Regina Newsletter Volume 3 No 2 Oct Nov 2009

Volume VIII No. 2October - November 2009

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GUIDED with the spirit oflove and giving, theAssumption Communitythrough the UA OutreachMinistry (OM) and theCentral Student Council(CSC) gave assistance tothe victims of the previoustyphoons that hit thecountry.

The recipients of thefirst relief operation werethe landslide victims inSan Juan Baño, Arayat,Pampanga on September29, 2009. The affectedfamilies of the ragingtyphoons in Pasig,Candaba also benefittedin the next relief operationdone the following day.

The team, togetherwith the RecognizedStudent Organizations(RSO’s), brought 350plastic bags containingbasic provisions such asfood, clothing and

UA Community forks over supportto Ondoy-Pepeng victims

medicines.OM advanced with itsrelief efforts as it turnedover more donations incash and in kind to theSocial Action Center ofPampanga (SACOP) andto San Jose Matulid, UA’sadopted community onOctober 2.

Additional relief goodswere also turned over toCentral Luzon TV (CLTV)36 on October 6, 2009.

The Bishop extendsmetaphysical reliefUniversity President, MostRev. Roberto C. Mallari,D.D. officiated a mass inSan Juan Baño on October10, where he advocatedhope and elevated the mo-rale of the people in the saidbarangay. Ms. JenniferVillanueva, UA socialworker, said that theBishop urged the people

to stand up with hope inthe midst of the crisis.

Avalanche of goodsAs donations continuedto cascade, OM, togetherwith the ArchdiocesanAssociation of ParochialSchools (AAPS), wenton with the reliefoperations reaching asfar as Zambales and handover their donations inBotolan on October 19.Rev. Fr. AristotleManiago, OM Directorsaid, “It is our dutyto help those people inneed and we’re veryhappy that there arethese people who arereally helping in one wayor another.”

“No amount is reallytoo big nor too small.What is important is, youhelped,” he ended.

By Weslee Dizon

UA-ARO signs MOA with CSFP Socio-Economic Panorama

In an unprecedented andhistoric occasion, UAPresident Most Rev. RobertoC. Mallari, D.D. togetherwith Ms. Diana B.Pangilinan, AcademicResearch Office (ARO)Director, and City Mayor ofSan Fernando, Oscar S.Rodriguez, UA and the CityGovernment of SanFernando (CGSF) signed aMemorandum of Agreement(MOA) on the Socio-Economic Panorama of thecity held at the City HallAtrium on October 19.

The project, under the

Billy Jash Danganan, Camille LousieSunglao and Katrina Lauren Guevarra baggedthe 2nd runner up award in the RegionalScience Quiz bee held at the AngelesUniversity Foundation (AUF) on September25. The quiz bee winners all hail from theCollege of Nursing and served as theUniversity’s representatives on the saidcompetition. The students were accompaniedby their teacher coaches from the School ofArts and Sciences namely Ms JustineGonzales, Ms Menchu Luzano and Joel Soto. The contest was held as a part of the AnnualChemistry Seminar conducted by thePhilippine Association of Chemistry Teachers(PACT). “The Exponent of Development andProgress through Research and Invention,”served as the adopted theme for for the said

UACoN emerges 2nd RunnerUp in Regional Quiz Bee

UACoN…p.5 UA-ARO…p.7

REACHING OUT. Assumptionists are busy packingrelief goods to be donated to typhoon victims.

(Photos by Weslee Dizon)

MOMENTOUS ALLIANCE. UA-CSFP partnership promises along-term impact to the community. (seated from left to right) Engr.Ferdinand A. Limbitco, Vice Mayor Edwin Santiago, Mayor OscarRodriguez, Most Rev. Roberto C. Mallari, D.D., Dr. RuthBalajadia-Ducut; (behind) City Councilors and ARO staff) (Photo by Mr. Reymon Mann)


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Joelle Icban, a fourth year CivilEngineering student, received UA CentralStudent Council’s (CSC) first StudentLeadership Award conferred during the 5th

Annual Religare Leadership SeminarWorkshop held at the Domus MariaeInternational Center on September 25-27.

In an interview with Regina, Joelle saidthat she didn’t expect to receive the awardfor she’s only a year old in student leadership.

Before Ms. Icban was elected as presidentof the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers(PICE) UA Chapter, she was the secretary ofthe same organization which was her firstbreak in student leadership.

“Kapag pala naging leader ka na, doonmo maiintindihan lahat (It is when youbecome a leader that you will fully understandthings),” she said.

“May nakita sila sa paraan ng paghawakko sa trabaho (They saw something in theway I handle my work),”she said when askedabout what might have been the basis of theUACSC for choosing her.

“Noon wala pa akong masyadong alamas a leader, pero ngayon tanggap ko na (Ilack enough knowledge as a student leaderbefore, but now I already accepted it),” shecompares her ordinary student life before andher life now as one of the chosen few wholead the youth.

Joelle, a daughter of Overseas FilipinoWorkers (OFWs), expects to execute severalprojects this coming second semester beforeshe graduates.

“So far, pinapatibay naming ang samahansa loob ng School of Technological Studies(STS)…ang STS Choir ay isang patunay nito(We are strengthening the bond inside theSTS…the STS choir is a proof for this),” shesaid with hope for a better relationship in

Engineering stude receives UACSC Leadership Award

their department.Her planned activities in PICE for the

coming semester include Himig Inhinyero (aband competition), November: TechnologyMonth, a Dota in-school league, communityservices, tutorials, and other departmentalprojects.

According to Ms. Icban, PICE regularlyconducts meetings with other organizationsincluding Class Officers in order to establisha strong relationship among them andtowards better delivery of services to theirconstituent students.

“Madali silang i-approach (They are easyto approach),” she said pertaining to allstudent officers in the University.

Joelle, also the President of the STSMother Council, clarified the matterregarding RSO fee collections saying that thedifficulty in payment arises because “akalanila (the students) binubulsa ang RSO…akalanila madali lang (they thought that the feesare illegally kept…they though that it is thateasy).”

It must be noted that all standingorganizations in the school are permitted tocollect reasonable amount as payment formembership.

Meanwhile, UACSC President DickDucut commended Ms. Icban and said, “Shewas awarded as outstanding student leaderbecause of her outstanding leadershipabilities.”

“As president of STS Mother Council, shemanages well all the organizations in STS,”said the CSC president.

He continued, “she’s always presentduring our meetings and never complains,”and stressed, “she’s very active”.

Joelle, a seven year-old Assumptionist,said, “UA is better now than before”.

She said she is encouraged by the wayher fellow students “support, treat and help”her,” and she values listening as an importantquality of a leader.

“Sana patuloy na maging pasensiyoso saakin ang mga estudyante at kapwa officersat ibigay ang best hanggang ending ng term(I am hoping that the students and my co-officers will continue to understand me untilour term ends)”, the student leadershipawardee concluded.The recipient of the said award was chosenamong all student-leader attendees of theReligare and all elected Recognized StudentOrganizations (RSOs) officers in theUniversity. ---By N.S.Ocampo

CONSERVING MOTHER NATURE. St. Thomas Aquinas Courtyard planwill harm no tree.

(Photo by Adon Henrik Dizon)

SERVANT LEADER. Guided by Catholicservice, Joelle Icban’s award on outstandingleadership proves her competencies toresponsibly serve her fellow Assumptionists.


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The Office of the VicePresident for AcademicAffairs (VPAA) renamedthe College of Education(CoED) to College ofProfessional TeachersEducation (CoPTEd) byvirtue of VPAA MemoNo. 24 Series of 2009dated Oct. 14.

The VPAA, Rev. Fr.Winifredo S. Santos,approved therecommendation of theDean of Education, Mr.Rodel Divino S. Aguas,MARE; to rename theCollege for the followingreasons as stated in thelatter’s recommendationletter: 1) to be consistentwith the Republic of thePhilippines vision anddirection towards theprofessionalization ofteacher education at parwith world classstandards, 2) to be

VPAA renames CoEd to CoPTEdBy Nielsen Salazar Ocampo

consistent with theUniversity of theAssumption’s vision ofacademic excellence byproviding a teachereducation that is focusedin producing world classprofessional teachers, and4) to attract more youngpeople to choose theteaching profession as afinancially competitivecareer here and abroad.

Mr. Aguas said, “Wewant to align our collegewith the mission vision ofour university as well asthe national developmentgoals of our region.”

“The focus is on thequality education, and tohave quality education,we must have qualityteachers. And since weare an ArchdiocesanUniversity, we should bean example to otheruniversities and colleges

especially catholiccolleges,” he continued.

Mr. Aguas empha-sized the idea of renamingthe college as “a collectiveeffort of the faculty, theUA Executive Committee(ExeCom) and thestudents as well.”

Records show that forthe past five years, UA hasnot hurdled with highpassing rate and only50% of its graduates passthe Licensure Examina-tion for Teachers (LET).

“I was thinkingbecause education is veryexpensive, why are wetraining students whocannot become teachers?Why are we training thecommunity serviceteachers who cannot teachbecause they cannot passthe licensure exami-nation?” Mr. Aguascommented.

He said that theCoPTEd “wants them (thestudents) to pass theexamination so theybecome licensedprofessional teachers.”

The College alsointroduced a newcurriculum which,according to Dean Aguas,is a “better curriculumwhich is more focused ontraining students tobecome better teachers”.

“I will not allow mychild to go to surgery witha doctor who in college‘ay pasang awa,” hecontinued by comparingthe teaching professionwith medicine asking,

“why would parentsentrust their children to ateacher who cannot eventeach with competence?”He also regardedacademic excellence as“not only a decoration”.

“As a cheat freeUniversity,” according tohim, “if we are not givingour students excellenteducation, then we arecheating them…and ifthey graduate without thecompetencies that theyneed to become qualityteachers, then they arecheating the nextgeneration.”

It must beremembered that in 1993,UA had 100% passingrate, pushing Mr. Aguasto convince facultymembers that if they wantto succeed in the plan,they must “aim high forthe glory of ourUniversity.”

More than 200students are presentlyenrolled in CoPTEdwhere freshmen undergoqualifying examinationand before they advanceto the next level, theyneed to take anotherc o m p r e h e n s i v eexamination which,according to Mr. Aguas“will only be producingthe best students for thebest schools.”

Administrative Changesin the department

The PhysicalEducation (PE)Department wastransferred to the Schoolof Arts and Sciences(SAS).

This move has beenworked out since PE is aService Departmentsimilar to that of thedepartments in SAS.However, PE majorsremain under the newCoPTEd.

Under the presentlyoffered basic Educationprograms, Bachelor inSecondary Education andBachelor in ElementaryEducaction, the latter nowincludes new majors in

Special Education(SPED) and ReligiousEducation.

“Because it’s indemand here and abroadand they are earning alot,” answered Mr. Aguaswhen asked about the newprogram on SPED.

He furthered that“even elementary pupilsneed quality religionteachers”.

The CinenceScholarship Programfunds students (taking upReligious or ValuesEducation) from parishesin Pampanga asrecommended byrespective Parish Priests.

New Methodologies“We are now

experimenting on variousmethodologies andfacilities, because werealized that ourmethodologies are alsothe methodologies of thepast years,” said DeanAguas pertaining to theplan of the CoPTEd tobuild the Music Lab andthe SPED Lab andrehabilitate the TeachingLab.

He added that theusual teacher-studentdiscussion will bereformatted.

“Under the newmethodologies we will bemore focused on thelearners because themethod we usually usefocuses on the teachers,the e-classrooms are veryhelpful but we have thetable of the teacher at thecenter of the room withthe students facing theteacher…we want thestudents to face each otherso that our educationsystem will beinteractive,”he explained.

“We want our studentsto talk not just to listen”,he also stressed.

The CoPTEd isaiming for furtherachievements and seeks toattain outstanding statustogether with all otherschools and colleges inthe University.

BSAcc 1B, Architecture 1A, BSAcc 1Cstudes top Math Quiz Bee

By Sean Aurelio C. Garcia III

ANDREW Reyes of BSAccountancy 1B, KarenJoy Amada of Archi-tecture 1A and PaulineNaranjo of BSAcc 1C,topped Math Society(MathSoc) sponsoredStatistics Quiz Bee heldon September 19 at theMulti-purpose Hall.

The three mathwizards defeated thirteen

first year students fromdifferent departments asthe MathSoc looked forpotential math geniuses.

The three-round quizbee aims to discoverbudding math geniusesand hone their skills untilthey become ready for theInterschool StatisticsQuiz Bee which will beheld in Angeles

University Foundation(AUF) on November 09.

Karen Pineda,MathSoc President said,“We are on the look outfor new representativesfor an upcoming quiz beethat will be held in AUF.”

The winners will betrained by Mr. Dong Galivoin preparation for thecoming higher level quiz bee.

Man of Education. Dean Divino Aguas, MARE; shepherdsCoPTeD faculty to fulfill the goal of producing world classprofessional teachers.


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THE University TaskForce on WebsiteDevelopment (TFWD)launched UA’s latestwebsite design,www.ua.edu.ph/main ,onOctober 1.

The website wascreated to spread newsabout the University inthe quickest span of time.In line with this, theInformation TechnologyCenter (ITC) seekscontributions fromstudents and facultymembers of UA. They cansubmit articles aboutvarious events in theirrespective departments.

UA improves websiteThe design of the new

UA website was alsodeveloped aside from itscontents. Its header hasthe silhouette picture ofthe UA façade, the UAlogogram and name, withits blue motif.

“We are now lookingforward for the newwebsite, with its updatedand dynamic appearanceand features, this willimprove our marketing . Itwill also provideinformation to its existingand prospective clients,”said Mrs. Edwina P. Dizon,Officer-In-Charge of theITC. www.ua.edu.ph

IN partial fulfillment ofthe requirements for theEcology course, theBachelor in ElementaryEducation (BEED) 3rd

year students conductedan environmental sym-posium with the theme‘Protecting and pre-serving the Environment:Think Globally, ActLocally’ at the Audio-VisualCenter on October 1.

The event,participated by scienceclasses from differentdepartments, started with

BEED 3 conducts Environmental SymposiumBy Weslee Dizon

an opening message fromMr. Dexter Balajadia,Academic Chair ofProfessional TeacherEducation followed byinspirational messagesfrom Ms. JustinaGonzales, Physical andBiological Sciences Chair,and Dr. Arnel Sicat, Deanof the School of Arts andSciences.

