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Graphics and Designs
Chief Cartoonist James Paul Miranda
Assistant Cartoonists:
MJ Vitto
Keith Arvin Magnaye
Photographers:
Don John Alcantara
Leandro Mañalac
For interested students who would like to join
or contribute articles to the second semester
issue of TECHNIK VER. 2.0, kindly look for Engr.
Dan Magcuyao, Christopher John Salamante or
Jose Ma Perez. You can submit articles
personally or upload it on our e-groups at
www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/technik_ver02.
opinions
EDIT
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EDITORIAL
Utilize
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President Adel Tamano had
proven it would not be necessary
to rely on monetary terms in
improving the university’s current
state. In one of his interviews, he
reiterated that he just utilized what
we already have, emphasizing on
resourcefulness as a tool in
carrying out the administrations’
array of projects and proposals that
would assist in providing students
affordable yet quality education.
The addition of computer units in
Celso Al Carunungan Memorial
Library and the conversion of PLM
buses to shuttle services are just
two of the beneficial projects the
administration is currently carrying
out. These projects do not require
much funding because these assets
are already innate in the university;
it is a matter of redesignating its
uses where it could serve students
and university personnel more.
The moral bestowed by the
actions of the administration should
serve as an example among us in
solving the problems the college is
presently facing. As the largest
college in the university, CET needs
better facilities to accommodate the
needs of the students, especially for
the technical and research aspect,
wherein the college is known to
excel at. Unfortunately, the recent
condition of the basic amenities
here in CET is appalling, especially
for Lab 1, which houses dilapidated
and non-functional engineering
equipment. Another dilemma is the
deficiency in the collection of
engineering books, research
materials and reference making it
inconvenient for students to find the
right materials for their researches
and projects. To handle the
predicament, the students’ solution
was to visit other university
laboratories and libraries, but
usually, other schools often require
fees for visiting students in using
such facilities, and it adds to the
burden especially for students in
acquiring such services in which
our university should give in the
first place.
This institution maybe a city
funded university hence funding
may be scarce, but should it be a
reason to remain numb in this
situation? The college is known for
winning several contests and
topping licensure examinations,
however these achievements
should not be an excuse to let
things pass but it should serve as
an inspiration, especially to the
leaders of the college in providing
the utmost service the students can
get. This paper believes that the
college has the resources, and
through the administration’s
initiative and resourcefulness, and
of course, financial support to
materialize the project, we really
can improve our facilities. Changes
maybe gradual, but it is better than
to be stagnant at all. However, it
would be best if we will stop
whining and help the college for its
transformation. We, students can
contribute through our small deedsby being responsible and taking
care of our current facilities, and
basically, to study hard in attaining
the college’s thrust in excellence.
And most of all, we all should apply
the lesson taught by the University
President – that is to make use of
what we have in solving the
problems we are facing, not only in
school, but even to our everyday
lives as students and soon-to-be
professionals of this society.
3
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng
Maynila celebrated its 42nd Founding Anniversary with the theme;
“Benchmarking the New Filipino
University: Raising the Bar of
Excellence” on its newly built
Students’ Activity Center and
PLM Tanghalang Bayan last
July 18, 2007.
Students from various
colleges prepared for a
month for the said event
making sure that they
have what it takes to
prove themselves as
aspirants for the
much-coveted title,
“Best College of
the Year ”. This
award gives inspiration and motivation to college
student council
to perf o r m
better.
The
S u p r e m e
Student Council
headed all the activities with some
modification from
the previous year to
make the celebration
more colorful which
includes the annual
“Mr. & Ms. PLM”,
College Arc Design
Contest, Dance
Maniax (Dance Contest), Street Dance,
Palarong Pinoy, and PLM Bebot.
The program started with a Mass
attended by Faculty Members, members
of the staff, students, and the Administration headed by Dr. Benjamin G. Tayabas.
After the University President gave his remarkable message, the candidates for Mr.
& Ms. PLM and PLM Bebot had their Casual Wear competition followed in the afternoon by the Palarong Pinoy, which was
held at the PLM Tanghalang Bayan while
the Mr. & Ms. PLM and PLM Bebot showcased their talents on student’s activity center.
Arcs prepared by each college
were paraded around Intramuros with their
respective Mr. & Ms. PLM representatives
in their Filipiniana outfits right after the
talent portion. The parade started at the
PLM Grounds and ended at the PLM
Tanghalang Bayan where the Dance
Maniax, Question and Answer portion for
Mr. and Ms. PLM and PLM Bebot took place.
The evening culminated with Magwayen
Scholars Guild performance and PLM’s very
own Ms. Aicelle Santos (Pinoy Pop Superstar runner-up) sung on center-stage.
The colleges and their awards
were as follows: “Best College Award”: CN
(1st Place), CET (2nd Place) and CME (3rd
Place): Mr. PLM; Mr. CET (Mr. PLM), Mr.
CM (1st Runner-up), Mr. CN (2nd Runnerup) and Mr. CME (3rd Runner-up): Ms.
PLM; Ms. CN (Ms. PLM), Ms. CoPERS (1st
Runner-up), Ms. CET (2nd Runner-up) and
Ms. CME (3rd Runner-up). Dance Maniax;
CN (1st Place), CME (2nd Place) and
CoPERS (3rd Place): PLM Bebot; CME (1st
Place), CN (2nd Place) and CoPERS (3rd
Place):
New
Technik Staffers
named
Arthur Alfred Roxas
An hour of intense written examination in different categories of writing from
a batch of student applicants from different courses in the College of Engineering
and Technology last July 6, 2007, formally
chose the new set of staffers to handle the
official student college publication named
now as Technik ver. 2.0.
Formerly having its name as
Technik, the previous college publication
were handled by the professors in the CET
and to be able to give way for the students
to embrace the power of press freedom,
Technik ver. 2.0 was created with students
taking over for the writing job.
Christopher John Salamante was
named as the new Editor-in-Chief, Arthur
Alfred Roxas, news editor, Karl Christian
Caasi, feature editor, James Paul Y. Miranda,
chief cartoonist. Jose Ma. G. Perez BSCS
III was named as the managing editor with
Engr. Dan Andrew H. Magcuyao as the paper adviser.
Other winners in different categories and now the new staffers of Technik
ver02 are: for, Editorial Berglend Benjild
Gabinete BSIT III and Jonnee Buensalida
BSECE V, news writing, Davis Yolangco
BSECE IV Feature Krystin Bajado BSEE IV
and Jencie Leonor Francisco BSCE II,
Cartooning MJ G. Vitto BSECE IV and Keith
Arvin Magnaye BSECE III and in Photojournalism Don John Alcantara BSECE III and
Leandro Manalac BSIT III.
PLM-ECE, Advanced to the Finals of
Badminton and DOTA Competition
Mary Grace Sabado
Two teams of Fourth year Electronics Engineering Students brought consecutive victories in the opening of Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP) - Sports fest last September
9, 2007 at Ateneo De Manila Covered court.
Davis Yolangco and Rainier Lara
of BSECE IV teamed up for the badminton
doubles event. They quickly finished their
rivals University of the East with an easy
21-14 and 21-15 win.
Meanwhile, Jumer Tria, Enrique de
Vera, Wilson Babaran, Jay Lawrence Cedillo
and John Rhey de Duque proved once again
their supremacy as the best online gamers
in town when they defeated the defenses
of University of the City of Pasay in the “Defense of the Ancient (DOTA)”
Competition. Last year, the same team won the
championship in the same competition of
IECEP Sports fest 2006.
“This event aims to improve the holistic development of the students to make
them globally competitive” said Romeo
Ramirez, a fourth year ECE student and the
Chairman of IECEP-Expanded Metro Manila
Student Chapter.
“We are preparing for it but we
have limited time. Just let the fate decide
for the championship” commented Davis
Yolangco regarding the next phase of the
Sports fest.
Other competitions where the
PLM-ECE team participated were Volleyball,
Badminton Singles, Basketball, Chess and
Table Tennis.
The Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP) is the official organization of Electronics Engineers
recognized by the government.
ChE bags 3rd in UP Quiz Tilt
Arthur Alfred Roxas and Christopher John Salamante
PLM Chemical Engineering Team
bagged 3rd place in the 30th Inter University Chemical Engineering Quiz Show last
August 22, 2007 held at NISMED Bldg., UP
Diliman Campus, Quezon City.
The ChE Team was composed of
Russel Galanido, BS ChE III, Orestes Moya,
BS ChE V, Alexander John Rico, BS ChE V
and Christopher John Salamante, BS ChE
V.
Ten schools participated in the
said event that includes UPLB, UST,
Adamson University, FEATI, Batangas State
University, Isabela State University, MIT,
PLM, TIP Manila, and Bicol University.
