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GJC earns highest passing rate

in NE for CPA board exams

NEWS

GJC holds Drug Awareness... As part o the celebration o Drug Abuse Prevention and Control week our school conducted a semi-

nar last... MORE ON PAGE 2

OPINION

Copy-paste mentality The complaint led by academicsand bloggers with the Senate Com-mittee on Ethics and Privilegesagainst. .. MORE ON PAGE 4

FEATURES

When You Aim, Aim for the Moon The perseverance o a person whohave ailed and stumbled at a pointis much more intense than those who have... MORE ON PAGE 5

SPORTS

Contadores dominate Intrams; Jaguars... The Contadores o the Accountan-cy and Accounting Technology de-partment handily won the overallchampion... MORE ON PAGE 8

W hat 's Ins ide

The new CPAs are Bry-an Barlis, Ernalyn Cariaga, Jennivie Crisostomo, Sarah Jane Cucio, Jill Louise Div-ina, Jennier Lapuz, JohnLyndon Rayos, Allan Reyes,and Merwyn Viloria. Barlisand Lapuz took up review lessons in Review School o Accountancy (RESA) whileCariaga, Crisostomo, Cucio,Divina, Rayos, and Reyes en-rolled in CPA Review School

By Charinette B. Padolina

90% passing rate or its frst batch o examinees

o the Philippines (CPAR). Viloria went solo in Proes-sional Review and TrainingCenter (PRTC).

The subjects coveredin the exam are Theory o Accounts, Auditing Theory,Management Advisory Ser- vices, Practical Accounting1 and 2, Business Law, and Taxation.

According to one o thenew CPAs, Mr. Barlis, the

hardest part during the review was, “’Yung sarili momismo. The diculty de-pends on you. Ang pagpu-puyat, paggising ng maaga,at disiplina, intact na ‘yun sa bawat reviewee.” For him,the most challenging werethe days o the board exam.He was sick at the time. There was even a point when his mother broughthim to his uncle’s home inPasig so he could be welltaken care o. “Sa board, na-experience ko ’yung isangubo, isang sagot sa exam”,he added. A message camerom another resh CPA,

Mr.Reyes: “Mahirap ang sur- vival sa Manila para sa mgakatulad naming reviewees.Sa bahay, sanay kami sa mgapagkaing ihahain hanggangmabusog kami. Pero sa review, kailangang mag-adjustkasi limited lang ‘yung -nances namin.”

For the CPA aspirants,Mr. Barlis gave a short mes-sage: ”Mag-aral ng may puso. Kasi kapag mahalmo ang ginagawa mo, ka-hit gaano pa kahirap ‘yan,kakayanin. Kahit imposible,magiging posible, sa tulongng PANGINOON, at sipag,

Ater fve months o struggling with review, the pio-

neer batch o the department’s Accountancy graduates

emerged glorifed as the results in the 2012’s Certifed

Public Accountant(CPA) Board Examinations showed a

90% passing rate or GJC—the highest rating among

colleges and universities in Nueva Ecija.

Volume XIII

ISSUE NO. 2

December 2012

C ontinued on page 2

ACHIEVERS. Winners Carlos De Rueda and Czareth Jane Castro

with their adviser Mr. Ken Gie Anthony Cruel pose or a souvenir

photo at the D’Leonor Hotel Inland Resort in Davao City.

JPIA-GJC, 2nd overall champin Mid-Year conventionBy Geleen Macapagal

Team Junior PhilippineInstitute o Accountants

(JPIA) – General de JesusCollege Chapter in pursuit o one o its goals “Excellence”participated on the recently held 16th National Federa-tion o Junior Philippine In-stitute o Accountants (NFJ-PIA) Region III Mid-Year Convention at Club BalaiIsabel, Talisay, Batangas lastSeptember 20-22.

Third and Fourth Year delegates attended this most

BRINGING HOME THE BACON. The winners together with their

advisers proudly show the proo o their hard work.

prestigious event o the year o all Accountancy students

in Region III. Together with the De-partment Head, Mr. Jerey Franco and JPIA-GJC advis-er, Mr. KenGie Anthony Cru-el, our ellow JPIAns madethe school proud as they outshined almost 30 dier-ent universities and colleges within the region.

Leading the victory or GJC in the Academic Events


GJC bags awards in Nat’l Accounting Convention

By Jhanine AngelesGeneral de Jesus Col-

lege was the only school in

Nueva Ecija which qualiedin the National Mid-Year Convention held at D’Leonor Hotel Inland Resort, DavaoCity last October 22-27.

Thirty-our prestigiouscolleges and universities allover the Philippines partici-pated in the said event.

The school’s represen-tatives are Carlo de Ruedaand Czareth Jane Castro, both rom BSA 4. They were

accompanied by one o theBSA and BSAcT Department

advisers, Mr. Ken Gie Antho-ny Cruel, CPA.

De Rueda ranked thirdin CAT Level 3 (out o 68 par-ticipants) and was amongthe top 20 o CAT Cup Level2 (out o 40 participants).

Meanwhile, Castro bagged the 11th place inCAT Level 2 (out o 67 par-ticipants) and was in the top20 o SGV Cup (out o 43participants).

FIRST BATCH OF CPAs. (From let to right) B. Barlis, A. Reyes, J.L. Rayos,

M. Viloria, E. Cariaga, J. Lapuz, J. Crisostomo, J.L. Divina and S.J. Cucio.

General De Jesus Col-lege Lantern Making Con-

test was launched lastNovember 27, 2012. Asa part o the Recycling Activity: Eco-Waste Man-agement Program PartII, every class rom el-ementary to college wasencouraged to make lan-tern out o the ollowingprimary materials: usedplastics bottles, cups, tincans. The secondary ma-terials consist o paper,candy/ biscuit wrappers,and plastic bags rom the

items bought rom theschool canteen.

The contest mechan-ics and criteria were out-lined as well. Top our (4) winners rom thecollege department, topsix (6) winners rom thehigh school departmentand top three (3) winnersrom the elementary de-partment will be chosen.


Lantern Making Contest 2012By Geleen Macapagal



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GJC, PDEA conduct ‘Drug Awareness

and Prevention Seminar’ By Aljon M. Sta. Ana

As part o the celebra-tion o Drug Abuse Preven-tion and Control week our school conducted a seminar last November 11-17 in asso-ciation with the PhilippineDrug Enorcement Agency (PDEA) Region III.

This event was held todevelop the awareness o students about illegal useo drugs and to promote ahealthy liestyle.

The seminar eaturedintroduction about drugs,classication o drug abus-ers and background aboutthe most abused drugs suchas shabu, marijuana, inhal-ants, cocaine and ecstacy.

The guest speaker Chie Investigation/Provincial O-cer Agent Blessie Gonza-ga-Talavero discussed the

reasons or usage o illegaldrugs and the inormationabout “Drug Couriers” or “Drug Mules” . These areindividuals who transportdrugs in other countries inexchange or large amounto money, which majority o the victims are Filipinos.

Agent Talavero alsotackled the “Operation Pri- vate Eye”, a project launched by PDEA or the raid o il-legal drugs laboratory anddrug den. To cap the eventan open orum was held tocater to the questions o thestudents.

JPIA holds 4th general assembly By Catherine Nagayo

The Junior PhilippineInstitute o Accountants(JPIA)- General de JesusCollege held its 4th Gener-al Assembly last August 25 with the theme – “JPIANS:Burst out the Fire.”

The event started atexactly 7:30 in the morn-ing through a registrationprocess acilitated by thenewly- elected JPIA ocers. Almost 200 attendees romBSA and BSAcT participatedin the said event.

