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Wec h o s e‘ ump i r e ’ t ob et h ena meo fo uro f f i c i a l ma g a z i neb e c a us ej us t a st h ena mes ug g e s t s , wewa nt t ob et h eme d i a t o r sb e t we e n t h es t ud e nt b o d ya ndt h es c h o o l a d mi ni s t r a t i o n.Wewa nt t ob et h ev o i c et h a t wi l l h e l pt h es t ud e nt ss a ywh a t t h e ywa nt t os a yt ot h ea d mi ni s t r a t i o na ndv i c e v e r s a .

Wea l s owa nt t ob e c o met h eb r i d g et h a t t h ewh o l es t ud e nt r yo fUM wi l l us et og o a c r o s st h ev a s t s e ao fd i s t r a c t i o nsa ndi nt ol e a r ni ng .

Wh e n Ma r o o n5s a i d , " Th e r e ' sa t i met h a tI r e me mb e rwh e n Id i d n o t k n o wn op a i n .

Wh e n Ib e l i e v e di nf o r e v e r , a n de v e r y t h i n g wo u l d s t a yt h es a me . . . "wef e l t t h a t .

Th e r e ' sa l wa y sa ne p i s o d ei no u rl i v e swh e nwe t h o u g h t i t wo u l dl a s t al i f e t i me .

I t s e e msa si f i t a s s u r e s u st h a te n d i n g sa r ej u s ta ni l l u s i o n , b u ti t ' sn o t .

Wh e n r e a l i t yt o o ku s ,we r e a l i z e dt h a te v e r y t h i n ga n d e v e r y o n e wo u l de v e n t u a l l yb e c o me p a r to fo u r me mo r i e s .

I ' mp r e t t ys u r et h a t e v e r y o n ea t l e a s t o n c ei nt h e i r l i f e t h o u g h t ," I fIc o u l do n l yg ob a c ki nt i me . .

"I ti s i n e v i t a b l ei nl i f et oc o mmi t s o me t h i n gwewa n t t ou n d o o rc h a n g et h es e q u e n c eo ft h ee v e n t s .Th a ti swh y ma n yo fu st e n dt owi s hu p o nas t a rt og ob a c ki nl i f e a n dc h a n g ee v e r ywr o n ga c t i o nd e e p l yr e g r e t t e d .

As i d e f r o mt h i s ,p e o p l ewa n tt ot a k eas t e pb a c k wa r dt o e x p e r i e n c eo n emo r et i met h o s emo me n t st h e yt h o u g h t wo u l dn e v e rc o met oa ne n d .Ho we v e r ,t i met r a v e l mi g h tb ei d e a lt ot h i n ko f ,b u ti no u rr e a l i t y ,i ti s s o me t h i n gt h a t o n l yl i v e swi t h i no u r i ma g i n a t i o n .

Al l o fu smi g h t a g r e et h a t t h ep a s t i sme a n t t ol e t g o .

Bu tt h e r ea r et i me swh e nt h o s ee v e n t sa r eh a r dt o f o r g e t , e s p e c i a l l yi ft h e yg i v eu sma n ys t o r i e st h a t c a n b eo u rl i v i n gt e s t i mo n i e s .

Ad mi t t e d l y , o n eo ft h emo s t c h a l l e n g i n gmo me n t si swh e ny o us a yg o o d b y et o s o me o n eo rs p e c i f i ct i me st h a tg i v ey o us oma n y u n f o r g e t t a b l ee x p e r i e n c e s .

He n c e , Iwo n ' t b es u r p r i s e d i fs o mep e o p l ea r es t i l l t i e dt ot h e i rp a s t .

Th e yt e n dt o k e e pd r a g g i n gh i s t o r yi n t ot h ep r e s e n tmo me n t , e s p e c i a l l yt h ed r a ma t i ci t e r a t i o no f " wh a t i f s . " Wea l s oh a v et h r o wb a c ks t o r i e st h a t g i v eu sc o mf o r t wh e n e v e rwer e me mb e rt h e m.On eo ft h e s ei so u r c h i l d h o o dmo me n twh e ne v e r y t h i n gi nl i f es e e mss o p u r ea n ds i mp l e .Wi t ht h i s ,wei n e v i t a b l ywi s ht og o b a c ki nt i mea n de x p e r i e n c ei t o n c ea g a i n ; i t ' sa si ft h e b e s t e s c a p ea g a i n s t t h ewo r l d ' sd e a f e n i n gc r e s c e n d o .

I f y o ua r eo n eo ft h e9 0 sk i d s , y o umi g h ta swe l la g r e e wi t hmet h a t e v e r y t h i n gi nt h ep a s t h a sd i f f e r e n t s t o r i e s t ot e l l .

