For the past four weeks, my block and I were tasked to write short and personal essays about given topics per week. Starting off the Media Logs was the topic about Educational technology. The article I chose to write about for the first Media Log was something a bit more different than others. There are tons of articles proposed about the benefits of technology in education but not really much about the bad effects and irrelevance. It was a challenge for me to write this Media Log since it was personally the opposite of what I feel towards technology.
I was instantly hit with nostalgia on the second Media Log. The topic was all about commercials and the one I chose was the local version of Coke's "I Wish" ad. I used to sing the song sung on the commericial, "Sana", a lot when I was a kid. I love the message it gave off and it is truly a classic commercial for many Filipinos.
Little Fatty was my choice for the third Media Log which was about viral photos. The meme is one of the most famous and seeing the photo of Little Fatty makes me smile. Billions--yes, billions--find the photo hilarious but I think Little Fatty has the last laugh of all since all the attention made him a sensation in his homeland of China.
The fourth was about movie trailers. I had to write this Media Log twice since there is a difference between describing how amazing The Devil Wears Prada is and how its trailer justified that. I thought the trailer did its part but then I'm just biased; I love the movie so much.
Overall, I enjoyed writing all three Media Logs despite each having a certain degree of difficulty to deal with like how to make my first Media Log convincing to having absolutely no idea on how to write the 4th Media Log due to no internet(Thanks, Glenda), it was an awesome experience. It was a breather from the strict form of academic writing that pretty much dominate our ENGLCOM.
