Engineering SPECTRUM Volume XXIII No. 2

Volume XXIII No. 2 | August 2017

THE OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF PUP COLLEGE of ENGINEERING

Ongoing CEA renovation ends in September

DESPITE THE DANGERS. Construction workers proceed on their job without wearing their personal protective equipment (PPE) as the CEA renovation continues until September.

Jobel Ibasco

Missing items, only ‘misplaced’- Security head PAGE 2

OPINION MODERNIZATION OR PHASE OUT Treasure Trove PAGE 4

HULING KWENTO Ang Silahis PAGE 4

AREN’T YOU THE ONE? Veriloquent Thoughts

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Literary BIYAHE PAUWI Time check: 9:00PM. Hindi pa rin tumitila ang ulan.

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CIRCLE SINING AT CEAN Art is all around us and whether we like it or not, ...

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MGA ITINADHANANG SASAKYAN

CEAN SKETCHES

Sandali, nas’an na ba tayo?

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PUP defers acad calendar shift n Victor Calinao and Rogelio Legaspi, Jr.

Two months before the planned implementation, the PUP administration postponed the academic calendar shift due to the Senate inquiry on a synchronized opening of classes, and uncertain free tuition fee in the supposed transition semester (June-July).

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VPAA cuts college week to 3 days

My Life’s Diamond

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ADVENTURE’S GIFT Fragments PAGE 9

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COMICS

n Christian James Concepcion

Late, Again Matapang Doi CEA RPG

To avoid ‘grandeur, impractical or expensive’ activities, Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA) Manuel Muhi released a memorandum prohibiting students from celebrating department founding anniversary while also limiting college week to a three-day celebration.

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JUPITER

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Hygears preps new prototype n Ysabelle Mendoza Learning its lessons from Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2017 performance, PUP Hygears designed a new prototype and opened its recruitment to aspiring non-CEAns, in hopes to record a valid run in the next SEM 2018 in Singapore.

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MARAWI: ANATOMY OF a CRISIS

THE MANILA’s ‘EIFFEL’

ISSUES 9

FEATURES 8

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Victor Calinao, Jr.

College’s PCs arrive; bidding issues arise n Jonero Dacula and Nehemia Ibarrientos Three years after the request of the College’s departments, a total of 30 Dell Intel i5 computers had arrived during the first weeks of academic year aft bidding issues.

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News

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Christian James Concepcion, Editor

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TERRITORIAL

UPDATES

College welcomes freshmen n Ysabelle Mendoza OPENING its doors to returnees, transferees, and new students, the College of Engineering accepted an approximate of 200 students this academic year.

In an interview, Department of Electronics Engineering (EcE) chairperson Engr. Geofrey Salvador said that five students intially enrolled in the Electrical Engineering program.

However, due to failure of meeting the 35-student quota per section, were referred to the Electronics and Communications Engineering department.

Also, Electronics Technician students from the Institute of Technology comprised the second year level, through the ladderized program.

With the ongoing renovation in the fourth floor of CEA, classes were temporarily conducted in the PUP Main and GSIS Condotel building.

SILAW bags 1st in Tuklas ‘17 research tilt n Victor Calinao, Jr. CPE V’s title, “SILAW: A Hybrid Renewable Energy-Powered Light Buoy System Harnessing Sea Energy Potentials,” concluded the TUKLAS 2017, “Search for Outstanding Engineering and Technology Research,” February 17, lead by Center for Technology and Research Development Head Engr. Orland Tubola III. The proponents, Jann Warren Aralar, Christopher Renz Arnau, John Angelo Mariano, and Ian Kenneth Poblete (CpE V), hailed as the champion out of eight presented research innovations in a closed-door oral defense.

Having the crown of this year’s Tuklas, SILAW patrols the water of Alaminos, Pampanga against intruders, while also providing light during the night. It also harnesses different kinds of energy with its hybrid body composed of solar panels, wind turbines, and wave energy converters.

Aleli Bohol, 46 n Rogelio Legaspi, Jr. BREAST cancer victim, Prof. Aleli Bohol, age 46, passed away on a Saturday morning, July 29.

Bohol, in 10 years of service from the College of Science, taught various mathematics subjects in the College as a parttime instructor. In 2015, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and was confined and treated for a year.

After series of improvements, she came back in the University and worked for two semesters until the cancer cells spread to her bones, causing her to get bedridden again last March.

She is survived by her fiancé Dan, two brothers, and relatives.

Funeral services were held at Heaven’s Gate Chapel at Cogeo, Antipolo and cremated on August 3, Thursday at Heaven’s Gate Memorial Garden, 3PM.

August 2017

PUP defers acad calendar shift

n Victor Calinao Jr. and Rogelio Legaspi Jr.

A proposed law placing the opening of classes on June (from primary to tertiary education) and the uncertain free tuition fee in the supposedly transition semester caused the University administration to cancel the implementation of the academic calendar shift, according to the executive committee meeting, May 23.

National synchronization In an interview with Spectrum right after the meeting, University Pres. Emanuel de Guzman clarified the abrupt decision on discontinuing the calendar shift. “Sa Senate hearing kanina, may [proposed] batas regarding the synchronization of the opening of all classes in the country proposed by Sen. Francis Escudero to implement as early as 2018.”

According to the president, the Department of Education (DepEd) strongly stated their position to start all the classes on June while the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) remained undecided, claiming it has no control over the regulation of academic calendars of every university.

“May chance, if the proposed law will be signed, na magsisimula ang klase sa June. [So] baka kapag nagpalit ang PUP, magpapalit na naman kapag nandiyan na ‘yung

batas,” De Guzman added.

Tuition free or tuition fee?

Besides the bill, the free tuition fee for the supposed transition semester was also of no assurance as CHED is still deliberating on the matter.

This, explained De Guzman, is also a reason to cancel the said calendar shift.

In the latest Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2017-1 signed last April 20, stating the PhP8 billion free tuition fee grant in 114 State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) this academic year, there was no proper instruction in the case of supposed transition semester of the University in any part of the document.

“Pero itong [supposed] transition semester na ito, ang proposal namin ay covered ng free tuition. So ‘yung budget na makukuha natin from CHED, covered na ito,” De Guzman explained, despite CHED’s allotment

of PhP204 milion grant covering only the first and second semester of the 2017-2018.

Free tuition in college Providing free tuition for students enrolled in 112 SUCs, Pres.

Duterte already signed the Republic Act No. 10931 or Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act last

August 3. Based on the law, students from SUCs, as well as local tertiary schools and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda)-accredited institutions, will receive full government subsidy in tuition fees.

However, as of this writing, the Congress is still looking for sources to fund the said law.

SEM ‘18: Hygears preps new prototype n Ysabelle Mendoza

RECOVERING from last year’s letdown, PUP Hygears designed a new prototype, setting a hopeful comeback in the coming 2018 Shell Eco-marathon Asia (SEM).

Approaching a different strategy this time, team leader Sung Hum Cho (ME IV) set a new design which is expected to last for the next two years, in order to avoid the shortcomings, they had the previous race.

According to Cho, problems in financial aid, manpower, and management committee hindered the PUP Hygears from recording a valid run in last year’s race, under

GREENER CEA With proceeds out of the ‘bingo for a cause’ project of the College faculty last March, a total of 60 trash bins (worth PhP111, 000) was placed along the corridors of CEA building and Gabriela Silang Hall. The funding was made possible, according to Dean Guillermo Bernabe, from the generated PhP250, 050 revenue of the said bingo event.

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the urban battery-electric category.

But now with their new design, the team looks forward on getting better results.

Losing its track During the 2017 Shell Ecomarathon Asia held at Singapore, the University entries in the race failed to make valid runs due to the technical inadequacies on their prototypes.

