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HELP PHILIPPINES THROUGH ETHNOCENTRISM

April 8, 2008

As we all know, Philippines has a very long way to go. It’s progress is very, very slow. But before we go on and blame the corrupt officials (take note: I’m not defending them), let’s see things in another perspective. And in this perspective, it’s us, the ordinary citizens, that are in it. I am talking about how we should view things around us. I am talking about ethnocentrism.

But before I give out the meaning (if you don’t know it), let me give you it’s counterpart. It’s eurocentrism. Eurocentrism, according to Wikipedia, is the practice of viewing the world from a European perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European (and, more generally, of Western) culture, concerns and values at the expense of non- Europeans. If I were to give my own meaning, it would be, loving anything Western and putting away anything Asian. It’s evident in our country. It’s in the choices that we make and the way we do things.

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Written by blanne · Filed Under Current Events, Education, News, Opinion | Leave a Comment 

Sushi Chef Francis at your service!

April 3, 2008

Making and preparing sushi has been my way of life now for years. Making your own sushi is easy, however, to be in par with the standards and cope up with ever changing trends, one must master the art of sushi making. Read more here..

Written by blurem23 · Filed Under Art, Blogging, Careers, Education, Food & Beverages | 1 Comment 

Pinoy DepEd launches Sex Education in High School

April 1, 2008

Despite persistent lobbying by the Catholic Church, the Department of Education is bent on teaching sex education in the public high schools. Find out more at Philippines Department of Education launches Sex Education in High School
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Written by tilt · Filed Under Education, Politics & Gov't, Religion | Leave a Comment 

Standards of Degrees & Diplomas Hit a Monumental Low: PISAY.

March 31, 2008

This incident has made quite a fuss in the Pisay community because the batch also vouched for the “diligence” of the above mentioned graduate, which was honored because apparently, the person graduated and acquired a diploma. Ironically, the diploma itself states that it certifies that the person, whose name is indicated therein, has COMPLIED WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE/INSTITUTION awarding the certificate. I don’t think a 5.0 in Math actually qualifies as compliance to all requirements.

I’d rather not indulge myself in ranting about how unfair it feels or appears to all other alumni of all branches of Pisay, needless to say, I’m quite disappointed that the respected authorities  …. (continue reading from the original post … Click HERE…)

Written by BrazenLass · Filed Under Education, News, Opinion | Leave a Comment 

Attn: PISAY people - Ito na ba ang halaga ng diploma niyo?

March 29, 2008

Should a student with a 5.0 in Math be awarded a Pisay diploma?

Apparently, someone is marching on Tuesday in spite of a 5.0 (failure) in a Math subject.

Here’s an excerpt from blog entry “Attention : Batch 2008! Ito na ba ang gusto niyong maging value ng pisay diploma?” by the Math teacher / PSHS alumna who started the online discussion:

Don’t you realize that you’re stripping the pisay diploma of it’s worth when you vouch for your batchmates who you know don’t really deserve the diploma?

Alam niyo yan!

Kahit gaano katamad ang estudyante sa pisay, kahit gano katamad KAYO sa pisay, hindi kayo nakakakuha ng grade na 5.0!

Mahirap, sa totoo lang, makakakuha ng 5.0 sa pisay,unless talagang WALA KANG GINAWA! (aka tinamad ka). Kaya wag niyong sabihin na may ginawa talaga ang mga classmate niyo kung di niyo naman talaga alam. Ang sama ng luob ko sa mga sumulat ng letters vouching for the “diligence” of some of your batchmates. Diligence?? What the …?!!!!

Please read the entire post in [this link].

To readers unfamiliar with the Pisay community: Yes, this is a big deal because Math is a major aspect of the school, the school is Philippine Science High School Main Campus, and the grade is a 5.0, not even a 4.0. Read its [Mission and Vision].

