Kthrnsantos’s Weblog

I have my own secrets and you have your own secluded knowledge that should remain hidden from others. Even from the people closest to you. I understand that and I know it very well. But for some circumstances and with too much desperation to see a movie, I have invaded your privacy. And for this, I am very sorry.

I’ve been in Outland Adventure Camp last 2006 and I am very excited to go there again. Outland Adventure Camp which is located in Diversion Road, Ma-a, Davao City, is actually a rope course where you may experience the low and high elemental challenges that are made for you to conquer your fear, challenge yourself, made a difference with your life and realize that life is indeed a great adventure when God is with you.

The Outland Adventure Camp invited us last January 27, 2008 to join their Staff Training. I am very much interested with the offer, so I grabbed it without hesitation.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been attending the training. We have to undergo a training and series of activities that may help us with our soon-to-be jobs.  The OA staffs have to choose the most efficient trainee in the field and I was luckily one of the ‘chosen one’ whom they consider would fit the job.

As a volunteer staff, we should…

1. …be FAST. An acronym for Faithful, Available, Submissive, and Teachable.
2. …be dedicated to our job.
3. …allot our spare time for the organization.
4. …meet every Saturday for our meetings at exactly 7 am.
5. …never say bad and dirty words.
6. …be responsible enough that we know when our participants are safe and not.
7. Work start at 8:00 a.m and ends at 5:00 p.m.
8. And above all, we should keep in mind that we are volunteers for God and we are doing everything for Him and for the people we served and further render our service.

• What are the jargons or colloquial words that are commonly used by the students of UP Mindanao?
• What do they mean?
• What are their significance?
• Why do students use such words?

SIGNIFICANCE:

METHODOLOGY

I am a BACA student in the UP in Mindanao. Advertising would then be a part of our chosen career. In connection to this, persuasion to the multitude or the readers, followers, consumers and costumers would then be a big factor to put in mind.

The Central Route to Persuasion occurs when the attitude of the audience, or individual, is changed as a result of thoughtful consideration of the message. It needs greater message elaboration in order to capture the populace’s attention. Smart’s commercial with the Talk N’ Txt mobile network brand. The Talk N’ Txt GSM sim was basically trying to convince the people with the following testaments from the so-called talk n’ txt users:

• “…swak sa budget ko!” “Sulit sa Talk. Sulit sa Txt.”
• “…daming mapaglo-loadan.” “Sulit sa 1 million outlets.”
• “…ganda ng signal.” “Sulit sa Nationwidest coverage.”
• “…madaming ka-talk n’ txt.” “Sulit sa over 7 million subscribers.”
• ” Di lang mura, Sulit talaga!”
• ” Talk N’ Txt, gumagaan ang life.”

The Peripheral Route to Persuasion occurs when positive or negative cues (such as images, sounds, or language) are associated with the object of the message. An advertisement featuring a song that the audience member likes, or a person whom the audience member sees as appealing might cause a person to have positive feelings toward the brand, without that person ever thinking deeply about the message. Like for example, the Nike commercial:

Without knowing that these people on the video clip, you wouldn’t know that its a brand of shoes that they are advertising.

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This is actually an invitation for those who wanted to join our extreme adventure activity this coming April. My friends and I had agreed to spend our summer and my birthday as well in the Outland Adventure Park in Barangay Langub, Davao City. It offers a wide range of amenities and activities you surely don’t want to miss and you would surely enjoy.

It’s actually 2 nights and 3 days rope-based exercises. You’ll surely enjoy the it both in low and high elements. Reflection and meditation with your friends are also part of the activity ensuring you life-impacting and self-disciplining adventure camp.

Hope you could come with us too!:) It’s really something worth doing! I assure you.

You could always post a comment for more information or send me an e-mail at kthrn_santos@yahoo.com. We still need about 15 more participants:)

Dear narrator,

You’re old enough to stand on your own. You wanted your life to be ruled all by yourself and you always wanted to be free and to be away with your parents who annoy you by nagging and pushing you all the time with the things you never wanted for your life. I know what you feel. I understand why you’ve been acting that way towards your parents. You needed freedom just like me and any other teenager. And we believe that they don’t understand our needs.

But the only reason for that is they care about you and they worry about your life and your choices. They worry about your future and they wanted to make it as green as they wanted it to be.

You’re parents are just there to help you and guide you. At this point of your life, you have a lot of problem that is too difficult for you to solve alone. You need them and they need you also.They are destined to be there to advice you whether you like it or not. You just have to keep in mind that they know more about your life.

And about your sister, she’s a teenager too. She wanted to be free too and she wanted to be alone just like you. Actually, you’ve been acting the same way with your parents. You’re just like them now. You’re giving advices to your sister for you know what’s best for her. Same way with your parents.

Katherine Kaye Santos:)

Jim and Shelley were linked with their feelings of closeness, safety, and trust towards each other. They have an intimate relationship that is needed to be maintained as healthy as possible. But they end up having a conflicting tension with their relationship when Jim suddenly get interested with her personal writings but Shelley don’t want it to be shown even to his partner.

To Shelley…

I understand your standpoint. I have my own diary as well and I never wanted it to be shown with other people even to those who people who very close to me. I have my personal thoughts, feelings, and emotions that need to kept private. I should have my own privacy too. But considering that you two were bonded with the love you have shown to each other, you must know that Jim just wanted to keep your relationship intact by just simply knowing that there is no secrets hidden between the two of you. He doesn’t own a diary but we all know that he has own secrets too. He was just somehow comparing your way and his own method that is indeed different from each other.

You might be thinking that there are writings in your diary that may cause conflicts, or they may be used for you to be judged unlikely, or other reasons that makes you hesitant of showing it. If you trust him and you know that your indifference and your shortcomings will not be cared of by Jim, then you have to show him that you don’t have any secrets hidden that is affecting him or may affect him simply by showing your diary to him or when you really wanted to keep your privacy, you should let him know about your feelings and thoughts regarding the conflict tension. And the best thing that he could do is understand you and trust you fully.

First week activities

• Look for a topic that interests you.
• List key questions that would help you with the topic.
• Write a statement of purpose.

Second to Third week activities

• Use the encyclopedia to define terminologies are needed to be defined.
• Look for references fairly connected with your topic.

Fourth Week activities

• Gather all the information and identify the best sources/references to use.

Fifth and Sixth week activities

• Make an analysis of the gathered information.

Seventh week activities

• Make a draft of your research project.

Eight week activities

• Write the introduction and conclusion.
• Citation of references.

Ninth and Tenth week activities

• Write the body of the research project.
• Publish the paper.
• Turn in your paper on time.