3 and a half Hours of saying thank you and goodbye...

March 22, 2006... Wednesday...The Tribute... some JPIA oldies told me before this activity is one of the best ever in the myriad of JPIA activities. Now i know why. This is because some of our beloved graduating JPIAns will be given of a simple tribute by their respective committees. As part of the Exte EB, of course, I have the task to make this activity to the zenith of my capabilities be memorable to them. However, I think that the juniors (Addie, DK and Boiboi) already made our presentation. So there...

The Tribute was held at Shangri-La West Ave. I believe it has lasted for 3 and a half hours. That 3 and a half hours made me realize that being a part of this organization is really wonderful, coz my heart has been filled with wonderful memories whom I shared with these people who are, sadly, graduating. Everyone's been giving their best to make this event possible, especially the MEMCOM EBs, the facilitator of the activity. TRIBUTE was a very big success...

The program was started by of course, dinner... WHoa... the viands were great, albeit I had to help first Roger (the new president) and my fellow co-Chairs with our Exte tribute. There has been a difficulty with regards to the video, according to Boiboi "3 years pa yan". Addie followed: "Hinihimas-himas pa namin yan ni DK, sabi namin, kaya mo yan,sige pa". I laughed because Boiboi is panicking already. That's why we waited until it has been finished. While waiting, I left them to eat coz my stomach is already aching. I savored the food, haha (patay-gutom)... leche, magtatagalog na nga lang ako...

Ayun, nagstart na din yung committee presentations. Una yung PEP, tributing Anie, Daryl, Carlo, and of course VP Owen. Sabi nga ni Jeff, wag daw muna silang pumunta ng SM north, dahil dun binili yung tokens, mga tsinelas... hahaha... then yung MEMCom... grabe, I love the presentation.. lupit ng flash... at may tribute pa sila sa TT corp... ang PP corp na daw ang bahala (composed of Jean, Anna, and KC, ang ayaw pabalikin ni Jeff sa PEP). tinanong ko si jean kung bakit PP, she simply answered "ano ba ang kapartner ng TT, diba PP?" grabe labo. then sunod na nagtribute ang FINANCE. Graduation song ni Vitamin C ang kanilang theme song. Then ang INFOPUB. wala me ma-say. then kami na... nakakatuwa ang tribute namin... video. After that, binigay namin yung tokens, guess what, halaman... fortune plant for the boys, cactus for the girls. after that bigay tribute kami kay Ate Iris, our beloved VP. Kinanta namin ay JOurney. Naiyak si Addie at Iris after that, pinigilan ko lang yung iyak ko..haha.. Then nagsori si BOiboi sa hindi pagkakalagay ni Elay sa video.. naiyak siya kasi naguiguilty siya,pero kinomfort naman siya ni Elay. Di daw siya nagalit... ;p den anf E&R naman yung nag-tribute. hay, natapos yung mga committee presentations. Then, nagtribute ang mga committe/adhoc chairs sa mga EOs. ang mga tarpaulins with their pix yung binigay nila with the song In My Life ata or Graduation song ulit. then ang LEAP ang nagtribute kila Kuya Jay at ROma. GO Leap, grabe, nakakatuwa yung presentation nila... powepoint na umiikot yung word na leap...hahaha... ;p

Then, ang mga EOs may special presentation... Kinanta nila yung experiences naming lahat sa JPIA dun sa kanta na "Sa Lahat" or something, i dont know the title e. Nakakaiyak talaga... sobrang nakakatouch...

After that, inacknowledge yung mga new set of EOs. Roger, President;Richard, VP for Internals; Janno, VP for Externals; Manu, VP for InfoPub; Lawrence, VP for Finance; Myo, VP for E&R; and Jeff, VP for LIaison. i was so happy coz finally, complete na ang roster ng JPIA EOs. Now, I can say that UP JPIA is "politically stable". hehehehe

After that, ay ang walang kamatayang picture taking. Umupo kaming lahat sa stairs, at ngumiti forever. Then, ang mga pagpapaalam... Waah... TRIBUTE is really one of the best JPIA memories I ever had... Bye graduating students, thank YOU for sharing with me your lives... :)

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Why an accounting exam does bring different emotions to people? by Jon Macaldo

Post ni Jon sa blog nya..

Kapag taga-UP ka, ano ba ang pipiliin mong course?

