I saw the magnificence of media. I saw how it defies gravity. It was never too late to change and show everybody what it has got. With all that I have learned in eight months, I decide to bow down to the one and only MEDIA!

    It is very powerful, and we may not notice the effects on us but with all that I have obbserved, we can clearly see hot influencial it can get. I believe and agree with what Marshall McLuhan said, "We shape our tools, and they in turn shape us." This tells us that we HAVE to be really cautious and AWARE of media's effects on us, or else media, which man created, would have us in their hands, and I do think that is not right.

    Proving the fact that media is influential, we must knwo how to USE MEDIA WISELY. As the song of the Spice Girls goes, "Too much of something is bad enough," we have to know our limitations. Media primarily intended the betterment of mankind, and I do see their efforts, but we have to know when to stop. I guess the negative effects of media should not all be blamed on the people behind it, because how the mass use media could also be causes of these issues.

    We must not be too judgemental of it, and give it a chance to soar high, and do its job to inpire, inform and entertain people.

   Meida as the Prinsesa sees it, ROCKS, is MAGNIFICENT, BEAUTIFUL (Kidding!) and AWESOME! I do hope  people get to see this as well!

    Our class (Kamalayan) had to do The Fantatsticks for English Week. Let me tell you more about it.

    It is an off- broadway play, 1960 musical comedy, music by Harvey Schimdt and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells a story of a young boy named Matt and a young girl named Luisa, who are in love with each other. Their fathers (Hucklbee and Bellomy) built a wall, and pretend to be enemies with each other, but that was only an act to make their children fall in love with each other even more.

     Honestly, I found the story shallow and boring at first. I mean DUH?! Climb over the wall with you, or elope if you must! However, I looked at the deeper side of it. The wall symbolizes all the other things that cause lovers' tragedies. It may be the usual "age" problem wherein teenagers are often involved, "My parents do not approve of her/ him thing" or the telenovela- like "She is rich, I am poor scenario". It is also a musical, which made it 100% more interesting! The songs were amazing, music  and lyric- wise!

    This was made into a film, and I am glad they did that  

   The Fantasticks showed us how people cannot really be perfect, even our parents. They also make mistakes, but somehow we are given second chances, even more. We must not waste these opportunities to set right what must be set right.

    Media again proved how wonderful, grand and lovely it could be! Way to go media!

 

Ewan ko ba kung bakit sa libo-libong babaeng niligawan

Wala pang isang minuto

Nahulog na ang loob ko sa’yo

Gusto ko sanang marinig ang tinig mo

Umaasa pa rin na sana’y mahawakan ko ang palad mo

Gusto ko sanang lumapit Kung di lang sa lalakeng kayakap mo, ooohh…

[Chorus]
Dalhin mo ako sa iyong palasyo

Maglakad tayo sa hardin ng ‘yong kaharian

Wala man akong pag-aari

Pangarap kong habang buhay kitang pagsisilbihan

O aking prinsesa

Oohh, prinsesa Prinsesa… prinsesa

Di ako makatulog

Naisip ko ang ningning ng ‘yong mata

Nasa isip kita sa buong umaga, buong magdamag

Sanay parati kang tanaw

O ang sakit isipin ito’y isang panaginip, panaginip lang

(Repeat Chorus)

Prinsesa… Prinsesa… Prinsesa… Prinsesa…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wyNRJBs-2A

    I learned about it when a friend told me that I looked like one of the girls in the video of the song Prinsesa, a remake by 6cyclemind. I watched it, and at first I did not want to believe I did, but then people started saying "Yeah Arielle, Dadong Dado yung girl." They said I did not really "look" like her, she was just "like" me. Hah! Moving on!

    Listen to the song (I like 6cyclemind's version the best), feel the music, understand the lyrics. I love how the song looks highly of girls, women. It seems like the guy (Singer or whoever made this song) is so in love with the girl he is singing for. It seems like she looks like an angel to him. The fact that the song is in Filipino is another plus, because it makes the song more emotional. Flipinas love being flattered by songs like this one.

    Original Pinoy Music, or OPM as we may call it, is really REALLY cool! We have to learn how to appreciate it because DUH?! We are Pinoys and we should learn to love our own stuff! We have to see the beauty in OPM, for this I tell you, could make you one step closer to discovering who Filipinos really are. As I have said in a previous entry, music plays a vital role in shaping people's minds, and it also reflects the character of the whole nation.

    This song shows how lovely Filipinas are, and how we should be treated. "Habang buhay kitang pagsisilbihan." That is the reason why Prinsesa Yeye loves Prinsesa.

Princessy Princess Arielle Signing Off