AFTERSCHOOL : October 2015

VIII. SoM UNITES

8:56 AM

SoM Week: A week of fun and exciting activities to all Management students( School of Accountancy, Business Management, Marketing & Advertising and Tourism Management). The first day of SoM week, October 26, 2015 was a blast. It was filled with lots of exciting activities.

As it was my first time experiencing this kind of event, I was amused by how the week will go. The first day was a bit tiring as we walk the Magallanes area back to the campus but it was fun and all. We also got the chance to witness the performance of the school's pride, APC Dance Company. Candidates for Mr. & Ms. SoM were also at the event as they were introduce to the crowd. Lots of cheers and applause had been heard for all the candidates.

After the program was ended which was just a start, there were more activities to come like the sports fest. I really enjoyed watching those games especially the men's basketball match between the Accountancy students against the Tourism Management. It was really heart-stopping game between both teams. All cheers was heard inside the gym until the very end as Accountancy student takes their first win.

There was also a Halloween Movie Marathon which was organized by the Tourism Management students. I also watched those scary movies with my blockmates and it was very thrilly but not that scary movie.

That was the first day of the SoM Week, there were a lot more fun and exciting activities that I seen the whole week, like the championship of women's volleyball which AC students won. Yipiee! Congrats to us, and also the hardcore gameplay in the championship match between the BM and AC basketball team. There was also a SoM night last thursday but I decided not to go because it was too late that I realized that it was thursday that day.Geez. The last day was also the day(night) of Mr. & Ms. SoM and I don't know what had happened because I wasn't able to watched the pageant but congrats to the new Mr. and Ms. SoM!! Indeed, that this year's SoM Week was a week of fun and exciting activities and I look forward to the next years to come!

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VII. SMOKE

8:00 AM

Lots of people this days have been smoking; maybe because it's just their hobby or a pass time, a stress or pain reliever just to forget the pain that they have, or maybe because they were just influenced by other people. Maybe they have their own reason why they end up smoking, just like a quote that says- 'you can never judge a person without knowing his/her story' or should I say, 'don't judge a person just because of their actions'. They have their reasons of course.

But as a concerned person, I am really into the anti-smoking campaign. I have been one of those people who always gives advice and tell the people I know the consequences of smoking. I have a confession, my father was once a smoker when I was still a kid. I used to privately watched him smoking like almost everyday. At a very young age, I know that it is bad for the health and I wanted to say to my Papa that he should stop smoking but I don't know to how to approach him, after all I'm just a kid. Who would believe a child right but I know my papa is not bad, he just smoke. So all I can do as a kid was just to pray that my papa will realize that smoking is bad and he'll eventually quit smoking. As time flies fast, I observed that little by little he started to lessen his cigarette sticks a day and I confirmed that, when my mother said that to- (I don't know the person.), I was eavesdropping that time. So yeah fortunately, my father is not smoking anymore. I asked him what changed his mind that motivated him to stop smoking. He said that he stopped smoking because of us and for himself of course, he realized that his getting older and he was scared of what will happened if he didn't stop smoking.

And that's the start of how I become the people who are in anti-smoking campaign, tho I am not really into a group who stops this but I have my little and small ways to be one of those people. Like for instance, I have lots of friends who smoke, all of them have their reasons why they smoke like they have problems in the family( broken family, financial problem, and the like), some of them are broken hearted and they say that it is how they release the pain inside them, but some said that it is just a pass time. I always tell them that they should stop and lessen their smoking, I keep on reminding them that it is bad for their health as they grew older. They say they know that but they still do this because they don't know how to stop. It's like it has been their routine to smoke. I always remind them of my father, that they just need to motivate themselves not to take cigarettes and keep in mind the consequences that might happened in the future if they'll not stop smoking.

"Realize what will be the consequences of your actions before it's too late"

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VI. PERSPECTIVE: KISEIJUU

6:58 AM

Manga, Anime, Japanese film and Japanese culture- I'm really into those kind of stuffs. But after watching this movie(Parasyte), I feel disappointed and regretful that I wasn't able to watch this kind of genre(Shounen) Most anime/movies that I'm watching and I'm into are Shoujo and Sports type. I know, two different genre right? Haha but hey, that's the truth I'm really into that kind of stories. Ohmygosh! Haven't you heard that Haikyuu season 2 just started! And Kuroko no Basuke season 3 ended fast! Omy, *insert fangirling face here*, my babies! So to sum up what I was saying, I am an Otaku but I'm a bit disappointed with myself because all these years I haven't watch Shounen anime *cries internally*. This maybe because I really don't like bloody and 'killing something' stories( I don't know what's the right term) back when I was in highschool.

After seeing this movie in our EEP class, I told myself that I'll watch the Parasyte- anime version and maybe I can also watch other Shounen anime like Tokyo Ghoul as my boy friends were keep on telling me. I really thank Ms. Eliz for letting me(us) watched Parasyte. It made me realized that Shounen is not that bad as I expected it would be. I was hooked by how the movie was produced, by how the characters successfully did their roles and everything. Mind you, this movie is not the 'Overacting-action-type' of Shounen movie. So for those who are looking this kind of genre, maybe Parasyte- anime/movie will also caught your interests.

Parasyte is all about aliens who enters in the ear canal of humans to the brain to control and invade the human body, as what the first scene of the movie was shown. One of the aliens tries to enter in a teenager named Shinichi Izumi but he had his earphones on that it cannot enter into his brain. Instead it made its way into Shinichi's right hand. Because Shinichi was able to prevent Migi from travelling further up into his brain, both beings retain their separate intellect and personality. As the duo encounter other Parasites, they capitalize on their strange situation and gradually form a strong bond, working together to survive. This gives them an edge in battling other Parasites who frequently attack the pair upon realization that Shinichi's human brain is still intact. Shinichi feels compelled to fight other Parasites, who devour humans as food, while enlisting Migi's help.

Curious about what happened? Just watch the whole movie and see it for yourself to know what happened. This movie is only the part 1 and I can't wait to watch the second one! Thanks ms. Eliz for letting us watch this movie.

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