College of Business Administration Week

        The College of Business Administration Week held its 2012 CBA Week  last February 6-10,2012. It is participated by all of the organizations, faculty members and students from the college.

The first day of CBA week was highlighted by the opening program at 10 am at the NEU Gymnasium. The opening was led by the University head and  faculty members. Each course from the college was proudly represented by the players. To make the event more lively  and stimulate the crowd’s interest, all 12 muses of the different teams were introduced. Aside form sports activities, different courses from CBA had also put up their booths where they sell different foods and souvenir items at the main entrance of the University.

On the second day of the CBA Week was highlighted by our organization’s event, the Accounting Warfare, 1:00pm at the University Hall. The event was led by  New Era University - Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants’ (NEU-JPIA).It is participated by different schools with fourth year Accountancy students. NEU-JPIA was able to bring again the participants to the university to complete and answer easy and difficult problems. Participants from University of Makati won the contest, they receive reviewer books, cash and certificate.

During the third day of celebration, we had attended Tax Seminar held at University Hall at 1 pm. It was sponsored by New Era University - Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants’ (NEU-JPIA). The seminar was attended by 350 attendees. The students received certificates and pins to the first 100 attendees in the said event.

Finally, on our last day of CBA Week  was highlighted of some events, Championship for Men’s Basketball, and Championship for Men and Women’s Volleyball. At 1 pm, we witness the Men’s Championship Basketball game at NEU Gymnasium with Phoenix Sun against Miami black. Before the game start, we expect an exciting basketball game with most teams ready to take the title. Inside of the NEU Gymnasium, Girls are screaming at the good-looking players on each team. In the end of the game, team Miami defeated Phoenix Sun with the score of 67-52.

After the game we proceed to University Hall to witness the Fashion Trends 2012. All courses from the CBA were excited to see their respective representative walking down on stage. BSA student were force support to our own representative, Mr. Lou Jonathan Cabrera and Ms. Lara Lorraine Cajucom. The crowd were very energetic and exited for the event. Many awards, gifts and cash prizes were given to the winner and special awardees. Were very proud for our two representatives which had successfully got the title, MR & MS FASHION TRENDS 2012.

Mga Bukad Ha Mayo

Kan Eduardo Makabenta

(Region 8 dialect: Waray)

Magpakaruruyag ngan pinili

Burak ngan tsampaka marol nga hamili,

Rosas,asusenas, rosal ngan mahambot

Nga nagangalimwag sa hangin talambot,

An ira alimyon abot  ha hirayo…

Magpakawiwili nga bukad ha May.

Bukad nga kadam’an luob at’tuna,

Magpakabibihag ha panhunahuna,

May walingwaling ngan may mga manan-aw

Nga makalilipay ha mata pagtan-aw,

May sangyaw, may diri, mga masarayo,

Magdamit Malaya, di’ bukad ha Mayo.

Inin tarukanga nga labi kahayaw

Ha pagkakaaga dawn a naparayaw,

Bis’an katatsutsi, bisan an surangga,

May hamo’t may dagway nga sadang ibangga:

Di’na mapakadto lain nga ibayo,

Damo an bukad ta ha bulan ha Mayo.

Magpakadilain nga kabukaranan,

Di na kinahanglan ngatanan ngaranan,

May bukad hin kahoy, may bukad nga buhi

Nga say rayandayan hinin kinabuhi;

Bukad nga nasunog sugad han kalayo,

Hinin kasingkasing, kun bulan ha Mayo

May ada kada’an nga di’taga dinhi,

Nga mga minamat ha lain nga bingi,

Ha iba nga tuna nganhi ihinalit…

Kundi di’ko gugma an taga hirayo

Asay ko an aton mga bukad ha Mayo.

Flowers of May

(English Version)

How lovely and how choice

Are the ilang-ilang, champaca and sampaguita

The fragrant roses, rosal and azucena:

Their scent fills the air

And is wafted faraway…

Sweet flowers of May.

Flowers cover our native land

So exquisite the captivate the mind

The waling-waling and other orchids

With colors to delight the eyes

Loved or not, they are still admired

Though they wither fast, they are flowers of May.

Even the common gumamela

In the morning very proudly blooms,

The calachuchi, the marigold,

Have beauty and fragrance to rival others,

We don’t have to go other places,

We have many flowers of May.

Flowers of all kinds have we

No need is there to name them,

There are plant flowers, too,

Who are the adornment of our existence,

Flowers that can burn our hearts

Like fire in month of May.

Many of these flowers come from afar

They have blossomed from alien seeds

Of have been transplanted from other lands

Their beauty has no price…

Yet they are not my choice

I prefer our own flowers of May.

AN IROY NA TUNA

Iluminado Lucente

(Region 8 dialect:Waray)

An iroy na tuna matam-is pag-okyan

Bisan diin siplat puros kasangkayan

Hahani an hingpit nga ak kalipayan

Aanhi hira Nanay, pati kabugtoan

Lugaring mahidlum Ha dighan mabug-on

Inin Pilipinas, dayuday uripon

Ay, tuna! Nga ak natawohan

Hain daw an hingpit Nga at Kalipayan

The Motherland

(English Version)

 

In the Motherland we love to inhabit

Friends is what you see everywhere

Friends that bring laughter and joys

Mother is here with some companions.