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Written by Frances · Filed Under Education, Politics & Gov't, Science, Technology | 1 Comment 

English and Comic Relief c/o Dense Modesto

March 27, 2008

It would be imprudent to equate intelligence with broken English. Nowadays, people seem to think highly of themselves whenever they could speak straight English when in fact, these so-called PINOYS cannot even speak straight Tagalog and worse, they prefer to speak TAG-LISH instead. Most of the pa-sosyal people and kids do that most of the time and that’s more irritating. Have these people not been taught at school that you speak one language at a time if you want clarity and cohesion? If you want to speak in English, then speak in straight English and vice versa with Tagalog. You do not add and mix these two languages to make it seem like your cool and hip and smart. It makes you look cheap and maarte, actually. But of course, not all good English-speaking Pinoys are like that and it would be stupid of me to make such a generalization. 

To be honest, to be able to speak in English is essential because as we seek to move towards globalization, this language will help us gain the upper hand in getting a job or a career basically. I think it would be safe to equate good education or sufficient education with good English skills instead. Because not all well-educated, good English speaking people are intelligent, right? Some receive good education because they can afford it. But intelligence is rarely developed as it is mostly based in your genes. So some who receive good education and speak perfect English may not necessarily have the brains to think beyond speaking perfect English. Some.

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Written by nina bumanglag · Filed Under Beauty, Blogging, Education, Entertainment, Events, General, Humor, Internet, News, Opinion, Personal, Showbiz | Leave a Comment 

Make Photography More Fun!

March 26, 2008

Canon invites you to discover the real joy of photography and make photography more fun by attending a FREE online tutorial that shows you how easy it is to use a Digital SLR camera!

Find out more on how to Make Photography More Fun at Shutter Box Philippines.

Written by Shutter Box PHilippines · Filed Under Art, Education, Hobbies, Photography | Leave a Comment 

PhotoWorks Returns This Summer!

March 24, 2008

PHOTOWORKS RETURNS THIS SUMMER!!!

Photoworks Class 40 by Leo Castillo

Six Sessions - DPI Photography Center, Astoria Plaza

Jose Escriva Avenue (formerly Amber Ave). Ortigas Center

Thursdays & Tuesdays

Day 1: April 29, 2008 Thu 7PM-10PM

Day 2: May 06, 2008 Tue 7PM-10PM

Day 3: May 08, 2008 Thu 7PM-10PM

Day 4: May 13, 2008 Tue 7PM-10PM

Day 5: May 15, 2008 Thu 7PM-10PM

Day 6: May 20, 2008 Tue 7PM-10PM

More info on PhotoWorks Returns This Summer! at Shutter Box Philippines.

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Angsawariko Supports 60 Earth Hour

March 24, 2008


Did you share a minute of your life already?

As taking my part to the WWF project called the 60 Eath Hour, Angsawariko supports the said campaign by means of sharing the information to readers and encouraging you guys to join the campaign by means of signing up and share your views to your own blog and group sites. And second by joining the world wide lights off campaign that will takes place on March 29, 2008 from 8pm to 9pm. With Pinoy Bloggers; Ambo of PinoyAmbisyoso.com and Iris of NapTimeRocks.com, I am Flowell of Angsawariko.blogspot.com supports 60 Earth Hour campaign or WWF-International.
Be part of this campaign

Written by angsawariko · Filed Under Announcement, Blogging, Current Events, Education, Events, News, Personal | Leave a Comment 

FreeRice.com - did you share some grains already?

March 23, 2008

Sharpen your vocabulary as you take part to the Free Rice Campaign of United Nation Food Program.

I’m sure some of you who visits my blog is not new with the Free Rice Campaign done be FreeRice.com a sister site of Poverty.com but for those who haven’t take part of this campaign, I’m encouraging you guys to be part of this plights not only with the half rice campaign that my blog is pushing right now but being part of the larger campaign in support of United Nation food program all over the world.

Read more of the Free Rice Campaign

Written by angsawariko · Filed Under Announcement, Blogging, Current Events, Education, Events, Health, Internet, Personal, Review | Leave a Comment 

Holy, Holy, Holy

March 20, 2008

Weeks before the Holy Week, the church usually recommends getting a confession, observing fasting and abstinence, eating no pork or beef on Fridays, praying the rosary, and guarding yourself from sin.

