Love.Risk.Surf.Live

This was a novel written by Luwalhati Bautista and a movie starred by Vilma Santos. I wrote this essay way back May 12, 2008, during my college days. This was a requirement in one of my GE classes in UP, Panitikang Pilipint 19 (PanPil 19). “Bata Bata Pano ka Ginawa” sa direksyon ni Chito Roño Ang pelikula ay tungkol kay Lea-ina ng dalawang anak na sina Ogie at Maya, pero sa magkaibang ama, nagtatrabaho sa isang NGO, na namamahala sa iba’t ibang human rights violation partikular laban sa mga kababaihan.  Ang ama ni Ogie na si Raffy ay iniwan silang mag-ina nang kinailangan nitong magtrabaho sa Surigao. Si Maya, na ang ama ay si Ding ay nakatira sa isang bahay kasama si Ogie. Nang makabalik si Raffy, nakita niya ang anak na si Ogie at nagkaroon ng pagkakataong makilala nang husto ang anak. Binalak ng dalawang amang kunin ang kanilang anak pero sa huli ang pinili ng dalawang anak na manatili sa kanilang ina. Pinakita sa pelikula ang mga karaniwang tingin ng lipunan sa mga ...

Another file I saw.. I wrote this on May 5, 2011 on the First ever National Election experience I had. It's my first time to vote! Woke up early, excited to vote. It's the first ever automated election! Talk about progress and advancement. This is it! No more manual counting. I remember watching on TV the tedious way of counting votes. They used manila papers and markers to manually count the votes. It took days to finish tallying the votes. 10am my mom and I headed to the Club House wearing green shirt to signify our support for GIBO. Long cues await us! We patiently lined up under the heat of the sun, sweating profusely. After 3 hours finally we reach the voting station. I signed my name, thumb marked across it and got the ballot, folder and marker. I carefully shaded my chosen candidates, while looking at my codigo ballot from time to time. Done. Ready to cast my vote. I eagerly went near the Pcos machine. In less than 1minute the machine flashed the "Congra...

I was cleaning my files and I found my Graduate Essay. I wrote this July 16, 2012 as part of my application for MS Environmental and Natural Resources Management in the UP Open University. I'm posting it here so I can delete the file already:) I have this deep love for the ocean as I was growing up. I like swimming and even tried water sports like dragon boat, skin diving and surfing. This love for the ocean turned into a great passion for marine conservation when I became a member of the UP Marine Biological Society (UP MBS). UP MBS is an environmental, skin diving organization that aims to promote awareness of the marine environment thru the sport of skin diving and the principles of environmentalism. I was exposed to various marine organisms as we dove and explored our islands. I had a chance to head an International Coastal Cleanup back in college. The cleanup was followed by a lecture on how the youth can help save the environment. Because of this organization, I’ve becom...