“I commend theBEED 3 for putting upthis kind of event not justbecause it is very timelybut also this enlightens us

with what is reallyhappening with ourenvironment,” said Mr.Sicat.

“SIGNOS”, a docu-mentary about the signs ofe n v i r o n m e n t a ldegradation was viewedby the participants

Mr. Brian Jogno, arepresentative from theDepartment of Environ-ment and NaturalResources (DENR),spoke about the thingsthat “we have done to theenvironment which

brought calamities. Hediscussed the presentcondition of theenvironment and tracedits origin. He alsoemphasized measures onhow we can save theenvironment.”

“It is not really hard.We can start by our smallsteps. We have createdthis (environmentaldestruction), so we arealso the ones to dosomething about it,” saidthe environmentalist witha tone of encouragement.

Mr. Jenifer Basilio, ascience professor and theorganizer of the event alsocommented, “I thinkthese are already thesigns. What is happeningnow is a wakeup call forus to do something. Ithurts me when we are noteven acting to save ourenvironment.”

“What else do weneed? More calamities?More tragedies?” heposed with a challenge.

The symposium left theparticipants the verdict tochoose – to act or not.

HOTEL and Restaurant Manage-ment (HRM) Department supervisesthe Café Maria which opened onSeptember 18 following theinitiatives set by the College ofInternational Tourism and HotelManagement (CITHM) led by itsOfficer-in-Charge, Mr. MarvinLingad.

Mrs. Socorro Korionoff, managerof Domus Mariae InternationalCenter and the Café Maria clarifiedthat the ceremonies held on the datementioned was only a “softlaunching” activity whereas, theGrand Opening will be held duringthe UA foundation day in January2010.

Café Maria opens to serve UA communityBy Mark Joshua Lansangan

Mr. Lingad and Mrs.Korionofftogether with Mr. Ronnel David andMr. Glenn Lacsa, both graduates ofthe University’s HRM program,created the menu being served in thecafé.

“Everything about coffee is Mr.Lingad’s idea,” said Mrs. Korionoff.

The University hired Mr. AlexCastro, also a UA graduate, as cook.

Mrs. Korionoff said that the CaféMaria serves affordable food as manyof their costumers are from the GradeSchool Department.

Café Maria, named by Mr. Lingad,is an establishment dedicated topatronizing and honoring the schoolPatroness, the Blessed Virgin Mary.

A TASTE OF CAFÉ MARIA. Grade schoolers are enjoying the pleasureof the newly-opened café’s simply irresistible menu.

By Aron Nunag


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MICHAEL Fernandoand Sarah Jane Solimanbested 15 othercontenders vying for thecoveted title ‘Mr. and MsPhysical Education (PE)2009’ during thepageant’s coronationnight held vis-a-vis withthe PE Day at the BishopEmilio Cinense Gym onOctober 12.

Michael, a 17 year-oldOperations Managementfreshman, said, “Whenmy name was announcedas a winner, I felt thatafter all the efforts Iexerted, they all turned

BSOM, BS Psych studes crowned as Mr. and Ms. PE ‘09By Weslee Dizon out fruitful and I’m

feeling very good andgreat about it.”

“I just want everybodyto be happy and that’s justwhat I did, I gave thementertainment by adding alittle comedy in my dancenumber,” said Michaelwho gets himselfphysically healthy and fitby eating nutritious andspending a break at thegym.

On the other hand,Ms. PE ’09, Sarah, also afreshie from thePsychology department,said, “I was really kind ofhesitant at first. I do notactually know if I really

have the guts to join thepageant, but with thesupport of my classmatesand family, I was able tomake it.”

The 17 year-oldSarah, who did not expectto win the contest also,kiddingly said, “I am just

THE University of theAssumption formallyintroduced the InfoBoard,a web-based solution thatoffers various SMSfacilities with differentfunctions and capabilitiesdesigned to suit the needsof the UA community,through the new UAwebsite link launched onOctober 1.

According to Mrs.Edwina P. Dizon, Officer-In-Charge of theInformation TechnologyCenter (ITC), the saidhigh-technology projectwas already launched lastschool year but due tosome circumstances, itsavailability to the publicwas not readilyintroduced.

“Fortunately, theInfoBoard is nowavailable. With the serviceof this hi-tech initiative,UA employees, students

UA launches wireless InfoBoardBy Aron Nunag

exchange, quick poll andwireless group.

Registration inInfoBoard service is free,while subscription willcost only P1, meaning aregistered subscriber willbe charged P1 for everytext broadcast sent by theUniversity.

The ITCaccommodates interestedpersonnel and studentsubscribers.

Accountancy freshie winsMiss JPIA 2009

By Jade Layug

5-flat and I was reallyintimidated at first. But Ijust did my best to win”.

Other candidates whowere crowned were JesselMalonzo and MarianneCunanan,Mr. and Ms.Sound Body (1st runner

up); Justine Dave Bayaniand Cassandra Franco asMr. and Ms. Sound Mind(2nd runner up); andRoiniel Gigante andCherry Ann Mendoza asMr. and Ms. Sound Spirit(3rd runner up) .

JARENNE Melchi Ongof the BS Accountancy 1Cwas crowned as this year’sMiss Junior PhilippineInstitute of Accountants(JPIA) 2009:Ambassadress of GoodWill on October 10 at theM s g r . S e r r a n oAuditorium.

The pageant,organized by theDepartment ofAccountancy, aims tosearch for thed e p a r t m e n t ’ srepresentative to the MissUA 2009: Model ofExcellence to be held inJanuary 2010.

Jarenne standed outamong 14 other ladies whopossess incomparablebeauty with outstandingintellect and talent.

Meanwhile, GretchenRazon and Hazel Ochoaranked 2nd and 3rd placerespectively.

Special set of awardswere also given; Best inSports Wear- CherissaSapnu, Voter’s ChoiceAward- Abigael Malang,Best in Casual Wear andBest in Long Gown- HazelOchoa, MissCongeniality- MichelleBungay and MissPhotogenic- Tracy Sicat.

and parents will now beable to receive theimportant and latestannouncements orinformation from UAauthorized ContentProviders uponsubscription,” said Mrs.Dizon.

The InfoBoard hasspecial features that serveas advantages to itssubscribers includingquick and easy activationand a personalized accesscode: 717082. It does notrequire a special hardwareor software but rather itonly needs a computerwith internet access. Italso allows the completelyindependent clients tosuccessfully activatekeywords and/or servicesthrough their own access.

Moreover, it offersdifferent types of serviceslike text cast, mobile office,feedback, mobile

undertaking.The annual seminar

aims to improve theteaching methods ofchemistry teachers andprofessors. It alsogivesupdates on thedeveloping world ofNano Technology,investigative projects aswell as indoor andoutdoor researches.---By Samboy Musngi

UACoN…from p.1

WINNERS OF MR. AND MS. PE ‘09 will act as models of goodwill and healthylifestyle. (From left) Roiniel Gigante Justine Dave Bayani, Jessel Malonzo, MichaelFernando, Sarah Jane Soliman, Marianne Cunanan, Cassandra Franco and Cherry AnnMendoza (Photo by Weslee Dizon)

A NIGHT OF GLAMOUR. Ms. JPIA winners flashtheir crowns after the coronation night.


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ONE Hundred Thirty Sevenstudent leaders from theUniversity and other collegesparticipated in the 1st StudentCongress incorporated in the 5th

Annual Religare Team-buildingand Leadership Seminar-Workshop held at the DomusMariae International Center onSeptember 25-27.

Officers of variousRecognized StudentOrganizations (RSOs) in theUniversity, together with thedelegates from Mary the QueenCollege and St. Nicholas College,attended this year’s Religaredubbed “Student Leadership:Lifting up to Heaven theAspirations toward Fruition.”

The Student Convention,organized through the efforts andinitiative of the University of theAssumption Central StudentCouncil (UACSC) in coordinationwith the Office of the Director forStudent Affairs (ODSA), is anannual activity which aims todevelop a team spirit that willenhance the bond and establishcamaraderie between the UACSC,RSOs and other Colleges, tointensify the leadershipcapabilities of the student leadersand to lighten to the commitmentof the student leaders to studentservice in particular and to theirrespective college in general.

A P645.00 registration fee wascharged to every participantinclusive of three-dayaccommodation at the DomusMariae International Center.

According to the ReligareCommittee chaired by Joseph D.

1st Student Convention held at UA137 Student Leaders participate in 5th Annual Religare

By Rionel Lazatin

CELEBRATING A NIGHT OF LEADERSHIP. UA student leadersjumping with bliss in the solidarity night.

(Photo by Patrick Joseph Mercado)

Pineda, UACSC BusinessManager, the allotted budget forReligare was 303,000 pesos, withonly 25% of it shouldered byUACSC. However, the other 25%was obtained from the paymentsof the RSOs and outsidedelegations while the remaining50% came from the ODSA.

Hotel and RestaurantManagement (HRM) studentscatered the meals for the durationof the event.

Opening ProgramThe three-day activity started

with a parade of the Religaredelegates within the Universitygrounds. The participantsassembled at the UA Chapel forthe opening program and a highmass graced by Rev. Fr. AristotleManiago, Outreach/ CampusMinistry Director, to welcomeparticipants to the studentcongress.

“By bringing timely andsignificant issues in this annualLeaders’ Summit, may we allcommit ourselves to EthicalLeadership and Good Governancein the campus level,” Mr. Owen G.Dizon, DSA said in his speech.

Mr. Dizon added, “May allthese tedious and sacrifices-ladenactivities on leadership andservice send strong signal to thelarger society about the valuesand real concerns of today’sstudent leaders.”

Dr. Ruth Balajadia-Ducut,Graduate School Dean (the firstresource speaker) centered hertalk on the six key concepts onl e a d e r s h i p : H u m i l i t y ,

Communication, Accountability,Empowerment, Service andResponsibility. She also focusedher speech on the qualities that atrue servant leader should have.

“Our journey as a servantleader must lead us to a legacy,”Dr. Ducut stressed.

Seminar on Student-Leaders’Awareness on Political andEnvironmental Issues

The two-part seminar onPolitical and EnvironmentalIssues Awareness was held in theafternoon of the convention’s 1st

day at the UA Auditorium.Dr. Giovanni Tapang,

Associate Professor from theNational Institute of Physics,University of the Philippines,Diliman, concentrated on thetopic ‘Present Economic Crisisand the Rapid Alteration on theEarth’s Climate.’ He alsodiscussed the variousenvironmental hazards that maylead to environmental destructionincluding deforestation, mining,pollution and water availabilityand the effect of the Green Housegases.

On the 2nd part of the seminar,Ms. Aurora Broaquil, Chairpersonof Pambansang DemokrasyaCentral Luzon Chapter, focusedher talk on the Present Politico-Economic Situation andChallenges to the People’sMovement.

Making Sense with LeadingAfter a dinner at the Hotel

Conference Room, theparticipants attended a forum on“Making Sense with Leading” atthe UA Emilio CinenseGymnasium.

The UA Christian Rock Band(UACRB) performed Christian-inspired songs throughout ameaningful discussion aboutleadership.

According to Mr. Dizon,“Leading dares us to move to thedirection we want to take”.He added, “In leading you mustbe sensitive, not numb.”

Meanwhile, a delegate from St.Nicholas College said, “Throughleading, I was able to boost myself-confidence and establish asense of integrity within myselfcompared to a passive studentyears ago”.

Seminar on Deepening SpiritualCommitment as Servant Leaders

UA Vice-President for Finance

(VPF) Rev. Fr. Deogracias KerrGalang served as the speaker onthe 3rd talk about ‘DeepeningSpiritual Commitment as ServantLeaders held at the UAAuditorium.’

Fr. Deo discussed the fourcore concepts to Heroic Leader-ship; Establishing Direction,Aligning People, Motivating andInspiring People, and ProducingChange.

“We cannot manage, what wecannot measure,” he said.

He also mentioned the fourpillars of leadership; Self-knowledge by discovering yourstrengths and weaknesses,Ingenuity by adopting thechanges that the world offers,Love by recognizing otherpeople’s potentials regardless oftheir status, and Heroic Ambitionsby dreaming greater than what isachieved.

Discovering yourself, Followingdirections and Team work

After the session with Fr. Deo,Mrs. Cristina Sanchez, School ofArts and Sciences (SAS) Facultymember, facilitated the first partof the Team Building activitytogether with the 4th yearPsychology Students held at theHotel Conference Room.

Mrs. Sanchez administeredvarious psychological and mindchallenges to the delegates, toclearly discover their well-beingas a person and to emphasize thesignificance of abiding directionsand the importance of teamworkand communication inaccomplishing a task.Awards

The awards are the following:Student Leader Awardee: JoelleIcaban (Philippine Institute ofCivil Engineers), SpecialRecognition; UACRB, Mr.Religare; Aries Pocholo Sanchez(League of Tourism Students ofthe Philippines), Ms. Religare;Joy Sunglao (English Society),Best Dressed Group: CIHTM,Darling of the Night; RebekkahAbgail Biyo (LTSP), Best inPerformance; Junior PhilippinesInstitute of Accountants, Ms.Congeniality; Kimberly Yu(Institute of Financial andManagement Accountants), Mr.Congeniality; Student from Marythe Queen College, Most CleanRoom; SAS and Best Banner; 1st-Ingat ng Asuncion, 2nd-JPIA, 3rd-Business Administration CollegeCouncil.


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supervision of the AROwith Ms. Pangilinan atthe helm, aims (1) todevelop a demographicand socio-economicprofile of the CSFP bycovering all 35 barangaysand to identify thelegitimate least privilegedresidents, (2) to identifythe basic needs of theresidents in eachbarangay and allow theCGSF to determine whereto pool its resources anddeliver the neededservices of each barangayand (3) to assess citizens’perception with regard tothe efficiency of the LocalGovernment Unit (LGU)in extending its servicesamong Fernandinos.

As an initial steptowards the realization ofthis project, Ms.Pangilinan formed a coregroup composed of AROcoordinators; Mr. JoelSoto, Ms. Essel De Jesus,Ms. Gloria Vergara,outgoing ResearchCoordinator for Collegeof Nursing (CoN), Ms.Grace Sadac and Mr.Jerome Paule, incomingStatistics Assistant.