Cho explained that their budget management compromised greatly their output. Almost half a million pesos was used by the team for the transportation expenses and for the aesthetics of the prototype, leaving spare parts and other electronics parts too little to no fund at all.

Also, one of the major contributors of their low budget, Cho suspected, is that because their team were not present in the Department of Science and Technology 2017 exhibit which lost Hygears’ chance to look for to-be sponsors to fund their team.

Goals Besides the new design, the team also extended its recruitment to different colleges in the University to resolve their problem with low manpower. The team prepared a set of trainings to fill in those who were not knowledgeable with the field.

The team is now rooting for a million peso budget to aid their new design, with CM Technologies being their top prospect for sponsorship.

VPAA cuts college week to 3 days n Christian James Concepcion

GONE were the days of department weeks and week-long college founding anniversary celebration as Vice President for Academic Affairs Manuel Muhi lifted the memo, prohibiting students to conduct ‘grandeur, impractical or expensive’ activities, last June 9.

The memo states that: ‘in order to avoid class disruption, and to be able to finish the syllabus and all of the activities related to subjects being offered every semester, you are hereby instructed to celebrate only college founding anniversary

to a maximum of 3 days.’

‘Department founding anniversary shall no longer be celebrated or may just be incorporated in the celebration of the college founding anniversary. This is also to avoid conduct of grandeur, impractical or expensive activities.’

Students and faculty Cases like students being excused from their classes, and parents phoning the VPAA office clarifying the contributions being collected in the children for department and college celebration, also contributed for Muhi to come up with the said decision.

Shown as an example, where the College comprises of six departments (meaning six department weeks’ celebration plus college-wide), “Ang observation ay so may kanya-kanyang program dahil maliit lang din ‘yung space sa building. So kapag may mga malalakas na mga sounds at microphones, damay ang buong building,” explained assistant VPAA Edelyn Mariano in an interview with Spectrum, August 3.

“As to VPAA, ‘yung mga grandeur talaga, mga pageant. Kasi ang laki talaga ng nauubos na pera as to that. I understand parents kasi they would just give their children,

na kapag sinabing pang school, iraraos nila ‘yun.”

What Muhi encourages, as Mariano explained, is academic activities such as quizzes, seminars and lectures. But taken into consideration that department weeks are no longer allowed, “We can talk with him [Muhi],” and request that maybe the college anniversary could be a five-day celebration.

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After three years since the request

College’s PCs arrive; bidding issues arise n Jonero Dacula and Nehemia Ibarrientos

ROUGHLY three years since the College’s request, a total of 30 brand new computer sets had arrived and were distributed to five departments ahead the start of the academic year.

Bidding process “May mga bagong computers pero ‘di siya donated. Ang alam ko, order pa ‘yan dati,” Engr. Ana Liza Publico, Department of Electronics Engineering (EcE) laboratory head clarified.

The said computers were indeed came from the departments’ request last 2014.

Supporting this request, Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) provided a Php3 millionbudget for the purchase of the computers.

Then, the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the University took over the processing of papers afterwards.

The bidding process was prolonged due to the conflict with the price and the requested specification.

In his narrative, a reliable source of Spectrum said that the departments requested for Dell computer sets with an Intel Core i5 specification.

Based on market survey, a unit of the said computer set currently costs around Php35, 000.

However, the BAC did not agree and raised the price to PhP48, 000

with a lower specification of Intel Core i3.

Upon the final bidding, the BAC returned the requested specification, Intel Core i5; therefore increasing the cost from PhP48, 000 to PhP55, 000 per unit.

Only then did the PUP administration approved the purchase of the said computer sets, following the provided specifications, ahead the start of the academic year.

New PCs The 47 computer sets were distributed to the following departments: CpE, 9; EE, 11; CE, 3; EcE, 6, and; ME, 1.

Moreso, CpE department are still waiting for the additional 17 computer sets.

However, IE department did not received any computer set due to the failure of submitting such request, which according also to the said reliable source.

While the renovation in the third and fourth floor of CEA is still ongoing, the computer sets of EE are pending for installation upon the completion of the laboratory rooms.

CLICK, VOTE. A first of kind in the College, Association of Concerned Computer Engineering Students’ Society introduced the automated electoral system in the 2017-2018 student council elections.

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CpE org pioneers college’s 1st auto election n Ma. Pamela Patawaran COMPARED to the manual vote counting which consumes days to get the final result, 20172018 Association of Concerned Computer Engineering Students’ Society (Access) election held March 17-18 took less than a day to tally 685 total number of votes out of 955 registered voters.

“Successful ‘yung election kasi maayos ‘yung naging daloy. Wala kaming narinig na complaints,” detailed Lleur Tan (CpE V), Access Commision on Elections chairman.

Despite the automated system of the election, the Comelec admitted encountering system glitch that caused a slight disturbance on the

activity.

Nevertheless, Access President Alexander Casabuena (CpE ’17) asserted that the election went smooth since the total vote turnouts of the manual system matched the automated system results.

The said automation started as a proposal by CpE V-5 Batch ‘17 students for their Computer Networks subject, with the goal to create a system that will help their department.

“Magkakaroon na lang siguro ng agreement between two parties,” as Casabuena iterated regarding the system’s availability to cater other student organizations’ elections.

VPAA cuts.../p.1 Rodrigo de Asis (EcE IV) said that it is their responsibility to ‘put forward’ the rights and welfare of the students. And what the students and academic organizations were saying is that, “Sort of against sila sa memo,” de Asis added.

It has been a culture in the College, as the CESC acting president explained, that all activities by the academic organizations of six departments were condensed in only a week.

When, on the other hand, these academic organizations could still organize events the whole academic year.

“Puwede pa naman silang magpaquiz bee, sports fest, mga nonacads... without tying them into their [department] weeks.”

Ongoing CEA renovation ends in September Security head on stud orgs’ missing items: ‘just misplaced’ n Rogelio Legaspi Jr.

BEAR with the College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) building as it undergoes renovation for 180 working days, and may extend accordingly, advised Engr. Richmond Pangilinan, Chief of Estimate and Structural Design Section of Physical Planning and Development Office (PPDO).

This PhP9.9 million renovation project, which began last March, included the repainting of the two atriums and entertainment plaza, installation of galvanized iron sheets on the roofs for water-proofing, installation of the ceiling of fourth floor, and the improvement of the bathrooms of the third and fourth floors.

Delays With the current status of the project, according to Pangilinan, the said renovation is still set to be completed on September, and a time extension from the contractor has not been requested yet from the PPDO. “Hindi. Hindi pa naman. Wala pang extension”, stated Pangilinan when asked if the renovation process was already delayed.

On the other hand, the phase two of the project— including the repainting of hallways and improvement of the bathrooms on

the first and second floor— may push through by the end of the year or early next year, depending on the bidding of processes and resources.

Adjustments Meanwhile, since no rooms were available in the fourth floor due to the renovation, a number of

adjustments were made regarding room assignments in order to accommodate all the classes. Besides maximizing room schedules, some classes were even transferred to the GSIS Condotel building just to prevent delays in lessons.

Also, offices on the said floor, including laboratories,

organizations and even the library, were inaccessible for the meantime, pushing them to strategize in order to remain functional outside their workplaces.

Missing items Regarding the missing items from various organizations offices

AT WORK. Switch reinstallation at the fourth floor was also the concern for the renovation, with this newly installed flourescent lamps, are to be expected after the contract.

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located on the said area, CEA security confirmed in an interview with Spectrum last July 19 that they heard news but no official reports were filed.

“Wala namang official reports ng mga nawawalang gamit nila. May mga nagsabi pero eventually, nakita rin. Sila lang din ang naka-misplace,” Security Office Head Dario Morga explained.

