when i grow up i will marry..... viggo mortesen

not just because he played strider/aragorn but simply because he so demd pretty.




i loved him best not in lord of the rings but in history of violence.

Addiction - Santos - DotA Addiction

AN EPIC BATTLE BETWEEN DOTA AND GIRLFRIEND

When he finally managed to pry his eyes away from the computer monitor to check the clock, Patrick saw that it was already 10 pm. He got so caught up with playing that he forgot he was supposed to be at Patio Palmeras Restaurant three hours ago. He wondered if his date would still be there, waiting for him to arrive for their anniversary dinner.

There is nothing extraordinary about Patrick. Like many other boys in Ateneo de Zamboanga University College, he gets by in his classes and can be seen more often loafing in different corners of the campus, or smoking a cigarette outside the gate, or playing DotA inside a nearby internet shop with his friends.

His girlfriend, April, is more laidback and reserved. She is friendly and approachable, studious but not nerdy. April and Patrick have been together for roughly a year. Both are deeply committed to the relationship. But lately, things between them are shaky because of Patrick’s addiction to the video game DotA.

Patrick’s DotA addiction started November 2008. It was during the semestral break, he had nothing much to do with April in Manila on vacation. April became fully aware of her boyfriend’s addiction only June of this year. “Nagbago na siya. At first it was okay with me that he goes with his friends to play DotA. But later on I realized that wala na pala siyang time for me and for our relationship. Nalulungkot at naiinis ako at the same time” April explained.
April didn’t expect Patrick to get so hooked on the game. The initial idea of letting Patrick enjoy some male bonding time with his friends evolved into something serious and problematic, with their relationship on the line. “I don’t want this relationship to fail. Sana naman maintindihan niya ako na I can never do this alone. I want his eyes to be fixed on me. I want his attention. I want him back” she said.

“Nakakaadik talaga siya. I enjoy playing it with all of my friends”, exclaimed Patrick. He was unable to resist his friends who would sometimes physically drag him to the internet café to play.

“I don’t care how much money I spend on it as long as I get the most of what I pay for. Enjoy talagang mag-DotA” Patrik said. He never expected the recreation to actually come between him and his girlfriend. “Once nakastart ka nang maglaro, you can’t help but play with it until sa magsawa at mapagod ka na. Pero ako? Imposibleng magsawa at mapagod ako kase my life revolves around DotA na.”

DotA, or Defense of the Ancients, is an online role-playing game popular to the youth today. The object of the game is for each team to destroy their opponent’s heavily guarded structures situated at opposing corners of the map known as “Ancients”. Players upgrade their heroes or characters and use gold to buy equipment used on their mission.

April said she has caught Patrick lying to her because of DotA. "Nagtext ako sa kanya. I asked him kung where siya. Magpapasama sana ako sa kanya. Sabi niya he has class daw. Eh nung nagpass by ako sa may internet cafe dun sa may Canelar nakita ko siyang naglalaro! Enjoy na enjoy siya tapos sasabihin niya saken na may class siya? hello?!", April said in an exasperated tone. “I hated him for doing that! Nag-lie na nga siya. tapos wala na nga siyang time for me dahil sa DotA na yan!"

While his girlfriend frets over the future of their relationship, Patrick is trying to ignore April’s complaints against DotA. He said his love for DotA is "normal" for boys his age. He said DotA separates the boys from the girls and without it, his time would be spent wasted..
DotA players race to destroy their own “Ancients”. In real life, Patrick and April have now become like competing DotA characters who have to destroy their own “Ancients”: Patrick’s ancient is his extreme addiction to DotA and April, her total paranoia over her boyfriend’s online addiction.

If one of them decides to level up to heat up the fight even more, then they might just end up being killed in their own battle.

Addictions - Medina - Crazy Addictions

Note: These is an incomplete article.

Crazy Addictions of Ateneo Students

Addiction is an obsession, an excessive psychological dependency. People become addicted to drugs. To alcohol. To food. These addictions harm not just the person’s body but his mind, his social and spiritual life, his work and finances and his very soul.

Some students adhere to the generally accepted definition of addiction. To Noel Torralba, an education student, addiction is a habitual practice that goes beyond the norms and what is expected of you. Legal Management student Paulo Caperig describes addiction as “being attached to something you can’t get off”.

But not all addictions are harmful. Some are just plain crazy with the object of their addictions anything but traditional.

Jobee Barredo, a third year mass communications student, collects Kerokerokeropi items. These are frog cartoon characters from Japan. The Keropi, as it is usually shortened, can be found on anything from mugs to weighing scales. Barredo continues to collect them even if they are more popularly associated with very young children.

