May 13,2013 – Election day in the Philippines took place. It
was the first time I voted, the first time I was able to exercise my right to
vote, and the first time where I participated on the block voting.
Thankfully the scenario on our precinct turns out well. I
was able to vote peacefully without too much problems and I was able to vote for the right candidates.
sample ballot
Other people try to interfere with your set of candidates and make it a big deal!, funny as it seems that they tend to get too much affected about it. But I don't mind, because whatever happens with the result, what would matter most is the development of the country for the next few years.
This 2013 election just happened for a day but the posters and other paraphernalia used during the campaign period all remains. After a week or two new set of public officials or re-electionist would be serving the Filipino nation.
Whoever they are, let's just hope for a brighter and better future. <3
How the police station does really works? I’ve never thought of actually being in a police station not until I actually didJ
As part of our assignment on one of my major subject, was to interview certain people and personalities to help us solve certain issues and to let them affirm, negate or to even discussed it with us. As for my part, I was assigned to be in a police beat, where news that deals with the peace and order of the state is relevant. Because of it, I’ve visited WPD, the western police station in U.N ave., Manila, and try our luck to get the chance to interview.
And as we enter the office, immediately I’ve learned the fact that you have to ask the right person so that, you could be headed on your desired place and destination or otherwise, you might end up going home without your desired intention. And so, we’ve entered various offices and departmentin WPD, and I’ve interviewed a victim of robbery where she’s complaining towards the police people, there were issues regarding rape, homicide and robbery that also gave us a sense of fear towards our stay in WPDJ but still, thankfully that there were inspectors and policemen who were really accommodating and really help us out throughout our interview experience.
It was pretty hard because there were a lot of complainants and suspects that you could hear and a lot of crimes to witness. I’ve realized that everyday in our lives there were really a lot of disorders happening in our place and although some of us hate policemen because of their dirty works, still we shouldn’t always generalized certain characteristics of them coz. There were still some of them who’s truly dedicated on their job. And to be like them of having a tedious and dangerous job since dealing with suspects and criminals are their everyday routine.
I’ve never really thought I could be in that place, but, well, I actually didJ it gave me more of a sense of confidence towards dealing with other people to interview various type of people carrying a recorder with you, it feels like a true reporter or a mass people.
I’m sure time will come where I could really be accustomed with this kind of scenario, but for the mean time, this first hand feeling I’ve experienced would truly stay into my mind.
“Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense”.
What got me honestly to Mass Communication Program was the field of Broadcasting, Events Organization, Public relation, Theater Arts and same with the TV and radio production; that I thought I could definitely excel.
Well, I like my course and I definitely loved it , I felt that the field really suits me and my personality, for my likes are all into it as well.
I’m just an incoming 3rd year student in this upcoming school year, so, my knowledge about Mass Communication might not be that broad as of now and there are still a lot of subjects and things that I need to study and to tackle too. But to tell you right away, well I’m definitely enjoying it. So, I would just like to share to you my experiences as a Mass Communication student from the day that I’ve started learning it.
To begin with, as of now, were fond of attending different seminars that deals with the topics that would most likely help us in the near future, we were meeting different speakers that are truly credible enough on the said field.
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There were also instances wherein we were able to meet directors: commercials, films, art, indie film directors and etc... That give us prior knowledge on certain things one should consider if ever we wanted to continue on the field of cinema.
with celebrities
It is indeed really fun as well, when we come to see distinctive celebrity personalities either from the film or from the television industry. It feels great when they’ve come to be very accommodating that they let us to take pictures with them; and being polite to respond to some of our questions. That let us to become more sociable and to forget our shyness.
What I also loved about my chosen field is when we were assigned to organized certain events even just inside our classrooms, we tend to make short films and video presentation already and showcase it to certain audiences such as students and some professors as well. There were also some instances where we were also hosting a program or to become a presenter on certain events, that really helped us to boosts our self-confidence no matter where we are.
Moreover, Theater Arts is also a part of the Mass Communication program, wherein we were able to express ourselves through acting, dancing, and singing. It also helped us to become more comfortable as to performing to large number of audiences and to present in front of them.
Those fields were just some of the fields being tackled through the Mass Communication Program; so, I hope to learn more about it in the near future to come.
Mass Communication students may seemed to be easy-go-lucky to other people, but they didn't know that being a Mass Comm student it is as tough as any other courses in the field of education even in the real-life situations. Being in media is a very tedious job and being a Mass Comm student also has great responsibility to face. Being a Mass Comm student has a lot of trainings to do because to be in the media industry that is very broad world. We may not know how to heal wounds like nurses, we may not win the case just like lawyers do, we may not be as intelligent as mathematicians but we, Mass Communication are also can be heroes and not just good heroes but great leaders that could also create a huge difference on our society.