Meanwhile, joiningthe core group are Mr.Romario Polintan,National Service TrainingProgram Coordinator,Ms. Lorna Basmayor,Discipline Coordinator,Ms. Aurora Valencia,CoN Faculty, Dr. BenignoLegamia Jr., and Mr.Lydia Alviz, bothGraduate School Facultyand Dr. Ruth Balajadia,Dean of the GraduateSchool.

The census will delveon the ten key parameters/variables includinghousehold/ familystructure and background,health and nutrition,water and sanitation,peace and order,employment, income/livelihood, education,social inclusion,resettlement, and shelterand properties.

The information thatwill be obtained from thestudy will be used toexecute the PovertyReduction Plan of the cityto fulfill its agenda to bea Center for HumanExcellence by 2030.

Prior to the research

study, CGSF based thepresent economic status ofthe city from the datagathered by the NationalStatistics Office (NSO) in2007 Census ofPopulation, along withthe 2005 Census OplanPagtatala initiated byLocal Government Units.

Responding to its callas a CatholicArchdiocesan University,UA championscommunity service andmakes it an integral partof the life of all itsmembers. UA has lined-up community extensionprojects and activities,including the extension ofits research servicesthrough its research arm,the ARO for communitydevelopment. ARO aspart of its five-yearagenda is geared towardsbuilding the Catholicimage of UA by offeringresearch service to LGUsand Non-GovernmentalOrganizations (NGOs)that will make an impacton communitydevelopment in terms ofuplifting the people’seconomic condition,moral and socialtransformation; and othernoble endeavors.

UA-NSTP, CoN, HRM,Theology, Accountancystudes to conduct city-wide surveyUA-National ServiceTraining Program (UA-NSTP), UA-Nursing,UA-Hotel and RestaurantManagement (HRM), 2nd

year UA-Theology and 3rd

and 4th year UA-Accountancy Studentswill make up the 2000-people censusenumerators in the door-to-door survey in 35barangays with 50,000estimated total number.

Meanwhile, UAteachers will act assupervisors to assistinterviewers if problemarises.

The city will financethe expenditure for theentire project amountingto two million pesoswhich will cover training,transportation andcommunication expenses,allowances and insuranceof census enumeratorsand other relatedoperating costs.

Moreover, to furtherguarantee the quality ofdata collection, eachcomplete questionnairewill be subjected to acomprehensive field

editing and follow-upinterview if theinformation gathered isincomplete and/orinconsistent.

According to UA-ARO, nine months isneeded for the completionof the research study fromplanning to encoding ofdata.

“The census proper isexpected to start onNovember 14”, Ms.Pangilinan said.

Ms. Violy S. Santos,Assistant to the Vice-President for AcademicAffairs, Dr. Ruth-Balajadia-Ducut, Dean ofthe UA Graduate School,also a UA-ARO Staff, CityPlanning andDevelopment CoordinatorEngr. Ferdinand A.Limbitco, City Vice-Mayor Edwin Santos,City Councilors and otherAdministrators witnessedthe ceremonial signing ofthe MOA.

The Universitybelieves that throughsimilar partnerships withlocal government therewill be long-term andinsightful impacts on thecommunity and itspeople.

UA-ARO…from p.1

NOT MINDING WHAT LIES DOWN THERE. Children diving into the floodsenjoying the waters brought about by the typhoons. (Photo by Adon Henrik Dizon)


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Editorial

AS the 2nd semester ofthis school year unfolds,we welcome new hope.True enough, we haveencountered numerouschallenges. We weretested as we faced theraging typhoons and byall means, we survived.We can say that, lookingat the bright side of whatwas withered andwasted, we have becometougher and sturdier.Optimistically, it isindeed great news thatthe manifestations of atrue Assumptionistmaterialized just when itwas needed most. Withthe initiative of the UACentral Student Council(UACSC) presidentDick Ducut, UAstudents were given thechance to reach out tothose who areunfortunate enough tobe distraught by thesequential occurrence ofheavy downpours.

Religare, a leadershipseminar for UA’sRecognized StudentO r g a n i z a t i o n s(UARSO) prepared bythe UACSC, was on its5th year in bringing outthe best in every studentleader. Each of themwas able to share, learnand hone more of hisleadership skill.Incidentally, the secondnight of Religare ’09,September 26, was alsowhen the typhoonOndoy started to ravagethe province, and callsfrom their familiesbombarded theparticipants, informingthem that Arayat was

REGINA EDITORIAL BOARD AND STAFFS.Y. 2009 - 2010

Editor-in-Chief: LUZ NATHASHA KORIONOFF • Associate Editor: NIELSEN OCAMPO • Managing Editor:PAUL KYRBY BALINGIT • Photo Editor: ADON HENRIK DIZON • Art Editor: LORELIE BAMBA • SportsEditor: JEROME CASTRO • Asst. Art Editor: AL-ZEN PAULINE HILARIO • Circulation Manager: RIONELLAZATIN • Asst. Circulation Manager: MARK JOSHUA LANSANGAN • Staff: ALDEN CANLAS, SEANAURELIO GARCIA, APRILLE FLORES, MICHAEL ANGELO CALUPE, SAMBOY MUSNGI • Artist: JOSEPHPATRICK ANTHONY MERCADO, JAN PHILIPPE CORTES & MAY ANN ASIS • Correspondents: SARAHJADE LAYUG, JOHN LEONARD BATONGBAKAL, MARC LEGUTAN, WESLEE DIZON, KEITH ANDREWPRADO, ARON NUNAG, DEOGENES ANGELES & RUDOLPH MUSNGI • Contributors for this issue: MR.REYMON MANN & DICK DUCUT

MR. DANILO T. MAGLAQUI MRS. MELANIE VILORIA – BRIONESConsultant Moderator

True Leaders in Actionalready experiencing am u d s l i d e .Assumptionists startedto panic but werestranded, helpless andleft with nothing to dobut to pray thateverything would bealright.

This was the firstinstance, in the runningyears of Religare thatthey invited participantsfrom other schools, andit was unlikely toexperience a calamity atthe same time. Studentleaders from St. Marythe Queen College andSt. Nicholas Collegetook part in the seminar,and they, too, learned thetrue essence ofleadership. Amidst thetyphoon, it was the idealtime to start playing therole of a responsibleleader.

Thru text messages, arelief operation wasmade possible even withthe suspension ofclasses. Unity wasachieved, and with theinitiative of the studentleaders, in cooperationwith the UA OutreachMinistry, those whowere extremely affectedby the typhoon weregiven new hope. And asall these happen, is it notthe perfect time for the2010 political aspirantsto show their concernand their fervor to servethe people? Theirsudden appearance ingreatly affected areasalone is notquestionable. We allknow it is part of thestrategy in making us

believe that they trulyare fit to the positionthat they are vying for.But do their names, andsometimes even theirphotos, really have toappear in every plasticbag of relief good thatwe receive? Unlike theuncertainty of thosepoliticians’ motive inhelping, we can see thegenuine andunconditional eagernessof the elected council

officers of our school,and of course, the effortsof the UACSC, inproviding relief to thosewho needed it.

Once again, we,Assumptionists, havewitnessed our almamater’s vision andmission in actualimplementation. Wehave proven that ourleaders are sensitive tothe needs of others andthat they take part in

events that change life’sunlikely ambiancewithout needinganything in return. Trueleaders won’t go for thefame and money. Trueleaders do not need to berecognized wheneverthey are carrying outtheir task. A true leadercares without ifs andbuts and ensures that thetrust given to them bythe people must never beruined.


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We are mourning overthe death of hundredsof our countrymenwho were unwary ofhow destructive thesetyphoons would be.Perhaps they were soused to being floodedthat they got stuck tothe thought that theycan make it through therain. We cannot blamethem, can we? It hasbeen several years agosince a catastrophebrought about byheavy rains took place.Usually, we would waitfor three days or lessbefore the water in thestreets subsides and

LUMOSBy Luz Nathasha D. Korionoff II

Facing the Wrath of Nature

then we move on in asnap of a finger. Thistime it is different. It isneither like getting yournewly tiled floor wet norhaving to place yourfurniture a foot higher inorder to save you frombuying a new one. Wehave witnessed throughour televisions how aworried mother calls theattention of whoever hasseen her daughter, howfamilies stayed on top oftheir roofs for hourswaiting for rescuers, andhow children wail, coldand wet, with theirparents having no ideawhere to bring them forshelter because their

“To everything there is a reason, and a time for every purpose underHeaven. A time to be born, and a time to die…a time to weep and a time tolaugh.”

-Eccles. 3:1-2-4

houses were among thethousands which gotsubmerged or totallyruined.

If we would ponder,we are to realize that weare the guilty party. Wemight have forgotten thedays we threw ourcandy wrapper outsideour car window, or thetime we saw ourneighbor and she wasjust about to throw aplastic full of empty tincans and other junks,but then you ignored herand so there went therubbish, floating andflowing down thestream. Now, MotherNature is getting back at

us. There were probablya lot more instanceswherein, unknowingly,we could have preventedthe episode of floods ormudslides but chose tobe irresponsible.Typhoons and landslidesmay be naturaloccurring phenomenabut they worsen becauseof our insensitivity.

In reality, at thispoint, finding out who isat fault is useless. Weare Filipinos, and aspeople from elsewheresay, indeed, we bounceback swiftly. We mayhave lost all ourpossessions, or ourloved ones may have leftus earlier than expectedbut there is a purpose for

everything. Ourresilience measuresour faith in God. Now,the spirit of solidarity isonce more flaring. Wehave been broughttogether by thecalamities and trueenough, each one iswilling to lend a handto those who are inneed. The purpose maystill be vague for thosewho have had the first-hand experience of thetragedy, but as wemove to the nextchapter of life, we willbecome enlightened.We continue tostruggle for existenceand we are more thanready to face what isyet to come.

Framed ThoughtsBy Adon Henrik Dizon

Opinion

Ondoy + Pepeng + Ramil = DEVASTATION!

PERWISYO, SAKRIPISYO, NEGOSYO... ang lahar na kumitil ng maraming buhay,nagbigay ng bagong buhay at mayamang hanap-buhay.


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UPPER STORYBy Nielsen Salazar Ocampo

“I’m proud of my dirtyhands… rough andknobby and calloused…I didn’t get them thatway by playing bridge ordrinking afternoon teafrom dainty cups, orplaying the well-advertised GoodSamaritan at charityballs…I got them thatway by working withthem, and I’m proud ofthe work and the dirt.”I am contemplating onthe many things theyouth is facing today.The previous quote fromthe Dirty Hands by JohnP. Delaney S.J. struckmy thoughts on how theyouth will grow intosuccessful people in thefuture, considering the

The Working Youth

real meaning of the wordsuccess – more than justmonetary satisfaction,fulfillment inside and out.I adore those youngpeople who use theirnatural wit and ability toaccomplish their studies -the youth who put thepower of dreaming intoevident execution ofwork.

Our University is oneof the most generousschools in Pampangawhen it comes toprivileges and scholarshipgrants. Well, our schoolmust have a big heart,primarily because it is aChurch owned institutionand its operation isinspired by the HolySpirit.

I am a proudAssumptionist because Ibelong to a second homewhere the members of myfamily are all hardworking and geared withabilities enough to enterthe realities of life outsidethe walls of theUniversity.

With 145 StudentAssistants working fortheir tuition, I cannot helpbut thank the Lord forgiving my fellow studentsthe courage to work tograduate a degree. Theseyoung people prove thatthe “will” will push oneinto a way of greatopportunities.

I am also engaged inworking while studying.Every time I enter theOffice of the ProvincialBoard of Pampanga, Iexperience the

unfortunate fate of otherpeople who are asking forfinancial assistanceamong others. They areasking for immediate aid,but they also must findways to personallyproduce such aids. Theworking youth exhibitsthat need to exertindividual effort forsurvival.

The working studentpopulation in ourUniversity shall inspirethose who are wellsupported by their parentsor families and movethem also to sweat fortheir individual growth.I suggest that theUniversity must offermore benefits andconsiderations for thestudent assistants andgive more recognition tothem. This working part

of the studentry includesnot only those who workin the offices of thecampus but also thosewho work part time infast foods and othersimilar jobs.

I salute the officersand members of the UAStudent AssistantsOrganization and all theyouth who are workinghard to finish theirdegrees.

Christ is also aworker himself and Heis inviting all to fight forHis standard.I imagine that somedaythe Earth will bow downand kiss all the “dirtyhands” of the workingworld. The hardshiptoday that the youthshould face will fertilizethe future harvests ofhumanity.

“Set a straight lineand walk on it, too.”

We have all felt thewrath of typhoons,Ondoy and Pepengand without a doubt;many people have losttheir livelihood,dreams, even lives andworse, hope. Alongwith the waters,washed away in a blinkof an eye are whatpeople have beenstruggling to gain alltheir lives. This hasbeen such ah e a r t b r e a k i n goccurrence for everycitizen of the country.

But behind thesedark days, figuratively

ESTRANIASBy Paul Kyrby Balingit

The significance of a straight lineand literally, emergedthe heroes that Filipinoswere born to become inthe first place. Well, I’venever been so proud thatpoliticians had theextremely early initiativeto help in the aiding andrecovery of our fellowcountrymen. I’m soproud that it’s in theirhearts to help withoutexpecting anything inreturn. I’m so proud tosee relief goods, withthe politicians’trademark logos whichwere not reallynecessary to be there,be handed out to thosewho are in dire need.Wait; let me read that

last sentence again.Just like what my

mindset kept on remin-ding me; politics is avery dirty game- and noopportunity will be leftunutilized by the players,not even the reliefoperations. It was justmind boggling to see anorange sticker with acheck mark on top food-filled “styros.” Doeseating that mean payingit back with a vote in 2010?

Now, almost all ofthem have announcedtheir intention for thecoming year, despite thefact that the helpingneeded hasn’t beenfulfilled yet. Score one

point for Chiz Escuderofor having not called apress conference andannounce his endeavorwhile the people can’teven get out of theirhouses yet. That, myfriends, is a straight line.His aim was to help andthere was no otherintention besides that,none. Well, that’s whatshows.

Still, I just couldn’thelp but voicing out thefact that an excellentpreparation for the pastdisasters would havebeen much better than

the recovery they’restriving for right now.For that, a bullet for thepresent administration,that if not for itscorruption, would haveprovided bettercontraptions indetecting incomingcalamities.

