I wanna share to you this post from the CSB section of Pinoy Exchange.com:

You might not know him, but might somehow; you already bumped or saw him around the campus. Even I don’t know him personally; just recently I just knew he was once my classmate in my NATSC13 class back in my frosh days, which I infrequently noticed him because he is usually to be found together with his co-athletes at the backside of the classroom. Iggy Villanueva(ID 107) is a full academic scholar, an athlete, and a graduate of University of St. La Salle-Bacolod in his secondary school, He was diagnosed last January 6, 2009 with an ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA. Just in little ways, if you’re interested to donate blood just proceed to SAO-3rd floor Solomon, and help in the fund raising campaigns allotted for Iggy, purchase any t-shirt merchandises, ballers, that can be found in this site “iggy’s friends”

A letter from iggy’s mom

26 January 2009

Mother
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A late late entry but I’m gonna write about it anyway:

            For week 3 of Fotogra, Ms. Ofrasio gave us an introduction to the wonder tool that is the tripod. I forgot which brand it was but the units currently available at the 10th floor SDA are plenty in sight.

     At first try it was a bit difficult. I have to remove this certain piece and have it attach to the camera’s bottom and later attach the whole thing onto the tripod. I also have to constantly adjust the “legs”  not only because I have to use it to obvious purposes but also because I have to bring it wherever place I want to take my pics with.

           However, I didn’t maximize the tripod the first time I used it, thus when my CP#2 came out, I noticed that some of the pics taken (with aperture set between f/22-f/16 and shutter speed is below 1/60 per second) are blurry. That’s when I decided to use the tripod for most of my newer set of pictures for CP#3.

     Getting into my creative side last Saturday, I took pics (this time, the aperture is set between f/2.8-f/1.8) that are extremely out of the ordinary thus it became less frequent to just hold the FM3a (even if shutter speeds of 1/125 per sec allows me to do so) and more on using the tripod. I’m hoping that this time, the quality of pictures would turn out good, despite “re”-shooting 24 pictures using a Konica film (which I know will turn out bad, unlike my usual use of YKL/Fujicolor film rolls).

      What made me happy right now is that a family friend gave me as a present this really neat 2nd-hand Sony remote-controlled tripod. It’s essentially a tripod but, it is has RC capabilities that are compatible only with Sony cams when used.

         Nevertheless, I was inspired to do this sort of photography trick that one of my friends would do when bored :):).

Ang Saya!

I was eating lunch last Saturday with some buds and one of them was utterly surprised to see a senior we all know and love. I looked around but can’t who was he referring to. I looked around a second time, and my jaw dropped. When I saw him, he looks like a….frosh?

“Wow! Anong ginawa mo?”

Ngumiti lang si senpai at dumiretso sa mesa niya dala ang pananghalian niya.

😀

Looks could kill yah!

          After Fotogra class, I continued on with my photoshoot for shallow depth of field at the 11th floor SDA when two guys approached me. They asked if I’m interested on being a model for their photoshoot for a magazine. Since, I have all the time to do my other stuff fo C-Break, I gave it a go.

            We went to the SDA Parking Area where the first thing they did was to have me sit on a balck cartolina laid out on the floor (Note: Mezzanine Floor). They said that if I have my own I-Pod, I could have them worn by me and pretend to be emo-like (which I did).

             I couldn’t get into the emotion thus I thought of playing a very sad song in my I-Pod playlist: Sting’s “Shape of My Heart”. It worked and I was feeling emo all the way of the first shoot. Oh yeah, forgot to mention that they also brought along another student they invited to be a part of this.

                 Afterwards, it’s back to the 11th floor we go. Right next to my Fotogra classroom (A1106)  is another one, although a bigger one and multi-purpose as a photography studio. When it wa my turn for the shoot, they made me sit on this chair with lights placed on my left and on my right. Thet flash when the camera the guys were using had its shuter-release button pressed. They took a lot of shots of me doing very emotionally-expressive poses (on the face!).

              Then when it’s all said and done, I got a good look on their shots of me and was pretty amazed, and speechless. The execution of the pictures were artistically well-done. I was even speechless on what I looked like on these pictures. Every single pic taken on me showed lots of expressions of torment, sadness, torture, and depression.

       I actually can’t wait for them to be published, just hoping I could get my hands on that magazine of theirs here on school.

Ang saya!

Wagghhh! I made a mistake! I’m sorry but it’s all too late! (Wait, parang nag-rhyme bigla?).

     For today’s Fotogra, we were to exercise shallow depth of field (Aperture f/2.8 to f/1.8) and as well as recording data via bracketing. I was almost doing fine until sometime past noon. I finished all 24 rolls of film using my borrowed Nikon FM3a (not “FM3” as previously thought).

        But when I was about to have the film roll “de-roll” using the film rewind knob, I forgot the simplest thing: push that metal button found below he cam so that whatever’s holding the film could release it. Releasing it would help me rewind the film back into its crypt.

       Unfortunately, forgotting that little detail came out disastrous effects: the film was pulled out of its container instead of the container pulling it in.And because it is out, it’d be difficult to put it back without exposing the film. In short, I was screwed. No choice but to have the entire film exposed in order to get it out from the FM3a.

