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2011-2012 Best Moments Part 4
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Moment #10: The Final Battle Begins
I
had mentioned about a particular training I undergone for so several
months and just ended days before this blog was posted. I actually
blogged about the training here.
Yes,
actually it is a training for an executive position in our student
publication and I tell you, it has never been easy. I’m just so
thankful with our previous Editorial Board 2011-2012 for their effort
in helping me through those difficult times. It was them who also
made my effort paid off. I salute you, Ates and Kuyas! *insert my
hand salute here*
Last
April 14, 2012, our turnover ceremony was held. It was at
Tropical/Oro Sagatech Pool Resort. The results were highly surprising
because The trailblazer’s next line-ups really were used to be
announced as a “surprise!” ;DD and honestly, I was overwhelmed
with the position they’ve given to me. Actually, it was my dream.
Yes, that’s an honest statement from me but I stopped expecting and
hoping for it just sometime ago. Yet, it did come. To the ones, who
gave their trust to me and believed in the courage I have, I thank
you.
Being
an editor-in-chief is not just by the powerful name and honorable
title it gives to a person who holds it, but it is accompanied with
responsibilities in which that person must walk to and to that, I
should say, I am still preparing my right foot to take the first
righteous step.
In
time that this school year would be over and if my responsibilities
are well-walked by me, then that would be time that I will proudly
say “I fully deserved it”.
God bless The Trailblazer Editorial Board and Staff 2012-2013!
2011-2012 Best Moments Part 3
Best
Moment #7: Bohol-Cebu Tour
This
tour was actually part of our Multimedia subject, a major subject of
our also. Oh yes, third year college of Bachelor of Science in
Technology and Communication Management is full of major subjects.
Honestly, all of our subjects in this year level. I you just know how
hard it is for a regular third year Communication student like me.
Every sem, I am really loaded with subjects. Bitaw. Oh well, yes, we
had our tour and I tell you, it is really amazing! I actually had a
photoblog of it here and here.
There
are things in this tour that I found extra-exciting (I want to stress
the word “extra” because all things there were all exciting), the
things which I called “first times”. Oh well, I’m not
embarrassed because it’s really true. All of our close descendants
just came from Mindanao and it could just be travelled with buses and
jeepneys. I have relatives in Manila, Leyte, Bohol and others but
we’re not that close that we, perhaps, missed to call each other as
relatives. Hehe. And well, I know you already see the catch. Yeah,
it’s my first time to go to pier and I find it so wow! It’s my
first time to ride in a big, big ship! It’s my first time to bring
ship tickets, sleep in a tourist, climb in a so-called “economy”
and appreciate the wide blue sea. It’s my first time also to ride
in a fast sea craft all the way to the near island. Yeah, first times
is so great! Heehe, wala’y kanchawa bi. Kamu kay datu man mo.
Haaha. Kidding.
In
Bohol, we visited Island City Mall, Bohol Bee Farm, Dauis Church,
Blood Compact Monument, Ramasola Studio, Floating Resto in Loboc
River Cruise (the restaurant that was placed in a boat and goes
through the river, the diners will also be serenaded with classic
songs), Busay Falls, The Showbiz Nocturnal (Tarsiers watching),
Chocolate Hills and Baclayon Church. We then stayed at the Bohol
Plaza Hotel and Resort in Dayo (my surname, haaha!) Hills, Panglao
Island, Bohol. I found out that Bohol is really a conservative place
when it comes to their culture and they mean to preserve it. They got
the first spot in Tourism.
We
then cross Cebu via fast seacraft. Heehe. I slept for minutes. I then
said hello to advanced city of Cebu! There, I saw gigantic buildings,
busy traffic and beautiful and handsome people! (Daghan Korean and
Chinese)
In
Cebu, we visited DYLA news radio station, ABC5/TV5 Cebu, Mactan
Shrine, Ayala Center, Basilica Minore the Sto. Nino, Taoist Temple,
President Osmena’a Ancestral Home, ASAP, SM City Cebu, Ding Qua Qua
Resto and Sunstar. We then had our stay at Crown Regency Residences.
There in Cebu, I aslo had the chance to view Marco Hotel, Waterfront
Hotel (which is a five-star hotel, wow!), Metro Gaisano and Cebu
Technological University. Metro Cebu is the oldest city in the
Philippines. It is a fast-growing city. O yes! Fast-growing, bit
higher compared to CDO. Huuhu. They are, actually, second to Metro
Manila and also undergoing transitions from being an Agricultural
county to Industrial one.