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t h o s ei n n o c e n t t i me swi l l a l wa y sb eo nt o po f t h el i s t o f o u r l i f e ' sb e s t s t o r i e s .

S o me t i me s , r e mi n i s c i n gc o me swi t hat wi s t .

I t d o e s n o t d i r e c t l ya p p e a r i no u r mi n d si no n es n a p ; i t i so f t e n a s s o c i a t e d wi t hs u c hs y mb o l s .S o meo fu smi g h t e x p e r i e n c e a f r a g r a n tf l a s h b a c k , wh e r e y o u a c c i d e n t a l l ys me l l af a mi l i a rs c e n t t h a t r e mi n d sy o uo f ap a r t i c u l a rme mo r y .An o t h e rt h i n gi sas o n g ,wh i c h ma g i c a l l yb r i n g sb a c ka l l t h eme mo r i e swh e ny o uh e a r i t sr h y t h m.Att h i sv e r ymo me n t ,y o u ' v ej u s tr e a l i z e d t h a ty o uwe r es mi l i n gwh i l es l o wl yb e i n gd r o wn e d t h i n k i n ga b o u t t h ep a s t .

Ik n o ws o mep e o p l ea r en o tf o n do fr e mi n i s c i n g , e s p e c i a l l yt h o s et h a t h a v et r a u ma t i cs t o r i e s .

Wec a n n o t p u s ht h e mt omo v eo na n dl e t i t p a s s , a st h e yh a v et h e i r h e a l i n gp r o c e s sd i f f e r e n t f r o mo u r s .

Bu t n oma t t e r h o w u g l yt h ep a s t i s , i t wi l l n o t c h a n g et h ef a c t t h a t i t o n l y e x i s t st e mp o r a r i l y ,a se v e r y t h i n gi nl i f ei ss u b j e c tt o c h a n g e . Ev e n t u a l l y , we wi l lr e a l i z et h a tt h o s e u n p l e a s a n te x p e r i e n c e swi l ll e tu sb e c o me b e t t e r i n d i v i d u a l st h a nb e f o r e .Wes h o u l da l wa y sk e e pi n mi n dt h a t o u r p a s t mi s f o r t u n e swe r en o t al i f es e n t e n c e f o r u st os u f f e r f o r e v e r .

Af t e r a l l , r e mi n i s c i n gd o e sn o t a l wa y sme a nwa n t i n g t og ob a c ki nt i me .

I t i so n l yo n eo f t h emi l l i o n so f wa y s t oc o mf o r to u rs o u la n dl e to u rh e a r t sa n dmi n d sb e f i l l e da g a i nb yt h et h i n g st h a to n c ema d eu sh a p p y .

I n d e e d , n o t a l l e n d i n g sa r eh a p p i l ye v e ra f t e r , b u t o n e t h i n gi sf o rs u r e , wec a na l wa y sc r e a t ean e wl i f es t o r y wi t hab e a u t i f u l e n d i n ga swec o n t i n u et owa l ki no u r d i f f e r e n th o r i z o n s . An dt h o s eh o r i z o n b r e a c h i n g mo me n t swec o l l e c t e dwi l le v e n t u a l l yb e c o meo n eo f t h eb e s t c a p t u r e dme mo r i e swewa n t t or e c a l l a l l o v e r a g a i n .

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CHI NESEGARTER, HI DEANDSEEK, HOPSCOTCH, CHI NESEJACKSTONE, BAHAYBAHAYAN, AGAWAN BASE, ANDTAG -THESEARETHEI MAGES THATPL AYONTHESCREENOFMY MI NDWHENIREMEMBERMY CHI L DHOODDAYS.

Ma n yt h i n g sh a p p e n e dwa yb a c ki nt h e1 9 9 0 st h a ti t ' s i mp o s s i b l et os u ma l lu p .Ho we v e r ,wea l lh a v et h e s e u n f o r g e t t a b l es t o r i e st h a t a l wa y sp l a y e das i g n i f i c a n t r o l ei n wh owea r et o d a y .

Th e s ee x p e r i e n c e sb e c a mel i k eaj e we l r y b o xf u l l o f me mo r i e st h a t a r eh a r dt og e t o v e r .

Wa yb a c kt h e n , I l o v e dp l a y i n gwi t hmyf r i e n d s , l a u g h i n g t o g e t h e ra t t h et o po fo u rl u n g s , a n dd o i n gn a u g h t ya c t i o n s u n t i lIu s e du pa l lmye n e r g y .Th o s emo me n t swh e nn o r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e sb u r d e n my d a y ,i n n o c e n tt h o u g h t sa n d mi n d s e t s , g e n u i n ef r i e n d s h i p s , a n dt h eo n l yg r e a t e s t f e a r wa s t ob es p a n k e db ymymo t h e r .

