As an academic organization that

promotes service, academic excellence,

and leadership while preparing its mem-

bers to be of service to the society

through Electrical Engineering, the UPLB

Society of Electrical Engineering Stu-

dents (UPLB SELES) had its 3-day Uni-

versity of the Philippines College Admis-

sion Test (UPCAT) Review last July 16,

23 and 30 at the Immaculate Concep-

cion Academy, Dasmariñas, Cavite.

This is an annual activity of the

organization and was led this year by

the Academic Committee Head, Ray-

mond Joseph Marqueses.

Day one focused on Mathematics,

day two focused on Science and day 3

focused on English. Also, during the last

day, a simulation exam for the three

subjects was given to the students to

assess what they have learned for the 3-

day session. The results of the exam

was bared on the same day and the top-

notchers were given rewards.

An alumus of ICA, Manuel Luigi

Niere (Membership and Discipline Com-

mittee Head of UPLB SELES) gave a little

inspirational talk to his co-alma maters.

For the closing remarks, Marqueses gave

the students his tips before and after

taking the UPCAT.

Lucilyn S. Niere Ma. Ed. (Principal

of ICA West Campus) was very thankful

to the organization and was hopeful that

the students were inspired from what

they have learned for three days and

pass the UPCAT.

UPLB SELES was also thankful to

ICA’s School Director, Celia S. Rasing

Ma. Ed., for allowing the organization to

conduct the UPCAT review at their

school.

The UPCAT is scheduled on Au-

gust 6-7 at all selected testing centers

nationwide. ■

UPLB SELES hosts UPCAT review

EE Dept. holds elimination

for IIEE quizzers Transmitter:

One Hundred Percent Efficient

One more step forward

Fourth year students of Immaculate Concep-cion Academy join, together with the repre-sentatives from UPLB SELES, in a group shot during the last day of UPCAT Review, July 30.

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Dorado wins Gawad Felicisimo T. San Luis Award

UPLB SELES member Ganyfer

Dorado – from Nagcarlan, Laguna

– was awarded as the ’Pinaka-

Namumukod Tanging Kabataan

ng Laguna (Kabataan sa Kole-

hiyo)’ for the year 2011 by Gawad

Felicisimo T. San Luis Foundation

Inc. during the awarding cere-

mony at Sta. Cruz, Laguna last

June 18.

“Sobrang laking blessing sakin

ang maitanghal na 2011 Pinaka-

Namumukod Tanging Kabataan

ng Laguna. Lubos ang pasa-

salamat ko sa Gawad Felicisimo T.

San Luis Inc. Kay Mommy Fely, sa

Board of Directors, sa serving

batch, sa lahat ng senior gawad

at judges sa final interview.

Salamat sa tiwala niyo sa kakaya-

han ko para kumatawan bilang

pinaka namumukod tangi. Lubos

kong pagiingatan ang mga aral na

natamo ko sa loob ng 6 na buwan

na proseso at patuloy kong isa-

sabuhay ang pagiging isang tunay

Batang San Luis,’ Dorado said af-

ter the awarding ceremony.

Gawad Felicisimo T. San Luis

Foundation Inc. was organized to

discover, train and get to know

the exceptional young leaders of

Laguna according to the ideals

and principles of late Gov. Feli-

cisimo T. San Luis. This is open

for all students, out-of-school

youths, and professionals in the

province. ■

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Ganyfer Dorado receives the ‘Pinaka-Namumukod Tanging Kabataan ng Laguna (Kabataan sa Kolehiyo)’ award together with her parents, Mr. Gany Dorado (left) and Mrs. Ferminia Dorado (right).

SELES amends

constitution and by-

laws

During the end of the past term,

the members of the body approved a

resolution of amending the organiza-

tion’s constitution and by-laws. In

this term, this activity shall be car-

ried out again for continuation.

The move [to amend] came in the

heels of mounting suggestions from

the body when some of the organiza-

tion’s constitution and by-laws are

not adhered to.

Andreo Lozada II (Vice President

of UPLB SELES) and Michael Joseph

Samson (Secretary of UPLB SELES)

are the execs-in-charge for the said

activity. For the members, Therese

Anne Espiritu and John Raymond Lu-

mawag head the ad hoc committee

for this activity.

