Table of Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITORIAL BOARD PAGE 1 Editor’s Note PAGE 2 About the Theme PAGE 3 Kapihan 2015 UP ETC ACLE PAGE 4 Motions in Motions PAGE 6 KAPEKONOMIYA
PAGE 7 UP ETC Goes to Makati PAGE 10 Dugo Lamang Saint Ronald PAGE 11 Twenty-Five PAGE 13 Carpe Diem Within the Darkness PAGE 14 Baking 101 PAGE 15 The Strength from Within PAGE 17 Acads or Activism? PAGE 19 Lackluster Apathy
PAGE 20 Road to Cat Lady
Page 21 Prism The Sidewinder For Our Dreams that do Keep Silent Page 22 Hangin PAGE 23 The Why PAGE 24 Too Much The Battle PAGE 25 Love is the Greatest Commandment Mellow PAGE 26 Jokes ni Belle Name PAGE 27 The Grandest Dance PAGE 28 Why we Should Buy IdeaPaint PAGE 29 Thoughts on Terror PAGE 31 Why Econ 11 Should be a Required GE PAGE 33 Who’s Your Hero?
TABLE OF CONTENTS | Every Thought Counts
Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief: Angela Jabalde
Associate Editor-in-Chief: Ellaiza Tiu Managing Editor: Renzo Racadio Graphics Editors: Denielle Espiritu Patrice Manuel Layout Editors: Rio Dayao Joseph Diquit
December 2015 | EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor’s Note
Dear Reader,
This is it, the first volume of this school year’s Every Thought Counts. This issue presents not only the organization’s efforts toward social change, but also the other things the individual members are passionate about. This volume of course contains news and opinions on relevant social issues, but aside from that, members were able to express themselves even more through poems, stories, other feature articles, and art. Every Thought Counts, as the title suggests, all these things we love do matter, from attaining social change to baking cupcakes and pastries to caring for virtual cats. Contributors, thank you so much for sharing us a part of yourselves and showing us what you love. I haven’t expected this many works and this issue wouldn’t be possible without you. Editorial Board, congratulations! This was a completely new challenge for all of us since we’re all new here, but we made it! I truly admire your dedication! Imagine, working even during the APEC break and Christmas holidays. Thank you, Ellaiza, Renzo, Patrice, Denielle, Jodi, and Rio. Everyone, I hope you enjoy read-
ing and reflecting on this ETCounts. Maybe you’ll even try new things or gain new interests and hobbies because of this. Merry Christmas and happy holidays! Sincerely, Angela Jabalde Editor-in-Chief
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About the Theme
entire selves for the sake of others.
Another way to view this issue is as an ode, a manifestation of nevSocial change, in the context of erending praise and gratitude to all Philippine history, has been fought the people whom the heroes of the for a very long time. The longing past died for, and decided to dedifor social change didn’t just man- cate their lives not letting what our ifest during the Marcos regime, ancestors fought for go to waste. the time when UP ETC was founded. This volume of Every Thought And last but not the least: this is for Counts will go further than this grim you, dear reader, for our optimism and vile time period in our history. puts premium on the youth and your juvenile vigor and burning deBy further, we mean the era wherein sire to fight for social change and in the likes of Jose Rizal, Andres Boni- turn, create a better Motherland not facio, and Antonio Luna still walked only for you and your comrades but the lands of our nation. A time also the next of your own to come. when the Filipinos first attempted the fire burning! to unite and organize themselves to Keep go against oppressors, those people who took away their freedom. A time wherein rebellion, revolution and reform were battlecries of every Filipino wanting to save the country and win back its sovereignty. This is a tribute to all the people who desired for social change and gave themselves, their time, dreams, and lives for the next generations to have better lives. This is for everyone who fought battles either against other enemies or wars against themselves. This is a salute to everyone who keeps fighting until now, to those who have not given up, and to those who found themselves rising again and offering their December 2015 | Page 2
KAPIHAN 2015 Tackles Sustainable Development
by: David Baldivia This year’s Kapihan, under sponsored by Paru coffee, the the theme “Building Better Worlds”, participating organizations included was held on Saturday, November the UST Industrial Engineering Circle 7, 2015 from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM (UST IEC), the University of Asia at the NCPAG Audiovisual Room. and the Pacific Business Economics The day-long activity featured four Association (UA&P BEA), the Asia simultaneous events - an educational Pacific College (APC) Speaks, and discussion, a debate competition, the Polytechnic University of the and two brand new activities: a Philippines (PUP) Engineering poster-making and an essay-writing Spectrum. contest - all of which addressed the The morning began with the topic of Sustainable Cities. educational discussion featuring In partnership with APC three distinguished speakers with Speaks, UP Association of Economics knowledge on specific aspects Students, and UA&P BEA, and continue on page 5
UP ETC holds ACLE 2016
by: Joana Aganon The Alternative Classroom creativity and politics of the Learning Experience (ACLE) is a upcoming presidential elections. university-wide event per semester It was entitled ‘Electoons’, an spearheaded by the University alternative classroom learning Student Council (USC) under the experience on the 2016 Philippine Education and Research Committee. elections in cartoons. The ACLE was Organizations all over the university divided into two parts. The first part create their own innovative ways was composed of the lecture on the to educate people with their economics and politics of the 2016 organization’s objectives in mind. It is elections and its surrounding issues, a movement of students that shatters the second part was a lecture on the walls of a regular classroom editorial cartooning principles and set-up to a united call of bringing procedures. enlightenment and education as a The two guest speakers were catalyst for change. Professor Maria Celine Anastacia For UP ETC’s ACLE this Socrates and Mr. Bladimer Usi. semester, the topic combines continue on page 7 Page 3 | Every Thought Counts
ETC Competes in Annual JPES Debate Competition by: Jo Madridejos
Last September 26, Christian Dave Gonzales and Joanne Madridejos (Team JODA), and Amber Quiban and Leo Rivera (Team Coco Lember), participated in the annual amateur debate competition of Junior Philippine Economics Society titled “Motions-in-Motion” held at St. Scholastica’s College in Manila. After weeks of vigorous exchange of arguments and witty retorts for training, the two teams bagged a spot in the Quarterfinals, together with 14 other teams from different universities all over Luzon. The eliminations ended with Team JODA ranking 5th and Team Coco Lember in the 10th place. Two weeks after the said elimination, the Quarterfinals opened with topics on labor and international economics which
boggled most of the contestants with its motions. Despite the lack of time for continuous training for the Quarterfinals, the UP education did not let the organization down as Team JODA advanced to the semifinals, together with the other 6 teams which ranked 1st and 2nd in the Quarterfinals. The semi-finals ended with a motion on international economics regarding retaliatory tariffs. Unfortunately, the framework presented by Team JODA did not satisfy the standards of the adjudicator which led to their loss. One team from Polytechnic University of the Philippines and one from San Beda College will advance to the finals next year wherein they will compete with two other teams from Mindanao and Visayas.
