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"My life during pandemic"

Pandemic has been a rollercoaster of emotions, to say the least. At first, I was scared - scared for my health, scared for my loved ones, and scared for what the future held. We didn't leave our house for weeks, only venturing out for essential trips like grocery shopping. It felt like the world had come to a standstill, and it was hard to see how things would ever get better.

But as time went on, I started to adapt to the new normal. I got used to wearing a mask everywhere I went and became more comfortable with the idea of social distancing. I found new hobbies, like doing my own nail extension and learning to bake. I even started having virtual happy hours with my friends, something I never would have considered before the pandemic. Of course, there were still tough days. I felt overwhelmed by the constant barrage of bad news. But I tried to focus on the things I was grateful for - my health and my home.

As the months went by, vaccines were being developed and distributed, and life was slowly starting to return to some semblance of normalcy.

Now, I'm feeling hopeful. There are still challenges ahead, but I have faith that we will get through them. And in the meantime, I'm grateful for the lessons the pandemic has taught me - about resilience, adaptability, and the power of human connection, even in the toughest of times.

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My Best Friend: A Narrative Essay

The sun was shining, birds were chirping, and my heart was filled with excitement as I woke up that morning to spend the entire day with my best friend, Jannah. Jannah and I had been best friends since elementary, and our bond only grew stronger as we went through middle school, and high school together.

As soon as we arrived at the park, we went straight to our favorite spot. We had a picnic blanket already laid out, and with a basket full of snacks, we were ready to spend the entire day laughing and having fun. We talked about everything, from our childhood memories to our hopes and dreams for the future. We watched the families playing around us, the dogs running around, and the old couples walking hand in hand. We both sighed, agreeing that we hoped to have that kind of love one day.

Jannah and I were completely different in so many ways, but that's what made our friendship work so well. She was quiet and reserved, while I was outgoing and always up for a new adventure. She was the yin to my yang, and I loved her for it. We did everything together, from shopping and going to the movies to studying for exams and supporting each other during difficult times.

At around 4 pm, we packed up our stuff and headed back to Jannah's house. When we got there, we decided to bake some cookies and watch our favorite movies. As usual, we were laughing and having a great time, until I received a phone call from my mom telling me it was time to go home.

As I walked away from Jannah's house, I was filled with gratitude for having such an amazing best friend. She had been there for me through every milestone of my life, and had always supported me no matter what. I knew that no matter where life took us, our friendship would remain solid and unbreakable.

In conclusion, my best friend, Jannah, has had an enormous impact on my life. She has been my confidant, my partner in crime, and my shoulder to cry on. We have shared countless memories, and I know that there are so many more to come. I am lucky to have her in my life and will always cherish our friendship.

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My name is Jhelyn Mae C. Villanueva and i would like to describe myself with this letter. I always dream to live and work in foreign country and i am really excited that it will become reality soon. I would like to go to Japan because that is my dream country and i think it is a beautiful country with its beautiful place and tourist spots, specially the cherry blossom tree or sakura. I am fascinated by the marvelous landscape and from the nice people living in Japan.

I would like to tell something about me now, something about my family. My family is a typical filipino family. My mother is a housewife and she is also a employed barangay nutrition scholar (BNS) and my father is a lead man in DMCI. I have a two siblings one boy and one girl.

I have a good relationship to my siblings and my parents. Sometimes there is a little quarrel but i think this is normal and we try to resolve our problems together.

I am a creative and ambitious young woman, because i have a lot of ideas about my future. I i want to enroll in bachelor of science in midwifery and college to pursue my dream course and dream job.

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Biography of Rodrigo Roa Duterte

Rodrigo Duterte, also called Digong, (born March 28, 1945, Maasin, Philippines), Filipino politician who was president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.

Duterte’s father served as governor of the province of Davao, and his mother was a community activist who had a prominent role in the “people power” movement that deposed the authoritarian president Ferdinand Marcos and restored democratic rule to the Philippines. Duterte earned a political science degree (1968) from Lyceum of the Philippines University in Manila and a law degree (1972) from San Beda College. In 1977 he joined the Davao City prosecutor’s office, where he remained until he was appointed (1986) vice mayor of that city.

Duterte was elected mayor in 1988, and he was reelected to that post twice over the subsequent decade. Because of term-limit restrictions, he was barred from seeking reelection in 1998, but he successfully ran for a seat representing Davao in the Philippines House of Representatives. Upon the completion of that term in 2001, he returned to Davao City and was once more elected mayor. Because the term-limit restriction again came into force in 2010, he was elected vice mayor, and his daughter Sara served as mayor. In 2013 Duterte returned to the mayor’s office, this time with his son Paolo (“Pulong”) serving as vice mayor.

During his more than two decades as mayor of Davao City, the controversial politician transformed the city from a haven of lawlessness into one of the safest areas in Southeast Asia. Duterte’s harsh crime-fighting tactics earned him the nicknames “the Punisher” and “Duterte Harry” (in reference to the film character Dirty Harry, the ruthlessly effective police inspector portrayed by actor Clint Eastwood), but critics such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch claimed that Duterte was responsible for more than 1,000 extrajudicial killings. Rather than denying such allegations, he embraced them. The death squads that had carried out the killings operated with an impunity that implied official sanction, and Duterte openly praised both their methods and their apparent results. In that way he cultivated the image of a coarse pistol-toting vigilante in the months leading up to the presidential election.

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" The leadership between former mayor Reynaldo Dayanghirang and currently mayor Fr. Emerson Luego"

The municipality of Mabini is a second class municipality in the province of Davao de Oro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census , it had a population of 43,552. The settlement was formerly known as cuambog, named after a tree species of the family Dilleniancea. On May 28, 1963 by virtue of executive order No.596 of president Elpidio Qurino, the municipality was created from the eastern part of tagum and the northern part of Pantukan.

Barrio Cuambog became the seat of the municipal government. The municipality was named Doña Alicia after president Quirino's wife Alicia Syquia, who was killed by Japanese Soldiers during the second

world war. In 1954, the municipality was renamed in honor of revolutionary leader Apolinario mabini.

Our former mayor in Mabini, Davao de Oro from 2016 to 2022 Reynaldo "Rey" L. Dayanghirang has did a lots of good in our community like municipal hall in mabini, this is one of his projects and many more. Dayanghirang have a lot of municipal projects like solar, light road concreting , barangay stage, electrification, riprapping, and lining canal.

In last year 2022, currently our newest mayor was elected, Fr. Emerson "em-em" Luego. Fr. Em-em now has the power to better our community and continue what former mayor Reynaldo Dayanghirang did.

Mayor Luego, meet our municipality even more beautiful , he made many tourist spots here in the city of Mabini, such as mabini mountain ridge (PATAWON), SNACK HUB ( Balutan sa mabini), mabini food park (FOODHUB) and many others.

He also has many ongoing and completed projects such as solar light and the highway, waiting area/ motorcycle terminal in Pindasan, gymnasiums in every barangay and others. Back then, mabini was running really well, but our new government under the leadership of Fr. Emerson Luego he make it improve.

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