Mediocrity vs. Excellence

Mediocrity means being average and ordinary. 

Excellence is a talent or quality which is unusually good and so surpasses ordinary standards. It is also an aimed for standard of performance.

We should not be contended with just being on the mediocrity zone, we should also think of our future. It is a bad habit for just settling for a so-so grade and not aiming for the top. It is our duty as students to do our best in every challenges specially our responsibilities as a student. 

There is nothing wrong with doing your best even if we can't make it to the top at least we know in ourselves that we did the very best and strive hard. Excellence has many meanings, it doesn't only mean that we should always be on top instead, it truly defines all the satisfaction of our hard works and achievements in life. If you are satisfied with what you have done it is enough to be proud of your excellence. 

We should not settle for any JUST and ORDINARY achievements because practicing what you already know doesn't help, instead practice your weakness and improve it in order to achieve true excellence.

THE FUTURE IS IN OUR HANDS

The future technology?

It’s amazing but it’s also scary. Because the future generation might not be able to experience things the traditional way, the kids might not know how to play “patintero” they will all be born in such a new and different world. Too much of advanced technology for me is not that necessary because the people will never be contended of what they have, they will crave for more advanced technology knowing that it has already been so much compared before, like for example the speed of the computer, they will still look for faster and advanced. The virtue of being contended is slowly fading because of never ending advancement of our technology and people might not think what they already have and might not give importance to it.

Being advanced is good, but too much of it will destroy the culture. As what the saying goes “too much of everything is not good” and so as to technology. Who knows? Maybe on the next 15 years, people don’t speak at all and communicate through non-verbal communication only? Well, I don’t like to live in that kind of world, as for my future children, I don’t want to raise then with that kind of environment. Our future depends on us. We must first know how to make our world better but still a healthy and normal one.

We have to think what we want the world to be on the next generation. It’s all in our hands. Let’s make a difference and preserve the culture. 

The best video for me?

I really loved the video of Andrew Abrigo's group the most. But I think all of us did great videos. I know that we all did all our best to make our videos and put so much effort in it. Different concepts but definitely good videos and different ways to present the ways of communication.
The animations they used made their  videos very interesting to watch specially the animations on Louina Beato's group video it is very cute and catchy.
The video of Arvie Surio's group is very unique and creative, it is very funny and at the same time very informative.
I am really proud of the videos we have made because as  first year students  we can already do such videos and we still can improve our skills as years go by, so I am hoping to do more videos with you guys! Keep up the good work!

Stop, Look and Listen!

TRAFFIC?! Oh my God! That's when I start to pray hoping that my teacher is late or absent! haha! That's when I keep on looking at my watch and estimating how much time I got to be on time! I really hate traffic specially when I'm in a hurry! It irritates me so bad that I start to blame the driver about it and saying what is wrong with him and he's driving really slow, and it really drives me crazy when I only have about 10mins to get to school then suddenly the driver decides to drop by at a gasoline station!!!

As a student of course there will always be a time when you feel so lazy to get up and go to school specially when it's raining. But what I usually do is to keep in mind my attendance and that my parents are paying for my education for me to learn. Traffic is nothing compared to what other students encounter in remote areas in some cases, they swim almost a mile just to get to school. I really adored those kind of students who are eager to learn.

Traffic is such a very irritating moment but it also brings motivation in a sense that I should get up early so that even if I get stuck in a traffic, I will still be able to be on time at school because I allotted so much time for any incident just like traffic.

Graffiti Party

The party was a blast! It was my first time to attend the graffiti party because I did not attend the party last year. I had so much fun! My classmates and friends were very happy to be with, and our performance was very meaningful and we are very happy with the result of our hardship to finish the video.  Although the original plan on the ending was not exactly how we planned it because of the time limit, but I am still very proud of what we did for our college.

I did not expect that the party is going to be that wild, the band was so great, the crowd was having fun and music is the only language that's going around there. The performers were very lively and hot. I really enjoyed watching different performances from different colleges. 

I am looking forward for other parties and events and I'm hoping that it would be as fun as the graffiti party because honestly among all the parties I have joined, last night's party was the best party ever! I hope you feel the same way!