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KAPIHAN 2015 tackles Sustainable Development (Cont.)
of Sustainable Cities. The first speaker, Director of the Institute of Civil Engineering Dr. Ricardo Sigua, tackled the engineering and infrastructure side of the topic. Second speaker Dr. Meliton Juanico gave his take on proper urban planning. The third speaker, Dr. Ernesto Pernia, a familiar face at U P S E , gave some of his t i m e to enlighten the audience on economic development characteristics shared by sustainable cities. The
discussion was followed by a fruitful Q&A session. In the afternoon, several members of the participating organizations competed in the poster-making and essay-writing competition, centering their works on the theme “Towards Advancing Communities: How to Build a Better World�. Several judges reviewed the works of each participant and selected the winners. The second half of the afternoon was reserved for the muchanticipated debate competition. Under the trained eyes and ears of the adjudicators, participants from APC, BEA, and a swing team from UP ETC doled our arguments and counter-arguments on whether or not developing countries should exhaust their resources for the sake of economic growth. Project heads Florette Albis and David Baldivia, along with UP ETC president Leo Rivera, awarded the various certificates and medals to the speakers, the participating organizations, and the winners of the three competitions, capping on a very positive note a successful Kapihan 2015.
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PolDy Discussion Stirs Up Kapekonomiya 2015 by: Carlos Cabaero
A group of friends, gathered around the table, sharing stories about life and the world that nurtures it – all with some nice mugs and warm coffee. This is the idea that sparks one of ETC’s biggest and most widely talked about Educational Discussions – Kapekonomiya. For years, Kapekonomiya has served as an avenue for discourse on the nation’s most relevant issues, a platform for both experts and students to engage one another and ask relevant questions, and a hub to conduct all these wondrous affairs with a warm and refreshing cup of sumptuous coffee. The event definitely cannot be conducted around a simple coffee table, but the spirit of the event – vibrant ideas and engaging discourse – is one that Kape continues to embody today. Last September was no exception. With the coming of the 2016 elections next year, ETC and SESC held Kapekonomiya: Pamana. This particular Kape tackled the subject of Political Dynasties, through a panel of illustrious speakers. Dr. Alicor Panao started things off by explaining what Political Dynasties are: its types, and how conditions in the Philippine political atmosphere has paved the way for its continued prevalence. After establishing
the phenomenon that are these Dynasties, Dr. Panao was followed by Dr. Ron Mendoza, Executive Director of the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center. In his talk, he elucidated, a brief yet violent ghastly history of political dynasties in select areas of the Philippines. As an economist, Dr. Mendoza stressed the trend that regions within the Philippines that are under political dynasties suffered from higher rates of crime, corruption and consequently, poverty. It’s this notion that he uses to provide an overview of the Anti-Political Dynasty Bill. He explains that this landmark legislation, if passed, would allow for an equal playing field between dynasties and non-dynastic political aspirants, expanding the choices for government position and possibly lowering the choke hold that dynasties have on our political system. Our last speaker, Dr. Dennis Quilala further elaborated on the negative externalities brought about by political dynasties. Unlike Mendoza, however, he stressed that the Anti-Political Dynasty legislation may not be the entire solution, albeit, only a band-aid one to an even bigger problem in our electoral continue on page 8 December 2015 | Page 6
UP ETC holds ACLE 2016 (cont.)
Ms. Maria Celine Anastacia Socrates is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy at UP Diliman. Her lecture covered the Philippine political environment and the challenges we will encounter in the upcoming elections. She looked at both the economics and political perspective of issues. Mr. Bladimer Usi is an award-winning freelancer editorial cartoonist, comic artist, writer, and caricaturist. In his lecture, he exhibited his work as an editorial cartoonist of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He stressed that editorial cartooning is about the content and not about aesthetics and that every work should send a message and at the same time get the reader minds working. At the end of the lectures,
everyone in the audience got a chance to make their own editorial cartoon with the question “What will be the biggest challenge the next president of the Philippines will face?” While the guest speakers are choosing the winners, the members of the audience were entertained with a small game with desserts from Cupkies by K as prizes. Three winners were chosen and the event closed with the awarding of certificates and warm messages from the project heads. UP ETC indeed achieved its objective of spreading consciousness through a way that is different from the typical classroom setting. Everyone got to learn about the 2016 elections and was able to unleash their hidden talents through editorial cartooning. Undoubtedly, this ACLE was one to remember.
UP ETC goes to Makati
UP Economics Towards Consciousness brought about another eye-opening community discussion group (DG) by bringing the issue of political dynasties to Makati. Headed by Coleen Gagalac and Vjan Razon, UP ETC held ManaMana, a community DG on the Antipolitical dynasty bill, last October 24, 2015 at the Makati City hall.
by: Abi Antonio
The DG was originally supposed to be held at a school in Makati which was chosen for its accessibility to the public. Due to the changes with the school’s schedule, the venue was moved to the Makati City hall. The members struggled with the location change, going around and about looking for ways to invite continue on page 9
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PolDy Discussion (Cont.)
system and political environment. It is these themes that students from all around UP and even beyond would ruminate upon, tackling issues like Political Dynasties, the Anti-Pol Dy Bill, and even what the youth can do. It is here that all professors concurred that the best solution is for the initiative for a more efficient and cleaner government to come from the students – for the youth to involve themselves both now, and directly in the future to the development of the nation. All in all, Kapekonomiya: Pamana managed to really exhaust
the discussion on political dynasties. Both sides of the argument were covered, from political and economic negatives to dynasties providing a sense of stability in the region. There was vibrant discourse on whether the problem can be solved by the presence of the Anti-Political Dynasty Bill or not, among other things. Ideas like these keep the discourse rich, and provide innovative solutions to the country’s most dire problems. It is this convergence of ideas that keeps the spirit of Kapekonomiya enduring and well.
