What My Colorgenics has to say..

It's funny to think that a simple personality that's based from your color preference will equate to some freakishly accurate predictions.. To think that having chosen the order of the colors differently will completely alter the result.. Must be some kind of coincidence. Read on, and see for yourself..

See yourself as others see you...
You feel that everything is going against you and you are worn out and exhausted by all the conflict and quarrelling. You are trying to protect yourself but at the same time you are hiding your feelings, hoping that by so doing, you can avoid exposing yourself to attack. Hopefully this will give you the chance to get on with your life. Nevertheless, you should be very careful to try to avoid stirring up any opposition which might endanger your plans.
You are moody and depressed at this time but it will pass. All of your hopes and dreams seem to have gone astray and you are fearful of planning further for the future.
Disappointment at the non fulfilment of your hopes and the fear that to formulate fresh goals will only lead to further setbacks have resulted in considerable anxiety and you try to escape from this by withdrawing into yourself. But that is not the answer. You have the power to succeed, believe in yourself... all is possible to him who believes.
You pretend that you are a carefree individual and that nothing really bothers you - that you are so self-sufficient that whatever problems beset you they simply flow off you as water flows off a ducks back. You are experiencing considerable stress, trying to conceal yourself from the rest of the world. In actual fact - deep down, you are not at all happy. You feel lonely and you need someone with whom you can 'Let your hair down' and share your hopes, dreams and high standards. You are imposing unnecessary self restraint on yourself.You would like to demonstrate the unique quality of your character to all and sundry.

Conditions are rather confusing at this time. You would like to involved with a particular person or a particular situation butyou are holding back. You find it difficult to make a decision.
Being a likeable person you get on well with neighbours and friends. You don't need anything to 'Rock your boat'. You want to 'love' and to be loved'.

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What About Now

We just had our practicum orientation yesterday, and it’s as if it’s the department’s way of saying to us that we’ll be off La Salle soon, provided that we pass our thesis proposal of course, because that’s our ‘ticket’ to the practicum program.

Indeed things are getting serious already. We’ll be finding prospective companies/institutions/resources for practicum and we’re doing thesis with real organizations. We’re about to face the ‘real world’ out there. But are we ready? The working ones keep on saying that the real world is really different from a school setting, way different. And the possibilities are not quantifiable and predictable. Meaning, if we’re already having a hard time now in school, we should expect more difficulties outside. For ‘now’ is only sort of a preparation for ‘tomorrow’.

I’m happy ‘cause school’s almost over for us, but I’m also sad that it is. I know this is inevitable. I just hope that we’ll be able to prepare ourselves more and develop the right attitude and skills that will equip us and get us going in the real world. After all, when we’re already out there, we’ll only have ‘us’ to back ourselves up.

Open Your Eyes

I actually don’t have any idea what to blog about, and so as I was thinking about a probable topic, I encountered this line from The Little Prince.

“What is essential is invisible to the eye.”

We often say that life’s not fair. And it's rare for a day to pass by without us complaining such as why is it raining? Why is it so hot today? Why am I given this? Why am I made to do that? Why did I forget? Why??

We’re not happy because we don’t always get what we want, and things don’t always go the way we want them to. Not thinking that if it is the other way around, say our desires and wants keep on coming and taking place then everything would be so predictable, and life wouldn’t be worth living anymore.

However, we shouldn’t let this stop us from being happy. We can be happy and that’s for sure. If only we learn to appreciate what life brings. Indeed, life doesn’t come cheap, but it comes with lots of good things to be happy about too. We just need to open our eyes and really see.

Changes

Looking back, I can still remember how I’ve lived a carefree life. During our frosh days, all we cared about was how we’re spending our three-hour-U-breaks that we’ve had weekly; reflection papers for each film we watched; and some readings we were tasked to read. Then time passed by, we were already taking up our major subjects and things started to change. Our subjects became more serious and apparently more difficult, our professors seemed to have expected more from us, and suddenly, I felt that I had to grow up.

And now that we’ve already been used to the OrgComm life—with all the major subjects and other ‘exclusively-OrgComm matters’, we’re bound to face change again. ‘Coz things are starting to be different now, we’re not just studying and fulfilling our requirements for some major class, we’re already working on our thesis and we’ll soon be having our practicum, which only reminds me that the end is nearing—college is almost over.

Indeed, so much has changed; things just keep on changing; and a lot will still change. And I know I need to learn to deal with it for it’s the only thing that’s constant in this world.

More Than a Woman

Whenever asked about how is it to be a woman, the first thought that usually comes to mind is that women are perceived to be less than men. It’s a socially acceptable notion that people no longer question, simply because however one tries, it still remains unchangeable.

As time passes by, more and more women—and even men, try to change this notion. There are already lots of successful women that had already proved this notion wrong. Positive changes occurred such as that there are more opportunities for women now; women often receive fair treatment now; and the like. However, this negative notion about women can’t seem to be completely eradicated perhaps because it’s somehow part of our culture already.

But then, I guess the current state of how society perceives women is a lot better than how it was before. I’ve always thought that I’m a bit of a feminist and I don’t think I can live that life where women are seen as the inferior gender. Its not that I’m all negative about what men can do, it’s just that I believe in the potential of “women-kind”; that it’s more than what society expects of a woman.

Organization and Communication

What is OrgComm?
“The Organizational Communication program deals with the different aspects of communication—both in theory and practice—in an organizational setting such as that in corporations or non-government organizations.”
(- DLSU course description)

The organizational setting
An organization is composed of people who work together towards a common goal. The OrgComm practitioner serves as their guide in doing so. He/She handles both internal and external communication that the organization engages in.

My History, OrgComm and I
Before I chose to take up Organizational Communication in DLSU, I wasn’t really sure of what I’m facing and if it’s what I want. I just got carried away by the name—it sounded serious but easy; and the description (see above description) because it mentioned about two things that I wanted—communication and corporation. As I pushed through with it, I had to encounter hardships and failures; realizing that it wasn’t easy after all, but what I like about it is that with each time I get to overcome the hard times, the more I fall in love with the beauty of it. Yes, OrgComm is hard, but as what our professors say, “It’s all worth it.”