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PALOVEUS 2021: SPREADING

LOVE ACROSS DISTANCE

Words: Maurine Jhoy Dollesin

FEBRUARY - a month we all welcome with have sound complex, but Love conquers all so the
open hearts! As January ends, we come acrossa officers, headed byPresident Vianne Jiwatramani,
fresh month, a month which is termed as the ‘love with Psychology Society moderator Ms. Dianna
month’ since every 14th of this monthwe celebrate Imperio &Ms. Marinela Paulino and Psychology
love and affection through “Valentines day’. This is Dean Dr. Ruel Cajili, carefully outlined the event.
not just to celebrate lovewith a significant others The main platform utilized to deliver a smooth
or as a couple but most importantly bringing flow of the movie was Discord, a desktopor mobile
together your lovedones - family, friends, close application designed to create communities with FB
fellows, and showing care and concern in our own messenger-like featureswhere we can communicate
innovativeways, in our respective homes or through through voice calls, text messaging, media files as
virtual meetings due to this pandemic. part ofprivate chats or ‘servers’. The film showing
covered both local and a foreign movie whichare
Moreso, it is on this month where ‘Four sisters before the wedding’, Filipino comedy-
Psychology Society offers several activities to take drama Star cinema film, and ‘Soul’an animated
part onthis special occasion just like selling sweets Disney movie. The event was well attended by the
and delicacies, ‘harana’ services and of coursethe Psychology family fromFreshmen to graduating
yearly ‘PaLOVE us’ segment which composes of film students, along with deans and professors, where
showing relating LOVE across allsort of relationships. the chat roomsand channels created prior the
Unfortunately since the pandemic had place all of us event were helpful enough to check attendance,
in quarantineand online classes, the activities were allowphoto opportunity, and gather responses and
all limited and some were even halted. However,the feedbacks especially the impact of themovies.
pandemic may have placed distance between us,
but this has not stopped thePsychology Society to Even when tough times hit us, we will not
make ways, cross borders, gather the Psychology be hindered by anything to connect with ourlove
family and spreadlove. ones in any form. Just like how ‘Four sisters before
the wedding’ entails the value offamily, and how
On the 11th of February, 2021 at 5:45 ‘Soul’ tells us what life is without purpose, we should
in the afternoon, the Psychology society gave a learn to value everysingle thing and create purpose
freshnew experience for all the Psychology family and meaning in life.
by planning a Virtual PaLoveUs filmShowing. It may

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