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THE UnivErsiTy of Perpet-ual Help system management has divided its 12 board mem-bers composed by the Tamayos into three groups to supervise the campuses of the systems in GMA, Biñan, Manila, Malasiqui and isabela.

The UPHL Biñan Campus is now under the Bravo Man-agement composed of Ma. Consorcia L. Tamayo, victor L. Tamayo, Ma. florencia T. Tam-poya and Arcadio L. Tamayo. The change of management was effective January 2012. Howev-

er, the new system has only been implemented this semester.

“Sila yung in charge of over-seeing the operation of the Biñan campus so may mga documents tayo that we need to submit for their approval in terms of mak-ing policies for implementa-tion,” said Dr. ferdinand C. so-mido, school Director.

The Bravo will oversee the operation and the president, Dr. Antonio Tamayo, will have less-er supervision but he will still be the person who will decide for everything. Moreover, somido

UPHSL undergoes management changeassured that there were no ef-fects and changes of the Bravo management as regards to man-agement. The change was only to keep the circulation inside the University systemize.

somido also cleared the ru-mor that the Bravo manage-ment was the one responsible for the P200 fixed council fee. “The deans decided for that. Kasi nagkakaroon ng variations in pricing ang collection… Nag-kakasilipan,” he explained. The first proposal was P300, but then they decided to lower it to P200.

Regular News writer (En-glish and Filipino) for the following releases for three (3) years now.

The few articles indi-cated here are officially released in the univer-sity and has garnered ac-knowledgements from Regionals and Luzon wide press conferences.

SSC to pioneer SOSCA, boosts Relations with Studes, Orgs

DEsPiTE THE AUToMATED pay-ment system of the University, the long lines were unavoidable before the prelim exams last July 18, 2011. “Hindi maganda ang sistema, disorganized at hindi sila handa,” commented a moth-er of a student, after waiting for almost an hour outside the Cashier office.

Also, questions with regard to having the College and Allied Cashier Department merged in one office were brought up. some parents complained: “Ang daming tao, bakit kasi sama-sama ang Allied at College dito sa iisang ca-shier? Kanina pa kami nakapila dito.”

in a separate interview, Ms. Her-minia Lagliva, Corporate vP-finance, reasoned that such arrangement was due to security purposes. “The set-up of the Cashier office under the Trea-sury Department is centralized which means that all collections of the school and allied are received in one office for security reasons. This is the reason why the Cashier office of the Allied Department is merged with that of the College, however, each unit has been

assigned its respective Cashiers”.Moreover, Lagliva furthered that

the Cashier office will be opened on saturdays before the examination pe-riod to accommodate the students. As of press time, there are still no plans of changing the centralized set-up of the said office.

Online Payment

“Sana magkaroon ng online pay-ment, kung meron mas madali sana ang bayaran at hindi ganto kasiksikan,” a student said.

on the contrary, the finance de-partment insisted that the University is already implementing online pay-ment scheme which was launched a year ago.

“Please be informed that major credit cards and ATM payment are now being accepted by UPHsL. The students can also pay their tuition and other school and miscellaneous fees thru Bank of Commerce and Chinabank as the depository banks of UPHsL,” Ms. Lagliva explained.

in addition, the Corporate vP-fi-nance also said that the University will be applying for bills payment facility with its depository banks wherein the students can directly pay to the banks that will be automatically credited to their respective student account with-in the day for a more convenient pay-ment scheme.

Student Council FundsThe finance Department cleared

rumors about the purported handling fee levied on the council fee of every department saying that there is no such thing. Also it was cleared that whatever the sum the students are pay-ing to their student council is also the amount being released to them.

When asked regarding the de-layed release process of the student councils’ funds, Ms. Lagliva answered: “At present, we are looking into matter and finding ways to facilitate the im-mediate processing and releasing of the funds for each council or organi-zation.”

