Fight, Forgive and Forget!

1st Part: The Conflict

When I was in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, there was a time that he will be leaving the Philippines because he will be spending his summer in Japan. I felt bad because it was my first time to experience a long distance relationship. He told about it ahead of time so we were able to bond until his departure day. I asked permission to my mom if she can allow me to join my boyfriend and his classmates in Tagaytay for his despedida party at 7pm. My mom agreed but suddenly she changed her mind. I started arguing her until I cried. I was crying all the time and was shouting at my mom. I say,"This is the last day that my boyfriend and I will be together, and yet, you will ruin it?! How come you could do this to me?". What my mom did, she called my boyfriend and told what is happening that moment.

I. COHERENCE

• content : "Mom, could you please allow me to join my boyfriend's despedida party in tagaytay later? He will fetch me here around 7pm." (She allowed me but suddenly changed her mind) "No, it's too late to go out!"
• speech act :Mom was raising her voice, showing an angry face while she was talking. I was hardly stomping the floor, tapping the table and crying all the time to please my mom until my boyfriend came in our house.
• episode: I was being scolded by mom in our living room around 7pm.
• relationships: Mother-Daughter relationship. Even though she did not allow me, I had no choice but to stay at home. All of the crying and reasoning I did, none of them helped me. Mom was just scolding me all throughout.
• self-concept: I believe that I am tough enough to convince my mom. I kept on pleasing her to say "yes".
• cultural pattern: I was able to realize her purpose of not allowing me when I calmed down.As a mother, she was just protecting me from the possible accidents that may happen at night. I am still her dependent and I must respect her no matter how angry I may be to her.

II. COORDINATION

• What my mom did for me not to have any hard feelings, she called right away my boyfriend when I started to act rude. She asked him to come over our house and spend the whole night with me. 

III. MYSTERY

• I did not expect that my mom would allow my boyfriend to stay over our house. As I know my mother, she is strict when it comes to our love life. But then I guess, she was able to understand my situation that time. 

2nd Part: The Resolution

I sincerely apologized to my mom for all the bad attitudes I showed her that night. I did not mean it. My emotions initially went uncontrolled because all I thought I would not be able to see my boyfriend anymore. However, we settled our conflict peacefully and I promised I would not do it again.

Stop, Look and Listen!

Cultivation theory is basically pointing out the influence of television which cultivates the perception of viewers on reality. According to Gerbner, Television is a medium of the socialization of most people into standardized roles and behaviors.

I used to have a habit when I was younger, wherein, I strictly watch for my favorite shows right after getting home from school. No one could please me to get out in front of it unless the show is done. There were several TV shows that I adore and somehow believe in, such as Discovery Channel, Ripley's Believe it or Not and Jessica Soho Reports. I made them my favorites because it fills up the mind of people with things that exist and have not seen yet with their bare eyes. A guy who can pull a truck using his full force, monk who can float himself out of meditation and many scenes from television that made me realize and believe in, less than a hundred percent. I could say that television had been an influential device that helped me compose myself. It is not necessary to portray what the people exactly do on tv but to reflect; as well as to imply in life. In my opinion, they only serve as models because everything is still up to me. I decide what to believe in, who to look up, when to move, where to go and how to deal with the happenings around. Indeed, person controls the cultivation he or she wants to experience.  

Face Do The Talking.

According to Ting-Toomey, Face Negotiation is  a concept that deals with how different people and cultures place importance and value on identity and how conflict is handled by those within those cultures. The theory rests on the differing experiences and perceptions of individualistic and collectivist cultures. The theory is largely used in two or more parties have differing opinions or known as the 'conflict negotiation'. However,there are resolutions that could mutually satisfy everyone which may lead to the success of resolving the conflict.

Based from my experience, I have been into various type of conflicts with different set of people when I was still working under Guest Relations Department at Enchanted Kingdom. My job there was a ticket taker who  collects ticket from the guests, places wrist tag, measures the height of each children that will enter the park  and answers the queries of any guests all the time. I thought It was that easy to be in a simple kind of work but it suddenly turned out to be stressful for me because I do a lot of talking time to time. There was a time that the weather was rainy and a guy wanted to purchase the REGULAR DAY PASS TICKET worth 500 pesos which he can access all the EK-owned rides except the concessionaires. So I explained to him that whenever it rains 30 minutes after entering the park, there will be no refund prior to the purchasing policy. I kept on repeating it slowly for him to sink in. Unfortunately,  He did not get my point and started to make a scene in front of a crowd. I could say that he reacted wrong to my explanation. He also claimed that I was forcing him to buy the RDP Ticket even if it rains that pushed him to buy it. From that scenario, I used preventive framework during the intervals of our conversation to avoid getting it bigger. But no matter how careful I was, the conflict still ended unresolved.  