Even alone in the dark ,the holds is still strong

Philippines, which became a slave

Oh land I was born

I am looking for the happiness inside

AN   BALUD

(Region 8 dialect: Waray)

Mga balud

Nagpapasibo ha kadagatan

Kakuri gud mahidakpan

Inin Balud

Ha baras napulilid

Kon diri hira nag-iisog

 

Hay Intoy,

Kamakuri mo pagdad-on

Baga-baga ka gud la

Hinin balud

Kon nasisina nalakat ka

Mag-uusahan ako, tabi

Kay ano nga ginbaya-an mo ako?

Waray na balud inin lawod ko

Hain na an mga haplas mo?

Nailiw na an baras ngan bato Bisan la

Danay di’ nagkaka-asya

Sugad han langit ug tuna

Kon an gugma

Nga marig-on o masarig

Di mapapara hin balud.

Kay ano nga ginbaya-an mo ako?

Waray na balud inin lawod ko

Hain na an mga haplas mo?

Nailiw na an baras ngan bato

Balik na kamahidlaw na ha imo

Waray na balud hini lawod ko

Hain na an mga haplas mo?

Nailiw na an baras ngan bato mo

Hain na an mga haplas mo?

Nailiw na an kasingkasing ko..

THE   WAVES

(English version)

The waves

That splashes to the ocean

It is so hard to catch

These waves

Rolling on the sand

Much like furious one

Oh boy

You’re hard to carry

I am bringing you

With these waves

Seems to be angered when you leave

I am alone, stay with me

Why did you have to leave me?

I don’t have the water that waves

Where are your cares?

That the rocks and sands are longing for

Though sometimes it isn’t enough

As the sky and earth said

If love is strong

The waves will not leave you alone

There are no water that waves

Where is the sweet caress

The rock and sand is longing for you

Where is the sweet caress

My heart is waiting for you.

Script of Ibalong

Long time ago, there was a rich land called Ibalong, the land is said that there are monsters so no one . Attempt to plant anything then here comes Baltog, who came from the brave land of Lipod who decided to stay on Ibalong cultivate the field with gabi.

One day, in the middle of the night Tandayag, the monstrous, wild boar saw the field filled of crops and he destroyed it. Baltog know about it so he decided to go in the field and fought the monster Tandayag.

Baltog:  “Hey monstrous, wild boar! Why are you destroying our crops?”

Tandayag:  “Who do you think you are? You can’t talk to me in that way, you should respect me!’

Ibalong pin down the monstrous wild boar and break apart its show and Tandayag died after the fight Baltog decided to displayed the big jaws in front of the house of Baltog and the dead boar became an attraction for everyone.

Person 1: Wow!

Person 2: Unbelievable!

Person 1: His amazing, no one can ever be like him.

Person 3: He is our  hero.

The second hero who came to the land of Ibalong was Handyong, a mighty warrior of the neighboring kingdom, happened to pass by Ibalon. Appraised of the plight of the people. Handyong came to their rescue. Only one monster escaped Handyong’s mortal wrath, this was Oryaol, the serpent who could transform itself into a another. Handyong decided to find Oryaol in the forest.

Gapon: We need to kill that monster immediately:

Handyong: Don’t worry, we can kill that monster, we need to make plans first to be ready of what will      

                    happen.

                After several minute, they decided to attack the monster.

Oryaol: Who are you? Your not allowto pass through my territory. I’m going to kill all of you!

 Handyong: You don’t know us, think before you speak. I’m  going to kill you.

Oryaol: What are you saying? Hmmm. I will give you what you want.

Handyong won the fight and after that he build a city in Isarog, Ibalon and he governed it. As a praised for handyong the people started to plant only one kind of Play. And the people started to discovered and invent different technology to make their work more easier and faster.

One day, a heavy rain came in the city, the streets were flooded. They experienced earthquakes. The people have nothing to eat because of the different phenomenon that they were experiencing. Then giant Rabot appeared. Half-man and half-beast. So Handyong commanded Bantong to fight the giant Rabot. Bantong found out that Rabot loved to sleep during the day and stayed awake at night.

Bantong: You’re the reason why our city were experiencing different phenomenon. You need to die.

Rabot: Grrr. You cannot kill me. I’m powerful and stronger than you.

Rabot died. Bantong get the giant’s golden teeth to prove that the giant is dead. People in Ibalong were learned that Bantong killed the Giant and make the place peace at once more, They celebrate and Ibalong  grow and develop.