I
considered this tour as one of my memorable experiences. I learned
and knew a lot of things which I referred as new to me. Honestly, at
first, we felt disappointed because our tour was supposedly planned
for Manila, in order for us to visit the Philippine Congress,
however, the University President did not allow it. But, Bohol-Cebu
tour actually removed our disappointments away. Perhaps in the
future, we could have the opportunity to visit the Congress and Metro
Manila and I’m sure, it would be another experience that is
worth-remembering and worth-sharing for. Love, love, love!
P.S.
I also want to thank Ma’am Anj for this tour, Sir Jake for the
camera and Ma’am Maris for taking care of me. Teehee.
Best
Moment #8: MUST Days 2012
MUST
Days is a three-day event to celebrate or commemorate the founding
anniversary of MUST and its transition from being MPSC to MUST. In
this year, the theme was “Eco-friendly MUST”. It was for the
celebration that MUST is the only clean and dark green university in
the whole Mindanao.
As
usual, I was assigned to major activities, the opening program and
the MUST Next Top Model 2012 where I was a bit anxious because my bet
didn’t win. Haahay. Oh well, again, as a member of the press, I
covered events and took details. I also enjoyed visiting various
booths and eat proven and siomai and drink buko juice. Heehe, buchog.
Wagas!
We
also distributed the Reflections literary folio with the theme
“Retrospect” and the “Fall Short” magazine, together with
other old issues. Katong wala pa nagkuha, please get your copies of
the Reflections 2012 “Retrospect”, “Fall Short” Thew
Trailblazer magazine and also the second sem magazine, now on
release, the “Au Courant”. Oh well, get your copy because you’re
paying 50.00Php for it every semester, so 100.00Php per year. Dako na
uy. Hihi, Di kay, permi lang mo reklamo sa bayranon. Hiihi, joke rah.
Dili mag-strong, pero tinuod gud. Haaha, bitaw. Anyway, you can also
get a copy of “Hot off the Press” magazine (2nd
semester, 2010) and the “MUST: The Flourishing University”
magazine (1st
semester, 2010); these are still available. For literary folio,
Reflections 2011, “Dreams and Nightmares” and Reflections 2012,
“Retrospect” are also still available. Para pud ma-luag-luagan
among office uy. Haaha. Kidd.
Daghan
ka’yo ko advertisements uuuy. Haaha, pasaylua. Anyhoos, MUST Days
2012 was really, somehow, full of fun, fun, fun! (:
Best
Moment #9: Sibya: The First Northern Mindanao Student Communicators
Congress
The
first ever congress for all Communication majors and student
publication members in Northern Mindanao was held last February 17,
2012 at SM Cinema 2 theatre. I actually blogged it here.
This
time, I joined the BS-TCM family of mine because I was one of those
selected 30 students from BSTCM and I was also impart the MUST team
to represent our school in Public Service Announcement Production
where we grabbed the third place. Yes! I almost shouted my heart out
and watched my teammates climbed the stage. Just then I realized that
I should also go there! Haaha. Since, I was sitting with my
Trailmates in the top left wing (becasuse I climbed there in the
middle of the discussion, Ma’am Maris treated us snacks. Hihi.
Traydor.), I need to go down and take more than twenty steps to the
stage and haler! Fool me! Sa likod ko sa stage giagi, gitagbo nalang
ko sa’ko mga kauban and gitunulan ko ug medal. What the! My
Trailmates were almost breaking their throat for laughing bso hard at
me when I climbed back at our seat. Haaha, foooine. Kakahiya. I will
not mention about this again. Err. *Tickled pink*
Honestly,
it would be so nice if we won the first place but it is so hard
becase, you know, whole Northern Mindanao! And various participating
schools are there. So, it was really lucky for us and we even
celebrated as if we were the champion. One of our teammates treated
us a double family-sized Calda Pizza that we do not know if we could
eat all of the slices with just seven of us. Haaha. Tungod lagi sa
pramisss!
Anyways,
“bigatin” speakers were present in the congress namely Maria Ressa, a multi-awarded journalist, former Jakarta bureau chief of CNN and former CEO of ABS-CBN Channel 2; Patricia Evangelista, writer, debater, Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist, storyline ANC producer; Chay Hofilena, Ethics of ABS-CBN; and Michael Josh Villanueva, head of digital media and YouScoop of GMA7.
“Sibya”
is Bisayan word which means “to broadcast”. The theme was “Social
Media for Social Change”. The topics discussed were The Power of
Social Media, The Reason We Tell Stories, How Stories are Told
through Social Media and Ethics and Responsibility in the Use of
Social Media. The Crusader Publication and Development Communication
Department of Xavier University organized this event.
P.S.
Special thanks to Ma’am Angela and my Public Service Announcement
Production (PSA) Teammates. Also to Bachelor of Science in Technology
and Communication Management (BSTCM) Department, State University
Technology Communication Management Society (SUTCMS), Ma’am Maris
and The Trailblazer Publication.