The opening prayer wasled by Charmaine Ignacio,BSA II. Mr. Jerey Franco(then Department Heado Accountancy, and now dean) gave his warm wel-come to the new memberso the organization and ori-ented them about the JPIA-GJC Chapter organization.

This was ollowed by Mr. Ken Gie Anthony Cruel who also lled the crowd with laughter through hisopening remarks.

Mr. Romeo Villar (Deano CBAA, IT & HRM) wasalso present to give his warm appreciation on theachievements o our depart-ment.

Aljon Sta.Ana, the out-

going president o JPIA,presented his accomplish-ment report or the edera-tion year 2011-2012.

Aterwards, a guestspeaker rom WesleyanUniversity-Philippines, Mr.Christopher Chua, who isalso an accounting proes-sor, charmed the crowd withso much inspiring insightsthat serve as an instrumentto boost the study habits o the students. Furthermore,he even shared his hiddentalent turning the crowdinto anatics.

The oath-taking o thenewly-elected ocers wasalso conducted.

The JPIAns also show-cased their talents in their intermission numbers. Thesaid intermission numbers were subjected to a compe-tition wherein the 4th Year BSA & BSAcT dominated.

And to promote camara-derie and unity among JPI- Ans, un games, team build-ing and BINGO Social wereheld in the aternoon. Theemcees in the said event were Catherine Nagayo,(BSA II) and Aleah Flores,(BSAcT IV).

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FIGHTING THE DRUG MENACE. PDEA Agent Blessie Gonzaga-

Talavero explains the dangers o illegal substances to GJCians at

the seminar held at the school gymnasium.

The Speech Communi-cation Organization o thePhilippines (SCOP) headed by Proessor Niel Kenneth Jamandre, held a seminar- workshop on ConventionalEnglish and Public Speak-ing last September 15 at theschool gymnasium.

Education students, as well as high school students,rom dierent levels actively participated in the event.

The organization repre-sentatives Proessors GloriaMendoza, Annabelle Merca-

SCOP holds speech seminar-workshopBy Melojane Canapi

do, Carol Palumbarit and Al-ice Adeva, with the head o the organization Proessor Jamandre, were the resourcespeakers.

The program started with a prayer led by Ms. Ca-mille Buenaventura, a highschool English teacher, ol-lowed by opening remarksrom high school principalMrs. Arlene Garcia.

The morning lecturecentered on the Conversa-tional English including adiscussion on the nature o

language and the attributeson eective oral language.In the aternoon, the discus-sion shited to Public Speak-ing, with the speakers givingtips in making and deliver-ing a good speech.

Activities ollowed eachlecture. Aterward, awards were given to the winnersin the activities.

The program ended with the closing remarks by Mrs. Magnolia Sugay, prin-cipal o the elementary de-partment.

HRM students showcase talents, skills in ‘Skills Olympics 2012’ By Antonio Delgado

Hotel and RestaurantManagement students show-cased their talents and skillsin the Skills Olympics 2012 with the theme “Mini Cheson Parade” held on October 11-12.

A parade o the partici-pants in the dierent com-petitions was held in themorning o the rst day.

The program proper started with the openingprayer led by Camille Ann Jalova, vice president or linkages o the Federationo Young Hoteliers and Res-taurateurs (FYHRM).

This was ollowed by the opening remarks o Mrs. Josena Padilla, Skills Olym-

pics 2012 overall chairman.FYHRM President Jomar

Delos Santos led the presen-tation o participants in thecompetitions.

A special intermission was given by the Green Hor-nets, which placed 1st run-ner-up in the cheer dancecontest in the school intra-murals.

General De Jesus Col-lege President Dr. Noemi Villanueva graced the eventor the ribbon cutting o the Table Setting with MenuFolder and Centerpiece Dis-play, assisted by Dr. Jose-

na Magno, vice presidentor academics, Mr. RicardoMesina, vice president or administration, Mr. EribertoRoxas, vice president or -nance and Dr. Romeo Villar,Dean o CBAA, IT and HRM.

College Student CouncilGovernor Aljon Sta. Ana and Vice Governor Jhanine An-geles emceed the program.

The winners in the com-petitions were awarded in a victory party the ollowingnight.

The winners in theMarket Basket Competition were: Zedric Wycoco, Nicole Anne Marie Jose and SalvieGrace Francia, gold medal-ists; Analyn Macalinao, Ha-

zel Espino and Mary Joy Flores, silver medalists; andCamille Ann Jalova, DianePantalunan and Janina Sar-ah Magno, bronze medalists.

Meanwhile, the winnersin the Dessert Making Com-petition were: Cristel JoyceCruz and Gilson Balagtas,gold medalists; Charisse Anne De Guzman and JoanKay De Guzman, silver med-alists; and Rhea Rose Magnoand Janine Mae Ison, bronzemedalists.

Emerging as best inthe Table Setting Competi-tion were: Bryan Dela Cruz,

Alex Manabat, Leomar Bar-tolome, Edward Villasanand Cristel Joyce Cruz, goldmedalists; Emily Montano,Rachelle Agita, KaterineFrancisco, Mary Grace Subaand Gilson Balagtas, silver medalists; and Judylon Cu-nanan, R-Cie Agustin, PaoloBallesteros, James Chadwick Jereza and Marcy Gatchal-ian, bronze medalists.

On the other hand, the winners in the Waiter’s Re-lay were: Bryan Dela Cruz, Alexis Medina and MarlexCruz, gold medalists; NicoManuel, Gerard Harvy Anto-

CENTERPIECE OF ATTRACTION. Participants in the Centerpiece Making Competition make last

minute adjustments to their entry in the contest.

BURST OUT THE FIRE! The GJC chapter o JPIA held its 4th gen-

eral assembly last August 25.

nio and Alvin De Guzman,silver medalists; and Jaymar Ison, Harmond Pelayo andGilbert Valerio, bronze med-alists.

Victorious in the Center-piece Making Competition were: Gary Val Quetua, Ro-nalene Samonte and Sarah Joy Lapuz, gold medalists;Cristina Baylon, Arianne Wy-coco and Shennalyn Santos,silver medalists; and RocelRodriguez, Bea Rose Fran-co and Chambers Marcelo, bronze medalists.

Hailed as the best inFood Curving were: Hazel

Espino, gold medalist; Mark Anthony Bernardo, silver medalist; and Zedric Wyco-co, bronze medalist.

Winning the CocktailMixing event were MichaelGonzales, gold medalist;Catherine Sta. Ana, silver medalist; and Jill Toribio, bronze medalist.

In the Napkin FoldingCompetition, the winners were: Cristel Joyce Cruz,gold medalist; Ma. LourdesPareja, silver medalist; andChambers Marcelo, bronzemedalist.

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GJC celebrates ‘Buwan ng Wika’By Antonio T. Delgado

Showcasing our richcultural heritage, the collegedepartment joined the na-tion in celebrating the “Bu- wan ng Wikag Pambansa”on August 30 at the schoolgymnasium.

The program, themed

“Tatag ng Wikang Filipino,Lakas ng Pagka-Pilipino” be-gan with a prayer led by CSCExecutive Secretary LeahPerez. This was ollowed by the opening remarks by SPS-College head Mrs. Cath-erine Matias.

First to perorm was theBSBA students who present-ed the olk dance “Cariñosa”ollowed by a vocal solo ren-dition o “Hinahanap-hanapKita” by Norman Francisco,BSBA I-A.

Next was the “IdudoDance” by Education stu-dents. Aterward, LouielynEmpaynado, BSA III, deliv-ered a speech.

An original skit entitled“Tatlong Henerasyong Pag-ibig” was perormed by theBSED IV class.

BSBA and HRM studentsEphraim Atencio, NormanFrancisco, Levinel Pingoland Hazel Tumpalan ser-

enaded the crowd with anacoustic OPM medley.