MURO AMI

Directed by:  Marilou Diaz-Abaya

Characters:

      Fredo( Cesar Montano), a captain of the ship

      Amy Austria

      Kalbo ( Rebecca Lusterio), only female among the children

      Butong (Jhon Hilario)

      Dado (Pen Medina)

Summary:

A brief summary of the story Fredo ( Cesar Montano), a captain of the ship, also called maestro was a greedy man who recruits divers yearly mostly children, to work for himself in his ship. With the consent of the parents, the children are even accompanied by their family to the ship for departure in the ocean for fishing for a couple of weeks. The lives of the divers are perilous especially the children but it is even worst when they are up in ship. The divers have to work first before they can eat their meal and only fed twice a day. The children sleep in rat-infested bunks and harassed for everyday work. 

            The story turns into miserable condition when Fredo with the command of his greed, increased their quota from 300 to 500 banyeras, making the divers double time their work under sub-human condition and unhappy for being unable to celebrate Christmas with their family. The divers, get mad but continued to submit to the rules of the maestro (Fredo) whom they believe to have an anting-anting ( amulet). 

Kalbo ( Rebecca Lusterio) was the only female among the children who hid her real gender just to be admitted to the ship where later was found out by Fredo when she was caught in the act washing her underwear with the stain from menstruation. Fredo accused the young girl of fooling them but Kalbo reacted and accusing back Fredo for committing the same thing with them. “ niloko mo rin kami wala kang anting anting alam kong may sugat ka sa likod”, (“ you tricked us too, you do not posses any amulet, I know you have wound at the back”) Fredo became furious, dragged the girl and thrown from the ship, after a few minutes took her again out of the water after seeing a shark dropping by.

                  The anger of the divers was triggered when one was accidentally trapped in the fishnet underwater and drowned. Fredo, thinking of his losses if they will return, refused to bring home the corpse and have it salted while bringing it to the near island where he has it buried.

The situation become easy for his immediate assistant Butong (Jhon Hilario) to start a mutiny against him and influenced other crew to fight him. The coup became successful and was able to capture Fredo and his loyal companion Dado (Pen Medina), Butong immediately declared himself to be the new head of the ship. The two were thrown to the sea handicapped with the fishnet however; Fredo was able to survive and got back to the ship. To the astonishment of the crews and conquered with fear, they withdrawn support from Butong making the new captain to fight alone against Fredo which did not succeed. 

                 Fredo did not retaliate to every attack of Butong instead persuaded the traitor to calm down and offered his help which the latter did not believe until the ship became on fire caused by their fighting.  Fredo commanded the children to save their own lives while he carried the body of unconscious Butong trying to save his traitor that he treated to be his real son since he adopted him, realizing he couldn’t make it, Fredo preferred to die with Butong and let themselves sank with the ship. The survivors managed to swim to nearest island and saved themselves. 
 

 My Reaction:

The film of Muro Ami reveals the reality in the country. As a resident here in the Philippines, I’ve already know that  other provinces are usually doing this kind of illegal fishing. The movie portrays a realistic scenario of the people that make a living entirely out of the sea. Giving the fact that we cannot deny that poverty drives the people go beyond the boundaries which is the real situation of our country.

The story of Muro Ami gives me a  great impact on this movie not only touched the heart of the people but I believe it will lead to strengthening of laws about illegal fishing and forcing the child labor in a way of survival. I was greatly touch when I saw how the children were abused. They were asked to do an illegal job which endangers their lives and yet they were poorly compensated. Their health was also neglected because the ship where they were staying had poor sanitation and many of the children got sick and yet they were not given medication. This scenario opened my eyes to the abuses that children experience in the society and it was a shocking reality.

Fishers who made this muro ami fishing,  they don’t realize that it gives bad effect for our marine natural resources. They love continue doing by destroying corals which centuries to build. It also pollutes the water, kills some of the fish, disturbs the marine ecosystem in the area, And It exploits also their own children who are used to handle bombs.

           The government must do something the corresponding actions regarding the illegal activities done in our country. They must be alert for their co-residents in their areas who secretly doing this illegal fishing.

Philippines is rich in marine natural resources. We must keep the good image of our motherland and being a good people in our own country.

A Letter To Special Someone:

Dear Al,

           There are some things that I really want to say to you... to express to you... but I don't know how. I really cherish those moments when everything was going great. You have always been such a wonderful protective and supportive person to me... you have been with me and been there for me ever since I met you. You were there for me when I was in love and  in pain. You've had more faith in me than I have ever had in myself... I count myself among the luckiest souls in the universe for meeting you. In our short time together every memory will last in my heart forever and ever. 

         I could wait for a long time, if you would just say you would be there. I could love you more and more, if loving you is worth all the pains and the tears in my heart. Although you've left and walk above, I'm never alone cause Im wrapped in your love. Enjoy now your long awaited reward and feel the peace in your heart. What was taught to me will be taught to mine because you live on in me even after you're gone.

             However, if the end of it all, my heart would just be broken. I think  I have to go on alone , trying to forget you  I’d see myself waiting for someone who is not even there, I’d rather forget my love for you, even if it would hurt me so...it's hard, but I have to. Thank you for being part of my life. I will always remember you.

 


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