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I C T CA M P B U L L E T I N
23 NOVEMBER 2008
CLSU
AND SO IT BEGINS
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
SOCIALS!
We laughed. We danced. We
sang. We dressed boys in pink
sheets. Friday night was the
night for socials, and while the
food and drink were copious, it
was the entertainment brought SJDM’s boys feel pretty.
Now that the participants’ journey towards becoming content creators in their own right has
officially started, some have allowed us to share their stories in this ongoing series, “In Our Own
Words.”
This is my first time to join a because we need to exercise sional. We took pictures and use the things I learned here
camp and to leave my crowd different muscles by working gathered material, thought as I progress towards educat-
for a week. Being away from and planning together. We together and brainstormed ing myself towards wherever
my comfort zone is very chal- had a tour on our first day, with an ease that was sur- life will take me. I expect that
lenging to me, because I and that experience gave me prising and welcome. by the end of this week, we’ll
have to work with different an opportunity to have fun have achieved something
I will treasure this ICT Camp
people and make new with people who, despite my that will make us all proud. I
experience because it gave
friends. having met many of them for hope that I can get a lot of
me a lot of ideas and inspira-
the first time a mere two days projects like this in the fu-
I have chosen to be part of tion that I will take back
before, turned out to be very ture.
Web Design, and it’s turned home, to my fellow learners
approachable and profes-
out to be very challenging, and my family. I hope I can
paints. That was how Galileo, when the world went upside Picture this: Three brochures. But my momentum went to a sudden
Botticelli, Luna, Amorsolo down and inside out. Or was Different designs. Alive and halt when I overheard my father
and other great masters did it just my brain? in full colors. Imaginative telling my mother that he was afraid
it. Nowadays, one uses com- graphics. Excellent presenta- that their only son would someday
puter applications called Don’t get me wrong. I have tion. With awesome editorial
be a “pintor kulapol.” I didn’t know
nothing but praises for our what that really meant, but it didn’t
GIMP and Scribus (if he or contents. sound good. So I stopped drawing
she is an Open Source user) maes tro, Raf ael, and
maestras, Sheila and Rose I am so excited that I’m al- and turned to other interests.
to make art.
Ann, for their extra-ordinary most tempted to say that No, I’m not blaming my father for my
In the same vein, it’s a com- patience in explaining and today’s art sessions have redirected life. He had a point, I
mon sight to see a forty-plus demonstrating how GIMP and revived my interest in art know, because I am happy with my
teacher teaching teeners. Scribus work. This allowed creation, which was my pas- life as it is.
Today, I was taught by teen- me to slowly climb out of the sion when I was a little child. But a revived interest in art and
ers how to use GIMP and abyss of ignorance I fell into creation of something aesthetic
Modesty aside, my drawing skills
Scribus. During my student right at the first minute of the when I was about six or seven wouldn’t hurt, would it?
days, never was I referred to class. years old were far advance that I know that the artist in me is still
as “slow” (not that I was a those of my playmates and class- buried deep in my soul. The only
genius), but today I am willing I must admit the technology
mates. While they only suc- thing to do now is to dig and resur-
to eat the humble pie and applications that were intro- ceeded in making people look rect it. But that is a rather tricky
admit that my rather lethargic duced to were fascinating. like matchsticks, I drew them endeavor. I can easily find a shovel,
gray area could not get the Surely, there’s no chance in almost life-like. Well, maybe not, but I have no idea where to start
momentum, especially since the world we could execute but at least they had curved looking for my soul.
Greek was the preferred me- the “brochure masterpieces” noses, with full hairs, lower and
that everyone is eagerly wait- upper lips and limbs that had It must be here somewhere.
dium of instruction of our muscles.
ing for without these applica-