A third year economics student who prefers to remain anonymous has such an addiction. He collects branded clothes and accessories. He can be considered a male shopaholic as he finds pleasure with shopping and buying. At present, he already has Gucci, Omega, Salvador Ferragamo, and Escada. Most were bought in Manila but some are from Hong Kong and Singapore.

According to research, the expensive habit of buying expensive clothes and accessories is a way of coping with stress. This can be brought to an extreme, shopping excessively even when it is cleary having a negative impact on other areas of their life. Shopping addicts used it as a way of escaping negative feeling such as depression, anxiety, boredom, self-critical thoughts and anger.

Another student, ______, collects barong tagalogs. ________________

Addicts have a hard time admitting to themselves even to others that they are already addicted to something. The pleasure and the gratification they enjoy from their addiction makes it difficult to detached themselves from what they are addicted to.
It’s natural for humans to cling on to what gives them enjoyment but what makes it less desirable, addicts don’t have that much knowledge or idea on how they should control their addictions. They are not thinking of the result of their addiction, so long as they get that pleasure and satisfaction, they would repeat the same thing over and over again.

Addiction - Larroder - Addiction Backgrounder

ANATOMY OF AN ADDICTION

Pedro is running for his life, blood is dripping from the wounds of his body. He has to reach the nearest town center to get healed. A night elf archer hit him with an arrow. Pedro is scared of dying. His hands are sweaty from the constant maneuvering of the mouse. His heart is like a drum being banged by a rock star. Suddenly, his enemies get to him. His Necrolit character is killed by the enemy, Venomancer.

“First blood!” shouts the computer.

Pedro Bulalakaw’s life revolves around computer games. He forgets all about food when he sits in front of a computer. He only goes to the bathroom when he has accumulated so much urine he is compelled to do so. When he goes to school, he considers himself rich because of all the violet currency folded in his wallet. At the end of the day, he has dropped to the poverty line with not enough coins for a jeepney fare.

Gaga Loka, 16, is a smoker. Her favorite cigarette is Marlboro Black. She burns through one pack of cigarettes each day. To go with her smoking, Gaga has a collection of lighters ranging from those with playboy stickers to those with flashlights. Every time she smokes, her lips dry out like a cactus plant. Fragments of dead skin from her lips become visible for people to see. By the age of 19, she could be dead because of lung cancer.

Both these characters are real people. There is no exaggeration made in the stories. All information stated is true except for their names. Both Pedro and Gaga have one thing in common: they cannot rid of an addiction.

Addiction starts from a habit. When a person has a habit turned into a necessity, it takes the shape of an addiction. Making the body accustomed to something good such as studying or bad such as smoking is an addiction. If Gaga Loka is addicted to studying, she would leave her health for granted and her outward appearance unchecked.

Addiction causes a person to act in a pattern of unhealthy behavior which they carry out uncontrollably. Addicts have psychological and physical dependency on their addiction. Addiction is not limited to substance abuse such as alcohol or cigarettes. It can also be an uncontrolled behavior such as sex addiction or gambling. Any individual can become addicted even if addiction does not run into the family. Once people start to take drugs or repeat certain behaviors because it makes them feel good or has a certain effect on their body, then they become addicts. If there was no effect on them, then people will not repeat the experience. What can start as an experiment or a casual behavior can lead to addiction. With time, the brain’s chemistry starts to adapt, demanding more and more from the addiction.
Pedro and Gaga suffer a persistent need to use or do something to feel normal. They use their addiction to cope up with everyday life. They continue to use or do something despite negative experiences and dangerous situations that it creates.

Addiction is a coping mechanism for them. They channel all their problems, depressions and anxieties to addiction, whether they know it or not. Pedro Bulalakaw just broke up with his girlfriend. He becomes depressed. He would play computer games to temporarily relieve his depression. But Pedro does not know that the world of computer games also has its harmful effects on him and his health. People become addicts because of their environment. Gaga Loka lives in an environment where smoking is common. Her family and friends smoke. So she tries to copy them and becomes addicted to smoking.

“Usually addiction can steam from a mannerism. Mannerisms are usually little behaviors that may not yet interfere with the day-to-day functioning. When it becomes dysfunctional, it then becomes an addiction” said Estesa Xaris C. Que-Legaspi, Director of the College Guidance Office. Mannerisms are routines of behavior that are repeated regularly, it tends to occur subconsciously without directly thinking consciously. Habits sometimes goes unnoticed in persons exhibiting them, because the person no longer analyzes what he is doing. When a habit becomes a necessity and not just a repeated action then it becomes an addiction
Addiction can have a lot of effects not just to the addict but also to his surroundings. If left unchecked, a person’s health is on the line. If Gaga Loka continues to smoke one pack of cigarette each day, she will harm her lungs and develop lung cancer. If Gaga Loka does not perform well in her studies because of constant coughing, she may be dropped from school. Her family will have to pay a large amount to admit her in the hospital.

