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This week in Sci10, we talked about sustainable living. I wanted to make a simple sort of reflection and statement on environmental habits. In this case: proper waste disposal for recycling. I drew this image of properly disposing paper waste on a piece paper, crumpled it right after, and disposed it in a proper waste bin. I feel that this speaks about the cycle formed by good habits through the medium I used and its context this time around.

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Dreary, Damp, Dirty (2016)

This week in Sci10 class, we mostly talked about the growing population and pollution in the Philippines. I made this series/triptych in reflection of my experience when I first moved to the Philippines for university two years ago.

Dreary was the environment of the whole city. I honestly hated it and continuously thought to myself that I don’t want to stay here alone. I wanted to go back to my desert paradise in Bahrain. But now I want to contribute to how we can help improve crowded urban spaces. One attempt I have as of yet is being a part of abodeco, a hult prize competitor, in their design team and video production. They are currently tackling crowded urban spaces and I’m learning how to help and spread the word.

Damp was the feeling of a dry and wet cough stuck in my lungs. I got sick at the end of last last year because of my weak immune system. My lungs were too weak and whenever I’d commute all the way to Pasay, to OWWA, to submit my monthly scholarship reports, I’d come back home with rashes and a newly earned illness. I had my blood tested multiple times and was a mess, I had to deal with it alone. I wish the air was cleaner here. I wished so hard to the point that I escaped to Baguio alone during my Christmas break; I couldn’t take it.

Dirty were the inner linings of my whole system. I felt that it was the same with the country’s system, government, beliefs. Two years later, I’ve become accustomed to the black tar in my lungs and the smoke in my brain. I wish my aspirations for the Philippines wasn’t so cloudy, and that I could concentrate on how I can help others with my experience as a third culture kid, but the perpetual smog catches up with my will.

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Entry #6: Father Jett’s Note of Hope

Climate Change is an issue I am very interested about. I believe that remedying, reversing, and preventing climate change’s effects from worsening is something that should be on everyone’s top priority list. After all, it’s also us that is affected - future us, that is. In fact, my research paper for English 12 is concerning climate change and humanity’s seemingly lack of action and attention on the issue. 

I very much enjoyed Father Jett’s lecture on sustainability. He delved on the misconceptions, the current state that we’re in - which, surprise surprise, is bad - and, my favourite part, aside from Father being so witty and funny, Father’s “note of hope.”

Father Jett showed several graphs and figures that illustrated our very problem. He talked about Ateneo and how even if it’s already clean, is 10 units above of the recommended, or rather, amount of PM2.5. But Father Jett did not end with fear. Father Jett ended with a “note of hope.” According to most of my sources for my research paper, the problem with social media’s coverage of climate change that unfortunately leads to indifference instead of action, lies in the way social media frames the issue - that is, negatively. 

More often than not, climate change is presented as a threat, and just that. It is framed with strong emotions of fear and shock. And according to studies, this does not work for people. Instead of resulting into actions of changes, the average person will most likely become desensitised and indifferent towards climate change if social media continues to frame it negatively. According to Andrew Fiala, “in order to stimulate prompt and effective action with regard to the ecological crisis, it is necessary to paint a grim picture of the future. But if this picture is too grim, then it appears rational to do nothing… In order to take a problem seriously, one must perceive both that the problem is significant and that there is hope that it can be solved.”

To my wonder, that is just what Father Jett did. He gave us hope. He told us that there is still a chance for a better, more sustainable life should we act, step up a hill and see the whole picture. 

There should be hope. In Father Jett’s words, “Fear is not sustainable. It will paralyse you. Love is sustainable.”

- Kim Co

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Drawn during Fr. Jett's plenary session today about sustainable living. This is in reflection on how we think we have minimal fault in the world's crisis like climate change. We ultimately still have fault, be it vices or waste. We're turning ourselves into waste bit by bit, and we amass the entropy of the future. "It's not ONLY my fault > It's not my fault" We need to change, together. Cooperate well or become leaders ourselves. Stop carbon waste, stop ending ourselves out of convenience. We're passing down doom to our kids, not a future.

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This week in my SCI10 class, we talked about alcohol intake and its effects. I've always been honest about my alcohol habits, which were in its worst state in 1st year 2nd sem. I've had two blackouts in my life so far and they haven't been pretty. Not all of the information shared in class about the dangers of alcohol was new to me, but rather, reiterated into my life. I've so far significantly lessened my alcohol intake and have taken care of my body so far in comparison. Although, I can't rule it out of my life because it boosts my creative drive at times when I need to work on a heavy creative project. I in turn made this artwork on an old printed to show my old drinking habits overlapping with my academic affairs. I think to myself: I'm supposed to consume the alcohol, not let the alcohol consume me.

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This week in Sci10 class, we talked about proper diet. Bad food doesn't exist, only bad diets do, according to my professor: Ma'am Ragaza. I made this triptych in response to the recent lessons. Coffee, pizza, and chocolate have so far been the most common factors in my diet. I realize that I should cut down on pizza and chocolate (not coffee, because I need to stay up a lot for work) and try to become healthier. I do get to exercise regularly every week via Muay Thai, but I need to put in conscious effort to improve my diet as well.

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This Week in Sci 10 - 3/4

This week, the we discussed Nanotechnology and little big about nitration. After watching a documentary on it, we had to write a paper on the benefits of nanotechnology in the Philippines. It turns out that we've been harnessing nanotechnology for centuries without realizing it. From the stained glass panels in church art to the new graphene computer chips, they're all nanotechnology.

We learned about nutrition and what we considered nutritious throughout the years in the development of our society. We watched a video about "pagpag" (actually my first time learning about it) to know how nutrition worked in the lower sectors of our society. It doesn't, they just scrape off what they can from the trash of the upper classes.

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This Week in Sci10 - 2/26

This week in Sci10 we learned about telecommunications and its history. It was surprising to know that alexander graham bell was not the man who invented telephony but just the one that patented it. Seeing the different iterations of the telephone was interested as it transformed from a box with a hole, a box with a handle, a handle with a box up until just the touchscreen multipurpose "slab" I'm writing this on now. We were also able to use what we learned about patents and trademark last time to better understand the history of telephones.