At t h es a met i me , wh e nt e a r s o n l yme a ns t u mb l i n go nt h eu n e v e np a v e me n t .La t e r ,I r e a l i z e dt h a ta tt h o s et i me s ,Iwa sa l r e a d yma k i n gg o o d me mo r i e swh e nt h eo n l yt h i n gI h a di nmi n dwa sh a v i n gf u n .

Ast i mef l i e s ,e v e r y t h i n gs e e msa l r e a d yc h a n g e d .Th e u s u a l wa y so f b o n d i n gwi t hf r i e n d st h a t r e q u i r ep h y s i c a l a n d mo t o ra c t i v i t i e so rt h ef a mo u st e r m" La r o n gP i n o y "a r e n o wh e r et ob es e e nt o d a y .

Ov e rt h ey e a r s , weh a v en o t i c e dh o wmu c ht e c h n o l o g yh a s t a k e no v e rt h ewo r l d .Ch i l d r e na r emo r ef o n do fp l a y i n g o n l i n eg a me s ,v i d e os t r e a mi n g ,a n dt h en e wf o r mo f r a d i a t i n gt h eo l dv i b e so nt h es o c i a l me d i ap l a t f o r ms , s u c ha s t h e f a mo u s h a s h t a g s # Th r o wb a c k Th u r s d a y , a n d # F l a s h b a c k F r i d a y s .I fy o ua r ep a r to ft h e9 0 sk i d s ,y o u wo u l da g r e et h a tt o d a y ' sc h i l d r e nh a v ee n t i r e l yd i f f e r e n t s t o r i e st ot e l l .

No wa n dt h e n ,r e mi n i s c i n ga b o u tc h i l d h o o dmo me n t s c o n t r i b u t e st oo u r h e a l t h ys o u l s .

Br o ws i n go u r o l dp h o t o si n o u rg a l l e r ywo u l db r i n gu sb a c kt owh e nl i f ewa ss t i l l s i mp l e ,a n dt h i n g ss e e me ds op u r e .Ev e ni ft i mep a s s e s c o n s t a n t l y , o u ro l dme mo r i e sa l wa y sp l a yas i g n i f i c a n t p a r t i no u rl i v e s ,a n di th e l p su sb e c o mewh owea r ei nt h e p r e s e n t .No w,i t ' st i met ok i s sa wa yt h eo l dt i me s ,b u twe s h o u l da l wa y sk e e pt h eh a p p yd a y sa n dt h el e a r n i n g swe e x t r a c t e di n s i d et h ep o c k e to fo u rme mo r i e s .Th u s ,l e tu s a l wa y sl i v eu pt oe v e r ymo me n t b e f o r ee v e r y t h i n gf a d e s .

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Whenhopei sal l l os t , we c l i ngt ot hatonef eel i ngwe c annev eres c apedes pai r .

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Wh e nwef e e l s o r r o w, web e t r a yo u r s e l v e s , a n dwel o s eo u r s e l v e s .No t h i n gi smo r e f e a r f u lt h a ns u r r o u n d e db yd a r k n e s s ,a n d t h e r ei sn o t h i n gy o uc a nd oa b o u t i t .

I t i s n ’ t e n t i r e l yc o mf o r t i n g .It h i n kn oo n es h o u l d e v e rf e e lt h a t .

Bu ti ti sp a r to fl i f e , a n dwe s u f f e rf r o mi t , wh e t h e rwel i k ei t o rn o t .

Wh yd i dI wa n t t ot a l ka b o u t d e s p a i r ?I t ’ s b e c a u s eI r e a dav e r yo u t s t a n d i n gb o o kt h a t o p e n su pa b o u tt h ed a r k n e s swee n c o u n t e r i nl i f e .Th eb o o kwa sc a l l e d“ Th eGu l a g Ar c h i p e l a g o , ” wr i t t e n b y Al e k s a n d r So l z h e n i t s y n , aRu s s i a nNo v e l i s t .

Th ea u t h o rs u f f e r e ds omu c h .

Th eSo v i e t Un i o na r r e s t e dh i mi n1 9 4 5f o r q u e s t i o n i n g t h e i ro p p r e s s i v er e g i me .