“Run and be an advocate for this Good Cause and let our Special Children enjoy the Goodness of Wisdom and edu-cation”

With its advocacy to help Special education students, the City of biñan held a fun run event together with Re-act, a biñan-based community group, and the department of education adopt a School Pro-gram Laguna, last October 21, 2012.

w proposed the Fun Run to the City of binan with the aim to raise funds for the mentally challenged children studying in a special school located at binan elementary School.

The program started at 5:00 am in front of the Munic-ipal Hall, baranggay Zapote, hosted by bearwin Mailey, a known actor-comedian. Jubi-lation loops were made as the running routes. around 700 runners participated in the event from different areas like Metro Manila and neighboring municipalities and cities.

“Masaya makipag-partici-pate bukod sa fact na nag-enjoy ka sa dami ng tao at naka-takbo ka sa ganitong events eh yung advocacy kasi ay maganda. Kahit hindi ikaw ‘yung mauna sa finish line, masaya ka na din kasi alam mong may natulun-gan ka,” said Mara Concepcion,

a participant in the fun run.The Advocacy

according to Julius espino-sa from the City of binan, they weren’t able to meet the high-est goal of the event despite the large number of partici-pants “Puro kasi sa 300 nag-reg-ister ang mga runners…Pero nabigay naman yung dala-wang goals which is the Com-puter package and materials nila for learning, yung sa aircon lang ang hindi na-meet,” he ex-plained even they did not fully meet the targeted funds, still they have provided the most essential needs.

However, alex Tejones, the event organizer said that the event was successful—well or-ganized, no injuries, baranggay officials participated and even Vice Mayor arman dimaguila. He said that every aspect of

preparation and organization came out well and smooth.

Tejones also clarified that the event would not be possi-ble without the support of the City. “not so difficult with the help of the City Government especially Mayor Maryln nagu-iat and her staff,” he said when asked how was the collabora-tion between the organizers and City Government.

Furthermore, Tejones said that probably on early Febru-ary another run will be orga-nized with the same advocacy but they are consider the idea to encourage and invite nSTP students from universities like uPHL to join the run. “Maybe with the participation of nSTP uPHL the next run will be more successful.”

Biñan holds fun run for spEd students

ON THE RUN. Participants from the different cities and municipali-ties during the fun run last October 21st at the Jubilation grounds.

Photo Courtesy of City of Biñan

Sa paMaMagitan ng pa-ghahain ng Resolution no. 004, pinahintulutan ng Student Com-mission on Election (SCE) ang Supreme Student Council (SSC) na amyendahan ang kasalukuy-ang konstitusyon sa kabila ng pagkabigo nitong maabot ang nakatakdang bilang ng pag-sang-ayon ng mga mag-aaral ng University of perpetual Help System Laguna (UpHSL) sa isinagawang referendum, noong nakaraang ika-9 hanggang ika-12 ng Enero.

nabigo man ang SSC sa nag-ing resulta mula sa referendum sa pag-ani lamang ng 45% na pag-sang-ayon, patuloy paring isinu-long ang nais nitong pagbabago.

Sa pamamagitan ng pagka-karoon ng pulong sa pagitan ng SCE at ng amending body, na binubuo ng mga student-lider ng bawat departamento kung saan pinag-aaralan ang bawat ar-tikulo at seksyon na babaguhin sa 2007 Constitution, sinimulan ang amending process noong ika-26 ng Enero.

Bago pa nito, pinirmahan na ng mga opisyales ng SCE ang naturang resolusyon na nag-bibigay ng kapangyarihan at pa-hintulot sa SSC sa amendment.

nakasaad sa resolusyon ang mga kadahilanan at ang pagpa-patunay na sapat na ang naging takbo ng referendum upang mag-ing pangunahing ground, kaya naman pormal nang naideklara ang pag-a-amyenda ng naturang constitution noong ika-25.

Sa kasalukuyan hindi pa na-tatapos ang proseso nito.