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UP ETC goes to Makati (cont.)
the passers-by to attend. Despite the audience’s small number, the team was surprised that a reporter for Veritas radio station saw the publicity materials posted near the school and ventured out the Makati City hall to participate in the event. Jhio Aranzaso, one of the facilitators, gave a statement about the DG itself. The discussion started out discussing the rationale, timeline, provisions, and arguments of the Anti-political dynasty bill with little to no clarifications. However, upon reaching the guide questions, the audience seemed to burst with life as each and every audience member gave their opinions about the Antipolitical dynasty bill and political dynasties in general. The audience members who argued for the passing of the bill ranged from problems our country encounters with political dynasties such as a history of corruption and complacency. They gave additional information about studies who found a high correlation between ‘fat’ political dynasties and lowincome provinces. One of them even called out to the audience speaking about Makati’s own experience with dynasties.
On the other hand, there were arguments who believed that the bill was restrictive to some of our rights as citizens. Some brought to light how this bill stereotypes all political dynasties. Meanwhile, others believed that there are better options such as voters’ education, the Freedom of Information Bill, and the Political Party Development Bill. One of the audience members spoke of how we should start addressing the problem from its root, as the Antipolitical dynasty bill only addresses the outer layer of the problem at hand. Regardless of which stand one may have on the Anti-political dynasty bill, these well-formulated opinions both see and acknowledge that our country is experiencing problems with corruption within our political system. The difference lies with the methods in which they want to address it.
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DUGO LAMANG
isang musmos na lahi isang munting nasyon parang itinanim na buto itinakdang sumibol at lumago sa paglaon ng panahon nag-aabang, naghihintay puno nang sabik pero kaytagal dumating tayo ay nainip
tadhana nating tagumpay kailan kaya makakamit apat-na-raang taon hanggang ngayon lulong pa rin sa putik nangangapa, nadadapa sa dilim mga butong nanginginig sa lamig mga islang pitonglibongisangdaan at pito ang ating lupang sinilangan, tahanan ng ating lahi pero nga bahay ba ito o burol? mga pangarap na masilayan- sinag ng araw mahagkan ang malayang langit mananatililang bang panaginip sa bayang natutulog o mapagkunwari tanggapin mo nalang humikbi, humagulgol, ibuhos mo man ang iyong luha
by: Marge Redelicia
walang darating kumayod ka man at magdamag magsikap diligan mo man ang lupang pawis wala pa ring mangyayari kasi dugo dugo lamang na dumaloy mula sa mga palad ni Hesukristo kung ang Kanyang pag-ibig babaha sa lupa tila bagang delubyo ito ang nag-iisang paraan
ang nag-iisang sagot: dugo lamang na ibinuhos ang tanging makakatubos makakaahon, makakaligtas sa atin
Saint Ronald
by: Shy Yolo Girl McDonald’s, our saint of comfort. We offer you this prayer of thanks for welcoming our downtrodden souls and nestling our hungover hearts Into your soft couch bosom. May the late night mistakes of our youth blossom into something greater and maybe noble
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Twenty-Five
Hello from the other side. I must have called a thousand times To tell you I’m sorry for breaking your heart. They say that it’s very horrifying, surprising, and terrible what a day or even a year can do to our lives; and that’s what exactly happened to presently-acclaimed the Queen of Ballads - Adele. Yes, you heard it right, she made a comeback. Not just an ordinary resurgence, but it was something that really made us crazy about her. It was the Adele that we used to and we’ll continue to love. She made her debut after three years with her hit single, Hello, which was the first of the 11 tracks that comprise her album, 25, next to her multi-million selling album, 21, which was released in around 2011. Just like any sparkling recording artists, Adele’s newest song hit the million mark just hours (or minutes actually) after its release in October 22. Everything smoothly followed. The alleged leakage of her album tracks weeks after actually made her and her songs more popular, thus, creating more attention towards these tracks. Now, her album is enjoying being at the top, and it actually helped
by: Jeryl Abong
her dethrone Queen B as the singer with the selling album in the history of iTunes. Surprisingly (or should I say anticipated), she also shrug NSync off the top and now holds the top spot as new record-holder for single-week album sales. All these happened because Adele wrote a nostalgic song trying to reconcile with a lover, set in a sepia-themed video, then started to answer the telephone. After all these happened voila! Millions of copies of her album began to be sold-out. What’s with her songs that made people very hooked and attached, to the point that they’d realize that they’d see themselves actually singing the song and leaning against the wall? Here are some interesting stories about the songs and the album, itself. 1. Adele was quoted to have said that if she were to make a label for this album, she’d have it as a ‘make-up record’. Her last album, 21, in 2011 showed the end of a bad relationship that prompted her to write from a more wounded perspective, with songs like “Rolling in the Deep” and “Someone Like You”. This time, even though still filled with so many breakup songs, the good thing was that the album tried to reconnect and
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reconcile her past experiences and future expectations, thus, radiating an optimistic and hopeful vibe despite the heartaches and pain. 2. “We Both Know We Ain’t Kids No More” was the supposed title of one of her tracks, “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” which was inspired by Taylor Swift’s hit, “I Knew You Were Trouble”. It led her to seek out Max Martin as a potential collaborator when she brought to him the song, half-finished. Also, she composed the song when she was only 16. 3. Her boyfriend, in the person of Simon Konecki, became her inspiration when she wrote “Water under the Bridge”. She was quoted in a Rolling Stone interview- “The song is about a relationship suddenly getting really serious and getting cold feet but then realizing that this must be right”. This is the relationship that I want to be in for as long as I can possibly be in it. 4. Adele has outsold Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, One Direction and Justin Timberlake when it comes to first-week sales of new albums, in just a few days. 5. This album also features several experimentations - in the touches of vintage-FM rock and soul, the modern pop productions, the occasional hint of pained French chanson, and the decision to focus on the pain of love as subject matter
rather than sing her diary entries one more time. 6. ET online recently published an article relating one of her songs, “When We Were Young”, as a song that will remind you the moment with an ex from a long time ago who you recently bumped into, and if you’re honest with yourself, have been pining after all these years. 7. She revealed about the paradigm shift in her album — from being restless to grow up to now wanting to slow down and absorb every second. This transpired after she became a mom to her son Angelo James Konecki. 8. She’s actually uncertain whether to pursue a tour to promote the album. “I don’t know if I’m strong enough for it”. I want to make sure that before I ever would consider anything like that, I am definitely strong enough to do it.” Personally, the first time I listened to Hello, I uncontrollably played it multiple times. Adele is such a harmonizer, who always has a song to offer for every mood and situation. It might look like she’s hasn’t still moved on from her breakups in the past because of the #hugots of the song. Having someone narrating her own story (which immediately becomes yours) and then being able to sing it with her heart all out is indeed a gift, much like her album, 25. December 2015 | Page 12
CARPE DIEM
Seize the day. Even when the day is a galloping river that threatens to take you away. Curl your fingers around the water and try to take charge. Ignore the fact that your hands are full of holes, and the day has only left you empty and your fingers numb from the cold. Seize the day. Hold it with a vice-like grip. Even when the day is an iceberg that stings your hands. Still, hold on as much as you can, even as your hands turn blue and feels like red. Hold on even when your mind is screaming to leave the pain and run as far as you can.