The team received a plaque and
a cash prize of Php 3000 and was coached
by Engr. August T. Gambe. MRII Review
Center, Rex Book Store and Chemrez sponsored the event.
TAMANO, NAMED NEW UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
by Arthur Alfred Roxas
Lays-out 4f Agenda
Atty. Adel A. Tamano, the
famous young and energetic
spokesman of the Genuine
Opposition last May 2007
Senatorial Elections was formally introduced as the new
University President during the
Intramurals opening replacing Dr.
Benjamin Tayabas Jr. last August
23.
The new University President
promised to the students and officials
in his first speaking engagement his 4F
agenda for the Pamantasan, which represents the words FUN, FREEDOM, FUTURE and FRIENDSHIP.
“Learning should be fun,” Tamano
stressed, adding that the reason
of conducting Intramurals is to
have learning to go along side
with physical activity like
sports.
He announced his intention to give the students
the freedom they want in
expressing on what they
feel and believe. He
added his
best plans for the university to
have more computers to be
able to achieve global competitiveness and learning through
the use of internet.
“Free access to
internet is a great leveler and
we must have the legacy for
us to be connected,” Tamano
point out in his plans to emphasize the importance of this
technology in a learning institution.
Atty. Tamano is a
graduate of AB Economics at
the Ateneo de Manila University in 1993. He finished his
Masters degree in Public Administration in 1996 at the University of the PhilippinesDiliman Campus and Master of
Laws last June 2005 at Harvard
University through the Islamic
Graduate School Scholarship
Program.
The CET fami ly
warmly welcomes our New
University President!!!
Tayabas, resigned
as PLM Prexy
Dr. Benjamin G.
Tayabas resigned as University President last August, a few days after celebrating his 63rd birthday
and ending a decade of service for the university.
Tayabas served as
president for the Pamantasan
ng Lungsod ng Maynila for three
terms from 1989-1990,19901996, 2000-2006 and took a
short leave last year but came
back for another year.
The former president
was the one responsible for
making Pamantasan as one of
the leading Universities in the
country today due to his academic support and programs
that continue to provide quality
tertiary education for the deserving students of the City of
Manila.
by Arthur Alfred Roxas
The College of Engineering and Technology students, faculty members and personnel filled the Justo Albert auditorium during its first General Assembly for the school year 2007-2008 last
July 26, 2007.
Dean Wifredo G. Gacutan delivered a brief but very inspiring message to the group, emphasizing the importance of the
General assembly in creating great relationship between the faculty members and students and the continuing pursuit for excellence of the college in his opening remarks.
The College through its very dynamic Dean, Architect
Gacutan, in cooperation with the College student Council under
the leadership of Arnold Vicedo welcomes sophomore students
from General Education Program and introduced to the students
the CET heads, faculty members and support personnel.
The program also includes the presentation of
the student council officers and their programs and featured
the induction of officers of various CET student societies. The
Technik Ver02, the official college student publication of CET
was introduced together with the CET website.
Engr. Dennis Edward Diano and Engr. Antonio Tee Jr. also
discussed further the English Proficiency Program and 5S respectively for the benefit of the students.
EE Partake in 3rd RSCon
Krystin Bajado
The Institute of Integrated Electrical EngineersCouncil of Student Chapters
(IIEE-CSC) held the 3rd Regional Student Conference
(RSCon) last August 30-31,
2007 at the Mapua Institute of
Technology (MIT) Intramuros,
Manila with this year’s theme,
“Global Partner in Electric Power
and Reform Advocacies”, the
event was highlighted by four
major programs: 7th Regional
Math Wizard (RMW), 21st Regional Quiz Show (RQS), technical seminars, and the 9th Regional Student Congress.
Fourth year representatives Jason Clark Aquino, Jake
Binayug and Bryan Raye Tadeo
and Fifth year representatives
Juan Antonio Carlos Aslarona
and James Martin Velasco have
tried to clinch a medal in the
RQS but settled only with a tie
with Far Eastern University for
a 4th place finish.
Victory was almost at
hand, the PLM team and two
other schools- Techonological
Institute of the Philippines
(TIP)-QC and Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP)Sta.Mesa engaged in a sudden
death match as they all scored
3 points each as the 3rd and final round concluded. Runaway
champion TIP-Manila has 8
points, trade places with last
year’s gold medallist TIP-QC as
they secured only the silver
medal this time. PUP-Sta. Mesa
retained their previous year’s
spot as 2nd placer. Five other
schools- Adamson University,
New Era University, University
of Rizal System-Morong, University of Santo Tomas, and host
school MIT- compete in the 4hour quiz show.
On the next day, the
fourth year block attended two
seminars at the Mapua Seminar
Room. The first one was entitled
‘Understanding Power Quality’
with Engr. Dean Sempio of
MERALCO as the lecturer sharing some of his professional experiences in power quality, harmonics, and power sags to identify some. The next lecture,
‘Project Estimating and Costing’,
was delivered by Engr. Florigo
Varona, PEE from IIEE who
tackled about realistic and reasonable budgeting and the significance of cost estimates. Also,
he strongly emphasizes on the
engineer’s role on public and
property safety.
The afternoon started
with reports and updates on
various IIEE-CSC events by the
current year ’s Chairman,
RSCon/Vice-Chair External,
IIEE-CSC and a PLM graduating student, Richard C.
Peñamante that was followed
by an open forum and the
awarding ceremony for the winners in the RMW and RQS.
School of Rock
invades PLM
The most awaited “NU School
of Rock Concert,” through the joint effort of CET Student Council and Ms.
Emily, Event’s Head Staff of NU 107
was made possible last August 30,
2007 at PLM Tanghalang Bayan.
Chicosci and SpongeCola were the
main bands that performed during the said
event. The program also included the CET
– SC’s Battle of the Bands were five participating bands joined the competition coming from different departments and colleges; Wet-Fox from JPCS (Champion),
Censorius 34 from CLA (1st runner-up),
Simple Lang from CoE department (2nd
runner-up), Bonna Kids from CE department and Liquid Shadows from EcE department. Jim-dandy of the competition performed in the Front Act, a segment before
the main performers’ performance.
Hosts of the affair
were separated into two partitions. Mr. Parcon (CMC), Mr.
Yolangco (CET) and Ms.
Velasco (CME) from PLM
hosted the Battle of
the Bands. On the
other hand, DJ
Sophie and DJ Rich
(NU107’s DJs) host the
main concert.
Chicosci
and
SpongeCola were given one
hour each to entertain the crowd
of students. Chicosci’s vocalist
Miggy expressed his appreciation for
the great support they got from PLM
students as well as SpongeCola’s
lead singer Yael, who despite of a
heavy rain dramatically continue their
performance.
CET joins University Course Fair
by Arthur Alfred Roxas
The College of Engineering and
Technology together with various colleges
participated during the university wide
course fair held at PLM lobby last July 23
and 24 2007.
The course fair intends to promote
the different colleges thru its degree programs offered at Pamantasan ng Lungsod
ng Maynila and give information on the field
of expertise of a certain course especially
for freshman students in the university in
helping them to choose for a course to take
up.
Each society has their theme and
concept with regards to their booth and
course, specifically for CET programs:
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has a theme: Walk Beyond
the Boundaries of Your Imagination. They
included on their flyers what their course
is all about, what a manufacturing engineer does, and the career options for manufacturing engineering graduates.
The Computer Engineering Students’ Society (CoESS) exhibited electronic
arbiter of Game of the Generals, different
Operating Systems (OS) like Linux, Windows Vista, and MacOS.
The Electronics Engineering Stu-
dents’ Society (EcESS) has its theme: Engage in a Course of Excellence. They gave
out bookmarks and flyers, and sold button
pins and society bracelets. One of the
projects that the society exhibited was the
GIS – Araneta Center programmed by the
Junior Students.
The Chemical Engineering Students’ Society (ChESS) with Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers (PiChe)
showed several feasibility studies and movie
clips about Chemical Engineering. Chemical Engineers are Universal Engineers was
in their fliers, which also served as the
society’s theme.
The Junior Institute of Electrical
Engineers (JIEE) came out with a theme
of: Electrical Engineering keeps the World
Going. They exhibited diorama of electrical
distribution in a community, power plant
pictures, and transformers.
The Computer Studies Students’
Circle (CSSC), which comprises of IT and
CS students gave the information about
computer programming, artificial intelligence and interface design. The Society
also sold button pins on their booth.
The Junior Philippine Institute of
CET joins...to page 16
tidings
by Davis Yolangco
CE Students in UP Summit
Arthur Alfred Roxas
Fourth and Fifth year Civil Engineering students participated in the recently
concluded Civil Engineering Summit held
at the University of the Philippines Theater
last September 3-8.
