dapit-hapon

ni Ma. Angeny Joy Villanueva

Dapit-hapon nang aking napagtanto

ako'y matanda na at ang paligid ay napapalibutan ng puno

ang urban at estetiko ay pinagpalit sa kalayaan at kapaligiran.

Mga huni ng ibon at dasal ng puno ang umangkin sa langit ng hapon,

ito ang aking paraiso, malayo't malaya sa sigalot dala ng nayon,

 o,siya na halika't tabihan mo ako,

tayo'y magmeryenda sa ilalim ng ulap at langhapin ang simoy ng hangin sa dalampasigan.

 Life's game

by Nowfredo Paglinawan

Life is a gamble isn’t it? There are times that we feel victorious and oftentimes living in a lost fortune of our own ontology. We are facilely deceived by fabricated ideas and manipulated by false perspective. We commit mistakes accidentally but we are judged harshly by unpublished stories of societies.

Sometimes, what we see are falsified of and what we believe in seems to be a fictional fairy tale. Our stories only become credible when our readers are on the same shoes of ours. Some might be convinced but others refuse. Anybody can judge and see the fallacy of your story but not everyone will understand the moral of your story.

Thus, life’s game does not end when no one believes and reads your story because our life is unpredictable. Therefore, we should not be frightened to keep writing our own magical story. Everyone is an author, we have our own unique genres worthy to work with among all other fictions.

We face different battles in life everyday. Our victory depends on how we combat every battle along the risky way.

Living in a world full of standards is certainly elusive to blend and fit into everyone’s expectations. We can never publish our worth reading stories if we keep on comparing ourselves to what society has labelled us to be. We can never win the life’s game when we remain subservient with somebody’s standards. We can never be the character we desire to be if we stay along the shadow of failures.

Amidst life’s trials and failures, do not be afraid to gamble despite the uncertainties of triumph. In order to win life’s game and hurdle all the obstacles, we must focus on our own goals and plans. No matter how many times we feel lost if we know ourselves better than anyone else, no weapons can destroy our stories. Keep believing in yourself because that is the secret of every life’s game.

 Which option?

by Emerson Jasper Borres

Toblerone/Hershey's

Seaside/Cityscape

Rial/Peso

Flash floods/Armed robbery

Cellphone/Laptop

Beach/Farm

Summer/Winter

Abroad/Anak

Beach/Farm

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Alaala lang pala

by Joshua Baquilar

Sa pagpikit ko ng aking mga mata,

iyong mga haplos ay damang-dama,

iyong mga munting halik,

tila'y lasap ko pa,

sa iyong bisig ako'y nakakulong,

ni minsa'y hindi nag-aasam na ito'y matapos,

sa iyong pagtitig,

aking kalamna'y nalulusaw,

iyong mga salitang, 

bawat titik ay nakatatak sa aking puso.

Ngunit sa pagsapit ng umaga, 

at sa pagmulat ng mata,

hindi maikakailang ang lahat ng aking nadarama,

isang alaala lang pala.

Photo credits: google.com

 

The Usage of Technology for Teachers in Times of Pandemic

by Carolina II Mateo

 

Teaching profession is a very challenging job. It requires creativity, resilience and guts. It also requires a person who can adapt in different situations and could manage to create possibilities of a more learner-friendly content.

As we all know, technology is a student and a teacher’s best friend. It makes majority of work less time-consuming and more manageable. Technology is a great help on developing and increasing one’s knowledge and an excellent aid on accomplishing different tasks. Experiencing it first hand, I believe the technological skills earned will be an asset to design a more interactive and collaborative learning in the classroom. Technology truly modernized teaching-learning environment.

With the use of technology teachers can present their lesson in a more exciting way- video presentations, movie clips and music. This will enable them to become more creative in their work and be able to catch student’s attention. The use of technology will improve the teaching-learning process and the ways of teaching.  Teachers can discuss lessons and present it using the technological tools like projectors to be more involved and making use of this in a more realistic setting.  They can also make use of different softwares/apps like Kahoot!, quizzit and the like to easily assess students’ learning in a paperless method. Technology provides enormous support the teachers as well as to the future teacher as the facilitator of learning.

21^st century teachers on the new normal setting can make use of technology in different situation. It can enhance one’s competence and can inculcate scientific outlook as to educator, encourage us to imbibe skills to source information with speed and accuracy, and facilitate actively and collaboratively in the learning-teaching environment.