Despite everythingI’ve just said, I stillencourage everyone tohelp even in thesmallest ways they can,now and in the future.Sharing a smile is agood and inexpensiveway to start.

Opinion


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OBRABy Lorelie Bamba

September 26, 2009.A date not manyFilipinos would everforget.

Typhoon Ondoy wasrecorded as the worsttropical depression thathit the Philippines.Hundreds of lives weretaken and thousands ofhomes destroyed, awarning that none of uscan escape the wrath ofnature.

How are Filipinosmoving on after thiscalamity?

Have the floodstaken away their hope?The bright side of

The Breath of New Hope

calamities is that theyoften bring out the bestin people. Amidst all thechaos, we still havehope. People rescuingtotal strangers to safety,notwithstanding thedangers they putthemselves into. Therewas an outpouring ofgenerosity andcompassion from othercountries, materializingin the form of prayers,goods and relief effortsshows that we are notalone in this fight.Bayanihan lives on afterOndoy and Pepeng.

Despair is not weak,

it is strong. It fightsagainst our hope and ourdetermination.

It fights even againstour heart’s convictionlight. Despair isdrowning us, our lifeboat and our joy divine.We should not learn tolove despair. If we dothat, never will we beable to repair the painfuldamage to our poorlife.

Each sacred hope isa blessing gift from God,hope keeps us fromdespair. We are stillalive, vibrant with life.The black cloud willdisappear; The morningsun will appear onceagain.

Ondoy left us withhavoc and muchdestruction, But whatamazes me is the factthat our collective spirittriumphs at the end of

the day. It is not just thefact that we are trying toget back on our feet; itis the fact that we arehelping each other standagain.

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Opinion

The Philippines, atropical country, is anatural niche foroccurrence of naturalcalamities; floods,typhoons, monsoon rains,earthquakes, volcaniceruptions, and landslides.

With regards totyphoons however, thePhilippines is more of atourist spot in a portion ofthe Pacific Ocean.

Before typhoon“Ondoy” and “Pepeng”wreaked havoc in thePhilippines, many othersimilar weatherdisturbances had alreadyoccurred in the stunningislands of the Philippines.Miserably, when theseweather disturbancesoccurred in no time, peoplewere caught in the trap ofdeath. Also, propertieswere destroyed.

Disaster and Emergencypreparedness isimportant. You may needto survive on your ownafter a disaster. This means

HEALTH LINESBy Alden Canlas

Disaster and Emergency Preparednesshaving your own food, water,and other supplies insufficient quantity to last forat least days or weeks. Localofficials and relief workerswill be on the scene after adisaster, but they cannotreach everyone immediately.You could get help in hours,or it might take days.

Basic services such aselectricity, gas, water,sewage treatment, andtelephones may be cut off fordays, or even a week orlonger. Or, you may have toevacuate at a moment’snotice and take essentialswith you. You probably willnot have the opportunity toshop or search for thesupplies you need.

Since you do not knowwhere you will be when anemergency occurs, preparesupplies for home, work, andvehicles.

The following are the 3basic supplies you need toprepare when an expectedcalamity will occur:

a. Water

You should store at leastone gallon of clean potablewater. To prepare safest andmost reliable emergencysupply of water, it isrecommended you purchasecommercially bottled water.Keep bottled water in itsoriginal container and do notopen it until you need to useit.

b. FoodStock canned foods, dry

mixes, and other staples thatdo not require refrigeration,cooking, water, or specialpreparation. You mayalready have many of theseon hand

c. Basic Disaster SuppliesKit

The following items arerecommended for inclusionin your basic disastersupplies kit:· Portable, battery-powered radio or televisionand extra batteries.· Flashlight and extrabatteries.· First aid kit and manual.

· Sanitation and hygieneitems (toiletries)· Matches and waterproofcontainer.· Rope· Garbage bags (will serveas floating devices)· Whistle· Extra clothing· Kitchen accessories andcooking utensils, including acan opener.· Photocopies of creditand identification cards.· I m p o r t a n t / L e g a lDocuments· Cash and coins.· Special needs items,such as prescriptionmedications, eye glasses,contact lens solutions, andhearing aid batteries.· Items for infants, such asformula, diapers, bottles,and pacifiers.· Other items to meet yourunique family needs.Just as important as putting

your supplies together ismaintaining them so theyare safe to use whenneeded.Being prepared whenevercalamities occur will giveyou a 100% chance ofsurvival rate. Enoughknowledge about what ishappening is also essentialso that you can formulateyour action plans. Withthis, fatalities willdecrease.

Another, what isimportant is we could stillrecover amidst the crises.

In the near future, theworst calamities may stillhappen in the Philippinesconsidering the continuingclimate change.

But there remainshumanity working for itsselfish desires just todestroy our habitat…Sources:www.ndcc.gov.phwww.fema.govareyouready


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Mga buhay na aswang? Meron nga ba no’n? Pamilyar na tayo sa mgaaswang na tipikal nating nababasa at napapanood lalo na tuwing sasapit angika-1 ng Nobyembre. Sila ay ang mga Manananggal, Nuno, Dwende, Kapre,White Lady, Tikbalang, Bampira, Taong Lobo, Tiyanak at iba pang mganilalang na sabi ng iba, ay nanggaling sa “kabilang mundo”. Pero bago pamapasarap ang kwentuhan natin tungkol sa mga aswang na buhay, siguromas maganda kung magpapatugtog kayo ng Thriller ni Michael Jacksonhabang binabasa ninyo ito.

Aswang na buhay – Ano nga ba sila? Sino sila? May mga aswang bangnabubuhay dito sa mundo natin? Oo! Meron! Sila ay ang mga HYBRID naaswang. Mga pawang nagkatawang-tao lamang pero ang ispirito nila aymay pagka-lamang-lupa. Sila ay nakikisalamuha sa mga normal na tao athindi mo mahahalata na may kakaiba na pala silang kapangyarihan. Marahildulot ito ng makabagong panahon gaya ng teknolohiya, aba nag a-upgradena din ang mga aswang! Malay mo, katabi mo na sya ngayon.

Magumpisa muna tayo sa mga aswang na buhay na madalas natingnapapanood sa telebisyon lalo na ngayong nalalapit na ang eleksyon. Marahilnapapansin ninyo na pawang maaamo ang mga personalidad na inilalantadnila, hindi ba? May nag pepedicab, may tumatakbo, may nagiging ugat, maysquatter nung bata, may naglilinis ng kulungan ng baboy, at meron dingmabilis magsalita na para bang may sinasabi kahit wala. Madami sila, hindiba? Maiihalintulad nga natin sila sa mga tipikal na aswang gaya ng mganabanggit ko. Kaya nilang hatiin ang katawan nila gaya ng Manananggalat iniiwan ang mga baho ng kanilang pagkatao habang sila ay lumilipad.Mukha din silang Kapre na para bang ang tingin nila sa sarili nila ay mgahigante, nakakaangat kumpara sa mga ordinaryong tao. May halo din silangBampira, sumisipsip ng kayaman – hindi sila magtitira kahit isang patak ngdugo. May pagka-White Lady din sila, yung tipong nakikita mo, tatakutinka, tapos bigla nalang maglalaho. Nakakatuwa, hindi ba? At dahil hybridsila, tawagin na lang natin silang Pulitiko (30% Mananangal, 20% Kapre,25% Bampira, 15% White Lady, at 10% Tao).

Dumako naman tayo sa mga personalidad na marahil ay nakakasalamuhanating mga estudyante. Sila ang mga nilalang na may mahihinangkapangyarihan. Pero huwag mo silang maliitin, uunti-untiin ka nila hangangsa iwan ka nilang tuyong-tuyo. Mas madami ang bilang nila kumpara samga Pulitiko kaya matakot ka! Iisa-isahin natin sila.

Kasalukuyan kang nanahimik habang sinasagot ang quiz ninyo nangmay narinig kang sumisitsit sa likod at sa magkabilang gilid mo habang maynararamdaman ka ding sumisipa sa iyong upuan. Tila may nag paparamdamsa iyo at pag tingin mo sa kanila, nanlilisik ang kanilang mga mata na parabang may gustong ipahiwatig. Para silang mga taong- l o b ona gutom na gutom sa mga sagot mo. Ibinalingmo ang iyong sarili sa harapan at bigla kangnagulat, may sinasapian ata ng masamangespirito at parang umiikot pa ang kanyang ulo!Nakakatuwa pero totoo, talamak na rin angmga hybrid na aswang sa klase mo! Baka nga,isa ka na dun eh. At dahil hybrid sila, tatawaginnatin silang Classmates!

Kamag-anak nila sila Classmates, sila angmga kabataang tamad. Exams na; dun palang nag rereview, due date ng project;wala pang nabubuo, may homework,sa klase ginagawa, due date ng article, 2weeks bago naipasa! Tamad kungmaituturing ang mga nilalang na ito.Pinipinsala nila ang tiwala ng mga taosa paligid at unti-unti nilang sinasayangang kanilang oras sa mga walang saysayna bagay. Madaming kumplikasyonang pagiging tamad pero hindi nila itoinaalintana.

Kaagapay ng mga Tamad ay angmga Sinungaling. Sa murang edadsinungaling na sila. Dadalhin nila itosa kanilang pag tanda hanggang samaging isang normal na bagay na langang pagsisinungaling. Sirang-sira naang kredibilidad, sira na din ang

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pagkatao. Kumbaga sa mga aswang, sila ang mga mapanlinlang ng kapwa.May mga aswang din na pa-sosyal. Yung tipong wala naman ibang

ginawa kung hindi mag-ayos ng sarili nila; make-up dito, blush-on doon,lipstick dito, pluck ng kilay doon. Nasa classroom na, ginawa pang parlorang maliit na kinauupuan. Pero tanungin mo sila tungkol sa mga socialissues gaya ng pagtaas ng presyo ng bilihin, pagbagsak ng piso, pangungurakotng mga pulitiko, wala silang alam. Malamang, ang alam lang nila ay kunggaano kadaming beses gumiling si Hayden Kho sa kantang CarelessWhisper! Kumbaga, nabubuhay lamang sila sa sarili nilang mundo. Walangpakialam, walang pakinabang pag dating sa usapang makabuluhan. Harmlessnaman sila sa mga tao, ang tanging pinipinsala lamang nila ay ang kanilangmga sarili. Tawagin na lang natin silang Malan-jing Kabataan.Boypren: Friends lang kame!Gelpren: May friends bang nag hahalikan!

Parang eksena sa isang telenovela, hindi ba? Sigawan dito, sigawandoon, pero sa mga susunod na linggo pa, buntis na si babae, tinakasan na nilalake. Sila ang mga kabataang walang disiplina pagdating sa “pag-ibig.”Ang alam lang nila ay puro pasarap sa buhay pero pagdating sa pananagutanat responsibilidad, hindi mo na sila makikita. Ayun, kawawa ang magiginganak nila, lalaking hindi tiyak ang hinaharap. Dahil yan sa maling persepsyonnila sa salitang “pag-ibig.” Multo sila kung maituturing at ang tangingsinasaktan nila ay ang kanilang mga sarili at mga pamilya. Kawawang mgamagulang, magiging magulang ulit sila. At dahil may pagka-aswang angdating nila, tawagin na lang natin silang Mag-kasintahan.May mas matindi pang aswang na buhay sa mga Mag-kasintahan. Sila angmga kabataang babae na sumasailalim sa tinatawag na abortion. Isangmasaklap na reyalidad ito sa ating lipunan. Kumbaga sa problema, isa nasiguro ito sa mga solusyon na karumaldumal. Bumukaka, nabuntis, nagpa-abort. Tila wala na silang konsensya at nanghamak pa ng isang inosentengbuhay. Nasapian sila ni kupido, at nang nabuntis, sinapian naman sila niHudas.

Heaven.Hindi ‘yan ang heaven na inaakala nyo, heaven ‘yan ng mga kabataang

bangag sa ibinagbabawal na gamot. Hango sa kanta ni yumaong Francis M,sila ay mga praning na laging gising. Bibigyan ng allowance ng mga magulangat siya naman itong ipambibili ng droga; droga na nakakapinsala sa buhay,droga na walang maidudulot kundi kasamaan. Naaapektuhan nito angkanilang pag-iisip hanggang mapabayaan na ang pag-aaral. Hithit at buga,turok at lunok... yan ang kadalasang ginagawa nila. Kawawang mga nilalang,nalunod na sa masamang bisyo.

T a m a , pinsan ng mga aswang ang mga mapagsamantalangPulitiko, mga Classmates na mahilig mangopya,mga Tamad, Sinungaling, mga Pa-Sosyal, Mag-kasintahan, Nag papa-Abort, at mga kabataangAdik sa ipinag babawal na gamot. Sila ang mgataong nakalimot sa Diyos. Kapag nasakapangyarihan, nangungurakot sila at hindi nanila alintana na may Diyos habang ginagawa

nila to. Ang mga Tamad, Sinungaling,Magkasintahang walang kontrol sa pag-ibig

ay tuluyan nang nakalimot na sa mga aralng Panginoon. Ang mga nagpapa-abort atmga adik sa bawal na gamot ay tahasan ngtinalikuran ang Siya. At oras na nakalimotka na may isang Diyos, unti-unti kangmagiging aswang, aswang na nabuhuhay.Nakakatakot, hindi ba? Tila ang dami nila at

kung mapapaisip ka ng mabuti, parang lahatng tao sa paligid mo ay may angking ka-

aswangan. Ngunit gaya ng mga naisaad ko, lahattayo ay may angkin ding kabutihan. Yun sana

ang ating pairalin upang hindi lumabas angpagka- aswang na ugali natin. Sa panahon ngayon,

kailangang manaig ang kabutihan laban sakasamaan. Ngunit paano natin sila magagapi?

Ang sagot ko, mag umpisa muna tayo sa atingsarili dahil hindi natin alam, kagaya na

din pala natin sila.


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The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that itis fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.

- Daniel Webster

It has always been a matter for uniformed students to long forsome clothing diversity, either for show or for comfort ability. Westudents seem to always know firsthand what it would probably feellike if UA decided to discard our uniforms and opt for anything-goes-as-long-as-prefect-approves. Since the start of every semesteris marked with the confiscation of hundreds of IDs, the inevitablevisits to the Prefect’s office and the hopeful “sa bandang gitna ngsemester luluwag din yan…”, it appears as if the uniform is the rootof the annoyance of both the school and its students. We always saythat the school would not even let us “beautify” the campus by donningour fashionista selves. Maybe it is just the influence of TV and adsthat we always seem to equate fun with non-conformance,individuality and self-expression. But do we ever equate fashion asthe only means to a present greater institutional democracy? Mustthe will of every student be heard and given realization?