The summit features exhibits and
career orientations on the different subfields pertaining to the course of Civil Engineering that include Water Resources,
Geotechnical, Structural Transportation and
Sanitary Engineering. Seminars were also
conducted regarding the above-mentioned
fields and were attended by 32 universities, which offers Civil Engineering program
with almost 800 students in attendance.
On the last day, the CE National
Quiz Bee was held with over 32 universities participating having two representative
teams for each school. Roster A composed
of Jet Marie Peñaverde and Aim Mejorada
qualified to the final round of 20 but fall
short for the top position in the end.
Meanwhile, Roster B consisting of
Kristel Nidoy and Jessie Delgado, did not
advanced to the final 20 however Nidoy was
named among the top five students in the
individual category in Review Innovations.
Engr. Denny Angelo Cortez is the
adviser and coach of the PLM-CE delegates.
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opinions
The purpose in establishing college papers for the different colleges
in the University was questioned by Lontayao’s “On Solid Ground” column
from AP’s March 2007 issue. The editor-in-chief of AP has described college papers as ‘sunshine publications’, created to write only constructive
criticisms and praises to the college it represents. Lontayao even emphasized college papers will do the PR while AP will do the journalism, pertaining to the great difference between writing styles of AP and college papers,
being the latter was described as “writers for development”. I would admit
that at first I agree to what the article have implied, since the establishment
of college publication have taken place when AP starts to be critical at certain policies in the university and their six technical advisers filtering the
articles were crapped out of the publication. In deeper sense, the hostility of
the administration started when AP finally practiced autonomy again, which
should be the case, since it was originally created as an independent student
body. As a student, conscious about the schemes and politics in the university, I consider the trueness in the said article until such irony happened –
someone urged me to take Technik’s qualifying examination, and as they
say, the rest is history.
I often recall my early ‘AP days’ where the publication was on the
rocks and on verge of closing down, because we published a magazine featuring a lifestyle check of the five highest official in the university. It had
resulted to suspensions and dismissals, and for the record, the past administration have closed down the publication twice. I was a freshman back then
so instead of retaliating and joining the ‘well publicized fight’, I backed out.
After a month or two, some “high-ranked” officials of the university offered
me to be a part of the new publication that will replace AP, basically to
appear the publication to be genuine but I always decline, as my morals told
me I should reject the offer. Nonetheless, it never dawn to me that I will be
given a second chance not to another university publication but to a college
paper, which was allegedly created as the adversary of AP.
Technik, together with other college papers, may be instituted for wrong
reasons, but still these are student organizations. It may include contributions from faculty and other officials from the administration, but still, the
genuine purpose in establishing such is to guarantee that the students’ right
to be informed and the right to be heard, the two most indispensable pillar of
a democratic society, be carried out, in this University. It never intends to be
a venue of PR or sugar coating for the college. We acknowledge the fact that
one of the intentions in launching college papers is to promote the positive
sides of the college. As journalists, it is our duty to give credit when credit is
due. But it would never mean Technik will only focus on good things; we
never ought to be writers of a sunshine publication- we are student journalists; we will write reality. We may never deny the fact that the main purpose
of the paper is to be spokesperson of the college it represents, but above all,
Technik should be an effective tool in ensuring academic and press freedom
of the students. This should be the primary reason in the first place why
college publications exist, and not to compete or even to nullify the university publication.
Read Technik and see for yourself if it’s PR or journalism.
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Nakasingko.. from page 14
laki ng scope ng tinuro nila sir nakadepende
yung kalalabasan ng midterms at finals mo
eh kundi sa laki ng scope ng inaral mo
ayon sa pointers to review ng teacher
mong 3 times mo lang nakita sa tanang
buhay mo.
Lahat ngayong kolehiyo eh hawak
mo. Pagbagsak mo, pagtagumpay mo,
pagkaOSA mo, pagtaba mo, pagkaloko
sayo ng boyfriend mong user. Lahat ikaw
ang bahala. Kung kikilos ka makukuha mo
yung inaasam-asam mong 1.07 na GWA.
Kung hindi eh di wag, di naman kita pinipilit
eh. Huwag mo nang hintaying makasingko
ka bago ka may patunayan. Kasi aanhin
mo naman ang 1.00 kung wala ka namang
natutunan, mas ok nang hindi yun yung
nakuha mo basta alam mo sa sarili mo na
kaya mo talagang ipasa yung subject kahit
pa may bahid ng pulitika at insecurity ng
mga nakakatanda yung pagkakaroon mo
ng ganitong grade. Di mo na kailangan
maging anuman sa graduation rites, ang
mas importante eh kung sino ka man
pagkagradweyt mo! (Bitter? Hehehe!) Kaya
ngayong sem, magbago na tayo, Seize
whatever moment we grasp in our hands.
Minsan ka lang dadaan sa Round Table na
2nd year ka or GS ka, ayusin mo na
syempre. Dapat da best na noh. Til then,
bahala ka na sa buhay mo kung anong
plano mo!
the good, the bad and the grey part of the crux, the cet students speak
It depends on the person. There are
some students who can still handle their
studies even if they sometimes need to have
a break and fool around.
--marisol molo, CE
Grade consciousness is normal in
every hardworking student. For me, there
is nothing wrong with it as having good
grades is the prize for all the hardships.
--katherine mae boado, CS
Being grade conscious isn’t a crime.
But seldom they could receive compliments
and admiration from others. There are
times wherein they were treated as deviant and strange individuals.
--vina marvas, CE
It is good because it helps us monitor our studies, especially in the most difficult fields.
--christine evangelista, EE
Ahm, nakakaparanoid yun, ok lang
mag-aim ng gud grades pero not to the
point na napapabayaan na ang sarili.
--rennuel mabanglo, EE
GC is a must-have for every college
student. It is because the college performance of a student is very vital in landing
on a good job. It should be a motivating
force in a student to perform better in their
studies, aiming a better grade for a better
future.
--donn kay tolentino, CS
It is normal para sa mga scholars na
tulad natin but nagkakaroon ng mga arguments because we have different views and
opinions about it. It has its pros and cons.
--jeffrey tembrevilla, ECE
You need to be grade conscious in
order for you to generate your goal. When
you are grade conscious, you have something to fight for, something to shoot.
--ian luigi lastra, CS
Panget maging GC. Ang GC kasi para
sa akin is a form of ‘over-acting,’ they tend
to go with the flow of their emotions if ever
they fail. It is not only the grade that counts
di ba?
--manuel jante, ECE
For me as a student, being grade
conscious is a trait that everyone should
have. We must be attentive of our performance in school. On the contrary, being
too conscious may cause so much stress
thus making it a bad habit.
--john robert rolle, CS
Depende eh, dapat kasi diba lahat in
moderation. Lahat ng sobra eh masama.
--madeleine magno, ECE
I think being conscious of one’s grade
is healthy because he is concern about his
future. He is thinking ahead of time and I
think that if someone is conscious about
his grades, he is the typr of person who
would strive hard to get high grades.
--dorothy grace moris, CS
Ok mag-aral pero hindi GC kasi yung
iba dito nawawalan ng social life.
--sarah lim, ECE
I think that it is okay as long as you
are not putting others down. I guess it is
really needed since we are here in PLM. If
we want to stay and survive, we must be
conscious of our studies.
--christal santos, CE
Grade consciousness is a positive attitude for me. It only implies that everyone
is not perfect and we only aim for improvement.
--ma. faustina flores, CS
I think that keeping track of our
grades is required because we need to know
what’s happening to what we are studying. Through grades we have a view of what
subjects need attention or improvement.
--maverick eleazar, CS
Ir’s wrong kasi hindi naman dapat
maging conscious sa grade pwede kasi
nitong maapektuhan
yung relationship natin sa mga classmates natin. You may miss some happy
moments with your friends if you will focus
so much on your grades. Mas lalong
mahirap kung dumating yung time that we
may compromise our friends in favor of our
studies.
--mariz bayan, ECE
GC is not that helpful to students. It
makes them feel uneasy that’s why many
of us can’t think well and can’t focus to our
studies. In some cases, students who are
strong enough to endure the pressure do
well. Their GC-ness becomes inspiration for
them to study hard and get high grades in
the end.
--aleli pinky orpiano, CS
Moderate lang, I mean you can be
aware or conscious when it comes to grades
pero kapag hindi mo nameet yung gusto
mong grades, accept na lang at hindi yung
may grudge pa especially when you know
for yourself that you really deserve to fail.
