KITIL and ISPEL SEX made it to the finals!

CONGRATULATIONS

to the

ABMC IV students

who made it to the FINALS

of the

NATIONAL FILMMAKING CONTEST

sponsored by

Pro-Life Philippines

Docu 1:

KITIL

The production staff:

Guimo, Karla Mae, Luisa, Angela B., Sheena M.,

Marissa D., Ghia Sam, and Charmaine

(their entry is a documentary that aims to discourage ABORTION)

Docu 2:

ISPEL SEX

The production staff:

Aileen, Cathy, Ghia and Nolalyn

with special participation of Valerie Baluyut (ABMC III) as the singer of their original theme song which was composed by MARK CASPE (BS Psychology IV)

(a docu that emphasizes the medical, social and moral implication of PRE-MARITAL SEX)

an essay from a lovely princess- APPLE BODINO

“The Loveless Princess”

by Patricia Kaye C. Bodino
ABMC 1

Cinderella got Prince Charming; Jasmine got Aladdin; Ariel got Prince Eric; and I got… no one. As a kid, I’ve always dreamed of being a princess and having a prince charming like every princess does on fairytales. And of course, who wouldn’t want a happy ending with a handsome and charming prince?

Now, I’m 17 and those childhood fantasies are over. Life gave me a lot of realizations. I don’t have to dream of being a princess because I really a

m a princess! Being the youngest in the family, I am guarded by the Great King, the ever- loving Queen and two handsome Princes; and that’s enough to feel like I’m the most precious princess in the world.

Talking about love, my dad and my eldest brother are always alarmed, w

hile my mom and my elder brother find it normal (which really is) for me to be in love with someone at my age. But talking about boyfriends, oh, that’s the thing that will definitely freak them out. They say I’m still young, that I should finish my studies first before entering a relationship. I understand. They’re just afraid that I might have the same experience as my eldest brother’s: getting married at a young age. Well I’ll take that. And besides, I know how much they love their “uniqa hija”. I am still their baby.

I belong to the group of the so- called N-B-S-B (No-Boyfriend-Since-Birth). Yes, I had no boyfriend since birth and it gives me the creeps of not having one until my old age. I can’t seem to find any reasons why I still stay unattached while my other friends kept on telling me about their most exciting love stories ever. I just see myself there in one corner, all alone, being everyone’s sweetest baby. Others treat me like a kid that sometimes, they hesitate to tell me about their love life and their most mysterious secrets ever because they think I couldn’t, and I would never understand them. I may not have a boyfriend but hey, I know what love is and I’ve been in love before. Now, is there a problem with me that leaves me lonely and loveless? If there’s such, could somebody tell me what it is?

Love for me is the most complicated thing that exists in this world. How complicated? Well, according to my experience, it’s all so complicated that there are no more words left to describe how knotty it is. I’ve been in love with the wrong person, at the wrong place, and at the wrong time. Everything was wrong. But I was right of what I felt that time; I was truly, madly, and deeply in love with that person. How did I know? Well let’s just say that that’s how complicated love is, it can’t even answer even the simplest questions.

Loving means hurting and it’s no fairy tale at all. But what is nice about love is that you continue loving and taking the risk of getting hurt just to let your feelings be felt by that person even he/she doesn’t feel the same way. It’s really better to give than to receive.

I never hated fairytales. I still fantasize them but I deal more with the reality right now. I am not a kid anymore. I’m already a young and sweet 17 year-old princess waiting for the right prince charming to arrive, at the right place, and at the right time. And hopefully we’ll live happily ever after.

I don’t care what other people say. Staying single is a lot more fun than being attached to the wrong person. But sometimes, I can’t help it but to ask myself why I don’t have a boyfriend yet when it seems like every girl in the world has their own sweet and unique love story. And I just tell myself that it’s better for a princess like me to sleep early and wait to be kissed by the right prince than to stay awake and be kissed by a thousand frogs. I believe that God’s just too busy writing the best love story for me.

pix from www.onceuponatimecollectibles.com.

Here are some photos during the TEAM BUILDING activity

essay by EDWIN RYAN DE LEON

Buying new eyes and selling the old brain

written and submitted
by
EDWIN RYAN DE LEON
(ABMC ONE)

REACTION PAPER on Chapter 85 – Epilogue of the da Vinci Code Deception)

Doubt everything you hear, you see and feel.
Anonymous

I have to say with all the time that brown has been talking in circles, this statement is the one I’ve proven right. I’ve learned to have faith in my doubts. This may sound ironic but these kinds of statements are the one selling. Hehehe trust me! For the 18 years of my existence, my life has been fed mostly by handed down traditions, beliefs dos and don’ts. Now I reflect; my used to be innocent mind was abused badly by mislead beliefs and unproven truths that people perceive to be right. And unfortunately I believed them. For a child to believe these things is still acceptable. But for someone who is a grown-up living with a sense of individuality in what he thinks and what he believes, such thing is stupidity!