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in anyrespect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, theyclaim to be absolutely equal.

- Aristotle

Why is a uniform implemented in the first place? According tothe school authorities it is for unity, order, discipline, pride anddecency. The school has decided to consider the economic stance ofits students. Not everyone belongs to the higher and middle socialclass who may be able to afford the instant gratification of wearingwhat’s in and what’s new. School would not only be a catwalk for thefab but also a lion pit for the drab. There would be the clear distinctionbetween the jologs and the conios, the baduys and the astigs, theemos and the kikays, and so on and so forth. By constantly longingfor individuality we might have paid the price of forgetting the essenceof unity which is to break down barriers, surpass the triviality ofdistinction and rekindle familial parity. Instead of spending yourwaking hours rehashing all the formulas for your algebra test, youwould have to go through your whole wardrobe for a different lookfor today that would pass as socially-acceptable, guard-friendly anddress code-worthy; and would by no means give you inferioritycomplex. Woozy yet? The lightweight, breathable and affordablefabric of our uniform will help.

Fashion is a social agreement. The result of a consensus of a largegroup of people.

-Stella Blum

Then there is the envy among departments with theircorresponding uniforms and pins which supposedly gives them theidentity to stand out from all other Assumptionists. Even lanyardshave become a big deal among students now since a new rule hasbeen implemented to wear only the prescribed ID laces and lanyards,and there have been talks of having a different ID lace color forevery department. While it is nice to wear your majors loud andproud, practicality will still play a big factor. Are we prepared? Is itrequisite for our chosen fields to wear such uniforms as early asnow? To student nurses, student educators and student hospitalityproviders it may be practically applicable since it puts them on themindset of being such and commands them the rightful respect. Butfor the engineers, architects and interior designers, would it be allright if they wore hard hats, overalls, steel-toe boots or long sleeveand ties when still in school? For those computer enthusiasts, shouldwe require them all to wear sando and shorts because they’d be

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working from the convenience of their homes or make them all wearglasses with anti-glare and radiation layers? For the accountants andbusiness majors, should they all be walking around school in powersuits, brief cases and Bluetooth earpieces? Should our mediapractitioners wear their best costumes and masks, or walk aroundwith clipboards, video cameras and clappers? The idea may be nicesince the aim is to give students the professional look and feel butsince some fields are very broad to be “specified” by some uniform itmay limit these students to monotonously think of heading towardsthe same profession instead of branching out and discovering otheroptions which could utilize and expand their expertise. Going fordepartmental distinction may be a major change. Instead of overdoingit, maybe a variety of colored ID lanyards would do the job.

Above all, remember that the most important thing you can takeanywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; it’s an open mind.

-Gail Rubin Bereny

The youth has been commercialized too much as expressing theirpsyche through fashion. It may be true but the youth must alwaysremember that great minds should never be harnessed by the clothesone wear. Fashion is not the only form of self-expression there is outthere for the young and fun-loving. Physical appearances may deceiveyou for so long but the true self will reveal eventually if not earlier.Freedom starts from assuming accountability for your actions andchoices including self-expression which should follow the perimetersof right conduct. The presence of freedom does not entitle us to goabout and do whatever you have thought of the moment you want it.Remember, democracy is not a vote on what is good and convenient.It is not giving into will of the majority. Rather, it is narrowing downto what is best, good and right for the people with the least drawbacks.

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather thanluxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, notrespectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babesand sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly,talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let thespiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common -this is my symphony.

-William Ellery Channing


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I remember stepping out of the university and have Starbucks,Pancake House, Mocha Blends, Cinnabon, Mini stop, Hot ShotBurgers and a lot others greet me with wide expensive arms. Yes, thatwas the scene everyday for the first five months into college. Thenthere was the school canteen and the “caf” where everyone can emergesmelling like tocino but yummy cookies and that pasta await you.There was also Cantina which was a heaven for the whole block toinvade at the third floor of the neighboring building. Just take a five tofifteen minute walk and you are at SM Megamall, Shangrila Mall,Robinson’s Galleria or ride a cab to Metrowalk if you’re loaded. Thenif you have three-four hours of uninterrupted lunch time you might aswell go to SM Ayala, Greenbelt or Gateway to eat extra large burgers.Better yet, invade Ateneo when they have open houses and free lunch.

But that was Manila, and we are right smack middle of Unisite. Sofor my first hunt of food, the college canteen provided what I wouldconsider as treading on safe waters. Any transferee who consideredhim/herself as the misfit loner would probably agree that theunpopulated school canteen is a secure enough feeding ground; sincein reality, you really are afraid of what is out there despite that toughexterior. School canteens vary with each school. Some schools havetheir canteens run or monitored closely by the school authorities.This is to monitor whether the students and the employees areprovided with an assortment of nutritional choices. Usually, withthis kind of arrangement, the victuals are pricey and students preferto bring packed lunch or buy from outside the school. In our case,the college canteen is run by an independent concessionaire that hasundergone standard checks from the school administrators. But beingpicky students that we are, we usually ignore the canteen becausefood choices are the same from the day one till the semestral break,providing us with the same old pancit and fried chicken taste. Anotherinstance come mid-morning to afternoon, the food is served in all itsstone cold glory.

A college student’s subsequent option is the carinderia, otherwiseknown as turo-turo or diyan lang sa tabi-tabi. The usual upside,mura at swak sa bulsa! The downside, sell your ownhealth in the name of tipid. I was once toldabout friend’s cousin’s experience(whew!) that he once ate at a

carinderia andthought that the

sauce tastedquite funky.

He shookt h e

b o t t l eand…man, did

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he like what he saw! Congratulations sir, one lucky roach is bathing inyour sauce! Then I heard another friend’s friend’s experience. She,too, found a roach riding on a free meal at her plate! Did it tickle hertastebuds? I guessing the taste of vomit did. And what did Ms. Tinderasay? “Sige next time…” Say what? Sige next time sa uulitin mayfreebie na naman? Is that what she meant? No sorry’s? Next I heard apersonal friend avoiding one of our favorite carinderia. All becauseshe saw the owners every night, shoving the leftover food in bigplastic bags (I’m hoping it wasn’t garbage bags, though) and servingthem again the next day, and the next day, and the next day. And last,my friends and I were eating when suddenly I saw a really itsy bitsycutie dead fly on my meatballs. We all stopped eating and the ownernoticed. She went over to know what went wrong and saw my verycozy side dish. I mean I’m okay with sharing and all but, with somethingso small yet so gruesome? Heck no! And what consolation did I get?The owner gave me another free plate of (drum rolls, please) meatballs.Yes, it was from the same dish, the very dish from which I ordered thevery serene-looking fly and she just got me another serving. But hey,I’m not saying all carinderias are this way! In fact we should givesome of the carinderias credit for maintaining their services critter-free, healthy, and mouth-watering with our student budgets in mind.Most of these carinderias provide the home-cooked goodness we allcrave for despite being enticed with all the junk food that reach forproximity to our wallets. It may provide comfort for our doting momsand lolas that there exists masustansyang pagkain beyond theparameters of our homes. Let’s just hope that while you’re eating thatyummy sizzling sisig a rat won’t pass by, look you in the eye andintroduce himself and his equally macho posse.

But really there are self-inspections guidelines we can considerourselves instead of wailing our lungs out to the DOH secretary.

Are good personal hygiene practices maintained? Are separatechopping boards used for vegetables, poultry, red meat and fish andwashed after use? Are all food supplies inspected immediately upondelivery, and are they stored appropriately within standard practices?Are all areas, utensils and cutleries clean and tidy? Is there access toadequate and potable water? Are refrigerators kept clean and foodproperly contained?

For our sosyal selves, there are the fast food kiosks out there thatprovide snacks, meals and dessert in presentation we expect. We areeven a ride away from the malls and from some fast food joints.These fast foods may or may not be within the reach of our budgetbut we can relieve ourselves into believing that we are eating cleanand healthy food. Not a lot of students are aware those fast foods donot always offer healthy choices. In most western countries, fast foodis one of the cradles of teenage obesity. As for sanitation, yes we maybe safe as far as regulations go and slip-ups come in slim chances.Students can still make healthy choices by watching what they areordering. Some food may have healthy and lean sounding names toattract the health-conscious but entails otherwise. Don’t even letyummy-sounding names such as “crispy”, “creamy” and “rich” foolyou, it may hide the fat and grease-laden truth behind thesescrumptious monikers. It would be smart if we ate fast food inmoderation, especially when cheap and genuinely healthy restaurantshave yet to emerge near us. Virtually, there is no bad food, but excessis. It would be immensely dense for someone to consume fats, oil andsalt like you’re out to solve famine in Africa.

As the bell rings, you may find yourself mentally deciding onwhether you’ll order those fries and shake or go for the more fillingseafood and rice. You bypass the thought of salmonella,staphylococcus, streptococcus and whatever goes on and creepsout from behind closed doors and rely on the eatery’s reputationinstead. You check your wallet and think that you’d still have money

to save for a movie date with your girlfriend. Go on, step out of theroom and enjoy your favorite subject, break time. But when it all boilsdown to it, you really have to weigh up health, money and food intoequal considerations.


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A clean and orderlycity with compliantcitizens --- a visionrealized through OplanHabitat. Oplan Habitat was thecity government’sanswer to the clamor forchanges in the city’se n v i r o n m e n t .Implemented onFebruary 2, 2009, OplanHabitat, under theMagsilbi Tamu Programof the city governmentaims to promote order,cleanliness, safety andbeautification in the city.

“Before Oplan Habitatwas implemented, thepublic market and partsof the poblacion areawas in chaos in terms oftraffic and order,” saidAtty. Ramsey Ocampo,the Director of theprogram and also theCity Legal Officer. “Thestreet vendors areillegally doing businesson public sidewalks,leaving the pedestrianswith no choice but to usethe streets just to get totheir destination. Therewere problems andcomplaints on the trafficespecially within the areaof poblacion, hefurthered.”

Order wasimplemented on keystrategic locations in thecity. In the poblacionarea, where the newpublic market is located,Oplan Habitat isresponsible for thedesignation of loadingand unloading zones.

Oplan Habitat: Gearing towardsorder in the City

Through the saidprogram, pedestrianlanes were installed onevery side walk to guidepeople and prevent themfrom jaywalking. Theprogram is alsoresponsible for theremoval of illegalvendors doing businesson public sidewalks.“As far as legality, they(sidewalk vendors)shouldn’t be doingbusiness on the sidewalkin the first place, that ispublicly owned andeveryone has a right touse the walkway thrivedby the illegal vendors.There are designatedplaces within our areawhere they can dobusiness such as thepublic market and otherp r i v a t e - o w n e dcommercial buildings.We want to implementorder in the city, andorder is one of the fourpurposes of theprogram,” Atty. Ocamposaid.

Beautification is alsoincluded as one of theOplan’s priorities. This isachieved through itsother set of priority,which is cleanliness.With this, the citygovernment is exertingits effort to clean theentire city. It initiated theeffort by painting thewalls that werevandalized by people.The city also hired footsoldiers to maintain thecleanliness on the streets.These men are the “task

force habitat” group.“The men in green

shirts are there toimplement the fourobjectives of OplanHabitat,” says Atty.Ocampo; clearing themisconception that thepeople in green shirts wesee on the streets are notonly there to pick up/clean litter but also toimplement the fourobjectives of theprogram.

Safety is also one ofthe objectives of OplanHabitat. The citygovernment is strictlyimplementing tidinessamong its citizens. Thelaw enforcement andlocal officials areworking hand in hand toeliminate, if not minimizecrime rate by beingvisible to the public.

Task Force Habitat isseen in key areas of thecity such as; in barangayDel Pilar, in the newpublic market, in theUniversity of theAssumption, PampangaHigh School, MakabaliHospital, Jose B. Lingad

Hospital, in theintersection area (MacArthur highway), and St.Jude intersection up toSindalan.

Mayor OscarRodrigez adopted theconcept from formerMayor Rudy Giuliani ofNew York City in theearly 90’s. Giulianiwanted a program thatwill lessen the fastgrowing crime rate in thecity of New York.Giuliani consulted twosocial scientists and thencame up with the BrokenWindow Theory. Thistheory states that if awindow in a building isbroken and remainsbroken for some time,the other windows in thatbuilding will eventuallyshare the same faith.Atty. Ocampo comparedthe theory to our city. “Ifwe see someone littering,let’s say a smoker whothrew his cigarette button the street and weignore it; other peoplewalking by won’t get themessage that an actionas small as flicking that

cigarette butt on publicareas can lead to biggerproblems in our societyand community,” Atty.Ocampo further stated.

“This is our Habitat.This is where we liveand make a living, so weneed to take care of it,”he added.

The program is notonly stressingawareness, it also callsfor cooperation betweenthe city government andits citizens. “We need tolet everyone know thatwe care for our habitat.In that way, peoplewon’t fall into theirlousy mannerism. Theignorance of the citygovernment reflects theoutlook of the City ofSan Fernando. That’swhy we (Office of theMayor) are exerting oureffort in the campaign ofOplan Habitat. We wantto reflect the city’sintention to clean andimprove the quality oflife within the habitat ofthe city of SanFernando,” the lawyerended.

COPING WITH NEW TRAFFIC RULES. Oplan Habitat provides Fernandinos ahassle-free roadway thru thorough implementation of pedestrian policy.

(Photo by John Batongbakal)

By John Galang Batongbakal, Rudolph Musngi,and Deogenes Angeles


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RAIN OR SHINE-Thousands of Mariandevotees gathered at theHoly Rosary ParishGrounds, Angeles City onSeptember 8, 2009, to takepart in the 53rd yearReenact-ment of theCanonical Coronation ofVirgen Delos Remedios,Pampanga’s reveredpatroness.

Pampanga Clergyand other Religious sectsall over the provinceincluding the Universityof the Assumption gracedthis year’s celebrationguided with theme“Maria: Indu ningBalayan a Mipastulan atMakipamastul.”

Representatives fromthe Outreach Ministry,UA Central StudentCouncil (CSC) andRecognized StudentOrganizations (RSO’s)witnessed the ceremonies.