This was ollowed by amonologue “Umaga na na-man: Luha, Panaginip atPangarap” by Rose Ann Az-arcon, BEEd I.

Meanwhile, HRM stu-dents presented a olkdance, “Paru-parong Bukid”ollowed by a sabayangpagbigkas o “Pilipinas angBayan Ko, Pilipino ang WikaKo” by BSEd I students.

Another olk dance,“Sayaw sa Bangko”, wasperormed by BSIT and ACTstudents. Aterward, a Pasar-

ingan by BSEd I, BEEd I andBSA III students ollowed.

To cap the program,“Lawiswis Kawayan” wasdanced by selected BSA stu-dents.

Angelina Tiqui and JohnEdward Flores acilitatedthe fow o presentations asmasters o ceremonies.

The program would nothave been possible withoutthe assistance o the BSEd IIFilipino major students, andthe supervision o instruc-tors assigned or each per-ormance.

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LAUGHTER AND ROMANCE.The BSED IV students as they per-

orm their or iginal skit, “Tatlong Henerasyong Pag-ibig” at the

Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa program.Council conducts frst‘Haunted Christmas’ party By Daniel Halili

Nighmare beore Christ-mas becomes a reality!

Last November 24, theCollege Student Council(CSC) launched the “Haunt-ed Christmas Party” at theGJC gymnasium.

It was the rst time aparty o such theme washeld in the school, and theCSC takes pride in leavingsuch a legacy.

The party involved stu-dents in its rafe draws, on-the-spot singing, games andcosplay. The event aimed to

encourage amiable relation-ships among students romthe dierent courses in thecollege.

CSC Board Member Kevin Mana and Treasurer Jerald Bryan Gonzales werethe emcees or the saidevent.

“Super saya at unorget-table. Hindi kami nakaram-dam ng antok dahil sa mgaemcee na napaka-hyper!Maayos yung naging fow,”BSBA I-A Sairah Mae Caju-day says o the party.

COSPLAY AT GJC. Attendees o GJC’s frst Haunted Christmas

Party walk the ramp in their colorul costumes.

GJC lists 66% LET passing rate,surpasses national passing rateBy Antonio Delgado

As expected, the Educa-tion department has againsurpassed the national pass-ing rate or the LicensureExam or Teachers (LET)conducted on September 30.

First takers rom GJClisted a passing rate o 65.7% (25 out o 38 examin-ees) surpassing the nationalpassing rate o 49.29% or the LET (Elementary).

The rst takers who suc-cessully passed the boardare the ollowing:

1. Bernabe, Haizel Ann C.2. Bueta, Mylene C.3. Castro, Ruth Joy H.4. Dela Cruz, Meryll T.5. Flores, Geralyn G.6. Garcia, Bernadette S.7. Garcia, Ma. Jessica A.8. Gonzales, Shiela V.9. Hizon, Christine Joy H.10. Macatula, Cherry A.11. Manalastas, Maria Lyn G.12. Manalo, Mylene R.13. Maon, Mary Jane J.14. Miranda, Madel M.15. Miranda, Ma. Lourdes A.

16. Novelles, Hanilore O.17. Nuñez, Berose L.18. Perez, Elwood19. Perez, Rizza C.20. Pilapil, Maricel C.21. Rivera, Madilyn M.22. Sabitsana, Eunice D.23. Vicencio, Eugelyn C.24. Vicencio, Kathryn S.25. Vinuya, Kristine Kaye M.

Meanwhile, Joshua E.Reyes also passed the LETor Bachelor o Secondary Education (BSEd), Major inEnglish.

Guidance ofce sponsorsTime Management conabBy Charmaine Alpha Padilla

The guidance oce helda seminar last August 15,2012 with the theme, “TimeManagement.” The programproper began with an open-ing prayer led by LalaineSulit (BEED III) ollowed by opening remarks delivered by Mrs. Zenaida B. Esquiv-el, Guidance Coordinator o College Department.

Mrs. Catherine Matias,Head o Student PersonnelServices (SPS), introducedthe guest speaker, the or-

mer President o the school,Dr. Leonila C. Gonzales. Dr.Gonzales gave an inspiringtalk about proper time man-agement. This was ollowed by an open orum acilitated by Mrs. Maricel A. Lagman,Guidance Coordinator o High School Department.

The program ended witha closing prayer by LouielynEmpaynado (BSA III).

Mrs. Lagman acted asthe mistress o the ceremo-ny.

Thus, the overall win-ners, 1st place to 5th place, will be chosen rom the top13. Winners will receivecash prizes and certicates.

Entries shall be exhibit-ed at the school prior to the

announcement o winnerson December 19.

The said contest was aproject o Student Person-nel Services (SPS) and Com-munity Extension Services(CES).

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determinasyon at tiyaga.” And here are Mr. Reyes’ words as he imparted hisinsights: ”Miracles come tothose who believe. Mahiraptalaga ‘yung exam, pero angpinamahirap ay ‘yung paghi-hintay ng result. Accept andenjoy all the challenges,have aith, and leave the rest

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to the Almighty God.” Mr. Viloria also shared pieces o advice:”’Wag aralin ng todoang subject na alam mongmagaling ka na; aralin ang weak points. ‘Wag sumukokapag naka-zero sa test. Aminin ang pagkukulangat gawin ang dapat gawin.Lagi dapat motivated. Ang

mga magulang natin lagingmotivated, may maibayadlang tayo sa tuition. Magda-sal kay Lord. Ang hilingin,sana bigyan ka ng sapat natalino, resistensya at logicpara maintindihan ‘yung in-aaral. At pagkatapos magda-sal, mag-aral.”

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E ditors - in -C hiEf

Antonio Delgado and Charinette Padolina

AssoCiAtE E ditor

Aljon Sta. Ana

M AnAging E ditors

Daniel Halili and Loriejane Jose

n Ews E ditor

Geleen Macapagal

f EAturEs E ditor

Rowena Magallon

n Ews C orrEspondEnts

Jhanine Angeles (BSA/BSAcT), Ana Carmela Dela Peña (BSBA),Melojane Canapi (BEED/BSED), Jomar Delos Santos (BSHRM)

Zhinoos Marbella (BSIT/ACT)

L itErAry E ditor

Camille Ann Jalova

E ditoriAL C Artoonist

Billy Santos

s Enior s tAffwritEr

Charmaine Alpha Padilla

s tAffwritErs

Catherine Nagayo

C Artoonists

Rex Christian Santos, Rema Adrales

A dvisEr

Mrs. Jennier Erese

Editorial Board 2012-2013 working sTaff for This issue

Editorial

Copy-paste mentality

The complaint led by academics and bloggers with the Senate Committee on Ethics andPrivileges against Senator Vicente Sotto III or

alleged plagiarism in his speeches seems headed to the backburner now that the Reproductive Health bill hasalready been passed by both houses o Congress.

Sotto has been accused o copying parts o hisspeeches rom Internet blogs with proper attribution.Moreover, he has been accused o quoting parts o USSenator Robert Kennedy’s speech, again without theproper attribution.

Ironically, Senator Pia Cayetano, who is rom theother side o the RH debate, was also accused o violatingintellectual property rights in her speeches deendingthe bill.

It seems a shame that while ordinary students like usstrive to identiy all our sources in our research, publicgures are just liting phrases rom others’ works as i these are their own.

There could actually be more to the controversy

regarding Sotto’s and Cayetano’s speeches than either the RH bill or the issue o intellectual property rights. This incident refects the Filipino copy-paste mentality and our propensity to just duplicate what has already been proven to work by others. Parang sari-sari store lang na kapag pumatok ay gagayahin na rin ng buong

barangay.Even the national government exhibits this mentality.

