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Testimonio

We all have our strengths and weaknessess. We all have our own personality. In life, sometimes we can't avoid to hurt other people. Have you ever been bullied? I am. You are lucky if you never experienced this kind of pain.

Back when I was in elementary, I don't have any confidence in my looks because of my teeth, and yes until now but before some of my teeth had a black circle on it that's what they are using to take over my confidence, because of that I think of myself that I am the ugliest person that eve lived. Whenever I'm trying to smile, I never showed my teeth, because I know they just laugh at it. I can remember the time when one of my classmate bullied me and then I answered back but he is much stronger than me that time, he kicked me in my chest, I went to my adviser to tell her what he did, and our teacher lectured her. I thought he will not do that ever again, but I was wrong, he did that again and again but I chose to be silent. The time has come that I really have to remove my teeth, and I thought they will treat me better this time but I was wrong... again, they bullied me over and over again but I let them do what they want and waited for the graduation to come.

Bullying is an aggresive personality that can build a person's fear. There are different kinds of bullying. Physical bullying, physically they hurt you, they punch you, and so on. Verbal bullying, through words, it is much painful than being punched, because words can kill a person, it can cause a lot of damage of one's heart. Bullying isn't a joke, it is not funny, it is no funny. It will never be okay. It can affect to every people who have been bullied, physically, emotionally and mentally. It is a crime, bully people should be in jail. " Never do unto others what you don't want others do unto you."

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Literary Journalism

" The unusual

disappearance of

Brandon Swanson "

A 19 year old Brandon Victor Swanson that lives in Marshall, Minessota went to his friend and took a party near in Lynd in May 13, 2008, Tuesday. He finished 1st year college that day in Minessota West Community and Technical College.

Brandon went off the Lynd party to go to another friend's party in Canby, he left at Lynd's party in middle of 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., according to his friends in Lynd's he is not yet drunk when he left the place and according to the people in Canby, he left the place while drinking whisky on his way home.

While driving home, he was trapped in "Ditch Along a Gravel" road, the time was 1:15 a.m. 14th of May, 2008. Be tried to call his friends but he was disappointed because no one answered. He called his parents' Brian and Annette Swanson around 1:54 a.m. to inform them what happened to him, he told them where he was, and also said that he wasn't injured.

When his parents have arrived in the location he told them where he was is they can't find him. His mother called him and his parents have got an idea to turn their flash lights on for him to know that they are on that place. Annette kept saying, "We're flashing our lights! We're flashing our lights!" And then Brandon answered, "Don't you see me?", they heard him but they cannot see him.

Brandon ended the call but his mother called him again because Annette is panicking and she needs to apologize to his son. His mother told him that they should see each other in Lynd tavern parking lot and Brandon will just walk.

While walking his father is still on the phone and he is walking in Gravel roads, until he saw a two fences lines and heard a running water, he shouted and the call disconnected. His father told his mom that Brandon might fell and slipped.

Brian called Brandon countless tines but no one answered. On that day, they can't find Brandon and they leave a bunch of voicemails on his phones they run out of communication.

6:30 a.m. they reported to the police that their son went missing. They started to find him around 12:30 p.m. and in middle of their searching they saw Brandon's Chevy Lumina Sedan, his car, but there's no physical damage in his car. Months had passed and they can't still see Brandon, no Brandon has ever seen. They believed the rumors that Brandon might have fell and drowned in the Body of Water.

11 years, 9 months and 9 days, until today, Brandon was never seen.

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Facial Recognition

Eyes are the windows

of the soul

His eyes is my favorite part of his face. His name is Leif Derrick Dotado. When I joined choir, he is the first person that caught my attention. His eyes describes the personality he has. His eyes were shining, shimmering, splendid, and the reason why I love his eyes is I can see in it that in every challenges he will take, he can conquer it bravely. Yes, I have seen a lot of beautiful eyes but his are seldomly to be seen. His eyes are very astonishing, it is pleasing, it can tell you a lot of emotion without saying anything. Even though you don't know him personally, the way you look at his eyes, you can see his beautiful soul. And now I really believe that eyes are the windows of the soul.

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Reaction to a Personal Narrative

Sometimes we think of the people we are going to trust our secrets with. Sometimes there are people who will come to our lives to stay but the other were to leave us with a lesson and the few of them will just check you on when they need something to you. You are much luckier if you found your true soulmate, your human diary, a person who is trustworthy because they are few, they are rare. You are lucky if you have them, have a person you can talk to whenever you have a problem, a person you can tell your secrets with, a person who will always understand you in every way of your personality, if you're going to have a person like them, treasure them the most.

