Sunday, February 28, 2010
{ 10:37 PM }
So as some of you may have known, I attended the Ateneo JGSOM Open House today. And while I'm definitely more enlightened about my course, as well as what JGSOM has to offer prospective freshmen like me, it just made the "elimination process" so to speak, a little more difficult.
I like their approach, how they really make you feel like you belong, and how qualifying for JGSOM makes you somewhat special (I'm NOT saying that Ateneo students from other college's aren't, I guess it's just their style of letting incoming freshmen feel more welcome). Dean Ang was effervescent, dynamic, witty, and definitely charismatic, so the plenary introduction just became a lot more interesting. It made me feel like I want to be taken under his wing, because he was just that intelligent, I guess. The feeling of, "I want to be like these people!" just exuded through me.
I also enjoyed the demo classes and the course orientation (I took up Law and Marketing for the demo classes; I was supposed to go for Legal Management and Comtech Management for the course orientations, in case I probably wanted to shift to Legal Management, but I ditched the former anyway and just attended Comtech, because my mom was getting restless, and both of us were hungry).
More than that, I really took Dean Ang's words to heart. The matter of choosing a school, or a program, he said (and I'm just paraphrasing here; it's not like I have a photographic memory), wasn't a matter of what was prestigious, but by asking yourself (myself, apparently) three questions -- who you are today; who you want to be in the next 4-5 years; and what school would best help you reach your dreams. It might have just been clever propaganda or whatnot, but he didn't dismiss the possibility that your ideal school might not be Ateneo. He said that the best school for you may not be the best school for the person beside you, because we all have our own talents and strengths.
Since I was with my parents, my mom and my dad didn't really have much of a clue what Communications Technology Management was all about. My mom was like, "Baka naman sa call center bagsak mo niyan!" because of what the name suggested (No offense meant to people who work in call centers), and thought that it was more of IT (which was technically, half-correct). My dad thought it was just a fancier version of Mass Communication (also half-correct). And I myself, wanted to know exactly all about this course I had passed. (Funny, right? Well, Tita Daisy recommended I go for this course instead of AB Comm when I filled out my application form for Ateneo last year, plus I jokingly told my friends that I applied for this because JGSOM is the best building in Ateneo.) So my mom whispered to me during the talk and asked me, "Your dad's wondering why you didn't go for Journalism", since they found out that my course was strictly speaking, a management course. I just shrugged my shoulders, but I have to say, they seemed pretty enticed about the whole JGSOM deal.
After the talk, my mom asked me "Magm-management ka? May business acumen ka ba?" since it's really no secret that Jonathan's the really business-inclined in the family. Ever since we were little kids, it's already been evident in him that he inherited my lolo's "gift" for money-making. Plus he really wants to take up business related courses, having passed Interdisciplinary Business Studies in DLSU. I kind of thought about that after my mom said that. I've never really seriously considered business or careers similar in nature (though it's kind of in the blood, along with medicine), until I passed Comtech Management in Ateneo. But to think about it, the program that Comtech Management offers basically sums up my interests-- communication, technology, and err-- management? =)) Plus, I used to complain about my NCAE results, which gave me Analytical, and Artistic. I was arguing that I should have gotten Social, which was something I got very high in (probably third, I'm guessing? but they don't put the third result in). To think about it, business requires analysis. And creativity is heavily required to create innovations in business. And I don't need the NCAE to know I'm a social person. :P And when Dean Ang was giving the lowdown on their programs, two courses that really caught my attention were BS Management-Honors, and BS Comtech. Communications Technology Management also suits the career lineage I'm inclined to -- Advertising, Marketing, and Communications.
During the program orientation as well, the program director observed that "artistas" take their courses, such as Quark Henares, Karylle, and Miguel Escueta, because the course is related to AB Communication, but are forced to transfer because of pressure from parents for a more practical course. Kind of sounds like me, heh. Sans the fact that I'm a celebrity (I WISH. HAHA).