For example, the K-12 basic educational system is usedabroad, so we copied them without even bothering tocheck i these are really applicable to the local setting. Who needs preparation and pilot testing when we could just copy the whole thing?

And how about the recently passed ReproductiveHealth bill? Isn’t it a mimicking o the population controlpolicies implemented more developed countries? Never mind that those same countries are now experiencingaging populations as a result o these policies.

There is nothing wrong with adopting policies thatare being used by other countries. But the governmentshould at least adapt these to the local conditions.

One would do well to keep in mind that not all who have joined the sari-sari store bandwagon, havesucceeded as well as the original.

PanoramaCharineTTe P adoLina

Social media depression

Sa panahon ngayon,dalawang mundo naang nag-eexist sa buhay

ng tao. Una, ‘yung totoongmundo—lugar kung saan may pait at tamis, may sweldo atutang, may tawa at hinagpis,may nakanganga, may nakatalungko, may langaw okulot na buhok sa sopas mo. Ang pangalawang mundo ay ang paraiso ng mga acebookusers kung saan lagi kangmaganda, nakatawa, maramingpera, may bagong gadgets,nakapaglilibot sa iba’t ibanglupalop, at punong-puno ngsarap at ligaya ng buhay. Saparaiso ding ito nagboomang career ng mga sosyal napagkain bilang photogenicmodels.

Sa Pilipinas, mayroongmahigit tatlumpung milyongacebook users, at halos isang bilyong users naman sa buongmundo. Sa bawat post mo ngstatus, picture, at video, gaano

karaming tao ang posiblengmakakita nito? Imagine, halos1/7 ng populasyon ng Earth.Bilang isang responsablengmamamayan ng Pilipinas,alalahanin mo. Anong klasengmga posts na ba ang naibahagimo?

Kasama sa libreng acebookaccount mo ang karapatangayusin o paganahin ito saparaang gusto mo. Ang mgakaraniwang gamit ng acebookay pakikipagkomunikasyonsa mga kamag-anak, kakilala,kaibigan at “kaibigan”,pagnenegosyo (hello sa mgaonline shops diyan!), upangmaipahayag ang sarili, atupang maging updated sa mgapangyayari sa bawat kibot ng

mga taong hindi mo namankilala sa totoong buhay. Sapagmamasid ko, majority ngaccounts ay nagpapakita ngsel-promoted na image ngmay-ari nito. Lahat ng positiboat magagandang pangyayari,tulad ng pagpunta sa mgakasiyahan at magagandangpasyalan o bakasyunan,pagbili ng mamahaling gamit,at pagkakaroon ng napaka-ideal na relasyon (partikular samga boyriends at girlriends)ang mga kadalasang makikitasa account ng isang acebookuser. Bagama’t walangmasama dito, lalo na at nasaisang demokratikong bansatayo, kapansin-pansing ine-exaggerate ng karamihanang mga positibong bagay na i-shine-share sa acebookhabang binabawasan namano tuluyang ini-eliminate angpaglalagay ng mga negatibongpangyayari o ‘yung tipong


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Menu ng 2013

K asabay ng “Cyber Crime Law” at “Sin TaxBill”, isa na siguro sa

pinakamainit na isyu ngayono mas angkop na sabihingisyu na simula noon hanggangngayon ay ang “PoliticalDynasty”.Paano nga ba namanay napakarami ng bilangng mga kandidato na may magkakaparehong apelyidoat kamag-anak ng mga datingnakaupo na sa pwesto angtumatakbo sa iba’t –ibangposisyon sa darating na May 2013 elections.

Noon pa man angPilipinas ay nasa ilalim nang pamumuno ng iilangmakapangyarihan at kilalangpamilya. Pangkaraniwan nasa mga anak, asawa, kapatido iba pang kamag-anak ngisang pulitiko na tumakbosa kaparehas o iba pangposisyon sa gobyerno. Angkasanayang ito ay tinatawagngang “Political Dynasty” atOligarchy naman sa “PoliticalScience”.

The 1987 Constitution

o the Philippines states in Article II Section 26, “Thestate shall guarantee equalaccess to opportunities or public service, and prohibitpolitical dynasties as may bedened by law.” Samakatuwid,ang konstitusyon mismo angnagbabawal sa kasanayang ito.

Subalit paano nga baipagbabawal ang bagay na walang malinaw na depinisyonat diskripsyon?

Kung ating pag-iisipanang “dynasty”, walang duda ay tumutukoy sa pamilya at ayonsa Article 217 o the Civil Codeat Article 150 ng Family Code,Family is already denedas reerring to husband and wie , parents and children,ascendants and descendants,and brothers and sisters.

Nabanggit nga sa

konstitusyon na “state shallprohibit political dynasties asmay be dened by law.”

Ang batas na tinutukoy dito ay batas na maaaringipasa ng Kongreso o batas namayroon na tayo.

Kung ganito ang sitwasyon,paano nga ba makakagawa omakapagpapasa ng malinaw na batas kung mismongang mga mambabatas angmaapektuhan.

Sa kabila ng negatibongpananaw dito ay mayroon dinnamang positibong maidudulotang Political Dynasty. Isa samalinaw na benepisyo dahilnga sa ito ay kaugnay ngpamilya ay madaling naipapasaang karanasan at kaisipan ngisang magaling na pulitiko,ang legacy na matatawag.

Syempre, posible dingmamana ang pagka-corrupt atmas lumala pa.

Pero wala naman sa anak,asawa o kamag-anak ang tunay na problema.

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But it proved dicult.Classes were hard, activitieswere gruelling and most oall, the adjustments wereharsh. I never knew that

college lie would be thistaxing to me. “How comeI was not inormed thatcollege was this cruel?” Ithought to mysel. It elt likesuddenly nding mysel in arocky boat over an angry seaand panicking, as a result, Iplunged ace-rst into thebitter coldness o the water.I made a lot o mistakes inmy reshman year. I broughtmy personal problems toschool. I carried the happy-go-lucky behaviour withme. I was so unproessional,so unpredictable and sounrened you could notdistinguish me rom astudent who belongs to thelower section. I admit thatI was wild then, yet to betamed. How could I say Iwas not? My, I even pickedghts! My classmates are theliving testimonies to what Ihave been. I never knew theintricateness o the courseI have enrolled in. I neverunderstood how noble thegoal beore me was. Yes, I

A Note To All The FreshmenBy Daniel Halili

may have participated atschool, but I regret that Icould not say “satisactorily”

That was then, untilour school slowly changed

me. Moral ethics andproessionalism came likea cold breeze in the night,soothing and rereshing,coursing through me. I oundmysel get better over time,knowing where I got aulty inmy past so as not to reiteratemy unsightly blunders again.I elt mysel be a betterperson than I was, andwas striving to be a betterperson than I am today.What was unny was thatwhenever my classmatesand I compare what wehave been and what we arenow, we note a signicantchange. We can see theembarrassing mistakes,and hope to cancel it outby being better today. Wehave nally trodden thepath to venerability. To date,I am currently enjoying mycourse and I am happilyadjusted to college lie,though there is more to beadapted to, as there is moreto be achieved. What I amnow, is thanks to GJC.

When we hear the word success,we usually perceive different meanings for we don’t share the same understanding. But let me share with you what I have ascertained to this rousing womanwho left an impact to me in knowing what success is.

“Teaching is a lie-long learning and acommitment.” These werethe words uttered by Dr.Bernadette O. Gallardo,the school’s registrarand Head o the SocialSciences Department asthe interview started.

Ater she graduated

rom high school, sheaspired to be a ComputerProgrammer but becauseo nancial problems, shegrabbed the opportunityto study here at GeneralDe Jesus College sincethere was a scholarshipprovided i she will takeBachelor o Science inSecondary Education.

