na rin du’n? Pumasok ka sa entrance at lumabas sa exit. Mahihiya ang mga iyan at gagayahin ka. Ma’am, sir, don’t set wrong examples to us, your students. Mahuhusay at dedikado ang mga guro at manggagawa ng Pamantasan pero nababahiran ito kapag lumalabag tayo sa mga simpleng panuntunin. Wala tayong karapatang ipagmalaki ang ating latin honors o masteral degree
kung sa paglabas natin ng paaralan ay hindi natin mapapatunayan na tayo ay disiplinado at masunuring “Iskolar ng Bayan”. Kung may nahuli kayong lumalabas sa entrance o pumapasok sa exit o neither of the two dahil tumatagos na lang sila sa pader, contact me through 09156562233. Pero higit du’n, sana’y matuto na tayong m4gb4s4 at sumunod sa mga s!mpl3ng p4nut0. Kailangan pa bang ganyan ka – complex ang mga bagay para bigyang – pansin at sundin? O aminin. Nabasa niyo ‘yan. J3j3j3. Sabi nga ni Mahatma Ghandi, “Be the change you want to see.” Mag – umpisa ka ng pagbabago. Mag – umpisa ka sa sarili mo.
O ate, sa kabila po ang exit.
Student Inbox As part of the PLM community, what do you think should be on top of the University’s New Year’s Resolution? “Hindi mahigpit na patakaran sa PLM. Mas magandang pasilidad. Mas madaling enrolment system, thru online enrolment.” - Lester dela Cruz “Sana siguraduhin na palagi na nakukuha ng PLM yung budget nito.” -Anonymous “Para ma-improve yung facilities at mas maramdaman naming mga iskolar ng bayan yung mga dapat na natatamasa namin. Para rin makuha ng mga faculties o empleyado yung extra nilang mga benefits na di nila nakukuha dahil dito.” - Budoy San Sebastian “Mind the concerns of the students more.” - Vince Fabi “Consistency in the enforcement of the rules and regulations of school. - Margaret Arbilon
“E for Everyone.” After being upgraded to eGrades v.2.1 (featuring different innovations in design), eGrades are now made available to the entire PLM community.
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6. Speaking of which, I love our dear school. I have seen every corner, every nook and cranny of PLM. I have seen it at any given time of the twentyfour hours of a day. And I don’t think there’s anything that I haven’t done there. But admittedly, PLM is not a perfect university. It not a picturesque campus or a highly technologically-advanced school. Most of our classrooms are, admit it, uncomfortable. Laboratories are poorly maintained. And in actuality, most places within the campus are uncomfortable and barely tolerable. My uniform and other clothes have been abused by broken chairs with protruding nails from various classrooms. And heck, a good chunk of the main building has been closed off because it was deemed dangerous (And could potentially affect the students and professors who would be using it). The list goes on and on. So I understand (but not totally accept) if outsiders were to say “PLM? Saan ‘yun?” or “Psh, mga iskolar ni Mayor lang mga ‘yan.” But to constantly hear “Walang kwenta naman ang PLM,” or “Bulok talaga dito” on a regular basis inside the university itself makes me want to pull my hair out. How are you able to function in PLM (may it be as a student, professor or part of the administration) when you are unable to appreciate its worth? 7. I am not a judgmental person (and I really like to think I’m not). But every time I come across above mentioned people, all I want to do is ask them, “Then what are you even doing here?” Because anyone who could speak so ill of something that gives so much and helps them grow (in
any way possible) is in a word, undeserving. You go to this school for quite some time in your life. You learn here (not necessarily academically). You meet people. PLM devotes its time and effort and resources to you, and yet all you can say is that it’s walang kwenta. Wow. PLM is not worthless. The people that handle it, might be. The students that go to class for the sake of getting a degree and never learning anything, could be. The professor that comes to your class an hour and a half late, devotes an hour to treat you and your classmates to a sermon about things that have yet to happened and expects your experiment and laboratory reports to be done in thirty minutes? Most likely is. But PLM as an institution itself is not worthless. Not when it still caters to the community. Not when it aims to bring out the best in the people under it. Not when it still serves you. So thank you, my friend, for listening to my confessions (as haphazard and unconnected to each other as they may be). You may not have agreed with everything I said, but at least now you know what I mean.
ERRATUM
In the article “SSC Prexy Galura nagbitiw; kinundena si OSDS Dir. Batongbacal“ of the September 2012 issue, G. (Mr.) Malanum was written as as Gng. (Mrs.) Malanum. Ang Pamantasan sincerely regrets this error.
“Civilian pag walang pasok . No miscellaneous fees. free print. water fountain sa GK. Mabilis na proseso ng pagkuha ng Certificates and documents sa REGISTRAR.” - Paul Gerald Co Aquino “Baguhin ang admin system ng PLM. ” - Job Dacon, BS Psychology “Facilities,their rules and laws regarding the student manual, lalo na yung mga treatment ng USG sa students! Pero para sa akin, i-maximize nila yung buong university, ayusin ang dapat ayusin lalo na kung sa ikatutulong ng karunungan ng bawat mag-aaral. Alisin at baguhin ang hindi naman dapat at kailangan, madami actually eh. Too many to mention. At yung gate sa GA at GCA, ano display lang?” - Gabriel Marabe, BS Psychology “Palitan ang OSDS.” - Catherine Dizon, CMC “The university should aim higher in all the students’ achievement. We should maintain the integrity of our school by accomplishing our responsibilities and establishing good rapport to each other.” - Anonymous “To fix the left wing of GV. To accommodate more students in terms of rooms. To fix aircons in the GCA.” - Andrea, BSCS-IT “PLM should have the best facilities, better implementation of the ‘true’ laws and good education.” - Joane Baao “More responsible profs. Registration/Enrollment should be more organized. Friendlier PLM staff.” - Maria Angela Gaspar, BSA 2-1
WINDOWS / p.1 (November 20); training proper for interested freshmen and sophomores (November 21); training proper for interested juniors and seniors (November 22); and Porting Session for developed applications (December 4). Furthermore, Microsoft conducted an orientation to CSD scholars regarding Imagine
ME BOARD / p.3
Furthermore, Marasigan said that he prepares the board examinees by giving them questions from the last board exams. He also reviews the student’s basic knowledge of engineering. “In engineering, you should fully understand the terminologies used. All solutions to complicated problems are applications of basic knowledge,” Marasigan said Last year, PLM got 87.05% passing rate or seven out of eight students passing the exam. The top three performing universities during the September 2012 ME were Batangas State University, Polytechnic University of the PhilippinesSanta Mesa, and Technological University of the Philippines-Visayas.
