Temporal Vortex

Note: Don’t mistook this grievance with the first thing that enters your mind.

Wow, that was a surprise. To think we have such power. They said that only our university had this policy. It was all thanks to the Congresswoman who filed it(whoever that is ). Because of that, we students are able to enjoy our rights as well our responsibilities as a rightful student of the university.

Not aware to many students, we have a Magna Carta. It is an article where our rights and responsibilities are stipulated.

This right was bestow upon us so that we could claim our right to have the best quality education that we are paying for. This is also a way to peacefully resolve a feud with anyone in the university. Grievances could be filed to anyone in the school. Might it be a classmate or an authority.

Well, because it is right of an student, common cases are about academics of course and professors are the often the accused party.

Common Cases are wrong computation of grades, failure without any valid reason, refusal to show how grades were computed, miscalculation of tardiness and absence, and of course, sexual harassment as well. Well that’s it for our wicked professors.

Still, we should be considerate as well to them. We might as well give them an informal grievance by talking with them verbally at first. Writing a letter to the department chair would only be a choice if it can’t be resolved verbally. To do this, a formal letter is written by the complainant with the whole narration of the incident, citing some witnesses and actions that needs to be executed to resolve the matter. Never forget the signature.

If you need help or witness about verbal dealings, you can ask any SC member to help you.

You can file group grievances as well if you are composed of three people or more.

By the way, if grievances about grade changes are filed after two weeks after the distribution of course cards, the grade can’t be changed anymore! Better be decisive if you are determined to do so.

I have learned something so refreshing last Thursday.

Well, one thing I’ve learned is about a life that is reflective. Anyway, this is supposedly a blog entry. Isn’t that fantastic? I thought people that do blogs are egocentric. Our facilitator said that life that isn’t reflective is not worth it! It gave me enthusiasm to do more blogging even though the schedule is pretty hectic…

There was also this topic about poverty and divine providence. I actually got the picture here. Poor people aren’t made to be charitable to rich people. One classmate of mine said that he had many experiences together with poor people. He said something like… if they had experienced something that rich people does then they would be contented even just to do it once in their lifetime. I can’t believe that he said something like that. It’s just because he has a family that was given the opportunity right? I believe that if he is the poor himself, then he would aim higher as well. I can talk like this because I came from a public high school. I kind of laugh sarcastically inside my mind when I heard him spoke that way because I know that he came from La Salle GH. I guess that what they’re doing over there is just lots of outreach. Now that is where other people get the stereotype ideas… Unlike me who have them as a common circle of friends. (I’m not saying that all of my friends or I are all poor. We are just at the middle class.) I’m not that rich as well so I can tell the same thing. That is we don’t like people that thinks that way.

The statement my blockmate just ticks me off. What he said is basically the same as what the facilitator’s quoted statement by Imelda Marcos. She said, “Hayaan na ang mga mahihirap, Masaya naman sila eh”. Meanwhile, I do agree to what my facilitator said. He said, “Why not do something that is for a lifetime? Not something like treating them to Jollibee and shopping stuffs.” Haha, I’m starting to remember this quotation about the man and teaching him how to fish. That is exactly what we have to do in CWTS!

The activity about the blindness actually got me… I might look so arrogant with this rants but I’m actually not good when talking to other people. Yeah, I might look like a coward here but that is my weakness. I only hope that God would give me the strength to change my personality. With that, I would be a frank and straightforward person. I wouldn’t have the problem whenever to approach someone. I don’t know if I’m making sense here or if my grammar is messy. It’s because I don’t talk too much and does it in writing (that’s where the blog goes).

By the way,

“Poor people aren’t made to be charitable to rich people.”

It is also a quote from Judy Abbot. She came from the anime Watashi no ashinaga Ojisan.

I’ve got nothing to do today but to rest and play Wild Arms 5 in order to finish it once and for all.

I don’t know why days with no classes would be the day my brother would be at home to do his stuff. Anyway, It would be sad since he plans to go overseas. I think I should enjoy his company while he is still here. I badly want to finish Wild Arms 5 before he go overseas because he might bring along with him his PS2…

I’m glad my brother came back safe and sound from a “camping” in Rizal. They sure got some guts right? Camping in a stormy day huh. Sounds fun. Anyway, I heard they lost 2 tents(one of it is ours) because of the squall. Poor tents… That’s what they get for the reckless camping during rainy season . My brother also lost the other pair of his sandals. How sad, he seemed so happy when he bought it just because of the camp.

I’m also glad that the classes are suspended today since I’m doing a cram mini research supposedly to be submitted today. Anyway, tomorrow is a holiday because of Manila Day.

I just like to comment with the signal suspension when it comes to college. Why is it we should wait for signal #3 to come just to have our class to be suspended? Signal #2 is enough already to suspend our class isn’t? Are they trying to differ our health level from the elementary and high school levels? Isn’t it unfair for us college students? What do they think of us? Just because we are grown up we have stronger resistance against sickness? It’s just non sense.

Rain, strong or not, it could cause colds that would hinder the studies of everyone. Then why not treat the students fairly? Are college students resilient to sickness? Of course not. They should think about it once in awhile. We are the ones to suffer every now and then if there is a heavy rain but our classes are still not suspended.

I hope the people who are suffering the rage of the storm right now would make it. I heard there are many people were stranded on their roofs… There were also this ferry that sunk because of the storm… I feel sorry for all the passengers and feel hatred for the captain. He should have at least noticed the gray sky right? I thought they were trained to predict the weather.