Also, Morga stated that the security has already asked the officers of student organizations and college departments’ laboratory personnel to move, temporarily, their belongings to other secure places even before the start of this renovation project.

On the contrary, according to Andrei Mananghaya (EE IV), Integrated Institute of Electrical Engineers – Electrical Engineering Network president, no further instructions were given to the organization besides opening up their office for the renovation.

“When we visited our office at the start of the semester, we found that the locks were forcibly opened and items and such went missing,” said Mananghaya on a copy of complaint letter he sent to Spectrum last July 25. Included in their list of missing items were two solar panels, extension cord, and money worth PhP3, 000.

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August 2017

Unforeseen

NOW that “Free Tuition Fee Act” is only a few months away from its implementation, discussions regarding its sustainability issues have begun. Strategies on where to get its fund from are being laid out. But with the limelight centered on its budgetary issues alone, a huge number of uncovered yet equally important issues are still waiting to be resolved.

Only last August 3, Pres. Duterte signed the Republic Act No. 10931 or “Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act”, granting students enrolled in state universities and colleges (SUCs), local universities and colleges (LUCs) and publicly-run technical-vocational institutions (TVIs) a tuition-free tertiary education.

With the law’s altruistic goal to aid millions and millions of students from 112 SUCs, 16 LUCs, a number of TVIs, and far more, the lack of source to fund the program is certainly alarming. Imagine the University alone accommodating an approximate number of 50,000 students a year, how much more will it be if other higher education institutions (HEIs) are to be included?

Indeed, sustaining the program is vital; however, there are rather less obvious issues that also have to be addressed.

One of these is the conflicting scholarships. Since RA 10931 is a scholarship grant by its nature, the question on where to place the other scholarship grants— such as those from Dost, CHEd, local municipalities and the likes— must be considered.

Another thing that also requires great attention is the repercussion brought by the non-collection of miscellaneous fees. These other school fees, despite its negative impression as “dagdag bayarin”, could still be fundamentally damaging when removed.

According to the law, since no tuition fees and miscellaneous fees will be collected, the budget allocated for every above-mentioned institutions will have to include an assumed amount of the tuition fees it would have collected.

Meaning, those offices and operations, which depends entirely on the collection of tuition fees and other school fees, will also have to be included in the University budget.

And in this process, a biased and unjustified appropriation is inevitable.

Our athletes, for example— whose needs were supposed to be backed up by sports development fee— will have to count on the political will of our University to financially support them in terms of equipment, dormitories, trainings, facilities and etcetera.

Likewise, the future of student councils and campus publications, with their arduous operations dependent on the availability of their funds, will have to rely highly on the administration.

And as disturbing and as terrifying as it is, a future may come where these two will have to play by the administration’s hands.

Indeed, tuition-free tertiary education, with its altruistic goals and idealistic vision, is vital in changing the Philippine education landscape, and will somehow create changes in our country’s future. But with its series of pressing concerns, and source of funding issues, achieving its utmost goal would be like catching wind.

There are only a few months before the full implementation of this law. And still a few months for the government to finalize the strategy that will ensure the fulfillment of its objectives. But for us, Iskolar ng Bayan? There are far more than months for us to make sure that whatever the plan the government have come up to, it will not in, in any way, spoil this education that we have always dreamed of.

Editorial

HULING KWENTO Ang Silahis

Vincent Bryan M. Velez

fb.com/myTAMiiBave HONESTLY, I have no idea how I would write your story.

I don’t know you and you don’t know me. We have never met.

We had never met.

But something inside me compels me to write about you, despite the fact that all the information I had on you were second-hand.

I know you were a 17year old Grade 11 senior high student at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel College. You may not be the cream of the crop in the school but your father says in an interview that there was never a problem with your grades.

You were living peacefully in Caloocan, trying to survive life on a day-to-day basis. Your family owns a small sari-sari store, which was your primary source of baon, as well as your three other siblings.

That same sari-sari store, which according to your

father, was the one you were closing when they took you.

You were wearing a blue shirt and a boxer shorts, probably not your favorite ones. Never mind, all we know is that, those were the last things you had when it happened.

You were sweet, according to your parents. Even that old woman, whom you sharpen pencils for whenever she buys one from you, attested to it.

Same was said by that nineyear old street kid whom you turn up your phone’s volume for so that he could watch too whenever you’re watching a movie. Maybe that’s why it was a surprise even for those who just pass you by to find out what happened.

But how more could it be for those who actually knew you. How more painful could it be to your girlfriend, Crissza Mae Collado, whom you shared dreams of growing old

together. Now it will remain as dreams forever.

You were a runner. That was what Caloocan Police Chief Senior Supt. Chito Bersaluna said. Same with the three police officers who took you. And that’s why they took you.

Regardless if your records on your barangay was clean, the two sachets of shabu they ‘found’ on your body says otherwise.

It doesn’t matter if there were no misdemeanor incident ever listed under your name in your almost 11 years in school, because some no-names on social media says the opposite.

That’s why the police were sure of it.

Add to that was Nono’s testimony, the only person who could swear you were a drug delivery boy, and was also the only person caught by the police, miraculously right after

the night you were killed.

You f i re d b a ck . You ‘a l l e g e d l y ’ f i r e d b a c k .

‘Nanlaban’. You saw the police coming after you so you shoot them. That’s why the police shoot you back. Just like how police shoot back all the other thousands who ‘fought’ back.

At least, it’s what the police spot report said.

How in the world you got a gun on you or where you hid it in your boxer shorts, no one knows. Or how you even managed to fight back against three huge armed police, no one knows.

Actually, the thing that puzzles ever yone is how different that story is to the glimpse of your last minutes recorded by the CCTV. You were being dragged by two muscled guys in civilian outfits across a basketball court going somewhere only the people on Huling kwento.../p.5

MODERNIZATION OR PHASE OUT Treasure Trove

Ria Camille Rivera

fb.com/riacamillerivera Official Student Publication of PUP College of Engineering Established May 1993

Volume XXIII No. 2 August 2017 Editor in Chief Associate Editors

Vincent Bryan M. Velez Ria Camille R. Rivera Dave Allen B. Motea

Creative Director

Allan Saleh F. De Vera

Moderator Editorial Consultants

Engr. Kaycee B. Victorio Engr. Orland D. Tubola Mr. Justinberg F. Bantigue Mr. Edcel B. Artificio

Staff Ysabelle Mendoza, Ma. Pamela Patawaran, Nehemia Ibarrientos, Rogelio Legaspi, Mark Christopher Rosario, Martin Santelices, Von Ryan Maicle, Jobel Ibasco, Jeshua Ephraim Malimata, Ynamalaya Escoton, Carlos Manansala, Honey Grace Alcantara, Keihl de Castro, Richard Clapano, Jonero Dacula Contributions, reactions and opinions are accepted in the publication. It should bear contributor’s name, address, course, year and section, and signature. Name may be witheld upon request. Forward your contributions to Engineering SPECTRUM Editorial Office Rm 423, Engineering and Architecture Building, Anonas cor. Pureza Sts., NDC Compound, Sta. Mesa, Manila.

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THE ‘King of the road’ will finally take its new form.

2017 is the year where transport strike became a recurring event - this is due to the government’s movement to ‘modernize’ the Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJ).

This so-called ‘modernization’ aims to phase-out old jeepney units that are over 15 years old and to replace it with a vehicle with ‘low-carbon and low-emission technology’.

For commuters, this movement is like a dream come true; A new entirely form of public transportation

vehicle that is considered ‘road worthy’, safe, and ergonomically designed. No wonder, we find less reaction to this issue online.

For Jeepney drivers and operators, this phase-out plan is a nightmare. It threatens small scale operators, it threatens their livelihood. No wonder, they became pretty resilient in terms of this topic.