--rachelle tera, ECE
Grade consciousness for me is a way
of thinking. A mind set of wanting to attain
high grades. For me, this should be practiced but not too often. This is a good ticket
to passing your subjects. Well, you should
still bear in mind that grades are only numbers and should not be taken as a measure
of one’s intellect. On the other hand, it
doesn’t mean that we should neglect our
studies.
--jeremie aventurado, CS
For me as a student, GC is an important thing. It makes us realize how important our efforts, time etc. for less fortunate
students like us in public schools, it is very
important because it is our future which is
at stake here.
--erwin majaducon, CS
Grade consciousness gives a bad psychological effect to students because they
tend to pressure themselves to achieve a
certain grade. However, students that are
grade conscious are more disciplined than
other students.
--neil ramirez, CS
For me GC is only natural for students
like us. It’s only an act of caring for our
own grades. It only becomes bad when it
came to a point that this forces us to bring
others down just to be on top.
--andrew impas, CS
forum
Well, in some ways it is good, in some
it is bad. You may have good grades but it
makes you prone to step on others in order to get the commendation that you want.
--Ezekiel, ECE
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opinions
Uwaaah! Uwaaaah!
Hoy Lila, anong iniiyak mo dyan?
Lilo, di ba bagong panganak tayo
sa TECHNIK, kaya naiyak ako.
Bakit? May butiki bang umiiyak?
E yung mga buwaya nga umiiyak,
kaya nga may ‘crocodile tears’ diba? Reptile din naman tayo ah!
Bakit, meron bang ‘lizard tears’?
Huwag ngang mag-emote dyan. Para kang
estudyanteng na-singko ah.
O sige na. Sa bagay, ayoko ngang
maging estudyante. Andaming chuvanes!
Oo nga. Yung mga estudyante nga
dito, dahil siguro sa sobrang hirap ng mga
exam, kung ano-ano na ang naiisip. Biro
mo, pati ba naman “kasarian” ng prof nila,
pinagdududahan. At take note:
nagpasurvey pa sila kung may “bahid” nga
ba talaga…
Tsktsktsktsktsk! May solid proof ba
sila?
Yun nga eh. Tsktsktsktsktsk! Wala
naman talaga. Siguro nakita lang nilang
kumekembot
ang
anino
nung
pinaghihinalaan nilang prof. Hanggang
ngayon, ayun, puro tamang hinala pa rin
sila.
Ano naman ba kasi ngayon kung
shomabels yung prof nila? Nung
nakatambay naman ako sa may ceiling
fan, pansin ko maayos namang magturo.
May mga nakaka-uno naman. Wala pa
naman ding nakasampang kaso ng sexual
harassment sa sino mang Pontio Pilato.
Sana maging lamok na lang ang mga
intrigero’t intregera para eat-all-you-can
tayo araw-araw. Tsktsktsktsktsk!
Pagkain na naman nasa isip mo?
Nilantakan mo na nga yung mga mudmod
ng Cheezy Volcano na natira dun sa
basurahan. Inunahan mo pa yung mga
langgam sa pagsunggab sa Black Forest
na nalaglag sa sahig. Magdyeta ka naman,
tumataba ka na!
Inggit ka lang! Tsktsktsktsktsk! Pano
kasi puro ka tambay sa ELSU. May
napapala ka ba don?
Meron ah. Sa dami ba naman ng
computer dun kung di ka maaliw?!
Anong madami??? Eh apat lang
computer dun ah? Sira pa yung iba!
Tsktsktsktsktsk!
10
Ano ka beh?
Basta lampas na ng
isa, marami na yun,
saka dun ko rin
nakakajamming si
Pareng Dodi at si
Intsy
Wintsy.
Medyo marunong
na nga kaming
mag-ottocad.
‘A utocad’
kaya yun! Kahit naka upside down view,
na-comprehend ko pa rin yung research
ng mga estudyante. At akala ko, hanggang
research lang talaga ang autocad sa PLM.
Tsktsktsktsktsk! Wag ka naman
masyadong nega?!
Nagsalita si Lilong Positibo…
Haaay…Porke ba napupuna ko na
hindi nagtuturo si ano, tapos madami pang
pinapagawang kung ano-ano, tapos
mababa pang mabigay ng grade, nega na
ako??? Tsktsktsktsktsk!
Ayun na, bumanat na nanaman...
Tsktsktsktsktsk!
Eh bakit nagsasabi lang naman ako
ng ano, ng totoo! Tsktsktsktsktsk!
Sige sabihin na nating totoo nga,
pero napaka-nega naman ng pananaw
mo. Gusto lang naman ni ano na masanay
ang mga bagets sa gabundok na trabaho
dahil ganyan din naman sa professional
world. Giga-utos din naman ang mga boss,
tapos minsan, nano-laki naman ang
sweldo. Nagmamalasakit lang si ano para
immune na mga estudyante for the future. Tsktsktsktsktsk!
Lila, andami mong alam ha! San mo
naman nasagap yan?
Nakakulong ka kasi dito sa 3rd floor
eh. Pumasyal ka naman sa ibang lugar
dito sa fielem!
Nakakapagod kaya. Tsktsktsktsktsk!
Ang arti-arti mo! Tsktsktsktsktsk!
Tama na nga ang usapang ito. Masyado
ng malaki ang kinakaing espasyo natin sa
Technik. Mamaya nagrereklamo na ang
mga isko dahil halos usapang butiki lang
ang nababasa nila.At saka magtira pa tayo
para sa susunod na isyu! Di ba? Di ba....
Hoy Lilo, tinulugan mo nanaman ba ako???
Hay naku 'to, napaka-antukin. Tulog
mantika pa. HOY LILO, MAY DATE PA KAYO
NI INTSY WINTSY AH! Hay naku, wa epek
talaga. Ay sya nga pala mga mag-aaral
ng kolehiyo ng pag-iinhenyero at
teknolohiya, paki sabi nga pala dun sa
lalaking nakapulot ng kulay ubeng payong
sa teacher's table sa GV 308 isang umaga
nung nakaraang sem, paki sauli na lang
sa kahit sinong myembro ng Technik,
naghihimutok pa rin kasi yung may-ari
nun. This is Lila with Sleeping Lilo now
signing off.
Keith Arvin H. Magnaye
Cartoonist
Kiddo
Purple is cool!
Karaoke hub, SM Manila,
Aling Taling
Philippine History
Rice in a box in
styro…hahahaha
Bully!
Famous
Oversleeping
Highest vocal range by a
male…beating Adam
Lopez
Eyes
Bag
Mj Vitto
Cartoonist
Mj
Carpi Diem---live life to the
fullest!
House
None
Wala din
Funny, easy to get along
with, intelligent
Rich
Billiards
First Filipino in space
--------Don John Alcantara
Chief
Photojournalist
Don
To be an inspiration
House
None
Lugaw
Professor
Famous
Daydreaming
I’m not on the
extreme side!
Hair
Air to breathe
Leandro Mañalac
Photojournalist
Ian
God is in control
Bahay
Math Analysis
Doughnut
Approachable
Famous
Secret
Sexiest Man Alive
Chest/Shoulder
Laptop, Cellphone, ipod
These are this year’s staffers’ most
sought after profiles. It may not be
that particular in terms of information
but at least it will give you a hint of
who they really are. The following are
their unreserved answers towards an
honest article...
Christopher John D. Salamante
Chief Editor
Abo
Better late than never
Library
Accounting
Hamburger
Always breathing in my
neck
Famous
Onychophagia
Greatest number of
songs to sing in a day
Abs
Coffee
Berglend Benjild Gabinete
Associate Editor
Berg, Benj
It’s better to cheat than to
repeat
168 networld
Trigonometry
Pancit Canton, Bacon &
cheese sandwich
Kalog and bagets
Rich … para maging
famous
Magpalipas ng gutom
dahil tinatamad
pumuntang canteen
Longest time awake
nang nakaharap sa pc
dahil nagpoprogram
Eyes ata
Blush –on! Hahaha!
Jose Ma. G. Perez
Managing Editor
Jm, Jose, Kalbo
As long as I’m doing what
I am supoosed to do, I
know I won’t be wrong…
School, Bahay (boring!)
Wala
Waffle
Pasaway na pinyoko
Rich, paexperience lang.
Cramming
Most number of jobs
done in a day
Abdomen…chararat ka
lang!
My planner/My personal
notebook
Davis Yolangco
News Writer
Davis, Uduy-uduy
I’m a Christian who happens to
be a student and not a student
who happens to be a Christian.
Malate, Red Paint sa Marikina
Sibika at Kultura, HEKASI
Canteen? Syempre…Banana
cue
Bright aslamp…topnotcher
Both (I got them
already)…hahahahaha
Reading books too much
Longest tongue…that it can
even reach my toes…
Lips…just like nips
Oxygen and some sort of nitrogen
Karl Christian T. Caasi
Feature Editor
Casey, KC, Isaac
First things first
Mall, Cinemas, Home
Math Ana
Cheeseburger w/
Pineapple juice
May def na ba xa?