Sa oras na mairebisa na ang mga kaukulang artikulo ay mag-sasagawa muli ng isang botohan na tinatawag na “plebiscite”. ang mga estudyante ay muling bobo-to kung nararapat bang baguhin ang mga inilahad na bagong ar-tikulo.

“naging okay naman although hindi namin natapos lahat ng articles dahil maraming mga pro-posals ang delegates ng bawat de-partment. pero by Friday (pebrero 3, 2012) sa next session namin ay ma-finalize na ang revisions para makapag-proceed na sa plebiscite at maaprubahan ng mga estudy-ante,” ani Jean Mareynel Landi-cho, pangulo ng SSC, sa pagpa-paliwanag ng naging proseso ng pagbabago.

Resulta ng SSC Referendum, “failed”

naglabas ang SCE, katu-long ang Student personal Ser-vices (SpS), ng opisyal na resulta noong ika-3 ng Enero. Sa 2,574 na kabuuang bilang ng bumo-to, 2,358 ang sang-ayon at 216 naman ang hindi sang-ayon. pagkatapos nito ay ang mabilis at tiyak na proseso ng referendum sa pamamagitan ng software na gina-wa ng information technology Services (itS).

Subalit sa kasalukuyang bil-ang ng populasyon ng unibersi-dad na 5,154, hindi umabot ang mga bumoto sa 2,578 o kalahati ng populasyon. nakasaad sa ar-

ticle 8, Section 1 ng 2007 SSC constitution: “No revision of this constitution shall be amended without majority of votes of all students of UPHL in a referendum duly called for purpose specifically approving the proposed amendment or revision”.

ayon kay Elmer albacete, tagapayo ng SSC, hindi masasa-bing “failed” ang naging resulta. paliwanag niya na tinatayang 67% ang katumbas ng majority ng buong populasyon base sa konstitusyon; ngunit ang na-kaboto ay 49% lamang. Kung kaya’t malaki pa rin ang porsy-ento ng sumang-ayon kaysa hin-di. Masasabi lamang umano na “failed” ang naturang referendum kung naka-base ang opinyon sa kabuuang bilang ng populasyon.

“I asked them to pass a coun-cil resolution to implement effective guidelines to pursue the revision, an enabling policy to allow you to pursue your plans of revising it,” dagdag pa niya.

“Makakatulong ang pag-a-amend ng constitution sa mga es-tudyante para ma-clear ang provi-sions na vague at hindi na applicable sa panahon natin ngayon,” saad ni Landicho, nang tanungin kung bakit nararapat na baguhin ang konstitusyon ng naturang organisasyon.

ipinahayag din ni albacete na ang 2007 Constitution daw ay maraming butas at walang malinaw na mga karapatan o stu-dent rights na nakasaad.

AMYENDA NG SSC CONSTITUTION, MULING IPINUPURSIGE

“IT IS THe beginning of the end for the house, for its going down,” dr. bimbo Sta. Maria, President, united artists for Cultural Conservation and de-velopment (uaCCd) said in an interview aired in bandila, abS-Cbn.

Teodora alonzo’s, mother of the national Hero dr. Jose Rizal, 200-year-old house, popularly known as the ‘alberto House’ located in the Pobla-cion or the center of the town was deteriorating.

uaCCd said that the current property own-er, Gerardo alberto, sold the house to Las Casas Filipinas de acuzar, a heritage resort in bagac, bataan to reconstruct the house and build an ex-act replica of it with the original pieces and furni-tures from the alberto house in biñan. as of the moment, the only structure of the house left was its core and a part of the house collapsed last Oc-tober 23, 2012.

History remained a historyaccording to the national Historical Com-

mission of the Philippines (nHCP), it was in the year 2004 when they planned to put the Histor-ical Marker on the house but it was revoked be-cause the current owner of the house refused the offer. The commission said that they don’t have the authority to intervene despite of the Heritage Conservation act 2009. “It has not been declared a national Cultural treasure and wala rin kaming perang pambili,” dr. Maria Serena diokno, Presi-dent, nHCP.

