Turn Left, Turn Right

"This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other. "

Turn Left, Turn Right is a 2003 joint Hong Kong-Singaporean sentiment film, recorded in Taipei, Taiwan. Created and coordinated by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai, the film stars Takeshi Kaneshiro and Gigi Leung. The story depends on the delineated book A Chance of Sunshine by Taiwanese writer Jimmy Liao, who shows up with his wife and girl in the film. It is additionally the principal Chinese-dialect Asian film ever from created and disseminated by Warner Bros.

The first realistic novel was initially distributed in 1999. The characters in the novel were not given names, both characters were just alluded to as "him" and "her". Chinese title of the book means "Turn Left, Turn Right", A Chance of Sunshine is the first English title of the book, on the more current distributed releases the English title is appeared as "Turn Left, Turn Right". The book comprises of a progression of nitty gritty showed pictures, with a little measure of content in verse style. The film has figured out how to incorporate each and every picture in the book with an abnormal state of exactness, albeit some are short lived.

The two characters never really met, it is fairly sad to listen to because of how fate does not want them to be with each other. They do almost the same routine everyday but does not cross paths. The movie shows that they are for one another, they are right for each other but they never meet. And when they do meet and try to exchange informations, They forget their bag which contains the phone number, smudged the ink on paper, and a lot more. But of course, the film gave us the satisfaction of them finally meeting at the end of the movie.

That goes to show that sometimes destiny plays with us. If one has lost someone in the past, who is to say that they would never get back together in the future? Nobody could predict the future, nor write their own fate. One could only hope that things would be better. Heck, no one could even know if they have met the love of their life yet. Let fate take us on a ride.

Public Speaking Competition

Public speaking is considered a skill nowadays, because of the fear of judgement and errors in front of an audience. This 'skill' is basically speaking clearly, loudly, and confidently without any utters, fill words, and dead silence. There are people who has a lot to say but they say it through texts, unable to voice it out because of the lack of skill in public speaking. Weirdly, that is a part of public speaking. People with great public speaking skills are looked upon because it shows they are confident and can voice out their ideas better than most people. Having this skill is important especially when having a presentation.

In school, this has now been made into a competition to see those who excel in public speaking. Filipinos generally speak 2 languages, English and Filipino, and some people are not confident about their english speaking skills especially verbally and in front of many people. If it is not clear yet, the competition is in english, which makes it harder to do, to be honest. A few of my classmates in ECE151 has been chosen to compete. They wrote their speeches, gave their best, and surely shaken by the nerve wrecking anticipation of the reuslts. Napoleon Labuson is called as one of the 8 public speaking finalists.

Public speaking should be practiced everyday because it helps us communicate better with our friends and future co-workers. It should not be called a skill, someday it will be called normal human behavior. Yes, it is difficult sometimes but the pay off is undoubtedly comforting. Knowing one could speak his mind and solve problems in a matter of minutes instead of being passive aggressive is a person who can be trusted and befriended. 

Speech Choir and Ignite Competition

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The Speech choir is similar to the Chant and cheers competition, but this time it's longer and a lot more effort is put into the presentation. If the chant and cheers competition is about telling the audience who you are, the speech choir is suppose to deliver something else. In some cases, a class is given a piece to be presented so the speech is uniform and it will only vary with the performances and how well the piece is delivered. The Ignite speech is a little bit more challenging, but of the presenter knows his/her topic very well, then it would not be as difficult. The Ignite requires a Power Point Presentation with a 15 second timer for each slide and the slides must be synchronized with the speech, otherwise the presentation might lose it's consistency and strength. Of course each slide must be related to the topic and the current sentences or paragraph spoken by the presenter.

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The trouble with performing a speech choir is getting everybody into it, since not all of the students are into speeches and performing, it's hard to inspire everybody to unite. The technique sometimes is finding the perfect role for those who does not want to expose themselves on stage; for example, there may be a percussionist on stage, or the interactive prop guy who places and moves the props around the stage as part of the performance. It is because the speech choir demands the cooperation of the class that makes it difficult, and it is known that not everybody in the class are the same in terms of interests and enthusiasm.