Now, the government tries to sell the idea that there will be no ‘phase-out’, but in reality, there is. This modernization is. And this will cause around 75 percent of

204,000 jeepneys nationwide to finally come to full stop at the end of 2020.

The government promised to provide help to the affected drivers and operators by provision of Php 80,000.00 subsidy and financial help through the 1-billion loaning scheme promised by Landbank of the Philippines (LBP).

At first this looks promising, but not entirely. The cause of the transport strikes is not in the whole project of modernization but an attack against the ‘movement’ of the government toward this

modernization.

First issue being targeted

by PUJ drivers and operators is the overrated seven million franchising fee and a minimum of 20 units of jeepneys per operator for 2018 and 40 units in 2019 is practically unaffordable. A subsidy of PhP80, 000 is not enough to help these operators cope up with these changes allowing only big companies to monopolize the business.

Second is that the new jeepney model amounts to PhpP1.2 million to Php1.6 M. Yes, bank loan financModernization.../p.5

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AREN’T YOU THE ONE?

Pan de Inhinyerya

Veriloquent Thoughts

Victor Calinao, Jr.

Faith

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REPUBLIC Act 10627 or the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013 requires all elementary and high school in the country to adopt an anti-bullying policy.

But just because students aren’t in grade school anymore it doesn’t mean that bullying won’t occur any longer.

And yes, there are still cases of bullying outside elementary and high school, more specifically, in our department.

I’m not the one who is being bullied nor the bully in my own sense. The reason I’m writing this is that I’m bothered for those who are being bullied; and honestly, there are also being bullied in the faculty of our University.

I’m also bothered for those who are bullies; it doesn’t matter if they’re conscious or unconscious to their acts, what matter is that they are contributing and part of this no-nonsense problem.

And I’m alarmed for the professors and student leaders of the different institutions who have the authority and who can do something better to address such serious dilemma but doesn’t see bullying as one of it. *** While there are a lot of forms of bullying like physical, verbal, social, psychological and cyber bullying, there seems to be a growing normalization among everyone that making the issue taken-for-granted or making it ‘natural’ in everyday life. And this notion should be not tolerated by each one of us.

One story I heard recently is that, there is this victim who always being made fun of (hindering and teasing) whenever he stands up to the whole class to the point that he alerted both of his parents.

One more story goes

like the victim wasn’t the victim at all, but one of her close nuclear relative and was being laughed by her classmates; just because her relative has some sort of human disability.

Another story is that a professor, the one that I know, was directly insulted on his own class, and then found out that there are stream of jokes, memes and edited photos of him online.

And doubtlessly, there are other countless stories in and out of the ECE department that no one has heard of, or if, no one has dared to care.

Legitimate stories or not, there are people who are victims of bullying who feel helpless to respond to these harmful situations and people should not take it for granted. *** Bullying is not just another issue that everyone can get over with. Bullying is a problem.

No one has the right to invalidate someone’s suffering, telling victims, “get over it,” and showing that bullying is just a simple joke.

As if it’s something that could be remedied by any of the things found in a first-aid kit.

And we know, CEans, that all problem requires a proper solution.

People always wanted to be heard, taken care, and loved, but aren’t you the one who doesn’t listen, care, and love? The solution is simple, really. And it was descried thousands of years ago.

So to anyone, please be the one who’ll listen for someone who needs to be heard of, please be the one who’ll take care for someone who needs to be taken care of, and please be the one who’ll love for someone who deserves to be loved.

Someday, somewhere, I am sure, you’ll need them too, so while you’re able to, please be the one.

red-light district hums was made. Everything felt like all were breathing – it’s alive.

But all I’ve seen was the graying of the sky.

The changing lights of the Manila city hall might have been shouting disagreeing with me right away. But I remembered Tatay Jupiter. *** It was also an unusual night when my colleague and I were going home walking along the highway. The streets were quite deserted as it’s almost midnight. When suddenly, a lone short old man, carrying a bunch of bags, from the distance, was seemingly looking directly at us.

To our panic, we did chill out.

Or at least we tried.

The old man held our hands.

The next thing we knew, is that we found ourselves sitting with him by the guard house of the NSO office. Listening stories of his life, of his wife, and his non-existent

children.

Though I’m quite sure, he didn’t hypnotize us. A heavy rain pours down. He looked at us with his very concerned eyes and asked “You know what? Take this.” He opened his giant backpack and pulled out an umbrella that he seems to use for his cover whenever he’s out sleeping on wherever he found himself at. “Don’t worry. I’ll just wait for the rain to calm down. Go home.” *** So, as I stood on the edge of this tower. I realized that I could have written so much more about on this space of this piece of paper. Maybe topics again about this college’s restrictive policies, perhaps Duterte’s plan put the Martial law on the whole country, or oligarchs enjoying the great disruption ride.

But Tatay Jupiter with all what’s happening around us all, made me realize that no matter how the day ended up, we all just need a home.

JUPITER Human

Alec John Garcia alecthe1.wordpress.comcom

“GAN’TO lang ang itsura ko.

Pero ‘di ako masamang tao.

‘Wag nyo na ‘kong alalahanin.

Dahil ako, wala na ako. Pero kayo? Nasa inyo ang tagumpay. Tandaan niyo lagi: God is everywhere. Humans are humans,” Tatay Jupiter on #PeopleOfPureza. *** It has been five months since this has happened.

I remembered how eager I was to go home immediately just to write this story down.

When I, in fact, did not, only until now. So, forgive me for this story shall be inspiring.

But this was my promise to the old man. Which I’m afraid it can’t be. Or perhaps, for now, I frankly hope it will be.

I was on the roof top of Bayleaf Intramuros looking over this city I fell in love with so much, as I made this article. It was a hot humid night, while I face the Manila bay watching some houses on the South port slowly being eaten

by fire.

It was odd. Sirens below were humming. And rushing back and forth. But in my state, I was required to do nothing. I was required to hold still and sip the hundred-peso worth of cappuccino by my side. And so, I sat, sipped, and watched.

The weather was so still, it sits warm, unmoving, and dead. Calm, but I was infuriated that I couldn’t do something. I was infuriated that another hundred families will be forced into the streets of Luneta this midnight again in hopes that they might be able to sleep peacefully through the night, or even for just another day.

I took another sip.

With the coffee now less warm. I looked upon the north sky to the dimmed towers of Binondo, then scanned to the flashing quirky city hall.

The view was just spectacular.

A city of stars, cars gliding in and out, and every beat of the

Modernization or phase out/p.4 ing might help, for awhile, but not in the long run.

Why? Operators will be given seven years to pay for the load for PhP800 a day plus the six percent annual interest rate. So let’s do a simple arithmetic, 800 pesos multiply by 365 days multiply by seven years is equal to PhP2,044,000. This

is the amount that the operator must pay for a unit of jeepney plus the six percent annual interest. Given that each day an operator earns an amount of PhP800 to PhP1, 000 for the boundary which leaves them PhP200 or nothing.

Drivers and operators are not the only people who

will be affected in this movement, for us commuters this dream-like modernization also has its cost; Transport Sec. Arthur Tugade already informed the public that once this modernization takes place, fare hikes are likely but not abrupt.

The public must be aware and prepared for these chang-

es and expect more transport strike to happen until the end of this year.

Even with these conflicting sides between the government and public transportation groups, the public can rest assured that the ‘king of the road’, transformed or not, will continue to run its route around the country.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 23:4 FAITH – it is perhaps the most wonderful and mysterious entities that we humans ever had. It is measured only by one’s ability to believe in something that is seemingly inexistent or impossible. In this certain verse, we are called to recognize and appreciate what mere faith could achieve.

