We are what we see in the television.

We speak of what we hear from the television.

We do what we see in television.

We know stuffs because of the television.

We are entertained by the television.

I am who I am mainly because of the television.

I know that I sounded so exaggerated and sure of the last statement that I have given but it was something that in my own opinion is true.

The television is such a powerful media yet the power that it emanates to the viewers is not seen. Why? It was something that we were used to. Something that's already in our everday lives since we were little kids. It's already a unit in our culture. It's nothing new. So why would it be noticed?

Anyway, after watching the documentary on Philippine television last Monday I have seen and have realized how far the television and broadcasting throught it has reached. How many lives it touched and changed with the views that they impart.  

The television then became a very powerful tool of media. Broadcasting through the television was something that once had raged the passion of the Filipino people and had united lots of Filipinos in a peaceful revolution to oust somebody who was once a tyrrant feared by all - a history. Broadcasting all the fuck-ups that were then happening in the society and administration of Marcos through the television had I guess, added more to what then was just a little fire of passion and made it burn.  

I still believe that the television has been playing a great part in today's society. We dress the way what the television is cool. We speak words that what the television tells us is rocking. We sing songs that what the television tells us is cool.

Like before, broadcasting through the television lights up our passion for stuffs and make that passion be a burning one. We are informed of some stuffs because we see it in the television. If the frauds of the government and of other people is not broadcasted in the television, I don't think there will be people rallying here in Manila for they are uninformed and clueless.

People today rely more on television more than the radio. We, today, are more of audiovisual than audio alone. We prefer that we see stuffs and hear them at the same time. We watch news on television rather than just listening to it in the radio. We prefer seeing dramas that portrays emotions and expressions rather than just hearing the lines delivered. 

The television and broadcasting through it, has indeed affected us so much. It has been emanating much power on us yet we don't notice. It was something we are used to.   

thoughts. 

Excited, blissful, anxious - some of the emotions that were stirred up inside me after knowing that we will do a magazine for a project as this semester ends. It was indeed a good news. It was something that made us feel so excited. It was something different to do. Something challenging.

I thought that one month won't be enough. Looking for generous sponsors, writing alll the articles, lay-outing the stuff, having all the hard-copies printed and sold, coding the on-line version of the magazine and having it deployed in the net, recording the sales and be ready for the report - a span of finger-counted weeks won't be enough, I had in mind, but I then thought we are a class of 52 talented students, we can have it done.

At first, too much excitement was all we felt but as days gone by, anxiousness and worries began to take place. We were starting to run out of time.

actions.

To different groups we have arranged ourselves - production, marketing, circulation, editors and writers, models, photography, lay-outs, art group and the "on-liners". It was too make the work more efficient and systematized.

"This won't be easy as I thought it would be," I said to myself.

We all started doing our own jobs as early as possible. The three big groups - production, marketing and circulation started to talk about how we'll gain. The writers started to brainstorm over the topics that they'll use for the articles. They also started jotting down their works. Our gorgeous looking models and photographers thought of what their themes will be and started their photo shoots. The heads started to think of the strategies that will be used to sell the hard-copy of the magazine. The "on-liners" started planning how the site would be.

Nothing in this world is perfect. Everything has flaws. We had too much in doing this magazine. I could still remember how some of my blockmates felt so sleepy after editing the lay-out of the magazine. They did it the night before the printing date. Cool! They have the stuff done and made it look better.

I am a computer geek. I have so many html codes inside my head since I really am into coding websites - a "certified on-liner". So allow me to share my experience in doing the site while they are still so so fresh in my memories.

We've done the website in a rush. Believe it or not, it was a rush. The coding was not as simple as some thought it is. We used the "html stuffs" not the "drag-and-drop thingy". I could still remember how Margo cheered me for moral support while my eyes were glued in the computer screen, typing the "computer language". It was hell but was fun. An experience that thought me something : WAG KANG MAGC-CRAM.

I haven't got enough sleep yet this very moment. I feel so sleepy and hungry. I was awake all night together with Gaile and Margo. But it's fine at least it's done.

harvest.

Nostalgia. Reading the word harvest as I had it typed reminded me of something - Pam's puffy eyes started to make drops of tears fall from it after seeing one copy of the printed magazine. The feeling of fulfillment might have got in to her or what that made her cry. Keeping yourself up 'til morning just to finish the lay-out and having the hard-copy in hand - fulfilling. It was what I felt after hours of gluing my eyes on the computer screen talking to the computer and seeing it done after. It really is fulfilling. It wasn't easy but yea it's cool.

omega.  

Doing this magazine project was really a cool stuff - a challenging one. It binded quadrica3 more as one.  

The magazine was really cool. It was far more better than what I expected it to be. We might have heard some comment on our stuff but who the heck cares. If to them it's a competition, to us it's an experience. Experience that we will all treasure all our life.

This project taught us lessons that can't be learned within the four corners of rm.215. It gave us experiences we'll all have for keeps. O yea! .  

And yea! Ma'm Faye I'll miss you. Labb! .