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With the Ignite speech, sometimes it pays to be creative, thinking outside the box like this one presenter whose topic is about nothing, and there wasn't any photos or texts involved in the power point presentation, there was no speech (but it was prepared for). It was outstanding , everything connected. That is also the hard part, the risk of choosing topic. One may like the topic chosen, the speech prepared may be the best one yet, but it all depends on how it is delivered and timed. That is also one of the key factors in an Ignite competition, the timing. as it troubles a lot of the presenters.

Like in the previous blogs, these competitions and challenges are what molds out abilities to be creative and to conquer our fears in speaking publicly. These may also help in an interview, our confidence in front of people unknown to our peers. Every challenge is partnered with a lesson, gamers would call this "Experience", and with enough experience, we could step up into a higher form of presentation. We should not excuse ourselves away from these kinds of activities, we should all learn from them

SoMA Week: Creative Storytelling and Confessions of a Bookaholic

The Creative Storytelling and Confessions of a Bookaholic competition pushes the contestants to be creative and to show how imaginative they can be. As a spectator, observing each presentations may tell how one's creative mind works. The speeches they have prepared may be stressful to write, but again, it challenges one's mind to be creative.

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Personally, as a multimedia student who has developed a different taste and opinions on art, these competitions should approached uniquely especially it is involved in the SoMa Week. Most art is basically a form of Creative Storytelling like Films, Photography, Paintings, and many more. But if it ias only about speaking in front of people, telling a story, having fun with imagination is what will make a great presentation. Nonetheless, all the contestants or presentations were outstanding and impressive. The courage alone to take the stage and present one's creativity is amazing.

And since this is a competition, there are winners of course. and the following are the results:

Confessions of a Bookaholic

 

Champion:

ABMA 134

Justine Pallado

1st Runner up:

AC 132

Emman Apolinario

2nd Runnerup:
ABMA 133

Leo Guinid

Creative Storytelling

 

Champion:

ECE 151

Jemima Yucoco

John Martin Yokol

1st Runner up:

CPE151

Antonio De La Cruz

Sheila Mae Manongsong

2nd Runner up:

ABMA134

Gertrude Parado

Ara Conza

 

Being creative and having a good presentation about whatever the topic is about will hold the key into winning these types of competition. Sometimes one does not need to have good looks or a good voice, because art is art. Like a  lot of professors say, "You can get away with art", Meaning, As long as it is for art and it is also justifiable, it will be seen and called art. Even if there are grammatical errors or mispronounced words, if that is the point, then it is art . The winners should be proud of themselves.

Sana Dati

Sana Dati (If Only) is a Filipino Romantic Drama written and directed by Jerrold Tarog. The movie is part of a trilogy which consists of "Confessional" (2007), and "The Blood Trail" (2009). The film is about how the woman remembers the love she once had when he saw this other guy, thus wanting to delay her own wedding.

Typical romantic films tells us that with enough sacrifice and dedication, we can get the person we want, Even though they are worlds apart and purposely separated by the writers to exaggerate how impossible it would be to see each other. The typical films wants you to believe that destiny is your ally, if one can find a way to be with someone, it is possible. Boy meets girl, girl gets separated to the boy, a few years later, the boy travels around the world and sees the girl again, Miraculously. Then they end up happily ever after. That is usually the route in most romantic film.

The Film "Sana Dati" took a different approach, you can feel that it's a romantic film but it has a rather unfortunate turn of events. Andrea fell in love with Andrew, but they were separated in the future. One may predict that one day, they would see each other and restore their love. Later in the movie, Andrea is about the be married to Robert, the other guy. In every film, there is a character that fills in the plot, which is Dennis. Dennis is the brother of Andrew, Denis's part is to fill in Andrea and the audience what happened to Andrew. Andrea knows to her self that she loves Andrew and Dennis might provide vital information to help her find Andrew. But this is where the plot twist came in, Dennis informed Andrea (and the audience) that Andrew died. Therefore leaving Andrea no other choice but to continue with the wedding.