 

ONLINE LEARNING: ANTI-TACENDA, A PORTAL TO THE THINGS LEFT UNSAID

By: Jacquilyn Butalon

Humans are seems to be a paradox of a paradox; inconsistent yet puzzling-- so do the events and phenomenon. No one have had thought that the happenings we used to read in a Sci-Fi books and used to see in an imaginative and futuristic movies will become the current state of the world that we live in. Now living the life of being dependent on the online applications for school, work, to name a few; a totally different from how we 'used' to live.

Online Learning is an important element in bridging the gap between us and our education.Can you tell us about your coping mechanism?

In the interim, have you ever got an uncontrollable shaking and sweating of your hands while wandering around your place, holding your gadget/s just to find an excellent and stable Internet signal? Have you ever tried to play in your laptop/computers for a fast Internet connection, but it ended up serving you slowly like a sloth? Or worst, have you ever helped the dinosaur not to hit the cacti? Yes! You saved his life, but the dinosaur put your academic state in danger.

Hence we are undoubtedly new to online learning, we asked some students of Capiz State University-Pontevedra Campus to share their funniest, memorable, or sickening moments that they have had experienced so far as they continue to adapt to the new scheme of the 'new-normal education'.

Sharer (1)

"Akon funniest/memorable moment is sang nag toun ko bala for the exam tapos ang ending wala man nag guluwa ang akon ging pang tun-an. In sickening moments naman,  inang na stressed kana bala sa mga ulubrahon mo tapos nadudulaan ka pa gana tungod sa mga gina pa ubra simo nga wala ka man kabalo kung paano makuha ang answer kay wala man face-to-face discussion then dugangan pa sang feeling mo nga wala na sang may ga support simo," B.E- BSABE

Sharer (2)

"Memorable:  samtang naga online class kami, natulogan ko tapos pagbugtaw ko isa nalang ko sa meet. And then,nag-cramming kami pasa samon activity sa statistics nga pila nalang ka minutes due na, pero naka hingabot dyapon ah.”

FUNNIEST: “Ga-meet kami tapos accidentally na open sakon classmate iya camera tas wala sa kabalo ulok-ulok kami sa iya," B.A- BSBA

Sharer (3)

"Sickening moments; For instance, sa online consultation, kung diin tung importante na ang inug-discuss didto paku nag-left caused by the slow of internet connection.

Another is that, kapag gin-mention imu name para mag answer. Although may inug sabat man ko tani pero indi ko mahala kay magamo akon palibot (one time gid sadtu, may points ang makasabat tapos bal-an ko man ang sabat pero kay may nagasarahe sa luyo namon balay indi kahala kay gapanglalapaw ang tunog),” B.C-BSBA

Every day is a battle filled with uncertainty. Yet nevertheless, these blockage must not hinder our eagerness to collect and discover new things amidst this pandemic. We are the writer of our own book and history, we are responsible of making the ending that we want. Let the resiliency of CapSUnians glow. Hindrances such as poor signal, environmental noise, and procrastination-- well, let us still continue the adventure.

 The coping mechanism below could might help you..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Online Prank: Harm Outweighs Fun

by Christian Villamor

                In a time where pandemic disease havoc to lives and economies in the world, everyone strives to sustain their daily needs. Yet, for some people, pandemic crisis is not a big deal at all. They even made fun of it to have some entertainment.

              Various posts and stories of delivery drivers being pranked by customers through ‘order-cancellation’ are widely-spread in social media. These incidents are concrete evidence of how people outweigh emotions over intellect. Once entertained, they do not care about consequences anymore. This made me realized that at some points, some social media people tell netizens that it’s okay to play with feelings and get satisfied with “entertainment” they think they give to their viewers setting aside the feelings of people got pranked. What do they get in return? Millions of views? Monetary reward? Fame?

               Playing someone’s feelings for entertainment is never fun. It causes stress and trauma to not just the person, but to his/her family as well. Whatever satisfaction or material rewards they get from this activity on social media, these cannot overpower the fact that at some point they played with other peoples’ emotions.

                May we all be mindful of the words we utter, more mindful of our actions via social media platforms, and most mindful of the emotions and feelings of our audiences, in general. Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach once said and I put emphasis once more: Think before you click.