Rich
Katamaran maglakad,
Vanity
Longest sleep, Laziest
person
Eyes na lang…
Gadgets, snacks,
pineapple juice.
Arthur Alfred V. Roxas
News Editor
Arthur
You can never bring a
good man down
Billiards, Basketball
Machinery
Mojos
Ok naman magturo, may
favoritism lang...hehehe
None
Being lazy
First Filipino player in
NBA
Legs
Toothbrush
Krystin R. Bajado
Feature Writer
Tyn
Karma works its way
Dorm
Geometry
Cheese burger at red
tea
Mahilig magpasulat in
Eng. Let., nakacontax,
mahilig manaakot at
mangcriticize, matalino!
Rich
Removing mosquitoes’
limbs after killing them
Most frequent roller
coaster ride in a day
Butt
Ballpen
Jencie Leonor R. Francisco
Feature Writer
Enchy
Be yourself
SM Manila
History (hirap
magmemorize eh!)
Banna cue at melon ni
Kuya Dennis/Jumong
Cute =)
Famous
None
None
Hair strands
Books and pen
James Paul Miranda
Chief Cartoonist
James
It’s not how big you are, it’s
what you can do!
House
Accounting
Pancit Canton
Professional
Rich
Matulog
Paramihang kumain ng Hotdog
Back
Cellphone
QUESTIONS WE ANSWERED...
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Position
Nick name
Belief
Hangout
Hated Subject
Fave food sa Canteen
Sir Dan is...
Rich or Famous
Worst Habit
World Record
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Things you can’t live without
A physics professor gives a final
examination that requires his students to explain how to measure the
height of a tall building using a barometer. Instead of the expected answer (i.e., measure the barometric
pressure at the top and bottom of
the building, then use those readings
to calculate the altitude), one student provides several unique but
technically correct alternative solutions to the problem.
The following concerns a question
in a physics degree exam at the University of Copenhagen:
"Describe how to determine the
height of a skyscraper with a barometer."
One student replied:
"You tie a long piece of string to
the neck of the barometer, then
lower the barometer from the roof
of the skyscraper to the ground. The
length of the string plus the length
of the barometer will equal the height
of the building."
This highly original answer so incensed the examiner that the student has failed him immediately. The
student appealed on the grounds
that his answer was indisputably correct, and the university appointed an
independent arbiter to decide the
case.
The arbiter judged that the answer was indeed correct, but did not
display any noticeable knowledge of
physics. To resolve the problem it
was decided to call the student in
and allow him six minutes in which
to provide a verbal answer that
showed at least a minimal familiarity with the basic principles of physics.
For five minutes the student sat in silence, forehead creased in
thought. The arbiter
reminded
him
that
Why Female PLM Engineering Students
Should Have Pants as Their Lower Uniform
by Krystin Bajado
It is a cliché that one good reason is enough to pursue something if someone really wills it. How much more if there
are TEN?
In other universities…
Almost every engineering
school prescribes pants as the
lower uniform even for their female students. Adamson University, University of the East, and University of Sto. Thomas to name a few.
Engineering is a “man’s” job
Since engineering is a “man’s” job
(mostly dominated by men), the
women in this field should also be
dressed in a “man’s” clothes.
Always on the run.
Eye bags and pimples are evidences that engineering students are under stress. It’s not
that they only respond on the
last minute, it is because they don’t have
the luxury of time with all the academic
workloads on their back. Having pants as
uniform would help run them a little faster
from their classroom to the internet café
and to the faculty room.
time was running out, to which the student replied that he had several extremely
relevant answers, but couldn't make up his
mind which to use. On being advised to
hurry up the student replied as follows:
"Firstly, you could take the barometer up to the roof of the skyscraper, drop
it over the edge, and measure the time it
takes to reach the ground. The height of
the building can then be worked out from
the formula H = 0.5g x t squared. But bad
luck on the barometer."
"Or if the sun is shining you could
measure the height of the barometer, then
set it on end and measure the length of its
shadow. Then you measure the length of
the skyscraper's shadow, and thereafter it
is a simple matter of proportional arithmetic
to work out the height of the skyscraper."
"But if you wanted to be highly
scientific about it, you could tie a short
piece of string to the barometer and
swing it like a pendulum, first at ground
level and then on the roof of the skyscraper. The height is worked out by the
difference in the gravitational restoring
force T =2 pi sqr root (l /g)."
"Or if the skyscraper has an out-
Architecture and Nursing
If the ladies in those courses already have pants as their uniform,
surely engineering lasses can put on
pants too.
Pocket! Pocket!
The standard school uniform for
women is not designed with at least
a pocket. A great convenience it
would be if the mobile phone, wallet and a
pen is always at hand (not in the hand).
Liberty to Move
It is a common knowledge (and
complain!) among female students that is difficult to move
around (especially riding a jeepney
with high flooring, argh!) with the pencilcut skirt. It also restricts them in sitting casually, which is inevitable particularly for
an engineering student.
Civil Engineering on Surveying and other field related
works
About 60% of BS CE sophomores
are female. They find it difficult to maneuver with the skirt for they have to sit, walk
and stand like a man.
Why female PLM.. to page 16
side emergency staircase, it would be easier
to walk up it and mark off the height of the
skyscraper in barometer lengths, then add
them up."
"If you merely wanted to be boring and orthodox about it, of course, you
could use the barometer to measure the
air pressure on the roof of the skyscraper
and on the ground, and convert the difference in millibars into feet to give the height
of the building."
"But since we are constantly being exhorted to exercise independence of
mind and apply scientific methods, undoubtedly the best way would be to knock
on the janitor's door and say to him 'If you
would like a nice new barometer, I will give
you this one if you tell me the height of
this skyscraper'."
The student was Niels Bohr, the
only Dane to win the Nobel Prize for physics.
The obvious moral here is that
education should not consist merely of stuffing students' heads full of information and
formulas to be memorized by rote and regurgitated upon demand, but of teaching
The barometer...to page 17
A semester has passed but I’m sure
not all of our sophomores ascertained the
things they needed to realize. Some may
have found it out naturally, but majority
needed this kind of help to perfect the engineer-ship for sure. Well, as you entered this
world of haggardness and impeccability,
you guys weren’t informed of the danger in
stored for you. To avoid it, here are some
robbed entries in the secreted handbook for
survival in the college.
Thou shall be Friendly
Engineering is one heck of a rollercoaster ride. You wouldn’t be thrilled as
much if you don’t have company to scream
your lungs out with as you pass the loops.
Being friendly is the key to start this new
life with a bang. Be sociable…be approachable to your new classmates, be affable to
your new professors. Oh, you’ll need a lot
of helping hands in the years to come so
better build a strong bunch of individuals
whom you can run to during hard times.
Thou shall be Loved
This is so not pertaining to the
mushiest love team you could get your kick
in, so skip this if you clamor for more of
that love-o-rama sort of tips. Be loved for
your deeds, for your works, for your contributions in order to survive the knights’
challenges. You’re not asked to wear your
president-material mask, but to put passion
on everything you do so that people will
learn to look up to you.
Thou shall be Alive
When you were just freshies, (oh,
you guys grew so fast), you may
have noticed that engineering students are busiest among all the persons in the university. Because of it,
most of them compromise their health in
order to catch up with a missed lesson. It’s
ironic that they never realized that they will
be missing more lessons if they continued
doing this. Knights are alive and fighting,
you can’t belong here if your weak and dying.
Thou shall be Assertive
Assertiveness is being confident
and persuasive at the same time. You will
need a lot of this if you plan to be a student
with a twist. The ability to win any arguments, which sometimes has no sense, is
an obvious edge. This gives you a ticket to
breathtaking recitations, astonishing reportage, and sharp communication with your
professors. This also paves way for people
to follow you without hesitancy. Assertive
personality is one of the exponents of a successful college life.
Thou shall be Blessed
Balanced as we said, you (despite
our busy schedules) shall not compromise
your spirituality. Behind every triumphant
individual is a generous Provider. So if you
will be bargaining your source of everything, logically there will be nothing left
for you.
Thou shall be Creative/Ambitious
Based on experiences, outstanding outputs smoothen your way to obtain
the grade you most certainly want to get.
This is composed of stupendous exterior
and dazzling contents. Producing quality
projects, reports, assignments, case studies,
and other subject requirements assures your teacher that you love the
subject and that you are learning
from him/her.