“Sabi ng ather ko noon,kapag medyo nakaluwagkami nancially, pag-aaralin niya ko sa coursena gusto ko but it turnedout na minahal ko na yungginagawa ko.”

Although teaching isnot her rst choice as aproession, she learned tolove it and ound out thestrong eeling o beingdestined or called toundertake this eld. Shebelieves that i you wantto teach, you’ll do this byheart and at the hearto a teacher’s role is thepromotion o learningor all pupils. That is thechallenge or all theteachers. Those who dare

to teach must never ceaseto learn.

We oten hearher saying, “…morallyupright, civic-minded,”and “integrity, discipline,”always reminding herstudents. And as ateacher, she wants them tobe transormed into highlyproductive individuals.

She also said thatgood teachers practicetheir crat not or themoney or because theyhave to, but becausethey want to and theytruly enjoy it. “In teaching,hindi ka yayaman peromay reward. Mayamanka sa mga estudyante atkakilala. Isa yun sa mganakakatuwa.”

Dedicating hersel tothis school has so manyreasons, and when askedwhy she chose to stayhere, she said, “There’ssomething here na hindiko kayang iwan.” Simplewords yet so meaningul

and expressive. Brieanswer yet gives me asense o admiring her or

committing hersel andor her aithulness to thisschool.

Newly promoted asthe school’s registrar, Dr.Gallardo shared some oher realizations. Accordingto her, in achievingsomething that onewants to achieve, there’sa process. Success takestime. It’s not just aboutstudying well but alsoimproving and upgradingyoursel proessionally. It’sa continuous learning.And every promotion not just comes rom who youare but rom persistentand hard-working eort indoing something. Thereis no accomplishmentwithout determination.

Handling her positionas a registrar is not so easy.Yes, there are so manyresponsibilities—keepingthe records o the students,being responsible with allthe documents needed,etc. And according to her,one o the challenges inher proession is: “Every

day is a challenge to meand one o the challengesis the adjustment. It’s myrst year to be positionedin this work as a registrar atwala akong backgroundkaya at rst, mahirap.”

But in spite o thechallenges she is dealingwith, she wants to expresshow delighted she is in herline o work. She considersthat it is a great privilegeor her to be a part o thisschool, to work with peoplewhom she treated as hersecond amily. “Throughthick and thin, kasamako ang General de Jesus.‘Yung pag-welcome atpag-alalay eh lagingnandon. Dito ako masaya.Andito yung comort zoneko. Parang amily angsamahan.”

Dr. Gallardo dreams bigor the school. She desiresthat someday, the schoolwill have an automatedenrolment process

W hen I was a newly-enrolled student in the College of Education, I was looking forward to see myself get better. I was excited to learn more,hone my skills and let myself improve. Explore the unknown to see

what else I can do. Dare discover another skill hidden from within. Let myself know me even better. I was enthusiastic about meeting new people, making friends and enjoy the college life. A litt le just like you, young and hopeful.

The True Meaning of Success By Loriejane Jose

DR. BERNADETTE GALLARDO

“Teaching is a lie-long learning

and commitment.”

The perseverance of a person who have failed and stumbled at a point is much more intense than those who have not. The moment he stands up after the fall,watch out for his next move—the intensity of passion and dedicationwill bring out the best in him and in everyone who surrounds him.

Mr. Jerey P. Franco,the newly-promoted deano Accountancy andAccounting TechnologyDepartment, the manbehind the department andthe school’s ve consecutiveyears o success andnumerous awards in variousAccounting competitionsregional and national,shares his story. Find out howlie’s challenges became thisman’s driving orce to acethe road again, and thistime, he makes everythingwork out.

Raised in San Isidro, DeanFranco spent his childhoodeducation in San IsidroCentral School. He playullyreminisced memories othe young Jerey Franco.“Natatandaan ko nungelementary, sabi sa’kinng teacher ko, ang ini-o-honor lang nila ‘yung mgadeserving. Although nasa

top 10 ako noon, dahilkaramihan sa mga kaklaseko eh mga kamag-anak ngteacher, nawaglit ako ngnawaglit. Siguro dahil na rinsa hindi ako nakapagdalang ice cream. (laughs). Perodahil sa awa ng adviser ko,binigyan ako ng award, MostIndustrious”. His childhooddream is to drive a truck,or anything with wheels,he said as he remember aconversation he had withhis grade three teacher.

For high school, he tooka ew steps and crossedthe road and studied atGeneral de Jesus College.This part was enjoyed by ourCPA proessor, taking a dayat a time. Way back, he wasthe head o the ROTC o his

batch. His avorite subject isScience, specically, Physics,taught by the now VicePresident or Academics,Mrs. Josena Magno. Withall the enjoyment anda sort o living-lie-while-he’s-young-attitude, heunexpectedly graduatedwith a recognition—FirstHonorable Mention.

At this point, be it knownto the reader that there isa unny story on how DeanFranco ended up taking BSin Accountancy in WesleyanUniversity. “Ang gusto ko kasitalagang maging, scientist.Eh dahil walang ino-oerna ganun sa Cabanatuan,magse-settle ako saEconomics tutal

When You Aim, Aim for the Moon By Charinette Padolina

THE MAN OF THE MOMENT. Dean Jerey Franco is the man behind

the Accountancy and Accounting Technology department’s success.

I have written this oryou reshmen, whatever thecourse you have chosen,so that you will be guidedin your adjustment period,

and that you will be a betterbatch than we were; thatyou will not repeat the sameerrors I did. It doesn’t matteri I belong to the EducationDepartment and you romanother, but we, the batchbeore you, have been theretoo, in the reshman stage,and we know it’s hard, orwe have experienced whatyou might be experiencingnow. I nd it unny thateven i I don’t know youpersonally one by one, butI eel compassion to tell youto hold on, strive on andkeep on. Always give yourbest shot at every subject oractivity, also, never miss anycompetition or seminar youcan join in, grasp all thoseopportunities along the wayand most o all, I encourageyou to live our school’s visionand mission rom early on,especially the line: “DIEor God and Country”, orsooner or later you mayregret that you haven’t, aswas my case.





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Revenge, in the longrun, is hurting two persons:the sinner and the one whosought revenge.

When it comes to givingtrust, Allie tries not to give itully to anyone. She alwaysdoubts people, and yes, itmakes lie harder, but saer.When she is to involve herselinto someone, she doesn’tgive her ull condence,unless her amily backs theperson up. And then shemet this man, who gainednot just her trust, but heramily’s as well.

It was his amazingpersonality that drew her tohim—she can see herselin him, they were so muchalike that sometimes it bothscares and excites her.

People were normally bornwith a golden spoon in theirmouths—that’s too mainstream. It’s not the spoonthat attracted her; it was hisnancial aptitude and pointso view in lie. He is a youngbusinessman and he’s gotintelligence—developedby experiences andobservation. What meltedher heart was when sheound out how he handlesthe people that work orhim—he treated them likeamily. So Allie and him gotalong well together, and itwas actually a very trustedamily member who gavethe initial approving nod

that they go out—perhapsher aunt knew her all toowell and sensed that hecould be right or her. As orher immediate amily, theyseemed to be on the sameside as her aunt’s—all givingtheir approval. That was therst time that she involvedher amily into her romanticlie, maybe because shebelieved that he is someoneworth it.

As time passed by, sheound out his stories, hisamily, his lie. He has faws,well everybody has some,and she could take his withwarm welcome. It otenamazed her how they thinkand perceive instancesin very similar ways. Shehoped that it’s a good sign.

With everything going onperectly, she knew she haslet one o her boundariesdown—she’s given outtrust. Never knowing thateverything will comecrashing down in the end.

