Trivia Question for December

Who is  the "Father of Educational Psychology"?

What are you waiting for? Email your answer, name, year and section to college_guidance@csab.edu.ph for a chance to win a gift certificate!

Notes:

1. Only bonafide college students of CSA-B can participate.

2. Only e-mail entries are accepted.

3. The first to submit the CORRECT ANSWER will be declared winner for the month.

4. The name of the winning participant will be posted on this web page.

5. The winner will claim the prize at the College Guidance Center and present his/her valid school ID to Sir Michael.

To our previous winners, please give chance to other students.

First Winner from the College of Nursing!

Alvin Sarmiento, a BSN2 student, submitted the correct answer last November 26.

The answer to November's trivia Question is Virgilio Enriquez.

In the field of culture and personality studies, Virgilio G. Enriquez, considered the Father of Filipino Psychology, identified KAPWA, “shared inner self,” as the core value of the Filipino personality. In kapwa psychology, the “other” is not regarded as different from one’s self but acknowledges the similarity of one’s self with another human being. All the other Filipino customs and values ascribed to Filipinos by foreigners such as Filipino hospitality, hiya (shame), pakikisama (going with the flow or agreeing with the majority), utang na loob (debt of gratitude) emanate from the core value kapwa. (Enriquez 54, 1992). (Tita Pambid)

http://www.language.berkeley.edu/ucfcp/unit15/intro.php

Trivia Question for the Month of November

Who is the father of Filipino Psychology?

What are you waiting for? Email your answer now to college_guidance@csab.edu.ph for a chance to win a gift certificate!

Notes:

1. Only bonafide college students of CSA-B can participate.

2. Only e-mail entries are accepted.

3. The first to submit the CORRECT ANSWER will be declared winner for the month.

4. The name of the winning participant will be posted on this web page.

5. The winner will claim the prize at the College Guidance Center and present his/her valid school ID to Sir Michael.


To our previous winners, please give chance to other students.

Psychology and BSN Students Together!

Team-building Workshop at the College Guidance Center

One student nurse received her gift as early as November 21! Early Christmas at the College Guidance Center?

Ten first year student nurses participated the team-building workshop at the College Guidance Center. The unwrapping of gifts reminded each of the participants that they are gifts. They may come in different packages yet the real gift is within not the wrappers. Each person is a gift for others as long as the person opens and allows himself to be given and shared with others. This was strengthened by the second activity which stressed on the knowledge of oneself through making self-mosaic and group sharing.

The second session culminated in the activity called “Bilog ang Itlog”. The participants were divided into two groups and each group was given an egg, adhesives, bond papers, art papers, magazines and scissors.

The groups had to make an attractive and durable package for the egg to stand an 8-foot fall. They were also tasked to compose a short jingle to advertise their package. The members of the groups eagerly did their share in the preparation of the egg package. After the allotted time, their packages were ready. The participants passionately advertised their package and let their priceless package fell. The participants did very well, no egg was broken!

The workshop concluded with the participants filled with enthusiasm to share themselves to their community and to accept themselves and others as gifts for each other.

The workshop was co-facilitated by six members of the Psych Cell Society who had previously attended similar workshops at Colegio San Agustin – Bacolod and at the University of Saint La Salle.

Early Christmas at the College Guidance Center? Everyday is Christmas not just at the College Guidance Center but everywhere as we encounter others and share each day with them. We are all gifts for each other after all!

"Banana na na! Peer counselors teaching their little BSN brothers & sisters the Banana Dance"

Banana Dance still!

NLE?

Self - mosaic!

BSN1 students with their self-mosaic

Preparing the egg

Strategic planning! =)

Where are the eggs?

The hen will lay it later in the coop! =)

Egg inside!

Pakyaw's egg!

Forget the egg! Pose for the picture!

Laugh it out!

Doctor, doctor, I keep thinking I am a set of curtains!

Pull yourself together, man!


Doctor, doctor, I keep thinking I'm a bell.

Well, just go home and if the feeling persists, give me a ring.


Doctor, doctor, people tell me I'm a wheelbarrow.

Don't let people push you around.


Doctor, doctor, I keep thinking I'm invisible.

Who said that?!


Doctor, doctor, nobody understands me.

What do you mean by that?


Doctor, doctor, People keep ignoring me!

Next!


Doctor, doctor, No one believes a word I say.