I and Me

Self is divided into two different identities. First, I. It is said to be the thought of a person that is less involved in the social views. While Me, is the most involved in the social circle. It is when an individual based their actions towards other people's view on them. 

Example 1. I= I want to wear a red lipstick today in school. 

    Me= My friends noticed that red lipstick looked good on me. 

Basically, my thought of wearing a RED lipstick in school made me confident bringing myself which explains the meaning of "I". Since my friends noticed and complimented it, I got flattered all throughout the day which explains the meaning of "Me"because the view of others were involved already.

Example 2. I= My crush is really handsome. I guess he likes me too!

    Me= My friends said that he is not handsome and got no feelings for me.

You are who you are!

 Altercasting is said to be a strategy oftentimes used in advertisements and health promotions.  Manded Altercasting represents what the person is supposed to do in a given situation because he occupies a certain status in the society. For example, Parents often start with "You as a student must....." every time they scold or advice us about our grades and school performances. They know that a student must possess characteristics that will make him do good in school. 

While Tact Altercasting means, a person put himself as a sender in a role that evokes a natural counter-role for the other. In relation to the given example in the first type of altercasting, parents should possess good characteristics for their children to adapt and apply it in life. Indeed, they must serve as models to their sons and daughters to have better life and family in the future. Another good example of it are house maids. They were hired to maintain the cleanliness of the house, cook meals every morning, afternoon and evening, take care of the children when her boss went out, and other house chores. The role of the maid is to accomplish things that their boss could not manage because they were too busy in their careers. Since the maid was the one who is responsible for her boss' properties, she must show that she can be depended on without someone saying that to her. 

Blog Entry 2: What? Is that real?

So far, the latest article that contained the idea of agenda-setting personally was tackled November 2010. It was about the supposed death of Ka Roger that have been the talk of the town. Several rumors came out that he died two years ago yet his body was still missing. Nobody could clear even his family the truth happened to him. I was also wondering why the news came out late if Ka Roger died two years ago. However, I have noticed also that the media made the issue more complicated from the way it used to be. If their service was to reveal the truth to the public, then why are they delaying those issues if the exact incident happened long time ago? Media must be just and honest to the masses because it is the source of happenings not only in the country but also around the world. It could influence a person or a group through its capabilities anytime and anywhere. Perhaps, media must put limitations but not too much, they must not exploit fragile cases like the bus hostage taking happened previously and media must expose the truth no matter what. 

"MILITARY YET TO VERIFY KA ROGER'S SUPPOSED DEATH

A ranking military official on Monday said he strongly believes that rebel leader Gregorio “Ka Roger" Rosal had already died of a lingering illness, but admitted that such information is unverified.

Lt. Gen. Roland Detabali, commander of the Armed Forces’ Southern Luzon Command, said this was based on intelligence information they received from the field. He said Rosal died two years ago. “We have intelligence report that he (Rosal) passed away long ago. He expired while being transported out of a hospital," said Detabali. However, Detabali admitted that they have yet to verify Rosal’s supposed death. “We have yet to confirm, validate it....We have problems locating the body...His family wont also say (what happened to him)," he said. Detabali said even NPA leaders and members who had surrendered to the military had no information about Rosal, who was once a visible rebel leader. Detabali also noted that Rosal had stopped issuing statements to the media. The official also said that before the reported death of Rosal, the military has credible information that Rosal’s health was deteriorating. Rosal is the head of the New People’s Army’s Melito Glor Command and the spokesman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). The CPP will mark its 42nd anniversary on December 26. The military on Sunday said they would likely recommend to President Benigno Aquino III to declare a Christmas truce with NPA rebels. - KBK, GMANews.TV

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Blog Entry 1: What are you really trying to say?

