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Journey of my Lost Smartphone

WHO'S THAT GIRL? She went to Cebu Zoo one day and took countless selfies. I will tell you a story.  Last December 30, 2014, I lost my Xiaomi Mi3. I have three more things to tell you now: (1) I don't own that smartphone but a company phone from Creative Republiq , (2) I recently found out that there were photos synced to my Google Photos, and (3) I posted some of the photos on my Facebook account and now my story is featured in MyCebu.ph . Please allow me to post all the photos raw. I still don't know their identities yet but I hope that one day I will be meeting them so that I can ask them a few questions. I have no intention of getting back the phone but I would like to know how they got the phone. Yes, it still uncertain how I lost my Xiaomi Mi3.  I will just tell you how I got the phone. After taking a job as a Social Media Manager in Creative Republiq, I was given a company phone to be able to fulfill my tasks online. I got the phone two days...

"For Sale: Your Crush" this April 13, Iskolar

Get ready to buy your crush, Iskolar! Date your crush or get an item from your favorite professor, UP Cebu! The Human and Item Auction, an annual activity organized by the UP Psychology Majors' Association to help various organizations, will be on April 13, 2015 at the AS Conference Hall from 5:30pm - 9pm. The proceeds of the auction will be used for the outreach activity in SOS Children's Village. Please check the video below to find out who will be auctioned, Iskolar. Now, are you ready to break your piggy bank? Upvote all your crushes, Iskolar. (The video and photos in this post are owned by UP Psychology Majors' Association.)

Who is your favorite Miss UP Cebu 2015 candidate?

Iskolar, who will be Miss UP Cebu 2015? Support your candidate in the poll below. (from Miss UP Cebu) Who will be the next Miss UP Cebu? Previous pageant winners have become Miss Cebu title holders in the past two years. Will this year's winner compete in the Miss Cebu pageant on the coming years and eventually reign supreme over her co-candidates? That's the exciting part of Miss UP Cebu 2015. (DISCLAIMER: The following poll is unofficial and will not reflect in the People's Choice Award. It was created purely to gain publicity about this highly anticipated event in UP Cebu this April 2015. You may vote for the official People's Choice Award  here . Support your candidate now, Iskolar.)

UP Cebu Intrams 2015 Cheerdance Competition

Here are the winners of this year's UP Cebu Intramurals Cheerdance competition. (from Speak UP, Iskolar) Each year in UP Cebu Intramurals, Cheerdance competition is one of the highlights of the entire event. This year's season is no excuse to that especially Socsci Stallions geared up and finished second place. Below are the the videos of the different clusters' performance in the Cheerdance competition. If you've got additional videos not included in the list, do let me know so we can update the list. GOLDEN SCIONS - Champion Golden Scions - UP Cebu Intrams Cheerdance 2015 Check out the Golden Scions Cheerdance performance! #UPCebuIntrams #Champion Posted by Zuprome on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 SOCSCI STALLIONS - 1st Runner-up Yes. 2nd Place for Intrams 2015 Cheerdance Competition. Angel already uploaded the front view. mehehe. But the side view looks awesome as well! Viva Soc Sci! <3 We don't wait for change, we...

8 Signs It’s Already Hell Week(s) in UP Cebu

UP HELL WEEK is now showing, Iskolar! Ready na mo? Source: Judah dela Cruz Yes, we’re exaggerating when we refer the remaining weeks of each semester as ‘UP Hell Week(s)’ but during these times, we see a lot of changes within the UP Cebu community. On another post, I’ve already created recommended tips to survive UP Hell Week and feel free to read it by clicking the link provided. Today, I’ve decided to write another post about this significant time of the semester wherein students exert all efforts remaining to save the sinking grade! Here are signs you see in UP Cebu every time the UP Hell Week season kicks in!  1. Surveys, experiments everywhere. Mostly conducted by the Psych students (and sometimes we’ve got some from Management and Mass Communication students), we see a lot of posts in "Speak UP, Iskolar" and "Overheard at UP" asking for help to answer their surveys. Our friends greet us with messages in our Facebook and Tw...

7 Recommended Tips to Survive UP Hell Week

UP HELL WEEK. Ang tulog nababawi. Ang singko hindi. Yes, that's true, Iskolar! Source: Judah dela Cruz Iskolars, last hunat na lang! In the next few weeks before this semester officially ends, you need to exert all efforts to save your dying grades. In UP Cebu, seeing zombies in the campus from time to time is slowly becoming a normal sighting. This will go until the end of the semester since some postponed exams are now finally scheduled and you have no choice but to take them. In the next few weeks, unsay tips sa mga freshie and feeling freshie nga wala kahibawo unsay buhaton to survive this UP Hell Week(s)?   After asking my friends what tips to recommend to the UP Cebu students, I have compiled 7 chronological steps you may want to take to survive this UP Hell Week happening every semester's end. (Warning: I am not liable to any physical, emotional, spiritual or mental damage if you decide to follow these steps.) 1. Prepare. Before anything el...

Searching for Cebuano poems? Check out Balakista!

CEBUANO POETRY. Check out Balakista for fresh Cebuano poems . Are you searching for Cebuano poems either because you are required for academic research or you simply want to read modern, fresh Cebuano poetry today? You should definitely check out Balakista: Tingog sa Batan-ong Bisaya . This is a site that publishes Cebuano poems or locally referred as "balak bisaya" but did you know that it should have been "Balak Binisaya"? Bisaya refers to people while Binisaya is to the language, Cebuano. Mistakes like this is normal for people who have no thorough knowledge about Cebuano identity. Balakista publishes mostly free-verse Cebuano poems. This is the type of poetry that most young poets embrace in their writing. Balakista has about more than 50 contributors and has been around for nearly four years . If you're a newbie poet or if you are someone who wants to publish your own Cebuano poems, you can also submit it to Balakista, in their Facebook p...