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The CSB Experience 2: Me on DZMM

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Hi guys! I’m very excited for what’s going to happen tomorrow. It’s really a big honor for me to be invited as a guest for a radio show from one of the most well-respectednews and public affairs AM station in Metro Manila, DZMM Radyo Patrol Sais Trenta.

I’ll be representing CSB on the youth debate show U-Talk. Joining me is another rep from CSB (as of this writing, I’m yet to know who will be my partner for tomorrow’s show) and we’ll be pitting against the student representatives from La Consolacion College.

I hope many of you guys would tune in tomorrow afternoon on your radio. It’s 630 kHZ (sa AM Stereo), 3-4pm. It will also be simulcast via cable TV on DZMM Teleradyo (Check your local listings).
Iwagayway ang bandila ng mga Benildeano, ANIMO BENILDE!
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The CSB Experience 2: Tour of the Greenies and of the Guys of B.A.

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I’ve long been noticing for the past month or so that SDA has been getting quite a lot of visitors lately. 

More often than not do we get almost weekly visits from the students of our NCAA junior school La Salle Greenhills. I’m guessing they’re only touring SDA only out of CSB’s three main campuses, leaving out Main and AKIC. Hmm…I guess it is a way for the school to attract future applicants to CSB by showing off the greatness that is CSB’s SDA Building. I’m also guessing that they are also in dire need of getting the good catch on the good players from the Greenies since the school’s recruitment program is somewhat “weak” compared to the likes of NCAA-member schools lke San Beda, Mapua and Letran according to some. (DLS-CSB took DLSU’s vacant slot about ten years since leaving the league during the 80’s).
During much of the LSGH visits, I’m usually either at the SDA Caf eating lunch or at the Student Lounge doing Frehand. The Lounge by the way is surrounded by glass walls so it is more often used as a “must-see” for any visitor to witness the development of the country’s future artists, designers, and animators.
Just this afternoon, the school was again visited by another group of students, this time from a reputable international school called “Bright Academy” based in Cebu. There were quite a crowd. All of theme were wearing B.A. jackets with their names imprinted on it. A rainbow class from different nationalities: Korean, Japanese, American, and even Filipino (Bai!).
And I thought “B” stands for “Brent”…

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The CSB Experience 2: Unintended Plate

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Yesterday, I started my homework on making my new plate for Desprin. I was to show all warm and cool colors and that include Y-YO-O-RO-R (Warm) and YG-G-BG-B-BV-V-RV (Cool) using B, R, and Y poster paints courtesy of Dong-Ah. I made two small square and that’s were I basically painted, one for warm and the other for cool.

This morning, I found out that the whole plate was supposed to be filled with the poster paints so I had the two existing squares expanded by painting them to look longer and larger.
Eventually I had the plate finished and with more than an hour to spare, started to solidify the colors. I enjoyed doing this plate, especially the mixing stuff. Doing it made me feel kinda fascinated rather than bored with it since I felt a passion to do it, no matter how it would look like in the end.
The plate is done for good and I don’t have the slightest idea on what my plate really is (it was on landscape). I thought at first that it looked like a big yellow foot with a toe, hahaha! But when I turned it around by 90 degres\es, er, I mean portrait position, I was AMAZED!!
The plate if placed on portrait looks like a scene of a beautiful sunset about to submerge over a green field with a blue-violet lake at the very bottom. I didn’t expect it would turn out like that but I was proud about it. The only problem is that I painted over the lines, hahaha!
Hidden talent? I don’t know, but God only knows how I did it. Thank goodness for that!
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The CSB Experience 2: Frustrations

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I think it’s that time in college life when you know you that works gets piled up and you don’t have the slightest idea what to do to them. It’s exactly what’s happening to me right now.

I’m having a difficult time right now especially in Comgrap. Compared with Desprin, Colrend and Frehand, Comgrap is the only hands-on subject for which my homework has to be made right at school and not from home. Comgrap requires its students to use Adobe Photoshop (preferably in its latest edition, CS3). Unfortunately that’s bad news for me.
You see, I’m in a disadvantage here. I don’t have a Photoshop program installed in my laptop nor to our family PC at home. Asking my parents to buy the program proved to be a futile effort; my dad said I should buy a pirated version instead while my mom nows that I need it sooner or later (thus having my own laptop) but she’s quite mum about it so I don’t what to expect. 
Other than that, I have to go to school on days where I’m supposed to  have no class at all, which equaled to expenses on travel and food (instead of saving up my weekly allowance just for the sake of it). An added difficulty is the availability of freeslotted computer laboratories equipped with CS3 since most of them are used at different days at different times for class purposes. Those left would either have an old version of Photoshop or the computers are just too dang slow.
So the only solutions for my dilemma is probably: 1)Go to school 2 hours earlier before class at 11:30 am on Mondays and Fridays and 2) Go to school on my free days and leave as soon as I’m done.
Another frustration would probably be Frehand. I know my prof there is all nice and alright, I don’t really have a problem with him, it’s just that it’s me who’s the problem. I’m angry at myself because I couldn’t get all the drawing stuff right. I love drawing but learning the basics and disciplines (shading, perspective drawing, etc.) proved to be way, way difficult.
I should be challenged instead of be angry. I should exert more effort on practicing drawing, utilize my HB, 2B and 6B a lot (I’m yet to buy more of ’em), and less on lazying around and being a bum at home (first time I ever used the word “bum”).
So I should go with my favorite quote of the day, “Believe in yourself and create your own destiny. Don’t fear failure”. 