Hewa ss e n t t ot h e g u l a gt os u f f e rf o rh i sc o n s e q u e n c e s .He wr o t ea b o u t h i se x p e r i e n c ei nh i ss u f f e r i n g : h i sa r r e s t ,i mp r i s o n me n t ,a n de x i l e .He wr o t eh i st i mei nh e l l , h o wh el i v e di nt h e d a r k , a n dt h r o u g hi t .

So l z h e n i t s y ns p e n tal o to ft i mei nt h e g u l a g —t os u f f e r , t os u b mi t , t od i e —a n di n t h ep r o c e s s , a l mo s t r i s k e dl o s i n gh o p e .

Ot h e rt h a nt h er i s ko fl o s i n gh o p e ,wa s r i s kl o s i n gme a n i n g .Li k eo t h e rg u l a g p r i s o n e r s ,h et o o kt h r e a t s ,b e a t i n g s ,a n d t o r t u r ef r o mg u a r d sa n dwa sf o r c e dt o mi n el i k eas l a v e .St i l l ,h ep u s h e d t h r o u g h .Hes o u g h tt h r o u g hi t .Ev e na p e r s o nl i k emec o u l dn o th a v es u r v i v e d wh a t h ewe n t t h r o u g h .

At o n ep o i n t , So l z h e n i t s y nf o u n d p e o p l ewh oh a dt h eb e h a v i o r h ea d mi r e d .

I n c o r r u p t i b l ep e o p l e wo u l d n ’ tl i k eo r t a k et h ee a s ywa yo u tr e g a r d l e s so fh o w b r u t a l i z e dt h e ywe r e .So l z h e n i t s y nt o o k i n s p i r a t i o nf r o m t h o s ep e o p l e ,p e o p l e wh os u f f e r e ds on e e d l e s s l y .

Wh a tIl e a r n e df r o m t h eb o o ko f So l z h e n i t s y ni st h a te v e ni nt e r r i b l e t i me s , wh e na l l h o p es e e msl o s t , wef i n d n o b i l i t ya n dd i g n i t yf o rf i g h t i n ge v e ni n d e s p a i r .An dwh e nma n yp e o p l et h i n k t h e ya r ea l o n e , ma n ys t i l l wa n t t oc l i n gt o h o p ei nt h ed a r k .

We ’ v ea l l b e e nt h e r et ot h ep o i n t o fn o r e t u r n , t ot h ef a c t t h a t wef e e l l i k eg i v i n g u pa n dt h a ts o mep a r to fu sc a n ’ tt a k ei t a n y mo r e .I t h i n k Ni e t z s c h es a i di t h i ms e l f ,“ Hewh oh a s‘ wh y ’c a nb e a r a l mo s ta n y‘ h o w. ’ ”Wh yd owel o o kf o r h o p ei nt h ed a r k e s to fp l a c e s ?We l l , ma y b eb e c a u s ei nt h ed a r k e s t p l a c e s , y o u c a nf i n das h e do fl i g h t , h o p e .

Ir e f l e c t e df r o mt h es u f f e r i n gi nt h e b o o k , t h eGu l a gAr c h i p e l a g o , t h a t wea r e n o t a l o n e .

Th ewo r l dma yp i ny o ud o wn ; r e me mb e r ,y o ua r en o tt h eo n l yo n ei n d e s p a i r .Bu tma n yp e o p l es t i l lwa n tt o c o n t i n u et of i g h tb e c a u s et h e ywa n tt o g r a s pt h a t o n es h e do fh o p e .

Ah o p et h a t wo u l do n ed a yt u r nt h i n g sa r o u n d .

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T H EWOR L DI SF U L LOFMA GI C A LS T OR I E S .

A T S OMEP OI NTI NL I F E , WEB E L I E V ET H A TMA GI C E X I S T SI NAS NA POFAF I NGE R .

Ti n k e r b e l l i so n eo ft h ec a r t o o nc h a r a c t e r st h a t wel o o ku pt o wa yb a c ki no u rc h i l d h o o dmo me n t s .

He rs t o r yc o me swi t ha t wi s ta sh e rl i g h tg r o wsb r i g h t e rs i n c e1 9 0 4i nJ .

M.Ba r r i e ' s p l a y , Pe t e rPa n .

Ho we v e r , wh e nh e rl i g h td i ms , s h ewi l ld i e , a n dt h eo n l ywa yt os a v eh e ri st h ea u d i e n c et h a tc o n s t a n t l y b e l i e v e si nf a i r i e sb yg i v i n gwa r ma p p l a u s e .

I no t h e rwo r d s , t h i sTi n k e r b e l le f f e c te mp h a s i z e st h a tt h i n g se x i s tb e c a u s e p e o p l et h i n ki t e x i s t s .

