[Required Entry #9] - Definition

An Internet-related Concept

"Breezy Boy"

Have you been a "breezy boy" even once in your life? Or did someone that is a "breezy boy" make an involvement to you? Formally defining what this concept is; a breezy boy is referred to a male person who utilizes his immense confidence to get the sentiments of women. Usually, this kind of men get the attention of many social-media users because they have been part of the Big trends (through short video clips or vines) showcasing their unusual techniques to captivate and allure women's heart. From its describing word "breezy", we can apparently infer some "pa-cool" and "papogi" operations a breezy boy can splash us off. But sadly, they may sometimes cause disrespect to the ladies and appear harmful.

                                                                                                            

A Related Concept to Your Course (Mathematics)

"System of Equations"

A system of equations is a mathematical system composed of a multiple number of equations (2 or more equations) where the values ​​of different variables are unknown. Graphically, the goal in solving this system is to see their intersection (s) in the Cartesian Coordinate Plane. Those intersections would be the solution in a certain mathematical problem. But how important this concept would be in my future career as a BS Mathematics graduate? Even though I am still at the beginning of this extensive Mathematics education, I was told by my professor that this system is very important and useful. Related to its application in "real life", this system would be incredibly complex in different fields and disciplines. System of equations can be used in the field of Actuarial Science, Computer Science, cryptography, Finance, Modelling, Operations Research, and even in Logic wherein the unknown variables are related to these certain fields.

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[Free Entry #11]

           I proudly want to say that I am one
           of the  enthusiasts  of His great arts!

                          

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[Free Entry #10]

My Observations and Experiences as a "Freshie" in UP Diliman

Having your life in a dormitory for the first time is a little bit hard and uncomfortable. Apparently, I've got no choice but to accept and be grateful with this opportunity to live here in Kalayaan Residence Hall rather than taking the stress and risk if I decided to go to Quezon City everyday coming from a far province, specifically in San Pedro City of Region IV-A, and considering also the difficulty of the journey it would give by traffic. But as days pass, the condition used to be convenient and adjacent for me to cherish my College Life as a "dormer" and appreciate my environment around the Campus.

It's been a while since I last used GPS (Global Positioning System) of my phone. As far as I remember, I used this radio navigation system when I was transferring my things and stuff in the dormitory for the preparation for our first day as a student of the University. I and my father had used this to go here in UP because of a little fact that we were not fully aware with the routes we should take to reach our destination. With the help of the said device, we were given the absolute location (location coordinates) of the Kalayaan Dormitory.

Yeah! Reaching our destination is good enough, but I as a "Freshie", consider this UP campus a large one. Before having our first official day as an "isko", I have decided to ask some random upper-class men (those ones who do not look trolls) for relative locations of the places that would hold my classes. They told me things like "what-jeep-to-ride" and "what-to-look-for". Consequently, they also told me some significant landmarks to look around Diliman in case I would be demanded to go there. The things and pieces of advice they have said became very helpful to me in my one-semester stay here. I also get to know different places and some "pasikot-sikot" or "short-cuts" that would surely be used in my stay here.

Based on self-observations for a month stay inside the campus, there are well-observable human-environment interactions occurring. As an example, many people tend to perform their warm-ups and exercises around the campus because of some well-known factors like having a good (relative at the same) temperature of the environment; it is also not polluted here contrary to urban places external to UP Diliman.

In another part of my observations, I had considered that noticing the similarities of the characteristics and interests of the students inside the campus was very difficult. So I came up to the idea that this is the main purpose of different organizations here. I see them in different perspective, analysis, and categories. They differ in purpose and significance but at least they are built with people with the same interests and goals. I therefore conclude that they are like regions dividing the students in this premiere university with different scale or analysis.

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[Required Entry #8] - Cause and Effect

Cause: Corruption in the Philippines

According to a study conducted by World Bank (in year 2006), corruption in the Philippines is considered to be the worst in the region of East Asia and the Pacific. Why does this very cruel act seem to be an untreatable endemic disease in our country and what are the possible causes of it?

Except from the Philippine President’s, the normal monthly salaries of government officials lie below the range of an amount of fifty-thousand Pesos. With such information, we can derive that some of them tend to perform the devilish act of corrupting for their self-interests. For example, one candidate would run for the position of a Mayor in a city. Being a realist based on the current situation of our country, he would then probably spend millions of Pesos just to win the election. Is the reason behind aiming for this position really focus on purely serving his fellowmen? Or maybe it has something to do with his self-interests to somehow draw the money he spent on the previous election or even gain more (including power) through his businesses in the scope of the city?