Sabi sa akin ng aking prof sa accounting, before the specie of BS Nursing came, BS Business Administration and Accountancy was the most in-demand course in the UP. Not only it has the longest word among the other courses in UP Diliman, it is also (hindi naman sa pag-aangat ng bangko) one of the hardest courses offered in the university. Unlike in other universities, they offer a 4-year accounting course, with just fewer management subjects, including law, finance, statistics and economics. But in UPD, hindi lang mga pamatay na accounting subjects ang meron. Tinadtad din ng management subjects, feasibility, finance, law, statistics, economics and even algebra with trigonometry and calculus subjects!!!! Kamuzta naman talaga... I thought, due to my aunt's stories during her college life as an accounting student, accounting is very, very EASY. But no! I was very very wrong. BA 99.1 pa lang, pamatay na... at sabi ng upper batches, pag mahal na mahal mo daw ang math, lagot ka na sa accounting! Ewan talaga…

Bakit ang accounting ng UP napakahirap? Sabi nila, this course tests us how will we perform in the so-called "real life". E anong tawag dito sa buhay na to? Fake? Peke ba yung paghihirap mo sa almost 3 and a half hours na exam na kulang na kulang na, tapos di ka pa sigurado kung papasa ka? I don't think so. Peke ba yung mga nararamdaman mong emosyon sa tuwing mag-eexam ka ng accounting? I don't think so. Para sa akin, accounting tests our ability to see life as how it is presented no pretensions, no hesitations. Diba ganun naman talaga? Sa accounting, kung naghesitate kang magsagot sa tamang formula dahil natatakot kang mag-try or i-test ang shortcut, laos ka na. Para sa akin, hindi lang ang pagkuha ng 2.75 (though ito ang target mo para BAA ka till pip year) ang dahilan kung bakit kelangan mong mag-aral ng mabuti. Walang kuwenta ang pag-aaral mo, kung hindi ka naman magtitiwala sa sarili mo. Wala ding kuwenta ang lipovitan, gatorade at ilang milyong taong pagbabasa sa IAS at kung anu-ano pa man. Di baleng matanggal ka sa wanwanpor nang lumalaban at umiisip ng paraan kung pano siya magulangan kesa mag-drop at natatakot ma-tres or singko. Me rason bako?

YUP, nag-shift ako sa BAA…dahil akala ko ito ang destiny ko. Maging accountant. Minsan tinatanong ko ang sarili ko kung tama ba ang desisyon ko. Nasilaw lang ba ako sa perang maihahatid ng BSBAA kung nakapasa ako ng board o dahil gusto ko talaga siya? Hindi ba valid na reason na gusto mo siya dahil gusto mong makatulong sa pamilya mo by bringing an income to them? Hay...

Why an accounting exam brings different emotions to people? Marahil marami tayong rason. Siguro dahil sa pressure ng scholarship, pamilya, friends, pati na rin ang sarili mo. Pwede din ang society dahil ina-assume mo na natanggal ka sa BAA dahil tanga ka or in a euphemisim, you’re a lesser person na maaaring tingin sayo ng lipunan. MALAKING KALOKOHAN ang lahat ng mga ito!!!! Natanggal ka dahil ayaw mo na... ayaw mo nang maging BSBAA. Ayaw mo na ng puyatan nang wala namang masyadong reward... ewan talaga sa’yo… peace talaga... it's just my opinion... .=) - by Jon Macaldo (2nd Year BS BAA, JPIA Member, Exte Co-chair)

Sagot Ko...

believe it or not Jon, maraming mga tao ang gustung-gusto magstay sa BS BAA program pero hindi na pwede dahil mismong ang kolehiyo na ang nagtanggal sa kanila.

Lalo na kasi pagdating sa 114. Mapapansin mo na sobrang hindi directly related ang number of hours devoted to studying sa grade na makukuha mo sa exam. At lalong hindi rin inversely related ang number of hours ng tulog sa grade sa exam. Maraming mga tao ang totoong ibinigay nila ang lahat para pumasa sa 114. Maraming mga tao ang hindi lang dugo, pawis at tulog ang sinakripisyo para lang pumasa. Marami sa amin, halos wala nang social life o family life dahil sa accounting. Pero ayun, matapos ang lahat ng kaputahan na naganap... natanggal pa rin sa BS BAA.

Pero sobrang totoo na hindi porket tanggal sa BS BAA ay mahina na. Hindi ako naniniwala dun. May mga tao kasi na hindi lang talaga para sa accounting. Para lang din yang pagkanta o pagsayaw, may mga bagay na hindi talaga sadyang hindi ka lang talaga magaling kahit ano pa ang gawin mo. Pero hindi ito isang kawalan. Leche... Accounting lang yan! There's more to life than BA 99.1, 99.2, 114, 116, 118 and 123. (Haha... but then again, life in college is all about these 6 subjects!) - by Chad. =)

Realizations sa buhay-buhay

hay... sobrang andami na palang nangyari sa buhay ko, ngayon pa lang me nag-update...been busy with acads, jpia, love? joke...

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una sa lahat, nagpapasalamat ako sa lahat ng pumunta sa project ng exte, ang SLW at pasablood... sobrang saya ko nung nanjan yung mga jpians na nakigulo sa SLW. sa mga hindi pumunta, sayang, di niyo nakita si MAXIMO OLIVEROS jr, wahehe...

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pasablood, give blood! sayang di me nakadonate coz that day, may panpil12. baka makatulog ako ulit at mapaalis sa room! that's why di me nakapag-donate... tska may binabasa kasi me readings so di na me makapag-donate... nagui-guilty talaga ako...