“Ito nalang ang bukod tangi na istrakturang orihinal na may kinalaman kay dr. Jose Rizal,” Sta Maria exclaimed. However, he stated in an article published by the Philippine daily Inquirer that they fully understand the plight of the alberto’s; it is expensive to maintain such an old house that was the reason why they were forced to sell it, but he appealed for them not to take the valuable piece of heritage out of biñan as losing it means losing the identity of the city.

On Loose ends: alberto MansionThe Longest Battle

The advocates together with the Municipal-ity of binan had organized actions to preserve the alberto House through forums, fun run and cultural protests for two years. The house had also been featured in a documentary broadcasted in GMa-7 but still, the house remained unpreserved and just recently collapsed.

uaCCd had a meeting with the nHCP to-gether with City Mayor Len alonte-naguiat, Vice Mayor arman dimaguila and the councilors to settle the problem but according to bryan Jayson borja, Secretary and artistic director of uaCCd, they ended up with nothing.

The advocates said that they cannot pre-serve the house because they don’t have the au-thority to do so and there are only two options they can do to restore the house; buy the house directly to Gerry alberto or buy it through expro-priation. alberto wouldn’t sell the house, there-fore, the second option was considered—to buy the house through expropriation and by that al-berto cannot refuse anymore. borja also cleared out that they cannot refuse if the resolution has been made.

However the problem with the second op-tion is that the house should be first declared as a heritage house. “Kailangang pagtibayin muna ng national Historical Commission na this house is really historical. The problem is, the nHCP doesn’t want to do their duty, they want us to do the re-search. Gusto nila humanap kami ng material, pero diba duty nila yun? Pero ayaw nilang gawin. I don’t know why,” borja explained. He also said that they were asked to give them a staff to let him open their archives and book to do the research. “Ang problem, ano naman ang alam nung tao doon? Diba dapat mas alam nila yun? … Suntok sa buwan yung pinapagawa nila sa amin,”he added.

uaCCd had researches but nHCP said that their researches were all from secondary sources. The nHCP needs primary sources which are the documents that either written by Rizal, Teodora alonzo or the family members during that time.

“Saan ba kami hahanap noon? It’s the same as saying na wag na kayong umasa dahil hindi namin made-declare. What’s inside that, we do not know. Ang dami dami ngang heritage houses ang ipinag-tatanggol nila tapos eto, the very evident they do not want?” he exclaimed.

borja says that if the question would be if they are going to push through, yes they will but the problem is they need help from the agencies. “Kaya nga nagpi-plea kami sa President,” he said that it would be the easiest way possible. borja referred to the Rizal shrine in Calamba which was already burned out but President elpidio Quiri-no collected one peso from students in public schools all over the Philippines, and by the use of that fund, the house was restored. “It takes one president to be able to save a heritage.“

according to borja, the City of biñan had been very supportive but he said that even there was the support from the local government, there would be no bearing when the case ascends to the courts because it has not been declared. “Kes-ihodang tanggalin mo si Teodora at si Rizal, the house is 200 years old,” he pointed out that the house was indeed a heritage house and it should be declared.

The lost heritage“Pag tinanggal mo ang history ng isang

bayan, wala na yun. Wala na yung value nya kasi hindi siya on-site,” borja emphasized. as of the moment, the pieces of alberto Mansion, were as-sembled in bataan by acuzar and they managed to build an exact replica of the house. “If talagang taos puso nga ang pagmamahal nya sa heritage, ipagawa nya ang bahay dito sa biñan. Ipapagawa pa namin sya ng monumento,” he added.

However, there are still existing heritage houses in biñan that were preserved but there is a lot which collapsed due to improper restoration. but then alberto House is an important heritage for binanenses and it is also a big part of the His-tory of the Philippines.

