#benilde

Benildean AU Andres Bonifacio

Nakita ko sa Reddit na may sumisikat na Benildean because she doesn’t want her LV bag to get stained or get dirty and refuses to put it away from the chair. Back in our days, we only had a clear envelope with index cards, a ballpen, Cattleya, yellow paper and we’re good to go (idk about other courses tho).

it's been two weeks, but i'm still proud of the batch poster my friends and i made for our batch event: ToonTalk! it was definitely a wild ride, especially since we were only given two weeks to plan the event (which later became one week because of the sudden venue change).

you can find the event here!

made by:

@martilyongabo = conceptualisation, border + mouse & flowers, globe, lighting

@hontoart - BG, left flower

@shenlights - character line & color, text

with additional adjustments made by @thecatinatux-official (IG) for the school, sponsor, and partner logos

Why should you learn Filipino Sign Language?

You will be able to communicate silently while bird watching or doing field research. You will also learn about Deaf culture, and make new friends!

The Benilde School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies will be holding FSL classes this August to December 2023. Choose to learn online or in person. Registration ends August 25, open to all!

everyone probably already knows i love to write but this gets pretty personal so i think it's better posted this way. to have drafted this message in my head during those short moments of reflection between final requirements for OJT, thesis, and graduation, and it's finally here. except that it wasn't accompanied by my face full of makeup and the smug smile that i was already practicing, it didn’t involve watching myself and my batchmates in academic regalia - nope - instead, a smartphone-taken grad photo on our stairway, with myself in the formal wear that i had defended my thesis with; then cheering at the TV as my classmates' names were called. with snarky unemployment and adulting teasings put aside by the existence of my stable freelance work, there were long moments at night in quiet personal reflection. for once, i deserved to celebrate myself and my achievements - cum laude with a GPA 3.425, graduated on time despite serious hesitations and near-giving up, and in the course and school that i never regretted taking - multimedia arts, de la salle-college of saint benilde. it's a celebration that, i realized, i didn't want adulterated by the pretentiousness of celebratory posts on Facebook. the people i wanted to thank are worth more than that, honestly! so yeah, if you've already gotten tired of reading that long paragraph of how happy i felt about my finishing college, i think you should stop. or you know, keep scanning and waiting for your name to pop up when i thank you. good luck.

(in no particular order.)

i'd like to thank the 10th floor lab staff who let me borrow headphones every day in my last terms, granting me 80% more focus as i crammed thesis and org work. i’d like to thank all the staff of the college for always ensuring we felt and were safe in campus. i'd like to thank my color theory prof who told me to keep learning even though i said i wanted to repeat his subject because i was unsatisfied with how i performed in it even though i LOVED his subject. i'd like to thank my thesis adviser, who made our topic and project work through thick and thin, panic and pandemic - who became my inspiration for considering to return and teach in the college.

i'd like to thank the acquaintances, friends, teachers, moderators, production staff and actors, schoolmates, classmates, and org mates who put up with my naivety, frankness, and attempts to be better; a higher gratitude goes to those who saw more than these small parts and still stayed. i'd like to thank those who saw more than a name, a title, and GPA, more than my course, my interests, or dreams.

i'd like to thank my numerous what-ifs for teaching me about love and self-worth, for reminding me what i deserved. i'd like to thank my first ex who introduced me to the student org where i met my real love. i'd like to thank my second ex who helped me in the said org for a time. and i'd like to thank my wub for being the first to warmly welcome me into the after-college freedom.

and in retrospect, i'd like to thank those whose impact on me started even before August 31, 2016: my senior high social studies teacher who shared how he strove "to be of contribution to people", my noli me tangere teacher who broke down what was expected of us youth, and my calculus teacher who persisted in teaching us her subject even though more than half of the pilot class (myself included) could only scrape passing marks. of these, my biggest thank you is to my first mentors in journalism and design, who endorsed me to my full college scholarship. and to the preschool teacher who told me that i "was highly addicted to the mess of the room" for making paper doll dresses in class: hallo, im cum laude now! *winks*

and of course, the greatest thank you to my family for always putting up with all my academic adventures, praying that things would always turn for the best.

Sir Mike, Sir Roy, Ms Melay, Ms Kat; Sir Nuguid, Sir Jan, Sir Xander, Ms Jocas. Ms Fe, Sir Paul, Sir Lord; Sir Vincent, Sir Cao, Ms Portia, Ms Mones, Sir Blaise, Sir Jhino, Sir Jan, Sir Duran, Sir Joby, Ms Iris, Ms Myla, Ms Vanny, Sir Bong. Sir Petilla, Mrs Ferreras, Ms Gargaran, Ms Casauay; Sir Solas, Sir Cloyd. Teacher Joyce. Jerome, Tricia. Jay, Stephen, Clarisse, Janikka, Marj, Sean, Miggy; Terrence, Deejay, Sam, Kai, Ryan. Mij, Angeliz, Path, Jamie B; Jamie C, Chino, Kuya Daniel, Ate Mau, Fish, Bree. Zoe, Thea; Gene, Kyle, Emil, Aldrin, Kevin, Koji, Jason. Jason. Papa, Mama, Lolo, Lola, Dulce, Marielle, Ate Lyca, Francine.

everything in my college life was irreplaceable. no single social media caption or post can ever effectively summarize or celebrate it, but here was my attempt - i had prayed for experiences that would shape me to be the person He wanted me to be, and here i am now.

i’m sorry but we’re too busy building you your next favorite hotels or resorts, designing your next favorite coffee shops or your new theaters, releasing new furniture pieces, couture dresses and outfits, songs that you siMPLY CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT, GAMES YOU CAN’T STOP PLAYING, VIDEOS THAT MAKE YOU CRY, AND SO MUCH MORE PRODUCTS AND THINGS AND SHIT THAT YOU NEED AND WILL LOVE, TRUST ME, THAT WE HAVE NO TIME TO BASH OTHER SCHOOLS JUST LIKE HOW YOU’RE WASTING YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW 

so the next time you go around flaunting about how your school is WAY better than ours, just be careful, cause without noticing since you’re ego is getting in your way, the mere things, places, products you’re using and love visiting, could have been the product of a proud benildean

Sniffs*

Kinain ng sistema QwQ

Salle x Neo <3

og Buhay Kolehiyo