(Mary Jude Marby Faith F. Abuan)
Cup, an international programming competition . “What we are doing right now is that we don’t want to be just confined in the national plaudits that we are gaining. We want to go into the global inroads,” added the ITC Director. (Krystine P. Antonio and Mary Pauline G. Del Rosario)
ISKO / p.3 “Sabi nga ng coach namin, never titingin sa taas na nagmamalaki at never ding ida-down ang sarili. Look straight forward lang para dun sa mga gustong maabot na goal,” Esguerra said. Sketchers Streetdance Battle is a streetdance competition bringing together the high school and college dance crews in the Philippines. PLM Isko, founded eight years ago by Rainier Nery Mozo, an alumnus of College of Medicine, is currently composed of 70 to 80 active members from different colleges of Pamantasan. (Anne Jane M. Pandian)
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Sa Pilipinas, isa sa pinakamagandang kultura na mayroon tayo ay ang pagkakaroon ng maayos na relasyon sa pagitan ng mga Muslim, Katoliko at iba pang relihiyon. Sama-sama ang bawat isa na nag-aaral sa iisang paaralan, naninirahan sa iisang pamayanan at pantay-pantay na gumagamit ng likas na yaman ng ating bansa. Naggagalangan ang bawat relihiyon.
Sa nakaraang apatnapung taon, hindi na lingid sa kaalaman ng bawat isa sa atin ang hindi matapus-tapos na kaguluhan sa katimugan ng ating bansa. Sa kaguluhang ito, maraming naisakripsyong buhay at nasayang na lakas at ariarian para makamit ang minimithing kapayapaan.
Maraming kasunduan na ang ginawa at pinirmahan upang wakasan ang hindi pagkakasundo sa pagitan ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at Gobyerno ng Pilipinas (GPH). Sa kabila nito, hindi pa rin tuluyang nakamit ng dalawang panig ang kapayapaan. Ilan lang sa atin ang nakakaunawa sa tunay na dahilan ng hindi pagkakasundo ng ilan nating kababayang muslim at katoliko partikular sa Mindanao. Ano ba ang MILF? Isang itong organisasyong binubuo ng mga ilang sundalong muslim sa Mindanao. Layunin nitong panatilihin at isulong ang kapayapaan sa ating bansa lalo na sa Mindanao. Ayon sa kanila, ang KAPAYAPAAN ang siyang tanging susi sa pagkakaisa at masaganang pamumuhay ng mga Pilipino.
Paano ito nabuo? Isa sa rehiyon ng Mindanao ang Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) kung saan higit na marami ang populasyon ng mga Muslim. Dito nag-umpisang mabuo ang MILF. Simula pa lang noon, matindi na ang hangarin ng mga sundalong Muslim na naninirahan dito na masakop ang buong Mindanao. Isa rin sa dahilan ng pagkakabuo nito ay ang hindi pagsang-ayon ng mga sundalong ito na magpasakop o magpaalipin sa mga banyaga na pumapasok sa ating bansa kung kaya’t ninais nilang ihiwalay ang buong Mindanao sa Pilipinas. Malaki ang pagtutol ng MILF sa pamamalakad ng GPH sa bansa dahil na rin sa mga katiwaliang nagaganap dito.
Ngayong taon, muli na namang gumawa ng panibagong kasunduan upang wakasan na ang pagkakagulo. Tinawag ang bagong kasunduang ito na Bangsamoro Agreement.
Ano ang Bangsamoro Agreement? Isa itong kasunduan na nagsasaad ng mga hakbang at mga kondisyon ng GPH at MILF. Sa salitang Muslim, ang Bangsamoro ay tumutukoy sa lugar kung saan malayang naninirahan ang mga may relihiyong Islam. Ang mga tao dito’y may sariling kultura at mga adhikain na hindi maaaring pakialaman ng kahit sinumang hindi kasapi sa kanilang relihiyon. Nakatala rin sa Bangsamoro Agreement na ang ARMM ay papalitan ng Bangsamoro bilang bago nitong pangalan. Bubuuin ito ng Mindanao, Sulu at Palawan o MINSUPALA.
Pinirmahan ang kasunduan noong ika-15 ng Oktubre na dinaluhan nina Pangulong Noynoy Aquino, punong ministro ng Malaysia Najib Abdul Razak, at ng iba pang mahahalagang opisyales ng ating bansa. Ano ang kahalagahan nito? Binibigyang laya ng GPH ang Bangsamoro na pamahalaan ang nasasakupan nito sa kundisyong mananatiling demokratiko ang pagpili ng mga magiging pinuno at magiging pantay ang lahat ng mga gagawing batas. Kasama sa mga kundisyon ang pagpapanatili ng relasyong ng GPH at Bangsamoro bilang asymmetric kung saan masusunod pa rin ang GPH sa pagpapasya tungkol sa mga batas na ipapatupad sa nasasakupan nito.
