Week 2. First Time 'Linggo ng Wika' at Lyceum.

Linggo ng Wika. "What?" Linggo ng Wika is an event that we, Filipinos celebrate every year in the month of August. "Oh." Its just like a tradition already. Having poster making contests, 'Lakan at Lakambini', folk dance, etc.

Last Friday(August 26, 2011), Lyceum of the Philippines - Laguna celebrated the Linggo ng Wika. And it was my first time attending this celebration here in LPU. And that day, is the only day that I attended the event. I was absent last Wednesday which is the day of presentation of my classmates in Folk Dance. I didn't manage to attend cause I have a fever. Also Thursday(Still resting.) And! The participants came from the different colleges. Isn't it cool? :))

That time, what I first saw is my classmates, making our booth look more beautiful and representable. I like how they displayed the CD cases. And that roll as a design. That's cool. Really.


Even though I didn't managed to watch my classmates presentation, I am proud of them. They really did their best. And they put a lot of effort in it, by just seeing their costumes and props, and the way they fix themselves, you can see it already. Maybe next year, I'll be able to attend ALL of the events of the Linggo ng Wika. :D

Week 1. Job Well Done?

No, not yet! It's been 2 months and 7 days since the start of the school. I can still remember my first feeling when the first day of school came. I was scared and I dunno what to do when a person talked to me. But now, I can feel comfortable with the people around me and in the environment. At first, really, I was like. OHMY. Cause I am not fond of talking to people I don't know. But as soon as we get together, I feel safe and satisfied with them.


The first half of our 1st semester in our college life was difficult. Besides that, it's FUN! Really fun. And it seems like, there's no day, no time that we didn't cry. Cause of laughing of course! Together with my new friends. They are so fun to be with. Well, for the difficult part, the projects. But we did overcome our fears and shared thoughts, ideas to others. And with that, all of our projects are all done well. Now we have a new grouping, new group mates, new thoughts, and new ideas, I guess it would be more fun.


Being a multimedia arts student is a real fun. The second year students are very fun to be with. They make jokes that makes our tummy hurt, looks like going to cry in laughter. Well that's life. Enjoyment. Sacrifice. Difficult. Just like what my best friend in my high school days says, "Sacrifice before paradise." We sacrifice now, so tomorrow will be our paradise! ~

Do new technologies change -
How we access information?


Of course YES! Just take a look at how news spread in the internet. We almost not need those newspapers delivered everyday by the guys in a bicycle, or by foot. We don't need to buy papers and other stuffs to know what's going on. There(by using technologies and the net), we can also choose what is it that we want to read about by just clicking into the links to view more about a certain topic. Not just in news! It helps us also in our researches, homework, etc. By just clicking enter after typing a topic on Google, there are so many results. Even if just typing the keywords and phrases, etc, that even a word that is related to the title, it will pop out. There we go! Copy paste. Copy paste. But that's not a good thing to do. That can only serve as our inspiration. For new ideas to come up with. Not for us to copy and paste for our homework. But sometimes, what's on the internet, is really the main topic. You don't need to change cause its already there.


The type of information upon which we rely?

YES. In the past, we rely on the books in the library. Dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlas, etc. We spend time just to search for this book for this certain topic. But now, it's getting rare that people use books. Just like me, I use Google for my homework. Wikipedia too. Because almost all of the information I/we need is there. It's almost complete! Even though other topic is not yet posted there. Even you guys use these right? And we can find the results in a short period of time! Boom! Its there.

While I am searching for pictures, I saw this one. And then an eyebrow raised. I was like. "Uh-huh.". "If this is a novel, how many years am I going to finish this? How many chapters are there?!" Something like that. If it is about all the information around the globe, I'm sure it will took time to find a certain topic. Even if there is this table of contents. You'll get confused and you'll panic. You'll lost hope and will end up using the internet for the research. Bang! Change of access of information.


How we communicate with each other?


YES. Look, people use social-networking sites just like Facebook to connect and communicate to each other. By using their laptops/PC when they are at home. And others are using their cellular phones that are Wifi ready if they are somewhere in town, in malls, etc. Or by just sending text messages or by calling each other.


Does new media limit or expand our personal freedom?


For me, new media expand and limits our personal freedom. Look, just like in social networking sites, we can just post whatever we like. Something that we feel at that moment. But not all of it. Of course we must limit ourselves too. Imagine, you post all of the things you want to put there. And other's feelings were hurt, etc. Also, don't put too much personal things out there. Stalkers may come and stalk you!!! 

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Though people do many advances in technology,
it's not a whole success. Cause most of the students become lazy, and less motivated. And is always thinking about sitting there

facing their technologies when they are bored. Instead of

studying or making their homework. Come to think of it,
do studying and doing homework even pop into their minds?

The Social Media Revolution.

Have you ever think to yourself how much people are using the net at that exact moment in your life?

Well. Today, we watched two videos about the Social Media. And there I realized, there are so many users of the net around the globe! They log in everyday like it's their life. Like, my day can't start without logging in to my accounts. Yeah, accounts. It says there also that adults use the net 13+ hours a day. In the video, it said that the 4th most visited website is youtube. And every second, there are 2-3 accounts activated. 100% photo uploads increased in Facebook. 50% active users everyday. Also 83% of companies use Facebook too. For their advertisements and etc. Imagine how many people are getting hooked on the net. Even grandmothers and other oldies use the net too! Especially Facebook. They use it to communicate with their children that are working abroad.

In the second video, they compared the Social Media in an ice cream. And there, the thing that I understand is that if you start to make a business/new media and share it to others and the other liked it as well, they will make another and it will be popular and there, they will spread it. The business will spread and there will be a lot of branches, models, etc in communication. More people will talk about it and if they liked it as well, they will tell them to others and continuously.

The Social Media will spread like ants when you blow in them some air. And it spread in a blink of an eye.