The very essence of faith is that it does not need reasons, explanations and the sort – it does not answer the hows and whys; it just tells us that there is. It is not mere blind optimism; it is the source of hope when all else fails. Hope that the darkest, most trying events in our life will not only come to pass, but will also be fruitful for the following days to come. Such is the kind of faith that can never falter before any evidences to the contrary.

Kwento ng Pagbabago Sisimulan ko ang kwento noong hayskul ako. Madalas kong madama sa puso ko na may pagkukulang ako, na kahit anong gawin ko, walang makakaintindi sa akin. Hangad ng mga magulang ko na maging una ako lagi sa klase. Nang minsan ngang maging pangatlo na lamang ako, sinabi nilang nagpapabaya ako at hindi ako pinansin ng tatay ko ng dalawang linggo. Ang tanging kwenta ko lamang ay makikita sa mga parangal na nakukuha ko mula sa paaralan.

Wala akong naging kaibigan, dahil bukod sa binuhos ko ang lahat ng oras sa pag-aaral, hindi nagustuhan ng aking mga kaklase na masyado akong masunurin sa mga guro. Sa totoo lang, nakatagpo lamang ako ng kaibigan sa huling taon ko sa hayskul.Sa panahong ito, natatanaw ko na ang liwanag ngunit hindi pa rin abot-kamay.

Bakasyon bago magkolehiyo nang mapuno ako ng takot at pangamba. Nang naglaon, napagtanto ko na gusto kong baguhin ang sarili ko, inisip kong dapat pagkadating ng kolehiyo, hindi na ako mahiyain at maglalaan na ako ng oras para sa mga magiging kaibigan ko. Marami akong binago sa mga nakagawian ko.

Nilawakan ko ang aking Chief’s Delight mundo.

Unang linggo ng klase, marahil sinwerte ako dahil nabiyayaan ng mga kaibigan.Sa totoo lang, unang beses sa buong buhay ko na makadama ng sobrang pagmamahal Jeshua Ephraim Malimata mula sa kaibigan. Kaya’t fb/jeshuaephraim.malimata laking pasasalamat ko na nabiyayaan ako ng mga kaibigang tulad nila. Pilit ko ring ipinapakita sa kanila ang pagmamahal at pag-aalaga ko.

Natagpuan ko man ang liwanag ngayon, hindi pa rin maiiwasan ang mga problema. Sa lahat ng ito, mas nakilala ko ang sarili ko. Marahil ito ay parte ng proseso, na wala akong matututunan kung hindi ako magtataya, na walang paguunlad kung hindi ako masasaktan, at hindi ako makakausad kung hindi ako babangon. Bagaman apat na taon akong nabuhay sa dilim, nandito na ako ngayon sa liwanag ngunit hinahanap ko pa rin ang tunay kong lugar. Ang pinagkaiba lang ay mas masaya na ang paglalakbay ngayon dahil sa paghahanap ko, hindi na ako nag-iisa, Ito ang kwento kung paanong mula sa pamumuhay sa karimlan ay natagpuan ko ang liwanag. Kung paanong natuto magtaya, magmahal, masaktan, at bumangon. Kung paanong hanggang sa ngayon ay hindi pa natatapos ang paglalakbay.

Ikaw, ano ang kwento mo?

Jeshua Ephraim Malimata is a ME student with a heart for Philosophy. He likes to weld because it makes him feel like he’s Ironman. “ill faut etre sec clair sans illusion”

Huling kwento/p.4

the video could tell. Only a few witnesses could tell.

You wanted to be a policeman, so you could help end drugs.

That’s what Jun said, one of your closest friends. Now we don’t know if that was still what you want. Or wanted.

Three gunshot wounds, two close to your ears and one at the back. That’s how they ended you. They put three bullet holes on you. Yet, here I am still typing your story for I don’t even know how to end it. Because it doesn’t make sense. Nothing in this blood-stained war made sense. Because unlike you, there were many holes on this story, more than just three.

Featu

Spectrum 6

San Sebastian Church

The Manila’s ‘Eiffel’ BELLS chime. Roosters call. As the road dusts mist over from the ground, horses had started thumping with their rolling wood carts on. Wooden windows were slid wide open as one peers out to the east – where the road’s far-end reach. When the early dusk light burst out, everyone has already woken up.

This is the normal day-to-day activity at San Sebastian Street (now the Hidalgo Street) of Quiapo on a Sunday dusk of the 18th century. But behind the shadows of this mundane routine, an elegant mighty steel church stands.

PHOTOS by Victor Calinao, Jr.

ures

August 2017

Alec John Garcia, Editor

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Steel

Google Images

The only Gothic and all-steel church located at the heart of Quiapo, stood the test of time as seen in the picture above

Altar

Nestled at the nave is the altar where Nuestra Señora del Carmen sits. This is a 400-year old image that withstood hundred of years through the love and faith from its devotees

Belfry

Hanging 32 m from its foundation, these bells clang as it resonates through its vicinity the history and legacy that San Sebastian Church holds.

Walls

San Sebastian Church’s trompe l’oeil paintings, confessionals, and stained glasses made by local and international artists, also displays a Gothic revival of the 19th century.

Roof

But despite San Sebastian’s beauty, the leaks on its roof have allowed water to penetrate its metal foundations. Unknown to all, this grand church is already dying inside from heavy corrosion.

The Asia’s first steel church n Dave Allen Motea and John Carlos Manansala

ON a simple patch of land in Manila, donated by the renowned St. Sebastian devotee named Don Bernardino Castillo on the year 1621, a holy marvel of metal was built.

Lead by Rev. Esteban Martinez and Public Works Director Engr. Genaro Palacios y Guerra, the first and only steel church of the Philippines was designed to be earthquake resistant representing the steadfast spirit of the catholic faith.

Work of Art San Sebastian stands out among its neighboring houses and establishments, beaming a stalwart royal presence with its high metallic spires and azure stained steel body. Housed inside this majestic shell is a masterful gothic interior designing.

The inside is an undeniable majestic work of art, from the groined vaults, confessionals, pulpit up to altars and retablos. Stained glass windows from Germany and three-dimensional paintings displayed across the walls create a heavenly atmosphere to accompany the religious experience for both the faithful believers and curious visitors alike.

Belfry From the nave, one has to climb the ancient round staircase to get to the second level - the choir’s deck, still made up of the authentic hardwood floor used since the church was built. In here is a centuryold organ which uses the acoustics of the cathedral to produce an otherworldly worship experience.

Going further upstairs, you find the attic located above the main hall vault ceiling. During the hottest hour of the day, its temperature could reach a scorching 53° C due to the lack of proper ventilation.

Fortunately, the church’s design has been made so as to accommodate any possible heat expansion that may occur.

The staircase ends at the bell tower, with its bells from France. These two open steel towers— located at each end of the church’s façade— conceive the highest point of the structure, a part of San Sebastian closest to the sky, from where the bells honor the heavens with their carols.

Decay and Remedy The San Sebastian Church stood for more than a century and two decades already. It has almost been into the list of Word Heritage Sites in 2006; and was designated as a National Historical Landmark by the Philippine government in 1973. But in 1998, the World Monuments Fund placed it on the biennial watch list of the 100 Most Endangered Sites.

Fortunately, it did not stay to be part of the succeeding watch lists.

However, the structure still suffers from damage accumulated throughout the years. Excluding the cost for the stained glass windows and the paintings, the total amount that is being poured out for the restoration of this structure, as of now, has reached almost PhP300 million.

Meanwhile, an amount of PhP4.3 M was used for the scientific study to aid its conservation which is a 10-year program until 2022.

What’s surprising, with the amount this huge, the biggest chunk of fund, did not come from the country’s support intead, majority of the funds came from international organizations that support conservation of heritage treasures, particularly the US Ambassador Fund for Cultural Preservation.