Ma n yt h i n g si nl i f es o me t i me sp u tu si n t oad r a ma t i c b l o wo u t .

Wei n e v i t a b l ye x p e r i e n c ea si fo u rwo r l di ss l o wl y t e a r i n ga p a r t ,a n di ts e e mst h ep a i ni st o omu c ht ob e a r ;we o u g h tt ot h i n kt h a tt h e s emi s f o r t u n e sa r es c a r st h a tl i v e f o r e v e r .Un d e n i a b l y ,mo s to fu sa g r e et h a tt h emo s tp a i n f u l t h i n g sa r et h ep a s two u n d sl e f tu n s o l v e d ;t h ep a i n st h e y b r o u g h th a v el i n g e r e di no u rmi n d s , wh i c hi si n d e e dh a r dt o o v e r c o me .

Ac c o r d i n gt oJ o h nLo c k e ,i nh i sme mo r yt h e o r y ,p e r s o n a l i d e n t i t yl i e swi t h i nt h eme mo r i e swec h o o s et ok e e pb e c a u s e o fl i n k i n gb a c kt oo u rp a s t mo me n t s .

I n d e e d , t h e r ea r et i me s wh e r ep a i nl e a v e sama r ki no u rh e a r t sb e c a u s eo fs o me p e o p l eo rh a p p e n i n g st h a twet h o u g h two u l dl a s tal i f e t i me .

Th i smo me n ts o me t i me sl e a d su st oc o n c l u d et h a tma y b e p a i nmo l d so u rc h a r a c t e rt ob es o me o n ewh ou s e dt ob e b l o wnb yc o u n t l e s sh e a r t a c h e s .

He n c e ,i nawo r l dwh e r ee v e r y t h i n gi si n e v i t a b l e ,ma ywe s t i l lb er e mi n d e dt h a ts o mep e o p l ea n dt h i n g si nl i f ea r e me a n tt op a s sb y ,a n dwec a n n o tb es o me o n ewewa n tt o b e c o mewi t h o u t c o l l e c t i n gs c a r so nt h ewa yo u t .

Un d e n i a b l y , p a i ni si n e v i t a b l e ,b u tc o n s t a n t l yb e l i e v i n gt h a two u n d sa r e i n d e l i b l ei sj u s to p t i o n a l .Wea r er e s p o n s i b l ef o ro u ro wn l i v e s ,a n dt h u s ,wh a t e v e rma yc o mewi l ld e p e n do no u r eo n l yt h i n g wec a n mo v ef o r wa r d wi t hi s c h o i c e s .Th l e a r n i n gf r o mt h ep a i n ,a n dt h a t ' st h emo s tp r e c i o u sg i f twe c o u l dh a v ea so u ri n d e l i b l ema r k s .

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AM U S TB ES P E N TI NT H EC O U N T R Y S I D E :

U R A Y A ' SP E A KA D V E N T U R E ByP H I L I PJ OH NDA GU I P A Ph o t o sc o u r t e s yo f U R A Y A ’ SP E A KP A GE

The c a c ophony s ound of pl e a s ur e ,bus t l i ng pr e s e nc e of mot or c y c l e , t he c l a mor s of e x c i t e me nt ,a nd t he r e f r e s hi ng f e e l i ng a f t e r c l i mbi ng t he mount a i n' s Pe a k ma k e Ur a y a ' s Pe a kt het r e a s ur eofTa l a i ngod.

I t sa we i ns pi r i ng s c e ne r i e snot onl y a t t r a c t mos t t r e k k e r s ' i nt e r e s t , buti ta l s ol oudl ys pe a k s t ha t Na t ur e i s a l wa y s t he pe opl e ' s s i gni f i c a nt pl a c e i n t e r msofc a l mi ngt hes oula mi d t r oubl e .

I fy o ua r ef r o m Da v a oDe lNo r t e , c o n s i d e r y o u r s e l fl u c k ya sUr a y a ' sPe a ki sj u s t a r o u n d t h ea r e a .

Th ep l a c ei sl o c a t e da tSi t i oUr a y a , Ta l a i n g o dDa v a oDe l No r t e .

I t i sar e s t a u r a n t t y p e t h a t o f f e r s l o c a l Fi l i p i n o a n d We s t e r n i n s p i r e df o o d s .I fy o ua r ef r o m o u t s i d eDa v a oDe lNo r t e ,t h el e n g t ho ft i me sn e v e rap r o b l e m;a l la r e a sa r e t r a v e l i n gi p a s s a b l eb ya n yv e h i c l e , a n ds o med i r e c t i o n s wo u l dh e l py o uh e a dt h ep l a c e .