Sa pagpirma ng dalawang panig sa kasunduang ito, inaasahang maitutuwid na ang mga gusot na dulot ng mga nakaraang kaguluhan. Inaasahan ding makakamit na ng tuluyan ang kapayapaan para sa muling pagsasamasama at pagkakaisa ng bawat Pilipino.
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Ngunit hindi natin lubusang masasabi na maayos nga ang relasyon sa pagitan ng bawat relihiyon. Mahirap mang tanggapin, hindi natin maikakaila na sa Mindanao ay hindi lahat naaayon sa kagustuhan natin.
Ano ang gustong mangyari ng MILF? Para tuluyang puksain ang digmaan, hiningi ng MILF sa GPH na magkaroon ng sariling pinuno ang Mindanao upang sila na lamang ang mamahala dito. Nagbigay sila ng Memoramdum of Agreement na naghahayag ng kanilang mga nais kapalit ng pagtigil nila sa mga ginagawa nilang krimen. Pinaburan ito ng GPH ngunit muling nasira dahil na rin sa pagpapabaya nito. Muling nagalit ang mga sundalong Muslim dahil sa hindi pagtupad ng GPH sa kanilang mga kagustuhan kung kaya’t muli silang naghasik sa Mindanao. Hindi rin naman bastabasta nagpadaig ang GPH at nagdeklara ng giyera laban sa MILF. Ito ang naging dahilan kaya’t naging lugar ng madugong labanan ang Mindanao.
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Iba’t ibang Mukha ng Panulat mary pauline del rosario
Sa pagsusulat, kadalasa’y may sinusunod tayong pormat, bilang ng salita o kaya’y tema. Sa kabila nito, may mga taong mas piniling ilayo ang sarili nila sa de-kahon na sistema. Sa madaling salita, tinahak nila ang landas ng malayang panulat at matapang nilang ipinahayag ang sarili sa pamamagitan ng paghahabi ng mga salitang humahamon at patuloy na humahamon sa isipan ng kanilang mga mambabasa. “Minsa’y naiisip n’ya na sana, kung may operasyon sa utak at may operasyon sa puso, sana’y may operasyon din na magbubura ng masasakit na alaala sa utak at puso ng tao, magtatanggal sa parte ng utak at puso na sisidlan ng mga gunitang dapat nang kalimutan.”
Lualhati Bautista, Desaparesidos
Isa na marahil sa pinakatanyag na nobelista sa kanyang panahon si Lualhati Torres Bautista. Nagmula siya sa Tundo, Maynila at dating magaaral ng pamamahayag sa Lyceum of the Philippines. Bagamat hindi niya natapos ang kanyang pag-aaral, hindi ito naging hadlang upang malaya niyang tuklasin ang mundo ng panulat. Nakilala si Lualhati sa pagsasatitik niya ng kanyang karanasan sa panahon ng Martial Law partikular sa kanyang nobelang Dekada ’70. Karamihan sa kanyang mga akda ay may temang realismo. Ang mga tauhan sa kanyang akda ay madalas na nakikipagsapalaran sa magulong sitwasyong sumasalam in sa madilim na kasaysayan ng Pilipinas. Ilang beses na rin siyang nakatanggap ng Palanca award
para sa mga nobela niyang Gapo, Dekada ’70 at Bata, Bata, Paano ka Ginawa? Ang ilan pa sa kanyang akda ay ang Desaparesidos, Sakada, Bulaklak sa City Jail at Buwan, Buwan Hulugan mo ako ng Sundang.
“Kakabog ang dibdib mo, kikiligin ang kalamnan mo at kikirot ang puso mo. Kabog, kilig, kirot. Kapag naramdaman mo ang tatlong K, umiibig ka.”
Ricky Lee, Para Kay B
Isa ring premyadong manunulat si Ricardo “Ricky” Lee na naging tanyag sa kanyang librong Si Tatang at mga Himala ng Ating Panahon. Pinamagatan itong Himala sa pelikula at tumanggap ng mga parangal sa international film festivals. Naniniwala si Ricky Lee na ang isang nangangarap na maging manunulat ay hindi dapat tumulad sa istilo ng ibang manunulat at marapat na sariling boses nila ang naririnig sa kanilang mga katha. Siya ang kasalukuyang tumatayong Creative Manager ng ABS-CBN Broadcasting Cooperation at pinuno ng Philippine Writers Studio Foundation.
“Mas sumaya nga lang nang dumating siya. Pero bakit nung umalis siya, hindi na ako naging kasinsaya gaya ng dati bago pa sya dumating?”
Eros Atalia,
Ligo na U, Lapit na Me
Naging tanyag na manunulat si Eros Atalia dahil sa kanyang mga istoryang naghatid sa kanyang mga mambabasang hanapin ang hindi pangkaraniwan sa mga bagay na karaniwan. Bukod sa kanyang mga akdang Peksman (mamatay ka man) Nagsisinungaling Ako, Wag Lang Di Makaraos at Taguan-Pung: Koleksyon ng Dagling Kathang Di Pambata at Manwal ng Mga Napapagal: Kopi Teybol Dedbol Buk, siya rin ang sumulat ng Ligo Na U, Lapit Na Me at Intoy Syokoy ng Kalye Marino na isinapelikula at ipinalabas sa 2011 at 2012 Cinemalaya Film Festival. Nagtapos si Atalia sa kursong Secondary Education Major in Filipino Philippine Normal University noong 1996. Sa kasalukuyan ay nagtuturo siya ng Filipino at Filipino Journalism sa Graduate School ng Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas.