Hope Nevertheless, hope is still burning for this iron giant. As long as the awareness that such a treasure exists, more than just monetary support will come.

In today’s Manila, San Sebastian Church may not seem to receive the attention it deserves, as it is located in a now-seemingly random place in the Metro where dilapidated mansions, gray walls, and small to non-existent sidewalks exist.

After more than a century and two decades of its existence, the question of whether San Sebastian Church will remain standing is given to us. In the middle of a modern day concrete smog jungle, far from its archaic 18th century backdrop, will this elegant mighty steel church last to be seen by the generations to come?

Early morning, the entire city center of Marawi is still in the hands of the Maute group as Mapandi and Bayabao bridges were still blocked; and enemy vehicles were seen roaming around bearing a black flag that signifies the Islamic State.

MAY 29

June 24

Reports popped in as Isnilon Hapilon withdrew from Marawi, as reported by Western Mindanao Command Head Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez; however, his escape from the city is still under investigation

Incident happened when a SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 turboprop aircraft accidentaly dropped a bomb alongside a closed area of the government troops where clashing against the militant groups, killing 11 and injuring seven soldiers.

First attack

MAY 23

BARANGAY BASAK, MALUTLUT MARAWI CITY

MAPANDI BRIDGE

May 31

BAYABAO BRIDGE

Regained 90% control of the city including the city center and two bridges leading inside Marawi that were reportedly blocked by the Maute

MARAWI CITY HALL

CAMP RANAO

Marawi City Jail, Ninoy Aquino School, and Dansalan College were burned

MAY 23

MARAWI CITY JAIL

that Pres. Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law over the entire Mindanao, is it finally over?

This is the anatomy of the Marawi crisis, a look back on how everything started. So when one day, when all of this is really over, we still know how this another dark spot in our history began.

A special joint session of the Congress between the Senate and the House of Representatives was held regarding the President’s Proclamation Order No. 216. With 16 senators, 261 congressmen in favor of Martial Law’s extension in Mindanao, the order is extended until December 31 this year.

PRESENT

As of this writing, after hundreds of death and a thousand displaced, the battle against Maute is still on.

PHP. 1,250,000.00 relief for the families of fallen soldiers

PHP. 400,000,000.00 for Marawi's rehabilitation arms aid

CHINA

PHP. 52,000,000.00 humanitarian aid for marawi's resident

EUROPIAN UNION

500-700 FIGHTERS

FOREIGN TERRORISTS

ANSAR KHALIFA PHILIPPINES

PRES. RODRIGO DUTERTE

PHP. 35,000,000.00 to the Marawi locals

AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO

relief FUND donations

July 22

ABU SAYYAF

MAUTE GROUP

FORCE

MILITANT

Evacuated Residents

180,000

Displaced Residents

84,760

BANGSAMORO ISLAMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS

vs

9

Captured

PNP

PHIL ARMY

PAF

3000 SOLDIERS

PNP-MG

PHIL MARINES

PNP-SAF

AFP

FO

68

595

Deaths, 23 from Illnesses

Civilian

Militants

Killed, 11 are Foreigners

NMENT GOVERRC E

Missing

60

Wounded

900

Killed

129

Government

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Government forces with the help of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front from Marawi proper down to Malabang town in turn to speed the relief operations to affected citizens of the city.

The government was after Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon, when a certain Maute Group intervened the reinforcement, says Brig. General Restituto Padilla. Soon, Marawi’s power was cut off and everything went chaotic.

11:00PM that night, President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in the entire Mindanao.

May 30

the government raised the symbolic Philippine Flag

May 29

With the reports from:

MAY 23

ISIS flag was raised

JUNE 12 - INDEPENDENCE DAY

May 23

LANAO DEL SUR

AMAI PAKPAK HOSPITAL

LANAO DEL SUR MUNICIPAL CAPITOL

MARAWI CITY

MARAWI Anatomy of a Crisis arawi is a city with almost 250,000 Filipinos, predominantly Muslims.

At least before, it was. But with the militant Maute group’s series of attacks on the city, only the remnant of this on-going war exists.

But how did all of this happened?

And how long will this battle last? Now

M

Jonero Dacula

Spectrum

Joshua B. Cabatuando, Editor

August 2017

ADVENTURE'S

Literary 9

MGA

GIFT

Fragments of nostalgic native song Small talk to boisterous laughter

ITINADHANANG

A place so fresh in your eyes alone Surroundings of beauty, an absolute treasure

Nehemia Ibarrientos

Then wake up to the touch of sunlight And fog of pleasant impression A chance to explore on foot, a delight A time to gather moments of cheerful recollection “What shall be gained if you dare seek adventure?”

Bewilderment only seemed to grow

S A S A K YA N

With tremendous excitement

Rogelio Legaspi Jr.

Heart pounding, fast then slow “Is there fate and destiny in having come to a place?”

For even when danger of death exists Still, you stroll on arcade and risk Compiling stories for a fairy tale

“Travel. Is it some kind of artistic freedom or intelligence?”

It makes you clever, a creative thinker, a writer

Sandali, nasan na ba tayo?

Nagising na lang kasi akong wala nang namumutawi sa mga labi at mga mata mo.

You can’t know much if you haven’t experienced much

Nasa lupa pa ba tayo

So, my child…

Wander

kung oo ay tatalon ako sa umaandar na kotseng ito.

Sasamahan mo ba ako?

Dahil kung hindi ay titiisin ko na lamang ang baku-bakung kalsada na

BIYAHE PAUWI Joshua Cabatuando

ating dinadaanan.

Lilipat ba tayo sa barko at matatanaw ang walang hanggang karagatan?

Gusto ko na kasing makakita ng hindi natatapos

T

ime check: 09:00PM. Hindi pa rin tumitila ang ulan. Nagovertime na ako para makaiwas sa rush hour at sa buhos ng ulan.

Dumodoble kasi ‘yung lagkit at amoy ng biyahe kapag umuulan.

Pero bahala na. Mas konti na rin naman ‘yung pasahero at kailangan na talaga umuwi dahil maaga at mahaba pa ang biyahe papasok bukas. Bakit ba kasi ang hirap maghanap ng mas malapit na pagpapasukan?

Suot tsinelas, handa ang payong, at konting dasal tapos larga na. Binilisan ko ang lakad para hindi matiyempuhan ng adik.

Habang naglalakad makikita na hindi lang ako ang nagsubok na palipasin ang ulan. Bawas-kaba na rin mula sa masamang loob kasi maraming kasabay pero sana hindi punuan pagdating sa bus. Pagod na ako eh.

9:20PM na nang makarating sa bus stop. Parang may concert si April Boy sa dami ng tao. Mukhang mahaba pa ang paglalakbay. Kapag may dadaan na bus akala mo may zombie apocalypse.

Takbuhan agad papunta sa hindi pa bumubukas na pinto ng bus. Wala ng pake kahit mabasa hanggang brip o makasiko ng lola basta makasakay agad. Lahat naman gusto makauwi

agad pero parang mas tumatagal pa lalo kapag nakikipag-unahan ng ganito.

Pagkatapos ng ilang minutong paglangoy sa dagat ng tao ay nakasakay na rin ako ng bus papuntang SM North. Sa wakas makakahinga na rin ako nang maluwag. Kaso naalala ko na wala palang pakialam ang kalawakan sa estado ng ginhawa ko noong nagsiksik pa ng isang batalyon ng pasahero ang konduktor. Konting tiis pa. 10:20 na.

Gusto ko nang magpahinga.

Mga koreano ‘yung nasa TV. Rinig mo ‘yung tuwa’t kilig ng dalawang dalaga sa tabi. Nakakainggit kasi tila nalimutan nila ‘yung sikip at kulob sa bawat tili nila kapag si ‘train to busan’ na ‘yung nasa screen. Wala na halos nakikipagkwentuhan.