The new constitution is subject to

be ratified in a future date. ■

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EE Dept. holds elimination for IIEE

quizzers Engr. Erickson Poja prepared the

questions for RQS and RMW, re-

spectively.

The top 5 scorers for each set of

elimination were all from UPLB SE-

LES. For the RQS, the quizzers are

the following: Andreo Lozada II,

Raymond Joseph Marqueses, Jeffrey

Calderon, Ryan Jose Sumaya and

Arvin Bryan Polo; and for the RMW,

the quizzers consist of the following:

Neil Ryan Asor, Fidel Casimiro Jr.,

Julius Cesar Cunanan, Nahdiya Za-

heer Betonio, and Michael Joseph

Samson. ■

On September 2011, the Insti-

tute of Integrated Electrical Engi-

neers (IIEE) will conduct their an-

nual Regional Student Conference

that includes the Regional Quiz

Show (RQS) covering EE, ESAS and

Math; and the Regional Math Wizard

(RMW). In line with this, the UPLB

Department of Electrical Engineering

conducted an elimination round for

aspiring quizzers last July 4 at the

EE auditorium.

Those who participated were EE

students who are in their sopho-

more to senior years. The process of

elimination was like the quiz contest

proper wherein the questions shall

be given verbally to the participants

and their answers were written on a

small board. The first half of the se-

lection was for the next RQS quiz-

zers and then later was for RMW

quizzers. Prof. Roderick Catriz and

Raymond Joseph Marqueses, Academic Committee Head, discusses the cover-age of the first exam of EE 1 students, July 25 at Room 302.

UPLB SELES conducted a review

for students taking up EE 1 (Basic

Electrical Engineering), in prepara-

tion for their first exam , last July 25

at Room 302, EE Building.

The Academic Committee Head,

Raymond Joseph Marqueses, was in

charge of the said activity. Aside

from Marqueses, the lecturers con-

sisted of Arvin Bryan Polo, Neil Ryan

Asor, Nielson Asedillo, and Ryan

Jose Sumaya.

EE 1 is a prerequisite course for

AE, CE, ChE and IE students from

CEAT.

Their first exam is re-scheduled

from July 27 to August 3, 2011 at

the Electrical Engineering Audito-

rium. ■

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Ram Ramilo. He’s real name is Allan, he gets

his nickname from his surname though, his other supposed nickname was Milo. Ram, Milo :D. Ram,

from Quezon, who lives with Budz at Avokado House

here at LB, is a happy quiet guy, who looks like he’s

always picked on. Frog fact: He becomes a gymnast

at night; he usually takes in strange positions- reach-

ing for his toes, nakabaluktot, kneeling with his arms

and feet folded. I wonder why.

Lee Gonzales. I’m usually hard to define, but

generally I’m a serious guy but I still have my wacky

side. I generalize myself as a Jack of all trades, since

I can do lots of stuffs – sing, dance, draw, write,

speak publicly, cook, you name it. Bloc representa-tive of W1. I’m a born-again Christian, and that’s me.

Frog fact: I don’t patronize the Local entertainment

industry, corny e. I don’t know any OPM songs.

Jhones Race (pronunciation: Juh-Howns).

Jhones is a nice guy, valedictorian- high school; He’s

nice, organized, but what’s fun about him is that he

doesn’t eat rice much, I really don’t know why. He’s

from San Pablo, and he knows ballet- yeah, that’s a

joke, but you should see his SOP, panalo e. Frog

fact: His favorite mystical creatures are vampires,

coincidentally he also hates cats. He dreams of being

a vampire, maybe that’s why he doesn’t like eating

rice, haha. Who knows?

Celine Castueras. Ate Celine, the oldest of our

batch is as nice, selfless, and considerate as a person

can be. Fortunately for her, she has this sick, fragile

aura that during the process the old members just

makes her sing, which made me sort of worried dur-

ing the finals. Also, this Batangas-girl can play the

piano and spends wee time with anime. Frog fact:

During high school, she referred to as Index Card

Girl, she keeps ths index cards with her regularly and

until now she still keeps them in a chest.

