YOUNG COMMUNICATORS REPRESENT ICCS CONVENTION ON MEDIA COMMUNICATION

The University of Saint Anthony sent eight delegates from the circle of Young Communicators to be the official representatives in the 4th ICCS Convention on Media Communication at University of Northerastern Philippines last November 27, 2010.

They are: Marlon Pontillas, AB Communication; Shiela Marie Balbuena, AB Communication; Reinaline Lanuzo, AB Communication; Liezel Zamudio, AB Communication; Honey Rose Camila, AB Political Science; Noenah Salvador; BSED; Diorinda Calibara, BSED; and Jovie kate Ramboyong; BS Commerce.

This is the first regional seminar conducted by the ICCS.


International Center for Communication Studies or ICCS is the fastest growing training center for future practitioners of the communication profession. It aims to provide a venue for the advancement and essential evaluation of communication practices in the field of journalism, psychology, PR etc. Also, it is a member of the Council of Affiliates of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in South Carolina, USA and an institutional member of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP).

The fourth year of the convention bannered the theme: “Media Practice: Different Fields; Different Challenges.” The talk was divided into five sessions rendered by the most promising media practitioners in the country, both in radio and television.

The program started at 9:30 A.M. and hosted by Mr. Alex Baltazar. The first talk was all about “Lecture on News Writing” by Ms. Sol Aragones, an ABS-CBN field reporter. Ms. Aragones highlighted the steps on writing news in television and the critical parts in covering news. Before the talk ends, a game was conducted by Ms. Aragones to the students. The game was an Impromptu Broadcasting and Marlon Pontillas, third year Communication Student was placed second.

The next talk was followed by Mr. Mark Salazar, GMA7 field reporter stressing the “Media Ethics in the Philippines”. The presentation was based in part on the GMA7 News and Public Affairs and Editorial Manual. He emphasized that Journalists are expected to provide news that is factual, unbiased, and devoid of any motive other than the pursuit of truth.

On the afternoon session, Ms. Cecille Lardizabal of Reuters Television/Inquirer Radio tackled the “Current Issues and Trends in Radio Broadcasting”. Ms. Lardizabal pointed out the purpose of radio in human’s life and how to make magic to the listeners if you want to be inclined in Radio Broadcasting.

The fourth speaker was introduced by Mrs. Remelita Fraginal, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (USANT). The speaker was a field reporter in GMA7 and discussed about Documentary Making. She is none other than Ms. Maki Pulido. Ms. Maki overemphasized that during a shoot, moral obligation must be instilled to a media practitioner. Documentary Making takes a lot of process yet fulfilling when it is successfully done.

Lecture on Covering Dangerous Stories was humorously delivered by Ms. Susan Enriquez, GMA7 field reporter to the delegates. Ms. Enriquez shared her creepy experiences in the field. Yet, she was so thankful that she surpassed the catastrophe that she encountered.

The seminar was successfully held because of the substantial information gained by the students to the speakers. At the end of the talk, professors and students were given the chance to raise their points to the speakers.

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OPPORTUNITY COST
by: Iskulmeyt_ARL’c”,)




