“TAKE IT OFF FOR UP PEP!”

Welcome to the "Take it off for UP Pep" Campaign!

‘Take it off for UP Pep!’ is a campaign to support the UP Pep Squad in the 2010 UAAP Cheer Dance Competition. Its primary goal is to reborn the UP school spirit as we push our limits to wear our UP pride. “Take it off for UP Pep!’ is a liberating way to declare that the UP Maroons fight!

The campaign is a two-week long activity that starts on September 1 and ends on September 12, 2010 at the Araneta Coliseum during the UAAP Cheer Dance Competition.

There are three ways to join the campaign.

Option 1

Step 1. Take a picture or video of yourself or with your friends while chanting/hollering/singing/declaiming/zarzuela-ing the official UP cheer. Be as creative and enthusiastic as you want!

Step 2. Then send your videos and photos to upweberkads@gmail.com on or before September 4, 2010.

We will pick the most enthusiastic and zealous videos and photographs, then edit them together to create a viral video that will spread all over the Web!

Option 2

Step 1. Prepare your stunts and voices on September 2, starting at 1.30 pm.

Step 2. Look for the gorgeous guys and girls of the BC 148 class who will be wearing a maroon top. We will be visiting the colleges of CSSP, Business Administration, Engineering and Human Kinetics (we chose the colleges because they’re the crossroad buildings for every UP Diliman student). If you are in the vicinity, please do drop by!

Step 3. Approach us and ham it up for our cams. We promise not to edit anything out!

Option 3

Step 1. Watch the UAAP Cheer Dance Competition at the Araneta Coliseum on September 12.

Step 2. Join us in supporting the UP Pep by wearing a white shirt under a maroon top if you are a member of the general audience.

NOTE: UP Cheering classes and students are REQUIRED to wear their PE Shirt or a white Tshirt.

Step 3. Then TAKE OFF your maroon top and wave it in the air after the UP Pep finishes its routine. Show that white! Show our united UP spirit.

When we're done editing the video, you will be able to check it out on our youtube account: http://www.youtube.com/user/upweberkada.

Thanks for stopping by. We look forward to seeing you paticipating in not just one, but all the ways to show support for the UP PEP SQUAD!

Demonstrate that UP pride and join us as we go all the way.

“Take it off for UP Pep!”

Got some questions? Click here to see our FAQ.

Mediocrity = Philippines?

Tell me what you think about this proposition:

"Political apathy and a willingness to accept a low common denominator of performance have taken their toll on the psyche of the Philippine people."

That was written by Daniel Wagner of the Huffington Post, as he analyzed the two big events that transpired for the Philippines within 24 hours: the bus hostage situation and Miss Universe.

He said we are a nation without hope.

I say we are a nation that puts our hope in the wrong things.

What do you say?

Read the full article at The Huffington Post.

YouTube Stars

Here's something that I'd like to share with you guys to get you inspired in producing online content. The article lists down the YouTube personalities who made it big with their viral videos.

Hit this link to read the main article.

- Camille :D

Other Manifestations of Life

I happen to also be a photographer, and I keep an album called "Other Manifestations of Life." Here are some of people's favorites. --Jason Laxamana

Magdarame

(Flagellant)

Angeles City

this was selected in the past in National Geographic's website's Daily Dozen

Pangatimawa

(Emancipation)

Arayat, Pampanga

Istu Na!

(Enough!)

Angeles City

Taliri na ning Balas

(Fingers of the Sand)

Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga

Tau, Kalikasan, Kultura

(Man, Nature, Culture)

Olongapo City, Zambales

Bihag

(Captive)

Quezon City

Mamastul Tupa

(Shepherd)

Porac, Pampanga

Pamikit

(Eyeball)

Porac, Pampanga

Convex

Porac, Pampanga

Carwash

Porac, Pampanga

Malamarine

(Makahiya)

Porac, Pampanga

Transformer

Porac, Pampanga

Pilatan

(Gap)

Olongapo City, Zambales

Babylon

Angeles City

Prinsipi na ning Dalan

(Prince of the Road)

Arayat, Pampanga

PODCAST: Bringing lectures and seminars on cyberspace

We have a major production in my BC 148 or Interactive Broadcasting class and that is to make a video podcast on How to's but that I have not started yet. I know, my partner Ivy and I will air our production on the 19th yet I have not started it.