It was betrayal—no otherelaborative words neededto describe what happened.She gave her trust believingthat everything will go asshe expected it. At rstshe couldn’t believe whathappened—she reusedtalking to him, she rejectedhis calls and his textmessages went unreplied.She literally couldn’tunderstand because there’s

no explanation coming

rom him. She’s expectingthat even though she doesnot communicate with himanymore, he will at least senda text message that explainsit all, just or her peace omind. His text messagesare all about apologizing,but with no urther details.She was guessing, andshe’s always assumed in themost conservative manner,which is the worst possiblescenario that could havehappened—betrayal.

That was a big down allor her. It could have beenless dreadul i she did notinvolve her amily. She keptin mind not to let them see

RevengeBy Charinette B. Padolina

how devastated she was.

And this man, who brokeher trust, should receive thebest revenge ever created.She knows things about himand his amily—knows waysenough to break him. In justa blink o an eye, the oncebeautiul relationship turnedinto a nightmare o wovenrevenge.

Day and night shewas plotting ways on howto get even—choosingcareully where and whento start. She visualized howmiserable he’ll be when herplans become successul.She laughed thinking howvery simple everything willbe, and how great the

damage it would cost him.

He’ll regret the moment thathe betrayed her, maybeeven the moment that hemet her. She wanted tohurt him, twice, thrice thepain that she elt. Planningrevenge was easy, butthinking o doing evil thingsto another person—it wasactually one o the hardestthings to bear. It consumedher—consumed her wholebeing. It turned her into amonster—a wailing monster.And she knows that eventhough anger fares outrom her, a small part oher still longed or a clearexplanation o what really

idol ko naman si Winnie Monsod.Nagkataon na sama-sama saisang line ‘yung Economics,Finance at Marketing kayanapakahaba talaga ng pila.‘Yung kasama kong mag-enroll,inaya ako sa mas maiklingpila. Dahil tanghali na din atgusto kong makauwi agad,sumama ‘ko. Maikli lang ‘yungnapuntahan naming pila,

pangatlo na agad kami. No’ngnagll-up na ng subjects atmagbabayad na, no’n ko langnalaman na Accountancypala ‘yung napilahan namin.At dahil sayang ‘yung pila, atnandun na ko sa harap, walanang back out-back out.”Surprises and big changesawaited in college. “Nungnagcollege na, nakakashockkasi magkaibang-magkaiba‘yung kultura ng General atWesleyan. Doon, hahayaanka talaga. Kaya kapag hindika nag-aral, kawawa ka. Angisang naging challenge sa’kin,‘yung nakikita kong hirap nahirap kami sa Accounting ngmga kaklase ko, tapos ‘yungteacher, ngingitian lang kami.”

Even though he is ocusedin academics, Mr. Francostill managed to practicehis leadership skills duringcollege years. He oundedan organization, the “YoungAccounting Executives” whichthe school approved andrecognized. It became an activeorganization or Accountancystudents, aside rom the existingJPIA. He ran as the studentgovernor, and unlike the past

years, surprisingly, no onecompeted against him. Thus,he was elected. At that time, hewas in ourth year college.

He graduated in 2003,and received the awardMagna Cum Laude. Rightater graduation, he startedworking in GJC as a teacherin the subjects Management,Marketing and Finance. When

asked why he did not take theboard exam ater graduating,his response was: “Pressure.Ibang klaseng pressure. Kapagkinain ka ng pressure, ikawmismo ang magda-down sasarili mo.” And what madehim decide to take the exam?“’Yung pakiramdam na kapaghindi ka pa CPA, parang maykulang. ‘Yung iba kasi, medyonalalansi kapag may trabahona, hindi na lang nagte-takedahil nga sumusweldo na.”Aside rom that, a deeperreason was revealed. “Maypangyayari na naging dahilanpara magpursige ko. At onepoint habang nagtatrabaho,naospital ako, almost a month‘yun. Ang dahilan, depression.Kung anu-ano nang testsang ginawa ng doctor, dahilsinusubukang i-trace kung ano‘yung sakit ko. Alam ko namanna wala. Ang pakiramdam kolang kasi no’n, parang ayawko nang mabuhay. Hanggangsa kinausap ako ng doctorat sinabi sa’kin, ‘Kapag hindinagbago ang isip mo, angpaggaling mo, nakadependena lang sa’yo’. At ‘yun, ‘yun angnaging turning point ng lahat.

Para ‘kong biglang nagising atnarealize kong may buhay papala ‘kong pwedeng harapinat marami pa ‘kong pwedenggawin. October 2005, nagtakeako ng board exam.”

He got married in 2007,and is now enjoying atherhoodas he watch his two sons growup. His leisure time is usuallyspent reading books about

leadership and economicsand bonding with his amily.So ar, the greatest challengehe has aced regarding hiswork is the whole preparationor the board exam o the pilotbatch. “Limang taon naminginiintindi ‘yung board examna ‘yan. Habang nagrereview‘yung mga graduates natin,siyempre dapat nandunkami, dumadalaw, nag-aalala. Habang nag-eexam sila, kasama kamingkinakabahan. ‘Yung pag-aabang sa result ng boardexam ang pinakamahabaat pinakamahirap napaghihintay sa lahat.” Aterall the hard work, there is nodoubt the dean and the wholedepartment is now earning theruits o their labor. “At siyempre,ang pinakarewarding, ‘yungnaging result ng board exam.Naalala ko pa ‘yung sinabing isang proessor ko noon,na sa tatlong anak niya, niisa walang naging CPA, peroproud siya kasi ‘yung mgaestudyante niya, naging CPA.Nakakarelate na ‘ko ngayon.Kahit papaano pwede natingipagyabang na ‘yung siyam

Illustration by Rema Adrales


Isa sa pinakamahirapna gawain ay angmagpasensya sa mgataong walang ibig gawinkung hindi ang manirang kanilang kapwa. Isasa pinakamatapang nadesisyon ay ang manahimikna lamang sa kabila ng

panunutya, paninirang puri,panghuhusga at kawalanng respeto na dahilan paraikasira ng maraming sikat natao sa lipunan. Dahilan paralayuan ka ng mga itinuringmong mga kaibigan.Mawalan ng mukhangihaharap sa mga taongiyong inasahan. Hanggangsa mawalan ka na ngmakakapitan kung hindi angiyong mga magulang.

Maituturing kong isangmalaking dagok para saakin ang siraan ng akingkapwa. Mga taong walanaman talagang alamsa mga dinanas at mgapinagdadaanan ko sabuhay. Alam kong hindimaiiwasan na husgahanka ng isang tao, o masmagandang sabihin nahusgahan ka ng hindilang isang tao sa isangoras na lumipas, sa isangbuwan na nagdaan osabihin na natin sa lahatng taong nakakasalubongmo sa buong isang araw.Samu’t saring impresyon

ang kanilang nabubuo sakanilang isipan. Iba-ibangpaniniwala at pananaw sakung anong klaseng tao akoat kung ano ang estado kosa buhay.

Isa ako sa bilyun-bilyong tao sa mundo nanakararanas ng ganitong

sitwasyon. Isa ako sanagtimpi at nagtikomng bibig laban sa mgaparatang sa akin. Kahitmadalas ay naikukuyom kona ang aking mga kamayat karaniwan ay nauuwina lamang sa malalim nabuntong-hininga. Gustokong lumaban. Gusto kongipaglaban ang karapatanko bilang tao. Gusto konglumaban hindi sa pisikalna paraan kung hindi saparaan na sila mismo angmagsisisi sa pagkakamalinila.