The term “opportunity cost” is commonly seen or heard in Economics class. In Economics, opportunity cost is giving up something for the betterment of something else. In our everyday life, we usually practice this concept. How? Say for example, when we had our examination, of course… we will not dedicate ourselves studying in one subject only. We will divide our time so we can finish reviewing all our subjects. In this article, I’ll share to you my personal experience on making a crucial decision applying “opportunity cost”.
After the final examination in my former school, I’m thinking on what will I do for summer. Shall I stay at home devoting my self surfing the net all day long? Or shall I relax and find some leisure activities anyway its vacation? I made up my mind and finally decided to search for a summer job. I immediately opened my laptop and started to create a résumé. After a week, I passed my résumé to Jollibee Naga hoping to be hired so quickly. I got bored due to the series of interrogation process to applicants. Imagine? Three interviews plus one examination-whoa!
On my way to boarding house, my friend informed me that Sutherland Global Services is looking for call center agents. Even if I had this doubt if I’ll be in or not, I still tried my luck. Luckily, I was hired. On the next day, the manager of Jollibee informed me through a text message that I’m hired also. I made up my mind and finally decided to go with Sutherland. I underwent first a three week Language Training.
Really, I enjoyed a lot because of the learning that I acquired during the training and of course, the new circle of friends. I was exposed to the reality of life and that’s a major fulfillment in my self. Being the youngest in the wave, I was pampered by my colleagues. All of us passed the Language Training and we all proceed to the Product Specifics Training (PST).
PST tackles serious matters on our account that we will handle. Our training starts from 11 pm and end at 7 am. Really, I have to swap my daily routine- wake up at night and sleep at day time. It’s a big adjustment that I made but I cannot do anything but to push my self to this. On our one week training, I feel so frail physically and mentally. My legs tend to chill when I am starving, my throat is always dry that’s why I need to drink a lot o f water, a colony of ants in the bowl of toilet, and sudden loss of weight. I confessed to my mom about this and she predicted that I might be diabetic. “No! No! No! That cannot happen and must no happen”, I cried to my self. On the next day, we went to my grandma’s house to check my blood sugar. We were all shocked when we found out that my blood sugar reaches as high as 250. My mom and my grandma decided that I will never pursue anymore the work that I had. I can’t do anything but to follow-anyway, they are right.
I called my trainer and talked to her about my concern. She feels so sorry because of what happened. I had my medication to my doctor and he discussed about my lifetime disease. I came up with one very important decision in my career. I gave up Sutherland and my former school and transferred here in USANT. I know everything has a purpose why every single thing happened.
Now at my early age, I’m limited to sweets and foods rich in carbohydrates. Most of the times, I crave a lot but I need to control and discipline my self. To be honest, I don’t have any regrets on my decision. Now, I’m here in USANT, my lifestyle is everything in control- foods that I need to take and other do’s and don’ts.
Every time I inject my insulin, I find my self dependent and pathetic. But this is what God wants and I know, I can surpass this catastrophe. I will fight for my life ‘til I can, I will not lose hope ‘til I can because this is life, you need to be strong for you to survive.
“I gave up my career because I need to take care of my lifestyle…”

The Alpha Society will support the Anti-Pollution Program of the Local Government Unit of Iriga

Mr. Chairman- Arl Pontillas Ms. A- Jacqueline Orasa
Secretary – Joy Amaro Ms. B- Honey Rose Camila
Mr. A- Herson Castañeda Ms. C- Monique Victorino
Mr. B- Terence Verona Ms. D- Shiela Balbuena

Mr. Chairman : The meeting will please come to order
Please stand for an opening prayer.. Ms. Orasa, please lead the
prayer

Ms. Orasa : (Prayer)

Mr. Chairman : Thank you Ms. Orasa! Now, before we begin. Ms. Secretary,
kindly roll the call.

Ms. Amaro : Okay.. Say “here” if you are present.
: Mr. Castañeda, Mr. Verona, Ms. Orasa, Ms. Victorino Ms. Camila, Ms. Balbuena, and Mr. Pontillas…
: Thank you so much. I would just like to announce that we obtain
a quorum this evening and we gained a 100% of attendance.

Mr. Chairman : Very good.. A big hand to everyone..
: Okay, next.. Ms. Secretary, please read the previous minutes

Ms. Amaro : Here is the previous minutes (read)…

Mr. Chairman : Are there any corrections to the minutes? (no one will answer)
: There being no corrections, the minutes stand approved as read.

: The next business in order are the reports of the Standing
Committees. Has the Committee on Finance any report to
make?

Ms. Orasa : Mr. Chairman, the Committee on Finance wishes to report that
we had collected P450.00 for our donation to the Bantay Bata
foundation. All the names of the sponsors are here together with
the amount that they gave and of course, their signatures.


Mr. Chairman : Is there any objections to her report regarding the donation
to the Bantay Bata Foundation?

Mr. Castañeda : Mr. Chairman, I would just like to clarify some matter.
Because, she said a while a go before the assembly, that she `collected P550.00 due to an additional contribution that Mr. Perez gave yesterday.

Ms. Orasa : Mr. Chairman, yes.. I’m so sorry.. Its P550.00 not P450.00. It is
because of a hundred peso that Mr. Perez gave yesterday.
Apologies to everyone.. Not all of us are good in math. Thank you
for reminding me Mr. A

(everyone will laugh)

Mr. Chairman : That’s fine Ms. A. Even I sometimes find difficulty in a simple
arithmetic. Anyway, moving on.. Is there any other objections ladies and gentlemen?
(no one will answer)

: I suppose, this is already clear to everyone. If there are no
objections, we will file the report as made. The secretary will record the acceptance of the report.