I bet that everyone had experienced already misinterpretations in their lives. Personally, I had one that I could never forget. That was the time when Super Typhoon "Ondoy" occurred the Philippines. I was staying in Manila that time and I was able to witness the heavy rain, no electricity, no water and high flood. The roads were extremely inaccessible due to the flood so my parents were not able to fetch and bring me in a safer place, our home in Laguna. My roommates and I got stranded for about two days in the dorm , the only food available was my stock of biscuits and low volume of water left in the water dispenser. Luckily, I was able to reserve my phone's battery and used it in calling my family continuously until I reached them even though the signal was very poor that time. I had a hard time relaying my concerns and updating my condition to my parents because of that. Perhaps, I was able to talk with them for only a minute and told them that I was having difficulty in getting enough signal to contact them. I informed them also that there was nothing to panic because I was safe in the dorm.Suddenly, the line turned down and I could not longer reached them after the line got cut. I felt bad because I was so worried to my  too. In the evening, I told my roommates that I could not go to sleep. And they thought that I still wanted to stay up late so they invited me to share stories the whole night. But the truth was, I could not sleep because it was too hot in our room since electricity's down all over the town.

Based-on my opinion, locutionary is the sensitive stage among the rest of the speech act. Everything follows once locutionary has been made. A person must be particular on how he delivers a certain thought so that the person whom he is talking would not be confused. 

Good Scifi!

In the short story "Liar", I could say that it is a good science fiction because of its concept. The RB-34 is a robot who has the ability to read minds that may cause trouble to humans. While in the movie, the robots are hurting humankind physically that violates the law of robotics. It is possible for that moment to happen if the inventors cannot control the information they are programming to the robots. Indeed, good science fiction for the both short story and movie because  it is really possible to happen soon or in the future.

Bell As My House Buddy!

It is nice to wake up in the morning with breakfast's ready. All you need to do is sit back, relax and enjoy eating it. Well, it is also motivating to go to work if your stuffs are already prepared and you are on the go. See? Nothing to worry about. It seems interesting if your house chores buddy is a robot. Why not? Robots in other countries are being used as a cleaner, nanny, dish washer, sweeper, gardener and works that real people do. If I were given a chance to own a helping robot, I probably won't reject it because it will be a big help for me at home. The robot will serve as our dishwasher and house maid to lessen our chores and save energy for my other essential activities to do. I will name her "Bell" because i find it cute. Her characteristics are friendly, responsible, keen and punctual. I want her to be real quick but careful in doing her tasks, approachable every time her master asks her to do this or do, on time in all things. 

When we talk about humanoid robots, they sounds really techy. But they should also limit the programs of it to avoid negative effects on the society. People will get lazier compared before if science will allow full capabilities on the robot. They will tend to depend everything to the robot because they are complacent that these humanoid robots are designed to take place their responsibilities. Inventors, instead, limit the abilities of the robots to still keep the humans moving day by day. 

Colorful taste.

My Personal Color Wheel.

My World Today

Let us imagine that the world ended. Only few survived and none of the natural resources left. As one of the survivors, I want to establish first the land and shelter because majority of the development will be built on the land.Since it will be the foundation of the rest, it must be fully fixed. Obviously the current earth is at its recovery state, resources are limited and water is unsafe yet. The next thing to establish is food and water supply because people cannot survive life without taking any of it. Lastly, to come up with businesses that will help the society to earn money that they will use for their necessities. 

Kill Me This Way!

Are you afraid of death? If you have the chance to set up your death on your own, would you dare? I definitely want to earn all the things I want before I die. First of all, finish my studies and get a stable job to have an income. Second, buy house and lot as well as a luxury car. Third, make a family and live a better life. The rest of course, to invest my children in education until they receive a degree. And when I see that they are doing well same as I did to them,then, I am ready to be with God. I do not like to die in an accident nor murder. I'd rather die due to old age than those cases because I find it unfair. As if, you we're not meant to experience the so called "life".

If you will try to research about the current threat that may lead to destruction of the earth, there are lots of them. One of it that I believe will turn the earth down is, Global Warming. Obviously, its getting worse than the previous years since people are not cooperating in helping out to lessen the visible causes of global warming. Like burning of plastics, we all know that it damages the ozone layer seriously but what, same routine. They still keep on doing it until no one restricts them. Well, if the ozone vanished, we will all die unless there are immortals. 

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School or Hospital of Fishes?

Radiation Can Cause "Bizarre Mutations"

Once in seawater, radiation can hurt ocean animals in several ways—by killing them outright, creating "bizarre mutations" in their offspring, or passing radioactive material up the food chain, according to Joseph Rachlin, director of Lehman College's Laboratory for Marine and Estuarine Research in New York City.

"There will be a potential for a certain amount of lethality of living organisms, but that's less of a concern than the possible effects on the genetics of the animals that become exposed," Rachlin said.

"That's the main problem as I see it with radiation—altering the genetics of the animal and interfering with reproduction."