Chacha Navarro. Chacha, of UP Oroquieta and

MESS-UP, is as happy as a person can be, especially in front of the camera, you should see our photo-

graphs. At the batch, we sometimes call her bully,

sungit kasi, kinukupal kami. But we love her so

much still, she’s from Sariaya, Quezon and she

sings. Frog fact: She doesn’t like being called ate by

us or whoever unless you’re her biological younger

sibling, told you- sungit. (Joke)

Jam Pascual. Our all-around-city-girl from

San Juan is an optimistic person, bloc representative

of C1, a volunteer- GABAY and she thinks of others

oo, she usu. notices when someone’s down. She

also dances, being a near-SJ member. She, along with Rusty, lives at Wisma-Gloria Shalom Apt. Frog

fact: Notice her hair, this is the first time in her

entire existence on Earth did she cut her hair.

Jasper Castro. Sinong member ang suma-

sabog? E di si ryan BANG. Jasper is a man of few

words, but a lot of talents, hidden though. He can

also draw - really good, you should see his draw-

ings, he plays the Harmonica, ping pong, and is

from Biliran, Visayas. He’s also from Phil. Sciences

High School and is also a DOST Scholar. Here at LB,

he lives at Junction, wherever that may mean. Frog

fact: Jasper’s a baritone singer, a baritone can shift

from Tenor to Bass.

Jolanz Rodrigo. Our now-semi-bald Batch

Leader from Calamba, is actually supposed to go to

a Catholic seminary before deciding to go to UP.

He’s a guy who exaggeratedly sleeps a lot, when-

ever he’s got nothing to do – he usually just sleeps.

During the finals, his emotional peak was his en-

counter with the frogs, it’s nice to have him as our

batch leader (plastik ako e no, joke :D). He looks

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All the crap was worth it, finally it’s done. Something we’ve wholeheartedly brought upon ourselves to ride UPLB in a crazy way, to experience college in a different perspective, to be a part of an even crazier family, to have friends closer than your real siblings, to be a better person, to have a batch – batchmates you know will be there hawak kamay no matter what, to be SELES; to love SELES. Experiencing the process of joining SELES with my batch raised the fun exponentially. Unlike our ancestor, the real Mr. Transformer, Transmitter made my joining SELES a heck of a joy ride – I think I won’t forget this hype even if I try. Every time I walk towards EE, I gotta tell – my heart pumps twice as harder as nervousness vibrates from my innards to my fingertips. Nonetheless, the presence of my batchmates put me a bit at ease, nakakagaan ng loob. We’ve had our ups and downs, our lefts and rights, our thick and thin. We’ve been through a lot of tears, of laughters, of chasing kuya Igi, of waking up together to meet kuya Davis, of chicken fillets and Mcdo takeouts, of struggles, of fights, of battles among too-many-to-mention others. Without further ado ladies and gentlemen, and gentleladies and everybody else, the batch that was presented with 17 human beings, the batch that finished as complete 17 still hu-man beings, but with deeper friendship, the Batch Transmitter.

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after us in ways more than I can write about. Frog

fact: He can’t keep still without his handkerchief, I

think there’s a probability he’ll panic. This gives me

an idea for our next batch meeting (evil laugh).

Krisell Vallestero. Krisell is one of the few

people on earth that looks so mean that there’s this one time someone exclaimed at her demanding “Bat

mo ko tinataryan?!” while she has not changed her

facial emotion during that encounter. Unlike her facial

features, Krisell’s a fun girl, nice to be with. Also,

she’s to be awarded Best in attendance since starting

from Elementary, she’s never had any absent record.

Frog facts: It was only until she became a college

student did she learn to ride a jeepney and until now,

she doesn’t know/play any local street game.

Leomel Abas. Kuya Leomel gets things he

wants done, done; he has a commanding presence as

his height speaks of that of course, I definitely envy his height. His height is over 6 feet thus he plays

basketball well. He’s from Tanauan and he also knows

how to play the guitar. Frog fact: He sleeps talks and

before, sleep walks. Now that’s scary. (Monsterr :D )

Lizette Sebuc. Ate Lizette panics. When pres-

sure goes up, she goes trembling with uneasiness,

but just as down that is she’s actually a happy per-

son, likes to talk a lot and is a transparent person.