: Next business in order are the reports of the special committees.
: Has this special committee anything to report on?

Mr. Verona : Mr. Chairman, we have nothing to report on this evening.

Mr. Chairman : Okay.. so it means.. we will now proceed to the next business in
order which is the unfinished business.

: It was moved and seconded in the previous assembly that the
following pending motion be taken up today. The pending questionis whether the Alpha Society will join the marathon races this December. Are there any objections? (Pause. No one rise)

Ms. Cabañero : Mr. Chairman

Mr. Chairman : Yes, Ms. B
Ms. Camila : I move that the resolution be adopted.

Ms. Orasa : I second the motion.

Mr. Chaiman : It has been moved and seconded that the resolution: Resolved,
that Alpha Society join the marathon races next month, be adopted.

: Those in favor of the motion please raise your right hand
(everyone will raise their hand). The yes have it and the motion is
carried. The resolution is adopted.

: Now, ladies and gentlemen.. the next business in order is the
discussion of our first program for this month.

Mr. Verona : Mr. Chairman

Mr. Chairman : Yes, Mr. B

Mr. Verona : I propose that the following resolution be adopted: Resolved, that
Alpha Society support the anti-pollution and the food production
program of the national government.

Ms. Camila : I second the motion.

Mr. Chairman : It is moved and seconded that the following resolution be adopted:
Resolved, that Alpha Society support the anti pollution and the food production program of the national government. Is there any discussion?

Mr. Castañeda : Mr. Chairman

Mr. Chairman : Yes, Mr. A.

Mr. Castañeda : Since today is my birthday, I would just like to ask Ms. Victorino
if we can have a date after the assembly?
(everyone giggles and will create a noise)

Ms. Victorino : Mr. Chairman

Mr. Chairman : Yes, Ms. C

Ms. Victorino : We are talking here a serious matter and what you are saying
Mr. Castañeda is out of order!

Mr. Chairman : Silence everyone! I understand Mr. Castañeda that you want
to celebrate your birthday to the girl you admire most. However,
what you want to ask/propose has no connection to our
subject matter today. So, with that.. Ms. Victorino is right.. you are
out of order. She cannot entertain your question, k?

Mr. Castañeda : I’m so sorry Mr. Chairman

Mr. Chairman : Its okay. Anyway, going back.. Is there any discussion about this
motion?

Ms. Balbuena : Mr. Chairman

Mr. Chairman : Yes, Ms. C

Ms. Balbuena : I move that the motion be amended by striking out the words’
“and the food production”.

Mr. Verona : I second the motion.

Mr. Chairman : It is moved and seconded the resolution by striking the words
“and the food production” so that the resolution if amended will
read: “Resolved, that Alpha Society support the anti pollution program of the national government”. Do you accept the change Ms. A?

Ms. Orasa : Yes Mr. Chairman, I accept the change.

Mr. Chairman : Are there any objections? (Pause). There being no objections,
the words “and the food production” will be eliminated in the
resolution so that the resolution reads: Resolved, That Alpha
Society support the anti pollution program of national government.

: The vote is on the amendment to the resolution that Alpha
Society support the anti pollution program of national government. Those in favor of the amendment, kindly raise your right hand. (pause). (Ms. Balbuena will not raise). 5 out of 6 votes or 83% . Yes
have it and the amendment to the resolution is carried.

: The question is now on the resolution as amended which reads:
Resolved, that Alpha Society support the anti pollution program of national government. Is there any discussion?

Ms. Orasa : Mr. Chairman

Mr. Chairman : Yes, Ms. A

Ms. Orasa : I move that we amend the amendment by substituting the words
Local Government Unit of Iriga in place of the National Government

Mr. Chairman : It is moved and seconded that we amend the amendment by substituting the word Local Government Unit of Iriga in place of the National Government so that the amendment if amended will be
read: Resolved, that Alpha Society support the anti pollution program of the Local Government Unit of Iriga. Is there any discussion on the amendment to the amendment?

Mr. Castañeda : Mr. Chairman

Mr. Chairman : Yes, Mr. A

Mr. Castañeda : I rise for information. I should like to ask the lady a question.

Ms. Balbuena : Excuse me Mr. Chairman, I’ll just go to the rest room.

Mr. Chairman : Sure..

Ms. Balbuena : Thank you!

