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by Jessa Minguito, BSA 2-1

I’m in awe whenever she sings in front of the crowd. It’s as if she owns the stage. She radiates confidence whenever she performs. You can see the passion burning in her eyes when she’s singing or dancing or both. Give her a note, a high note and she can rock it. Well, I’m really a fan of anyone who can sing and dance at the same time, and Jenny Cabanlit Adriatico, our current Vice President for Membership is a one blessed woman in that matter.

We all know the side of her as a performer, now let’s have a look on the other side of her personality.

I asked her to describe herself (Physical, attitude, characteristics, etc)

Judge me na lang. Hahaha ang lakas makaslambook naman neto. Hehe hmm, wag na physically, baka madaming kumontra. Syempre pag mga kakilala ko tinanong, “yamot” agad sasabihin nila. Pero dahil nga ako naman yung sasagot, syempre mabait, masayahin pero minsan emo, makulit, maingay pero may times na tahimik, mapanakit, friendly, perfectionist, tamad. Yung iba contradicting kasi depende sa mood. Saka buti na lang pala may etceterang nakalagay dito,kasi  dito siguro papasok yung description niya saken na “his EVERYTHING”. (haha epal lang to, pambawi)

How do you manage to be a leader and at the same time a student?

Syempre kelangan balance balance din ng time. Di ako yung gc-type ng student na gumagawa pa ng time table para lang magawa lahat ng dapat gawin. Tinatandaan ko lang yung mga trabaho ko pati deadlines. Tapos dapat isa-isahin mo lang para may quality pa rin yung gawa mo. Kung sasabay-sabayin mo kasi gagawin, baka puchu na nga, stressed ka pa. Pero as much as possible, dapat magawa lahat kahit paisa-isa lang at wala ring mapabayaan. Kung meron man, mini-make sure ko naman na sobrang minimal lang yung magiging effect nun.

Event(s) that define your leadership

Iba-iba naman kasi yung tingin ng tao sa leadership eh. Pero siguro, yun yung mga times na nagagawa ko ding sundin yung ibang tao. Kasi nga diba, “a good leader is a good follower”. Haha basic.

Achievement(s) as a student

Dami na! Naging JPIAN idol na ko nung first year, most active nung second year, naging part ng JPIA EOs last year as chairman for non-acads, tapos ngayon VP Mem naman.  Ah nakasali na din pala ako sa walang kakupas-kupas na dance festival na laging on-the-spot pinapractice pero di nawawala sa place. Sobrang achievement yun. Agree naman mga festival dancers diyan diba? Haha puro non-acads noh? Wag niyo na itanong yung sa acads ha para bati tayo. Hahaha

Dreams and Goals in life

Syempre yung madagdagan ng comma at three letters (CPA) yung name ko. Sino bang ayaw nun? And yung matupad yung plano ko after 5 years. (secret na to)

Talents, Hobbies

Talents? Haha madami talaga. Nung LTS nga namin nung third year kame, may EO na nagsulat sa papel ko na first impression niya sakin ay “TALENTED” eh. Take note, FIRST IMPRESSION niya yun ha. Madami naman ako kayang gawin eh. Feeling ko nga bahay ko na yung stage kapag CAE day at JPIA day eh. Total performer kumbaga. (buhat bangko? Haha) Meron din naman akong di kayang gawin noh, yun yung mga kain bubog, tulay alambre. Haha kung hobbies naman, wala masyado. Magsudoku, minesweeper, kumain, tumulala


The interview may be quite short, but personally, I picture out the different sides of her personality. Her characteristics are a little bit contradicting at times. She’s may be a jolly or a melodramatic person, depending on the mood or aura she feels. And above all, she is who she is. Every person is a unique individual starting from the DNA that is in our every cell. Her traits, experiences, philosophies in life and a lot more depict her individuality.


 
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by Tine Dimaunahan, BSA 2-1


It was in my freshest days of my college life when I first saw this CAE student whom I thought was a batchmate of mine then. It was that laugh, that hysterical laugh, that made me look curiously and see a "chibi-like", huggable woman on my right side. I merely shrugged off the moment and just said, "mukhang may mga baliw rin pala dito sa CAE".

The floors of GL are too small for people to not be acquainted with each other, making it next to impossible to not to see her again. As months passed by, I saw myself mentally counting my petty observations on her. Unnecessary as it may be, but who will just ignore that cutie-patootie higher year student who has this natural childish aspects on her? Make it two, I forgot to say her simple and not-so-girlish looks, and her curly, forever-ponytailed hair, and the fact that she is a JPIA officer, and... Oh, it's more than two.

So, going back. She was then a part of my "mystery list" until the day before the day before yesterday. She is not on the list anymore and let me tell you five reasons why is that so.

A legit personable character. Addition to the fact that she is always wearing this "chubelita" smile, you can clearly observe (during breaks) that she's also with a set of cray-cray friends. She easily attaches herself with people and of course, she does not want anyone to break her trust. A self-acclaimed "mabait at cute", she truly has this natural person-oriented, happy-go-lucky and friendly personality within her.

The "lazy but responsible" ironic cliche. With her matching HAHAHAHA, she honestly confessed of her being victimized by laziness and easily tempted by bum-around activities. I do not believe in that, though. A responsible person who will work and create personal relationships with her co-officers, is this the definition of her so-called laziness? Let me tell you a trivia. I randomly asked her why did she chose to be a part of JPIA and why not CAE instead and she said, "Mas naging close kasi ako sa past JPIA EO’s kaysa student council officers kaya mas pinili ko sa JPIA." A dedicated person who works for the love of JPIA, indeed.