“Hikayatin mo lahat ng kakilala mo na magkaroon ng kahit isa man lang paboritong libro sa buhay nila. Dahil wala nang mas kawawa pa sa mga taong literado pero hindi nagbabasa.”
Bob Ong
Tunay na isang malaking katanungan ang katauhan ng sikat na Pilipinong manunulat na si Bob Ong. Marami sa kanyang mga mambabasa ang ilang beses nang sinubukang hulaan ang kayang tunay na pagkatao ngunit ang tanging alam ng karamihan ay ang pinagmulan ng pangalan ni BO. Sino pa bang hindi nakakaalam na ang pangalang Bob Ong ay nagmula sa kanyang website na Bobong Pinoy? Kinuha sa “Bobong” ang pangalang Bob Ong na nagsilbi nang pseudonym ng manunulat na ito.
Wala mang nakakikilala sa tunay niyang pagkatao, marami pa ring tumatangkilik sa kanyang mga libro dahil sa tinatalakay nito ang mga sensitibong isyu ng bansa at ilang mga maling pag-uugali ng mga Pilipino. Dahil sa angking galing ni Bob Ong sa paghahabi ng kanyang mga salita at pagmulat sa mga mambabasa ng kalagayan ng bansa, pumatok ang kanyang mga libro. Isa na rito ang Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino Kung saan ipinakita niya ang pagnanais na magkaroon ng pagbabago at pagiging positibo at may pag-asa pa ang bansa na magbago. Ilan pa sa mga naisulat niya ang ABNKKBSNPLAko?!, Ang Paboritong Aklat ni Hudas, Alamat ng Gubat, Stainless Longganisa, MacArthur, Kapitan Sino, Ang Mga Kaibigan ni Mama Susan at Lumayo Ka Nga sa Akin.
BRILLIANCE
IN PAIN by ADRIAN NAZARENE DG. NUALDA
Meeting the Forgotten
MET
by JAN MICHAEL B. SUAREZ
There’s a diverse collection of beauty everywhere but as the sands of time take every piece of the day, as the word of mouth halts, and as the luster of beauty fades away, they tend to be forgotten. Such is the fate of the Manila Metropolitan Theater. Commonly called MET by the earlier generation, it is no doubt a part of the grandeur and of the rich heritage that Filipinos have; and yet it continues to sit in negligence.
Humble Beginnings Designed by Architect Juan M. Arellano, MET opened in 1931 and instantly became close to the hearts of elite Filipinos back then who sought for the glitz and entertainment behind the “telon”, and for the satisfaction of their hunger for sophisticated beauty. Arellano based MET’s look on the famous Art-Deco structures found in European countries during 1920s and 1930s. Built with a total seating capacity of 1670 (846 in orchestra, 116 in loge, and 708 in balcony), it ensured large audience satisfaction.
Grandeur Within Many of today’s generation only see the outward appearance of MET and, with no questions asked, her beauty is still there; lacking only with proper care and mere appreciation. Inside the theater lies a compendium of artworks and unique features. These include the different carvings on walls and other interior surfaces sculpted by Isabelo Tampingco; and mural paintings in the lobby entitled “The Dance” and “History of Music” by national artist Fernando Amorsolo (but since the building is slowly corrupted by both small termites and ‘large’ termites, the paintings were hidden by the government so only the replicas of these paintings are now inside the theater). To be found in the façade are columns, walls and grills with ethnic motif by Arellano’s brother, Arcadio Arellano; the stained glass with vibrant colors where the name of the building is inscribed made by Kraut Art Glass Company from Germany; and the bronze sculptures of Adam and Eve by the Italian sculptor, Francesco Riccardo Monti. Luckily, there are people like Sir Lawrence Chan of Filipinas Stamp Collectors’ Club who guides the free Postal Heritage Walking Tour every third Sunday of the month to expose the people in the slow failing of the magnificence inside MET.
A Paradise Lost The theater did not only witness the showcase of different talents but also experienced the liberation of Manila in 1945 where it was extremely damaged. Henceforth, MET had several reconstructions until such time that it metamorphosed into different entities; a boxing arena, a gay bar, and a home to families to name a few. A major renovation was considered during the Marcos Administration in 1970s to give way to the growing interest in the performing arts. The theater was also the house of various scenes of movies and show during 1980s. One of them was the famed ending of Sharon Cuneta’s movie “Bituing Walang Ningning.” Then in 1996, due to ownership disputes, it held its final performance from different theater groups such as Bulwagang Gantimpala and Teatro Pilipino before it closed down.
Flouting the Given Demise Lately, various attempts to construct the theater have been put into effect. Among them was the joint effort of Manila City Administration and Former President Gloria Arroyo which opened again the theater in June 23, 2010. Together with various artists and with the direction of the councilor/actor Lou Veloso, “Senakulo” was shown during its soft re-opening. Last February 12 and 13 2011, students from Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila relived the experience of watching in the demised hall of performances. The Magwayen Creative Scholars’ Guild, PLM’s very own pioneer student theater group, chose MET to stage their play entitled “Ehipto”, not only to make the people enjoy their performance but also to feel what it was like watching shows in the infamous theater back in the good old days. Despite of being in ruins, MET still stands in glory, waiting for the next performers to take the center stage. Filipinos who had a taste of watching in MET may forget the shows that the theater showed, all the acts that performers did, but never the experience that they had and shared with the building’s majestic splendor. The curtains of chances are not yet down and the lights of new hope are still bright. The crowd is still calling for an encore, for everything is not ended by the curtain call.