I fy o uwa n tt ok n o w ad e t a i l e dg u i d et o a r r i v ei nUr a y a ,h e r e ' swh a ty o un e e dt od o .

Fr o m Da v a oCi t y , r i d eab u so rap r i v a t ev a n b o u n dt oTa g u m Ci t yt e r mi n a l .Ri g h ta f t e r y o ua r r i v et h e r e , l o o kf o raj e e p n e yt h a twi l l b r i n gy o ut oy o u rn e x td e s t i n a t i o n ,wh i c hi s g o i n gt oKa p a l o n g .Af t e rt h a t ,l o o kf o ra mo t o r c y c l ed r i v e rt h a twi l lh e l py o ug ot o Ur a y a .

I t ' su pt oy o ut on e g o t i a t et h ef a r e , b u t t h el a s tt i meIwe n t ,wer e n t e dap r i v a t ev a n t h a tma k e so u rt r i pe a s i e rb e c a u s eo fo u r r i d e ' sc o n v e n i e n c e .

AtUr a y a ,t h e yg i v ey o ut h ea u t o n o myt o s t a yo v e r n i g h t o r d oad a yt o u r a n dd e p e n do n y o u r b o o k i n g s t h r o u g h me s s e n g e r a p p o i n t me n t s .Du r i n gmys t a yt h e r e ,Ic a n s a yt h a ti twa saj a wd r o p p i n gmo me n ta sI wi t n e s s e di t sh o r i z o n .

Ic o u l dh a r d l yi ma g i n et h a tIc o u l dg e t t h r o u g ht h ea mb i g u o u sr o a df i l l e dwi t hr o c k s a n d as h e e ra mo u n to fd r e d g e .Af t e ra f i f t e e n mi n u t et r e k ,If i n a l l ys e eNa t u r e ' s b e a u t y a n d a p p r e c i a t e t h e r e s t a u r a n t ' s i mp e c c a b l e v i e w wi t h t we n t y n i n e a t t r a c t i o n s .

I n d e e d ,t h eb e a u t yo fUr a y a ' sPe a ki sa ma g n i f i c e n t ma s t e r p i e c ec r e a t e db yo u r Al mi g h t yGo d .Be i n gi nt h ep l a c ef e e l sl i k e b e i n go nt o po fas k y s c r a p e r .On ec a ns a y t h a t i t ' sap l a c ewo r t hat h o u s a n dwo r d s .

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Apar tf r om i t samaz i ng v i ews , I l etmy s el fl i v ei n t hei rc ul t ur e.

I di s c ov er ed t hatt her ei ss omuc hmor e aboutt hi spl ac e, andi t ent hr al l edmei nawayt hat I f eel c ompel l edt ol i v ei n t hi sc ount r y s i de.

Fr om t he wel c omi ngand ac c ommodat i ng i ndi genouspeopl et ot hei r panor ami cv i ew oft he mount ai n, i twasal l about t hemoment sI l i v edf or .

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Ur a y a ' sPe a ki sr i c hi nh a r mo n y .

I fy o ua r es e a r c h i n gf o rap l a c eo f h e a l i n g , t h i sc o u l db ea na v e n u et o v e n to u ty o u rl i f e ' smi s e r i e s ,a n d f e e lf r e et os h o u ta l ly o u rt h o u g h t s y o u ' v ek e p twi t h i n .Th a ti swh yI s p e n tmo s to fmymo me n t st h e r e n dv e n t i n go u t b e c a u s e s c r e a mi n ga i twa sj u s tp o we r f u la n df a n t a s t i c s t a n d i n ga t t h et o po fi t .

An o t h e rc a p t u r e dmo me n t d u r i n g mys t a yi nUr a y awa st h eb o n f i r e j a mt o g e t h e rwi t hmyf r i e n d s .I t wa st h eb e s tmo me n tf o ru st o e n v i s a g et h i n g si nl i f e .I fy o ua r e f o n do fwi t n e s s i n gt h es u n r i s e , t h i s i sa l s ot h ep e r f e c t p l a c et og o .

Re s t a s s u r e d , y o uwi l l n o t o n l ys a v o rt h e o n c e i n a b l u e mo o nmo me n t s ,

b u ty o uc a na l s os u r e l yg e tal o to f i n s t a g r a mma b l ep i c t u r e sy o uc a n p r o u d l ys h a r eo ny o u rs o c i a l me d i a a c c o u n t s .

Ab o v ea l l , t h i swo n d e r f u l c o z y p l a c e c a n ma k e y o u r mo n o t o n o u sd a y si n t oav i b r a n t a n d e x c i t i n ga d v e n t u r e .I to f f e r sl i f e , n da ni d e a ll o c a t i o no n e s e r e n i t y ,a mu s t l o v et oa d o r e .

