ABa(3De)KaDaNaPaLa!
Ngayong Agosto 2011, malugod namin kayong inaanyayahan na makilahok sa Buwan ng Anibersaryo ng BUKLOD-ISIP!
BALIKAN ANG HAMON. IPAGPATULOY ANG PAGTUGON.
Tibay mo ‘Teh
Sinuri namin ang isang teksto para sa PanPil 19. Ang teksto na ito ay halaw sa Epiko ng Hinalawod. Ang pamagat nito ay Humadapnon: Ang Paghahanap kay Nagmalitung Yawa. Nagtataglay ang teksto ng ilang tipikal na katangian na makikita sa isang epiko. (May matipunong bida na naglalakbay at nagkaroon ng malulupit na adventure. Lahat ng iyon ay ginagawa niya para mapuntahan ang isang magandang dilag para gawing asawa.)
Ang nakakatuwa sa teksto na iyon ay mula sa kopya na ibinigay ng aming propesor ay pipili ka ng katapusan na sa tingin mo ay nararapat para sa kwento. Kapag nakapili ka na at inilahad mo ang dahilan kung bakit, tsaka na niya sasabihin ang totoong wakas ng kwento. Ang una ay nagdedetalye na matapos iligtas ni Nagmalitung Yawa si Humadapnon ay nahulog ang kaniyang loob at pumayag na maging asawa ni Humadapnon. Ang ikalawa ay nagdedetalye na matapos niyang tulungan si Humadapnon ay inalok si Nagmalitung Yawa ng mga tauhan nito na pakasalan ang amo nila. Tumanggi si Nagmalitung Yawa sapagkat maligaya naman daw siya sa kanyang pag-iisa at tsaka gamit ang kapangyarihan niya ay umalis.
Pinili ko yung pangalawa. Dahilan ko? Para cool at maiba naman sapagkat nararamdaman ko na sa loob-loob ko ay yung una yung tama. Karamihan sa mga kaklase ko ay yung una yung pinili.
Tama yung pangalawa. ☺
Ang kapainsin-pansin dito ay may ideya na ang mga ninuno natin na hindi kinakailangan ng isang lalaki para makumpleto ang buhay ng isang babae. Sapat na ang pagiging babae para sa lipunan. Mataas pa nga ang tingin sa mga babae! Pero dulot ng impluwensiya ng mga dayuhan ay natanggal ito sa ating kamalayan hanggang sa dumating sa punto na kung saan normatibo na sa kasalukuyang lipunan ang pag-pabor sa isang kasarian. Sobra at kumpleto ang pag-denigrate sa kultura natin na nagging patriarkal tayo at nagkaroon ng isyu tungkol sa opresyon at diskriminasyon. Hindi na bago ang peminismo sa atin. Hindi natin kailangan ito dati. Impluwensya ng dayuhang mananakop ang mapanghati at mapang-api na paraan ng pamumuhay. Nakakamangha lang. (Masama nga yung nangyari pero nakakamangha pa rin na alam nila kung paano mamanipulahin ang mga tao para sa kapakanan lamang nila).
Nakaktuwa rin na kitang-kita talaga o salient, kahit sa klase pa lang namin, ang pagkiling sa ganung pag-iisip. Malayong-malayo at malabong-malabo para sa ibang tao ang ideya na tatanggihan ni Nagmalitung Yawa ang alok sa kanya na kasal. Na-sosocialize talaga ang ganung pag-iisip sa atin.
Oo, naisip ko ito lahat nung araw na iyon.
- Prima Ester Medina,
Bukid
UP Buklod-IsipBrofist sabay chestbump.
But kidding aside, naaalala ko pa ‘to nung pinag-aralan namin ‘to sa Kas1 (oo, may natutunan ako sa Kas1!); na yung ideya ng patriarchy ay isang pamanang kolonyal na nadala na natin sa kasalukuyang panahon.
^Actually. :) Sa Soc Sci 3, sa tulong ng prof ko (na Kas2 prof), idiniin yan para sa akin- by citing examples na ang lalaking hindi kayang magperform (kung saan, alam na) at magpasaya ng babae hindi nakakaangat sa buhay. Sabi pa nga, ng dumating ang mga kastila, naabutan nilang may coughcockcoughringcough ang sangkalalakihan :))
if you are from any campus of UP, you MUST read this.
“For a number of us in the university, the most dangerous impact of the diminishing public character of the university is the erosion of the ideological mooring of service to the country and to the people among the students and among the faculty with the prominence being given to market rates as the standard for tuition and for salaries. Already, some quarters in the university have adopted Iskolar para sa bayan rather than Iskolar ng Bayan, a term which emerged during the height of martial law and which captures the fact that UP students are subsidized by the public and have an obligation to serve the people. This is not true for the term iskolar para sa bayan which can encompass Ateneos description of person for others “
Different types of ‘Kilig’ mode
Kilig na pa-cute…
Kilig na pa-simple…
Kilig na dapat pigilan…
Kilig na di mapigil…
Kilig na winner!
Kilig na ginagawa pag mag-isa
Kilig na ginagawa sa harap ng friends…
Kilig na normal…
Kilig na hindi na normal… as in WAGAS! parang end of the world na!!!… =D
Tengene
^just shows how complex ‘kilig’ can be <3 Ang sarap gawan ng pag-aaral. Teehee.