Every film wants to deliver a different message every time, every person also has a different interpretation of the movie. This interpretation includes how sometimes one cannot be with the person they truly love. If one desires to be with their one true love, it requires a lot of sacrifice and dedication to prevent unwanted actions by other parties like family members or another guy/girl. Sometimes it is not miracles that keeps the love strong, sometimes it is simply effort. What if Andrea and Andrew could have prevented their separation? Never let the person you want slowly drift away, if one does not need regrets.

Benjamin Alves Birthday Celebration

Benjamin Alves is a Filipino actor and model from the GMA Network. He was born on March 31st, 1989; and at his age, He was in a lot of both big and small movies like "Ang Cute ng Ina Mo", "The Trial", "If Only", "Guni Guni", and even voiced over Dave Seville in "Alvin and the Chipmunks". As Filipinos who watches a lot of Pinoy Films, one would recognize who Benjamin Alves is.

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On the 18th of March, there was a commotion at the MPH1. A lot of students and professors were going in and out, it seemed like there was an event which was unusual because it was after College Week and befor SoMA Week. A few people were talking about what was happening inside the MPH1 and they mentioned that Benjamin Alves is having a birthday bash. It got a lot of students excited because of the type of activity they were presented. Birthdays are fun, mix that with a celebrity plus APC and the students of APC, you get a different vibe of how a birthday feels like.

The students and professors gave Benjamin a warm welcome in the school and an even warmer birthday candle for his cake. Everybody had fun, got a lot of photos with Benjamin, and probably ate a lot of food. Birthdays are important, especially when celebrated with people who cares about you the most. Although Benjamin does not personally know most of the people in APC, it is still heart warming to know that people care about the most important day of one's life. With that said, Birthdays are not just a celebration of one getting older, it is also an indication that with all the years one has been living, it is a good time to thank and give back to the people who makes one's life worth living.

College Week: "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" English Edition

The "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" English Edition game competition is an event in Asia Pacific College's College week. The game is similar to the U.S. Version which was hosted by Rehis Philbin and it was also adapted by the Philippines hosted by Christopher De Leon and Vic Sotto. In the original version, the contestants were asked 15 questions and with every right answer, the next question has twice the amount of value than the previous question. It is a blur whether the television game show has multiple contestants or just one, but according to many articles that the game show has teams and both teams battle it out to get to the Million dollar question.

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The APC College week version is similar to the game show rules, but of course the school would not give out 1 Million pesos in cash. The College Week's version only measure the value of a question by points or pretend cash to represent points. The same rules apply, the value of each question goes higher as the game progresses. There are multiple teams in the first few rounds, all teams collect points as the game goes on and they get eliminated if they are the least earners of the round. The last team standing is also asked more questions to see if they could beat the game and win the grand prize. The hardest part of this is discussing which is the right answer. It is fairly difficult when there are two answers proposed to the team but both sides have a good statement. Nonetheless, it is a fun experience for the contestant as a team. Being in a team means the success of one is celebrated by many, but the failure of one is felt by all.





As to the results of the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? English Edition, they have played a good game, and showed outstanding knowledge.

Champion:

ABMA 134

Giselle Bandilla

Kim Edward Raymundo

Nicole santos

Runner up:

ABMA 152

Alexis Pascua

Hugh Sebastian Decara

Edgardo Siroy Jr.

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By the end of the day, everybody may say that having even the most common knowledge about any topic is great for progress. Even as a spectator, trying to answer the questions was a challenge because it pushed one's mind to remember the discussions and lectures in class. Learning is never a bad thing, it is a gift bestowed by the those who knows well. So always thank the teachers and professors who have thought the young minds and who have molded their future into a brighter one.