Maski “ipis kinatatakutan ko” hahaha!

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Photoshop Set: Hybrid Children Produced by Unlikely Unions

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Thanks to Mandy, Gilbert, and Jiko for lending me their pics para lang may magamit akong mga litrato for Comgrap.

I know I know medyo lousy siya kaso wala kasi ako nung last session kasi recollection ko nung Tuesday. Ipapasa ko na sila ngayon.

What do you think guys?

Alex+Joaqui=Joalex (“Huwa-Lex”)
Mandy+Issi=Mandissi (fusion mode ala DBZ?)
Gilbert+Issi=Gissi (Hmmmm…)

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What’s Inside My J-Pod Today?

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I had my I-pod restructured with a whole new playlist. They’re mostly downloaded songs from Limewire.

  1. Beautiful Life-Ace of Base
  2. The Sign-“
  3. Chasing Pavements-Adele
  4. Irreplaceable-Beyonce
  5. Waiting-BoA
  6. Flower-“
  7. Milky Way-“
  8. Love Generation-Bob Sinclair
  9. Kids in America-Cascada
  10. Believe-Cher
  11. Forever-Chris Brown
  12. Love is Gone-David Guetta
  13. Thank You-Dido
  14. Digimon English Theme Song
  15. Mercy-Duffy
  16. Maskara-E-Heads
  17. Magasin-“
  18. Minsan-“
  19. With a Smile-“
  20. Huwag Mo Nang Itanong-“
  21. Torpedo-“
  22. Ligaya-“
  23. Toyang-“
  24. Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka (Basil Valdez Original)-“
  25. Fruitcake-“
  26. Harana-“
  27. Pare Ko (P.I.-free version)-“
  28. Julie Tearjerky-“
  29. Kailan-“
  30. Overdrive-“
  31. Ang Huling El Bimbo-“
  32. Low-Flo Ri Da (Napuputol ‘to, ewan ko kung bakit)
  33. Elevator-” (One of the best songs in my I-Pod)
  34. Booty Music-Git Fresh (a.k.a. Deepside)
  35. Degrassi: The Next Generation (We Can Make It Through)-Jakalope (Heto pantg isa na napuputol bigla habang tinutugtog ko)
  36. The Jam Song-Jam Creative Productions
  37. Happy (Loop-Di-Loop Remix)-James Habitan Feat. Square Heads
  38. Kids in America-Kidz Bop
  39. Can’t Get You Out of My Head-Kylie Minogue
  40. Love at First Site-“
  41. Come Into My World-“
  42. I Should Be So Lucky-“
  43. All I See-“
  44. Kids in America-LEN
  45. Forget About Me-Little Bit
  46. Touch My Body-Mariah Carey
  47. Bye Bye-“
  48. Kids in America-Missing Persons/Kim Wilde (?) (I’m guessing this is the original and truly the Kim Wilde song)
  49. Pocketful of Sunshine-Natasha Bedingfield
  50. Miss Independent-Ne-Yo
  51. Kids in America-No Secrets
  52. So What-Pink
  53. Sweet Soul Revue-Pizzicato Five (only J-Pop song in the playlist)
  54. Disconnection Notice-Pupil
  55. Disturbia-Rihanna
  56. Umbrella-“
  57. Himala-Rivermaya
  58. Sayang-“
  59. Sumigaw-“
  60. 241-“
  61. Balisong-“
  62. You’ll Be Safe Here-“
  63. Maskara-“
  64. Sleep-“
  65. Liwanag sa Dilim-“
  66. Alab ng Puso-“
  67. Awit ng Kabataan-“
  68. 214-“
  69. Happy-Square Heads
  70. All About Us- T.a.T.U.
  71. Not Gonna Get Us-“
  72. All the Things She Said-“
  73. That’s Not My Mine-The Ting Tings
  74. Great DJ-“
  75. Melrose Place Theme Song
  76. Beverly Hills 90210 Theme Song
  77. The CW’s 90210
  78. WLS-FM Jingles-Jam Creative Productions
  79. World Hold On-Bob Sinclar
  80. Hot Stuff (Let’s Dance)-Craig David feat. Bob Sinclair
Forever J-Pod!
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Tagihawat Kahit Saan

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  Ahhh! I hate it and surely not loving it. I thought that it is all over but I realized that even at 18, I still get to experience the horrors of puberty: PIMPLES!

The only thing good about me having pimple is that I don’t had a pimple breakout when I entered puberty, as in having swarms of “boils” popping all around my face. They usually appear on 3-4 areas of my face: the forehead, the nose, the area around the lips, and chin. In rare occasions do I get two-three developing pimples in one place and/or have one in the making somewhere in the pisngi.
The area with the most pimples appeared on my face would be my nose, followed by my chin. Seriously, it’s better to have one the latter than on the former. Other than being irritatingly bloated and itchy while still in red, having a pimple on the nose is a major capital sin, a big no-no in school for the mere reason of being the most exposed facial part seen and noticed by many. 
What’s worse maybe is that it would look like a big booger attached to my nose when it is in its yellowed state. Eewww….
Just sure hope the one I have now would disappear as soon as possible before the big day on the 18th!
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