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If you don't know Britney Spears, you're not human. It's either you live in Mars or you're stuck forever in a room of your parents' old records. Everyone knows her music, her style and her life which is a huge open book to the public. During her first decade in the music industry, she became a prominent and well-known figure in mainstream popular music and pop culture, followed by a much-publicized life. Her first few albums established her as a pop icon and broke sales records, while her tracks became number one hits. She was every teen-age girl's role model and idol. She was actually credit for the revival of teen pop in the early 1990's. She was America's Sweetheart. But it seems that her life changed after she got married for 55 hours to Jason Allen Alexander. She got into rehab, got various lawsuits, partied her "panties & thongs" off with Paris Hilton, drunk driving, and dropping her kids, Sean and Jayden. 

News in the tabloid spread like wildfire that she dropped (literally) her son, Jayden in the stairs because she's tipsy. Jayden was rushed in the hospital and got minor injuries but hey, a baby could die in those kind of accidents! Seriously, what is Mommy Spears thinking of carrying her baby when she's all drunk and wasted from a party? In February 2006, pictures surfaces of Britney driving with her son Sean, on her lap instead of the car seat. Child advocates were horrified by the photos of her holding her holding the wheel with one hand and Sean with the other. 

Press people and child advocates call her irresponsible and stupid. "Recent photos of Britney Spears driving with her infant son on her lap are troubling. If she's a responsible mother, she wouldn't have let this thing happen. And while Ms. Spears has acknowledged her mistake, her actions still send the wrong message to millions of her fans." says John Mineta, a child advocate at an event at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to mark the start of Children Passenger Safety Week. 

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"Oops.. I shouldn't have said that."

I have experienced a lot of situation where I uttered something that I have regretted afterwards. I could just go on and on about the times I have regretted what I just said; but there's this one thing I said that up to now I still regret.

My family is not one of those perfect ones. We're pretty messed up and chaotic in a way which is too much to handle by a teenager like me. It's always been like that even before and it's really hard to live each day realizing that your strength which is your parents is turning into your weakness that drags you down. You can put the blame on one thing: The words that I said to my dad. 

One day, I discovered that my dad is cheating with my mom. I saw the text messages that he and his "other woman" exchanged with each other. I kept that to myself. I told myself that If I tell it to my mom, I would ruin things because back then, we were fine. I don't want to ruin anything.

Then my mom found out about it and of course, they yell and even curse each other. It was really really depressing. Then I saw my little sister crying down in one corner of the room covering her ears. I just told myself that I can't do this any longer. I can tolerate it. I can tolerate everything; but my sister can't. So I stood up, faced my dad, and speak up. I was so angry at him because I can't believe that he would do something like that. I wasn't able to control my anger so I said bad words to my dad and told him that, "Mabuti pa mamatay ka nalang para hindi mo na mapaiyak si Mom at si Roxanne. Sana mamatay ka nalang. P*t**g i*a mo!"  

My dad shut up back then. From then on, our house has been silent. It was a weird, awkward, and sad atmosphere. They continued to fall apart. Apparently, it got worst. The house is silent and nobody's shouting at anyone anymore; but I knew and felt that it got worst.

I could have shut my mouth at that moment. But I can't take seeing my little sister cry. I should have just stopped them from fighting. I should have told them to fix everything in a very calm way. 

Learning the Speech Act theory is really important as ABCA majors because our life is basically gonna be all about communicating. You can't interact with other people without having to speak or say anything. It would enable us to become more effective in our craft in a way that people would understand what we're trying to deliver.

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Genpsych Final Paper

Instruction: Come up with a paper detailing the various behavioral aspects which may have caused or lead you to consider taking up the course you are currently enrolled in. Entitle your paper, “The Psychology Behind My Career Choice”.  

Specifics:  

1. Length of paper is exactly 5 full pages, short bond paper, 1 1/2 space. No need to place in a folder. Just have a neat cover page with the project title and the other needed information.  

2. Use font size ‘12. Fonts could either be Times New Roman, Garamound, Arial and Calibri. No other fonts allowed.  

3. Answer in essay form. Use paragraphs throughout your paper. Do not answer in sentences, phrases or bullet points. Non-essay form of answer will invalidate your paper.  

4. Guide questions are given for your papers content development. Be sure to elaborate on the guide questions given. Do not answer on a per number basis. Your whole paper should be a multi-paragraph essay. Write continuously, answers free flowing. Observe proper grammar.

 First paragraph of the paper: Introduction (Generally describe yourself. What kind of person you are, your interests, likes, dislikes, dreams and aspirations. Describe your course/degree program.)  

Guide Questions: Never answer in per number basis. Your answer in these questions should be in the content of your paragraph.  

1. What motives have driven you to select your course? When and how did you start nurturing these motives? Cite specific motivation theories behind your choice. Explain.  