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naku, nagalit sa amin ang prof namin sa accounting... sabi niya kasi, he's disappointed with our quizzes... maswerte pa daw kami sa mga batang nagagala... waah, mas swerte sila... kasi wala silang accounting, hehe... =p

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anyway, lapit na pala case presentation namin sa 181. grabe, kinakabahan ako dahil 1st case ko to ever sa BA.. so go groupmates (kat,nikki,cleiza,mike)!

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sawi ako sa pag-ibig... di ko alam... akala ko dati, crush lang, pero habang tumatagal, parang nare-realize kong mahal ko na siya... nasasaktan ako kung minsan ay.. basta.... i can't discuss...

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i just love living! wahehe

saka na me mag-uupdate ng keser, swear... me follow-up ako na entry... dating entry sa blog na to pero nabura kasi sa katangahan ko... with reaction pa from kuya chad, wahehe... sige, nyt! :)

i know what you did last saturday... mwahahaha

Our group went last Saturday to MBC to continue our computer literacy program. After a bumping ride of jeepney to MBC, we waited until 11 am to initiate the endeavor. While waiting, we decided to interview some of the boys, who will be the beneficiaries of our solicitations. I haven’t decided at first who will I pick because Toni, our group leader, said that all the boys in the room where the kind lady has offered to us were already been interviewed. So, I decided to pick the first boy who entered and to have a one-on-one, intimate chat with him. That lucky boy was Dennis.

Dennis V. Lingganay, a 15 year-old lanky boy from Ormoc, Leyte was my interviewee. He seemed nice and quiet, because he didn’t talk that much. I remembered him from the February 24 Computer Literacy Program that we have implemented. Yes, he smiled, but he seldom talk. He laugh, but he never mingled. So I was bothered. Even to my interview with him.

When I asked why he is now in MBC, he replied “Kasi wala kaming bahay po. Dito na lang kami pinag-aral ng nanay ko”. I was shocked and amused, for their parents (he has a brother with him, his name is Danilo) have risked the distance just to give them education. I told him, “Bakit kayo lang dalawa, ilan ba kayong magkakapatid”? He replied, “Kaming dalawa lang talaga e”. With that, I inferred, with the poverty obstructing our rights, our freedom to choose what we want, is really a big issue. Now that there are political issues continuing to emerge, the Philippine politicians should give emphasis more to the marginalized and poor Filipinos. The irony of life is really bemusing. What they have promised to their platforms, well, is not emerging now.

When I asked about his dreams, he really wanted to soar high: “Gusto kong maging engineer, kahit anong klase. O kaya maging NBA or PBA player”. That gave me an assurance that despite of his financial ineptness, he has dreams which he can pursue and continue to live on.

We just have a short time to talk. Maybe I don’t look approachable. Blame my genes.

ELEV86:LIFT ONE ANOTHER UP

Haay, ang saya ng Elevate6: Lift one another up. wheew, after so-called 2 days ng practice, successful naman siya...hehehe... ang mismong competition yung naging "run-through" namin. Shet. Buti nalang ang determined ng dancers (Owen, Jeff, Lica, Anie, Jonz, Archie, Cleiza, Jenny Gaje, Hans, Kristy, Micha, Marves, Leo, Joyce), lifters and spotters (ako, JayJay, Jubs, Mela, Mark Banawa, Brian Bauza, Mads at Janno) at sa mga JPIAns na pumunta... sori kung sino man kayo, thank you talaga.... :)

Okay naman ang kinalabasan ng Elevate... I mean kung ie-expect mo sa routine niyo na walang matinong praktis, sobrang ok nung kinalabasan namin... hehe...hindi sa pagbubuhat ng bangko o kung ano man, ang routine namin ay maayos... sumobra lamang ng 17 seconds sa required time, dahil na din sa delay sa lifts... yung lift 1 ko... ok siya... pagdating ng 2nd lift, waaah, nabangag ako... kaya nag-twist yung paa ni Ate Anie at nalift ko gamit ang 1 kamay lang... ayun...pangit diba? so HINABOL ko kaya okay pa naman... kaso pagkatapos, medyo nagka-cramps siya at nagsori naman ako... hehehe...

Hindi naman namin nakita yung mga nag-perform nang buo kasi tensyonado na kami... siya nga pala, ang kalaban naman namin ay ang IE club, at Cheerdance class...guess kung pang-ilan kami?

SECOND PLACE! COMEON! 15THOUSAND WORTH OF CASH(12THOU) TSAKA 3THOU BAMBINI PRODUCTS... YEHES!

Hindi naman ako nagyayabang...tuwang-tuwa ako dahil na-realize naming lahat na kahit may mga problema, basta unified ang JPIA, ok ang results, nomattawhat... diba? GO JPIA!

I think more than the prize, the ELEVATE is coveted by some organizations to prove how unified their organization is, as the UP PEP SQUAD is. I think, we have proven enough... :)