Mr. Chairman : Going back, “Will the lady yield for a question? Mr. A may put
his question.

Mr. Castañeda : Mr. Chairman, I would just like to ask the lady the reason for
the change of the words “National Government” to ‘”Local
Government Unit of Iriga”

Ms. Orasa : (Answers)
Mr. Chairman : The lady has given her answer. The question is now to amend
the amendment by substituting the words “National Government” to ‘”Local Government Unit of Iriga” which reads: Resolved, that Alpha
Society support the anti-pollution program of the LGU of Iriga. Are there any objections? (no one rises)

: The vote is on the amendment that Alpha
Society support the anti-pollution program of the LGU of Iriga. Again, to those in favor.. please raise your right hand. 4 out of 6- 67% (Castañeda and Balbuena will not raise their hand) .

: The yes have it and the amendment to the amendment is carried.
The next business in order is the amendment which reads: Resolved: that Alpha Society support the anti pollution program of the LGU Iriga. Is there any discussion on the amendment as amended?

Ms. Camila : Mr. Chairman, I rise to a question of privilege.

Mr. Chairman : State your question of privilege

Ms. Camila : I don’t intend to scare everyone but my third eye is open. May we
have the door close a little?

Mr. Chairman : If there are no objections the Sergeant at Arms will close the door.
Thank you! (Mr. Verona will close the door)

: Is there further discussion on the motion for Alpha Society to
support the anti pollution program of the LGU Iriga? (Pause. No
one rise) Are you ready for the question?

Ms. Balbuena : Question!

Mr. Chairman : the question is, whether the body wishes to adopt the resolution
that Alpha Society support the anti pollution program of the LGU
Iriga. You have heard the motion. All those in favor, please stand
(everyone will rise). 6 out of 6 votes.. 100%..wow! Again, the yes
have it and the motion is carried. The resolution is adopted. So it means, that our first program this month is our support to the
anti pollution of the LGU Iriga. Any violent reactions? or questions
regarding to this?

ALL : None Mr. Chairman

Mr. Chairman : All right, are there any announcements, requests, or items that the
assembly may wish to have known?

Ms. Orasa : Mr. Chairman

Mr. Chairman : Yes, Ms. A

Ms. Orasa : I move for the adoption of the resolution: Resolved, that this body
express its thanks and appreciation to Mr. Dandy Fraginal for
giving his fullest effort and time to train all of us on how to be a
good parliamentarian.

Ms. Camila : Mr. Chairman

Mr. Chairman : Yes, Ms. B

Ms. Camila : In addition to that, without his presence.. our organization will not
be recognized as the “Most Outstanding Youth Organization in
Asia”. So, it is right to give him thanks for everything that he did.

Mr. Verona : I second the motion

Mr. Chairman : It has been moved and seconded that the Organization express
its thanks for the kindness shown by Mr. Dandy Fraginal by giving
him a token of appreciation. Those in favor, raise your right hand.
(everyone will raise their right hand)

: Yes have it and the motion in is carried. The resolution is adopted.
And because of that, may I call on Mr. Dandy Fraginal to receive
this token of appreciation from the club. Thank you so much!

: Are there any announcements which the body may wish to make?
(Pause. No one rises)

Ms. Victorino : Mr. Chairman,

Mr. Chairman : Yes, Ms. C

Ms. Victorino : I move that this assembly adjourn

Ms. Balbuena : I second the motion

Mr. Chairman : It has been moved and seconded that this assembly be
adjourned. Those in favor, please stand.. The yes have it and the
motion to adjourn is adopted.

: I declare the meeting adjourned.

YOUNG COMMUNICATORS SOCIETY ATTENDS THE 5TH COMGUILD CONFERENCE

Together with University of Saint Anthony faculty member- Janette Morada and Jokee Reyes, eight (8) USANT students joined the delegation of AB Communication and AB Journalism educators and students nationwide last August 1, 2010 at the AFP Theater, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City for the 5th Annual Conference of Journalism and Mass Communication Students of the Philippines with the theme: “Pursuit of Mass Media towards Responsible Broadcast Journalism”.

This activity was made possible by COMGUILD Center for Journalism. This company is the fastest growing media training center in the Philippines. It provides conferences, lectures, seminars and workshops and international study tours on journalism for communication students of different colleges and universities in the country. Through these activities they encourage, educate and inspire students to be competitive in the field of broadcast journalism and later on become responsible media practitioners.