2011-2012 Best Moments Part 2
Best
Moment #4: A Sweet Escape
My
friends and I are very confident in going through escapades.
Escapades, you know, going to the places that are very much unknown
to us. We have been to Tuburan in El Salvador City, Divine Mercy
Shrine, Baybayon Beach in Opol, Opol Aviary and Mini-zoo, a hitch for
Guadalupe but turned out for Acuna Beach (because it was cloudy at
that time) and many others. There was also a time that we went to
Pelaez Sports Centre where we got inside without paying. Oh well,
nanago lang naman sa guard. Hihi. Actually, it was not faraway that
much but really scary at times. I, myself, is so afraid to turned out
in a place where I don’t know all about it and worse, I will not
know how to go back. Hihi. We’re also planning to go to
Laguindingan Heights, Duka Bay, Jatico, Camiguin White Island and
Dahilayan Adventures Park (I’ve been there, anyway, with my The
Trailblazer colleagues). Oh really, small dreams of ours. For now, we
are settling ourselves in our “laag-lang” trip, food trip,
“manggubot ug arranged na items sa grocery” trip, “bantay-green
wizard (saleslady)” trip, “picture-picture sa bawal na place for
pictures” trip, “mag-make-up or mag-retouch with the use of
testers” trip, “mamantay ug vitamis sa mata (gwapo)” trip and
other trip-trip in Limketkai, Gaisano, Ororama, SM and soon, Ayala.
Heehe. Bitaw. Yes, absolutely, you are right! We are crazy,
bisag-unsa la’g kalamlaman.
Anyway,
let’s talk about our outing last semestral break. Well, we just
went to Kahulugan Spring in Jasaan and laughed with those careless
and unfortunate circumstances that we met.
We
were assembled in the place by 12 noon. Haaha, what an “early”
outing! But, you know, I could understand because two of us live in
El Salvador City, one in Lumbia, two in Cagayan de Oro City and one
in Tablon. So, that’s why it’s so “early”. Heehe. We’re so
happy paying our entrance fees and went to our cottage, swam and
dived, teased and laughed, ate and drank and when one of the pool
attendant approached us for our cottage fee, oh well, kulang lang man
ang among kwarta! Haaha, cge explain. Wagas!
Well,
anyway, after that, we then had our favorite part – picture-taking.
(:
That’s
it, we love having a sweet escape from our terror professors and
“amazing” school works.
Best
Moment #5: The Trailblazer Fellowship
Every
end of the first semester, The Trailblazer Editorial Board and Staff
conducts a semester-end get-together or fellowship. In the past year,
we’ve been to Dahilayan Adventures Park and in the year 2011, we
just have it at Arje Pool Resort in Jasaan.
I
was a co-chairman of our magazine in the first semester. You know,
being second to our chairman is also a haggard kind of business; so
well – it was, indeed, a time for me to enjoy. Oh yes! But I didn’t
go swimming, I just take pictures and eat a lot of foods.
At
the end of 3pm, we had our meeting and yes! A new work was given to
me: chairman of our 2nd
issue magazine and the new publication secretary. Whooooah. I did
have just hours to relax myself. That’s the awkward thing there.
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Best
Moment #6: “The Rainbow Zebra” at Pedro “Oloy” N. Roa
Elementary School
In
one of our course subjects, there is an event-organizing included
specifically in our Elective 60 (Project Management). And in order to
comply this so-called requirement of one of our major, major
subjects, I, together with my groupmates, Hope, Tina, Rhiza Shiela
and Marie Anne, visited a group of grade one students of Pedro “Oloy”
n. Roa Elementary School in Barangay Calaanan, Cagayan de Oro City. I
actually blogged the visit we had there. You can read that short blog
post here.
You
know, as I remember those days, I remember also until this time the
warmth that made me fancy to visit other kids in this whole wide
world. Heehe. Magiting na nilalang. Wowzz.
In
there, we helped, we enjoyed, we taught and at the same time, we
learned. I love you, kiddos! mwuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaah. :-* *hugs and
kisses*
2011-2012 Best Moments Part 1
I’ve been happy
since last week because I passed all of my subjects. Whooah! Ironic those maybe
because I’ve been a lot busier this semester compared the first. And my grades
are much higher in this sem. Allelujah!
Before I
officially say goodbye to my third year life, I would like to share these
highlights that made my third year college journey a joyful one and worth
celebrated for.
Best Moment #1: Organizational Enhancement and
Planning 2011
It was my
greatest surprise then I was chosen as one of the participants in this annual
event intended for student-leaders and considered as a mini-Leadership Training
and Service (LTS). I represented our publication, The Trailblazer.