Thou shall be Fearless
One teacher kept on talking inside my mind telling me that I
should be fearless…one day I understood what she tried to say. You are
not asked to be blatant towards your
professors, but to be transparent in
everything you want to utter with
deference. This is in order for you
to understand each other. It also covers your exertion of effort to reach
out to your professors. Feel close but
not too close. Crack jokes and share
life stories as she is pleased to hear.
In this manner you will be free to
talk about problems related to your
subjects and your class. You’ll never
know, maybe she will recognize
whatever favor you will ask from her.
Thou shall be Happy
In everything you do, you
should always think that you’re doing it because you want to do it, if
not, you may find it difficult to have
initiative to surpass the tests thus
leaving you with more ties to untangle later on. Being happy prevents
you from being stressed. Away from
stress you will be able to deal with
any hitches smoothly. It also lessens
your problems because when you are
happy you never consider anything
a problem but a challenge to bring
out the better you. Engineers faces
many obstructions as your year level
increments, but it will be as easy as
ever if you know how to
“exponentiate” happiness.
Thou shall be Yourself
No one, as far as reality is
concern, has ever graduated wearing
a mask, hiding all that the material
could cover. All that is included in
this handbook cannot be achieved or
followed if and only if you satisfy
this vital rule of being true to every
person you are having transactions
with. If you are angry, show it. If you
are sad, don’t hesitate to cry. By being yourself, you are giving others
the right to be true to you.
by Jose Ma Perez
features
Thou shall be Intelligent
CET is a college of unsurpassed
excellence in the highbrow field. Having
been connected to such an elite appellation is already a priceless experience.
(Note: Some exaggerations were included
prior to this statement for mass appeal)
The bottom line is, if you don’t have the
brain or you plan not to get one since
you don’t have it yet, you better think
twice because you may be squandering years of your life in the college
then graduating in some late years in
a different institution just because
you were dismissed.
13
Ano kaya ang magandang
maidudulot sa buhay ko kung malaman ko
ang Avogadro’s Law? Maka-katulong ba ito
para mas mabilis akong makamove-on sa
current break-up ko?
Tataas ba ang probability na
manalo si erpat sa lotto kung mamamaster
ko ang Boolean Algebra?
Bakit pa ba pinag-aaralan ang
Pythagorean Theorem, Law of Sines and
Cosines at iba pang Trigonometric Principles kung magko-Call Center ka
pagkagraduate mo? May epekto ba ito para
mabura ang utang niyo sa tindahan nila
Aling Uyang?
Tataba ba ako kung matutunan
ko ang pag-optimize ng Logical Functions?
Ano ang square root ng -1?
Nasagot mo nga, may nabago ba sa
pagkatao mo?
Hindi ko alam kung ano nga ba
ang mga posibleng sagot sa mga tanong
ko. Ang alam ko marami pa itong mga
gusto kong malaman. Ang alam ko
nagkaganito ako dahil natikman ko na din
sa wakas ang di ko dapat matikman…ang
pinangingilagang 5.00…patikim lang
naman, hindi ko pa inulam. Ang alam ko
ganito din ako ka-deviant nung natanggap
ko ang kauna-unahang classcard ko na
may 1.00. Ah, ewan. basta ako, alam ko
sa sarili ko kung bakit ako nag-aaral!
Ikaw, bakit ka nandito sa PLM?
Bakit ka pumapayag na ikulong sa maliit
at mainit na kwarto sa loob ng mahigit isa’t
kalahating oras? Sana nasa SM Manila ka
ngayon at naglalaro ng Para Para Dance o
kaya naman sa Starbucks at nilulunod ang
sarili mo sa Caffeinated drinks. Sadyang
engot ka ba at nagpapaloko ka sa mga
sinasabi ng professors mo? Nagjojoke lang
yan!
Ako, wala na ako masyadong
pakialam sa
kanila, ang gusto ko
lang eh pakinggan yung mga sinasabi ng
kung sinuman ang nasa harapan, mapateacher pa man yan na mukhang
dalubhasa o kaklase kong reporter na
napagutusan ni ma’am magturo dahil
makikipagtsismisan pa siya sa prof sa
katabing kwarto. Para kasing totoo kahit
alam kong mali na yung tinuturo nila.
Siguro hindi yung sinasabi nila yung gusto
kong matutunan kung hindi yung galing
nila sa pagpapaniwalang grumaduate sila
nang may parangal nung kapanahunan nila
o kaya’y may libro silang naipalathala (na
nilagay lang naman yung
pangalan nila bilang
may-akda kahit hindi
pa nila nababasa
yung mismong ‘gawa’ nila).
Nakakatuwa na isipin na
kahit may mga tamad na prof eh
nagagawa pa rin nating
makipagsabayan
sa
ibang
unibersidad.
Binabati pa nga
tayo ni Mayor dahil
sa pambihirang kung anuman
yong pinapamalas natin sa
labas ng pamantasan. Pero
kung tutuusin pare-pareho
lang din naman yung
binabati eh…hindi na napalitan.
Siguro kasi talagang magaling sila doon.
Bakit, kaya mo bang magsolve ng kabikabilang problems kasabay ng paghawak
mo sa iba’t ibang organisasyon, tapos
papadedehin mo pa yung panganay mo,
para ikaw naman ang mabati? Kaya mo
kaso ayaw mo.
Maganda ang reputasyon ng
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. Sabi
sa akin dati, ito daw ang totoong UP ng
Maynila. Matatalino ang mga mag-aaral.
Yung mga recon minsan mas matalino pa
nga sa mga pumasa talaga. Ang mas
ikinaganda pa nito eh mura lang ang
babayaran. Walang hassle lalo na sa mga
non-paying na engineering students kasi
maliit lang yung perang kelangan ilabas,
minsan wala pa nga eh. Masabi lang na
nag-aaral ka sa PLM eh parang may sinag
sinag ka na sa likod mo katulad nung kay
Eugene kapag magrerey gun na siya.
Pansin agad sa lakad mo pa lang na iskolar
ka. Tapos napunta ka pa sa CET,
nagkakafireworks tuloy sa lahat ng
nilalakaran mo. Ganun ka-astig kung tagadito ka. (Charos!)
Ang problema lang, nata-take for
granted natin yung pagkaVIP natin. Minsan
tama na yung matawag ka lang na
PLMayer. Titigil ka na dun. Ayaw mo nang magpumilit magkaroon ng titulo dahil
sinasabi mo sa sarili mo na masyadong
marami yung gustong makakuha nung
pangalan kaya ibibigay mo na lang sa
kanila. Eh para san pa yung P150
mong baon araw-araw kung
magmomodel ka lang sa
school? Sana inagahan mo na
ang pagpasok sa bahay ni Kuya
para yumaman ka agad na hindi
mo na kailangan icompute yung
amount of friction
force applied
on the block of wood given the name of
the ant pulling it.
Mejo nakakastroke nga naman
kung tutunganga ka lang at hihintayin mo
ang bigayan ng classcard tapos
magdedemanda ka pa kapag di ka nakaline of 1. Nasubukan mo na bang itanong
sa sarili mo kung bakit nagkaganun? O
kahit yung tanong lang na bakit ka nagaaral? Ano ang importansiya ng negative
integers kung hindi naman talaga sila nageexist sa realidad? Ano ang halaga ng angle
of inclination sa naghihikahos niyong
pamumuhay? Hindi naman talaga
mahalaga kung ano yung sagot mo dito,
ang mahalaga eh kung kinuha mo yung
sagot o baka naman binasa mo lang tapos
poor comprehension pa! Lagot ka sa English teacher mo nung hayskul!
Engineering student ka pa naman
tapos papetiks petiks ka lang. Ang totoo,
hindi naman talaga tamad yung prof mo
(hindi lahat ah). Gusto lang nila iparanas
sayo yung tinatawag na kakaibang training. Hindi naman siguro sila tatawaging
PROFESSORS
kung
hindi
sila
nakapagpagraduate ng mga promising na
iskolar. Sumunod ka na lang sa kanila.
Makinig ka hangang makita nilang
dumudugo na yung tenga mo dahil puro
dejavu yung mga lessons niyo. Ang punto
dun, at least nakinig ka. Hindi naman sa
Nakasingko... to page 8
Buti pa sa Singapore, walang
upos ng sigarilyo o chewing gum na
nakakalat sa kalye...
E sa Pilipinas, normal lang kung
bigla ka na lang maghahanap ng damuhan
para maalis ang chewing gum sa sapatos
mo. Hinding-hindi mo din sususbukang
kapain ang ilalim ng armchair.
Buti pa sa Japan, walang nahuhuli
sa oras ng usapan...