Aside from losing his girlfriend and becoming poor, Pedro Bulalakaw will make his parents worry and ruin his future. He might end up living in Tondo with several kids and unemployed.
“The first step these people need to do is to admit that they are addicts” said Que-Legaspi. Before Pedro and Gaga can start addressing their problems, they first need to fully admit that they have a problem. Until this happens, change cannot take place. Once they have owned up their addiction and grasped the seriousness of the situation, then comes the willingness to change things for the better. Que-Legaspi also said if addicts cannot admit their problem, then intervention may take place.

Malpractices - Bucoy - Bad Eating Habits

MAKING TIME FOR FOOD

Being in class with an empty stomach is no joke: you are dizzy, your attention span is short, and you need to mask the growls coming from your gut. School pressure, part time jobs, being away from home, and social stresses hinder students from healthy eating habits.

Stress causes student to either eat too little or too much, it also causes them to indulge in non-stop eating of unhealthy foods such as pizza, burgers, chips, processed food, drinking caffeine and sodas. Other favorite bad eating habit are skipping meals and yoyo eating. Because of the lack of knowledge that they have, these bad eating habits, eventually become a part of their lifestyle.

“Lack of time para magbreakfast pati minsan lang ako kumakain sa sobrang pagod galing school wala na akong ganang kumain kahit paguwi ko” said Dale Ronel A. Wong, BSAC- 4. Dale skips meal everyday.

Students are not really aware of the terrible effects this bad eating habits can have. “Eating unhealthy foods leads to malnourishment. and excess eating leads to obesity. Skipping meals may lead to peptic ulcer”, as Dr. Elaine Atilano of Zamboanga City General Hospital said.
Students may be aware that what they are taking in is bad for their health but continues doing it beccause it has become something they can't avoid.

“I'm aware that what i'm eating sometimes di ganun kahealthy and yung hindi ko pagkain sa oras masama para sa body ko kaso lang, sa sobrang busy I have no choice”, said Wong.

What most students are not aware of is, there are still ways on how to terminate these bad eating habits. Dr. Monique Penaflor of Zamboanga City General Hospital said, “self-discipline is the ultimate mean to do that. Stop eating junk foods. If you can't totally eliminate, at least minimize.”

This issue about bad eating habits might not sound alarming yet to students, but they should put in mind that to be successful it is a necessity to have a healthy body.

Masayuki F. Sakai, a BSOA-3 was asked if he thinks there is still a possibility for students to avoid these bad eating habits and answered, “Magbabago? Depende siguro kung hindi papasok ang teacher”. Students may just take this issue as a joke, but what can happen to them because of having these bad eating habits can turn into a serious problem.

Malpractices - Lim - Canteen Etiquette

CANTEEN (BAD) BEHAVIOUR

It’s 12:00 noon, Rina is half tired and half hungry. She goes straight to the back canteen with nothing in her mind but the crispy fried chicken that the canteen always serves. As she steps inside, a single drop of sweat runs across her temple. It is no surprise that she sees the canteen swarming with parents, college, and elementary students at this hour. As usual, all sits are taken. She waits patiently until, fortunately, she sees a group of college students leaving their table. She notices that as they leave, they do not even bother to bring their plates with the scraps of chicken and half-empty Icecapade cups to the designated area. The table is a filthy sight. A sight that make Rina lose the ravenous appetite she had just moments ago. The crispy fried chicken is now completely out of her mind. Half tired and half furious, she decided to just leave the canteen in order to keep her sanity.

Rina, a second year college student, is not the first to go through the above experience. It is a fact that most Ateneo students leave their plates, cups, mineral water bottles, junk food wrappers and other variety of trash at the table after they have enjoyed its contents, ignoring a most basic table etiquette.

One of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University cooperative workers, Mark (not his real name), says that in his eight years of working at the back and front cafeterias, he observed that
the condition of the canteen actually worsens with each year. Not because the canteen has gotten older, but because the students using the canteen as has become more irresponsible and more apathetic with each passing year.

Mark explained that the canteen administration has tried many things to improve cleanliness at the canteens and to discipline the students. From pop-up reminders at each table to ten minute TV infomercials inside the back canteen. None of these helped, he said. Now, instead of pop-ups, they placed font-size 42 reminders at each table hoping that this will be the solution to their problem.

These days symbols or signs are being used in order to persuade people from purchasing and doing certain things. Like the Olay Total Effects that fights the seven signs of skin ageing and Nido that shows the seven signs of good nutrition. These products used signs in order to make us realize that “Oh! I have to try Olay because I have fine lines and all.”

In this case, cleanliness is being sold. And here are the seven signs why you should start bringing your dirty plate to the designated area and throw your trash in the proper receptacle.