Even so, according to radioecologist F. Ward Whicker, the concentrations of iodine and cesium levels "would have to be orders of magnitude larger than the numbers I've seen to date to cause the kind of radiation doses to marine life that would cause mortality or reductions in reproductive potential.

"I am very doubtful that direct effects of radioactivity from the damaged reactors on marine life over a large area off the coast of Japan will be observed," Whicker, professor emeritus at Colorado State University, said via email.

Likewise, using legal limits to gauge damage to marine life is of little value right now, he said.

To make a "credible assessment" of the risk to marine animals, scientists would have to know the actual concentrations of radioactive iodine in the water and fish or other marine animals off Fukushima Daiichi, he said.

Reference:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110331-japan-radiation-health-mutations-nuclear-animals-ocean-science-world/

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So far, that was the latest news I have read about the radiation effect. Not on humans but on animals. The marine life was strictly under observation because of the tragedy happened to Japan lately. It was obviously from the explosion of the nuclear power plant that  threatened the life of the Japanese and worse, it could kill the existing people by consuming the infected goods most especially the fishes. Researchers said that it may cause a huge damage beginning at the food chain that cannot hardly be prevented immediately. If the issue will be proven then I can say that everybody's in trouble.

Fashion for Passion

Good life is when you feel happiness and contentment on the things you deal in life. I could say that I am experiencing good life presently because of the following:

 GOD

 Mom and Dad

My sister and cousin.

Relatives.

Friends.

Teachers.

Why? Because they were the ones who partly filled up the wholeness of my life. 

An individual's passion is FASHION. Almost all the women love to shop for bags, clothes, accessories and etc. for a seasonal look. But mind you guys, not only women are doing it. As well as men. Men nowadays are really conscious about how they look day by day. They are not like before anymore who have no taste in choosing clothes and stuffs.

 Currently, fashion industry is the bomb among any other business because almost everyone is involve in spreading it. Like simply blogging your "What I am wearing today" article. But of course the professionals behind the growing industry of fashion are really the source of influence. There is the fashion designer, fashion stylist, fashion communicator, fashion blogger, models and careers that completes the fashion company.  Like today, the people especially the youngsters are getting fashion inspiration from the influential fashion icons to keep them in the trend.  I can relate fashion in a platonic view by seeing the "fashionistas" working hard to come up with a good quality of look that will amaze the others.

Above were the sample photos of a fashion blogger who really loves fashion!

 

High Birth Rate Pulls Down the Economy

What is a perfect world for you? Is it when you experience the life freely without any competition and live equally like the others? Or there is someone superior who is forcing the people to throw away inequality without any considerations such as if you are talented or gifted you will be forced to pull it down, if you are pretty or handsome you have to hide your face to everyone to avoid insecurity? like on the story Harrison Bergeron.  If you have the chance to turn your own nation to a utopia-like, what is the main factor that you want to focus and work on that you see it is a huge hindrance to its development? As a student, I look the economy at its  very poor quality because most of the citizens are experiencing different societal problems. There are several factors why a country is suffering economic crisis that cannot be solved for a long term already. One of it is high birth rate or overpopulation. Overpopulation is a condition of where the number of people exceeds the sustaining capacity of a place. We probably could notice that Philippines is one of the countries who needs to control its growing population to give way in meeting the opportunities to have a better life. Now, my plan is to conduct a study most likely to the depressed area such as Tondo,Manila or any place where we can encounter illegal settlers. Why them? Because those were the people who have more than 5 children in the family excluding the parents and other relatives that live in one roof. Obviously, they are the number one cause of high birth rate in the country. The best project that I could contribute to minimize the high birth rate is to conduct a free seminar to the poor regarding RH or Republic Health so that they will be aware of the risks and advantages of it. I will ask the assistance of DOH or any health-related institutions to support the project and make it extremely effective. At the latter part, we will be giving away free contraceptives like condoms and pills with a doctor's consultation to convince them in controlling their family.Indeed, resources and opportunities will be efficient to the appropriate number of people living in the nation. They will be able to work conveniently, save money for future investments, attend school to finish a degree, sustain foods for daily living and activities which will make their life wonderful that would never take back the poor life they encountered before. Of course, a perfect world is a breathable life. In the general view,   Utopia within the society is possible in terms of cooperation in solving the social illness that a country's undergoing.