She’s from Tanauan, and is sporty, playing both bad-

minton and pingpong. Frog fact: Health Addict alert,

she doesn’t eat hamburger, pizza and the likes. Pity,

if she only knew what she’s missing.

Budz Silvestre. Favored by his looks, Budz is

an almost-happy-go-lucky person, but he still has his

serious side (whatever that means :D ). He’s not sure

if he’ll finish his studies here since his dad, a Cana-

dian resident, has plans of making him go there to

study. Member of UP Eagles, Budz also plays the

guitar and badminton. Frog fact: He got himself bit

by a spider thinking he would turn into Spiderman.

Lucky that spider’s not venomous.

Kulot Cedeño. Mr. Tubaw form Davao City is a

person you’d enjoy spending time with – he makes

you feel at ease, he’s also really considerate and a

guy who generally just go with the flow, and he plays

the drums. Frog fact: Whenever Martin loses himself

and drifts away from reality, pag natutulala, you’ll

find his jaw dropped, nakanganga lang.

Nath Claveria. Sinong member ang hindi? E di si

Nath. The best joke award goes to Nath. Ate Nath is a

certified girl scout and a mountain climber for that

matter, you should refer to the size of her bag, it’s

that size whatever time of the day, wherever she

might be. She’s easy to be with, and is really nice,

caring for the batch as a whole. She’s from Oriental

Mindoro. Frog fact: She was part of the choir during

her elementary years.

Paolo Naredo. Junior Tristan – is a swimmer and just like Jam and Budz, recently just ended their

love lives, I’m not sure if that’s updated though. He’s

from Calamba, and is extravagantly fond of smiling.

He’s also a transparent guy, I once reported with him

and I think he opens anything with anyone. Oh, FYI,

most of our late batch meeting was held at their place

at Vista del Rey. Frog fact: Resourceful person that he

is, he thought of a way of conserving his fart and

thought of doing it by farting it in his pillow, he says

the smell is still intact till now.

Rusty Placino. Mr. Itodo-mo has also consid-

ered being in a Catholic seminary before studying

here. He’s also a valedictorian-high school, and is a

DOST Scholar. He is really really good at playing pi-

ano. As a person, he’s really approachable and open of

what he’s thinking. Frog fact: He’s originally a curly-

haired person, the hair person told him not to cut his

hair to avoid curling again, but when he was to cut his

bangs, sad part – it got curly again.

Cedie Duller. Innocence is defined by his face,

thus his nickname, Cedie, from Prinsipeng Cedie car-

toons. I remember one time, as I was reporting, I was

asked why he was allowed to join since he’s so young.

Beats me. He’s from Sta. Cruz and he originally want

to take up BS Biology. Frog fact: He’s taking up pho-

tography courses, especially favors picturing sunsets,

and his camera was the one we used for our pictures.

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by Bezaleel Gonzales

you are flying.

You may fail a subject, got into a fight with your parents, ignored by a friend or got your heart broken, whatever is that in your life right now, those are just part of a greater destiny that waits for you. You see, it is a matter of perspective. If you’ll concen-trate on the negatives there is, indeed your life would be miserable. But if you try to see beyond what your eyes can perceive, you’ll be shocked with life’s surprises.

So what if you failed a subject be-cause you need more training or you’re not meant to be on that career? So what if your parents get mad because they truly love you? So what if you got ignored because you did something wrong in the first place? So what if you got your heart broken because you deserve more love? Don’t be blinded with the not-so-nice experiences you have. Let them be the foundation of your life. Re-member that the strongest people are those who had greater problems, and get through it.

Well, I am really happy. I am happy despite of the many problems I am facing and problems that are coming. The world may give me all the reasons to be sad but there will always be something that could make me smile. I hope you can see that light in your darkness as well.

Being happy has always been and will always be a choice. So decide to be happy, my friend. And let’s get the best out of our lives.

Your newest friend,

Sophia P.S. Wait for my second letter next

month! :)

First of all, I want to introduce myself. My name is Sophia and I am a friend you never met.

Let me tell you a story about some things that happen in my life recently. If you are interested, you can continue reading and if not, just drop this paper and con-tinue doing your routines feeling so regret-ful of the friendship we could have built. If you’re still following to what I am saying right now, congratulations! You made the right choice.