Aside from those previous reasons, corruption is also caused by our country itself. We do not have an effective justice implementation in our country or even a strict law that extensively monitor those people in their positions. With this condition, they can easily do what they want.

Another serious thing is regarding the involvement of small public workers (like city engineers, public accountants, treasurers, et. al) to the corruption happening in our country. One of the main reasons behind this is also because of their insufficient salaries for their family. In addition, some of the high-positioned government officials are making collaboration with them to get large amount of “kick-backs” ,usually because of their non-terminating self-interests.

Yes, those are all indeed happening to our wretched country. Vast bribery, extensive corruption, pervasive fraud, heinous crime, and a lot more! But are we just going to watch the weakening flame of the candle in front of us? Of course, our response there is a big no.

“You are here to make a difference, to either improve the world or worsen it. And whether or not you consciously choose to, you will accomplish one or the other.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

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[Free Entry #9]

   There
   Is
   Always
   Hope
   Behind
   Every
   Blue
   Sky.



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[Free Entry #8]

"In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they are still beautiful.”

                                                  

                                                                                      —Alice Walker

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[Required Entry #7.1] - Compare and Contrast

High School Vs. College

Things in high school and college are really distinctive from each other. In high school, we live our lives with required multiple extra-curricular activities that are part of school activities. Point compared to college, it depends on the student if he or she would not be part of different organizations in the campus; It is therefore voluntary. Time constructs of different subjects in high school are always proposed and made ​​by the school administrator unlike in college, a student's time schedule quite depends on him or her. When we are in high school, some teachers or instructors are very considerate in giving grades to their students. Dissimilar to college, what you get is what you would really get from your college professors and instructors. Some students can lie low during their high school days but if you do this while you are in college, office of the university can bestow an advanced farewell card to you. Examinations given to us in high school are less depressive in contrary to tests given to us in college. Because tests given to us in high school are quite easy because they always come as objective tests; examinations in college really differ because they always come with surprises! Even though high school and college stuff differ, these things would always be a part of a single path for a single journey of an important goal of our life.

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[Free Entry #7]

“Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished.”

                                             —Dean Koontz (author, Whispers)

                                     


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[Required Entry #7] - Compare and Contrast

My Real Self vs. My Ideal Self

It is human nature to feel discontents and unfulfillments within ourselves, and I truly consider this statement positioned beyond shadow of doubts. Due to these discontentments, I personally generated a clear impression of my ideal self if I am going to modify some characteristics and traits of mine that would somehow result to an optimal me. How do my current real self and ideal self differ from each other?

In terms of my personality in reality, I am such a type of person who actually do not care (or a person who seems care less) to the occurrences happening in our country even how important or how serious a certain issue is to our environment. It is absolutely a bad developed oddity of mine, right? Another point is concerned with my academic status. Gladly speaking, a real me genuinely set his academics on the top part of his priorities. I am actually studying hard and whole-heartedly (at the same time) because I knew that the actual measurement of one’s intellectual capacity is defined by how you have acquired a certain knowledge with your heart and mind. The third point is with regard to the physical appearance of my real self; you can visualize me as an average man with the distinction of an average height (5 ft 3 in) and a typical teen-ager with acne in his face. On the last stand, my point circumscribes with my interests. Talking about the negative side of it, I have this little bit addiction on gaming but still considerably controlled. In addition to my interests, I am a music enthusiast and I greatly appreciate different genres of music.

In a more positive view wherein I visualize myself as a perfect me (ideal self), some of my real self’s characteristics are improved while some traits retained. In the scope of my personality, I see myself as a person that is very aware on all important phenomena in his country. With this awareness, he is also concern to some serious issues revolving in his environment and he firmly believes that the righteous time would come for him to be part of the resolution of the said conflicts even in the smallest contribution he can do. In the next point concerning to my academic status, I do want to retain the developed skills and traits of my real self in which I can keep this focus in my academics. While in my physical appearance, I just want to add a little bit height to my real self and reduce some acnes in my face. On the last point, my ideal self can greatly manage his time with respect to his interests, academics, family, friends, etc.

“Nothing is permanent.” It is a fact that most of us have this imagination of their ideal selves. Some realists would say that you can’t change anything God had given you. But in a more strict reality, you can actually modify some part of yourself including your personality, belief, etc. for a better self. It is not really the end to make yourself perfect because nothing is really permanent.

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