The seminar consisted of talks and presentations given by the media practitioners from the two biggest networks in the country and other invited speakers. News casting, Responsible Journalism, Effective Magazine Making, and Life of a Journalist are some of the topics presented. The speakers were Doland Castro, a veteran ABS-CBN reporter; Mr. Jeremy Torr, Managing Editor of Discovery Channel Magazine; Ms. Sandra Aguinaldo, Reporter/ Documentarist of GMA7; and Ms. Mariz Umali, News Anchor/Reporter of GMA7 and QTV11.

COMGUILD also awarded the most promising broadcasters in the Philippine Industry. Mr. Anthony Taberna took the 2010 Best Male Field Reporter and Ms. Ina Reformina for the Best Female Field Reporter. The bacon was also bagged by Ms. Karen Davila and Mr. Ted Failon for Most Outstanding Male and Female News Presenter respectively. Mel Tiangco of GMA7 was judged by the panelists as the Hall of Fame awardee.

The judges were from the different deans of various universities in the Philippines. They screened out the nominees based from their accuracy in news casting, way of news delivery, and outstanding performance in their field. Students in turn grabbed the opportunity to ask questions to the speakers after the talk.

The event is really a great success to all the organizers and to all the delegates who came in. COMGUILD is looking forward for more activities and congress that will surely brought learning to every media studies students who will be the soon media practitioners in the country..

USANT DELEGATES: Mrs. Janette Morada, Mrs. Jokee Botor-Reyes, Marlon Pontillas, Rechel Briones, Shiela Marie Balbuena, Ma. Felicitas Mirando, Legend Dacleson, Ma. Cleofe Baraero, Maritee Nacario, and Angie Rose Elano

SA LANG NAKILALA (new version)

Isip ko`y litong lito
sa net ay ika`y inibig ko
kahit di pa kita nakikita
puso ko`y bihag mo
Sa sandaling ka chat kita
anong saya aking nadarama
dalangin ko na sana`y online ka
upang ika`y makasama

chorus

Kahit sa letrato lang kita nakita
at sa chat lang kita nakilala
sa sandaling kasama ka
puso ko ay maligaya
at nang ikaw ay lumisan aking sinta
puso ko`y lumuluhat nagdurusa
sana naman ay bumalik ka
pagkakaingatan ko na

Noong una kitang masilayan parang mundo ko'y tumigil
Para bang nasisiraan tila ayaw ng papigil
ang puso kong ito na saiyo agad ay nabighani
Pinangarap na sana balang araw ay ika'y maging honey
sa aking mga sinasabi sana ikaw ay maniwala
at wag mo sanang isipin gusto ko lang manggambala
ang tula ko na isinulat ay sa iyo ko lang inaalay
para saiyo ay pagiipunan ko ano mang gusto mong bahay

Kahit na sa chat lang tayo nagkakilala
di man kita nakakausap ng malapitan at makasama
pero alam mo ba mahal na kita wag ka sanang magtaka
ng dahil sa kabaitan mo at sa taglay mong ganda
tila ba parang sampung pana ang tumama saaking nguso
lagi kang bukang bibig sinisigaw ng aking puso
kaso sa tuwing wala ka, saan ka ba nagsususuot
bumalik ka na please lang ng ako'y hindi na muli pang malungkot

chorus

Kahit sa letrato lang kita nakita
at sa chat lang kita nakilala
sa sandaling kasama ka
puso ko ay maligaya
at nang ikaw ay lumisan aking sinta
puso ko`y lumuluhat nagdurusa
sana naman ay bumalik ka
pagkakaingatan ko na

.Kung pwede lang sanang tumagos sa aking kamay sa iyong isip
ako na mismo ang pupunas ng luha sa iyong pisngi
kung iyong mamarapatin nakahandang maging sandalan
'tong balikat ko at braso na di naman kalakihan
Ang problema nga lang ay di naman tayo magkalapit
at ang agwat natin sa buhay ay parang lupa't langit
Parang mahirap paniwalaan na saakin ay magkagusto ka
ni wala akong pamasahe para sayo ay makapunta

