Influence of the Media in the Society

Over the past few years, the impact and the influence of the media had augmentedly grown with the use of the advanced technology.

 On the past generation there were only books, newspapers, magazines, audio devices and other stuff. But now we’re already isolated with the Internet.

Yes, internet has many benefits for people. But let me just ask you, are you aware of the different disadvantages of it?

Today, just about everyone depends on information and communication to keep their lives moving through daily activities like work, education, health care, leisure activities, entertainment, traveling, personal relationships, and the other stuff with which we are involved.

One of the most influential way of media is the social media with the use of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Those three became the top social networking sites which are commonly used by many Filipinos. Yes I know that we want to share some moments of our life but we must know our own limits. We shouldn’t put EVERYTHING on those sites. We must THINK BEFORE WE CLICK OR TAP, because everything we post has an effect for every people who are viewing our profile.

Media is not for entertainment only. We trust the media as an authority for news, information, education and entertainment. Considering that powerful influence, then, we should know how it really works. 

The Dark Side of CEU Manila

Almost all of the old universities here in the Philippines can be considered as a haunted university. Most of them were established during the Spanish and American regime. But let me take you to the dark side of our Centro Escolar University.

CEU is not that popular when it comes to ghosts stories unlike Ateneo and UST. Our university was founded by two women, Librada Avelino and Carmen De Luna in the year 1907, and it was originally called as Centro Escolar de Señoritas.

As my almost 2 years stay in CEU, I’d already heard about some spooky stories that there are ghosts prevailing inside the university and according to those stories the most haunted place in the university is the Bulwagang Maestra Osang or what we called as BMO.

BMO is the place where some events happen such as forums and contests. This is also the place for Performing Arts students.

Students say that the BMO was previously a mortuary or morgue.

University’s Performing Arts students usually witness some of the said ghosts that are haunting at the BMO.

Another scary story that is haunting the students is the rumor about the classrooms with crucifix. Those classrooms was said to have roaming spirits that’s why they put it especially in the CDL building. This is the oldest building that was constructed in the university. It is so obvious because only selected classrooms were fettered with roods. A dog barking that was said to be Librada Avelino’s pet is also a terror story in the university.

In addition to those stories, there is another creepy story of an old woman who was said to be roaming around the Librada Avelino Auditorium especially on the second floor of the hall. Not sure if it was one of the founders, Librada Avelino but it is surely an old woman.

Here’s a quick memoir of my classmates and I with that dog. We were staying at the CDL310 because it was break time and we’re really used to do that though it is violated. I have my multi-purpose mp3 player. It can also be a voice recorder and a flash drive. We were chaffing each other at that time. I am recording the sound of the CDL 310’s door creaking, and when I played it back I heard a sound of dog barking in the record clip. We’re very frightened at that time and we dashly left the room. It’s impossible that it is a dog outside the university because it is very unthinkable to see a dog near the university. Well, we still don’t have proofs for this but there’s no big loss if we will become careful of our actions.