REBEL SOUL by PHOEMELA NICOLE V. BALLARAN
Lord Byron’s lover, Lady Caroline Lamb, described Byron (an English Romantic poet) as “mad, bad, and dangerous to know.” This seemingly candid description of the famous poet became the recurring personality of the characters that he wrote about, producing his brainchild—the Byronic Hero. It is a darker variant of the Romantic-hero-type of characters and is easily summed up by the phrase “the brightest minds and the coldest hearts.” One common denominator among Byronic heroes is their distaste for social institutions, which could be associated with their being moody and emotionally conflicted. They seem tough and abrasive, but the soft core from where they subsist is highly magnetic; lending them a highly charismatic appeal. Some readers actually find Byronic heroes alluring that even up to now, Lord Byron’s influence still manifests in the development of modern day protagonists. Who would have known that these characters are identified as such: Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars), Tyler Durden (Fight Club), Lara Croft (Tomb Raider), and several others. Byronic heroes extensively hide behind the sorrows of their own mystery. Majority of them lurk in the shadows (Batman, and V of V for Vendetta); some are self-sacrificing (Severus Snape, Harry Potter), rebellious (Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean), grief-stricken (James Bond and Ethan Hawke, Mission Impossible), intelligent and perceptive (Sherlock Holmes), arrogant, cynical and self-destructive (Dr. Gregory House, House, MD.). Conflicts such as the justification of their means in attaining expected end results pervade Byronic heroes’ daily grind. To illustrate, if Tony Stark (Ironman) wanted to “privatize world peace”, would such action gain him anything? Does Dr. House, apart from the usual token and salary, receive anything from saving the people? Interest matters, and Stark’s focus on wild engineering and House’s on medical mysteries set the tone apart. Whenever seeing any of the Harry Potter or Star Wars films, a feeling of anguish never departs whenever one watches Snape’s attempts to foil Harry Potter, or Darth Vader’s hunger for power and rule of the universe to the extent that he could even fight his own son. For the coolness of it, one may want to belong himself in the ranks of a Byronic hero. But in reality, it would really be difficult to be with one. Imagine being treated by Dr. House, having Darth Vader as a father, working with Peter Parker, or being employed by Bruce Wayne. Truth be told, having them around won’t be easy; but their hard shell only hides the true image of the force to be reckoned with.
In a society where there is uniformity in the crowd and a cookie-cutter-like expectation for how everyone is supposed to exist, there are people who choose to march to the beat of their own drum. Travelers of the road less traveled, as they may be called, these non-conformists refuse to be boxed even though the world is often unfriendly to those who divert from what is traditionally accepted. But time had changed things and their eccentricities are now adored by many and even serve as inspiration to those who turned down the idea of being average.
Susan Anthony
maurice sendak
hannah hoch
michel gondry
( February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906 )
( June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012 )
( November 1, 1889 – May 31, 1978 )
( May 8, 1963 – Present )
It was the 1800s—a time when women were supposed to be home, waiting for their husbands, while caring for their kids and preparing supper. And, yes, when women were even prohibited to vote. But kudos to Susan Anthony and her ardent advocacy on women’s rights, the suffrage of women was introduced in the United States. Not only that, she also rallied petitions for the abolition of slavery when she was only 17. Talk about woman with balls, eh?
While most people dismiss childhood as the less complicated part of the human existence, Maurice Sendak refused the idea of it. “Childhood is a very, very tricky business of surviving it. Because if things go wrong or anything goes wrong, and usually something goes wrong, then you are compromised as a human being,” he said. Sendak was the author and illustrator of the internationally acclaimed children’s book Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen, of which both garnered mixed reactions from the public (mostly from parents, of course). He veered away from the usual fairy-tale-kind of storyline and ventured on writing tales which involves kids with a penchant for unusual adventures and monsters that are surprisingly warmer than their human counterparts.
Hannah Höch was one of the originators of photomontage, or the art of putting sections of photographs together to produce one image. Fed up by the obvious regard of the society on women as though they are less of a person than men, Höch became a part of the women’s movement in the 1920s and often portray in her photomontages the union of male and female into one being. Throughout her career as an artist, she always had her hair cut in an unusually short manner. This androgynous feature of hers could be associated with her bisexuality and of her being drawn to female masculinity; though during her time, mannish women are both celebrated and frowned upon for shattering the accepted norms on gender roles.
When most of the Hollywood movies today require a babe with very little clothing and of a dude being, well, a dude, where’s the space for warmth and sensibility? This is where Michel Gondry comes in. For those who have seen the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, there might be of no need to explain why Michel Gondry is exceptional. But for the benefi t of those who have not, Michel Gondry practices the art of making complicated plots appear simple and charming. His approach is both naïve and complex; most of the time, drawing inspiration from his dreams and nightmares either as a child or as an adult. “Maybe one of his videos is some crazy nightmare, or some phobia, or something inside of him that he’s afraid of telling anybody and he just makes videos, he puts it into film,” says Foo Fighter’s front man, Dave Grohl, about his collaboration with Gondry for the band’s Everlong music video.
frida kahlo ( July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1953 )
Known for her oeuvre of self-portraits, Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter who fancied giving her birth date as July 7, 1910 (as opposed to her real birthday which is July 6, 1907) for the reason that she wanted the beginning of her life to concur with the rise of modern Mexico. When asked of the reason behind her fervor for self-portraits, she answered, “I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.” She was highly regarded by her contemporaries in the art scene such that André Breton, pioneer of the surrealist movement, even called her art as ribbon around the bomb.