Hindi sa naduduwagako, kung hindi sakagustuhan kongmagkaroon ng pagbabago.Ayokong humanay sa mgataong inuubos ang kanilangoras sa paninira ng iba.Dahilan siguro marahil nginggit, sobrang pagkagalitat pagkagutom sa awaykaya nila nagagawa angmga ganitong bagay.Ngunit sapat bangdahilan ‘yon para maniraka ng kapwa mo? Ano

ang karapatan mongmanghusga gayong alammong hindi mo naman siyaganoon kakilala? Sinasabimo sa ibang tao ang mgasalitang alam mo namangwalang katotohanan.Ipinakakasalan mo angiyong ginawa sa mga taong

wala namang kinalaman.Para kang gumawa ngsarili mong multo at di momagawang harapin dahilnatatakot ka.

Oo, alam kongmapapagod ka din sa mgaginagawa mong paniniraat panghuhusga. Ngunitikinasisiya mo ba angganitong gawain? Natutuwaka bang maraming tao angikinakahiya ang kanilangmga sarili dahil sa ginawamong panlilibak? Alamkong sa huli, magsisisi ka athihingi ng tawad sa mgataong pininsala mo. Peroisipin mo na lang na paraakong isang puting damitna tinapunan ng pintura.Alam kong kaya kong linisinang aking pangalan sa mgataong naging iba ang tinginsa akin. Pero ang totoongkulay ko hindi na maibabaliksa dati, samakatuwid, hindina babalik ang tiwala naibinigay nila sa akin. Angmga paninira mo na sinabilaban sa akin, nakatatakna sa isipan ng mga tao,

Pintura

na kahit kailan ay hindina mababago ninuman.Kahit gumawa ako ngmaganda sa aking kapwa,kahit na mamatay ako ngdakila, iba pa rin kapagnadungisan na, iba parin kapag nabaligtad angkanilang paniniwala. Araw-araw kong kakaharapin ang

samu’t saring sinasabi sakin.Sa tingin mo, hanggangkailan ko dadalhin angmga paratang sakin?Hanggang kailan akomagiging matatag? Sapatba ang paghingi ng tawadkung ang buhay ko namanay panghabambuhay namagkakaroon ng lamat?

Guhit ni Rex Christian Santos

happened.And nally she decided

to answer his call one time.She listened to how sorryhe was, that he knows she’smad and that he couldn’tace her amily anymorebecause o shame. Andto his conessions that hecouldn’t sleep at night,couldn’t concentrate oneverything, and was verymiserable thinking that he’scaused her pain. He askedher to orgive him. No, heBEGGED her to orgive him.She told him to explain whathappened and why theyended up that way but hesaid he couldn’t say it overphone and asked i he couldsee her so he could explainpersonally. She said,” No,

you cannot see me, andno, I will never orgive you.”She smiled, said ‘bye, andpressed the end call button.It was more satisying thanshe thought. She knewhe wasn’t lying, and thethought that he was guilty,and was miserable becauseo what he’s done gave herthe sweetest pleasure orevenge.

And those callshappened several moretimes. He, begging ororgiveness, and she, sayingshe will never orgive him.Each time it has given hersatisaction, and she knows

that a man carrying guiltover his heart—that is aperect torture. That was oneo the best revenge; imaginea man suering rom guilteveryday o his lie—so muchbetter than her plans. Eachtime they talked, she tried toadd more guilt so he wouldbe more miserable. Later on,she realized, the satisactionades, and she started toeel the same misery—theguilt o not giving him thechance to explain, the guilto enjoying his suering andthe guilt o not orgiving. Theeeling was dark and heavy.

That night, she decidedshe should hear it all. Itwas another phone call.She threatened him thatshe will never answer his

calls again i he will not tellher everything—the wholereason why he betrayed her.Ater much argumentationthat it was not sae to talk onthe phone, she’s convincedhim. It was around 11:00 p.m.,everyone was asleep, shewas standing at the openront door as she listened.A woman knows when aman lies, and she knows hewas telling the truth. Aterhearing the story, she brokedown and cried like a child.

Plain and simple—blackmail. He did everything toprotect the targets o harm—Allie and his amily. It was a

tough decision or him, buthe did the best that he could.And when everything wasover, he came back—but itwas too late. Promises werebroken, trusts were crushed,plans were ruined, Allie’samily no longer trusts him.She understands him, butshe knows it would be toodicult to explain everythingto her amily so they wouldaccept him again.

Revenge breaks not just the person whom onewants to get even with,but the person who infictsit as well. Lie will let youknow why remorse cannotbe coerced—it can onlybe discovered. I you areseeking or revenge, askyoursel, what good will it do

to you, in the long run? It willnot give you real happiness;and by carrying that darkpassion o revenge, you arepunishing yoursel or theother person’s mistake. Let itgo. You still have a lie to live.

By imposing revengeshe broke him, and in theprocess she broke hersel,too. They saw each otherater that call, several times,and there he related thestory again. She gave himher orgiveness, which waslong overdue. And withbitter tears they consoledeach other why it can neverbe the same again.

Revenge...From page 6

kabaligtaran ng mga nabanggitna posts. Sa unang tingin,tila napakanormal ng mgaganitong eksena, subalit ayonsa pag-aaral, ang acebook atiba pang social networkingsites ay nagiging dahilan na nglow sel-esteem at insecurity (source: Yahoo!News).

Kapag binisita ng isang buser ang account ng kanyangriend, hindi maiwasangikumpara ng tumitingin angkaniyang sarili sa tinitingnan. At dahil ang ipiniprisintangimpormasyon ng acebookay maituturing na biased,kadalasang nauuwi sainsecurity, inggit, low sel-esteem, sel-pity, at maaringhumantong pa sa depressionang reaksiyon ng b user.Kadalasang mga users na

naglalaan ng maraming oras saacebook ang nakakaranas nito,o tinaguriang “Social mediadepression” (source: mb.com.ph, Manila Bulletin PublishingCorporation). Naranasan mona bang makaramdam nglungkot o inggit dahil mataposmong bisitahin ang accountng riend mo, nakita mo angmga magagandang bagay at pangyayari sa kaniya at

tila wala siyang problema?Badtrip, dahil ang buhay mo,hindi kasing engrande ngsa kaniya, and worse, alammong mayroon kang mgakinakaharap na problema.Unair, ‘di ba?

Ang totoong problema,masyado tayong nagigingdependent sa kung ano ‘yungnakikita natin. Ateng, hindilang picture ang pwedengi-enhance. Pati kwentong buhay, pwede na ringi-photoshop. ‘Yung akala natinperect ang istorya sa acebook,sa totoong buhay, hindi pala.‘Wag tayong mabuhay samundo na hindi natin alamkung ilang porsiyento angtotoo. Maraming advantagesang acebook na talaga namingnapapakinabangan natin ng

husto, pero may mga downallsdin ito. Ang totoong buhay, wala sa cyber space, kundi nasakalye, nasa jeep, nasa kantoni Caridad, nasa bahay mo at bahay ko. Ang totoong buhay,‘may mga problema, hindi kalaging maganda at “hindi dahilgusto mo, makukuha mo”(source: Sari, The Mistress).

Ikaw, saang mundoumiikot ang buhay mo?

Social media depression...From page 4

demokrasya, pagbabawalan ba nating maglingkod angpulitiko na may kaapelyido.

Ang tunay na problemaay nasa sistema ng pulitikakung saan ang pagpanginoonsa iilang apelyido ng pulitikoay laganap at ang kamay ng batas ay mahina kayanagkakaroon ng hindi maayosna labanan at nawawala angtunay na pananagutan saresponsibilidad.

Sila na naman? Wala bangiba? Isa yan sa mga tanonghabang nalalapit na angeleksyon. Na mismong ako ay

hindi din maiwasang itanongsa aking sarili lalo na ngayonna isa na din akong botante.