E sa Pilipinas, pag ika-8 ng umaga
ang usapan na magkikita, ang nangyayari,
ika-8 ng umaga gumigising, at para bagang
naintindihan na dapat 'yun ng katagpo
dahil 'Filipino time nga eh' at sasabihhin
pang 'huli man da w at magaling,
maihahabol din!' At pag hindi nakahabol
sa oras ng quiz, utang na loob pa ng prof
na bigyan ng special exam kasi nga daw,
ang layo pa ng bahay niya... sa España
pa!
Buti pa sa America, hindi nagkalat
ang mga namemeke ng dokumento...
E sa Pilipinas, may mga taong
nagtapos lang sa 'University of Recto'- dun
lang nakakuha ng ID, transcript, diploma
at iba pa. Mayroon din namang dalawa ang
reg form, ang isa ay ang original copy, ang
isa naman ay 'parent's copy only'.
Buti pa sa Middle East, bawal ang pirated
CDs...
E sa Pilipinas, parang kendi lang
na binebenta. Hinahangaan mo nga ang
Chicosci, Callalily o Kamikazee, sa ilegal
na pagdownload mo naman nakuha ang
mga kanta nila.
Buti pa sa London, mababa ang
corruption rate...
E sa Pilipinas, nagsusunog ng
milyones ang mga politiko sa eleksyon para
lamang maglinkod sa taong bayan (alam
na!). Minsan, hindi mo alam kung saan
dinadala ang pera mo.
Ang daming palpak sa Pilipinas
di ba? Makaluma ang batas, masikip at
lubak ang mga kalye, kurakot ang ilang
opisyal ( wag namang sabihing lahat pero
bahala na kayo kung sa tingin nyo ay
'karamihan' ang tamang panuring
pamilang), madumi ang paligid, mahal ang
presyo ng bilihin, mababa ang sweldo,
mahirap maghanap ng trabaho at higit sa
lahat, ang pinakakaraniwan at madalas na
reklamo-ang init!
...Kasi sila, napakabalahura, kung saansaan nagkakalat
...Kasi sila, napakakupad kumilos,
paimportante pa
...Kasi sila, lahat gagawin, kahit masama
na, para lamang matupad ang kanilang
pangarap
...Kasi sila, walang konsiderasyon
...Kasi sila, napakaganid
Kaya hindi nakakapagtaka na
maraming umaalis, paalis, at aalis na sa
bansa. Sila 'yung mga handang magpaalila
sa mga banyaga o kaya'y maging 2nd class
citizen at makisawsaw sa kasaganahan ng
ibang bansa. Mga Pilipino talaga oh... Teka,
Pilipino ka rin di ba? Sabi nga ni Bob Ong
sa inakda niyang 'Bakit Baligtad Magbasa
ng Libro ang mga Pilipino', “Ang dami
nating reklamo sa Pilipinas,
pero ang
Pilipinas ba, hindi nagrereklamo sa atin?”
Pero, tahasan bang gagawin ng
isang Pilipino ang mga gawi niya sa
Pilipinas kung ipinagbabawal ito sa
bansang pinaroonan niya? Natural hindi.
Ibig sabihin, kung gustong umayos,
pwede.
Hindi namang kailangang
magsulat tayo ng Noli Me Tangere- sapat
ng pag-aralan at isagawa ang mga turo
dito. Sa mga maliit na paraan (hindi na
kailangang banggitin pa sapagkat ilang
daang beses mo na rin isinulat iyan
sa mga sanaysay mo simula pa
elementarya) ay makakatulong ka na.
Ang tanong lang talaga ay kung
isinasagawa mo ang mga dapat gawin.
Hindi rin kailangang kabisaduhin ang 1986
Consititution at lahat ng amendments, re-
visions,
presidential
decrees, republic acts at
iba pa (electrical engineering tayo,
hindi law students). Simple
lang naman ang
paraan
para
malaman
kung
maganda ang ginagawa mo, itanong
mo lang sa sarili mo kung ang ginagawa
mo, kung gagawin ng lahat ng tao sa
mundo ay maganda ang kalalabasankatahimikan, kaayusan at kaunlaran.
Kung sa maliit na bagay, hindi
tayo disiplinado, paano pa kaya sa
malaking mundo? Halimbawa na lang sa
paaralan, sa mga orgranisasyong
kinabibilangan mo, may naitutulong ka ba?
Ginagampanan mo ba ang mga tuntunin
mo dito bilang isang lehitimong estudyante
ng PLM?
May kasabihan nga, kung ang
isang bagay ay gusto mong magawa ng
maayos, ikaw na mismo ang gumawa o
kahit papaano, isa ka sa mga gumawa.
Bihira naman ang mga taong puro mali
ang tingin sa mga ginagawa niya.
Kadalasan, ang pagkakamali ng iba ang
ating nakikita. Huwag mo na ring
antayin na mauna silang kumilos,
malamang sa malamang hinihintay
lang din nila na may maunang iba.
Kung ganon ng ganon, walang
patutunguhan ang sistema.
Kung aktibo ka kasing
nakikibahagi, makikita mo talaga
kung may pinatutunguhan o wala ang
organisasyong kinabibilangan mo. Higit pa
roon, lubos mong magagamit ang mga
pribilehiyong ibinibigay ng institusyon.
Ang sistema, maliit man kagaya
ng isang club o kasing lawak ng isang
bansa tulad ng Pilipinas, ay gagana lamang
ng maayos kung magtutulungan ang mga
namumuno at miyembro nito. Wala na rin
kasing magagawa ang isang magaling na
pinuno kung kahit isa sa mga miyembro
nito ay walang malasakit para sa
organisasyon.
Panahon na para wakasan ang
mga pagkakamaling napupuna mo sa
institusyon an kinabibilangan mo, maging
aktibo ka na sa pakikibahagi upang maging
mas produktibo ito.
“Who? Who’s gonna fight us, who?”
My sullen throat started to get weary and
my cheer wasn’t that encouraging as before. It was
later turning into a squeal. I wanted to drink. No, I terribly needed to. I could feel my fagged lungs burning as if I
sprinted a million dashes. While in fact I was just standing
along a scanty corridor together with my co-“yellers”.
Time has passed and still we were occupying
that skimpy space. The student instructor in front was
still energetic, as well as the drummer beside her, while
everyone behind looked awful and desperate. I hear
a student behind me furtively uttered, “Is this some
kind of a sick joke?! They kept on telling us to recite
that same line over and over again and expect us to
deliver it audibly?! I can barely hear my
voice!”. I just kept silent. I didn’t mutter anything for the fear of
getting heard. I just went
with the flow. I yelled
whenever they instruct
us to, even if it sounds
more likely a squeal. Who
cares anyway? I couldn’t
even perceive my larynx! But
someone did. She ordered us to
stop. And then what’s next? I
couldn’t remember how many times
we scream. What I couldn’t forget was
how sore my throat was afterwards.
The moment we’ve been waiting for
is here. The annual intramurals of the University. After the presentations, I decided to just call it a day and go
home. Suddenly, a commotion caught my attention. Armed with
a spear and a gear, CET Knights Pep squad, represented by mighty
CoE students appears and amuses the crowd. My next action? I
joined my co-“yellers”, roared with full spirit and vivacity, “Go
Engineers! Go Engineers!”
Knights surely imprinted a very impressive performance
to the masses. We were declared as the champion! Viva Engineering! Viva CET Knights!
And guess what? Squealing wasn’t that bad at all.
Civil Engineers (PICE) distributed fliers that
tell about Civil Engineering and its major
fields (Structural Engineering, Geotechnical
Engineering, Transportation Engineering,
Construction Management and Engineering, Water Resources and Hydraulics Engineering).
PSME or the Philippine Society of
Mechanical Engineering tied up with the
SME and presented movie clips, demonstrated the ME Go Cart, and exhibited engine model.
The 2-day activity was successful
having each society promoted and advertised their respective field, which gave the
anticipation for the Chairpersons to accommodate new comers in the college.
Climbing up to GV 4th Floor
What else is located at GV 4th
floor but the Engineering Drawing Room (DR). All students
whose course have “engineering”
on its title had marked their shoeprints
there. Nowadays, sophomores are enjoying the placid atmosphere (away from the
hustling and bustling of the 3rd floor corridor), though the females have difficulties
on sitting on the stool then occasionally to
perfectly draw a “star”.
Experiments in Physics and
Other Laboratory Subjects
P.E. is not the only subject with
“floor exercise”. Physics requires
some activities like this, too. Determining the average velocity of a certain
block of wood is not a big deal given that
the ladies are wearing pants.
They Simply Want It
So far, TECHNIK hadn’t interviewed
a lady knight who opposes the idea
of having pants as the uniform.
This reason tops everything because it is the very grounds of this article.
Skirt is nice but pants are better.
With the justifications stated above, it may
just be timely to take the matter seriously.