Seems like a done deal, right? But I just feel scared, scared that I would even excel in this. What if I don't succeed? And while I'm not exactly comfortable with the idea of going abroad, I know that I have to. Would I get a decent job when I'm abroad? If I were an ME or Management-Honors student, most likely, but with Comtech? I'm not so sure. When they showed the video of their many graduates who had gone abroad with stable jobs, most of them I observed, were Management Engineering and Management-Honors graduates.
Ohhhh the choices. Decision-making time. Damnit.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
{ 7:45 PM }
So hurrah! My blog is back! :D In the past, I've suffered epic blog failure...I couldn't log in for some reason. But now it's working again, so yay! :)
Today is the day I, my twin brother Jonathan (and Dakota Fanning as well, psh :P) turn 16! :) Meh, so I know I'm not exactly "old" old, since everyone I know is turning 17 or 18, but hey it means a lot! For one, I'm old enough to get a student's permit (though I have yet to learn how to drive....BV. :| ), old enough to have a boyfriend without excuses (none of that "BUT YOU'RE TOO YOUNG!" crap =)) ), and old enough to...I'll think of more later. :P Today's the day sixteen years ago, some epic fraternal twins were born in Manhattan, New York, sometime 11AM (which would really make my birthday on February 24...interesting. I have two birthdays =)) which would make me technically 17 then? LAWLS :P )
So I celebrated the first few minutes of my sixteenth birthday by talking to Mark on the phone. We were on the phone even before, and he just kept going on and on and on, when I suddenly told him, "It's 12." Well technically, it was around 12:10, and I already got my first greeting from Julia. Then he sang to me. HE SANG! :"> Something I've been bugging him for a long time; he kept telling me that his throat hurt (which was probably true, because he was having on-off coughs)....and he risked his throat condition to sing me a birthday song. (I should have recorded it, really. It was so adorable.) For some really weird and unknown reason, I bawled my eyes out. I just love him so much, and even if he couldn't come for my actual birthday, he made me feel like he was really there on that special day. Did I mention that I love him? :D
In the morning, I went to school, naturally. It was just pretty much an average day, people greeting me whenever sasabihin ko na "BIRTHDAY KO! BATIIN NIYO KO!" or when people remembered. :P Overall it was a good day, nothing special really, but I was happy. Then I invited my classmates and batchmates to a get-together at home. Masaya naman! :D
The thing is, Justine and I are the infamous surprise planners in our barkada, meaning whenever it was anyone's birthday in our barkada, we plan the surprise. :D It started with me actually (I'm so generous, hahaha), when I planned a small sweet sixteen for her last year. It failed a little, because the element of surprise was lost (her mom wouldn't allow her to go out, and I had to tell her in front of Justine that we planned a surprise party for her), but it was all good. :) Since then, we made epic surprises for our friends. :))
My friends genuinely almost forgot about my birthday, so I wasn't expecting anything from them. I went home with few of my friends. I decided to change into a dress, particularly the little black dress Mark gave to me, but then the blemishes on my back were showing, so much as I hated to change out of it, I chose a different dress. Then I noticed that two of my friends were missing, but I didn't think too much of it when we went home. Then Chiquet led me out and.....tada! A fishball cart was outside our house! With a cartolina that read "Happy Birthday Sam and Nathan!" At first I didn't react that well, because it didn't really sink in me that they planned this....it was more like "Oh hey, there's a fishball cart in front of my house with a banner on it." Then when they said, "AYAN LANG ANG REACTION MO?! :|" then I stupidly remarked, "Ay, galing ba yan sa inyo?!" did it sink into me. :D YAY! I hugged them tightly and grinned. :D It's a little shallow, but my friends know my love for fishballs. :D
I had to remind everyone not to eat too much fishballs, because we had food inside the house. Then we had to blow our candles like little kids. :)) I was starting the birthday song by singing it myself, then my friends laughed at me because I seemed desperate. =)) My birthday candles were already lit and I had to wait for everyone to gather, and they were melting really fast. But at least I got to blow them in time. :P
DEVIL FACE FTW. =))
We had fun. :) We spent the hours hanging out in my and Jonathan's room, where a group of my guy friends did a video of Love Drunk, which was just really retarded, in a hilarious way. :P We also took some fun shots on my computer to kill time.
To everyone who greeted me on my birthday, thank you so much! :)