I Will Derive
So I thought back to Calculus.
Way back to Newton and to Leibniz,
And to problems just like this.
And just like that when I had given up all hope,
I said nope, there’s just one way to find that slope.
And so now I, I will derive.
Find the derivative of x position with respect to time.
It’s as easy as can be, just have to take dx/dt.
I will derive, I will derive!The former Math Major in me finds this really amusing. XD It’s annoyingly catchy too.
To all my friends who’re taking Math 100 or the 50 series <3 KEEP CALM AND SURVIVE DERIVE.
Fourscore and 23 years: For old professors, an old employee and Mang Larry, how has UP changed? by Lindley Agustin
When still part of the age-old University Belt, the University of the Philippines was home to only three colleges. They sat on the stretches of Padre Faura and R. Hidalgo streets in Manila.
But that was a hundred and three years ago.
Now, the colleges and private centers feeding it have become more diverse, much like the students. Past its centennial year, the University could either be a premier academic institution, a thriving business center, or a science park. Name it.
Very interesting read.
To sit and dream about a message, despite futility
I just sent my resume over to Vibal Foundation. It’s absolutely excruciating to– *ping* Oh shoot. They sent a~! Oh damn, it’s just a bot message. :|
On other news, I’m very much excited to dedicate a few of my Mondays to the academe by being a research assistant. This’d be truly valuable to me who’s yet to take Psych118.
Yet other news, I’ve just finished reading a short by Kafka- The Imperial Message. It’s very interesting (and from some perspective, threatening). What say you?
An Imperial Message
by Franz Kafka Translation by Ian Johnston
The Emperor—so they say—has sent a message, directly from his death bed, to you alone, his pathetic subject, a tiny shadow which has taken refuge at the furthest distance from the imperial sun. He ordered the herald to kneel down beside his bed and whispered the message in his ear. He thought it was so important that he had the herald speak it back to him. He confirmed the accuracy of verbal message by nodding his head. And in front of the entire crowd of those witnessing his death—all the obstructing walls have been broken down, and all the great ones of his empire are standing in a circle on the broad and high soaring flights of stairs—in front of all of them he dispatched his herald. The messenger started off at once, a powerful, tireless man. Sticking one arm out and then another, he makes his way through the crowd. If he runs into resistance, he points to his breast where there is a sign of the sun. So he moves forwards easily, unlike anyone else. But the crowd is so huge; its dwelling places are infinite. If there were an open field, how he would fly along, and soon you would hear the marvellous pounding of his fist on your door. But instead of that, how futile are all his efforts. He is still forcing his way through the private rooms of the innermost palace. Never will he win his way through. And if he did manage that, nothing would have been achieved. He would have to fight his way down the steps, and, if he managed to do that, nothing would have been achieved. He would have to stride through the courtyards, and after the courtyards through the second palace encircling the first, and, then again, through stairs and courtyards, and then, once again, a palace, and so on for thousands of years. And if he finally burst through the outermost door—but that can never, never happen—the royal capital city, the centre of the world, is still there in front of him, piled high and full of sediment. No one pushes his way through here, certainly not someone with a message from a dead man. But you sit at your window and dream of that message when evening comes.
That, or I wouldn’t be able to read the actual paper in the first place. :| I have to leech off another university’s EBSCO for chrissakes!
It’s been three weeks already into the campaign, and I’m dead beat with all the workload of going around the college, meeting new people in the dorms and speaking in front of a class, each period of each day… Yes, it’s tiring, but I can tell you right now - it is fulfilling.
Seeing what lies ahead makes me more idealistic. I’ve seen the people in this picture talk about what they could do in the USC, what they can act upon once elected and I could see the passion in their eyes. I grew admiration to these people because they are not only rational, they have this burning desire of getting the ball rolling. Every time we meet and talk about our day’s performance in the campaign, though tired from walking around the university, they make it a point to share learnings, what people in their classrooms had to say, and what they thought we need to spruce up once in council.
These people are our best option for the USC. I’m saying this not because I’m from Alyansa, but because I am a concerned Iskolar Para sa Bayan. We need leaders who not only talk the talk, but leaders who would make others realize that they’re in it as much as the leaders themselves are. This is the thing that lacks in the USC, making students empowered and realize that they are the USC.
In four days’ time, we would know what the pulse of the students are, the election of the USC would be start of real change, cliche as it may sound. Putting these people into the council would be the realization of this desire of changing the system, of revitalizing student involvement, of bringing renewed vigor into the University’s motto of HONOR and EXCELLENCE!
I hope fellow ISKOLARS PARA SA BAYAN would see that these people are our best option for the University Student Council. Kasama ka sa USC, kasama ka ISKOLAR PARA SA BAYAN!
Essays… Pfft.
teacher assigns an essay:
Getting more time to do the essay:
your parents ask you how far you are:
night before it’s due you remember you have an assignment:
your mom comes in to ask if you’re finished:
Staying up to finish the essay:
turning in your paper like it’s been done for a week:
getting your paper back and still getting a good grade:
SARAH THIS IS OUR LIVES <3
This is me, RIGHT NOW.
PRETTY MUCH THE LIFE OF A PSYCH MAJOR. Only change ESSAYS to RESEARCH PAPERS.
