Confession 2.0: A Wizard’s Diary
Jan Eidrienne R. De Luis
The Journalese
"...we build the pillars of journalism here. This is where we prove them wrong, because it is here where reading and writing seem to be an infinite and complicated process."
The Chamber of Secrets has been opened again!
The message never failed to send chills down the spine of every Hogwarts student, the same can be said of every UST Journalism sophomore.
There is this sense of belongingness that accompanies sophomore pride and imbibing the culture of UST and the Faculty of Arts and Letters burnishes it. At last, one can say that he/she has survived another trial and error stage in life. However, challenges are in the fast lane hoping for a backlog.
Indeed the phobia of the Chamber being opened became a pandemic. Sophomores needed to find ways to cope in this new environment or else they would be “petrified.” And if you are lobotomized, make sure to find your own”
Mandrake” to cry with.
People almost always think that we reside in one of the biggest buildings in UST, the Miguel de Benavides Library. You will never survive your second year in Journalism without frequent visits to the library and a deep plunge in its immense historical resources. You have to shake hands with Rizal, plod your way through Southeast Asia, and explore the intricate history of Journalism in the Philippines. Do all that with Finance, Natural Science, Statistics and Biology waiting for your reunion. Remember not to get tongue tied along the way; you’ll be speaking in different accents and play different roles for communicative competence.
Gallimaufry is every second year student’s middle name. Given a schedule that draws back the bygone days of elementary school, we seemed to be torn between the instinctive feeling of testing the waters of our chosen track and a rather personal impulse of being active in student organizations. With the luxury of time, second year studes go gaga over organizations, as this is high time to meet new people who will be of help to us.
Although the bell rings at 11:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m., we never got our hopes up on getting a good night sleep. There is always this urgency to finish reading and understanding the entire newspaper or brainstorming for the week’s essay requirement due every Friday. It was the year when one is full of self-confidence and willingness to cut classes for a group research project.
Sleepless nights were then rewarded with early morning news tests. The green-jacket phobia adds some thrill in it as everyone looks like a deer caught in headlights upon hearing a series of claps accompanied by the phrase,“Pass your papers.” Peculiar looks surround you because they never understood this butterflies-in-your-stomach feeling, maybe because it really is weird for us to put marks and highlights on a newspaper. House elves in our
respective homes sometimes question our magical abilities for having a year-long stack of newspapers. However as it became a routine, second year journalism students almost always wow people with their exceptional abilities as current events nerds.
The heart of the UST-AB experience is here, this is where the true meaning of Arts and Letters comes to life. It is a year that promises, rigid training in research, historical explorations and contextualization. Though, it may be all about taking the first step of the ladder like getting assigned to the police beat while hoping and scanning through police blotters.
And if Harry Potter found the Chamber of Secrets with the horror of the basilisk during his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Journalism sophomores found the terrifying but fulfilling chamber of research know-hows, historical facts, current events and even mathematical solutions and scientific truths that are, contrary to public opinion, the true secrets sine qua non to becoming a responsible Journalist. J
The Journalese
"...we build the pillars of journalism here. This is where we prove them wrong, because it is here where reading and writing seem to be an infinite and complicated process."
The Chamber of Secrets has been opened again!
The message never failed to send chills down the spine of every Hogwarts student, the same can be said of every UST Journalism sophomore.
There is this sense of belongingness that accompanies sophomore pride and imbibing the culture of UST and the Faculty of Arts and Letters burnishes it. At last, one can say that he/she has survived another trial and error stage in life. However, challenges are in the fast lane hoping for a backlog.
Indeed the phobia of the Chamber being opened became a pandemic. Sophomores needed to find ways to cope in this new environment or else they would be “petrified.” And if you are lobotomized, make sure to find your own”
Mandrake” to cry with.
People almost always think that we reside in one of the biggest buildings in UST, the Miguel de Benavides Library. You will never survive your second year in Journalism without frequent visits to the library and a deep plunge in its immense historical resources. You have to shake hands with Rizal, plod your way through Southeast Asia, and explore the intricate history of Journalism in the Philippines. Do all that with Finance, Natural Science, Statistics and Biology waiting for your reunion. Remember not to get tongue tied along the way; you’ll be speaking in different accents and play different roles for communicative competence.
Gallimaufry is every second year student’s middle name. Given a schedule that draws back the bygone days of elementary school, we seemed to be torn between the instinctive feeling of testing the waters of our chosen track and a rather personal impulse of being active in student organizations. With the luxury of time, second year studes go gaga over organizations, as this is high time to meet new people who will be of help to us.
Although the bell rings at 11:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m., we never got our hopes up on getting a good night sleep. There is always this urgency to finish reading and understanding the entire newspaper or brainstorming for the week’s essay requirement due every Friday. It was the year when one is full of self-confidence and willingness to cut classes for a group research project.
Sleepless nights were then rewarded with early morning news tests. The green-jacket phobia adds some thrill in it as everyone looks like a deer caught in headlights upon hearing a series of claps accompanied by the phrase,“Pass your papers.” Peculiar looks surround you because they never understood this butterflies-in-your-stomach feeling, maybe because it really is weird for us to put marks and highlights on a newspaper. House elves in our
respective homes sometimes question our magical abilities for having a year-long stack of newspapers. However as it became a routine, second year journalism students almost always wow people with their exceptional abilities as current events nerds.
The heart of the UST-AB experience is here, this is where the true meaning of Arts and Letters comes to life. It is a year that promises, rigid training in research, historical explorations and contextualization. Though, it may be all about taking the first step of the ladder like getting assigned to the police beat while hoping and scanning through police blotters.
And if Harry Potter found the Chamber of Secrets with the horror of the basilisk during his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Journalism sophomores found the terrifying but fulfilling chamber of research know-hows, historical facts, current events and even mathematical solutions and scientific truths that are, contrary to public opinion, the true secrets sine qua non to becoming a responsible Journalist. J