This makes no difference in psychology at first you teach the child how to live and grow day by day year by year. When the child learns how to live you equip her with things she might need in surviving the lion’s den. When a child learns how to think you offer the norms of the society. But in my equation you must also offer her the freedom to scrutinize why such things are morally accepted. You don’t make a child parrot every word you say without her dimmest understanding of the things she is mouthing. You don’t stop her from developing her critical thinking and her sense of individuality. You don’t get a child to set the echoes of our traditions to the fullest. Remember, you are rearing a new life in this world, not the next whoever of whatsoever!

Now let me connect my avowal with Dan Brown’s “da Vinci Code”. Most of the things he unveiled are unbelievable. Some say they are unacceptable. Some believe them easily. These are the fruits of his doubts. He made researches and claimed that they are right. These are assertions and their credibility depends not on his hands actually, but in yours. You are the one to judge if he is right in bringing down the major religion of the world. Martyrs have died in the pursuit of keeping these beliefs afloat. So it’s actually your decision and this is an easy job.

Now let me look at you. Yes, you people who are criticizing the people who believed in what Dan Brown said. Why did you have to curse them? Why did you call them gullible? For believing this person who doesn’t even have mandate from heaven to proclaim? Well I’ll give you that and I will judge you no more as long as you also see the obvious. You, YOURSELVES, are gullible! Why do you believe the opposite of what this people believe? Because of the sacred book written for you? You have this as your proof? Well they have “da vinci code” as their proof. And is your book really credible? You were told and you believe and you call that faith, something which shouldn’t be questioned. Maybe this is going to be an endless verbal sparring between us but believe me and embrace the fact, your faith is making you adorably gullible.

In contrary to many I am now starting to admire Mr. Brown. He had the nerves to write about such things and break free from the NORMS and the MORES. He wasn’t camouflaged like us. He knows for sure that people may not believe him and what could he be doing is wrong. But again I doubt what he is saying is true and some how I’m sure he is too.

In the end it all came to one thing, “What you believe in." Brown looks at it differently and so as everyone. But the only thing we must all have is the intersection of individual thinking and conviction of what we believe. Someday we will all pass and we will realize it doesn’t really matter who we believed and which theories we fought for. What will matter is how we dug into them and how these things made your life a better place to live than the world we have found.

The da vinci code you asked? It’s an opinion… or maybe a conviction. Nah… it’s a crap and a challenge for us think.

And the winners are...

Six groups from ABMC 1 class organized panel discussions (for English 2A) on the following selected topics:

Group 1: pre-marital sex (Director: SHEENA SUNGA)
Group 2: lack of interest in studies/getting low grades in school (Dir: JAVI BARRIOS)
Group 3: wanting to live without parents (Dir: EDWIN RYAN DE LEON)
Group 4: abortion among teenagers (Dir: JOHN CARLO SANTOS)
Group 5: cheating and plagiarism (Dir: JEREMY KRIS CORTEZ)
Group 6: teenage pregnancy (Dir: GRAZELLE BUMANLAG)

STAR AWARDS:

Grp 1: * * * * BEST FORMAT (DEBATE)
Grp 2: * * * MOST INTERACTIVE
Grp 3: * * * * * BEST PRESENTATION; MOST ORGANIZED
Grp 4: * * * * BEST VIDEO PRESENTATION; MOST PUNCTUAL GROUP
Grp 5: * * * * * BEST PROGRAM; BEST CHOICE OF SPEAKERS
Grp 6: * * * * * MOST CREATIVE

BEST HOSTS:

Lyanna Paula Castro
Feliz Ammerie Mangune

BEST DIRECTOR:

Edwin Ryan De Leon

CONGRATULATIONS

to all the DIRECTORS

and STAFF!

Thanks to all the guests:

Dr. Bella G. Panlilio (Dean, CAS)

Dr. Carmela Dizon (Asst. Dean, CAS)

Ms. Glaiza Ann Dizon (Guidance counselor, CAS)

Ms. Janet Rodriguez (Faculty, CCF)

Mr. Jay Pajarillo (Faculty, CAS)

Mr. Peter Capistrano (Faculty, CCF)

Mrs. Anna Marie Concepcion (Director, OCES)

Aileen Maniti (ABMC 4)

Earl Santinni Lagman (ABMC 4)

Megan Leung (ABMC 4)

Aireen Keith Macalalad (EIC, The Pioneer)

Mark Macapinlac (Marketing 4)

Valerie Baluyut (ABMC 3)

Ralph Terrence Ocampo (ABMC 2)

Melford Cunanan (EIC, CAS Ideas)

(Note: ABMC 1: Please send me a message if I forgot any guest. Tnx. Hope you can send presentation pictures to me. My e-mail address: virniel@yahoo.com)

Nola and Cabs with their PROUD MOMS

The Senior ABMC students during the CAS Night

ABMC 4 students during the VJ HUNT 2005

Memories are worth keeping

This blog was created because I'd like to share

and to keep all memories concerning my AB Mass Comm students at AUF.

(All ABMC students at AUF are encouraged to post entries on this blog).