Lahat kasi pagod na. Kung hindi nakatitig sa telepono ay nakatulala lang sa bintana. Ano kaya tumatakbo sa isip nila? Ilan kaya sa kanila ang nagpipigil ng ihi, ng antok, ng luha. Ilan kaya sa kanila ang kumakapit pa sa pag-asa na magbabago ang estado ng buhay ng karaniwang Pilipino?

Ewan ko. Basta gusto ko nang makauwi. Labing tatlong oras na akong gising.

10:43PM, lumawag ang bus pagkabaybay sa Cubao. Nakaupo

na ako at nakakuha ng konting iglip. 10:58PM, nakababa na ako sa SM North. Mabilis na rin ako nakasakay ng jeep pauwi.

Kaunti lang ang pasahero kaya pinilit kong hindi makatulog kahit nanlalambot na ang leeg at mabigat na ang talukap. Pero pagod na talaga ako.

na bagay.

Hindi gaya ng ating pag-iibigan.

Hindi gaya ng ating mga ‘Mahal kita’ Papasukin ba natin ang mga ulap?

Pagdilat ko ng mata ko, 11:20PM na. Nakatulog pa rin ako. Agad akong sumilip sa labas at sumigaw ng para habang binubuksan ang payong. Medyo nakalagpas na pala. Bahala na.

Kaya naman lakarin. Kaunti nalang makakahiga na ako.

Marahil doon ay makita na natin ang ating mga hinahanap na mga kasagutan.

Sa eroplano

11:35PM at nakarating na ng bahay. Buti natirahan pa ng konting ulam at kanin. Si bunso unan ang mga libro habang natutulog sa sala.

Napangiti ako ng konti nang naalala ko kung bakit ko natitiis ang pang araw-araw na pagod. Isang paracetamol para hindi tablan ng sakit kinabukasan.

siguro tayo makatatagpo ng tunay na hangin na maglilipad sa atin sa kalawakan

Dadalhin nila

Sipilyo, hilamos, bihis at sa wakas, pahinga.

tayo sa lugar na hindi natin

kayang marating

Hindi pa rin tumitila ang ulan.

sa paglakad.

Ang mga bituin.

Ang mga planeta.

Nakarating nga tayo doon ngunit ako’y naging araw at ika’y naging buwan.

Circle

Spectrum

Joshua B. Cabatuando, Editor

August 2017

10 LATE, AGAIN.

Von Ryan Maicle maaga pa...

7:30 pa naman klase ko eh

Mag-almusala ka muna

lang pumikita it!! ako sagl

whoa!

mo yun? nakita !! amibils

dun na ako kakain!

!?

paparating na sa pureza stattion

wing napu ako!!

ede o pw di aklate!!! ma-

anyare

few mins later

naka-motor ba yun?

siguro late namang yun, mala

GUYS! DI RAW SIYA MAKAKARATING SI SIR. MEET NA LNG NEXT WEEK

ayos bakit sarado?

bilisan niyo maglakad!!

NICE!! MORE TULOG!

AYOS!!!

1st year

well, kailangan kong mag-”grind” para mag level-up lvl. 1 dagger (no choice eh)

n? o ba ya alimang

lvl. 1 dagger (no choice eh)

Von Ryan Maicle 2nd year

ayos! may lvl.2 long sword na’ko

3rd year

gg ez pala ah

palakas ng palakas mga kalaban ah

masmahirap na rin mga kalaban nakakainis mukha nito

gg ez

4th year

5th year

you ca pas nnot s!!

you ca pas nnot s!!

kahit puro rare na gamit ko hirap pa rin

wait lang ... ano ’to

anuna boy?

grad.....

meanwhile...

sa wakas! natalo ko na lahat!!

"My_ Life's Diamonds"

...cute n’ya no oo nga eh

CEAN SKETCHES

masaydong busy magcelebrate

‘kala ko ‘di na matatapos

Honey Grace Alcantara

TIWAY.doc

MATAPANG.

Vincent. Maraming salamat sa buong Spectrum family ko, mula dati hanggang ngayon. I'll miss youuu. Huhu. Salamat kay Ria sa mini extension ng term ko. Hahaha. At syempre, salamat kay Madam sa pag-intindi sakin kahit kasumpa-sumpa nako. Dave.

Sa lahat ng bumubuo ng Spectrum. This org made me a better person. Ria. Thank you po Madam for guiding us always. Kuya Land sa pagdodonate ng mga gamit. Kuya Edcel sa paglalighten ng mood. Kuya Justin kahit medyo busy ka ngayon. Kay Vincent kasi ang ganda mo. Thank you sa lahat ng staff tapos na dyaryo!

Christian. Salamat sa lahat ng tao na patuloy na naniniwala at nagtitiwala sa Spek. At welcome home, Ma! Victor. Thank you for all, conscious or unconscious, living or non-living, who and that helped Spectrum to release this legendary issue, and for those who are reading this right now. At kay tita Ason sa MJC who always prepares our food! Belle. J, salamat sa laging pagsuporta. Ily. Joshua. Thanks guys. Aral kayo lahat ng mabuti.

Amen Honey. Cheers to all CEAns! Finally, here's our another issue! Pls support! Labyu! Mia. Salamat Ma, Pa. Tiway Spectrum!

Advance happy birthday Art Daryl! Godspeed. Arjay. Thank you God, family, friends, you. Smile. Carlos. Hey! Thank you sa'yo!

Oo, sa'yo, ikaw! TIWAY! BA! :) Keihl. Tiway sa friends ko, ang solid niyo fam. #MgaPokpok. Mark. My heart is so grateful to those who read every issue we release –also a special thanks to spectrum family for the promotion. Horaay! Clappy. Tiway sayo na nagbabasa nito! Jeshua. Thank you, Fam. I love you Ariesha Jonero. Thank you spek! 7 years talaga to in the making? Haha!

Like OMG! Sunoog! Next issue uli mga besh. Baka maoverlook uli natin to ah? Ge. Bye! Alec. Salamat. Mabuhay ka! Pam. Ty Spectrum family! Yna. Ty Rick&Morty S01E08 15:39-15:45 ;)

DOIIII </3

Jobel Ibasco

Jobel Ibasco

Spectrum August 2017

Circle

SINING AT C E A N 11

ART is all around us and whether we like it or not, art has both profoundly and subtly molded our experience as a human being. In Sining at CEan, we aim to discuss and share how art has personally changed the lives and perspective of CEans.

In this issue we talk about films.

Films that play for just around two hours but leave marks that last a life time.

THE LITTLE PRINCE Honey Grace Alcantara WHENEVER someone asks me what my favorite movie is, I would always say that there are too many of them. But when asked what movie climbed its way into my heart and built a home in it, I only have one answer. It’s ‘The Little Prince’ directed by Mark Osborne. It is a film adaptation of the novel written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery in 1943. The film was dedicated to show the beauty of every little thing in the world even those hidden deep in the darkness.

The movie depicted a story of a young girl who has her life all planned out perfectly by her mother and suddenly coming across a loose end in the shape of an old man whose life shone as bright as the sun. The old man narrates the story of the little prince who traveled the universe with balloons.

There were eight words uttered into a beautiful sentence that captured my heart, “What is essential is invisible to the eye.” It is the simplest answer to everything that humans try to seek and wonder upon. It dawned on me that we often chase external and tangible things that we can hold onto without ever really looking what value it holds within. That the most important things in life are beyond our sight and within our hearts and soul.

The film was able to show how the little things we take for granted often become huge holes that we try to fill with what we want to have in our lives. Bit by bit we forget and bit by bit we could remember that what we are looking for has been right with us all along if one searches with their heart.