Ang tanong ng aking nanay hanggang kelan ganito
magpapakabaliw sa isang babae sa loob ng PC ko
hindi ko naman ito ginusto ipapaputol ko nalang kaya
ang aking net baka sakaling mawala kang bigla
sa aking isipan ng saganon ay malimot ka ng tuluyan
hindi ko na hihintayin akoy iyong ipagtabuyan
pero wala akong magagawa kung kasalanan kong
mahalin ka ng tapat at tunay kahit sa chat pa lang kita nakilala

chorus

Kahit sa letrato lang kita nakita
at sa chat lang kita nakilala
sa sandaling kasama ka
puso ko ay maligaya
at nang ikaw ay lumisan aking sinta
puso ko`y lumuluhat nagdurusa
sana naman ay bumalik ka
pagkakaingatan ko na

Exploring more about CAMFROG

EXPLORING MORE ABOUT

CAMFROG

Video chat room is one of the internet features that allow people to communicate even in a long distance. Users can see their love ones, friends, and chat mates in camera and talk to them live. One common program that offers a video chat room is the yahoo messenger. You can add your friends through a username, grouped them accordingly, and can chat them when they are online. Also, you can engage in a group chat discussion by joining in a group chat room. Chat rooms are categorized accordingly so that users can join by their interest. There are now different video chat rooms that offer several features for the convenience of the users. Some video chat rooms need payment via credit card to be able to access in the room and some are just free. Camfrog is one of the free video chat rooms in the net. It offers a lot of features that the users will surely enjoyed of. This is one of the popular video chat rooms globally. This article will clearly elaborate and discuss more about this kind of program.

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD

CAMFROG VIDEO CHAT 5.4.321

Downloading this software is so easy. A multimedia PC with a 1GHz processor or faster, 512MB RAM, DirectX 9 or newer; and Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, XP, Vista or Windows 7 operating system are the system requirements for camfrog client and camfrog server. This software can be downloaded in any free download site like “freedownload.com”. This is free and it is not a trial version. 12.13 MB is the size of the software that averagely takes for almost 10 minutes to completely download the software (still depends on the speed of the internet).

OTHER FEATURES

Camfrog is free software that can be downloaded by anyone. However, it still offers other systems/upgraded features to be more convenient to the users. These includes: (a) Camfrog Video Chat Room Server for Windows set ups and hosts your own video chat room if you have a fast (cable/DSL) Internet connection and can be downloaded free; (b) Camfrog Toolbar allows the user to search the Camfrog user directory, more video chat rooms, message board, and change the Camfrog status easily from the web browser; (c) Camfrog Web adds videoconferencing to the website that allows user to see more users on cam at the same time. Users can privately talk to a user while still participating in the room having this kind of feature; (d) Camfrog Bot adds a quiz bot to the chat room for the leisure of the users. The features can be accessed through buying via credit card. Each program has corresponding rates.

CREATING ACCOUNT

After downloading the software, Register for Nickname/Password icon will be found at the upper center of the dialog box and that icon must be clicked in order to create your own account. In creating a c nickname and password, desired nickname (1-39 numbers or letters) and desired password (6-19 numbers or letters) must be filled in. Other information like e-mail address (in case of password lost), gender, location, marital status, complete name, and occupation must also be filled in for security purposes. If all information had already filled out completely, you can now start to experience the majesty of camfrog.

GETTING STARTED

MENU BARS

Menu bars can be found at the upper portion of the dialogue box upon signing in. This will help the users to control the settings of the program and make some adjustments. These includes: (a) file menu wherein users can create new profile and sign out if he wish to do so; (b) actions menu is where users can connect to various chat rooms, add contact on his list, change password, change email, setup the parental controls, send an instant message to another user, send virtual gift and locate user for pro users; (d) video menu is intended to preview the video of the user before he proceed to room and make some adjustments in video settings; (e) help menu is placed to aid the users regarding his difficulty in using camfrog.

JOINING TO ROOMS

Rooms in camfrog are categorized into two: (a) General rooms, (b) 18+ rooms and (c) Deaf rooms. General rooms are an all age rooms wherein anyone can join even if the user is minor. On the other hand, 18+ rooms are strictly prohibited to the minor users. Only users whose age is 18 above can join to the room. Deaf rooms are suitable for the deaf users wherein they communicate cam to cam by using sign languages.