Hi, Caine. I know you’ve noticed that I had a bad day. The world just can’t understand my rebellious attitudes. Well, I know that making logical choices is the best way to avoid unwanted adventures. As for me, I try to find the benefit of things. If it doesn’t help me somehow in life, then it’s unimportant to me. But the world keeps bombarding me with its horrifying gears and perplexing orders. I find it hard to listen to never ending hymns of completely-pointless and non-beneficial orders it plays. But when asked why, the world just cleverly revert it back to you making an unbearable argument that will probably last longer than you thought. Of course, whenever these things happen, my points are always right. But unfortunately, they’re just voices inside my mind. Arguments are emotionally tiring to think about. Couldn’t the world see that I’m just proving I can be reasonable and rational? I guess no one can see it with all their pride and self-beliefs. Maybe I’ll just keep these loud thoughts to myself and begin some debate in my world. My life is too preoccupied with nothing which makes it hard to do anything. Doing nothing is a feeling of peace. The serenity inside your head is one of the best feelings you could possibly experience. It’s necessary for a life of unbelievable stress. Stress that eventually turns out to be that kind of stress you wouldn’t believe you crazy-stressed about. Life is hard. The tougher it gets, the more you want to feel relieved from it. The more reasons I want to get away from reality. Do you get my point, Caine? I’m not a rebel; I’m just trying to be real. I’m trying to understand my life especially in this confusing stage I’m in. My perception of the world is quite negative. We both disagree with each other. I want to confront it and pour my glass of half-full matters all over that proud face. This is just the start. A half more and who knows what kind of emotional explosion I’ll do. What? You’re happy I told you these? Stop wagging your tail. Here’s your bone. Thanks for listening, Caine.
A HALF-FULL GLASS OF REBELLIOUS MATTERS
EHREN LOUISE M. DE DIOS
un re quit ted love
‘till death do us part
JANINE P. FRANCISCO The asphalted road is as stern and as cold as I am. The night is deafening, the jeepneys and the motorcycles beep through the night. There are no stars to see beneath the sky. All is a fog that covers my skin. I stumble in my heels. I realized that my dress isn’t so neat and I struggle to tidy the folds. I taste the bittersweet of the blood from my chapped, dry lips. If not for my make-up, I’d look like a zombie.
I see a dimly-lit room. He’s probably up there. With the last ounce of strength left, I walk and stop in front of the gate and see that it’s really Ardent who’s in the room.
refuse him. It’s not right, we’re best friend. Take that back. We can’t be together again unless you take that back. I refuse to see him again after that and somehow, my confusion grows. No more talking like we used to. We’re in the same places but we pass each other, worse than strangers. He ignores me, and is sweet to other girls. I become jealous of all the other girls he’s always with now. And although I see his smile, his eyes are different. His cheeks hollow out, and the thinness spreads out. He’s practically emaciated.
ANNE JANE M. PANDIAN
Something’s grown and I can’t ignore it. A feeling that’s in my heart…
His name is Thunder and my name is Mist. We’ve been best friend ever since we were born. Thunder is a total opposite of me-- outgoing and a troublemaker. But that doesn’t change anything. I am still his loyal and understanding bestfriend.
Finally, I decide to tell him what I feel but he stops attending school. A week’s passed and still no news from him. Until his sister comes to my house and hands me a letter with my name on it. I open it immediately,but I don’t expect what the letter wants to convey...
Every day is special when we’re together. How can it not be? With Thunder around, it’s always an adventure. He gets us in trouble (that I have to get us out of) but what matters most is we’re together. Until one day, everything falls out of place. He confesses his love and I am wonderstruck. I don’t know how to react so I
“Tomorrow morning when you wake up, you’ll forget that I’m in love with you. I want you to remember our happy moments. Tomorrow, I’ll be your friend again. Tomorrow, everything will go back to normal, just as you wished… tomorrow, it will happen. But today, for the last time… I want to say I love you, Mist… I’m sorry. I want you to be happy.”
But wait. There’s not just one shadow by the window, but two. And quietly, they join. For a moment. For a moment… When they separate, one of the figures goes to the window and opens it. The look in his eyes… He pulls down the window. Darkness.
I’m getting nearer.
I stared at the cream colored walls of my room and wondered, what if? What if I took the chance? What if I dared to fight? What if we actually made it through? Then I stopped and looked back, we can’t. We would, if we could, but we can’t. Because everyone and everything was against us. Because we felt we had no chance, and that when you dare challenge the world, everything will conspire against you.
S T ig m a t i z e d
That’s when we stopped. We stopped reaching out, we stopped holding on, we stopped with the promises and started moving on. I could’ve defied nature for you. Heck, I’d stop anyone who’d try to stop us, but you didn’t believe. And you never did.
ALLAINE JOLINA O. MATIC
Playing hardball: PLMayers in and out of the gym
Reel sports: Timeless biopics
Neima G. Chowdhury
Krystine P. Antonio
Jan kevin pangilinan
The College of Engineering and Technology (CET) Knights reigned in the court for the last three years. It was led by John Arlo Cabral, Ryle Puntero and Junnel Magsino. But in this year’s intrams, the College of Physical Education, Recreation and Sports (COPERS) Gators finally put an end to the reign of CET Knights. And this was led by Jan Kevin Pangilinan.
The blind side (2009)
jose marie de castro
One man’s dream is Sandra Bullock’s ticket to winning the Oscars for Best Actress. John Lee Hancock’s The Blind Side tells the life of Michael Oher, a homeless kid who got his American dream and American family, featuring his dedicated and supportive nonbiological mother. There, we get a chance to be at the front seat of the drama and humor that lies back stage, where Michael undergoes a life-changing experience with his family before becoming a football player and first round NFL draft pick.
Jan Kevin Pangilinan, also known as Jake, a Bachelor of Physical Education (BPE) student, was this year’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) of men’s basketball.