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When solving for a value ends to nil,
When the scores are low, and the toils are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When profs are pressing you down a bitRest if you must, but don’t you quit.
Success is failure turned inside out,
You should study harder, don’t just pout,
And you can never tell how close you are,
A passing remark may not be far.
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hitIt’s when things go wrong that you mustn’t quit.
Don’t Quit
CET joins.. from page 7
Why female PLM.. from page 12
by krystin bajado
Karl Christian Caasi
On the wings of prayer
Our burdens take flight
And our load of care
Becomes bearably light,
And our heavy hearts
Are lifted above
To be healed by the balm
Of God’s wonderful love.
And the tears in our eyes
Are dried in the hands
Of a loving Father
Who understands
All of our problems
Our fears and despairs
When we take them to Him
On the wings of prayer.
Curved inward, one's eyes
Travel line, straight
To the others sight.
The ears catching
Sound, are hands cupped
To hold seawaves.
But the mouth
Hands and body; they
Evade distance
Demand only
Heart
Sciences
Jencie Leonor Francisco
Tangency.
kaibigan kong lapis
nauubos
sa bawat tasa,sulat, ideya na
bubuhos.
paminsan-minsan nababali ito;
ngunit babalik din sa dating anyo.
ganun pa man ay hindi nya ako
maiwan,
sapagkat sya lamang ang aking
kakwentuhan.
alam niya ang bawat salita sa aking
isip
mga katotohanang hindi
gv 3rd floor
ni karl
christian
caasi
maiiwawagsi.
bagamat ito'y hindi laging marikit
kung minsan ang totoo ay sadyang
masakit.
paano kaya ako kung wala ang lapis
paano ko masasabi ang aking
hinagpis
sa simpleng guhit na ito'y naisusulat
ay larawan ng damdaming
nagsisiwalat
ng kung ano ang mali at dapat,
para sa isang batang manunulat.
literary
hindi ako binibigo ng lapis
sinisiwalat nya ang aking mga nais masabi at maiparating.
walang araw na hindi ko siya kasama,
hanggang ako'y antokin na sa kama
gabi-gabi kami magkausap
humahanap ng sagot sa ulap.
isa lang manipis na kahoy ang aking
kaibigan;
sa dulo'y may pambura ng mga
kamalian.
parang kandilang unti-unting
literary
reaching out
What is the trajectory
Of desire leaping
From heart to heart?
krystin bajado
Corridor of high hopes,
Dreams being engineered
to reality.
Busy minds where the
environment copes,
A convention of
complexity.
Yet sometimes an
atmosphere of despair,
Crowded by perplexed
minds and weary bodies.
It hears the echoes that
life is unfair,
Flooded by academic
workloads and worries.
Strangers became
brethren,
And fought the battle
against ignorance.
Sweat and tears made this
their haven,
But the face of triumph
is in cognizance.
Time passed and it
proudly stands still,
A silent witness to the
downs and jeers.
The red floor may seem
like a trudging uphill.
This is the abode of
future engineers!
the barometer.. from page 12
students how to think and solve problems
using whatever tools are available. In the
mangled words of a familiar phrase, students should be educated in a way that enables them to figure out their own ways of
catching fish, not simply taught a specific
method of fishing.
True or not, this anecdote incorporates a feature common to academic legends, the notion that an instructor must
give credit to a student who provides a technically correct answer to an exam question, even when the it is clearly not the
answer the instructor expected, although
in this case the instructor rejects the initial
answer(s) and demands one that at least
demonstrates a knowledge of the subject
matter at hand.
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may pamagat
leisure
tech and nik
ni mj vitto
ni james paul miranda
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LIGHTNING
KRYSTIN BAJADO
How lucky,
the lightning!
He can be
as violent as can be,
yet,
wouldn’t be punished.
Knights bowed...from page 20
the finishing touches for the CME as CET continued to look exhausted after
the Jaguars marked the largest lead of the game at the end of the third at 30,
41-71, before snatching their first win of the intramurals with a 44 point
advantage.
Lim scored 10 points in double markers with some help from Sunga
who led the Knights a few surge in the fourth but was not enough to change
the outcome of the game. The Knights were coached by Engr. August T.
Gambe and Engr. Antonio Tee Jr. and where the last year’s third placer.
In the first game, last year’s runner-up COPERS Gators showed their
prowess against the visiting Avancena based College of Human Development
by salvaging an 82-53 win.
Meanwhile, the CET Basketball squad snatched two straight wins at
the expense of College of Physical Therapy (CPT) and College of Science (CS)
respectively.
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by Arthur Alfred Roxas
by Davis Yolangco
The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila through the Student Intramurals Council
formally paved way the opening of the 2007 University Intramurals with 14 Colleges
participating last August 23 at the Tanghalang Bayan.
The annual sports activity not only highlighted the traditional torch lighting by
last year’s Most Valuable Player, Richard Peronilla of COPERS as the symbol of the spirit
of sportsmanship and enthusiasm that keeps on burning but also featured two important
speeches from the newly appointed high-rank officials of the university.
Atty.Ernesto Maceda Jr., the new Executive Vice President of the university gave
students his welcome remarks stating the importance of having sports fest like Intramurals
in molding and healing the mind, body and spirit.
Meanwhile, Atty. Adel A. Tamano, our new university president had his first
speaking engagement in front of the students and faculty emphasizing the essence of
Intramurals in accordance to the four F’s. (See related article).
On the other hand, Kier Galmier De Leon of COPERS lead
the Pledge of Sportsmanship and freshman Maggie Wagan displayed
her winning moves during the last Manila Youth Games where she
recently won her fourth straight championship. Wagan is also
a member of the Philippine National Team in Gymnastics.
Completing the list of important officials
who attended the event were Atty. Marisol Arenias,
Secretary of Board ofRegents; Patrick Mariano,
head of University Legal Counsel; Dr. Virginia
Santos, Vice-president for Academic Affairs;
Ms. Angelita Solis, Vice-President for Finance
and Planning; Bernadette Sacop, University
Registrar and Engr. Rolando Marasigan, head
of Physical Development and Special Projects
Office.
Mr. and Ms. Intramurals is one of
the hig¬hlights of the opening ceremony.
Among other competition includes Boost your
Pep Squad and Dance Sport Competition also
held during the opening day.
The University wide PLM student
Intramurals jump-started through its kickoff program and opening day competitions
last August 23 at Tanghalang Bayan
Grounds.
Mr. & Ms. CET (Dawn Marishe
Pasco from CoE and Joy San Miguel from
EcE) were awarded Mr. & Ms. Intramurals.
CET was declared as the champion for the
Boost Your Pep Squad followed by CAE,
CHD, and CME as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
runners-up respectively. In addition, Paolo
Sicat and Erika Ann Domingo, both coming
from IT Department, placed as the 3rd runner-up for the Dance Sport Competition.
Knights bowed in the
Opening Game!
Arthur Alfred Roxas
First game jinx! After the College
of Engineering and Technology (CET)
Knights suffered a lopsided 52-96 loss,
against the defending champions College
of Management and Entrepreneurship
(CME) Jaguars in the opening game of the
2007 Intramurals at the Rajah Soliman
Gym.
The Knights took-off a strong start
in the early goings lead by Jonathan Lim, a
BSECE 2nd year student scoring back to
back baskets, denying CME the boards they
wanted as CET finished the first quarter with
a slim margin over their rivals 19-13.
Jaguars bounced back roaring at
the start of the second quarter tied the knot
at 21 by launching an 8-2 salvo lead by
their ace forward Ron Carpio hitting crucial
baskets and CME grab the lead from CET
for the first time in the game under six minutes remaining in the half.
Knights then became empty
handed against the more experienced Jaguars failing to connect consecutive attempts
in the field and CME ending the half with a
double digit lead 30-41.
Carpio and Brian de Jesus provide
Knights bowed...to page 18
CET Wood Pushers
rule Chess Event
CET wood pusher Jet Palma
pushed his way to the championship as he
undeniably dominate the chess men’s event
during the 2007-2008 PLM Intramurals last
August 23 held at the Rajah Soliman Gym.
Jose Ramon Lopez, College of
Science (CS), Andy Sande Regala, College
of Physical Education, Recreation and
Sports (COPERS) and Mikael Sangco, College of Physical Therapy (CPT) also ensured
second to fourth positions.
In the women’s division, Grace
Chelann Fernandez of CET settled for second place finish with Catherine Isla of College of Human Development (CHD) and
Diane Palmario of College of Science (CS)
due to a three-way tie on points earned.
Jenny Gretchen Favila of College of Management and Entrepreneurship (CME) became the eventual champion.
+Arthur Alfred Roxas