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DUE To THE DAMAGEs brought by the ‘Habagat’, the su-preme student Council (ssC) sup-plied relief goods as a part of the immediate action for the affected people of the calamity from the stu-dents and staff of University of Per-petual Help Laguna (UPHL), Au-gust 20, 2012.

“originally, ang plan talaga ay ang target lang namin ay yung mga Perpetualites lang na naapektuhan pero since sobra-sobra pa naman yung nai-donate, ini-open na namin siya for public,” said Helene Jovella-nos, ssC President.

The ssC together with the de-partment councils and school orga-nizations came up with the idea of collecting funds from a water bot-tle with a tag line of “Perpetwalis-ta kasama mo sa tuwina” wherein students can put in their donations. The ssC will then conduct another relief operation for the remaining relief goods.

Mission AccomplishedAside from the annual events

from the ssC such as the Acquain-tance Party and student Help Desk, the Council held a one-day seminar intended for the Universities De-partment officers. The “Tax road show” is a nation wide advocacy of Abrea Consulting Group to conduct

seminars regarding tax and business matters. As the second part, a semi-nar about the “Proper flow of com-munication” was held which intends to give information with regards to proper construction of letters by nova Estabillo.

“Generally, ang importanteng na-tutunan ko dun sa seminar na ‘yun ay kailangang malaman naming mga estudyante ang kahalagahan ng tax,” shekinah salamat commented, President of Communication so-ciety. The seminar was required for Council and organization officers; however, the seminar was opened for everyone.

The council plans for an organi-zation Day since the accreditation and re-accreditation of the organi-zations were complete. Though the event was held by one of the previous batch of ssC, the incumbent term is planning to have it in a different way. “Iti-try namin na magkaron na mga bagong concepts or pakulo para sa event,” Jovellanos explained. The ac-tivity is projected to be held before september ends.

Unfinished Businessfor the second semester, ssC

already had their line ups of activi-ties. A Post Halloween Party is be-ing planned, along with the Concert for a Cause, Hearts Day and Green

Days. However, the University week that is traditionally held during the month of september was postponed. According to Jo-vellanos, it is due to the shortage of preparation since a calamity affected the school days, though she assured that there is an option of conducting it on December.

Jovellanos admitted that they had difficulties during the days that there were no classes during a typhoon that was recently expe-rienced. “May mga students kasi na gumagawa ng message com-ing from the ssC daw,” she ex-claimed. “Pero ginagawan naman namin sya ng paraan para mai-wasan,” she added.

“Dapat kasi yung mga stu-dents, if they have complains, they have to do it in black and white… Mas maganda kasi na mayroon kang ebidensya kung ano at kung sino ang nag-cocom-plain. Yung iba nahihiya, pero ine-encourage naman namin sila na lumapit if they have concerns,” said Jovellanos when asked about how was the relationship of ssC between the students so far. Jo-vellanos suggested to make the complains more formal if it really concerns a big predicament.

SSC extends service outside campus

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IRROR, MIRROR On the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?”

Have you experienced that moment when you

looked into the mirror and you just said, “damn, I’m pretty!”? Whether we try to deny it or not, it’s true. You take glimpses of yourself in any possi-ble medium just as long as it reflects you. do you take pictures of yourself in various poses and shots yet taken at the same day and time? and of course you would want people to compliment you for that. What is your plea? Guilty!

beauty comes with vanity. Girls usually are the victims of this. but nowadays boys have their own method of vanity. Technology is the root of this. Just imagine how many salon, spa or dermatological clinic offers different kinds of services from head to toe just to satisfy oneself that he/she is good-looking. They are like sari-sa-ri store nowadays, they’re everywhere.