In my opinion about Carlo Davan's personal narrative, I can say that he is so lucky to have a friend he can lean on, a friend that turned to family and ready to open his arms for him. Their first meeting was beautiful, it was wonderful because they met at the church, this just means that Lord made a way for them to meet, their friendship was made in heaven. A friendship like that cannot be destroyed by anything, cannot be replaced by anyone because in the end, they will always end up as friends, to their pads, to each other's arms.

Having a friend that can lend you a tireless ears and can give you a thousand of advices is really keepable. Sometimes you can have misunderstandings with your best budd but you will always end up together, you can't stay mad at each other within a week. Friendship are forever, it is always true. If your friendship ended up, you can't call it a friendship, if that fails, that means, you haven't found your soulmate yet. No one can ever ruin a friendship, it is a bond that is ties forever.

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Personal Narrative

An unexpected

friendship

In life, there are people who we don't expect to be friends with but there are few who will stay forever. Sometimes after an event, you can't catch up together and the next thing you knew? You're no friends with them anymore. But for me, if you're really friends with them, they will not leave you and they will never forget you.

When I was a kid, I am already a member of choir and I heard our seniors asking who will be next to enter the prex family. They say, PREX is an event that can make you know yourself even more, you can learn a lot from different people, you can experience a lot of things, you will laugh, you will cry. But in PREX, you have to share your experience, you have to speak and I am a shy type of person so I don't I know it is a need in life, we have to speak but all those worries because I know there will be a lot of sharings and I am guessing I will be having a friend aside from my choirmates. The time has come and I am right, there are bunch of sharings and life lessons and of course about the Lord. Our first day was a blast, I never thought I will be having that kind of experience in PREX. And when in our last day, Sunday, November 10, 2019 and we will be able to graduate in PREX. The last day was the most memorable day but I am worried because what if after PREX, me and my new found friends won't able to talk anymore? Won't able to see each other? But Lord said, I don't have to worry because He gave me friends that I can behold to future. After graduation, we decided to go to one's place and took a party there. I thought, that will be the last time of us going to celebrate but I was wrong again... We did it again and again.

I have learned a lot in PREX, it is true that your experience there is fantastic! That's why I wanted to acknowledge my friends, my batchmates, PREX batch 189, Encho, Ivan, Totoy, Aldrin, Tony, Magical, Kuya Nic, ate Mads, Nicole, Kc. I wanted to thanked them for being part of my life, for completing the days in my PREX days. PREX gave me mixed emotions and life lessons that I can apply to life.

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Reflective Essay

We all have our own problems. Heavy or not, big or small, it is a problem that needs to be solved. Sometimes people always think that we are always happy but they don't know that it is so heavy inside and we don't know who we are going to talk to, who we are going to tell what our problems are. Sometimes we think that it's good to be a non living thing for us to feel nothing or worst, we chose to end our lives because we think that it is the only way to survive our pain.

February 4, 2020, a group or an organization went to our school to discuss the issue of youths that we are facing today. K.I.D, that's the name of their organization that means "Kabataan Iwas Droga." They discussed about alcoholic drinks, drugs, rape, pornography, crimes, etc. Sad to say just to avoid these problems is they tend to use illegal drugs, drinking alcoholic drinks, and children that were involved in different crimes. It is really sad to think that the life that God had spared for us goes along with useful things and habits. Hearing the words that awakened our minds made me happy and that day became a productive day to each one of us, a lot of lessons have been taught to us. It helped us to think again about our lives, to what we really want in life. We have to know the importance of life and we have to take care of it.

The lesson I have learned from them is we have the responsibility to take a good care of the life we have, because it is a gift from above. We have our own purpose in life, we have our own mission to complete on. Do not waste your life just because you can't live with your pain. Always remember that God is always here, He is always and forever bigger than our problems.

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TRAVELOGUE

INTRAMUROS, MANILA

' Lost in the Beauty of

Intramuros '

Life is short. Any time and day God can take our borrowed life from us. So before we proceed our walk with God and lead to His kingdom, let us go to the our dreamed places here in earth. Have you been in a City called Historical Walled City? Have you heard anything about it? Or have you been in the place they called "Intramuros"?