Archbishop PacianoB. Aniceto, acclaimed the

Kapampangans adore patroness in a coronation riteBy Rionel Lazatin

bishop said in his homily.He concluded his talk

with a short prayer for thebetterment of the systemof governance in Pam-panga, for economicstability, quality educationand unity among themembers of thecommunity.

Bishop Roberto C.Mallari, D.D., UniversityPresident, co-celebratedthe High mass.

The said event iscelebrated annually inhonor of both VirgenDelos Remedios and Sto.Cristo Del Perdon.

Based on the recordsof the church, the Coro-nation Ceremony in devotionto Virgen Delos Remediosstarted in 1956 with theinitiative of Bishop CesarMaria Guerrero, Pampanga’sFirst Bishop, to end therevolution of the workers andpeasants against the landownersand wealthy hacienderos inthe province.

The fast changing worldof internet technology isleading people to spendmore time in front of theircomputers to do variousonline activities that arepatterned after their dailylife undertakings.

Even the fundamentalwork of farming is now putinto the electronic world.Who could have imaginedthat people around theworld would enjoy farmingtogether in a famous socialnetworking site whichmakes them busy and“cyberly” responsible?

This cyber farmingactivity must bring backthe reality that farmingitself is so basic and is a

Subdivisions to adopt urban farmingBy Samboy Musngi

sacrifices of the devoteesand their desire to attendthe event.

The Archbishopcentered his speech on thesignificance ofstrengthening the

people’s relationship withthe creator and theChurch. He also stressedthat the people mustpossess the core valuesof knowledge, love andgiving by involving

themselves with thechurch’s mission-vision.

“Ing Dios malapit ya,mikatawan tau at tatag-kilan naka tamu (God isclose, made human andtouches us),” the Arch-

great job for the survivalof man.

This scenario must notbe taken for granted andthe Fernandinos are luckyas basic farming is revivedand is still being practiced.Yes, good news for thepeople of the City of SanFernando; more and moreof its citizens are gettingconscious on the matter.Many groups areexpressing their intentionto make farming in the citya priority action of everyFernandino. The concernis now on the attention ofhomeowners and residentsof some subdivisions inthe city.

With the guidance of

the Federation ofHomeowners Association(FEDHOA) in the City ofSan Fernando, an urbangreening project isexpected to beimplemented in the city.

F E D H O AAdministrator, Mr. LitoOcampo, said that thecampaign program aims toprovide affordableagricultural goods likefruits and vegetables toFernandinos. It will alsoaid in the livelihood statusof the financially unstableresidents for it will serveas a source of income.

Urban Farming willturn “useless” vacant lotsto a more lively and

productive food source byutilizing locally availablenatural resources andreorienting the peopleabout the basics andbenefits of backyardfarming.

“It is not a project; it’san advocacy that willbring change in thecity….authentic change”,Ocampo said.

The plan of farming inthe city is inspired by theGreen Revolution offormer PresidentFerdinand Marcos.

According to Ocampo,the project will start in thevicinity of Villa Borosa, inDolores, where he lives.The project willeventually be implementedin other subdivisions incoordination with the Cityand Provincial

Governments and someprivate sectors assponsors.

Simple and basic,backyard farming is one ofthe old practices in historyespecially common inprovinces. This practicenurtured Filipinoancestors and providedthem crops as a majorsource of food.

Similar programs mustbe very well supported bythe people that will benefitthemselves especially intime of global recessionand threats of climatechange.

The battle againsthunger and poverty startsat home, in the backyardsof the people. The successof the project will stilldepend on the support thepeople will render to it.

AMIDST THE WRATH OF STORM. Thousands of Marian devotees came towitness the coronation of the Virgin. (Photo from the www.santamonicaparish.org)


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17ComDev

The relationship of God toHis people is strengthenedthrough the church, no matterhow a particular group is called.The people themselves shallestablish and sustain this strongbond with God in various waysthe human life could do.

As for the Roman CatholicChurch, specifically in theArchdiocese of San Fernando,Pampanga, common planning isvery essential – this attitude ismade visible by the Archdiocese’stri-annum Pastoral Plan.

On October 24, Churchleaders gathered at the UAMonsignor Serrano Auditoriumfor the Official Closing of theSecond Archdiocesan PastoralAssembly (APA – II) and theLaunching of theImplementation of the ThirdArchdiocesan Integrated PastoralPlan (AIPP –III) of theArchdiocese of San Fernando.

San Fernando ArchbishopPaciano “Apu Ceto” Aniceto,D.D. together with AuxiliaryBishops Pablo David, D.D. andRoberto Mallari, D.D., UApresident, led the gathering ofpastoral officials from allparishes in Pampanga to formallyconvey and eventually executethe AIPP – III.

“This is a very significantPastoral event in our Archdiocesebecause it is a sign of the vitality,unity and the collective purposeof the people of God here tocontinue renewing themselvesthrough the pastoral plan,” saidApu Ceto in an interview withthe Regina.

The Archbishop said that thePlan will be a “guide for ourevangelization work… meaningto say, the different aspects of ourfaith will be guided here.”

The AIPP – III, which will beimplemented in all parishes inPampanga, decrees specificconcrete resolutions to 13Catholic Commissions,Ministries and Councils of theArchdiocese of San Fernandoincluding Archdiocesan Councilof the Laity (ACL), Commissionon the Clergy (COC),Archdiocesan Commission on

Apu Ceto: Pastoral Plan, a sign of united vitalityA Look at the Third Integrated Pastoral Plan of San Fernando

By Nielsen Salazar Ocampo

aspects of our church’s life inPampanga,” the long termKapampangan Archbishopcontinued.

He stressed, “All theCatholics in Pampanga will haveto follow this”.

The revered man rang a gongthree times before the Catholiccongregation as a symbolic actionof the opening and promulgationof the AIPP – III.

“Ministerium Tuum Imple”This is the guiding principle

of AIPP – III which inKapampangan “Mipastulan,Makipamastul,” meaning “Follow,Lead.”

Rev. Fr. Francis “Kiko”Dizon, Director of Social ActionCenter of Pampanga (SACOP)and one of the lead advocates ofAIPP – III, said in vernacular,“Ken yang pastoral direction naning Archdiocese of SanFernando at nung makananulang lingapan deng balayan ningDiyos keti Kapampangan (This isfor the pastoral direction of theArchdiocese of San Fernando

the Catechesis (ACC),Association of ArchdiocesanSchools of Pampanga (AASP)wherein UA is a member,Archdiocesan Commission onYouth Ministry (ACYM),Archdiocesan Commission onFamily and Life (ACFL), BasicEcclesial Communities (BECs),Catholic Charismatic Renewal ofPampanga (CCRP), CursilloMovement, ArchdiocesanCommission on BiblicalApostolate (ACBA),Archdiocesan Media ApostolateNetwork Unlimited (AMANU),Archdiocesan LiturgicalCommission (ALC), and theArchdiocesan Ministry onService (AMS).

The Roman Catholic faithfulshall be expected to be an activemember of at least one of theaforementioned God-inspiredorganizations.

Apu Ceto added that the saidPlan is designed to “renewpolitics and responsiblecitizenship and goodgovernance.”

“It will direct all the various

and how will the Church of Godin Pampanga be taken care of).”

According to him, containedin the Plan are the priorities ofthe parishes.

Fr. Kiko, an alumnus of UABS Commerce major inAccounting in 1986, emphasizedthe main concerns of the AIPP –III which are to empower thelaity, preserve human life and theenvironment, reach out to thepoorest of the poor, develop goodgovernance and formulateChristian leadership andCatholic education.

Because of the diversity ofsituation in time, AIPP – III willbe re-evaluated in 2013 to createanother pastoral plan which willbe the fourth to be adopted in theprovince.

The priest added, “The authoris the community,” pertaining tothe 138-page Plan whichincludes action plans of thechurch.

Level of planning will now beentrusted on the parish level tofully “solidify the will of God inour place in out time.”

SHEPHERDS OF THE CHURCH. UA board of trustees; Bishop Pablo David, Archbishop Paciano Anicetoand Bishop Roberto Mallari praying for the success of the pastoral plan. (Photo by Joshua Lansangan)


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Sawa na ako sa love story ng Final Fantasy. Oo at akoang pinakamalaking fan ng sobrang astig na RPG nayun, pero ayoko na sa love story nila. Puro na lang hindinagkakatuluyan ang mga bida. Walang happily everafter kumbaga. Sawa narin ako sa mga fairy tale. Sa lahatnaman kasi ng lalaki, bakit si Prince Charming na langang sumasagip sa mga babaeng may stress? (damselsin distress ba…oha oha…) gwapo ba naman siCharming? Masyado siyang babaero. Meron na siyangSnow White, tinuhog na pati si Cinderella, tapos pati siSleeping Beauty ninakawan pa ng halik? Tama banaman yon! Marahil nagtataka ka kung bakit akonagrereklamo sa ’yo at hindi sa munisipyo di ba? Sige,baba mo pa mata mo.

Baba…Konti pa…Konting baba pa…Antagal mo naman

dumating. Kanina pa’konaghihintay sa ’yo ah. Ayanang madalas mong marinigsa girlfriend mong saksakannang arte, o sa boyfriendmong sobrang demanding.Ganito ba ang normal napagkakasunod-sunod ngsked mo kapag Sabado?

6am – gud morning baby!I luv u po. Sna mgnda gcng mo kz txt2 tau 2day db? Ywm b kta tau SM? Movie tau l8r. sl ippako.mmwwahhhuggss=D

9am- baby paala2 qoh lng miting tym ntn ah? 1pmsa French Baker. Luv u. hugs nd kizzes =D(Nang on your way ka na dahil na-late ka sa kakaayosmo nang buhok mong emo at kakaligo ng pabangomong nabili sa Avon lady.)

1pm- baby san kn? On my way n. Traffic d2 smen.Gngwa ata 2lay d2. Nweiz, hntay mko ah. Bili m n tcktsntn. Aqoh n bhla sa iba.

1:30pm- Nza fudcourt aqoh baby. Pnta k d2.Pamilyar ba sa’yo? Malamang kasi yan naman

madalas na kwentong pag-ibig ng karamihan. Sasabihinniyang papunta na siya, pero ang totoo naman, pumipilipa siya ng damit na isusuot. Mabuti sana kung girlfriendmo yun. Normal lang sa babae ang matagal magdamit.Eh, paano kung ikaw yung babae tapos yan ang sasabihinsa iyo? Kaasar malamang. 4th month niyo pa lang peroganyanan na. Kung bakit pa kasi naimbento ang pagdi-date. Eh bakit kasi hindi na lang “mahal kita, mahalmo’ko, tayo na.” Kung sino mang umimbento ngpanliligaw ay dapat ipasok sa lata ng tuna. Gustong-gusto niyang nahihirapan. Magagalit sa akin angkalipunan ng kababaihan ng kabayanan sa mga sinasabiko pihado. “Papageffort niyo naman ang boys parasigurado.” Yun ang linya nila. Patanong nga po ako isamga ginagalang kong lahi ng tao. Hindi po ba mas

Ndi E2 Luv S2ryBy Jerome Castro

madali na hayaan yung tao na maging kaibigan mo,tapos tingnan mo kung mamahalin mo, kaysa samagpaligaw ka pa tapos hindi mo rin naman sasagutino kaya papaasahin mo siya sa wala? Mahirap ang ganon.Konsiyensya mo pa kung ma-depress yung tao.

Sabihin mo nga sa’kin. Kailan ka ba huling sinabihanng I Love You sa publiko ng syota mong pogi/maganda?*tingin sa katabi* Hindi yung pabulong ha. Yung talagangI LLLLLLOOOOVVVVVVEEEEE YYYYOOOOOU [ipasok angpangalan dito] !!! Kung hindi pa katagalan,congratulations! First prize ka sa Mahal ko, pinagmamalakiko contest ng mundo. Kung medyo matagal na rin, ayoslang. Malay mo busy sa thesis, sa case study o sa feasibilitystudy (kunwari =D). Pero kung hindi ka pa nasabihan ‘non,aba, aba, Celso. Oh sige kontrahin mo ako. Alam kosasabihin mo na “nakakahiya eh,” “eskandalosomasyado” o “ika namung piglawen da”. Kung tutuusin,hindi mo dapat inirereklamo ang pagsigaw sa mga taona mahal mo si *bbeeeeppp* kasi nga totoo naman diba? Eh, ano ngayon kung pagtinginan ka nila kung

napasaya mo namanyung one and only

mo (one and only ngalang ba?)

Ayaw mo nangmagbasa? Pakiramdammo wala namangkwentang artikulo itongbinabasa mo.Kinokondena langnaman ng asar namanunulat nito ang pag-

ibig. Tingin mo hindimarunong magmahal

itong kamoteng kahoy na ito. Bwahaha…mali!Nagkakamali ka kung tingin mo pag-ibig LANG angtutuligsain ko. Pati mga single na yan tirahin! *napaisip*

Madami akong kakilalang nag-iisa. Mareklamo sila sabuhay sa katotohanan lang. Madalas na nagigingproblema nila si Mr./Ms. Right. Hindi ko mawari kung bakitayaw nila si Mr./Ms. Left at kung bakit sila hanap nanghanap dun sa isa. Tinataguan kayo eh, ano ba? Kungtutuusin, hindi naman yun dapat hanapin nang ganyankataimtim, hindi ba? Nasabi ko nga kay Ms. L (hint: Lumosang kolum niya…=D) nung isang araw na “kahitnaghahanap ka ng pag-ibig, sana naman ay wag mongmaiwala ang sarili mo sa proseso ng iyong pagtingin.”Sabi nga dun sa isang chat TV show na napanood konung highschool, “if you’re single, mingle!” Ganonkasimple ang buhay kung hindi ka masyadong malayotumingala, (matataba niyan hindi kayang tumingala..=D)Sulyap ka lang sa katabi mo, tingnan mo kung ano angmga bagay na magaganda sa kanya tapos kausapin mo.Kapag naglaon, makakalimutan mo rin na hindi mo panakita yung tama para sa’yo, pero hinahanap mo nasiya nang hindi mo namamalayan.At sa huling 34 na mga pangungusap ko pagkataposnito ay magiiwan na lamang ako ng konting paalala,isang dakot ng babala, kakarampot na aruga at gabutilna sermon: “Bakit mo pa ba binabasa ito ha? Hala,humanap ka ng kausap mo. Ito piso!”