Cinderalla’s Epic Fail Wanting to look good is very costly now-

adays. but it doesn’t matter how many starving days you would endure just to raise that money. One way of saying “tiis-ganda teh!”. Have you no-ticed how many kinds of whitening, moisturiz-ing and anti-aging stuff are in the market today? Facial washes, facial toners, facial creams, body scrubs, soaps, lotions, milk salts, shower gels, name it! almost every feature in our body has something to apply on or enhance with, from head to toe.

Some just can’t go outside without wear-ing make-up. even on a normal day, some will put make-up like attending in an evening party. Maybe because we are too much dominated by Lady Gaga’s appearance, we tend to imitate and make ourselves unique. admit it or not, we want

to look good. Humans are naturally inclined to seek good appearance within him. Who would not want to look good anyway? but sometimes wanting to look good is so exaggerated and not healthy anymore that it becomes vanity already.

but do you know that aside from using it as an adjective for people who feels very beautiful or like the evil witch in that fairy tale who be-lieved that she is the fairest of all, vanity isn’t just a habit but a disorder as well. The illness is called “narcissistic Personality disorder”. Isn’t very fa-miliar right? but probably most of you are more knowledgeable with the Obsessive Compulsive disorder which is very close with nPd.

narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which a person have an overstated sense of own importance and a deep need for admiration. They believe that they are supe-rior to others and have a little regard for other people’s feeling. If someone told on narcissist that he looks awful or bad, he’d do everything to make himself as perfect as possible, no mat-ter how it will cost or effort will exert. With the too much fascination to become the princess,, it turns out to be that you’re the evil witch.

Looking Good looks badThere’s nothing wrong in believing that

you are beautiful, it’s probably good for your ego and confidence. but if you are pleased with your looks and abilities, then that’s wonderful! More people should be. a beauty queen once said, “Feel beautiful to look beautiful.” It’s all in the confidence. Though sometimes, too much con-fidence is really irritating.

We always hear the word vanity, but we never had a better understanding of it. It is not a bad thing though. Vanity, also called vainglory, is an inordinate desire to show off one’s own excel-lence to others. It is also love of praise.

Moreover, being vain is way over different from just being wanting to look attractive. We can say that it is being too self-centered. any-

thing that is too much is bad. When your aim is to impress people, that is vanity; when your goal is to improve your personality, not only physi-cally but also with your character, that is the real essence of beauty. It is not bad to let other peo-ple appreciate your beauty, but if you’re thinking about it so much to the extent that you always have that mind-set or goal and it affects your system, then it becomes a bad thing already.

Often times, people who has so much confidence is really irritating. I know you know someone who’s like this or you yourself could be the victim of self-glorification. It’s always up to the person whether he likes being hated by people for that reason. The whole world hates you because you’re too arrogant about yourself or in Filipino slang terms “buhat-bangko”. If you think that vain people are the ones who are very confident, well they actually don’t have self-es-teem; they are actually trying to put something up for others to compliment them. They are truly the ones who are insecure because they rely on people’s praises for them to believe it.

Your personality reflects your appearance. Loving yourself for who you are is fine and vital. but placing so much value in your exterior is like admiring a banana for its peel. If you spent so much time handling the banana in a way to pre-serve its peel, you’d never enjoy the fruit once it is ripe enough to eat. To be able to look good al-ways remember to watch your W.a.T.C.H.—your words, acts, thoughts, character and most im-portantly, your heart. Let other people love you for who you are, but before all of that you must accept yourself first for all you are.

Try to be just simple as you are. If your friends will tell you that your pretty today, then be happy for that and life goes on! but if you want to talk to someone about how gorgeous you are, you better just talk with SimSimi. You’ll not intimidate people, and at the same time SimSimi will give you lots of compliments too. a win-win decision! It’s not always about “I” am beautiful, “I” am gorgeous, “I” am hot. It doesn’t always have to be YOu. It’s a matter of learning how to appreciate other people.

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Regular Feature Writ-er (English and Filipino) for the following releases for three (3) years now.

The few articles indi-cated here are officially released in the univer-sity and has garnered ac-knowledgements from Regionals and Luzon wide press conferences.