by: Paper Crane
Seize the day. Seize it. Don’t let it seize you. Even when the day is an ocean that fills your room. As the salty waves buries you under its overwhelming weight, don’t let it win. Kick your legs, move your arms. You can’t let yourself drown. Survive the day. Do what you can. Even if you have to curl into a ball as you wait for the hurricane to pass. Survive the rivers, the icebergs, the oceans, and the hurricanes. For maybe, in the future, you don’t have to tackle the day down to the ground. Maybe it will cooperate, for once. So, until then, survive.
Within the Darkness
The fear that binds our legs to the ground, The worry that tightly wraps around our arms, The self-doubt that we possess, All of this keeps us faceless.
by: kaparakan
We forget about our strength. These chains cannot stop us.
We forget remember our goal. What are we fighting for?
We are nobody. We are useless.
The night sky is dark, Yet we continue to dream.
But we forget about our wings, so wide and bright.
We still wish upon a diamond in the sky.
We forget about our courage. We can stand up and fight.
But here on the ground, We are the stars twinkling bright.
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BAKING 101
Baking is not as hard as you think it is. Take it from me because I only learned how to bake from the internet, and look at me – I’m already writing tips for you. I was so obsessed with red velvet cupcakes before that I wanted to make them myself; so I got my mother to buy an oven, I googled a red velvet recipe and boom! I got what I wanted! Goodbye expensive cupcake shops, never again!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In this article, Panadero Jerm will be giving you 8 baking tips that will really help once you start baking so let’s go!
1. Read your recipe before you start Your recipe is like the blueprint of your pastry. You have to read it first to make sure that you have everything re a d y. A n d once y o u
by: Jerm Racela
start, don’t forget to follow the instructions! Some recipes might require mixing in different bowls or some recipes might require baking in a cold oven instead of a pre-heated one so it’s important that you know these things before you get all your ingredients mixed. 2. Measure your ingredients You have to measure your ingredients and put only the exact amount specified in your recipe. Unlike cooking where you can still adjust the ingredients, in baking, once you put the mixture in the oven, there’s no going back. An extra teaspoon of something might turn your cake into a cookie. 3. Find hope in substitutions Your favourite cookie recipe requires oat flour but upon checking your pantry, you only find all-purpose flour. Don’t panic! Find a substitute. A lot of ingredients in baking can be substituted. Buttermilk, for example, an ingredient in red velvet cupcakes can easily be made my mixing milk and white vinegar. These substitutions might alter the taste of your output a little though, so if you’re really in a hurry or are too lazy to go to the grocery just google what substitution can be used for continue on page 16 December 2015 | Page 14
THE STRENGTH FROM WITHIN by: RenzWade03
Each day I wake up with a lot of things in mind Sometimes I find myself seemingly blind But I guess it’s because great things are hard to find That is why I am always hopeful, I unwind I feel fearful of the bad things that might happen Recently, I just sprained my ankle and it felt broken I tried to stay strong because I knew I’d be fine It’s just a mental game, I did not feel mad, I didn’t whine At the end of the day everything will be alright Like a tree trimmed down, I would still grow and flourish And be the one who fights and keeps on being nourished I know that for me, the future is not dim, it’s bright! Time flies and so should I. There are no limitations, just hesitations I know I have a lot of decisions to make And a hundred risks to take I keep my composure and make sure to take it slow and take a break The strength I have is one of a kind, it’s an unbelievable nexus With the people around me and Mother Nature My strength from within is Faith, Hope and Love
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BAKING 101 (Cont.) an ingredient you don’t have. 4. Use room temperature ingredients Baking involves a lot of mixing, and ingredients tend to blend in easier when they all have the same temperature. Ingredients like eggs and butter might not spread evenly in your mixture if you use them straight out of the refrigerator so it is important that you take them out 1-2 hours before you bake. 5. Make sure you have sturdy hands Some recipes might require you to mix for minutes so it is important that you’re patient (and energetic). For amateur bakers like me who do not have an electric mixer, we have to make do with our hands. After all, that’s the traditional way of baking. Be careful not to overmix because this might make your pastry too stiff. 6. Your oven is your friend Not all ovens are the same. Each oven has its own hotspot so once you start baking, you have to figure out which part of your oven cooks faster. Some ovens might be hotter at the sides or at the back, so it would be great if you could turn your mixture halfway through baking to avoid unequal baking. 7. Try recipes in smaller batches If you’re only trying a recipe out, you can convert some recipes
into ½ or ¼ so that you don’t have to worry about eating a w h o l e dozen of cupcakes if you end up not liking them. Be careful when you convert though because you might confuse yourself with the actual recipe and end up with a disaster. For example, if a recipe requires 1 egg and you want to halve it, just scramble the egg and put only half of the mixture in. 8. When in doubt, google! I do a lot of troubleshooting on google, especially when the things I bake don’t turn out the way I like them to. This way, you can do better the next time you bake. Also, the internet is full of recipes you can pick from. 100% of the pastries’ recipes I made all came from the internet so thank you WWW. If you’re a visual learner, you can also look for tutorial or step-by-step videos on YouTube. The web is full of answers so take advantage of it. So, what are you waiting for? LET’S START BAKING!!!!!!