Humble in gracious and defeat. Accounting is hard, accounting plus an extracurricular is much harder. Besides of being a full-time officer, she still doesn't forget her priorities and her true responsibilities. Truly, a real JPIAN strives just to have the letter combination of "CPA" added in their surnames, right? She maybe does not have superpowers to fly but having the ability to survive sleepless nights? Boom, a real call for a massive hands down!! Despite of her saying to herself that "hindi naman ako matalino, hindi naman ako talented", being a survivor of a BSA's dream destroyer (Compre, for short), a part of the dean's list and even the accounting synergy - 'nuff said.

Study hard, party harder. Despite of her "hair-wrenching" activities, it must not be forgotten that she does not have any plans to be insane. Having a mix of a GG and GC blood, one of her best qualities is that, she still gives time to truly experience the real essence of happiness. Thanks to time management, she can still have time to exchange laughters with her friends or just take a seat in the corner and do her fave hobby: reading. Being inclined with Classical Literature, she is fond of reading novels on Greek Mythology. Sanity at its best, with her lovey-dovey Percy Jackson.

A container of morals. Being an optimistic person, she does not let herself be astray on the obstacles of reality. Simply, she is just an extraordinarily ordinary person, giving the best out of things and just loving life.

"Mahalin mo anuman yang ginagawa mo. Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.”

In conclusion, I just want to say that from a mysterious acquaintance, she finally became an interesting college-mate of mine. And in conclusion of my conclusion, I would like to dedicate a bajillion of rain claps for Ate Grace Reprado, our Vice-President for Audit!


 
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by MJ Angeles, BSA 3-3

Forget the boring, nerd stereotype. This vixen brings intelligence, sexy and beauty in one package. 

Ms. Ann Jullian Hernandez, Chairman of Finance shares her stocks, achievements and experiences. 

SHE’S GOT THE BRAINS

“. . .(N)ung bata ako, lagi ko(ng) sinasabi(ng) gusto ko maging accountant.” Even during her younger years, this girl had big dreams and determination to reach them. Equipped with the knowledge from her high school years, she enrolled in PLM in the BS Accountancy degree. On her 1st year, she showed her prowess in Fundamentals of Accounting 1 & 2 where she got two very promising, shining “uno’s”. That same year, she was awarded as one of the top 10 BSA 1st year students for having a GWA of 1.24. Now on her 3rd year college, she maintains her good grades and is still among the top students of her batch.

When asked what her secret is, “ Hardwork plus prayer lang naman yan. Siguro may hinahabol

kasi ako kaya kailangan ko mag-maintain ng mataas na grades.”

Aside from being a student & JPIA officer, she is also a recipient of the Muntinlupa Scholarship Program. “Nag-aaral ako mabuti para sa scholarship . . . para makatulong sa pamilya”

To give her family a better life is what pushes her to strive and work hard for her dreams.” . . . Ginagawa ko lahat yun out of love J . . . Sila ang inspirasyon  ko”

SHES GOT THE BEAUTY

“Ahh. yun ? Haha! Sino ba namang mag-aakala na sasali ako sa ganon! “,exclaims MS. CAE 2012 BSA 2-2 representative. She cannot be described as timid and shy but she is neither one who likes to take center stage. Yet, she decided to accept the challenge. “Iniisip ko nun pinagtitripan ako ng classmates ko. Pero nung andun na, ok naman. . . “ And what did she like most about the experience ? . . “. . . make up at kung anu anong burloloy . Haha! “ 

SHE”S GOT THE BODY

With so many tasks and responsibilities to juggle, having a sound mind and healthy body is one less thing to worry about. Our lady here is lucky to have both. “ Haha! Mukha ba (a)kong healthy ? ! !

“Her hearty chuckle confirms our observations .“ Basta may sapat na tulog lang. ok na ako." :)


 
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by Karisha Orcullo, BSA 2-1

“The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday”. A short yet very meaningful and inspiring adage that this particular person I’m gonna be introducing with, believed for most of her years of living. It is what I personally witnessed that, wherever, whatever and whoever she is TODAY, is certainly a lot much better than she was YESTERDAY.

“Unpredictable”, is probably the exact word to describe her. However, this is also exactly one of the major grounds to know her true, deserving and trustworthy friends that would still find her awesome and fascinating regardless of her random moods most of the time.

Like everyone else, there’s nothing much different about her. She loves reading books, novels in particular, and listening to music. And as what each and every human being dreamt of, she also wanted to travel around the world. Furthermore, she was also confused of what kind of profession she would pursue. Being a teacher, doctor, nurse and even a lawyer someday were perhaps the career that were familiar to her yet, she never saw herself ending up tracking any of those paths. But finally, she made the most difficult decision that would change her fate for the rest of her life – taking up Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (BSA) at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM). It was never been easy to play a college student role, predominantly, to function as an effective and efficient accounting student. It gets more complicated when she chose to commit herself to become a JPIAn leader which according to her has already become part of her life after engaging with it for almost three consecutive years. In spite of her hectic schedule and loads of duties, responsibilities and demands, she still managed to accomplish each and every task given to her as a JPIAn executive officer, student and individual outstandingly. And the secret formula behind this huge success is just knowing her priorities. Moreover, what leads her to the ground she currently standing at, at this very moment, is her family – the people who primarily and basically cause her existence . . . who completely and wholly define MARIELLE RAZON.