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FILM-MakInG IS SeRIOuS business: there are a ton of scripts to work with,

equipment to fuss about, direction to think of, actors to tame and the list just goes on and on and on. unsurprisingly, a lot fear it, not even daring to tread beyond what is familiar: watching the tales unfold on the silver screen.

Some though, have taken to it like fish to water.

Presently, more and more young people are getting fond of watching films of different genres. Same goes with getting in-volved in filmmaking. as a result of the easy access to technology, software and online video hosting web-

sites, anyone can now virtu-ally be called a film maker. armed with just creativity of mind and resourcefulness, one can now easily produce competitive and award win-ning pieces, with students proving themselves to be just as competitive as pro-fessionals.

Think about it, when was the last time when you watched a film and got so engrossed in it that you’d actually be shocked when you learn it’s been made, not by professionals, but by students?

not Just for Pros anyMore

Who would have thought that you can sub-mit an entry to the ever-so

prestigious Metro Ma-nila Film Festival (MMFF)? non-professionals and am-ateurs alike are welcome to join and participate in the somehow traditional event in the Philippines during the 12th month of the year, what with the MMFF having opened the new Wave-In-dependent Section, the latest addition to the annu-al festival, wherein young filmmakers, particularly col-lege students, are invited to show off a short story made by their own. Paw Mangin-say, an ab Communication student experienced the prestige of the festival, hav-ing witnessed a film she made with her friends, com-pete with other filmmakers.

Manginsay, inciden-

tally, also screened her film Tsapa, to great acclaim, at the PnP Film Festival, last September 12 at the aFP Theater, winning two major awards in the process.

Right now, filmmak-ing is quite an industry in the Philippines, what with film outfits actively putting out new films annually. and this has caught many an observant eye. each year, ten fresh talents are given a seed grant in order to cre-ate the film of their dreams which encourages them to continue passion and keep the industry alive by Cine-malaya. With seed grants, Cinemalaya aims to allow students in particular and filmmakers in general, to bring to life their obra mae-

stras on screen for the entire world to see. and this just might be the shot needed by the now-ailing film in-dustry.

to the futureIndependent cinema

in particular and filmmak-ing in general still has not become de rigeur in many a student’s pastime but then again, many are now keen on embracing it. Currently, the university of Perpetual Help System Laguna has an active film organization, arte Cinematica, which aims to develop student participation and passion in filmmaking. and passion-ate, they are. However, how did they get to find film?

“It found me”, Jirah Suyo, Vice President of arte Cinematica said, adding “It was the Papel @ bolpen Indie Film society (a film or-ganization at uPHSL) who first influenced me to make films. I joined the organi-zation in 2009. One way to find potential members was by exposing them to Cine-malaya, and after watching some films in that event, I know, I was bound to do the same.”

Shielah Rose Pagli-nawan, current President of the said organization, said she first had a taste of film making when she had her first video-enabled cell-phone, not knowing then that her simple videos were films themselves, adding that she then had her infor-mal trainings under the uP-HSL Indie Film Society (now replaced with arte Cine-matica), her Film subjects under eric Sotelo, her stint in The Film Gym under Surf Reyes, and her internship in Storyline abS-Cbn/anC and Rappler.com.

according to Commu-nication majors Suyo and Paglinawan, current inde-pendent films are possible conveyors of social truth, noting that with their often bold content, they become effective advocates.

“every film has this ad-vocacy. Try to understand everything, every little part

of it, the scenes, the script, the element, on how it is done. That gay film or any other films you saw, is trying to show something, or can I say, is trying to tell some-thing” Suyo said.

Paglinawan agreed, saying that for her, “when you do film, you just need to make sure that there is something for your audi-ence. There is something important in it, something significant to be told and something that can change people.”