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19Literary

A Million TimesA Million TimesA Million TimesA Million TimesA Million Times

YYYYYou passed bou passed bou passed bou passed bou passed by me a million times,y me a million times,y me a million times,y me a million times,y me a million times,And as yAnd as yAnd as yAnd as yAnd as you swifou swifou swifou swifou swift bt bt bt bt byyyyy,,,,,

I see myself falling more and more.I see myself falling more and more.I see myself falling more and more.I see myself falling more and more.I see myself falling more and more.I donI donI donI donI don’’’’’t knot knot knot knot know whw whw whw whw why my my my my my heary heary heary heary heart scuft scuft scuft scuft scuffffffle;le;le;le;le;I jusI jusI jusI jusI just knot knot knot knot knowwwww, I f, I f, I f, I f, I feel afeel afeel afeel afeel affffffection fection fection fection fection for yor yor yor yor you.ou.ou.ou.ou.YYYYYou turou turou turou turou turn tn tn tn tn the rhe rhe rhe rhe raaaaay inty inty inty inty into a ro a ro a ro a ro a raaaaay of light.y of light.y of light.y of light.y of light.My hearts pound when you beam,My hearts pound when you beam,My hearts pound when you beam,My hearts pound when you beam,My hearts pound when you beam,For your beauty shines as bright asFor your beauty shines as bright asFor your beauty shines as bright asFor your beauty shines as bright asFor your beauty shines as bright as

starsstarsstarsstarsstarsAmidst my imperfections, you stoodAmidst my imperfections, you stoodAmidst my imperfections, you stoodAmidst my imperfections, you stoodAmidst my imperfections, you stood

by me.by me.by me.by me.by me.Without me knowing, you fell forWithout me knowing, you fell forWithout me knowing, you fell forWithout me knowing, you fell forWithout me knowing, you fell for

me.me.me.me.me.YYYYYour prour prour prour prour presence became mesence became mesence became mesence became mesence became my day day day day dayyyyy,,,,,Just merely staring at you, it’sJust merely staring at you, it’sJust merely staring at you, it’sJust merely staring at you, it’sJust merely staring at you, it’s

complete.complete.complete.complete.complete.YYYYYou alwou alwou alwou alwou alwaaaaayyyyys ks ks ks ks keep me abreep me abreep me abreep me abreep me abreaseaseaseaseast,t,t,t,t,

Always, when we begin to touch;Always, when we begin to touch;Always, when we begin to touch;Always, when we begin to touch;Always, when we begin to touch;Relieving me from all my pain.Relieving me from all my pain.Relieving me from all my pain.Relieving me from all my pain.Relieving me from all my pain.

YYYYYour swour swour swour swour sweeeeeeeeeet ct ct ct ct charharharharharm is likm is likm is likm is likm is like no oe no oe no oe no oe no otttttherherherherher.....For it keeps me infatuated.For it keeps me infatuated.For it keeps me infatuated.For it keeps me infatuated.For it keeps me infatuated.

I may have loved a million times,I may have loved a million times,I may have loved a million times,I may have loved a million times,I may have loved a million times,But with you, I’ll confer a millionBut with you, I’ll confer a millionBut with you, I’ll confer a millionBut with you, I’ll confer a millionBut with you, I’ll confer a million

ffffforororororeeeeevvvvvererererer.....

By Sean Aurelio GarciaBy Sean Aurelio GarciaBy Sean Aurelio GarciaBy Sean Aurelio GarciaBy Sean Aurelio Garcia

“YEHHEEEEYYYYYY, wala na namang pasok!”Sigaw ng nakararami sa tuwing walang pasok. Tatlo lang naman ang

pwedeng maging dahilan kung bakit nawawalan ng pasok; nationalholiday, may activity sa school, at kung may bagyo. Lalo na pag Bermonths, sunod-sunod ang mga bagyo. Ito ang mga araw na kadalasanwalang pasok, kaya lang, marami din minsan ang nasasalanta. Oo, amininna natin na pag may bagyo, masaya tayong hindi naapektuhan. Hindi konaman sinasabi na magmukmok ka sa bahay at maging malungkot tuwingmay bagyo. Pero naisip mo ba na habang masaya ka, may mga taongnahihirapan, umiiyak at humihingi ng tulong? Ang tatlong araw na iyonna puro ulan, habang tayo ay nasa bahay at nagpapahinga ay may mga taona nasa taas ng bubong, may naghahakot ng gamit (pinipilit iligtas atisinop ang mga di pa nalubog at naanod sa baha), may mga walangmatulugan o kung meron man ay di ganun ka-komportable dahilnagsisiksikan kasama ang iba bang mga nasalanta ng bagyo? Hindi namansa wala tayong magagawa, meron din kung iisipin...tulad ng magdasal, diba? Napakalakas na puwersa ang pagdarasal. Manalig, kumilos,tumulong, at magdasal.

Kung titingnan mo sa isang banda, blessing din na maituturing ng ilanang pagkakaroon ng bagyo; ang mga bata na, halimbawa na puro lakwatsaay nasa bahay lang kasama ang pamilya, tama, pinapatibay ng ulan angsamahan ng isang pamilya, sama-samang kumakain at nagkukwentuhanlalo na pag malakas ang ulan. Sa kahalintulad na sitwasyon ko nganaranasan ang pakikipagkuwentuhan sa lolo ko, bonding ika nga , nag-enjoy ako sa pakikinig sa mga karanasan ng lolo ko nung bata pa.

Hay, napakasayang isipin ang mga gabing iyon na isang kandilalang ang nagbibigay liwanang sa amin habangnagkukwentuhan sa terrace. Sabi nga ni Benjie Parasnung mag-guest siya saprogramangSIS sa Channel7, kung saanang topic aytungkol sa mgaanak nila nabinata, nangtinanong siyang host naGellie deBelen kungkelan niyanakakasamaang mga anakniya, sabi niya,“Tuwing umuulankasi nasa loob lahatsila ng bahay.”

Sabi nga always look at the“Bright Side.”

Masaya ka Ba ‘pag umuulan?By Mark Joshua Lansangan


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Affection, calm submission;A latter day’s work for the dark atheist.

Yet his eyes fall short from notice.And he ends up on the hands of bliss,Where even the iron curtain cannot

dismiss.What intertwines the threads of

compassion?

A blast of hail chains the heart,It envelopes what has been warm,

And chills in doomed suspension.But still, the heat of love and predilection

Liberates numb emotions of hurt,And transforms that which was harmed.

Razed hopes, fazed daydreams,Lucid luster from a far milieu,

The sweetness of a face,It is engraved on my realms,A love unfinished with you?

It has no disgrace.

Misinterpretations made us bleakYears four-fold, each other’s name we

knew.And yet ego depleted the love story.

Now, our path share histories we seek,Roads of greatness that intersect anew,

This romance will ablaze in fury.

This was never destiny, I hope that it istrue,

As I might never love you like I do.Instances don’t allow, society will judge

As what sets butterflies in the skies, Inudge.

And you? Just a heart pure and divine,Unlike mine so corrupted and maligned.

Never DestinyBy Jerome Castro OBRA


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21Sports Column

Kudos sports fans! It’s another issue ofTrifecta and I can’t wait to whine hardballon anything and everything about sports.I might as well say that Mother Naturedoesn’t agree with us as much these days,considering the fact that a ton ofrescheduling has been done to the differentcampus tourneys and events because ofthe flash floods and sudden suspension ofclasses. Adding insult to injury, theacademic finals is driving everyone nuts!Student first, athlete second.

There’s so much action in store foreveryone. Classics Cup, Uni – A gamesupdate, a sneak peek in the regionalPrivate Schools Athletic Association(PRISAA) games and more hardcoreopinions on national and international sportsevents. Let’s play!

Balls can’t lie!Varsity ball has been especially active

this past month, with the Classics Cup andUni – A games rummaging the differentathletic affairs of the school. The“Classics”, to all non – sports fans, is aninvitational team tourney among schools.Participating schools include Holy AngelUniversity, Bulacan State University,Tarlac State University and many more.Most of which concentrate on the teamsports. It is safe to say that this is a practicetournament for the invited participants,since the PRISAA Regionals is on its way.It is classifiable as one of those we calltest tournaments, where we put ourathletes against different schools to givethem the feel of the actual games since itcan be assumed that the players are still abit rusty. It is also noticeable that thegames weren’t (as far as I know) too sold(or maybe publicized…or schedule-friendly) for the students to watch. It’seasy to find holes within the reason of zeroaudience games, like for instance is theaforementioned fact that typhoonsravaged the land, impeding school days.It canceled games day after day until

TRIFECTABy Jerome Castro

C O L U M N public attention shifted from the games tojust rebuilding the school and coughing upgrades. (I’m guilty of such an action ofletting games go by because I’mscratching my head in Calculus.)

Another sidetracked competition wasthe University of the Assumption CollegeGames (Uni - A). It’s a good thing to knowthat game dates are days, up to weeksapart from each other. Still, the momentumof the games would have been great sincemany teams were on a winning streak.CITHM didn’t disappoint its rearing fansas they have winning streaks on the teamsports in both the men’s and women’sdivision. BSBA Risk Takers and Nursingare cutting each other’s throats for thesecond spot, virtually going toe to toe onmost matches.

Arkids, on the other hand, has becomea contender in men’s volleyball for thisyear. I simply admire their “Cinderella”story of being one of the more fragile teamsin the past seasons to a somehow strongfighting force this year. I can comparesuch a story to that of UE this year. Forthe sake of non – UAAP fans here,University of the East has become astrong team in the UAAP with their men’sbasketball team racking up a tight secondspot in the Finals after thrashing the FarEastern University Tamaraws who werefavorites to win the season and going headto head against Ateneo De ManilaUniversity Blue Eagles. The same storycan be repeated with the Arkids, but therewould be a LOT on their plates.And that’s all for the campus sports Iguess. *Thinks* Oh yeah I almost forgotPRISAA. I’m sorry, it almost didn’t ringa bell inside my head=D. As I’ve said afew paragraphs ago, most if not all of theseminor sporting events in the school isproponent events for the athletes who willparticipate in this league. If memoryserves me correctly, games in thePRISAA are athletics, badminton,basketball, baseball, chess, football,karatedo, lawn tennis, sepak takraw,softball, swimming, table tennis,taekwondo and volleyball, wherein theschool has at least 5 target events. Fearlessforecast? Well, it’s really hard to tell giventhe conditions where: (a) I have no ideahow the other schools play, (b) how goodis the conditioning of our athletes and (c)how favorable are the environmental

conditions for the players, as this willaffect their game if it’s either too hot ortoo cold. But if we disregard conditions Aand C, I can assume that we have a veryBIG chance in PRISAA. Our racket andpaddle sports have very good chemistries,notwithstanding the fact that they areprodigies in their categories individually.Our volleyball teams are all set and havebeen training almost everyday while thebasketball team this year is simplySTRONG.

Disappointing, and yet intriguingIt’s hard to get a feel of situations in

the Philippine sports scene, especially nowthat we are occupied with the two worsttyphoons in the history. It’s a good thingthat athletes from inter – collegiateleagues, professional leagues and evennational teams have helped in the reliefefforts. I appreciate such gesture really,but this is a sports column and I’ll need tobe objective enough.

First on the agenda wouldbe…*browses on my list* MannyPacquaio! (surprise, surprise). Manny hasbeen all over the TV, but not because he’sfighting or training hard. He’s all over theTV because of his commercials! Ashampoo brand, beer, gin and a painreliever are a few of the things heendorses, besides the fact that he has asitcom in Kapuso. This is a disappointingfact because he is starting to take trainingfor granted just to go dilly dally and throwhis corny jokes at a 2% audience share.He even neglected going to the US formore intensive training. Pacquiao ishonestly going over his head, and thatsaddens me. At times, I wish that Pacquiaogets knocked out cold in the ring for himto have a rude awakening. His actions justleave a bad taste in the mouth for thosefans that supported him all the way. Heplans to dive into politics, and I note thefact that his allies are there, not to supporthim, but use him for machinery.

Another tangy concern that makes meblubber is the FIFA World Cup 2010. Iwas sincerely looking for the Philippinesin the Asian qualifiers, patiently crossingmy fingers that they fared well as I sawthe Younghusband brothers all over the TV.I almost grew herbs on my eyeballs and

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found no 3 stars and a sun. Maybe I missed thegames. Maybe it wasn’t broadcasted. I checkedthe net and almost smashed the monitor. Philippinesdidn’t participate! My oh, my. They used youthsoccer development as an excuse. *rubs my head*I think maybe, just maybe, it’s high time to learnmore international sports other than basketball andboxing. We are too engrossed in these two sportsthat we basically neglect other major sportingevents. We have the talent, and I believe we willexcel in games like soccer because this doesn’trequire too much height, or too much weight. Thereare just some sports we are capable of but wedon’t engage in just because we got ourselves toocolonized.

A New World of SportsIt is settled: it’s Rio De Janeiro Olympics in 2016.

Brazil soundly beat USA (Chicago), Spain (Madrid)and Japan (Tokyo), and it was intriguing to see why.Brazil had eight (8) perspective bids on why theircountry should be chosen, revolving around worldclass facilities and monster crowds. They wonrounds 2 and 3 of the bidding process with theirpromise of “transforming the entire city (Rio) to abig sports theatre”. It is going to be a spectacle,and something to look forward to when I’m 26years old, probably at home for the weekendwatching over the kids.

Another nice news in the sports world is thequalifications for FIFA 2010 World Cup in SouthAfrica, which was qualified by different sportinggiants in the Euros (Denmark, England, Germany,Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and Serbia) and Asia(Australia, Japan, North Korea, and South Korea.Philippines not included.). USA finally overcamethe drought and qualified this year, beating the likesof Honduras so far in the North American region.This calls to my brain as I wish I was chantingsongs in a soccer pub somewhere, watching ‘Pinasgetting a goal.

Finally, the NBA is back to business! Gone wasthe off-season where headache trades happenedand endless torment of waiting afflicted usbasketball fans. We’ll see the mettle of theseplayers and how much value for team money theygot. I can’t stop thinking how LeBron will do nowwith his crew; if he’ll stop whining and complainingand if he’ll ever grow up to maturity. We’ll alsosee the new Lakers squad and how they will playwith Ron Artest by their side. If all of the sportsevent nowadays would go well and the weatherfavors us, we might really see a show – either incampus, national or even in international games.