The two-day
event became really seems like week because of several activities we had. The
funniest thing that I considered about the event was the polygon challenge
where we should create polygon using our bodies. Haaha.
Best Moment #2: Organizational Day
This event is
held every July of the first semester. This time, I joined the State University
Technology Communication Management Society (SUTCMS), our program organization.
It was so lucky of me that the officers are my friends and classmates, that’s
why I was allowed to enter their booth (The Trailblazer has no booth). At
first, I felt wow! Iba naman ang mga
kasama ko. At least, sometimes, we need to unwind with other different
people and not to stick with who we used to be with. Somewhat – out of our
comfort zones.
I enjoyed
cooking and eating their delicious tempura and marketing the can labelled “Drop
a coin, save a smile.” It was for their funding intended for the visit they’ve
just done last December 2011 at one of the orphanages in Cagayan de Oro City.
Best Moment #3: Intramurals Coverage
Every year, The
Trailblazer publication releases its tabloid for intramurals. So, as a member
of the press, I am expected to cover events especially in one of the
university’s major events, the University Intramurals. In the year 2011, the
theme was “Surge Up”. I think, it means that MUST should go forward to success.
Anyway, I
covered a lots of activities aside from those activities assigned to me which
were bongga-licious major activities, the Mr. and Miss MUST 2011 and the opening
ceremony. I was a bit anxious at that moment because I really planned to have a
two-day stay in our house, at least a short vacation but I wasn’t able to
because major activities were assigned to me. Foooine. I also covered dart,
booth presentations and then, hey! The volleyball. My crush was one of the
players. Ssh. Since the time I got accepted in Trail, I was always assigned to
volleyball men’s division. Oops, mind you, I’m not the one selecting. I was
assigned to it. Heehe.
Yeah, really. It
was enjoying when you go home late at night alone (a thing that I’m not used
to), watching volleyball match and cheering MUST-Jasaan against my crush’ team,
the CIIT (But I’m watching him, ignoring the other), eating proven with my The
Trailblazer colleagues and much more. There are a lot of things I’ve found
enjoying, a lot of moments which define the three-alphabet word F-U-N!
Words of Gratitude for College Year 2011-2012
Some things,
often than not, just come and go and so, my third year of college has. There
are a lot of entities whom I want to send my warmest and sincerest gratitude
for making school year 2011-2012 a very awesome year, for me to be thankful
for.
God. For all the
precious blessings that He poured upon me. For making me feel that I am very
much worthy to be blessed of. For the assurance that in time of loneliness, He
is always up there to look upon me. For hearing my pleas, for accepting my
apologies, for lighting my dark path and for kissing my fears away.
Family. For
providing me with what I need and for showering me with love and care which I
basically need in order to grow physically, mentally and emotionally. For
showing me that in times of victory and failure, they are very much welcome to
be hugged for.
Friends. For the
space in their hearts and for showing me that even though I am an only child in
our family, they are always there to be my brothers and sisters at heart. For
the escapades and outings. These little things have somehow made me happy. I
owe them every sound of my laughter and every drop of my sincerest tears.
Him. For giving
me the chance to know how to love. Even though we didn’t experience the
happily-ever-after, I know, there is somehow an unending view of horizon for
me, the hope to look into the future that will lead me to the greatest
happiness I am looking for. Thank you
for the smiles and frowns, I learned a lot from those. You will always be a
part of my past which I won’t hesitate to look back into.
The Trailblazer.
For giving me the chance to prove myself, satisfied or not, at least, you’ve
given me that chance. For letting me realize that I can do various things
independently. The Trailblazer has already been beyond a student publication to
me. It has always been a refuge when I am sick and a home when I am lost. Thank
you because through happy and hard times, it has always been and always will.
“To write is already to choose!”
TCM. For letting
me understand deeply the world of Communication. For every lesson that I
learned and for every achievement that I gained, I thank you. For communicating
with me through heart and soul. Indeed, “we cannot not communicate.”
Internet. For giving
me the chance to see the world in just one click, to know about every other
things out there in a very far-from-ordinary way, to befriend people from
faraway places who are very much supportive to me. Thank you for making me feel
that I am worthy to be appreciated no matter how perfectly imperfect I am.
Future. For
making me realize that I still have something to look forward to; for it is the
reason of my brave fighting through battles of difficult exams, sleepless
nights, nerve-wracking course requirements, never-ending worries,
very-hard-to-define life, unbearable sorrows, unovercoming fears and painful
heartaches.
Today. For the
fulfilment of my dreams will start today. This is the most precious gift that
He has given me because today means another chance for me to say “thank you”,
to ask for forgiveness, to gain achievements, to make others feel loved, to
show others that I care and to grow in order for me to become a better person
and to be a blessing to other people.
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