Let me think of it

Based on my understanding about the excerpt, the three kinds of civil are as the machines, the decision-makers and the reformers. Masses were called as the machine by its body because they do anything what the superior would command them without considering any moral conditions.  The lawyers, legislators or any  politicians were focused in the moral distinction. They were in charge of evaluating, judging or so whether an individual committed a sin or total innocent,however, the moral distinction was done by merely which is which or purely law-centered; not involving God. Reformers were the opposites of the second group.  They will not judge a person in the eye of the law,perhaps, evaluate a person through God's will and come up to the final verdict. They were considered as the person with conscience that knows how to differentiate right from wrong.

My he"ART" pumps like this!

Doodles at the back of your notebook? Vandals on the street walls? Tattoos on the skin? Drums, guitars playing? Dressing up in a trendy way? Do you consider them as an Art?.  Art is an expression of one's personality that differs us among the crowd. Each of us has various interpretation of art.  It could be through writing, painting, sculpting, playing instruments and so on.

Since I'm talking art related matters here, I would like to share my short understanding about definitions of art that I had learned on the first class discussion of my ArtMusc subject. I  was not expecting that there were lots of art definitions from different artist. But I chose only one that popped out my interest.

 

"Painting is easy when you don't know how,but very difficult when you do." -Edgar Degas.

Personally, I don't know the other mediums in painting but I just keep going as long as I am having fun. Painting as a subject is a serious matter.Students will learn how to use proper mediums such as watercolors,  oil-based paints, codes of brushes and other tools to a certain painting. It will also teach a beginner on how to create a quality paintings which is good but I still prefer to paint on my own way. Even I had my basic painting class way back highschool, I tend to follow  my style rather than following the guidelines because I am more comfortable with what I am used to. 

 

Those are my paintings. What do you think guys? I hope it does not look bad.

Let us move on to the other points we have also tackled. Our professor showed us some video clips about the NCCA National Artist Award Controversy. Mr. Carlos J. Caparas was one of the intrigued group of artist that former president Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo personally chose. The crowd questioned the involvement of his name on the lists because he did not even undergo formal strict screenings and yet he was declared as easy as that. For me, I appreciate every effort and unique ideas of others. As long as you are creative, you are an artist. But when it comes in to the eyes of the art masters, its not easy to choose which is which and who is who. Thousands of artistic minds are striving to be part of the nationwide artists but very limited are being chosen. I think by seeing the quality of artworks, popularity it gained and have it examined by the artistic community are the formal steps in measuring a person to be an artist.

xx,

Ann Dalumpines <3

Let me squeeze my brain for SciFi!

Last meeting, the discussion was all about the introduction of Science Fiction. At first, I got confused between fantasy and science fiction because they are quite related to one another. Fantasy is more on myths while science fiction is indirectly patterned to reality. It comes in different forms like movies, novels, comics and more for the easiest and friendliest access. 

1. The Terminator

Basically, the cyborg's mission was to kill a "soon-to-be-significant" woman, Sarah Connor. But he failed on his first attempt and said that he will return soon to finish his unfinished business. I considered this SciFi movie as a strong one because the characteristics of being partly machine is very evident as well as his human side. Technology in this generation could possibly turn you into extraordinary like cyborgs do.

2. The Matrix Reloaded

The movie was about machines who invaded human race and a guy who had an ability to read the codes of each machines or people to protect the humans.

3. I, Robot
It was all about the robot,Sonny, who violated the Three Laws of Robotics but later on found out that Sonny and his creator had a good intention to save humanity through Detective Spooner. Too much dependency on technology will not also benefit the society. It may cause damage or even risk lives.

1. Power Puff Girls 

Sugar,spice and everything nice were the main ingredients in making Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup. This cartoon is good start of introducing the kids minds to SciFis which later on may influence them on their respective careers. I just find it  weak because there are a lot of popular SciFis came out after PPG. But honestly, I have been a big fan of PPG way back elementary days and I was also wishing to have superpowers like them out of chemicals. 

2. Megamind

A blue alien who was born to be a super-villain with loads of high-tech weapons and laboratories. Ever since, he had a goodguy nemesis named Metro Man that kept him a loser until he defeated him one time. He realized that his role as a super-villain was not anymore effective without Metro Man. At the end, he became a superhero and no longer a super-villain. The twist of the story was very shallow and that convinced me to write it under this category. 

3. 2012

The movie was good but there were parts that made it over-acting. But the thought of the story was nice and made me imagine if ever it will happen in reality(Hoping not! Dear God). 

(P.S Sarrrry for the limited details, I'm not fond of watching SciFi movies though. But I tried my best to recall what I have watched previously)