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Acads by:orRenalActivism? End At the university should be studying for exams, in class or researching for a paper. They are right in saying Whether I’m doing something for ETC or for Sidhi and even when attending an event I’m interested in, people show their concern by giving me a special kind of face coupled with the expression, “Hoy! Acads first!”. I get where they’re coming from. It makes sense to me that maybe most of your time spent while that among my priorities, academic excellence should be at the very top. I don’t see it stated any more clearly than in the university’s motto: Honor and Excellence, taken to mean that in our academic life in university, academic excellence should be one we all strive for. We also see that same term as the ‘A’ in the P-A-S-S pillars of UP ALYANSA, declaring openly that as UP students we must make the most of the investment that the Filipino people have made to all of us, because by their subsidy we are able
to enjoy quality education. But after three semesters in the university, I realized that as a UP student I can do so much more. I realized that joining an org can give me a venue to hold events and discussions on very important social issues. I found joy in activism, a joy in serving the Filipino people by participating in movements for social change. Sure it took away some of my study time. I will tell you right now that I could have had a higher GWA if I did not. But I don’t see how having honors is more important than fighting for a Sin Tax Law that prevents further instances of the youth or the poor from smoking. I don’t see how my GWA is more valuable to anyone than my fighting for a bill that will make a government more transparent and accountable. Right now, it makes no sense for me to aim blindly and only for latin honors when there are people out there who are suffering the plight of poverty, day in day out.
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I understand how important academic excellence is. As of today, my goal is to graduate with honors, enter graduate school and become part of the academe. I hope to do research in Economics so that I can better serve the Filipino people by coming up with better policy. But there are things I can do now that can help bring about social change, and am I going to give those things up just so I can be a summa cum laude? I’m not saying you shouldn’t give time for your acads. On the contrary, set a definite time for it. But if you’re going to use your academics as an excuse for you not to forward social change at this very moment when you can, you are doing an equal disservice to the Filipino people as when you cut class or don’t listen to a professor during the lecture. Because now, you’re not only missing out on another slice of your education, you’re giving up the chance to do something that just might change this country for the better. ETC has the best of both worlds. We are both academics and activists. We don’t just march in the
streets for the Sin Tax. We read about it, we have a DG about it, we study it, we make a stand on it, we write a position paper on it, we push for it with an alliance and we hold a Congress on it. In other words, we are AcademicPolitical. The better your acads are, the more it should reflect in how you participate in the organization. If you’ve become really good at understanding Philosophy or Pol Sci for example, it sort of becomes your duty (for lack of a better word) to use whatever you’ve learned in pursuit of social change. I don’t want our academics to get in the way of something we all care about in this organization. I want our members to use their Academic life as a way to enrich their stay in the organization. In the other direction, I want members to use their ETC life to enrich their learning and academic freedom. ETCers, when someone asks you “Acads or Activism?” I challenge you to answer with a strong and fervent “Both!” and really mean it. Because when you took your oath as ETCers, you pledged the same. December 2015 | Page 18
Lackluster by: Lourd Perpeña
a love; a hope and a skin burn for one that wishes to feel.
I am a star distant and hot warm a ball of gas waiting to be breathed in. I shine for no one but me an existence viewed waiting to be gawked at. I’m a fire to be marveled at if anyone wishes but I marvel at me. I’m a star quiet; out of the way I am passion if anyone wishes I’m a crippling skin disease if anyone dares. I am the wish —
I am a star distant; forever distant, and in my distance, merely a thing to whom you profess your hidden secrets, if you wish. I am far away but a handhold to those astray to those whose hands grasp at air whose hands I hold, as a tight embrace a love that embodies the heat of my core a love that does not wish but then again
Apathy by: AnotherWriter
Sitting alone in a crowded room, No trace of the impending doom. A weird feeling lingers in the air, As if a deceiving monster would jump off its lair; And we’ll never know ‘till it’s too late. We can’t escape ‘cause we bit the bait.
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#RoadToCatLady: How a Cat Person Who Cannot Own Cats Becomes One
by: Marian Esquivias You might have heard about second thoughts, I downloaded it. the latest craze to hit ETCers as of late, Thus began my descent to crazy cat and that is the popular cat-collecting lady hell. I thought I was going to do app called Neko Atsume. My very first experience with this game was when some Pet Society-level caring but I I saw my seatmate in Bio 1 during was really glad that all I have to do midyear playing this. I was curious, is leave them food and toys then of course. It was a cute game. About just come back for the fish. But I cats. And cats and cute things are my found myself checking almost every five minutes for new cats to come favorite things in this world. Fast forward to months later, by. It was addicting. And when I get I completely forgot about this app. addicted to something, I want to Luckily, my seatmate soon became my talk to people about my obsession, friend on Facebook and she shared a so I tried to get my friends on the link on how this cat game was finally #RoadToCatLady and I succeeded. translated into English. Without any Sadly, there wasn’t any milk[shake] continue on page 22
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PRISM by: Abi Antonio
Rays surround the mask you wear, and light removes your essence. Drowning in the Sun’s glare, present without existence. Time continues to tick, the penumbra takes over. Guided by shadows, the pathway becomes lucent.
Theby: Sidewinder David Baldivia How long can I keep doing this? I have hours or perhaps minutes. The hills and the planets, the skies and the seas they’re all gone now. Even as I lie here dying of old age, my universe crumbles to ash. No, not ash. Sand. From dust to dust.
Should I have to die alone? Stuck in the depths of a black hole, I have enough energy left to make a silhouette grows. one more thing. The phantom appears. A friend. and your identity is shown. After all this time, the one thing I have never created...is me. So I will do just that. The darkness is coming for me. I am ready. by: Sieve My friend, look after my world for me. Maybe you will make it a better place For our dreams again. keep silence set in scenes and eye drops I am alive. That’s what we hear: I don’t know how I got here, or wherfake tears we hold ever “here” is, for the freedom told I don’t know how long I’ve been here from our fast fleeting either. existence and past. My frame is long and scaly. Our ways were clear My tongue is forked. but for the eye-drops My body moves like a wave on the or shrill whispers sand beneath me. we pretend to be heard. Sand. Where did all this sand come from? Speak up then. Or are our voices to be read or told? I must explore my new environment.
For Our Dreams that Do Keep Silent
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#RoadToCatLady (Cont.) that can bring all these cats (works as a great substitute for boys) to the yard, but it felt like I’m an actual cat lady after leaving them food and cute little balls, among other things, and they would visit me. There’s a certain kind of happiness you can get when you finally expand your yard and remodel, or finally take a picture of a rare cat that you so wanted to “come home”. Hearing the game BGM was
therapeutic, and it compels you to do that weird shimmying dance with your shoulders. Neko Atsume provided that joy I needed during this semester, which was the worst. Why don’t you try it out too? You might have a cat I haven’t gotten yet, and I would ask you on how you were able to make it come home to your yard. Neko Atsume is available for both iOS and Android. This is not a sponsored article.