2. What learning experiences have I undergone that brought significant changes in me and which consequently caused me to think of taking up the course I have now? Explain.  

3. What “big” problems have I encountered as I enter my young teen age years and how did I solve it? Any strategies used? How did these problems and solutions/strategies affect me? How did these influence my career choice?  

4. What pervasive emotions have set in me prior to taking college that have drawn me towards taking my course now? Are these emotions prevailent up to now? How have these emotions been helpful in my studies?  

5. How would you describe your personality? How have your motives, learnings, problems and solutions and emotions shape or developed your personality? How is your personality relevant to your course?  What personality theory, approach factor or dimension could you clearly relate with? What does this have to do with the career you plan to pursue?  

Last paragraph of the paper: Conclusion  

After having clarified myself and the different aspects of my behavior, HOW DID I BEHAVE before choosing my course? HOW DO I BEHAVE NOW for a future career.  

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Puppet

If I were to have my own robot, it would be an assistant robot. I'm such a scatter brain & I cram a lot. So I think it would be very helpful if I have someone or something to help me do my stuff or do it for me. I know a lot would say it would just usher my laziness but in those days that you just don't know what to do first, when is this thing due or how to do this thing, we need an assistant.

There should be a limit in terms of robots replacing human's job. When we reach the point that robots are getting kinda normal and robot receptionists are everywhere, that's when we draw the line. Because a lot of people would loose their job & way of living. And when these machines fail, it would be very hard to recover from it all.

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I Survived.

1. Shelter - People should have a place to live & to call home. It will also be necessary for safety. If people would just live wherever they wanna live after the destruction, they could be harmed. But if people are living in a single area, it will be safer & will feel more like home. People are stressed and all after the destruction, they cant live alone.

2. Food Source - It would be really hard to find food after a mass destruction. Everything is pretty devastated. People could die of hunger & there's only few of us so I'm not letting them die of it. We will collect every food that we can and put it in a single huge container.

3. Church - When we have something to hold on to like our faith in God, it's easier to go thorugh a new chapter of life especially when you just came from a mass destruction. Church is something where they can feel secure both inside & out.

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My own version of the Apocalypse

If I would end the world, people would all  then the world will turn into a massive super volcano. People should all faint first so that they wont feel any pain. It's their last day on earth; no one likes it painful. It will be as if nothing happened or they never existed to them.

The problems that could possibly cause the destruction of the world is Global Warming & Climate change. We don't know what nature can give us as a revenge of what we have done. When the tsunami hit Japan, everybody assumed that the world is goin to end. But worst will happen if we keep on destroying our world.

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Human mutations are genetic changes that occurs during the development of the fetus. No one really knew what caused all these mutations. It fascinated people and scientist even from before but no one seems to find out what's really the reason for it. A lot of articles says that mutation is caused by some outside substance or stuff that affected the fetus (example: pregnant women are not allowed to have an XRAY because the radioactive stuff might affect the baby). And that differs mutation from disablity. But with all these, there is no known cure for it.

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I think this latest advancement is really beneficial to human beings especially to disabled ones. The robot enables them to do things they can't normally do. The robot is not just for shaving, it can also do a lot of things to help the disabled (Because it's made for them). It will also teach the disabled how to be independent. I don't think this invention has a threat or would do harm in the future. The only problem of it is if something goes wrong. But all in all, it is highly beneficial to humans especially to those that are disabled.

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A world of Science or A World of Magic.

     I think there is a world of difference between science fiction and fantasy; although it's very hard to distinguish movies that are really science fiction from the ones that are fantasy movies.

     Science fiction includes a very wide range of themes and subgenres that is difficult to define. Related terms to Science fiction are "science fantasy", "speculative fiction" and "fabulation". For me, the core of Science Fiction is basically SCIENCE and the FUTURE. It is a genre that is not about witchcraft, magic, sorcery and anything that is too impossible to happen (example: Flying broomsticks, Yoda, talking dog and singing pig, a very hot and buff werewolf, a vampire that makes you wanna be Bella Swan) although things of scifi are "impossible" in a way, there is somewhat a scientific principle behind scifi's stuff rather than fantasy's. 

     Fantasy could or may have science in it, but is not totally based on science or principles of science. It is mainly about the imagination and magic. Example of fantasy movies are: Harry Potter, Star Wars, Alice in Wonderland, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Spiderwick Chronicles, The Chronicles of Narnia.

Good Science Fiction:

1. The Surrogates

2. The Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles

3. X-MEN

I think these movies are good science fiction because they capture what scifi is about. It's action-packed, it's not too impossible to happen and science is these movies' core and foundation; not magic.

Weak Science Fiction:

1. The Day that the Earth Stood Still

2. Star Wars

3. Hellboy

These movies are weak for me because it is science fiction but has fantasy in it which makes it unrealistic and weak for a science fiction movie. 

* this is my blog entry for my SCIFICT class :)) 

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