Mobilizing the Millenials as Socially Responsible Prosumers

    

 

     Last january 29, 2016 our block was scheduled again to attend a seminar entitled " Mobilizing the Millenials as Socially Responsible Prosumers". It was hosted by RAMpage all ABMA we're required to join and we also saw some other students in other schools attending.

     The name of the host is Tony Tiensin, apparently he is the editor-in-chief in subselfie.com and was also a former gma news producer. The website called subselfie.com is for those filipinos who want to share something they want everybody to know. 

     Before I start, what is the meaning of "Millenials" well, to explain this easier, we teenagers are the millenials. Millenials are born from the early 1980's to the early 2000's.

     So first, he let us watched some epic video where it shows Ninoy Aquino and President Marcos. We saw there about the lies or misunderstanding of the Aquino family and the EDSA Revolution. We were asked if we would believe those we saw at the video. Some said yes because it was beautifully edited and somewhat you can see that the owner of the video did really researched about the topic.

     Now his speech is all about the power of social media and what this can do about everything. With a single post we can inform everybody but the problem is wether it's true or not. Now, being a news reporter he said that all news that we see on gma are all facts and well researched before they air it. But, he also said that the higher ups, filters the news when it's very controversial and whether it can affect their network. Thus, the so called " Walang kinikilingan, walang pinoprotektahan, serbisyong totoo lamang" yeah right..

     After the seminar, a lot of students asked all kinds of questions about the news, and he's very good because he was able to explain and answer everything. You can see that he's very smart and well-mannered. He makes sure after the end of the seminar, is that we need to be careful about the internet and we have the responsibility whether to post or not, to believe something or not. It was a very informative event and I can say that I really learned alot on this one.

Chants and Cheers

     Last February 5, 2016 our whole block had another group competition called the Chants and Cheers Competition. This is like cheerdancing but we cannot move around, all we can do is chants and cheers, thus the name of the competition.

     Honestly, I don't like this kinds of competition because I hate our block when it comes to this. We always procrastinate and do nothing when the event is still far ahead. But this time we tried to manage our time and stop procrastinating but as usual it didn't work. Every time, we had our meetings no one listens, and when our leader asks us to help and compose some cheers but no one cares. That's what I really hate about our block.

     Only one week left until the event and our work is still just about 30%. Good thing our advisor helped us to get grip of ourselves and start working. So, she asked us to compose some cheers and said that she will give us some plus points for our quiz. Because of that, we all start composing and that's how the mood gets hyped and finally.. We started finishing our whole piece.

     After we finished our piece, again we became lazy and start doing nothing again and we still don't have actions and the biggest problem is it's only one day left before the competition. So, because we only finished our piece we still don't have props, costumes and etc. Then, one girl volunteered that she will try to buy our costume, and one boy volunteered to bring the musical instruments that we can use. After that everyone cooperated and we finished our piece until 9 pm of the evening.

      The day of the competition arrived and we're all very nervous. We prayed altogether before we go up to the auditorium. As the event starts, and watched the first two groups that performed, we thought maybe we still have a chance if we get everything right, so we hold on to those words.

     Finally, it's our turn it's now or never, we marched fiercely onto the stage and did our performance. Everyone we're so nervous it was inevitable that we'll have mistakes so we just proceed and finished it. For me, I was disappointed because maybe if we finished our piece earlier we'll have bigger chance to win but sadly no... We lost, 4th place out of 5 groups, we we're all quiet. But then, we expected this, win or lose atleast we didn't give up and that is more than enough for me.