      One good news, I could still borrow the FM3a on Saturday right before my 9am class on that day. But i would also mean, missing the finale episode of my wide-followed telenovela on Studio 23. Waghh!

      Sabi ng iba diyan,  ang weird daw ng CSB. Sure, may mga pagkakataon na may mga nagka-cosplay ang ilang Benildyano, may iba na nag-uuniform, me iba na naka-formal. Pero, “weird”? Din naman! Naku, kung ikaw ba ay nag-aaral sa institusyong ito, ganun pa rin ba ang iisipin mo?

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       Kakaiba itong naranasan ko kaninang tanghali. Katatapos ko lang kumain sa may Main Caf, iinom na sana ako sa may fountain pero pagkainom ko pa lang….”AHHGGHH!”

    Siyempre, di ganung  ka-exaj pero dinumog ako bigla ng isang katutak na mga HRIM people (in blazers, coats and polo with ties) na nagsisitakbuhan patungo sa direksyon kung saan ako naroroon. Isa sa kanila may hawak na papel at binabasa niya iyon ng malakas. Turns out, direksyon yon sa isang pagsubok na dapat nilang gawin: Lahat sila, iinom ng tigtatatlong basong tubig. Lumayo na ako sa kanila at kinuha ko ang mga gamit ko’t nagmadaling lumabas. Mukha atang nasa kalagitnaan sila ng isang mala-“Amazing Race” na pagsubok.

       Dahil sa hindi pagtuloy sa pag-inom ko ng tubig, tumungo na lang ako sa may fountain sa labas ng cafeteria. Iinom na rin sana lang ako, tsaka biglang nagsilabasan ang mga HRIM guys at tumungo naman kung saan ako nakatayo. Isa sa kanila ang sumigaw “OVER THERE!!” tapos bigla sabay nagsitakbuhan patungong Solomon Hall. Buti naka-iwas ako sa stampede nila.

Weird 😀

I wanna share to you guys a rough draft I made for my NSTP2. It’s for an 8-week immersion in Baseco Compound in Tondo, Manila wherein we’re going to teach kids ages 6-14, 3 hours per week. So far I managed to finish 2 weeks worth out of the required eight week plan. It’s not yet final since I’m still brainstorming for more ideas. Suggestions are warmly welcome. 😀

I. Week 1
a. Activity-Getting to Know Each Other (Objectives written below)
i. Pagpapakilala ng mga estudyante at ng kanilang mga guro para maging komportable ang pakikitungo nila sa isa’t isa.
ii. Ang maayos na pagpapakilala sa simula pa lang ay makakapagsiguro ng maayos na pagtuturo sa mga bata habang maaga.

b. Preparatory Tasks (Before the Activity)
i. Aalamin muna ang tungkol mga batang tuturuan namin. Kulang pa ang naibigay na impormasyon na binigay sa’min: 30 kids aged 6-14 years.
ii. Aalamin naming kung hanggang saan ang kanilang antas sa pag-aaral, kung marunong sila sa pagsulat at pagbasa, at iba pa na maari naming malaman para ma-set sa kanilang kakayahan an gaming pagtuturo sa kanila.
c. Division of Tasks *In case of unexpected developments, one of us would fill in for someone not available.
i. Documentarian (2)
ii. In-charge of Food and refreshments (2)
iii. Orientors (4)
d. Materials Needed
i. Cartolina
ii. Pentel Pen (permanent)
iii. Whiteboard marker/Chalk
iv. Manila Paper
e. Budget Allocated
i. Php 800 (Estimate)
f. Expected Output
i. Not only do the students got to know us better and that a sense of closeness was establish earlier on, we expect that the students have their total trust on us and thus returning for another session the following week.

II. Week 2
a. Activity 2-Introduction to Writing
i. Considering that we are teaching kids whose ages ranged from 6 to 14, it will be hard for younger kids to cope up to the lessons being taught to them compared to those who are older.
ii. It might be okay for us to teach them basic phonics to the younger kids while having older ones help us as aids. This would help them value the essence of group unity, coordination and cooperation.
iii. But in the case that many are already capable of writing and reading, we’re going to have a writing activity wherein we let the students write essays and have them read before the entire class.
b. Preparatory Tasks
i. Prepare small notebooks/writing pads, pencils, erasers and other necessary writing materials.
ii. We will also implement a “rewards” system to help encourage students on doing their essays. They’ll be given a “reward” for having their essays read aloud before the class. These “rewards” are candies and chocolates.
c. Division of Tasks
i. Teacher
ii. In-charge of Foods and Drinks
iii. In-charge of Candies and Sweets (to be used for activity)
iv. Documentarian
v. Teacher’s Aide
d. Materials Needed
i. Notebook/Writing Pads
ii. Pencils (Sharpened)
iii. Sharpeners (Two-three)
e. Budget Allocated
i. Php800 (Estimate)
1. To be used for buying of writing materials, foods and drinks (sandwich and zesto).
f. Expected Output
i. It is expected that they will be able to develop not only their writing skills but also their self-esteem as well. Self-esteem is needed to fully express a person’s feelings through writing