Tell me the truth now, what's your REAL problem?


Doctor, doctor, I feel like a pack of cards.

I'll deal with you later.


Doctor, doctor, people keep telling me I'm ugly!

Lay on the couch, face down.


Doctor, Doctor, I can't stop stealing things.

Take these pills for a week; if that doesn't work I'll have a color TV!


Doctor, doctor, I keep thinking I'm a spoon.

Sit there and don't stir.


Doctor, doctor, I'm manic-depressive.

Calm down. Cheer up. Clam down. Cheer up. Calm...


Doctor, doctor, I keep trying to get into fights.

And how long have you had this complaint?

Who wants to know?


Doctor, doctor, I can't concentrate, one minute I'm ok, and the next minute, I'm blank!

And how long have you had this complaint?

What complaint?


Doctor, doctor, I feel so short!

No problem. Hop up on the couch.


Doctor, doctor, I feel like a small bucket.

You do look a little pail.


Doctor, doctor, I've only got 59 seconds to live.

Wait a minute please.


Doctor, I have a ringing in my ears.

Don't answer


http://www.workjoke.com/psychologists-and-psychiatrists-jokes.html

Another Winner from CABECS!

Crisandra J. Ablao, a 4th year BS Tourism student, submitted the correct answer on October 26, 2006.

Her answer is Augustine of Hippo, which is the correct answer for this month's trivia question.

Trivia Question for the Month of October

Who is the father of Christian Psychology?

What are you waiting for? Email your answer now to college_guidance@csab.edu.ph for a chance to win a gift certificate!

Notes:

1. Only bonafide college students of CSA-B can participate.


2. Only e-mail entries are accepted.


3. The first to submit the CORRECT ANSWER will be declared winner for the month.


4. The name of the winning participant will be posted on this web page.


5. The winner will claim the prize at the College Guidance Center and present his/her valid school ID to Sir Michael.


To our previous winners, please give chance to other students.

Career Planning Workshop

The College Guidance Center, in partnership with the graduate students of the University of Saint La Salle – Bacolod, facilitated a career-planning workshop at the testing room of the Student Center Building, Colegio San Agustin – Bacolod last Friday, October 9, 2009.

Eleven graduating psychology students of Colegio San Agustin – Bacolod participated in the said workshop. The activity commenced with a morning prayer depicting the beginning of the day and the beginning of life followed by the story of the three trees. The story described the dreams of the three trees. Though at first they thought that their dreams were never achieved but in the end, their dreams were realized in another and a more meaningful way. They reached beyond their dreams and their hearts were fulfilled and contended.

A lecture on strategic career planning followed. The SODI model on career planning was introduced to the group and careers awaiting psychology graduates were presented. The participants were divided into two groups where they shared what made them choose psychology, their top two career choices in psychology and the person they want to become after five years.

The game “Samson and Delilah” brought more fun and action to the next part of the program. After the game, the participants were given pieces of paper with job titles written on it. Some participants were called to act out the jobs on the papers they got and those who got the same joined them. As a consequence, those who joined the wrong group performed the “Banana Dance” which entertained everybody. The group then had a lecture on decision-making. The simple steps to take and the process of responsible decision-making were discussed. The importance of decision-making was emphasized for the realization a dream is based on decisions made in every given opportunity. The workshop concluded with group processing, evaluation and giving of certificates.

Michael Brian Arcedas, Charlene Rivera and Winona Pandan, students from the graduate school of the University of Saint La Salle – Bacolod, facilitated the workshop.

You are so special to me...

October the Month of the Holy Rosary

October and the Rosary

Tradition holds that October has been celebrated as the month of the rosary since 1571, and the victory of the Catholic League (an alliance of Spain, Venice, the Papal States, Genoa, Savoy, and Malta) over the forces of the Ottoman Empire who were seeking to take over Italy in an effort to move into the heart of Europe. It was October 7, 1571 when the battle was fought and the Catholic League was able to overcome the Ottoman forces.