GENERAL ROOM

This is a room wherein anyone can join. Commonly, the rooms under this category set a lot of rules and regulations that the users must observed and followed. The big rule on this room is “No nudity allowed”. Meaning, users must observe a proper dress code while on cam. Wankers are kicked by operators and or owners or sometimes, they are been banned in the room. The famous general room is the “Pinoycamfrog”. Filipino users are the majority users who logged in the room. There are also users from the other country who become regular users inside the room. This room consists of 24 rules that the users must follow. Common rules are (a) respect of users to other users, (b) proper use of fonts (c) no shows allowed, (d) proper use of microphone, (e) language to be used, etc. The operators will give you a warning if you violate one of them and if you still do the same, you will be punished in the room. Majority of the rooms in the general rooms always set a topic to be discussed (e.g. love, personal life, and problems) in the room to establish companionship and good flow of communication. Some rooms set a grand eyeball in a particular date so that users can see each other personally and to build a more strong camaraderie.

18+ ROOMS

Only users whose age is 18 above can joined in this room. This is a more intense room because majority of the rooms don’t set a strict rules compare to the general rooms. All stuffs are allowed and nudity is much more appreciated. This is a cyber sex room where you can see a DJ hosting and plays soft songs to arouse the users. Commonly, the DJ decided if who will be the “rose of the morning/afternoon/evening”. He or she will entertain the users by dancing on the on going music. If the majority of the users are already craving to him/her, he/she will start to put off his/her shirt and start to create his/her show inside the room. However, not all rooms in 18+ have the same routine. Other rooms are also like general rooms that have strict rules and no wanking allowed. It’s just that, they put their rooms in 18+ to avoid minor users.

DEAF ROOMS

Handicapped users can also join to camfrog especially to the deaf persons. Deaf rooms are designed to them so that they can also converse to the users who have the same case. Usually, they don’t type nor host like the other two rooms. They communicate interpersonally. They use sign languages so that the other user can understand him better. That way of communicating creates a harmonious relationship to them that they also create friendship like the other rooms.

CLASSIFICATION OF USERS

Users can be classified into six categories: users, regular users, operators, operators plus, co-owners, and main owners. Indicators of these are colors which can be seen on the list of users upon joining the room.

USERS

They are the ones who have just joined the room. Normally, they are the first timers and not yet known the rules and regulations so well. They just observe and feel the room’s atmosphere to avoid out of place. They are the ones who are commonly welcomed by the operators and been interviewed by the other users. Black is their color indicator.

REGULAR USERS

This kind of user is the one who frequently stayed inside the room. They are not a first timer anymore and know the rules and regulations well. They actively participated during room topic discussions and activities. Blue is their color indicator.

OPERATORS

Owners and co-owners are the ones who granted operator to the user. They are the users who have seen a potential to maintain orderliness and peace inside the room. This kind of user greets users who have just come in. They are allowed to warn users who violate rules and kick users who continue to do so. They need to download Kermit and Ice Op Download to warn and kick users entailing their violations. Green is their color indicator.

OPERATORS PLUS

This user is the granted operators who have seen a great potential to organize the room. Their power in the room is not just to warn and kick users. They are allowed to ban the user for corresponding days (depending on the violation). Still, green is their color indicator.

CO-OWNERS

This is a higher position of a user. This kind of user has shown his excellence in systematizing the room. Normally, he is a maintaining officer. He doesn’t anymore greet, kick, and ban users (It’s the responsibility of operators). He is allowed to give colors to the users who deserve. Also, he is allowed to demote operators who are violating their powers.

OWNERS

They are the users who owned the room. He bought the room and pays the room for a corresponding value. Normally, it’s a monthly basis and through credit card. He set the dos and don’ts of the room.

Making it to the President's List

I remember during the start of the semester. During the preliminary period, I am starting to compute my estimated QPI (Quality Point Index).

It just ranged from 3.30-3.45. I am assuming that one of my subject has a C+ letter grade or grade between (81-85). Still, I strive hard and do my best during examinations and projects. At the end of the semester, I feel so frustrated when I heard that our philosophy instructor is giving a line of 7 grade and most of the times, "Incomplete mark". On the second day of enrollment, I received my grades from the registrar and there is no letter grade lower than B. I immediately went to my philo instructor because that's the only subject that I have no grade. He opened his record and showed it to me. My grade is 82 (C+). I asked him why? And I found out that my class standing is only 70%. He said that I lack 3 journal notes. I complained because I completed my journal notes so, he changed my grade. Now, my grade turns to a letter grade of B. My grade is now complete and for the first time, I made it to the president's list (university honors).