cause when you like a person, you like him for who he is, not for what he does.

How to know if a guy/girl may/may not like you?

Yeah, this is what you (us?) teenagers like, stuffs about
love, relationship and other matters of the heart. Well,
that’s normal; we are at the stage where the attraction to
the opposite sex is really bursting out of us. Here are some
tips to know if a guy/ girl likes you.
First of course, you need to know if the one you like is in a
relationship. This is most probably the first thing you need
to know, nobody wants to be the third party right? Now
through observation, watch out for his/her gestures or body
language when you are around, don’t be so insensitive, if
you think that he/she is trying to avoid you, then back off!
If you don’t, that might add a turn-off factor and may
lead to an uneasy atmosphere when you two are in the same
place. You certainly don’t want that to happen.
Another is to observe the way he/she talks to you, (Well
of course, this only applies to those who are brave enough
to start up a conversation!) When a person seems to just
answer back to the questions you ask and not starting up a
new topic, he/she is either not interested to you or just shy,
so try to spice up a conversation by saying witty things,
if it still doesn’t work, its time to pack your bags, put on
your headset and have some emo moments because he/she
is not into you, at all! Last is to see if he/she looks at you
intentionally, not accidentally. Remember, hindi ka niya
makikitang nakatingin sa kanya kung hindi ka rin niya
titingnan.
Now through testing, here is a classic move in those teeny
bopper movies and telenovelas we watch. “The Hulog
Gamit” technique! Try passing by that person, drop anything,
(make sure that he/she will see it!) If he/she helps
you to pick it up or hands it out to you, he/she might like
you, I repeat, MIGHT like you. lways remember,
don’t be confused with kindness and likeness,
they are two very different things.
Ask him/her directly, don’t be a
shy puddle! You won’t know the
right answer without asking. If you
are really too shy to ask, have one of
your friends do it, and I mean friend not best friend
because your best friend might just mess it up or probably
push the person to like you back. But after all of
this, if you find out if the person you like, likes y o u
back or doesn’t, don’t be so sad about it. There
are lots of fishes in the ocean, go look for your
own, but don’t do it in a hurry, because love takes time.
-Annie Abonita

Ang nalalapit na pagkabulok ng genus Homo ng masang Pilipino

Imoralidad, kawalang disiplina, kamangmangan… Lumalala sa paglipas ng

panahon, impluwensya nga ba ng ano? Media? Ibang kultura? Nalalapit na nga ba ang

pagkabulok ng genus homo ng masang Pilipino?

Media Manipulation

TV, isa sa mga bagay sa mundo na kahit sino meron, kahit sino may access.

Sino na nga lang ba ang hindi nakakakilala kina Vice Ganda, Vic Sotto at Willie Revillame

na namamayagpag sa mga telebisyon ng masang Pilipino tuwing tanghaling

tapat? Sino na lang ang hindi pa tumawa, humalakhak at napahagalpak sa tuwing

may mga biro silang sasambitin? Marahil, may mga mangilan-ngilan pa ring

seryoso sa buhay na kahit manood ng TV ay isinantabi na, o di kaya’y ang mga tao

na napag-tanto na ang kawalang saysay ng panonood ng TV. Pero aminin man natin o

hindi, isa ang telebisyon, ang media sa mga may pinakamalaking impluwensya sa buhay

natin. Mapa-anong edad ka man o kasarian, siguradong kahit papano’y may ambag

na sa katauhan mo ang media. Sa papanong paraan nga ba tayo

..naapektuh

a n

nito?

Una,

a n g

bokabularyo

at paraan

natin ng pagsasalita.

Sino na nga lang b a

ang matino mong nakakausap simula

nang sumikat ang mga pambabara ni

Vice Ganda sa TV? Ang malala pa’y nagiging

trend na sa pang-araw-araw na

usapan ng mga Pilipino ang panlalait na

inaakala’y nakakapagbigay saya. Pangalawa,

ay ang mga paniniwala natin

tungkol sa mga nangyayari sa pulitika,

ekonomiya, at pambansang isyu,

lahat yan, nasasagap lamang natin sa

TV, radyo o minsan ay sa dyaryo na

kadalasa’y manipulado rin naman ng

mga matataas na opisyal ng gobyerno.