On the other hand, ac-cording to Manginsay, “para sa akin, ang film making is like magic, tapos using your creative magic, magte-tell ka ng stories using moving pictures sa audience instead of reading it to them, diba, parang magic? Fascinated kasi talaga ako sa process ng film making. Sino ba naman kasing hindi? Para talagang magic, parang imposible pero kayang gawin if you work hard for the best”, add-ing that she finds film mak-ing as a way for her to “es-cape”. “Happiness, creative satisfaction, freedom, feeling ko lahat ng hindi ko pwedeng gawin sa totoong buhay nabibigyan buhay ng film na ginagawa ko,” she explained.

reelinG it all inCurrently though,

mainstream cinema is still ahead of the game, what

with film outfits producing flicks at the pace a Xerox machine can flick out cop-ies. but still, who’s to say in-die and student-made films aren’t going to beat main-stream to the punch?

The truth is, today’s in-ternet and tech-savvy, not to mention, undeniably cre-ative, lot of individuals are teeming with talent. It isn’t a far-fetched notion, watch-ing magic unfold onscreen and then realizing the stu-dent you’re sitting with is the one who made it.

but still, an even bigger truth is this: what use would talent be if we wouldn’t give them the slightest of help and support? True, the val-ue of talent is indispensable but we still can’t let apathy and lack of support chuck it out of the window as if it were nothing.

Film-making is seri-ous business: there are a ton of scripts to work with, equipment to fuss about, direction to think of, actors to tame and the list just goes on and on and on. unsurprisingly, a lot fear it, not even daring to tread beyond what is familiar: watching the tales unfold on the silver screen. but, judging from what’s hap-pening right now, it might soon not be.

See you at the cine-mas.

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if you know how to dance the oppa Gangnam style, you probably belong to the in-teenage group. And most likely, like every other teenager nowadays, you own a mobile phone, a laptop, a digital camera, a DsLr camera,wan iPod, an iPhone, or an iPad. But the bottom-line here is this: do we really need all these stuffs?

‘Don’t judge the book by its medium’Because we are living in a technolo-

gy-driven era, education has increased its need for technological tools to attain con-venience for a much more effective and effi-cient dissemination of knowledge. The tra-ditional books are now replaced by eBooks or electronic books which allow us to read once-cumbersome volumes through our smart phones. Aside from reading books, smart phones are now able to read docu-ments and PowerPoint files which then gives their users the convenience needed for reviewing purposes and the like, thus the reason for owning one is not limited to

mere texting alone.Laptop computers are also necessary

for students these days. it is to be able to complement the need of modern tools for learning such as PowerPoint presentations and documents like e-books, wherein tra-ditional personal computers are not ca-pable of giving this kind of convenience. And actually, iPads can now be used as re-placements for laptops in PowerPoint pre-sentations. Don’t get surprised if you can do presentations just through your mobile phones in the future.

Trends on a Daily BasisThe majority of a student’s allow-

ance goes to his basic needs such as food, transportation and educational expenses. Though, today, as modernization takes place, technology also takes its place in the budgeting of a regular student. Top on the list in an everyday budget of a student today is primarily cell phone load, since it is essential for every stu- dent most

especially the irregular ones to some- h o w get updates from t h e i r c l a s s -m a t e s s i n c e

they are not part of the block section, according to several interviewed students.

Modern Trojan HorseWe all know that most modern devices

are very helpful but then again, the higher the capacity to serve your needs, the high-er the value or price of the product. Thus, even pretending to be “on diet” or “not be-ing hungry” will do just to raise that certain amount for an iPhone 4s or that cool tablet you’ve been eyeing, serving them not as necessities but rather, as status symbols for fashion’s sake.

Buying these items is not to be joked about, as they are really expensive. As stu-dents, it is never bad to spend money for something that you really need. one must remember though that there’s a big dif-ference with the words ‘need’ and ‘want’. sometimes though, you should consider other forms of replacement. Always re-member that you’re only a student. you don’t have to have everything; you just need to have some-thing - a degree.

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