Tsk. And when will I be able to post without adjusting the date settings? Sigh. Well, anyway, to keep track of the thoughts, I'll try juxtaposing the issues in Mass Media and Literarure.
First off, the powerful and influential world of Media. I've had quite a number of posts about media. The one about the Pacquiao-Morales and the "Fame and Power" issue. And now, the power of media is highlighted once again. We can clearly see its clasp on our society with the latest events. Mayweather-Dela Hoya fight, Elections 07, and of course, the Miss Universe Pageant. Tsk. Speaking of the Miss Universe pageant... [take the cue: I'll be talking about the pageant and not media here]
Why, oh, why! In the name of the beautiful skies! I woke up early to watch it. Like duh. The Philippines have Anna Theresa Licaros. I soooo love her! Whew! I feel like running to the nearest surgery clinic and have my sex changed. UP Diliman Summa cum Laude. One of the Most Outstanding Students of the Philippines 2005. Tsk. She's not just beautiful, she's got BRAINS! I saw one interview with her, and boy is she smart! Debater-smart. She's got substance. Not that I don't like the other contestant. They're all ravishing in their own ways, it's just that I was quite disappointed with what happened. The Q&A portion added insult to injury. I can just imagine her answering them! Waaah! Frustrations. At its highest.
Yah, yah. Everything is subjective, but really, she deserves the crown. You tell me.
Anna Theresa Licaros
Next issue: LITERATURE. Quite related with Bru's post.
I was enjoying living the simple life back in my pseudo-quiet hometown when Don Pagusara summoned me to join the Writer's Workshop. Whooo! So what? Well, it's just that Sir Pagusara won the Carlos Palanca Award in Literature and he will be one of our mentors in the said workshop. And what's with the workshop? It's a wrting workshop (duh) headed by Sir Macario Tiu and the Humanities Division in AdDU. (Tiu is another Palanca Awardee). We also had some fellows from the Davao Writers Guild (ie the beautiful ma'am Maria) and ma'am Lota De Pio. There has been a pseudo-screening wherein you pass either three poems, one essay, or one short story. For the love of God and the curse of procrastination and laziness, I passed my English21-personal-narrative-turned-short-story. And for lack of better terms, wished my way into the workshop. There are only a few of us (not more then ten). Bru, Kristianne, Myke (Most Outstanding First Year 2007), Sir Phillip, Sir Godie and our mentors. Some highly-acclaimed students (hehe) mushroomed every now and then during the duration of the workshop. And I've finally met Mel (adobobo)! She's cute. And she's smart. And she's a great writer. And I hope she won't read this.
Sir Tiu said that the school compensated 30,000php for the workshop. That's quite cheap since it's an ANNUAL workshop and we have these Palanca Awardees as faculty of AdDU. Way, way cheaper! What luck! 30,000 bucks! So that means, it's almost 3,000php per person. Haha! I love, love, love the workshop. Never-ending supply of food! My worms were jubilant. But aside from digestive satisfaction, I did get what I joined in for. I never knew that simple poetry can be soooo complicated. Tsk. I'll be posting some of my pseudo-poems on my next post. :)
I guess my summer isn't that boring after all.
Well, almost.
First off, the powerful and influential world of Media. I've had quite a number of posts about media. The one about the Pacquiao-Morales and the "Fame and Power" issue. And now, the power of media is highlighted once again. We can clearly see its clasp on our society with the latest events. Mayweather-Dela Hoya fight, Elections 07, and of course, the Miss Universe Pageant. Tsk. Speaking of the Miss Universe pageant... [take the cue: I'll be talking about the pageant and not media here]
Why, oh, why! In the name of the beautiful skies! I woke up early to watch it. Like duh. The Philippines have Anna Theresa Licaros. I soooo love her! Whew! I feel like running to the nearest surgery clinic and have my sex changed. UP Diliman Summa cum Laude. One of the Most Outstanding Students of the Philippines 2005. Tsk. She's not just beautiful, she's got BRAINS! I saw one interview with her, and boy is she smart! Debater-smart. She's got substance. Not that I don't like the other contestant. They're all ravishing in their own ways, it's just that I was quite disappointed with what happened. The Q&A portion added insult to injury. I can just imagine her answering them! Waaah! Frustrations. At its highest.
Yah, yah. Everything is subjective, but really, she deserves the crown. You tell me.
Anna Theresa Licaros
Next issue: LITERATURE. Quite related with Bru's post.