Panghuli ay ang pamumuhay natin

na pilit iginagaya sa mga artista, mga

simbolo ng elitismo at kapangyarihan.

Western influence at K. , J. at iba

pang pop addiction

Oo, walang masama sa paghanga.

Pero sabi nga nila, lahat ng

sobra ay masama.

Totoo din namang may maganda silang

dulot. Nagkakaroon tayo ng inspirasyon

at mga modelong gusto nating

gayahin. Pero kasabay din nito, aminin

man natin o hindi ay ang pagyakap

natin sa kultura nila na

siya namang pagbitiw natin sa

kulturang Pilipino na ating kinagisnan.

Dapat nating isaisip na ang

paghanga sa kanila ay hindi

isang dahilan para maging

photocopy nila tayo. May

sarili tayong identity na

dapat I-preserba.

Ang paglamon sa

atin ng teknolohiya

IPad dito, Laptop doon.

Cellphone dito, MP3 player doon.

Pag wala kang mga gadgets, wala ka.

Laos. Out of style. Mahirap. Ginagawang

status symbol ang pagkakaroon

ng mga materyal na bagay. Hindi ba’t

napakabrutal kung iisipin na nilalamon

na tayo ng modernisasyong

ito? Tama at may naitutulong ito sa

atin, bukod sa komunikasyon ay marami

pang iba.

Ngunit kung atin lamang hihimayhimayin

ang mga pangyayari, ito rin

ang sanhi kung bakit lagpak ang actual

social life ng mga Pilipino, tipong imbes

na makipag-kwentuhan ka sa mga

kaibigan mo ng personal, ite-text mo

nalang o di kaya icha-chat mo na lang

sila. Siya ring sanhi ng obesity

sa napakaraming kabataan na mas

pinipiling umupo at tumunganga sa

harap ng

computer keysa magpa

pawis sa labas.

Isang

perpektong palabas na nagsasalarawan

ng unti-unting pagbaba ng kalidad

ng mga tao ay ang IDIOCRACY,

isang dark comedy film na inilabas

noong 2006.

Isinasalarawan dito ang kalagayan ng

mga tao sa mundo makalipas ang 500

na taon.

Ipinakita dito ang laganap na pagkahumaling

ng mga tao sa makamundong

mga bagay na siya ring naghudyat ng

pagkamatay ng mundong kanilang tinitirahan.

Ang sobrang pagdepende

nila sa teknolohiya ay nagresulta sa

pagbaba ng kakayahang m a g -

isip ng mga tao.

Annie Abonita

...and then i started hating home

...because everything has changed.

I usually anticipate going home from school everyday, having weekend get togethers with my classmates, resting and sleeping in my room.  Home is like my refuge from all the stress of the outside world. I don't know what went wrong, i didn't even noticed the transition till i was there... i started hating home.

Since my father had a mild stroke, and my mother went back home from Singapore, i never really had an actual sleep-sleep, the kind of sleep i do everyday before the "big bang" (pertaining to this high intensity i-don't-know-what-problem-i-am-in-thing). You know, as a college student i am often just concerned with what i will wear the next wash day, or when will i get my allowance for the following week, or even what will i buy with my extra money, but now, i can't even think of riding a tricycle on my way to school just to save money. I AM NOT USED TO THIS. This kind of living that is full of tension. If I have a weak personality, i probably have committed suicide by now, with these drastic changes in my lifestyle, i don't know how long will i still keep up.

I just hate being at home. It doesn't even feel like a home, this is just a house...
All i want is for this weekend to pass and to be able to go to school again, where all my concern will be the time for my next subject or the lunch i will eat, or where will i sit down during my free time.

Call me weak, i don't care.

Maybe I am a conservativist, i hate drastic changes specially if it involves my lifestyle.