When I was young, that was one of the places I want to roam around. The Intramuros. I always think of how does it look? How does the old architectures look there? And I said to myself that some day I will be able to see Intramuros. Until this July 19, 2019 I get the chance to go to Intramuros with my friends because we were invited to an exhibit. Our friend that is a student in Mapúa University invited us to their exhibit entitled "Submerge diving into uncharted waters". It was located inside the Intramuros, at Vera Studios. I was so excited that time. After almost 2 hours of long drive, we finally arrived at Intramuros, Manila. While we are walking, we were enjoying every view so we took pictures whenever there's a beautiful places there. I was so astonished by the beauty of Intramuros. There are old buildings of 7/11 and Starbucks. When we are about to leave, as per we are new to Intramuros, we were lost but that was the most enjoyable moment that day because we get to see the Manila Cathedral, it was elegant, the beauty of the millenium church is still there, they renovated it very well. I said to myself, someday I will be able to have my wedding inside the Manila Cathedral. It was midnight when we headed home but it is fine because I get the chance to be in one of my dreamed places.

The second time around we went to Intramuros we went to Manila Cathedral first, but we didn't get the chance to go inside. I noticed that there's a Latin words encarved at the top of the door of the church it says, "Tibi Cordu Tuo Immaculato Concredimus Nos Ac Consecremus" that means " We consecrate to your Immaculate Heart and entrust to you Virgin Mary for safekeeping.” And based my knowledge, Manila Cathedral Church is one of the wonderful Basilican Church in the Philippines. My amazement in Manila Cathedral was endless.

That was one of my most unforgettable day because finally! I get the chance to be in Intramuros, Manila, even when we got home late it is fine because of the satisfaction and endless beauty of Intramuros. I want to go back to Intramuros because I know there are lots of places there I haven't been. And that was the most memorable day of my life.

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BIOGRAPHY OF

MA. YSABEL G. ESCALONA

" Judgment turned to Friendship “

A girl named, Ma. Ysabel Galang Escalona was born in Mandaluyong Hospital, on the month of June day 15, year 2001. She is 1/4 Chinese. Raised by an average family.

I met her way back 2013, at Saint Augustine Chapel. As I joined the Choir, I finally met her and had the chance to know her but there are numerous members of choir and we have different groups, I didn't get the chance to know her deeper at our first and second year being choirmates. At first, I am totally annoyed at her because she is too loud and I am not. I thought, we will not end up being friends because of our opposite personality. We aren't that close before. She is taller than me, a boyish looking girl, has a loud voice, her hair is always tied up and very talkative. As the years goes by, we are losing our batchmates until 7 of us stayed. When our circle of friends is getting smaller, I get the chance to get to know her more than I did before. She isn't just a talkative girl, she isn't just too loud, I have known her even more. She is too friendly, a very optimistic person, and a happy go lucky girl. My judgment was wrong. I was mistaken about judging her at first. She earned my trust and respect. We talked about a lot of things and we've shared a lot of stories.

Until now, we have continuous stories and chitchats. It's like a sibling treatment, it feels like I got a sister when we became close. Sometimes I asked for help in academics and she never hesitated to help me. We grew as a choir member. And now we are at our 7 years of serving. She is now a reader in mass, a lector. I am so happy because she is getting into another stage of being a servant. As our friendship is getting deeper and better, I am much happy because I get to know a person like her. We support each other's life, even in our lovelife. I will never forget her.

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NOMER T. CASIPIT

“ Growing Seed “

We cannot stay being a child, our age will not be the same anymore, we are all getting old. Our childhood is one of our unforgettable memories, it is up to us if we will going to make it the best.

I am Nomer T. Casipit, born in the City of Imus, Cavite, on July 28, year 2002. When I was a child, I didn't care about how I look, if I look dirty or showered by my sweat because of playing in the road, we played a lot of Filipino games such as Tagu-taguan, Luksong baka, Patintero, Agawan Base, Langit lupa, Tumbang preso and many more. Even though we reached the darkness of the sky, we are not satisfied on what we are doing and still playing. That time is one of my happiest memories, I thought before it was all fun and laugh, joy and genuine happiness, without thinking of problems. Unlike the kids nowadays, all they do is to play internet games, holding their gadgets, connected to wifi and so on. I pity them because they don't experience the real definition of games and happiness, the real fun of childhood.

Being a child is like being a problem free and stress free human, only fun and joy, games and laugh all through the day and night. But as the time goes by, as we grow older, now that I am at the age of 17 and a student of Humanities and Social Science (HUMSS), I learned about life, my perspective widened about how life must go and how it may live. Before I was just a child that have nothing to worry about, but we don't just stay like that. I learned a lot about life and I am still learning. Now, I have a wider and bigger plans for myself and my family, I am now ready to reach my goals. My heart is fulfilled as I serve the Lord as a choir member at St. Augustine of Canterbury Chapel. As long as we live, we never stop learning.