Hindi naman akomatinding tutol sa PoliticalDynasty. Dahil para sa akin angtunay na sukatan ng pagigingmagaling na tagapaglingkodng bayan ay wala sa apelyido,

o kung bago ka pa. Ang tunay na sukatan ay

ang pagsisilbi sa taong bayan. Wala namang problema kunganak, asawa o kamag-anak ngdati nang pulitiko basta kayanilang patunayan na karapatdapat sila sa tiwalang binigay sa kanila, na sila ay tumakbopara maglingkod at di paramangurakot.

Kaya sa darating naeleksyon, kailangang magingmatalino sa pagpili ngkandidato. Dahil sa malingdesisyon ay ilan taon tayongmagdudusa.

Ngayon ay mamimilitayo sa Menu ng 2013, kungnasarapan ka dati yun ulitang orderin mo at kungnagsasawa ka na umorder ka naman ng iba. Dahilnasa iyo ang desisyon kungmasisiyahan at mabubusog kao magpapagutom ka.

Menu ng 2013...From page 4

When You Aim, Aim for the Moon...From page 5

na CPA’s, proudly made in GJC,walang pwedeng umangkin.”

For the aspiring CPA’s, andor everyone who have plansand dreams, here is the dean’smessage: “Napakaimportanteng utang na loob. Ngpagtanaw sa pinaggalingan.At ng ailing beore succeeding.Mas mabuting umiyak ka nangayon, mahirapan ka nangayon kaysa kapag nandunka na sa goal mo, tsaka kapa lang madadapa. Maginghumble. At pinakaimportantesa lahat, hindi umiikot angmundo sa pagiging CPA.Although siyempre, dahilnandito ka na, i-eencourageka namin na i-pursige na ‘yungpagiging CPA, nadito ka na eh.Para sa mga hindi naman nag-

end up na makapagtake ngboard, maraming naghihintaysa’yo. Napakaraming bagayang pwede mong gawin atpuntahan, at kadalasan, masmalaki ‘yung challenge at masintense ‘yung pagpupursigeng mga hindi magte-take ngboard. Ang pagiging CPA,isang part lang ‘yan ng buhay.Kumbaga sa pag-inom ngisang basong tubig, isa odalawang lagok lang ‘yun.There is so much more to beand to discover in lie.”

Once upon a time a manaimed or the moon, andreached it. This person has doneso much, and we’re pretty surewill do a lot more. Keep aimingor the best, sir. Keep achievinghonor and excellence!

Ni Charmaine Alpha Padilla



“Good teachers practice their craft not for the

money or because they have to, but because they

want to and they truly enjoy it.”

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was Charmaine Ignacio,BSA II, who emerged as theCHAMPION on the Sycip,Gorres, and Velayo (SGV)Search or the Basic Ac-counting Wizard.

The momentum o re-markable perormance con-tinued, having Carlo deRueda, BSA IV, hailed asCHAMPION on the Certi-ed Accounting Technician(CAT) Cup Level III whichcovers Taxation and Payroll Accounting while KristineMae Maniaol, BSA IV tookthe 4th place.

Adding to the ame wereCarlo de Rueda and Czareth

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Jane Castro, BSA IV, whoalso grabbed the 2nd placeand 3rd place in Sycip, Gor-res, Velayo Cup respectively.

In the Punong Bayanand Araullo Auditing QuizBee, Carlo de Rueda, BSA IV,ranked 4th place ollowed by Catherine Mateo, BSA IV, who landed 5th place.

On the other hand, inthe Philippine FinancialReporting Standards (PFRSMeet Standards) nalists were the ollowing: Czareth Jane Castro, Jenier Vergara,and Kristine Mae Maniaol.(All rom BSA IV)

Due to these awards, the

school was consequently declared as the 2nd Over-allChampion in the AcademicEvents.

Prior to this, two stu-dents were chosen by theRegional Council o NFJPIA to represent the region inthe upcoming National Mid- Year Convention on October 23, 2012.

It is indeed that these victories evidently show thatGJC provides quality educa-tion, promotes excellenceand serves as a true Homeo Champions.

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and other technologicaladvancements just like inother universities. This willhelp not only the registrar’s

oce but also all o thestudents and the aculty.

When asked aboutsome o her hobbies, sheshared that she lovesreading pocket books andshe preers romantic stories.“Alam mo yung ‘pag pagodka? Pagod ka sa pagtuturo,sa pagbasang mgalessons. Soyun yungd i v e r s i o nko. Gustoko naman,

i b a n gklaseng libro yungbabasahin ko like mgaromantic stories or yungnovels ni Nicholas Sparks.Minsan, yun yung pang-relax ko lalo na pag stressedako.” She also managesto have a break and havebonding moments with her

amily especially with herdaughter. “Mahilig akonglumibot kasama yung anakat mga kapatid ko lalo pag

walang ginagawa or pasok.Ang motto kasi namin ehyun bang kahit hindi kamayaman, eh mapuntahanat ma-experience mo yungmga places, eh ok na.”

And one essential thingthat she wants to give asadvice or all those successul

people is to live with humility.To humble ourselves in thesight o the Lord so that indue time, He shall lit usup. “Always set your eet onthe ground. Kung anumanyung achievement mo, yesmasaya ka sa una perolaging tandaan na ayaw ni

God ng mayabang. Kapagsobrang taas mo, ibababaka lang. At ang isang bagay,hindi lang dapat ginagawa

para sa sarili lang kundipara sa nakararami.”— herpoint o view which she hadlearned rom her ather.

Mrs. BernadetteGallardo a disciplined,intelligent, aithul andordinary person who makesan extraordinary dierence

into other’slives. That’sher.

As I set this pendown, I mused at

the idea of the meaning of success.Success is continual. It’s not an event but a journey, anongoing process. It’s not anaccolade that we receive for a race won or a job well done. Success is the positive result of steady forward movement.

The True Meaning of Success...From page 5

Contadores dominate Intrams; Jaguars clinch cheerdance crown

MOVES LIKE JAGUARS. The cheer dance squad o the Education department’s Blue Jaguars won

the championship o the cheering competition in the College Intramurals.

The Contadores o the Accountancy and Account-ing Technology departmenthandily won the overallchampionship in the col-lege intramurals held last

September 26 - 29.It was the rst time that

the college intramurals wasseparated rom the highschool. It was also the rsttime that the competition was among the teams o thedierent departments with-in the college.

The Contadores wonmost o the games in the In-tramurals.

The games eatured inthe sports est include bas-

ketball, volleyball, badmin-ton, table tennis and chess.

Meanwhile, the Blue Jaguars o the Educationdepartment won the cham-pionship o the cheer dance

competition.On the other hand, the

Green Hornets o the Ho-tel and Restaurant Manage-ment deparment nished1st runner up.

The our-day longsports est provided oppor-tunities to strengthen ca-maraderie among students within the dierent depart-ments, as well as to developthe students physically.

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COLORFUL COSTUMES. College students dressed in dierent national costumes joined the World Peace Day motorcade.

College department joins World Peace Day celebration

The school joined thecelebration o World PeaceDay on October 23.

The celebration started with a motorcade eaturingfoats representing dierentnationalities.

The college department joined the program in theaternoon in which dierentdances refecting the diversecultures o the world werepresented.

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Please submit your entriesat the Publicationoffice

on or before the deadline.

deadl ine o f s ubmis s io n: 02.01.2013

proudly announces the publication of its

First Literary FolioSubmit your original literary pieces (poems,short stories or essays) and illustrations.Choose among the following themes: •Thepast,thepresentorthefuture •Personalexperience

•Change •Emotions

Include your name, contact number and a shortinterpretation of your work on a separate page.

All previously submitted but unpublished literaryworks will also be included in the upcoming folio.

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