Two of our very own MDIS Student Council members, VP for Internal Affairs Clarence 'Dan' Ceniza and UniRep April Zara Chua, both from the Oklahoma City University (OCU) Mass Communications degree program are regular Opinion Column writers for the OCU Student Publication, The Campus.
Excerpts from their latest Opinion columns.
Columnist explores culture through food Dan Ceniza Issue date: 1/23/08 Section: Opinion
Growing up in the Philippines where food is a big part of the culture has allowed me to pride myself in being a "foodie."
Little did I know that my so called appreciation for food was going to be heightened tremendously the moment I came to Singapore to study.
Singapore is a country where evenings are incomplete without having two meals.
If you thought dinner is the same as supper, you were wrong. Here, an unwritten social rule seems to dictate supper must come after dinner.
It had me scratching my head when I first got here, but as a nation with four major ethnicities, Singapore's food has to be one of the most diverse and colorful in the world.
Student adjusts to small country life April Zara B. Chua Issue date: 1/23/08 Section: Opinion
In elementary school, a substitute teacher taught us how to point out Singapore on the map. The teacher said: "Put your whole palm on Asia and then say 'Singapore is somewhere there!"
Because of Singapore's humble size, it has been fondly called "The Tiny Red Dot."
It takes only 45 minutes to travel across Singapore.
Coming from a big polluted country like the Philippines, I love the short commutes here and the patches of greenery along the way.
I like to believe, much to the dismay of the people who wait around for me, that it takes only 20 minutes to get anywhere in Singapore.
The most common complaint is that the island is too small for 4.6 million people.