As a test of mettle,skill and inter – schoolcamaraderie, theUniversity of theAssumption has becomethe thriving host for thisyear’s Classics Cup thatopened last September 23at the Emilio CinenseGym where invitedschools vied for the topspot to boost their team’smorale while keeping thebrotherhood in check.

The invitational cupbecame a battle arena fortop schools from insideand outside of Pampangawho sent out their playersto fight for honor, likeUniversity of theAssumption (UA), HolyAngel University (HAU),Bulacan State University(BSU), Guagua NationalColleges (GNC), TarlacState University (TSU) andColumban College (CC).

Amongst the schoolsclashing for thechampionship medal, UAripped ranks on differentsports categoriesincluding the men’s andwomen’s table tennis,men and women’sbadminton, women’svolleyball and men’sbasketball.

UA was especiallylucky on the racket breaksin this tournament,getting the most medalcount in its racket sports.

Errata:An article in the Regina First Issue (Magazine)regarding the Robotics lab is to be corrected. It [RoboticsLab] is intended only for students enrolled under thecomputer engineering program.

Also, an article in the Regina Second Issue (Broadsheet)quoted Fr. Greg Canlas composed the contest piece,which is Maria Minuli King Banua. The actual lyricistis Msgr. Ricardo Jesus T. Serrano, SLD; with themusical arrangement courtesy of Mr. Rey P. Quizon.

UA hosts Classics Cup, nabsracket division

By Jerome CastroThe school men’s

badminton Team Aslithered with the firstplace against ColumbanCollege, with StanleyMacaspac leading thepack of hungry hitterstogether with MichaelShapcotte, CrisdelleManugue and Kyle Gault.

Team C, composed ofMartin Borromeo, EnertoRamos and Raffy Garcia,roosted at the 2nd runnerup spot while JuliusDavid, Irving Gallano andRonald Allan Mandapclinched the 3rd runner up.

Bulacan StateUniversity ran away withthe gold in the women’sside of badminton, withHoly Angel Universityclosely fighting at 1st

runner up. The LadyPelicans lagged behindwith Eryl Arenas,Bernadine Booc andAlelie Pelagio of Team Asmashing the 2nd runnerup and Fatima JanineSaplala, Jaja MauryLacsina and Genilyn Vitalat the 3rd runner uprespectively.

Both the Pelicans’women’s volleyball andmen’s basketball teamsuffered heartbreakinglosses, where they landed2nd and 3rd spotsrespectively.

The Lady Pelicans’spikers endured 3 sets to

1 defeat from Holy AngelUniversity after lagging atriple tie with BulacanState University that wasresolved through thetournament’s pointquotient rule.

Blue Pelicans alsotolerated a seconddownfall in the form ofthe men’s basketball,where UA was deniedtheir ticket to the finalsafter a double overtimestint against BulacanState University.

It was then in thefinals where rival teamsBSU and Tarlac Statebattled out over a wellfought game that spilledover the regulationperiod, where BSUprevailed.

On the other hand, UAburnt tables as the tabletennis squad A won 1st

places on both gendercategories and squad Bnotched 2nd runner up onboth categories. BrenDavid and Carmina JoySengson commanded thegames. HAU became anin between team as theysnared the 2nd place onboth the men’s andwomen’s side.

“It was a greatexperience!” saidwomen’s table tennissquad A member MarycleMerlan, who was excitedof the developments. “Itwas one of those friendlypractice tourneys, and it’snice to have this beforethe majors.”

The Blue Pelicans areset to qualify in thePrivate Schools AthleticAssociation Games inOlongapo this November.


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23Sports

Ateneo de Manila University hasChris Tiu, Cassy Tioseco and RabbahAl – Hussaini. Far Eastern Universityhad Rachelle Anne Daquis, MikaelaMorada and Arwind Santos. Thesepeople were the famed athletes ofUAAP, and still they arepowerhouses in their own sports asthe games aren’t finished just yet.

Unlike these schools, we aren’tUAAP. We are not too famous; weare not that luxurious of a school oreven have televised games. Still, wehave this talented pool of playerswho are ready to square with anyopponent out there. Are you notcurious how these people, sportsmenand women, juggle their lives asathletes, students and normalindividuals? Do they still have theirlives? What are they thinking whenplaying? Let’s give them some credit,shall we?

Name: Marycle G. MerlanSport: Table TennisPosition: Senior PlayerStyle of Play: Offense & DefenseStatus: In a Relationship (sorryguys!)

Hi Marycle! Let’s get thisinterview rolling, ok? What arethe five things you are addicted toright at this moment?

(Thinks) Facebook’s Pet Society,Friendster, hanging out with myfriends, music and just playing tabletennis non-stop!So you really love table tennishuh? I also play PetSoc when I’msick or something. If there’s asport that you’re extremely bad at,it’s? Because?Volleyball! (laughs). Nahihirapan akokasi maliit ako, plus the fact na hindiko kayang ibalik ang bola sakabilang side ng court.I’m sure you can learn that. Whatinspired you to be an athlete?

Simply speaking, I want to loseweight so I tried out to be an athlete.I’m a bit on the chunky side and Ienvy those slim girls all around me.(smiles)That’s funny! You try to loseweight and I try to gain somemyself. What do you do if you losea game?I always thank the Lord first forgiving me the opportunity to play atall. At least I gave my best shot and Ibelieve there’s still a next time.Like what the quote says,“Sportiness is next to godliness.”=D If you’re not practicing, whatdo you do?I’m usually with my boyfriend!(laughs) You will also find me

Off the CourOff the CourOff the CourOff the CourOff the CourtttttBy: Aprille Flores and Samboy Musngi

Words edited By Jerome Castro

do you do to balance your studies,sports activities and your personallife?Just enjoy your activities but focus,and do it step by step because youcan’t do so many things at the sametime.Words of wisdom from Laurence.What are the advantages of beingan athlete?Advantages? You meet an army offriends, expose yourself to new thingsand it will even make you physicallyfit.

Name: Ronald Allan MandapSport: BadmintonPosition: Shifting to Singles/Doubles when neededStyle of Play: Offense & DefenseStatus: It’s complicated In aRelationship

Hi Ronald! I heard you andMarycle are very very good“friends”. Ugh, nevermind what Ijust said. Why did you join thevarsity?Kasi alam ko na dito akonababagay!(enthusiastic smile)firstly, it’s a big thing for me becauseI get some help in my finances. I alsowant to share my skills in my field,for the betterment of the school.Such enthusiasm! I’m really badat badminton, so I suppose you cankick my butt there. What sport canI beat you at?I’m really bad at chess! Sadly, I nevergot the hang of learning the movesand strategies involved in it. Even thepieces! Pawn, queen, horse, bishop,rook…hilo!Yes! Good thing I’m good at chess.What inspired you to pursue yourdream of being an athlete?I wanted to be famous! (laughs hard)Seriously, I wanted to be famous likethe badminton superstars out therelike Lyn Dan of China.

studying for a test, working my buttoff at McDonalds “love ko’to” andsometimes I go home to Olongapo.

Name: Bren L. DavidSport: Table TennisPosition: CaptainStyle of Play: TechnicalStatus: Single

Hey Bren, it’s been a long timeeh? What are you up to nowadays?Table Tennis, of course. I also spendmy time texting my friends, listeningto music, chatting online and readingpoems.Reading poems? I think I’m goingto have my nose bleed. Who is yourinspiration in being an athlete?I got inspired by my Dad. In his highschool and collegiate years, he was avarsity player. I believe he playedbasketball…yes basketball!Daddies do best. Does being theunderdog/contender/favoritemake a difference? Why?Yes, the pressure, especially. It creepsto you because many expect you towin.Pressure! I also get that ondeadlines. Do you get the supportyou deserve?If it’s from the PE Department andfrom my friends, yes of course! Ifit’s from the school, (thinks) I don’tthink so.Really? Anyway, do you havemannerisms when playing?I have this fancy to always rotatemy racket before I serve.

Name: Laurence G. GabatinoSport: VolleyballPosition: Center BlockerStyle of Play: Offense & HardDefenseStatus: Single

Hi Laurence. We never met before.What do your team mates call you?My teammates call me Buksi, orsometimes Boks. Malakas kasiakong kumain! HahahaMe too! I eat whatever I can. Doyou have a battle cry or a motto?Don’t lose hope in every trial becauseGod is always there [for us].Trials and more trials. They neverend do they… What are yourhobbies?I love playing ball games, especiallyvolleyball and basketball with mybrother and dad. I also hang out withmy family and friends if I have sparetime, search the internet for somenew stuff and eat, eat and eat somemore!You really love eating. Yes! What

I also wanted to be famous. Badthing I ain’t that good looking.What are your pre – game rituals?Before every practice or before everygame, I stretch, stretch and stretchsome more. I also do some warm –ups to prevent myself from gettingcramps or any worse injuries.So stretching is the key? What areyour in – game mannerisms?I do! I always stare at my racketwhen I do errors on court. Blamingmy racket I guess.

Name: Marc Albert TiglaoSport: BasketballPosition: Forward / CenterStyle of Play: Offense & DefenseStatus: Single

You seem reserved Marc. Man offew words in my dictionary. Whatadvantages do you get from beingan athlete of your size?I’m having more experiences withdifferent people from different walksof life. I also get to socialize besideshaving a physically fit body.

Fitness. That’s the word! What dothe guys in the basketball teamcall you?Oh that? They call me the Bosssimply because I’m one of theveterans in the hard court.Boss. Sounds cool. Do you like ahard game or a blowout?I rather have challenges more than ablowout. I want to sweat it out inthe hard court.Good loser or sore loser?I really get affected when I lose,especially if it’s an emotional game.But I just move on.Do you have problems that makeyour studies and games work?I usually don’t have energy left formy study. I accidentally sleep overmy school work, but it’s ok.

MISSING BALL. Marycle Merlan makes life harder forDLSU counterpart Catalan. (Photo courtesy of the Sports Office)


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SPORTS EDITORIAL

As the Ball Stops BouncingIT has been a noticeable fact that in the past months, lesser andlesser students go to university sports events. The audience sharehas become so little, to the point that only a handful of sportsfans watch during their spare time. This dismal and totallydisappointing turn – out is a mixture of variables which may beconsidered miniscule, but when factored together can blowaltogether into a home court dry spell.

Academic schedule becomes a major obstacle for students.Classes have become a gleaming factor against campus athleticmeets since an audience from the university is a student firstbefore being a fan. This is the reason why several tourneys hostedby the sports office have suffered from little or no support fromstudents. The bulk of school activities, sked conflicts anddisinterest dampen the chances of the players, varsity and all, tohave morale boost whenever.

Solutions in the form of weekend games and the Mondaygameday have been made, but why are we still not hearing cheers,chants and hell yeah’s? The answer lies on the truth that moststudents just stopped caring. Yes, a few of us are there in the bigopening dates in foundation days and school holidays, but almosteveryone wouldn’t want to go out of their way to watch the tabletennis team sweep opponents. Watching a Saturday afternoongame of women’s volleyball becomes too much of a distractionbecause they opt to sleep in the comfort of their beds, play somefarming simulator in Facebook or just drink with friends. Thevalue of sports appreciation has sunk down to merely becomingeager beavers of tournaments – watch the opening, watch thefinals. Are the students of these days really that idle, that theywill only watch games for the sake of seeing their infatuationsand crushes, but not because they love the sport so much? Can’twe support the players who give their sweat, tears and pain, justto bring pride and honor to the university? Can’t we deviate alittle from our cyber gaming time to empower the varsity in theirquest for the school’s pride and honor? These athletes spend sweatand blood through every stride, through every jump, through eachsidestep that they take just to train for a tourney; much less theytrain for us to witness their mettle in their chosen categories.Varsity training time is a round the clock, whole year aroundplanning and strategizing, untrue to popular belief. This featshould not be wasted via students’ lethargic wish-wash.

Athletes are at an equivalent trade with the school. Whilethey give their 100% at practice and at the games, the schoolhelps them with scholarship grants. What do we trade for theireffort? We are the ones who pay the school but, should it reallyend there? Can’t we exert a little more effort to cheer oursportsmen and women? We should realize that as the ball stopsbouncing, as the crowd stops roaring, their fighting soul – ourhonor, might go to a permanent game over.

24 Volume VIII No. 2October-November 2009

Leap Higher, Dance Harder, CheerLouder, You’ve got SpiritUniversity of the Assumption - Thiswas the slogan of the cheerleaders forthe year 09- 10 as cheers, jumps andstunts literally filled the air in the 1st

Central Luzon National CollegiateChampionships Regional Qualifiersthat stunned the waiting crowd of theCinense Gym last October 25 ,2009.

Top schools primed up theirroutines, devising difficult feats andspectacles for a chance to join theNational Finals in March 2010.with their various aerial raids anddeath defying exploits, while AraulloUniversity’s (AU) floor routines steercleared the second spot for them.

Angeles University Foundation(AUF) simply cropped up the judgeswith their charms and difficultroutines, settling themselves at thethird position.

The University of the Assumption(UA) was a place short of joining thewinners’ podium at 4th, as their lackof preparation and time constraintsreflected on their routines.

Their high school counterpartsequally woke up sleeping veins, withTSUHS tagging the gold, TarlacNational High School at the runner upspot and UAHS inching for the final

1st Cheerleading RegionalQualifiers Moves In; TSU wins

By: Samboy Musngi and Jerome Castroplace.

The contest rocketed with thestandard opening rites, which wasfollowed by a pledge of camaraderieby all participants and a ceremonialdrawing of lots amongst squadcaptains.

Participants danced and floppedthe house with their extreme routines,all culminations of their long trainingand dedication.

“They [participants] actuallyrocked!” exclaimed Mr. Toni Legaspi,UA HS PEP head coach and trainerwhen asked of his thoughts on thehistoric first that was made possiblethrough the coordination of UA sportsoffice chief Ms. May Flores. “Theygive their best. The hard work and alltheir sacrifices had been paid off. They[UA team] have the true Blue Pelicansspirit.”

The National CheerleadingChampionship, now on its 3rd year, isthe first and only cheerleadingorganization in the Philippines thatholds and oversees officialcompetitions in American stylecheerleading.

National Finals will be held in theNational Capital Region withparticipants from Luzon, Visayas,Mindanao and the NCR.

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