I was enjoying living the simple life back in my pseudo-quiet hometown when Don Pagusara summoned me to join the Writer's Workshop. Whooo! So what? Well, it's just that Sir Pagusara won the Carlos Palanca Award in Literature and he will be one of our mentors in the said workshop. And what's with the workshop? It's a wrting workshop (duh) headed by Sir Macario Tiu and the Humanities Division in AdDU. (Tiu is another Palanca Awardee). We also had some fellows from the Davao Writers Guild (ie the beautiful ma'am Maria) and ma'am Lota De Pio. There has been a pseudo-screening wherein you pass either three poems, one essay, or one short story. For the love of God and the curse of procrastination and laziness, I passed my English21-personal-narrative-turned-short-story. And for lack of better terms, wished my way into the workshop. There are only a few of us (not more then ten). Bru, Kristianne, Myke (Most Outstanding First Year 2007), Sir Phillip, Sir Godie and our mentors. Some highly-acclaimed students (hehe) mushroomed every now and then during the duration of the workshop. And I've finally met Mel (adobobo)! She's cute. And she's smart. And she's a great writer. And I hope she won't read this.
Sir Tiu said that the school compensated 30,000php for the workshop. That's quite cheap since it's an ANNUAL workshop and we have these Palanca Awardees as faculty of AdDU. Way, way cheaper! What luck! 30,000 bucks! So that means, it's almost 3,000php per person. Haha! I love, love, love the workshop. Never-ending supply of food! My worms were jubilant. But aside from digestive satisfaction, I did get what I joined in for. I never knew that simple poetry can be soooo complicated. Tsk. I'll be posting some of my pseudo-poems on my next post. :)
I guess my summer isn't that boring after all.
Well, almost.
10 comments:
oist! =P lolz. how u doin?
im not into current events tho. but glad u used to write some so i will know wats goin on there. hehe! yeah that girl was gorgeous.
take care bam. i mishu. have a grest week ahead! mwahugs
i did not watch it.. but of course im also vying for our country ano! im sure she was smart and all that.. she even took cat-walking lessons right? and some charm school stuffs. oh well .
teka parang kulang post mo? hehe. anyway.. you are so blessed to join that writer's workshop! really blessed. miss ya! take care!!
i watched it..and we share the same sentiments..tsktsk..sadly hindi xa nkapasok sa top 15..
yeah. but miss universe is an over all thing. yeah, she's smart and all that, but for me, it is just right that Ms. Japan won.. Lest i joined... hehehehe:)
On the comment on her being Debater-smart... natawa ako. it's a little.. (how you say?) ethnocentric. hehehe
i didn't watch it coz i was too preoccupied with my blog at the time, pero i'm sure she's as smart as most people are saying. i have no objections as to who won though. diko nga nakita e, hehe.
Yeah, I wanted her to win. [Even though I didn't get to watch, the cable got burned here at the time. :((]
Pilipino pride! :D
Ychel: missed you too. hehe.. sige, I'll post things na related sa current events here para di mo maiss. hehe. pero, baka maging subjective na yun. :)
Tina: tsk. sayang. may workshop din next year. baka pwede ka sumali. ;) it'll be fun. :)
dylata: uu nga. hmf. andaya talaga!
karla: err.. i really don't think that miss japan should win. she's good but she's not the BEST. mas ok pa nga ung sagot ni miss korea. and bru, i don't think you can go in the eliminations, kasali ata ang height sa criteria. haha! joke. unless, may bagong regulation, babalik sa pinas ang crown. haha!
ami: hehe.. mabuhay japan kasi tyo nina jenna dati. hehe. pero un na ngam sayang lang tlaga.
romina: hey! i missed you! :) haha! sayang di mo napanood. tsk. marami talagang nagsasabi na "the asians did well. but ms japan is a poor choice. should have been ms thailand or ms philippines." tsk. Pilipino pride nga. :)
she's an epitome of a mythical "Beauty&Brains$sexy girl"..
Im really disappointed when she wasn't able to compete in the top 15.. malaki pa naman ang potential nya when it comes to the Question and answer portion.
lol. ang totoo nga nyan andaming bumati sakin pagkanalo ng Japan. para bang related kami. ilang beses rin akong tinawag na miss Japan ng friends ko after nun. buhay. ^^
Yup.
I've seen the pageant and she really deserves the crown..
too bad she even didn't got into the top 15.. :((
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