I may not have started doing the assigned podcast in class but I have started podcasting a lecture on the web! It was the lecture of Dr. Ed Portugal in our BA 101 class. To know the story about the lecture click here. If you wanna hear the entire playlist of the podcast click here. To check my podcast channel on podbean, click here.  

Yesterday afternoon, while I got a chance to get out of my Comm 140 classroom to buy some snakcs, I saw Ma'am Data and asked her if she knows a free host for podcasts. She suggested Podcast Ally but when I checked it out, it was not really my type of thing so I googled for other free hosts. Then I found PodBean and I was interested on that site so I decided to make an account there where I can upload my podcasts.

I am pleased knowing that internet applications nowadays such as Podcasts and even RSS Feed, allow you to share your stuff on the cyberspace and makes it viral- reaching larger audience. I believe that it is one of the most significant tasks of the internet and that is to share what you know to contribute to others knowledge as well. It's a mutual relationship among producers and prod-users.

BC 148 does not only teach you the know-hows on the net but also teaches you the value of sharing and acknowledging the source. It's not that I am not for the productions it's just that I am not the production type of guy. As a matter of fact, I do not want to have production classes since I think it kills you. This class has a production but the type of prod that makes you enjoy it while doing it.

There you go, I have to end blogging now since I need to start doing the script of the podcast production since Ivy might get really even at me.

VIRAL-ity: On RSS Feed and Syndication

Finally I got to apply RSS on my sites!

I am happy having a class such as BC 148 or the Interactive Broadcasting especially having a professor who is really into these things on cyberspace. She introduces a lot of facts and things we can do on the internet and how to expand our horizons especially on the posts we make.

Now, one of the things we discussed, and I reported on this in fact, is on RSS Feed and Syndication.

It allows you to make your blogs, or podcasts viral on the internet. As Google Feed burner states:

"Feeds are a way for websites large and small to distribute their content well beyond just visitors using browsers. Feeds permit subscription to regular updates, delivered automatically via a web portal, news reader, or in some cases good old email. Feeds also make it possible for site content to be packaged into "widgets," "gadgets," mobile devices, and other bite-sized technologies that make it possible to display blogs, podcasts, and major news/sports/weather/whatever headlines just about anywhere." 

One more point is that, since it allows you to make your ideas or posts viral, it can reach Yahoo News, if and only if it deserves to. I saw one time especially in the Yahoo Philippine News an article made by a student and I thought that it came from Yahoo per se but it is actually from a blog.

So here I am wondering what this RSS Feed may lead me into. Anyway, here is the feed of my blog. You might want to subscribe therein. 

So guys, start adding RSS Feed on your blogs or podcasts, too! See you on the net!


UPDATE:
When I checked my twitter, the feed was already there!
Truly, it makes your posts VIRAL! :)

GKY Ep 2: Paano Alisin sa Sapatos ang Taeng Naapakan?

-By Jason Paul Laxamana

Who's the Kittiest of them all?

Hi to all!
I would just like to share this to everyone, especially to the cat-lovers out there.



The results will be released on Sept2. Vote now and I'll update you which kitty cat wins. :)

7/24/10 Life in A Day

This was the film I mentioned in our previous class: Ridley Scott set out to do a film based onuser-generated content. What bummed me out was that I saw the announcement on July 25, 2010. Sigh. Maybe next time.

(Click the photo to read the article on CNN.com)

I SEAL-ed the deal!

by Kem

I recently did something for the cause I joined, PETA. I know we're supposed to join or be active for a month but I liked PETA somehow and grew fond of it. So I always take time in reading the subscription emails they send me. The latest thing I did for PETA was to sign an online petition urging Canada's Prime minister to stop the seal slaughter.

Seals are very pretty and nice creatures and I believe they deserve to live peacefully in the wild. I'm not angry to those who do it because we can't change what already happened anyway. But what we can change is the future. We can share to everyone that seals already had experienced enough cruelty from humans, therefore we must stop now.

I "liked" PETA in Facebook and invited people to join this advocacy because I'd like to share to them this knowledge. Signing and promoting the online petition for the prevention of the seal slaughter is something I did that made me feel good. Now I guess I can say that I seal-ed the deal. :)

81-year old Sweethearts

Now here's a webisode that told a simple though compelling story from start to finish! I dare anyone to NOT repost this. :)