One, it will not take away even a minute of your precious time. Now, there is no point in saying “I’m in a hurry or I have not time.”

Two, it is a matter of knowing the basic table etiquette. Now is the time to practice it. Discipline yourself.

Three, it is the simplest way of showing respect to other. Think about the next person using the table. Remember that the table is not your property.

Four, you will help save the time of one of the canteen’s employees. It is a way of showing respect and kindness toward them.

Five, it is a way of showing that you care about being clean. What’s better way of showing that you are a clean person than by disposing your own trash properly?

Six, it is good for the eyesight. Nothing looks better than a sparkling clean table.

Seven, it feels great knowing that you did something good. It actually feels like receiving a reward.

These are just seven ways of thinking of it. There are millions of people out there. And so there are millions of ways of thinking. But consider that sometimes it is not about what you think or what others think. Just look at what is presented in front of you, if this is for the better, then follow it.

Simply follow the rule. Nothing will be lost.

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MARJ, JILL, DO NOT EDIT YET
The need to have others think of them as beautiful is strong among the youth. The female students of Ateneo de Zamboanga University is no exception.
Advancements in cosmetics technology has made physical beauty more accessible now. Skin can be smoothened, whitened, softened with thousands of products available in the market. There are of course make-up: lipstick, eye shadow, face powders. Addiction to these beauty products is fairly common.
Dermatologic products, or products that work to improve the skin complexion, is a common object of product addiction.


Staying beautiful is common among teenagers and young adults. And you can see that circle in the campus of Ateneo De Zamboanga (AdZU), people looks even younger not just with their ages but also with how they look. Just like Angela Pamaran who is taking up BSecon – II, she said lotion (Vaseline) and facial cream (Ponds) is two of her secrets to simply lighten her complexion. Or as Carmina Recito (BSBio – II) says “Deodorant (anti- per spirant – Derma Product) because it protects my underarms from germs and perspiration. It keeps me fresh and secure everyday.” Marvi Arcillas Erfe a BSAc – I, uses Lotion (Myra –E) and Facial wash (Clean and Clear) she said “I use it to go with the trend and to stay beautiful.” Patricia Tan a BSN – II G says “Lotion ng Belo may quality kasi ang Belo na wala ang iba.”
Other students use beauty products they are immune too, just like Marlyn Atari a BSBA-II uses Soap (Belo) and Facial Foam (Nivea) “kasi yun ang nakasanayan” she says. In addition to that, Niza Sindiong a BSN –II G, also the cover girl of the latest issue of beacon magazine, said “Facial wash (Ponds) to prevent pimples, kasi dumadami ang pimples ko pag gumagamit ako ng ibang brand.” Also from BSN – II G, Maica Andrea Prado said “Powder (Johnson’s) to avoid oily face. Kung wala lang oil hinid na ako magpa-powder except lang pag may party dapat bongga.”
Aside from the product that they use for everyday, most students has a beauty secret that will surely deceive anyone with how they look even if they feel stressed out from their school work or their social life, students like Masayuki Sakai, Rose Anne Climaco, Renz Aguada all from BSOA, Danica Bucoy, Nhordz Jawali, Sherry Mae Epanto, Ryan Muricia, Ana Carlyn Lim all from BSMC, Kyoko Daka from BSPsych, Hazel Antatico from BSIS and Ned Edzel Nohay from BSBA has revealed their secret on how they look their best in everyday drama.
This serves a countdown to reveal the most used beauty products. At number five is the Mascara, they are lots of different mascaras, from clear mascara to black to blue mascara to green, and with that comes on the different brushes of mascara to make it look thicker, longer and etcetera. It is said by the beautician from Reyes: Hair cutters that mascara is used to make the eys look dramatic and enhances your beautiful eyes. Kim Kardashian a reality TV star and the daughter of Defense attorney Robert Kardashian who defended OJ Sipmson, she is also known for her signature look, the smokey eye, which cannot be completed without the heavy mascara used. The usual brand used are Revlon and Everbilena.
At number four would be the Perfume/ Cologne, even if it is not use on the face but this does not mean it is not important to stay fragrant. It is one thing that you should apply after you put on make-up. it is not just about looking beautiful nut of course to smell beautiful. The usual brand used are Victoria’s Secret and Johnson’s.
Cheek tint/ Blush is on number three, this is use to make your face look fresh and natural, it makes your face look thin if you are chubby or make your face look chubby if you are thin. But sometimes other people use the check tint or blush in the wrong way; they use it as if it is a crayon and apply more and more each time because they think it is not going to be notice that much and the outcome of that is they would look like a clown. A little of any cheek tint or blush goes a long way so learn how to use it well to look naturally pretty. The usual brands used are Careline, Bench , Simply Pretty, Everbilena and Revlon.