Prior to the ships sailing off towards battle, Pope Pius V prayed the rosary, asking for Our Lady’s intercession in victory, and every man on board carried a rosary. For this reason, as soon as the men returned from the battle, the good pope declared a feast day for Our Lady of Victory. A rosary procession was offered in St. Peter’s square after the victory and in time the whole month became associated with the rosary, rather than just one day. Pope Pius XIII officially established October as the Month of the Rosary in the 1884.

http://www.aquinasandmore.com/index.cfm/title/October-and-the-Rosary/FuseAction/store.displayArticle/article/145/

Feast of the Little Flower

St. Therese of Liseux
"The Little Flower"
(Feast day:October 1)

Therese Martin was the last of nine children born to Louis and Zelie Martin on January 2, 1873, in Alencon France. However, only five of these children lived to reach adulthood. Precocious and sensitive, Therese needed much attention. Her mother died when she was 4 years old. As a result, her father and sisters babied young Therese. She had a spirit that wanted everything.

At the age of 14, on Christmas Eve in 1886, Therese had a conversion that transformed her life. From then on, her powerful energy and sensitive spirit were turned toward love, instead of keeping herself happy. At 15, she entered the Carmelite convent in Lisieux to give her whole life to God. She took the religious name Sister Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face. Living a hidden, simple life of prayer, she was gifted with great intimacy with God. Through sickness and dark nights of doubt and fear, she remained faithful to God, rooted in his merciful love. After a long struggle with tuberculosis, she died on September 30, 1897, at the age of 24. Her last words were the story of her life: "My God, I love You!"

The world came to know Therese through her autobiography, Story of a Soul. She described her life as a "little way of spiritual childhood." She lived each day with an unshakeable confidence in God's love. "What matters in life," she wrote, "is not great deeds, but great love." She lived and taught a spirituality of attending to everyone and everything well and with love. She believed that just as a child becomes enamored with what is before her, we should also have a childlike focus and totally attentive love. Therese's spirituality is of doing the ordinary, with extraordinary love.

Therese saw the seasons as reflecting the seasons of God's love affair with us. She loved flowers and saw herself as the "little flower of Jesus," who gave glory to God by just being her beautiful little self among all the other flowers in God's garden. Because of this beautiful analogy, the title "little flower" remained with St. Therese.

Her inspiration and powerful presence from heaven touched many people very quickly. She was canonized by Pope Pius XI on May 17, 1925. Had she lived, she would have been only 52 years old when she was declared a Saint.

"My mission - to make God loved - will begin after my death," she said. "I will spend my heaven doing good on earth. I will let fall a shower of roses." Roses have been described and experienced as Saint Therese's signature. Countless millions have been touched by her intercession and imitate her "little way." She has been acclaimed "the greatest saint of modern times." In 1997, Pope John Paul II declared St. Therese a Doctor of the Church - the only Doctor of his pontificate - in tribute to the powerful way her spirituality has influenced people all over the world.

http://www.littleflower.org/

Feast Day of the Archangels

Michael, Gabriel and Raphael

September 29

Angels—messengers from God—appear frequently in Scripture, but only Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are named.

Michael appears in Daniel's vision as "the great prince" who defends Israel against its enemies; in the Book of Revelation, he leads God's armies to final victory over the forces of evil. Devotion to Michael is the oldest angelic devotion, rising in the East in the fourth century. The Church in the West began to observe a feast honoring Michael and the angels in the fifth century.

Gabriel also makes an appearance in Daniel's visions, announcing Michael's role in God's plan. His best-known appearance is an encounter with a young Jewish girl named Mary, who consents to bear the Messiah.

Raphael's activity is confined to the Old Testament story of Tobit. There he appears to guide Tobit's son Tobiah through a series of fantastic adventures which lead to a threefold happy ending: Tobiah's marriage to Sarah, the healing of Tobit's blindness and the restoration of the family fortune.

The memorials of Gabriel (March 24) and Raphael (October 24) were added to the Roman calendar in 1921. The 1970 revision of the calendar joined their feasts to Michael's. Each of these archangels performs a different mission in Scripture: Michael protects; Gabriel announces; Raphael guides. Earlier belief that inexplicable events were due to the actions of spiritual beings has given way to a scientific world-view and a different sense of cause and effect. Yet believers still experience God's protection, communication and guidance in ways which defy description. We cannot dismiss angels too lightly.

http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/saint.aspx?id=1153

We Have a Winner!