I am born to live. I love my life, and I am addicted to it. I am good at many things but being free-spirited is what I do best. I abide my own rules. I’ve got won-derful friends and family. I’ve got every-thing else seem so perfect, yet I still feel empty.

Am I really happy? Are you really happy?

They say you can only know if you’re actually happy if you are alone but you can still manage to smile. But I say hap-piness is when some things are falling but

Dear You,

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I am born to live. I love my life, and I

am addicted to it. I am good at many

things but being free-spirited is what

I do best. I abide my own rules. I’ve

got wonderful friends and family. I’ve

got everything else seem so perfect,

yet I still feel empty.

One more step forward

Student Organizations in the University of the Philippines are known for their activities mostly promoting education, awareness, student camara-derie and health. Indeed, the partaking of the organizations in these simple but meaningful projects is remarkable evidence that UP students take the name “Iskolar Para sa Bayan” into their hearts.

Indeed aims of the organizations in their projects are mostly undoubt-edly noble and commendable. How-ever, an organization in the University of the Philippines- Diliman, took their gracious commitment into a bolder stand. The Alpha Phi Omega (APO) Sorority organized a public run in order to venerate their stand for the Repro-ductive Health (RH) Bill on August 1. APO sorority is the first UP student organization to boldly declare their stand in RH bill. Many prominent people attended the run including politicians who approved their en-deavor.

Current The Official Newsletter

UPLB SELES

Editorial Board

Nahdiya Zaheer Betonio

editor-in-chief

Therese Anne Espiritu

associate editor

Julius Cesar Cunanan

managing editor

Malcolm Jayson Calicsihan

Miguel Principe

Dianne Romyl Ruedas

business managers

Katrina Marie Ayado

Arjon Valencia

Jhunna Jane Torrecampo

news editors

Andrea May Caguete

Karla Janine Capuno

feature editors

Ma. Theresa Pauline Fandiño

Rea Aileen Antenor

literary editors

Bezaleel Gonzales

Justine Trisha Contreras

contributors

Danver Ramos

Jan Sergio Arato

lay-out artists

Andreo Lozada II

Jonathan Ong

cartoonists

Engr. Reiniel Daren E. Sangalang

faculty adviser

E-mail: uplbseles@gmail.com

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The run for the RH bill is per-

haps an awakening call for UP student

organizations. That while their present

activities are laudable, it is perchance

the time for taking a bolder stand in

order to promote student awareness

regarding national issues. Just by de-

claring a stand in these vital national

issues, a student organization can influ-

ence students into re-evaluating their

opinions and stands. As Rizal had put it

and as much as it is always quoted, the

youth especially those who study in the

university revered by country, are the

hopes of the nation. The little steps UP

students take for taking a stand might

be single steps for us indeed but per-

haps, this is what the Filipino nation

needs in order to build a giant leap for

the country. Suffice it is to say that

Iskolar Para sa Bayan can always take it

one more step forward.

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July 3: Neil Ray Dasalla (PCB) July 7: Benjamin Jonas Beltran (Relay) July 7: Sir Winston Brillantes (Rheostat)

July 7: Daniza Maica Garduce (Insulators) July 10: Casto Rosana II (Ampere) July 10: Julius Regoroso (Amplifier)

July 12: Aisa Tesorero (Circuit Breaker) July 12:Justine Trisha Contreras (Amplifier)

July 13: Nimrod Perez (Generators) July 13: Charlot Jeniffer Velilia (Circuit Breaker)

July 14: Zara Jane Baisas (Dielectric) July 14:Vanessa Sario (Dielectric)

July 14:Leomel Abas (Transmitter)

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July 16: Abdullah Mohammad Rahman (Insulators) July 17: Janmark Joseph Garcia (Ampere)

July 17: Jonathan Ong (Amplifier) July 18: Jules Marcelo (PCB)

July 18: Miguel Niccolo Matibag (Relay) July 20: Rommerlson Carlos (Charters) July 20: Danne Marie Realuyo (Relay)

July 23: Venie Rose Sieteriales (Multiplexer) July 24: Gamaliel Javier III (Flux)

July 26: Kaye Start (Conductors) July 26: Paula Michelle Aragon (Inductor)

July 26: Renelyn Luzon (Transistors)

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