Ur a y ai si n d e e d ap l a c ef o rf a mi l y ,f r i e n d s ,a n d s i g n i f i c a n to t h e r s .A s p o tt o r e c o n n e c t wi t h n a t u r e a n d e x p e r i e n c et h eu n l i mi t e du p h i l l y o u wi l ln e v e rr e g r e to n c ey o ut r e k .

Af t e ra l l , Ur a y a ' s Pe a k f r o m Ta l a i n g o di sac r e a t i o nt h a ta l l o ws p e o p l et oe n j o ya n dp a u s et h e i r h e c t i cl i v e s , e v e nj u s t f o rawh i l e .

So, i fy ouwantt oex per i enc ef l oat i ngonc l oudni ne, y ou mayv i s i tt hei rFac ebookpageatUr ay a' sP eakt obook y ourappoi nt ment .

Sowhatar ey ouwai t i ngf or ?Comeand s eef ory our s el ft hebeaut yofGod' sc r eat i on-Ur ay a' s P eak .

A" GA" BEFORE,

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A MI SSU NOW !

ByA L B E R TC A B A T L A O Ph o t o sc o u r t e s yo f MI S SU NI V E R S EOR GA NI Z A T I ON

"Theg r e a t e s t a d v a nt a g eo fb e i ngawo ma ni sa b l et oc o mp o s ehe r s e l f .

J us t l i k ehe r e , we ' r es t a nd i ng i nf r o nt o ft ho us a nd so fp e o p l e , no t k no wi ngi fy o u' r eg o i ngt oc he e rf o ruso rb o ous .

But wet r yt o c o mp o s eo ur s e l v e s .

Wek e e pt hee mo t i o nsa nds ho wt heb e a ut yt ha t i si nus , a ndt o ni g ht , t ho us a nd s o fp e o p l ea r es t a nd i nghe r e , c e l e b r a t i ngt heb e a ut yo fwo me n. " -Ma r yJ e a nLa s t i mo s a , Mi s sUni v e r s ePhi l i ppi ne s2 0 1 4 Th ewo me ne mp o we r me n ta n s we ro fMs .

Ma r yJ e a n " MJ "La s t i mo s ad u r i n gh e rt i mei nBi n i b i n i n gP i l i p i n a s 2 0 1 4i st h ea n s we rt h a tma d eh e rt h eMi s sUn i v e r s e P h i l i p p i n e s .Bu tj u s tl i k ea n yo t h e rq u e e n ,MJa l s o e x p e r i e n c e dv a r i o u st r i a l s .

MJh a dt h r e ea t t e mp t si nBb .

P i l i p i n a sb e f o r es h eh a d s u c c e s s f u l l yb r o u g h th o met h ep r e s t i g i o u sc r o wn .

F i r s t , i n2 0 1 1wh e r es h eb e c a met h e2 n dRu n n e ru po fMi s s Un i v e r s eP h i l i p p i n e s2 0 1 1S h a mc e yS u p s u p .

S e c o n d , i n 2 0 1 2 ,J a n i n eTu g u n o nwo n ,a n df i n a l l y ,i nh e rt h i r d a t t e mp ti n2 0 1 4 ,s h et o o kh o met h ec r o wnf o rNo r t h Co t a b a t o .

He rp a s s i o na n dd e t e r mi n a t i o nma d eh e rt o wa r d st h e c r o wn .S h eh a dp r o v e di twi t hh e ri n t e n s et r a i n i n g , wo r k o u t s , a n de x e r c i s e se v e r yd a yb e f o r es h es t e p p e do n t h ei n t e r n a t i o n a l s t a g eo fMi s sUn i v e r s e .

Wi t h MJ r e p r e s e n t i n gt h eP h i l i p p i n e sf o r Mi s s Un i v e r s e ,h e rNa t i o n a lCo s t u meb e c a mec o n t r o v e r s i a l .

Ma n yo f t h eF i l i p i n op a g e a n t f a n swe r en o t i nf a v o r o f i t s d e s i g n e r .

I ti sn o tg o o dt oh e a rt h a taCo l o mb i a nd e s i g n e rma d e MJ ' sn a t i o n a l c o s t u mea n dn o t aF i l i p i n o .

De s p i t ei t , t h e s u p p o r t o fo t h e rF i l i p i n o si ss t i l l o v e r f l o wi n g .

To p2 1wa sMJ ' sp l a c eo nt h ei n t e r n a t i o n a ls t a g e wh e r eP a u l i n aVe g ao fCo l o mb i awo n .