ST. THOMAS OF VILLANOVA

(September 18)

ST. THOMAS, the glory of the Spanish Church in the sixteenth century, was born in 1488. A thirst for the science of the Saints led him to enter the house of the Austin Friars at Salamanca. Charles V. listened to him an oracle, and appointed him Archbishop of Valencia. On being led to his throne in church, he pushed the silken cushions aside, and with tears kissed the ground. His first visit was to the prison; the sum with which the chapter presented him for his palace was devoted to the public hospital. As a child he had given his meal to the poor, and two thirds of his episcopal revenues were now annually spent in alms. He daily fed five hundred needy persons, brought up himself the orphans of the city, and sheltered the neglected foundlings with a mother's care. During his eleven years’ episcopate not one poor maiden was married without an alms from the Saint. Spurred by his example, the rich and the selfish became liberal and generous; and when, on the Nativity of Our Lady, 1555, St. Thomas came to die, he was well-nigh the only poor man in his see.

http://www.catholic-saints.info/roman-catholic-saints-s-z/saint-thomas-of-villanova.htm

Our winner for the month of September is: May Hope Santiago BSA-3. She submitted the correct answer last September 18, 2009 at 11:42 AM.

Trivia Question for the Month of September

Who is the Augustinian saint known as the father of the poor, the almsgiver and the model of bishops whose memorial is celebrated today?

Notes:

1. Only bonafide college students of CSA-B can participate.

2. Only e-mail entries are accepted.

3. The first to submit the CORRECT ANSWER will be declared winner for the month.

4. The name of the winning participant will be posted on this web page.

5. The winner will claim the prize at the College Guidance Center and present his/her valid school ID to Sir Michael.

To our previous winners, please give chance to other students.

Trivia for this Month

Trivia for the month of September will be posted on September 18!

Good luck!

Trouble Sleeping? Just Breathe

If your mind is racing and you are having difficulty falling asleep, a few minutes of simple but effective breathing exercises can help calm your nervous system on a chemical level and lead to greater success in hitting the sack. The awareness and control of breath has been a central component of yoga, martial arts and Taoism for thousands of years. There are dozens of different methods and exercises you can explore through a good teacher or book. The practice of breath control in yoga is called pranayama. I'll detail a simple pranayama exercise here that is particularly effective for falling asleep called alternate nostril breathing (that's "nadi shodana" for the Sanskrit posse out there).

Alternate nostril breathing is a great way to clear obstructed nostrils, balance the yin and yang energy of the body and focusing the busy mind on the present for a deliberate and calming exercise. When our nostrils are unobstructed, we involuntarily alternate breathing through one or the other about every two hours. Breathing through your right nostril stimulates the left side of the brain (intellectual, analytical, rational thought) and prepares the body for physical action (yang energy). Breathing through your left nostril stimulates the right side of the brain (creative, emotional thought) and prepares the body for passive mental activity (yin energy). If both nostrils are not clear, breathing will become imbalanced and so will the energy in your body.

When you are feeling restless at bedtime, head outside (weather permitting obviously, but even in wintertime, you can certainly spend a couple minutes on a balcony or porch in brisk air), sit in a comfortable chair and begin the exercise. You will likely have a really hard time focusing your mind on only the breathing exercise. Establish a rule that whenever your mind wanders away from the breathing exercise to other random thoughts, you have to start over. With practice, you'll develop the esteemed ability to relax and center -- not just to calm the mind for bed but any time the stresses of life are closing in.

Alternate nostril breathing is performed as follows: Take one hand up to your face for blocking nostrils. For example, your right thumb will close off your right nostril while your right index or middle finger will close off your left nostril. Block off the right nostril and inhale fully (notice how your inhale and exhale will be slower since you are only using one nostril). Pause at the completion of your inhale and switch nostrils by using your finger to block the left nostril and releasing your thumb from the right nostril. Exhale through the right nostril, inhale through the right nostril, then pause and switch to exhale through the left nostril. Thus, you switch nostrils in the middle of the breath cycle. To complete a cycle of 10 breaths, count each inhale/exhale as one. After your complete your breathing session, you can return to bed with a calm brain and hopefully induce a good night's sleep.

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/trouble-sleeping-just-breathe-505000/

Happy Fiesta!

Happy Fiesta Colegio San Agustin - Bacolod!

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Christian at 33, a priest at 36, a bishop at 41: many people are familiar with the biographical sketch of Augustine of Hippo, sinner turned saint. But really to get to know the man is a rewarding experience.

There quickly surfaces the intensity with which he lived his life, whether his path led away from or toward God. The tears of his mother, the instructions of Ambrose and, most of all, God himself speaking to him in the Scriptures redirected Augustine’s love of life to a life of love.