At the St. Therese Chapel at UPLB, I usually attend the 5:30 pm mass as much as I can. The chapel is often packed with students, faculties and nuns at this hour. The slow setting of the sun provides warm hues of orange and yellow as the mass proceeds. The wooden altar, with the glass encased images of Mary and St. Therese, is bathed with natural light coming from the tall glass-stained windows from the banister. The sight is just awesome, and couple this with the outstanding choir (Lisieux), you’ll feel like something is possessing you to stay put and absorb the entire homily. It’s the sort of calm that keeps you sane despite voluminous projects, insane reports and deadly exams.

Lately, I’ve been going to the chapel because of an entirely different reason: a crush. He’s a classmate from Class X this semester and just last February, I’ve noticed that he sits at the outer benches to hear mass. At first, I didn’t care. Then came a sort of recitation in our class; the type that makes you do calculations on the board. I’m not so good at math. I can’t do quick mental claculations like other people can and I just hate these on-the-board-calculation-recitations because I tend to freeze and get my solutions wrong (I did fine with my problem by the way). Anyway, when he came to solve his assigned problem on the board, WOW!, he just stood there for about 10 seconds and he’s done! He did it so fast that even my prof was surprised. I have a weakness for guys who are math geniuses so forgive me, please, for being a tad shallow. After seeing that, I saw him in a different light (naks!).

Read the rest here.

Written by nina bumanglag · Filed Under Blogging, Education, Entertainment, Humor, Love, Personal | Leave a Comment 

Basic Lighting Seminar with Portable Wireless Lighting Session by Ken Go (April 2008)

March 19, 2008

Photos by Ken Go

Basic Lighting Seminar BATCH # 23

(now includes portable wireless lighting - strobist)

by

Ken Go

April 12, 2008 Saturday (1:00pm to 5:00pm),
April 13, 2008 Sunday (Scheduled shoot)
April 14, 2008 Monday (6:00 pm to 9:00 pm) for the Critique Session and Portable Wireless Lighting

More info on Basic Lighting Seminar with Portable Wireless Lighting Session by Ken Go (April 2008)

Written by Shutter Box PHilippines · Filed Under Announcement, Art, Education, Hobbies, Photography | Leave a Comment 

2 Poems and 6 Pictures For the Class of 2008!

March 15, 2008

Sa Mahal Kong Kapatid,

Congratulations! You made it! I’m sure your mind is filled with memories and reflective thoughts as you close a chapter of your life.

Graduation is not only the end of a chapter. More importantly, it symbolizes the first step in your next journey. And as you begin your next adventure, I would like to share with you these two poems and six pictures that have guided me in this game we call “Life.”

Click here to read the two poems and see the six pictures…

Written by lestercavestany · Filed Under Careers, Education | Leave a Comment 

Flipping The Pages

March 15, 2008

You’re still in high school. Studying with or without the passion for education. Although academics has been a 1000kg bag you’re carrying, you’re still pretty optimistic that you can graduate with flying colors.

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Written by jeimaru · Filed Under Careers, Education | Leave a Comment 

Two Films for Last Potter Book

March 14, 2008

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be made into two movies, announces Warner Brothers, with part one arriving in cinemas in November 2010 and part two following in May 2011. The Guardian newspaper writes, “Saying goodbye to Harry Potter has been hard - for fans… and even more so the publishers and booksellers for whom he’s been such a spectacular earner - but the Hollywood studio in charge of the film adaptations has found a way to postpone the last goodbye…”Read the rest of this entry »

Written by karlom87 · Filed Under Blogging, Education, Literature, Politics & Gov't | Leave a Comment 

The ASEAN Charter - Interesting Parts

March 12, 2008

The ASEAN Charter, the talk of the year. The new Constitution that is greater than our respective National Constitutions. ASEAN on the road to becoming a supra-”nation” if you will. But for us ordinary citizens, like me, what are the interesting parts?