Anyway, I think PAG-ASA has their fault as well. The original path of the storm were reported to go to Aurora and not to central Luzon. Maybe their weather forecast radars are already rusty. Considering that the Sierra Madre would act as a barrier of the storm, then it wouldn’t rain pretty hard here on the Central Luzon. But it was a turn of unexpected events… so the ferry might have decided to continue its sailing not knowing that the storm is on their way.

I don’t know if this is a bad or a good thing. Anyway, I like to give you the picture.

In the original Digimon Adventures 02 , meaning the Japanese, the people said that Hikari and Takeru ended up with each other because Taichi’s son called Takeru as Takeru-ojisan. This mean two things. Takeru married Hikari or the ojisan was just used to pertain Takeru’s old age. Therefore there was an open ending for their future here. Unlike…

In the english dubbed Digimon Adventures 02, Hikari and Takeru didn’t ended up because there wasn’t any suffice evidence just like how Taichi’s son called Takeru-ojisan.

I don’t know what really is the truth because I watched both!

This is what I’m trying to find out. Is Anime Localization a good or a bad thing. If consistency would be erased from the anime because of the wrong scripts or edits then the anime would be ruined. It will also affect the fans.

Tomorrow, the last episode of tagalized Digimon Adventures 02 would be aired. I’d like to know whether what idea they would push.

Update: I have finished watching it. Taichi’s son just called Takeru as Takeru…(Regardless of disrespect) Just what clue do you expect? No clues were given as well. I don’t know but maybe they do based it from the english dub. After all, Tailmon is called as Gatomon here. *sigh* To think I’m a fan of Takari… hahaha

Localizations also sometimes result into a sudden change in the tone of voice of some characters. Thus, the intention of the character is sometimes viewed different in the perspectives of the fans. I’m not saying that they should not do dubs…It’s just that they should do it the way the Japanese did it because the thought changes from place to place. After all, it really came from Japan… I can only name few animes with english dubs that has decent ones.

I hate Miaka’s voice from Fushigi. Miaka has a very childish voice in English. I like Inu Yasha’s english dub.

The themes are also sometimes edited. The opening is also replaced by the localized one (even if the translation is pretty rough). I think that my childhood is quite grateful to these localized opening themes. Although I really believe that the original ones are the better.(is there someone who knows the tagalog OP of rayearth? XD)

This post might be linked to what I posted about NHK ni Youkoso streamed at the crunchyroll just for them to advertise their DVDs. I don’t know if the anime english dubbing is really doing good. Anyway, if it is now, then good. Too sad though that it wasn’t before now.

I have to admit that animes that are being localized here in Philippines are not quite as well… You know… The only channel that does it is Hero TV. I just hate how they spell out the cheezy lines. The stresses on the names are also often wrong! I hate them for that.(e.g. Ne’gima is pronounced as Negi’ma) It sounds pretty harsh for someone who knows the right one. I don’t know if they do the research work. Because if they do? They must have at least a clue on what or how to do.

Maybe what they just thought of was the income because the anime is at its peak at that time. They just translated it and… sold it to make money.

Best regards to the dubbers and seiyuus~

As for everyone, Ideal World huh? Does such thing exists? This topic is our current topic at my subject Political Science. This subject just aims to have students aware of the politics itself and to decrease at an extent the negative thoughts prior to the word politics. If I ask a Filipino what he thinks about politics… His/her answer will have a high probability of being negative. Why? because the government exhibits it… I myself would be hypocrite if I deny that I’m thinking negative as well. At a certain, my professor said that it’s not true at all. It was just tainted by the people who was influenced by… MONEY…

Anyway, I’m talking about IDEAL world here. My professor said that Ideal World exists in our minds. And if the mind can think of it then the body is able to achieve it. He also said that IDEAL world is never different for everyone because if one thinks of something, that something becomes a part of the IDEAL world itself. Isn’t pretty vague? How about I think that the ideal world is something that has many mountains but one thinks it has many oceans? -_- What would be the result of such imagination???

Nobody can control someone what to think or what to do. If the IDEAL world were to exist, I don’t think there would be peace since the mind can think of something and it materializes in anyway for an instant, then that would be a dangerous world wouldn’t? Selfishness and laziness would be born in that world if a thing you want will just appear in your sight without even budging or working for it.

We actually had this activity in the classroom. A combined ideas of our ideal worlds. The frequent question was what will the government do to motivate people if what they want could be achieved without even working for it. This totally wrecked my mind. They why have an IDEAL world? Humans were able to adapt in the world because they want something…(I’m not talking about the Natural Selection) They are challenged by time. That is why they work hard for something to earn. That is why they have this what they call direction in life. Because they want something to do before the given time runs out. If these goals can be achieved in a snap of finger… Then the human race is over…Right?

I’m not really sure if IDEAL world is something similar to the magical world or something like a parallel universe. I can even think of linking it to an anime… Why? because if these romanticist, the escape artists, think of these things in the IDEAL world, then it would be dangerous. Try imaging this scene in an anime… If the ideal world can materialize it then… -_- I don’t want the IDEAL world then. These imaginations are made to inspire people. That’s what I think. To learn something good from it. To improve oneself.

If I were to choose between the “real world”, which they call the “shadow” of the IDEAL world or the “Ideal World” then I will really really choose the “real one…” I don’t care if they see it as something staying on your comfort zone. I just don’t want to play with the life given to us. I don’t think it would be meaningful to live in an ideal world. It might be the what they call paradise but I don’t care. As long as we have grasp of what we really want to do… Then I’m fine staying right here. I’ll be glad to.