Having been so deeply immersed in creature-pride of life in his early days and having drunk deeply of its bitter dregs, it is not surprising that Augustine should have turned, with a holy fierceness, against the many demon-thrusts rampant in his day. His times were truly decadent—politically, socially, morally. He was both feared and loved, like the Master. The perennial criticism leveled against him: a fundamental rigorism.

In his day, he providentially fulfilled the office of prophet. Like Jeremiah and other greats, he was hard-pressed but could not keep quiet. “I say to myself, I will not mention him,/I will speak in his name no more./But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart,/imprisoned in my bones;/I grow weary holding it in,/I cannot endure it” (Jeremiah 20:9).

http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/byname.aspx

Trivia Question Answered!

The First Mass

Further on, seeing that they were reasonable men, Magellan offered them food and drink. The islanders brought with them food placed on white Chinese porcelain wares. This confirmed further Magellan that he is now truly in the East. That day, Magellan struck a pack with the chieftain Rajah Colambu. Then, on March 31, 1521, in this Island of Limawasa, the first Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was celebrated by Father Pedro de Valderama. This Mass was attended by both the remaining crew and the natives. At the consecration, all the canons saluted our Eucharistic Lord. After the Mass, the natives expressed their desire to be Christians and for this, Magellan planted hastily a big cross on the top of the hill. This was the first Holy Cross planted in these isles, and it was the Easter Sunday when they do it!

(http://www.sspxasia.com/Newsletters/2001/Oct-Dec/A_short_Philippine_History.htm)

Carol M. Montojo BSC-3 (MA) submitted the correct answer last Sunday at 2:37 PM.

Good luck Agustinians!

Trivia Question for the Month of August

Today is the Feast of the Assumption of Mary!

For our trivia this month:

Who celebrated the first Catholic Mass in the Philippines?

Clue: He is an Augustinian Friar

What are you waiting for? E-mail your answer, your name, course and section to college_guidance@csab.edu.ph for a chance to win a gift certificate!

Notes:

1. Only bonafide college students of CSA-B can participate.

2. Only e-mail entries are accepted.

3. The first to submit the CORRECT ANSWER will be declared winner for the month.

4. The name of the winning participant will be posted on this web page.

5. The winner will claim the prize at the College Guidance Center and present his/her valid school ID to Mr. Michael.

Trivia Question for August

The trivia question for the month of August will be posted on August 15, the feast of The Assumption of Mary.

Peer Counselors' Workshop

The College Guidance Center, in cooperation with the Psychology Cell Society, conducted a team – building workshop at the fourth floor of the Student Center Building, Colegio San Agustin – Bacolod last Saturday, August 1, 2009.

Thirty-two members of the Peer Counselors’ Group participated in the said workshop. The activity started with an opening prayer, which depicts man as the dwelling place of God, despite his/her situation. Fr. Willie graced the occasion with his very inspiring opening remarks. According to him, Augustinian peer counselors are men and women with others. They are known to heal sometimes, remedy often and comfort always. Comfort always – extend time in order to be present and to hear the cries of the poor. They live according to the message of the Gospel values that Augustinian counselors are for the poor, for the weak and for those who need them. Fr. Willie hopes that after the workshop, the peer counselors will be renewed, inspired and very much ready to face the tribulations as peer facilitators.

The facilitators of the workshop were Ms. Jessamine Calma and Ms. Lucille Arcedas. Ms. Calma is a member of the Teresian Association and has been facilitating team-building activities in Cebu, Manila, Bacolod and wherever she is assigned. Ms. Arcedas had taken 1.5 units in Foundations of Leadership at Cornell University and she has been conducting various workshops in the Diocese of Kabankalan.

The first activity was a game on the unwrapping of gifts. Each person is a gift for others as long as the person opens himself/herself to be given and shared. The first session stressed on the knowledge of oneself through making self-mosaic and sharing with the group. The second session was the Gift of Presence in a Team, which was started with the “Mine Walk”. A triad was formed comprising a blind, a guide and one by the side (observer). Inputs and processing followed each activity.

The closing activity was the affirmation of one’s giftedness as “the salt of the earth”. The participants exchanged blessings to each other with a gesture while saying to one another, “You have been blessed, be a blessing to others.”