Empowering the Youth as a Certified PUPian…
by Bryan Bahena
Janine… that’s the more popular name where she’s been known of. Many say she’s the carbon copy of the Filipino bombshell “Joyce Jimenez” and has tagged her a sexy, sassy hot chick for that matter. Catching everyone’s attention with her exotic, effervescent look and perfectly shaped facial features and breath-taking body contours, she’s been the “dream girl” if not the ideal woman of almost every male in the campus. Surely, she has made a lot of males suffer from many sleepless nights—she’s been the culprit of the megalomania and paranoia of a lot of die hard suitors—one smile and it will surely blow you away.
But behind the good looks, lies a deadly, clever brain that will surely be more of the reason for her to be adored. Diligence and dedication to education—those are the values that have become part of her ideal and admirable personality. A certified “iskolar ng bayan” who embodies the true essence of a PUPian—she’s soaring high and has been exemplifying excellence in her field of endeavor as a communication student—a true and ideal epitome of a promising media practitioner.
Ana Janine J. Balois is a junior broadcast communication student of the PUP-College of Communication. For more than three years, she’s been fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of a student though she has had proximity issues—she lives in the more southern part of the metro in Sucat, Parañaque. “I had hard times during the beginning. It takes me more than an hour and a half everyday—going to school and going home—the travel alone was very stressful. Pero nasanay din naman ako nang kalaunan., she says”.
As a PUPian, Janine has lived with the high expectations that have been superimposed to her, not only by her parents but also by other people, the fact that she’s a student of a highly comprehensive state university. “Of course I'm proud and feel blessed about it because I know that… I mean my parents are not spending that much for my education. And I also feel some burdens about it... because of the society's expectation (you know... when you say that you study in a state university to someone, that someone thinks he/she actually contributes something for your education).”, Janine said. Yet, she added that although the expectations were high, she’s challenged on proving her worth as a so-called “iskolar ng bayan”.
Janine had some good feedbacks when it boiled down to the quality of education being rendered by the university. She said that she’s actually satisfied and she’s getting the things that matter and those which were necessary; although she cited one negative, yet inevitable truth—some of the professors were not that effective. (she denied to expound further…)
It’s just but an undeniable truth that PUP has been the iconic image of radicalism and activism—the doctrine of student movements is but omnipresent in the campus. But Janine had some pessimistic yet neutral viewpoints for that matter. “Honestly, I find it so pathetic... I just ignore those kinds of things. It's not that I don't care but I think it is just not our part... I mean we're in school not for these stuffs.”, she said.
Janine describes her relationship with her professors/instructors “well”. She feels good about it but she insinuated that some were not that approachable and cared less for students. Either way, she added that academic freedom in the college was, in every way, “very well” exercised—in all spheres of the learning aspect.
Studying in PUP. Janine had to cope with the sad truth on the issue of poor facilities. Nonetheless, she had some positive hopes in the future—time will come that the government would finally hear the grievances of the student movements, and that state-of-the-art facilities would be given to the university in the not so distant future. Moreover, she added that she’s able to manage some harsh negative criticisms thrown to her university as far as the facilities and equipments were concerned. “Like what I've said, I know the university doesn't have that much budget but I have nothing to protest about it... (if you know what I mean).” In addition to that, she laughed when she was asked of PUP being a total university and, in a jolly manner, said that, “Ikaw bakla... ano sa tingin mo??? Tinanong mo pa 'to... adik ka!!!!”
The surprising revelation that Janine unveiled was that she had no plans of pursuing a career in the media industry. She said, “I don't think I would pursue that career... I envision myself working in a company as part of the Public Relations Department... something like that or a company researcher maybe.” But when she was asked of how she would reciprocate the things that her alma mater has rendered to her, she simply replied, “I don't have a definite idea, but I think I can make myself responsible for every action and choices I've made and I'll come up in the near future... so my alma mater won't be burdened about me... something like that. Yes, I think that's it... being responsible.” (a very witty, clever and practical answer)
It is but true—Ms. Ana Janine Balois is a student which embodies the truest essence of a responsible, ideal individual—one who puts into heart the significance of education in one’s life… her story and her viewpoints…? An empowerment to the whole PUPians and the youth sector as well.
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