Bound For Davao - 21 November - 1625 hrs.

A Day in Davao City

On the Crime of November 23rd

I spent a year in Mindanao and even in that short period of time, I fell in love with the land. I had to leave it with grave reluctance for what I thought was a higher goal. If my own situation is different, I would choose it anytime as a place to settle in. Mindanao is not Maguindanao nor the Mindanaoans the perpetrators of this crime. It is a part of the Philippines and its people are Filipinos.

Zip-line!

Eden Nature Park, Davao City. 22nd of November.

This is a heavily edited version of the original footage. Aside from the fact that this is my first zip-line experience, it is also my first project in iMovie. I experimented and played around with the program.

Filipino Optional Requirement

FILIPINO SA UNANG TAON, Paaralang Xavier

Optional na Gawain para sa Unang Taon

PAPEL REKOMENDASYON AT PAGNINILAY (REFLECTION)

 Hindi natatapos ang punto ng isang sarbey sa pagbibilang at pagtatanghal ng sagot ng mga sumagot dito. Mahalagang maintindihan na ginagawa ang mga sarbey upang may maganap na aksyon pagkatapos malaman ang resulta nito. Kung kaya’t upang malubos ang ginawang sarbey ng mga mag-aaral sa unang taon, lilikha ang mga mag-aaral ng papel na magpapahayag ng kanilang mga rekomendasyon (sa kung ano ang dapat mangyari, magbago at manatili) at pagninilay (sa kung ano ang sinasabi ng mga sagot ng mga tao sa kanilang paraan ng pagpili, o kung ano ang sinasabi ng sarbey tungkol sa personalidad ng mga mag-aaral sa unang taon, atbp).

Ang mga magpapasa ng papel ay magdaragdag ng tatlumpung (30) puntos sa kabuuang puntos ng mga pagsubok sa klase at parang kukuha ng isang bagong pagsusulit. Isang pagkakataong maiangat ang marka sa pagsusulit ang gawaing ito at HINDI BONUS. Hindi risk-free ang gawaing ito. Kailangang de-kalidad ang inyong ipapasa upang makakuha ng mataas na marka.

Susukatin din papel na ipapasa ang kahusayan ng mag-aaral sa paggamit ng mga Pandiwa at Pang-uri na tinalakay sa klase nitong nakaraang markahan.

Inaasahan ang pagkakaroon ng mahusay na organisasyon ng mga ideya, ang pagkakaroon ng maayos na Panimula, Katawan at Pagwawakas, at ang pagkakaroon ng sariling opinyon na base rin sa 

Ganito ang dapat maging ayos ng ipapasang papel:

 

1-2 pahina

short bond paper

1” margins on all sides

Times New Roman, Book Antiqua o Calibri

Font Size 12

1.5 Spacing

 

RUBRIC PARA SA PAGMAMARKA

 

 

Nilalaman                               10 puntos

Kaisahan at Organisasyon         6   puntos                 

Gamit ng Pandiwa                     7   puntos

Gamit ng Pang-uri (Panlaping Makauri, Kaantasan at Pamilang)      7   puntos

Pinakamataas na Marka na Maaaring Makuha (HPS)                                                      30 puntos

 

Sa itaas ng papel ang pangalan.  Halimbawa:

 

John Paolo So                 G. Cuepo   

H1F – BK 32                    Oktubre 23, 2009                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                            

8-8

My very first water polo game.

Here the male XS Faculty dueled the Students for Fundtastic, a project of the XS Student Council for the survivors of Typhoon Ondoy.

Thanks, Mr. Gan, for the pictures.

Volleyball Game XS vs MHS: Lousy...

the pictures. Not the players. The day before Ondoy brought havoc to Metro Manila and our lives, the Xavier Faculty Women's Volleyball Team brought me nearer to dying of heart attack with the way they conquered, defeated, and maybe humiliated the fancier team from Loyola Heights.

I was only able to take four pictures of the occasion and they were all taken before the first ball was served. I was too engrossed, too excited, too pumped up to remember pointing, focusing, and clicking the camera after that. The opponents came with a deeper bench, flashier uniforms, and more impressive warm up skills. Ours had one or two players to spare, created on the spot uniforms (my kindergarten coloring skills were made useful), and a defeated, tired looking warm up. But as they say, looks can be deceiving. We had the more tenacious, grittier, and possibly more motivated team that day. Where did the motivation come from? Maybe from the A Day celebrations earlier or the aggressive cheering and support of a number of co-faculty members who came to watch them.

Am I proud of Xavier? You bet!