Hangin
by: Anonymous Di mo ba batid, di mo ba pansin? sasabihin ko, Ako’y laging nariyan sa iyong tabi Mahal kita mula sa kaibuturan ng upang alagaan ka parati-rati. aking puso. Pinapasaya’t pinapagaan ang iyong Wala mang lakas ng loob na aminin mga damdamin sa’yo, Dahil nga espesyal ka para sa akin. Hindi ko talaga kaya dahil baka masawi ako. Aking irog, ako’y lubos na nasasaktan. Ngayo’y maayos na ang sitwasyong Ba’t di mo makita, aking magkaibigan lang tayo. pagpaparamdam? Tatanawin ka na lang at gagawing Para lang batang takot sa magulang inspirasyon ko. pag nakabasag ng pinggan Ayoko namang magmahal nang di sigurado at wala sa punto. Na di masabi-sabi ang katotohanan. Mas mabuti pang maging hangin na Ngayon lang sa tulang ito na lang ako. December 2015 | Page 22
THE WHY
by: Dianne Argamosa Do you remember the first I think I know, but maybe you time you met your why? It must have know it better. There were just too been a very long time ago. Perhaps, many battles, too many losses and the encounter was like most love too many regrets. And, if there was a stories. You met a lot of people. You victory, it was hollow. Before you can encountered various things. But, even prevent it, before you even fully there was just something different noticed it, it disappeared—your why. about that person; different about You felt empty. You felt tired. it. And, you just kept on noticing. It’s really very much like love. You never really realized that it was It was so precious, but now you need already steadily growing, maturing, to move on. You need to realize that until that moment that you define it this occurrence could actually be a as your love or as your why. natural phenomenon. Perhaps, you It was precious, wasn’t it? outgrew your why. The person you You placed it at your center. Keeping were back then is different from the it personal, there was no incentive one you are now. Your reality back to share it with others, ‘cause they then is slightly different from the probably had their own precious one you are facing now. Maybe I am whys, and you had yours. wrong, and it’s still there, but you no It was your stronghold. When life longer believe it. You can no longer challenged you, how many times relate to it. did you go back to your why and But you need one, a why. received the energy to fight once Yes, be honest with yourself. You again? It kept you moving forward. still need it to hold you act together, Now, think for a moment. Is it to push you to move forward, to still there? Do you still have it? motivate and energize you in all your Another interesting thing endeavors. about your why is that even though How do you do it? Is it still you kept it personal; it was too possible to find another why? I’m beautiful not to be seen. It actually happy to say that it’s very possible. radiated from you. I see you Just keep your mind open, your motivated. I see you filled with it. consciousness open, and just like Sorry, it wasn’t obvious to just me. before, it will steadily grow. Then one People realized how much you were day, you shall define it, and it will be brimming with it--you and your why. your precious why. What could possibly separate you? So, cheer up! Okay? Okay. Page 23 | Every Thought Counts
Too Much
It’s not fair.
by: Brielle
I know that I asked for this a long time ago just so I could forget her, But it’s just not fair. It’s like we didn’t share something, history or whatever relationship it was. It’s like I didn’t give her anything, anything at all. I simply can’t accept that she doesn’t even acknowledge me. She is herself now because of me. I gave her my time, my teachings, my beliefs, and my heart. But it’s as if nothing happened, and it’s sad. We shared something before! Can’t you even remember that? But I learnt something, and that is not to trust someone with my whole heart ever again, Because it’s not worth giving away. It is only mine.
The Battle by: Jovey Domingo
In the midst of my travel to my inner peace, I was disturbed by an irksome buzz of the alarm. With so much distress, I had no choice but to force my eyes open, no matter how tired and restless I am. I had to ready myself for the inescapable battle. There should not be any failures this time. I splash water on my face and vowed, "I will stay strong until the end." Looking at the mirror, I stared at the scar and mark of the previous wars I have fought. My eyes may be puffy and dark and my face may be pale, but my mentality is strong and unwavering. I will not fall to my defeat. Marching towards the battlefield, I held tightly in my hands the armor and tools that are not much of use. As I entered the room, I was greeted by my comrades. Everyone was in the feeling of festivity as if no battle will be held, whilst I knew that they are well prepared as I. Gulping my last aid, I went in place and waited. Then, "it" happened. All those exuberance were instantly gone as "it" started. Those faces, previously full of cheer and energy, were then painted with serious and stern expressions. My comrades were all firm and steady, while I was not. The battle was harder to conquer than I expected. I was shot. December 2015 | Page 24
Love is the Greatest Commandment by: J
my greatest fear is mother and father reading my journals seeing through lines deliberately unreadable because i write the unthinkable ‘i might not marry someday’ and the perverse ‘i wonder what’s it like to f*** this girl’ and the abominable ‘Leelah is a woman trapped in the wrong body and she is suffocating.’ i choke on the silence because it is woman’s role in Sunday sermons because i cannot borrow my brother’s slippers i am not needed outdoors because when i spoke for the trans waiter with the pained smile they blamed my education and not my compassion
mother and father, bless your souls i’d rather not have you read this and believe in the ‘i love you’s’ because love is the greatest commandment but we spit on the fags
Mellow by: Decipher
Mellow… the first hit is never the hardest but most real a sensual pang a lick behind the ear carving lust one letter at a time or whispered words — a tinder box to wholly ignite. It starts… the first wink of a wildfire catches the eye and tightens the throat with a knot: I want you make me feel you inside me I want it to hurt, the pleading of a low moan. The cinder halfway presses on… Pleasure lays helpless on her back trying to push away rough hands.
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A fruitless gesture, curt and senseless, only hoping for more. A wet smile forms knowing and on its corners pushes out more spit of vulgar speech take more of me.
Jokes ni Belle by: Belle Capistrano
Ano ang pabortitong inumin ni Jet Lee? (WATA) Anong hayop ang palaging nauuntog? (dog)
Flame dies down… leaving nothing untouched every crevice tasted every thought explored every desire given in to. An exhaustion of hungry weight bears down on the lungs rising, and falling and the sweet silence of the dance now ends with a last kiss speaking of helpless longing, craving for more.
Ano ang paboritong hayop ng mga movie director? (CAT)
As its embers extinguish as a last breath, a death of a world made from within, a cigarette rolls on the floor stepped on, disposed of, and forgotten.