FOUR SISTERS AND A WEDDING Keihl Rhandal de Castro

BUNSO sa apat na magkakapatid, happy go lucky kid, at ang black sheep ng pamilya.

Mahirap gampanan ang lugar ko sa pamilya.

Yung kailangan mong mapanatiling bwisit silang lahat sa’yo kahit masaya ka lang naman sa ginagawa mo. ‘Yung pakiramdam na ginagawa mo yung mga bagay na ‘yun, kasi alam mo dun sila magiging maligaya at magiging proud sayo. Pero wala, hindi pa rin ikaw yung perpektong anak na hiniling nila sa Panginoon tulad ng mga nakakatanda mong kapatid.

Nakikita ko ang sariliko sa karakter ni Alex na ginampanan ni Angel Locsin sa pelikulang “Four Sisters and a Wedding.”

Hindi dahil inagawan ko ng nobyo yung kapatid ko dahil ang buhay ko ay sinasalamin ng karakter niya. Iniyakan ko ng ilang beses ang pelikulang ito, dahil tumagos ito sa puso at kaluluwa ko. Ang set up ng pamilya rito ay may hawig sa aking pamilya. Pinakita sa pelikula na walang perpektong pamilya, lahat

INTERSTELLAR THERE are three things that fascinate me the most, the ocean, the cosmos, and the mind. In Interstellar, directed by the brilliant Christopher Nolan, I think I’ve seen and experienced them all. The film showed the vastness of those three things mentioned above and immersed the viewers into an astonishing perception of our emotions, mind, and the universe. Without spoiling any twist in the story, the movie revolves around Cooper, a father of two, who was forced to leave the Earth to find a better place for the humanity to survive. The director used the concept of time and space travel to explore the personalities of the characters in the movie. As the movie ended, there is one thing that was found deep in their minds: love.

“Love is the one thing we’re capable of perceiving that transcends time and space”, as what the movie expressed. Being enthralled by the vastness of what we can see, we tend to forget

nagkakaproblema. Bawat masakit na salitang lumabas sa bibig ng aking ina ay naipon sa aking puso at naging galit.

Pero dahil sa pelikulang ito naintindihan ko ang aking mga magulang. Tinunaw nito ang metal na bumalot sa aking puso sa tagal ng panahong nanirahan ito rito. Mas ginusto kong mahalin ko ang pamilya ko kesa itulak sila papalayo. Mas naging matibay ang paniniwala ko na ang bawat desisyon ng aming pamilya ay para sa ikabubuti ng lahat.

Nagkakaproblema pa din kami, dahil sino ba namang hindi. Pero ang mahalaga isang pamilya na kaming humaharap rito. Masaya at masarap pala sa pakiramdam pagpinalaya mo na yung sarili mo sa galit o anomang humaharang sayo mula sa pamilya mo.

Masayang may nasasandalang pamilya. Sabi nga ng iba, maraming kaibigan o kakilalang dadaan pero, tulad ng magkakapatid sa pelikula, sa pamilya ka pa rin babalik.

Rogelio Legaspi, Jr.

the idea that is behind them all; love. As an individual who has a fascination to the world and its entire people, the movie really spoke to me as it illustrated what would happen if all of these will vanish. There’s this one scene where Cooper promised to Murph, his daughter, that one day he will come back to her after searching for a more habitable planet. This just showed that a person, no matter his story in life, can sacrifice anything for a greater good, even if it means saying goodbye to the things that complete them.

I loved how the film portrayed love as a transcendental force beyond our own apprehension. By this scene I said to myself, “Would I do the same thing?” But then I realized, it’s not the things in life, how vast or important it may seem that matter. It’s what we can reach deep into our minds, exploring our own selves, and using this knowledge to do

well to others. For love can be found when we understand all the ideas in the universe.

Before I saw the film, I was just amazed by the ocean, the outer space, and the mind. But because of the complexity of the narrative and the compelling music of the movie, I was somehow brought into a much more immaterial perspective in life. And this perception mainly consists of a vast cosmos where love is the one thing that holds us together.

Through the film, I realized that we are all in an ocean of phenomenon that is sending waves of both disorder and tranquility revolving around the space. Some people look at this fact as if it was just a temporary thing to exist. I believe all of these are permanent.

But there is one weapon we all have to endure this perpetuity we all are suffering: our mind, enhanced by love.

The Psychology of

DEPRESSION n Victor Calinao, Jr.

IF not all, almost anyone around has felt sad and depressed from time to time, out of the blue or because of a serious dillema. Most of the time, this leads to a disability of an individual from leading a normal life, excelling academically, or understanding his or her self.

Feeling sad or depressed is normally acquainted with any loss of anything or anyone, and could even be triggered by gloomy moments like staring at raindrops, eating alone, getting a 5.0 grade, or having an argument. Unknowingly, these mild to intense feelings of sadness and frustrations could also be something more.

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Just specific of symptoms present nearly every day, you qualify for a diagnosis of depression.

The symptoms, however, do not play only in the scope of human behavior but also has physical manifestations inside the brain.

Insomnia or Hypersomnia

Agitation and retardation

Lost of appetite

Poor concentration

Excessive guilt or worthlessness

Loss of energy

Students with a feeling of depression

95%

Clinical depression symptoms are behavioral and obscure. This is why it is hard to know who may look fine, but is actually, struggling.

In the University, according to the Department of Psychology head, Ma. Luz Centeno, over 5-10 percent only of her students in psychology class assessed themselves and disclosed that they are not in the state of depression.

One major source of confusion is the difference between feeling depressed and having depression.

Feeling depressed is normally found in every human being because of the capability to perceive emotions, like joy and fear, which are carried out by the limbic system.

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Clinical depression is different or more likely a “Stage 2” of the depressive feeling and is a more-severe form and complicated mood which can be also classified as a medical disorder.

References:

Low interest in activities

The hippocampus and frontal lobes of people who has recurrent and poorly treated depression, tend to shrink by 15 percent , causing an essential effect in memory formation.

A study found that a variation in the serotonin-transporter-gene causes individuals more vulnerable to stress and depression.

Low mood or Irritable

Thoughts of suicide

Depression is linked with blunted circadian rhythms and abnormal transmission of neurotransmitters like serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine hormones.

Centeno referred to depression as normal or the ‘common cold’ of psychiatry. And to students, the University itself could be the source of depression, caused by these factors:

Administration System

Humid environment

Poor facilities

Crowd

Incompetent professors

Inadequate chairs

Food sanitation

Scant equipment

Helen M. Farrell, What is Depression (ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-depression-helen-m-farrell) https://biolmoodanxietydisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2045-5380-4-2

Fortunately, there are ways that could help people deal with depression.

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Never leave someone that might feel depressed; though some space is enough if he/ she wishes so;

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Encourage them to seek out professionals and support them to find one;

3

Make them take on responsibilities and persuade them to join other activities.

Staying involved can help counter depression;

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Try to communicate with others and make bonds with special people in your life and make time for things you enjoy, and;

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Exercise relaxation techniques. An everyday relaxation can help relieve symptoms of depression, reduce anxiety, and boost feelings of joy and well-being.

Depression, clinical or a feeling created by stockpiled stimuli, isn’t a weakness that somebody can “get over” instantly. Dealing with people struggling with depression should not be treated efforlessly. It is a medical condition, not a personality trait or deficiency that could be acted upon immediately as if it’s just a broken arm or a wound. It takes a long, painstakingly thorough process.

And if you ever feel healthy or away from depression, it doesn’t mean you don’t have to care.

Actually, it’s the time to be. Look around. Maybe, someone you know is fighting against depression.

Just maybe, not that you know of.

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