Read on to know what interests me with the ASEAN Charter, now that the final “signed” version has been released officially….

Written by JC John SESE Cuneta (Shixi XIE) · Filed Under Blogging, Education, General, Opinion, Personal | Leave a Comment 

Philippine Prehispanic Scripts

March 10, 2008

Does this mean we were not salvages before the Spanish came? Funny. My Swiss husband said that in school they learned that Magellan was killed by savages. Correction then. Make that savages who can read and write! The Spanish even noted when they “discovered” the Philippines that “there is scarcely anybody who cannot read or write in letters proper to the island Manila.” (Pedro Chirino in 1602; source: A page for Philippine Prehistory). This script is called baybayin. Unfortunately, no baybayin documents have survived from before the spanish era (Paul Morrow). Through the years, a lot of fakes have surfaced and have been proven as hoaxes. Hopefully, a few artifacts are standing scrutiny and are now starting to give us a glimpse of the thoughts of prehispanic Filipinos. I have compiled web articles about these artifacts. Read more…

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Discover Photography Workshop II

March 7, 2008

Discover Photography Workshop II

by

Borj Meneses

Parc Cruz

Deo  Patalinhog

Las Brisas Hotel, Antipolo City

April 26-27, 2008

More info on Discover Photography Workshop II at Shutter Box Philippines.

Written by Shutter Box PHilippines · Filed Under Announcement, Art, Education, Hobbies, Photography | Leave a Comment 

Can Philippine Textbooks be written in WordPress?

February 21, 2008

Proper education is one of the most important but most neglected needs in the Philippines. 

Can we use blogging software like WordPress to write textbooks? We all know schoolchildren barely have any access to proper educational materials and using digital media can help correct this problem.

Can blogging software like WordPress can also be useful in initiatives such as this?
Continue reading the whole post…

Written by sofimi · Filed Under Blogging, Education, Internet, Technology, Wordpress | 1 Comment 

Real Estate Seminars and Reviews

February 13, 2008

The first Real Estate Licensure Examination for 2008 will be held on May 27 in the following venues: Bacolod City, Baguio City, Cebu City, Davao City, Iloilo City, Legaspi City, Lipa City, Quezon City, and Tarlac City.

For more information about seminars and reviews, read the full post at Pinoy Seminars: Real Estate Seminars and Review.

Written by gibo · Filed Under Announcement, BlogYaNiHaN, Blogging, Business, Careers, Education, Events, General, News, Personal, Review | Leave a Comment 

UA&P Knowledge Channel is here

February 8, 2008

We support quality education for all. UA&P students with the cooperation of the Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc. created a blog as a venue for fun and learning. More importantly, for people to be aware of the needs of unfortunate public school students who do not get quality education due to lack of resources such as school materials. One of the solutions is instructional TV programming. Public schools are provided with educational TV materials such a TV set, a satellite or cable, and video tapes. Shows like Sineskwela, Hiraya Manawari, and Math Tinik are watched by the students to aid their learning. Please support us by visiting our blog and commenting on our posts. We also accept donations that will be given to the foundation.

Please visit

http://kchanneluap.blogspot.com 

Written by Knowledge Channel · Filed Under Blogging, Education | Leave a Comment 

tell

February 5, 2008

sino gusto sumama sa akin magMOTEL?

isa sa mga pinakambisyosang layunin ko ngayong taon na ito, bukod sa mapabilang sa cast ng marimar, ay ang makapunta sa motel at gay bar. nagkataon naman na malapit na ang araw ng mga MOTEL puso kaya nanaisin ko na ipaalam sa lahat na gusto ko makapasok sa motel. as in. super. now na.

basahin si XienahGirl sa Chiksilog

Written by XienahGirl · Filed Under BLOG, Blogging, Education, Events, General, Humor, Lifestyle, Love, News, Personal, Relationships, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment 

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