I have this professor in SCL9 (Marriage and Family Life) who shared his sentiments on the student rally just a day before. They protest about the government’s inaction over the “Maguindanao Massacre”. I actually saw it for myself and in fact, I was recruited by some woman from the group. She talked about the party list group Kabataan which in Filipino means youth or young people. Going back to my professor, he said that he is disappointed every time there is a rally in front of our school. Not that he has no respect for their freedom of expression but what he points is how they can be more effective if they really want order in society.

He explains that every time protesters converge in front of our school especially on the road; they create heavy traffic which in turn affects the commuting students. That would be true for me because I always came late to class when there is a rally, from wage hike to tuition hike rallies for that matter. I am with them in their cause to fight injustice because I also see no progress in this current administration. Read the rest of this entry…

After a bountiful meal from the Alumni canteen beside Ang Bahay ng Alumni at the UP campus, I was geared up for the second part of the first day of the Y4IT 2009. The afternoon session was started with a short speech from a Thomasian Alumnus, Ricky Orellana. He worked variously as a director, animator, film editor and art director on short and feature films and documentaries. He began to make films while studying architecture at the University of Santo Tomas. He is currently the Archives Head at Mowelfund and teaches part-time at the College of St. Benilde’s School of Design and Arts handling Experimental Animation.

After his speech, he showed some of the Philippine-made animations with some winning several local and international competitions. The trailer of the movie RPG which is scheduled to be released next year Read the rest of this entry…