It is Jose Marie de Castro’s first year in the ALCUlympics. In fact, it is his first year in college. Many schools are competing in this tournament, and PLM could have sent another student to Mindoro to play table tennis, but the Pamantasan chose him. The finals started. He hit the ball and did his best to win.
For Jake, playing basketball is not only beneficial physically. He also gained the value being dedicated, disciplined and passionate for the game, not to mention gaining many friends in the process. Thanks to the curriculum of COPERS, wherein practicing the sport he loves most is part of studying, Jake is given ample time to balance everything in his life. And right now, Jake could not be in a more perfect place and time.
Since grade two, he played table tennis. And eventually, he entered a competition when he was in fourth grade. However, that was also the first time he tasted defeat.
It is the last quarter of the game and CET Lady Knights can feel the pressure against the College of Accountancy and Economics Lady Dragons. The victory of the Lady Knights is on Gemma Carlos’ hands and the rest of the team.
For de Castro, winning and losing is part of being an athlete. And although there can be times that losing seems like the only part, he continues to join competitions.
And finally, the buzzer ends the quarter. The score is 54-46 and the CET Lady Knights win. Carlos, 5th year, Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) student is the MVP of the women’s basketball intramurals this year. She’s also included in the mythical five for the last three years.
Since her career in basketball only started in college, Carlos knew she had to do a lot of training. This is why the CET MVP does not falter in disciplining herself.
And on his second year in the ALCUlymics which was held at Laguna University last March, he brought home the championship for the Pamantasan.
Tragedies in the ring In movies, boxers consider the earsplitting shout of the audience and the classic ringing of the bell as their music, while their exchange of punches are seen by spectators as the sweetest view to behold. Yet in reality there’s nothing important for boxers but to win, and more importantly, to survive.
billy collins jr.
Could you possibly kill someone for calling you a faggot? During 1962, homosexuality was considered fatal to an athlete's career and a grievous insult to a male’s ego. This is why Emile Griffith challenged Benny ‘Kid’ Paret after the latter called him maricón (Spanish slang for faggot). In their fight, Griffith hit Paret 29 times in a row and 18 times in six seconds. The relentless blows made Paret not only pay for his insults, but also suffer from a comatose and die ten days after. After the tragedy, Griffith carried the burden of guilt until a documentary entitled Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story was released in 2005. The documentary underlined that one of the reasons of Paret’s death was his vulnerability in his previous three fights. And after watching it, Paret’s son embraced Griffith and told him that he was finally forgiven.
“Either he dies or I die,” said Kim. During the horrific night of November 13, 1982, Deuk-Koo Kim, a 23-year old fighter faced his brutal death in the hands of the champion Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini as the latter threw 39 straight punches and two big rights at the Korean. This made Kim collapse into a coma and die four days after their fight. Haunted by Kim’s death, Mancini was never the same fighter as he was before, making him lose his title two years later. And because of the too much depression, both Kim’s mom and referee Richard Green committed suicide months after Kim’s death. This savage incident made the title fights change from 15 to 12 rounds.
The fight of Billy Collins, Jr. and Luis Resto is considered as one of the darkest cases in boxing history. What made it gruesome was not the fact that Luis Resto cheated (as his manager removed an ounce of padding on each glove that made his punches even harder and more detrimental). Rather, it was the effect on the lives of everyone involved during and after the fight. Collins never quit up to the last round. However, it made both his eyes suffer a torn iris, permanently blurring his vision. Because of this, Collins could never fight again. Losing a job is different from losing a dream. Collins became depressed, began drinking heavily, and became violent. And after two years, he committed suicide. Resto was convicted of illegal assault and served in jail for ten years, while his manager was also imprisoned for 2 ½ years. In 1983, HBO aired a documentary about the fight entitled ‘Assault in the Ring.’
duk-koo kim
In boxing, as quoted from Muhammad Ali, a majestic fighter needs to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee in order to win. Well in Ekachai Uekrongtham’s Beautiful Boxer, the butterfly part cannot be overly stressed enough. The film, as assumed by many upon reading the title and seeing the poster, delves into the character of Parinya Charoenphol, a Muaythai boxer who had the heart of a woman, and the iron legs of a warrior. Throughout the film, life continuously knocked him down before he rose and became a biological woman. Some cynics would call this another gay film. On the contrary, Parinya Charoenphol was more of a man than the other characters we see in Marvel comics or in other macho films. Combined with graceful and dance-like Muaythai and the memorable scenes from the character’s family, Beautiful Boxer has certainly stung the hearts of the audience.
Invictus (2009)
Everyone wants to see a Nelson Mandela biopic. However, it is indeed ironic to see the life of a South African President in a sports film.
Angelica M. Malabad
Benny 'kid' paret
beautiful boxer(2004)
The game ended, he lost. He went home with a silver medal.
Gemma carlos
She started playing basketball when she was a freshman. Her professor in Physical Education saw her playing basketball and told her to try-out. At first, she didn’t want to play, but when she held the ball, she felt the urge to continue.
Two thumbs up for a film that focused more on the heart of the athlete – which was his Texan family – rather than the sport itself or his career, which struck me, and the rest of the audience the feeling that we’re not watching a biopic, rather, more of a love story between a mother and a child.
Nelson Mandela is the epitomy of the perfect blend of compassion, mercy, and intense love of country in South Africa, and even in the world. His journey itself cannot be contained in a book, much less in a film. And out of all his achievements and hurdles, it was an understatement of a shock when Morgan Freeman (in my opinion, the only living man worthy of the role) played Mandela in Clint Eastwood’s Invictus, the success story of how the Springbok team, South Africa’s rugby team, bagged its first World Cup. Since the key player was South Africa, the film already had a heavy element of apartheid in it. Hence, one of its million messages is that the quality of players cannot be measured by their uniform, nor their color.