Name
Knock knock. Oishi. Oishi who? “Oh my god oishi” (to the tune of Blank Space) Ibakod ang plywood. “Ibakod ang plywood, I’ll go wherever you will go” (The Calling – Wherever You Will Go) Machu pichu. “Machu pichu where you been I can show you incredible things.”
by: Lourd Penana I found a name once kept it and plastered it on the brown of my skin and polished the name to glistening, listening for any squeaks and creaks and I see it everyday on my palm, neck, and eyelids. A word from me would make the December 2015 | Page 26
consume your soul and control your body as you lose yourself in the sensation, the heightened excitement. As you sway your hips, glide across the floor and move along to the groove, you don’t let your inner inA breath and nothing breaks: bones intact, and un-torn ligaments. hibitions and fears restrict you. You give in to the beat and just move But I breathe it in and my lungs expand and own this along with the flow of the song, performing the steps you believe name, will complement the melody. You no longer merely polished but don’t mind what other people in the living. dancefloor say; you just mind how the music wants to make you want I found this name once to move and you do so, even if you while weary from walking don’t really know what you’re doing from burning down in the first place. After all, we are all the remains of this town just people who want to enjoy the I knew growing up. music as it is. I may have forgotten its name, The absence of music makes any I may have not. dance a mere spectacle that lacks I may not know how to go there sense and emotional impact. Withanymore, out music, a dance is just a series of Or maybe I do. steps put together in an unending But I have this name loop which moves along to nothing. etched along the lines of my heart Just like life – it is a dance which just there even before this name with isn’t exciting, meaningful and comme could start plete without the presence of that forever the gravity that pushes me music called love. down towards the life I’d live You see, my life used to be a simple, and it shall never be forgotten. irregular repetition of simple steps. I was a stiff body, unable to break away from routine and only able to by: Patrice Manuel perform the steps so rudimentary and bleak. I wasn’t in sync with any They say love is just like dancing – you just surrender to the music. You melody; I was just making enough let the rhythm take over your mind, movement to make life bearable and prevent it from becoming too name heel and breathe in the air of what it should be and me — it would breathe me in.
The Grandest Dance
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mundane to handle. I loathed the everyday monotony. I felt like a robot programmed to do this sequential bunch of steps without any reason whatsoever. That is, until you came into my life. When you set foot into that room, it was the first time I ever saw you. It was like hearing a glass chandelier fall from the ceiling and shatter across the floor. The deafening silence has been broken. Suddenly, I heard notes faintly playing in the background, notes that evolved into a melody which I have never heard my entire life but certainly find pleasing to the ears. As you walked across the place, the melody became more intricate and all the more satisfying. The melody slowly eased into my head, reverberating across its corners like an echo in a long, narrow hallway. I couldn’t get you out ofmy mind; it was a harmonic progression I wanted to keep up with and dance along to. I hate dancing with all my heart but you were the music I sought, the one that would provide rhythm to my bland steps and make all my movements worthwhile. I was clearly caught in this ethereal, enchanting and captivating music I couldn’t get enough of, and all that I could do is surrender and lose myself in it. And believe me, darling
– one day, I will be able to catch up and my life would be the grandest dance set to the grandest music: you.
Why We Should Buy Idea Paint? by: Bubu
Let’s get straight to the point, we should buy IdeaPaint. I mean, the benefits are so numerous! All committees in ETC would benefit from such a solid investment (provided of course we first have a tambayan). But what is IdeaPaint? IdeaPaint is basically a wall paint that you can write on with a whiteboard marker and erase from like you’re writing on a whiteboard. If the School of Econ would just put IdeaPaint on all its classrooms, there would be no need to install glass whiteboards or projector screens. Now you just project your display on your IdeaPaint and voila, you have a display you can write on. We won’t ever need a bulletin board, Manila paper or tape. I’m not sure if we’ll still need a paper-based consciousness wall! All we’ll need to do is get writing! (or drawing for that matter) Imagine planning our events on an December 2015 | Page 28
almost infinitely large whiteboard that we might need a stool to reach to the top of it. Imagine how easy it is to design the tambs for tambay week. We’ll just need coloured markers! Just think about checking pubmat designs as you flash that projector onto the whiteboard and as you encircle all those parts you think need improvement.
of terrorism is real and the likelihood of Metro Manila getting its share of religious and politically-charged violence just increased considering the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit will be having a certain notorious world superpower that has been advo-
cating regime change all over the world in favor of Western special interests, obviously it’s the United Just think of the many games you can play with a very, very, very large States of America. But returning to the APEC Summit though, it only whiteboard. takes an extremist with an intention to turn the metropolis, Metro MaRight now I bet you’re sold on the nila, on its head and into lockdown. idea. I bet you just want to get out your marker and write all your homework on what would be a wall We know what terrorism is, and in the tambs with IdeaPaint. The when we read, listen and watch thing is, the paint is quite expensive, the news on our television, iPads and you can’t just apply it on the and various forms of mass mewall willy-nilly. dia, we get to know who attacked, what got attacked, when it hapBut if you’re convinced that the pened and where it happened, benefits outweigh the costs, then but rarely why. Why do individuals propose this to the next Execomm. I’ll be glad you did! perform such acts of terror and why is terrorism the prevailing horror of this modern day and age? The answer though is not what many people get to know since they immediately by: Jonathan Vegamora assume it’s because of Islam, period. But that is not always the case, there Terrorists. Extremists. Fanatics. Rad- are other reasons besides religion icals. In this day and age, terrorism and peopleneed to know the whole is the new face of evil. Just recently, picture so that they may speak and Paris was attacked together with Bei- act with an informed conscience. rut, Kenya and Baghdad. The threat
Thoughts on Terror
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In order to know why terrorism happens, its origins must be revealed. Terrorism was borne out of and a response to continuous Western interventionism in the Middle East. Ever since after the Second World War, the United States and other Western powers have been intervening in the region such as Iran’s coup d’état of 1953 which was funded by British and American intelligence, MI5 (or was it MI6?) and the CIA respectively, to secure oil. Syria’s coup d’état of 1949 was also funded by the CIA to also secure oil. The United States’ pouring of Soviet weapons, in cooperation with Israeli Intelligence, Mossad, to the Taliban in Afghanistan to fight the Soviet invasion in the early 1980s. America’s courtship of the State of Israel, the monarchy of Saudi Arabia and the governments of other Gulf States with weapons and funding to secure allies and oil. The Gulf War initiated by the United States against Iraq’s Saddam Hussein for the invasion of Kuwait, an ally of and provider of oil to the United States. The occupation of Afghanistan since 2001 to hunt down the Taliban and Al-Qaeda who were allegedly responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001.
