High School Bayan Out-Reach Program

I don't ever remember people coming into my high school and letting us know about the classes and programs that the community college is offering, let alone anything about filipino american studies. In the high schools they focus more on U.S. history and touch very little on other topics. In my "Bayan" english class, we are attempting to reach out and inform the high school students that Southwestern College "SWC" offer english classes with the emphasis of filipino american studies. As well as filipino history and  learning tagalog as a language. My Group decided to reach out to the high schools because we felt they should have the privilege and knowledge to learn about this class. Our group felt if we were presented with this information when we were in high school we would be very interested in coming to SWC and taking this class.

Our Goal is to target High schools with a fairly big population of filipino americans, but also students with at least a slight interest in learning about filipino americans in a classroom. After the high schools are chosen, we would need to find a contact to a teacher or advisor that is in charge with a filipino american club or after school program. The next step is to compile information and work to be put together and presented to the students. Once that is done we will send our proposal to the teacher or advisor and try to set up a date and time we could come over and present to the kids. Depending how we want to show our presentation to them will deeply impact the success of our efforts and message. If we can get all of them interested in the class or even just one person, i think we have done our job to reach out to the filipino american community. I know if they do take this class it will be an experience they will never forget.

2.0 Generation and Above: Pilipino Americans

I dedicate this to all the 2nd generation filipino americans. My cousins, Friends and Family. And also to the ones that came before us, the "1.5" generation. You will get a "sipa" out of this.

Rex Navarette

- If you pack with us we'll pack with you

Wow-wow-wee

- It's on all day everyday and there's nothing you can do about it

Rob Schneider and Lou Diamond Philips

- Filipinos who can play roles other than filipinos

Pancit and Lumpia

- All your non-filipino friends think this is all we eat

Balut

- The young duckling stuck in suspended animation 

Honda, Toyota, Nissan

- Rice Rockets. Too Fast Too Furious

One Voice, Kai, Simple, Innerlude

- Harmonic Lovely-ness. Slow Jam game on lock

Black Eyed Peas

- Bebot Bebot Bebot

Q-bert

- More than just a game, he is a legend

Dante Basco

- You still look the same from "HOOK"

This is a small taste and sample of filipino revolution and evolution. As a 2nd Generation filipino growing up this is what i saw my world as. what does yours look like?

I can't Serenade you.....But listen to this!!

Since Valentines is a day away i'd like to share this Mix with you guys. Maybe you can send this to your significant other ^_^.

Slow Jam Megamix

So basically what inspired me to create this post is because some girls like to be serenaded or have their prince charming carry them off into the sunset and feed them chocolate and surprise them with flowers. When my female friends tell me all this and say i wish somebody would do that for me <3 I counter with i can't sing or bring you chocolate and flowers, nor afford to ride off in a cinderella horse carrige, but i can make you a Mixtape with love songs that will say everything that i feel and want to express to you.

Now they have something that will stay with them forever or untill their hard drive or Laptop crashes. ^_^.v haha

I had a Dream that we are NOBODY'S NIGGERS!

Dean Atta's words and the visuals of this video CHANGED ME! The video "Im Am Nobody's Nigger" got me thinking, it was an eye opener and it changed my initial thoughts about the word nigger. My thought was that the word was reclaimed as a normal word in ghetto societies. Living in South East San Diego it is very common to hear and say those words and find it okay. I myself dont try to use it, but sometimes it comes out, but not in a negative way, usually because of a song or with a certain group of friends i'm with. After watching the video i realized that the word nigger isn't a reclaimed word, but still a word of hate and slavery. You can blame the rappers who use it in their daily conversations, but the Headless zombies that Atta states are the people like you and me who make it "Alright" to say. I have a new view on the word nigger and nobody should be anybody's nigger.

Motivation: What Drives Us?

Being a DJ and owning my own small business i thought i had motivation squared away, but a couple of days ago i questioned what is motivation to me. I thought i knew what makes me motivated, but after watching this video by RSA titled "Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us" changed everything. I always thought that money makes the world go round and it probably does to most people. The video states that when people are asked to do simple straight forward physical task, for instance running the longest distance or eating the most hotdogs in 20 minutes, they will perform it to the best of their ability if the money is right. So pretty much the better you perform the more money you will get, but on the flip side, what happens when money is not an issue. What i mean by that is, what if the money is already there and it doesn't drive them perform better work. The Monetary incentive is gone. What will motivate them to go above and beyond? In the video they mentioned three things to motivate the non-money motivated people, they were autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Autonomy is being able to be your own boss and do things your way and mastery is plainly trying to be the best at what you do. Lastly purpose is what you strive to accomplish and obtaining your goal.

After watching the video my whole mindset changed about what motivates me and where i get my drive from. I think money still plays a big part in my motivation to perform well at each gig and it should, because i believe im only remembered for my last event and not the ones before it or the upcoming ones. The fact that i am my own boss im always on autonomy mode. I always strive to be the best at what i do, and determine to get better each day. My purpose and goal is to make others feel the happiness and excitement i have when im Djing and make sure they have fun, because if they don't then i feel like im not doing my job and i have failed them and myself.

It's not work if you have fun doing it

Imagine for the rest of your life your stuck in a dead end job, in a cubical, and having orders barked at you everyday. I don't see many people staying happy at their job very long, unless they like to be bossed around and be away from human interaction. My advice to someone who wants to get out and have fun with their short and meaningful lives, is stop working. The best thing in the world is to get paid for doing something you love and is skilled at. It's never really considered work when it's your passion and you are excited to go into the field and start making money. The essay by Thandie Newton made me realize, when you are in that moment, when you are your true self is when you are enlightened. Happy with yourself and breathing in your essence, because during thoese moments you lose yourself.

OTAY RANCH PROM 2010

When I'm djing at a gig, I feel like I'm in a different world. I break out of my usual shy and miserable self and into a whole new confident and energetic guy. I use the crowd as an energy booster and feed off them as i rock the turntables. The feeling of having the power and persuasion to make people dance and let them forget about their problems at work or at home for four hours is gratifying and a big confidence level riser. I never feel like im working when im djing, and i think i can say i've never worked a day in my life.

Music of my life

DJing at the Brewhouse at Eastlake

First of all my name is Ariz, pronounced "Aries" like the sign, but i'm not one. Sorry. So that should answer a lot of peoples questions and jokes. Im 23 turning 24 in February. I am currently a student at SWC and also employed at BIG 5 CORP, but that's only my part-time job. My full-time job or more like current career is DJing. Started right after high school and never slowed down, to me it's kinda like a hobby you get paid for. So i never feel like it's work when i am djing. Music and the power to make people feel good and get up and move drives me and it has become my passion. I have found my essence, my calling in life. My other loves are cooking and eating food, and music and dance. Something you might find strange about me is that i'm a very shy guy, but i think my constant new years resolutions of overcoming that shyness is finally paying off. I find conversations that are intellectual stimulating, either you can teach me something or if i can teach you something, it gets me excited. Being a humanitarian sometimes effects me in my personal goals, because i put my family and friends first, before me. It doesn't help that i was raised in a filipino home, where family is the most important thing. All in all I'm still growing and I'm not done yet, there is still many things i want to see and accomplish in my lifetime and hopefully leave a legacy for the younger generation to look back into.

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