Raging Bull (1980)
Last, and certainly not the least, is the Heavyweight Champion of not only biopics, but also in the entire history of film, whatever genre. Boxing, one of the many sports that involves combat, requires utmost discipline, agility, and power. And yes, it’s easy to watch men waste blood and flesh in the ring, sometimes ignoring the sport’s majesty and simply focusing on its brutality. However, blood-thirsty spectators sometimes fail to see what lies behind every uppercut; what comes out from the boxers aside from blood after every punch; and most importantly, what happens to them after the bell rings. Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull gives Robert de Niro a career highlight after playing Jake LaMotta, an Italian American middleweight boxer who brings his fight outside the ring and, destroys not only his life, but also his family’s. Indeed, a film of sadism surpassing the physical level.
Volleyball Intramurals ‘12
PLM rules JPIALympics “Hunger Games” The odds have certainly been favor for the PLM-JPIA. The PLM – Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants (PLM-JPIA) proved that they aren’t only skilled in the academic world, but also in sports after becoming the Over-All Champion of the 10th NCR-JPIAlympics with a “Hunger Games” themed main event last November 19-25. More than 70 PLMayers clinched to the top spot in the clusters they belonged to, and eventually, the entire competition, eliminating other “tributes” from 54 other universities at the University of Perpetual Help System Dalta (UPHSD). “The Hunger Games” highlighted students racing in various challenges, pit stops in the buildings and facilities of UPHSD. “Pinaghandaan namin ito, kasi madalas 2nd o 3rd lang ang JPIA-PLM, [kaya] sabi namin, [dahil] 25 [na taon] na
kami, gusto naming makuha ‘yung [kampeonato. Kaya] nagplano talaga kami para dito,” said Prof. Ma. Elena Litao, JPIA adviser. Third year accounting student Jommarey labrague, one of the PLM “tributes” for the competition admitted that it is a pressure to repeat their recent feat. “Syempre, malaking [hamon] sa amin na maulit ulit ‘yung pagkapanalo. (Kaya) kailangan naming galingan para madepensa(han) ang (pagiging) kampeon namin,” he said. Aside from the main event, other sports activities namely basketball, badminton, and volleyball were included. The JPIAlympics, organized by the National Junior Philippine Institute of Accountancy, is an annual competition composed of JPIA chapters of different universities.
(Aljan G. Quilates)
PLMayers join Exhibition Game for a cause Five PLMayers teamed up with the Knights of Colegio San Juan de Letran in an exhibition game for a cause last November 25 at the Mapua Institute of Technology. Ryle Puntero, John Arlo Cabral, Mark Penaranda, Jan Kevin Pangilinan and Ibañez joined the Mayor Lim’s All Star Intramuros Basketball Cup ’12 to help promote solid waste management within the community. Moreover, Dr. Eleanor Galvez, director of Center for University Extension Services, emphasized that residents need “not only a clean community, but also a safe community.” In the end, the team of the Mapua Institute of Techology and the Lyceum University of the Philippines – Manila won the game. (Neima G. Chowdhury and Ira Y. Cruz)
Getting down and dirty: Odd sports known to man Jouel Mina C. Ayes #ROLLER DERBY Description: A contact sport among females founded in USA which consists of two teams with five members, each capable of roller skating. The game play has a series of short matchups (also known as “jams”) wherein both teams have a scorer (the “jammer”) who gains a point by lapping the members of the opposing side. Note: Intended choking, biting, punching or kicking and any other major penalty will result in getting removed the game. #CHEESE ROLLING Description: The infamous Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake started out only as an annual tradition that occurs in the Cooper’s Hill, England that later on evolved and invaded the world. Basic rule: a rolled Double Gloucester cheese will roll down the hill and the competitors’ task is to race after it. The fastest one wins the cheese. As silly as it may seem, the sport is done in order to symbolize the never-ending cycle of man’s creation, release, pursuit and re-capture of his dairy products. Note: Wear nice shirts and jeans at your own risk.
#PUMPKIN-BOAT RACING
board. The first player to do either wins.
Description: The race is also known as the Windsor Pumpkin Regatta, originally held every October at Lake Pesaquid in Windsor, Nova Scotia. As the name implies, the racer uses a boat made of a giant pumpkin. The paddlers personally made their own boat (weighing about 500 to 1600 lbs) with decors. And as any race goes, the fastest paddler wins.
Note: The chessboxer must be competitive in both chess and boxing.
Note: Use lifejacket for life-support and don’t forget to train yourself how to maneuver a giant pumpkin across bodies of water needs a lot of strength. # CHESSBOXING Description: Chessboxing, a hybrid sport founded in Netherland, is a combination of both chess and boxing. It started with the idea of the French artist Enki Bilal’s in his graphic novel, Froid Équater, which became a reality in 2003. The fight is pretty simple: There are up to 11 alternating rounds of chess and boxing. The two players are trying to knock down their opponent either in the boxing ring, or in the chess
#WIFE CARRYING Description: Herkko Rosvo-Ronkainen, a Finnish thief and forest dweller in the late 1800s, used to tear into villages with his pack of robbers and steal other men’s wives by carrying them on his back as he ran out of town. That distressing criminal activity has turned into a sport today, with major competitions taking place in Sonkajarvi, Finland and Newry, Maine. How to play: the male challengers haul their female partner through an obstacle courses which includes fences, pools and rocks; the man-wife team who finishes the race in the shortest time wins. Note: The man’s “wife” must be of light weight if they expect to at least finish the race.