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.