turned IS (Islamic State) extremists to overthrow the face of the Syrian government in the Syrian Civil War: President Bashar Al-Assad. Indeed, that is a lot to take in and it looks complicated, but this is what has been happening in the Middle East ever since America became a superpower in more ways than one after World War Two. And do also take into consideration that the Middle East wasn’t always in a state of war. Between the end of the Ottoman Empire in 1923 and the formation of the State of Israel in 1948, Sunni Muslims, Shiite Muslims, Jews and Christians were living together in harmony. No one threw rocks at one another. No one threw a Molotov cocktail or fired an AK-47 into a church. No one made the “ultimate sacrifice” through a suicide bomber or a car bomb or a bomb truck with the occasional cry of religious slogans with scary Middle Eastern accents. In short, no one was radicalized, nationalist or sectarian, because it was a time of peace and that peace could have lasted together with multicul-turalism, but powers of the West intervened, divided the Middle East and intervened again and again spurring regional instability.
The invasion of Iraq in 2003 over supposed weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that were nev- Obviously, regional instability can er ound. And the covert funding take a toll on its people and change and training of “moderate” rebels an outsider’s perception of that reDecember 2015 | Page 30
gion. The Middle East was supposed to mean something else like history, cultural diversity and monotheism but instead it meant civil unrest, government crackdowns, economic slumps, assassinations, coup d’états, invasions, warplanes, drones, cruise missiles, trigger happy foreign soldiers brought about by Western interventionism, and sketchy Westerners in suits handshaking Arab leaders. No wonder there are terrorists because they were terrorized! And because of this prolonged fear, sadness and anger emanating from a victimized people, we can’t bar the thought that some of them want vengeance for lives ruined, some of them turned to radicalism for good acts unanswered and some of them want to strike terror for being struck with terror, hence terrorist. How can a Middle Eastern live a life or raise a family in such an unstable geopolitical, economic, social and cultural context? Now, terrorism has gone full circle. Terrorists, who happen to be Muslim, are bombing and shooting in retaliation for being bombed upon and shot at which was self-evident during Iraq’s occupation by the United States military. And then the terrorists added religion into the war and it gets complicated, archaic even. Initially, terrorists perform acts of violence out of vengeance
for their peaceful lives lost by Western interventionism, but now they perform acts of violence in the name of religion. And you know, based on medieval history, how religion acts as a violence multiplier. So how can the cycle of terror end in the Middle East? It’s really simple, so simple actually that if terrorism against the West stopped due to its implementation, every Western leader supporting interventionism would be considered, forgive me for the term, foolish. Stop meddling in the internal affairs of Middle Eastern nations. Stop giving foreign aid to any government in the Middle East, authoritarian or democratic. Stop arming the terrorists. Stop harassing President Bashar Al-Assad, he’s trying to fight IS. Pay the people of the Middle East a huge debt and fight the terrorists you brought up in the first place for one last time and return the refugees to what’s left of their homelands.
Why Econ 11 Should be a Required GE by: thehappierbanana
Econ students know how important the Econ 11 course is in their decision as to whether to stay in Econ or not. Truly, Econ 11 is a grand display of what Economics is. It
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is a show of the approach economists take when making decisions and some basic economic theory. So why do I think it should be a GE course?
by solutions from their expertise.
And finally, it will clear up a lot of economic misconceptions. Time and time again Econ students have to clarify to some other students First, UP students need to under- out there the reality of what ecostand how an economy works. We nomics is and what it isn’t. There is can’t have future leaders, doctors no such thing as “free lunch” only and lawyers who are expected to run “opportunity costs” in every decithis country and not know a thing or sion that we make. In addition, proftwo about the economy. It is true it-maximizing is not necessarily evil. that we could learn about economics I may have missed on a few things. by other means. However, requiring ETCers can challenge me on this. Econ 11 gives us an understanding I hope to get feedback soon. how the economy affects everyone. Therefore we should have at least some basic knowledge of it. We can show the people outside UP that we, the students of this university, are concerned and aware of the importance of developing our nation. Second, Economics is a holistic gateway to other disciplines. Truly, economics draws influences from most other fields. Students taking an Econ 11 course would see how their chosen course link to Economics. This will allow UP students to innovate when thinking about solutions to economic problems. Because economics is a gateway field, it will help them approach these complications differently using another perspective. It will make them feel empowered that the problems occurring in our economy can be solved
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ETCounts Specials: Renzo.
You’re my hero, – Francis Endrinal
Music is my hero.
– Wenny Laine Canoy
OFW
A hero is anyone who puts others before themselves. In a way, that makes all of us heroes. Which is good. We need good people in the world. or, you know, it could also be
JOHN CENA.
– David Baldivia
special friend
Every who endured the pain of being away from the family, who got sick with no one around looking after him or her, and who were prone to be maltreated and exploited. All of this for their family which in turn help our economy. – Kim Philip Salazar
A (not from UP) who I fought with a lot at some point, she knows some of my worst mistakes. I’ve hurt her many times in the past but I still love her; every time I feel like a failure she always assures me that I can rise again and that she believes in me no matter what. – Anonymous
Ladybug and Cat Noir, [fictional] heroes of Paris
UP is one of my heroes because,
To
who occasionally took away my stress and kept me sane during this hell of a sem. – Marian Esquivias
as compared before, my life has a better path. – Nath Abella
Parents! Our parents are real heroes. – Julie Corridor
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Who's Your Hero?
My heroes are my parents and Miami Heat Star
Dwyane
Wade. He’s humble and nev-
er forgets to thank God for all the blessings given to him. He is a father first and always a loving son to his parents. The Real MVP! – Renz Salarda
Dahil sobrang matindi ang emotional attachment ko sa mga fictional characters, my personal hero is
Leslie Knope from Parks
and Rec. Sobrang gusto ko lang talaga ng strong female characters na naniniwala sa mga prinsipyo niya and ipaglalaban niya yung sa tingin niyang tama. Personal hero ko rin siya dahil siya yung life peg ko. Hahaha. Very strong, confident, a passionate public servant and leader plus feminist pa siya. <3 But God is the real MVP for me yo – Hannah Timbol
“...Dwyane Wade. He’s humble
and never forgets to thank God for all the blessings given to him.”
- Renz Salarda
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