Ev e nt h o u g hMJ f a i l e dt ob r i n gh o met h ec r o wnt ot h eP h i l i p p i n e s ,t h e F i l i p i n o swe r es t i l lp r o u da n dh a p p ywi t hh e rj o u r n e y .

Es p e c i a l l yh e r Al mama t e r , t h eUn i v e r s i t yo f Mi n d a n a o , wh e r es h eg r a d u a t e dwi t haBSCo mp u t e rEn g i n e e r i n g d e g r e e .

Upu n t i l t h ep r e s e n t , t h ei n s t i t u t i o ns t i l l r e me mb e r sMJ b r i n g i n gi t sn a met ot h ei n t e r n a t i o n a ls t a g e .P r o o ft h a t t h eu n i v e r s i t yc o u l do f f e r n o t o n l yi n t e l l i g e n c eb u t a l s oa p l a c ei nt h ewo r l do fp a g e a n t r y .

S ON E S ONG GOF OFH HOP OP E

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ByJ E AP I E NC E NA V E S I l l u s t r a t i o nb yC L A I R EA V I L A a n dC H R I S T I A NDA V EMA R QU E Z

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Th e r ewa sag i r l t r a p p e di ns a d n e s s .

Sh el i v e di nt h ec o u n t r y s i d en e a rt h ewo o d swi t hac o mp l e t ef a mi l y , b u t s h ef e l t a si fs h ewa sn o b o d y .

He rf a mi l ywa sb u s ywi t ht h e i ro wnl i v e s ; t h e yd i dn o t s p a r et i mef o rh e r .

Fo r t h e m, i t s e e me dl i k ei t wo u l db es u c hawa s t eo ft i mei ft h e yd i ds o— t h a t i swh a t s h ef e l t .

Gr owi ngup, t hegi r l k eepsonget t i nghur tbyher t hought s .

Heri magi nat i oni snotl i k eanyot herk i ds ; i ti s notf ul l ofr ai nbowsanduni cor ns , butdar k nes sand s or r ow.

Sh ef e e l sl i k es h e ' sc a r r y i n ga l lt h ewo r l d ' sb u r d e n sb e c a u s en o t h i n gh u r t smo r et h a nb e i n gn e g l e c t e db yh e r o wnf a mi l y .

Al l s h eg e t sa r o u n dh e ri sc o n f u s i o n , h a t r e d , a n dmi s e r y .

On et i me ,t h es k ywa sf i l l e dwi t hn o t h i n gb u tb l a c k .Th ep o o rg i r lwa swa l k i n ga l o n eu n t ot h ed a r ka n d u n c a n n yf o r e s t o nh e r wa yh o me .

Mo me n t sl a t e r , s h eh e a r damy s t e r i o u ss o u n d .

I t wa sn o t j u s t at y p i c a l s o u n d t h a te v e r y o n eu s u a l l yh e a r s ;i twa sb e a u t i f u l ,d i f f e r e n t ,a n da s t o n i s h i n g .I tc a l me dh e rh e a r ti n s t a n t l y .

Su d d e n l y , t e a r swe r ef a l l i n go n t oh e rc h e e k s .

Sh ed o e s n ' t e v e nk n o wwh ys h ewa sa c t i n gt h a t wa y .

Ev e r y o n e c a l l si tt e a r so fj o y ,b u t ,f o rh e r ,i ti sc a l l e dt e a r so fh o p e .Sh ef o l l o we dwh e r et h ev o i c ec a mef r o m i mme d i a t e l y .

Af t e rb e i n gl o c k e du pi nt h ec h a i no fs a d n e s sf o ry e a r s , s h ec a nf i n a l l yr e mo v et h a t c h a i nf r o m h e r .

Th a t s o u n dg a v eh e rc o mf o r t a n dh a p p i n e s st h a t n oo n eg a v eh e ra l l t h e s ey e a r s .

Ma n yy e a r sl a t e r , t h eg i r l g o t b r a v e ra n dmo r ed e c i s i v e .

Fo rh e r , i t i st h ep e o p l e ' sl o s st h a t t h e yd on o t f i n dt h e b e a u t yo ft h a t s o u n d .

Sh ed o e s n ' t c a r ei fp e o p l el i k eh e r ; wh a t i se s s e n t i a l f o rh e ri sn e v e rt of e e l a l o n ea g a i n .

Sh ek n o wss h ewi l l h a v et h a t s o u n di nh e rmi n da n dh e a r t f o r e v e r .

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P E R E N N I A L C U L T U R E :

F I L I P I N OT I M E

ByE DMA L Y NC A NT ON Ph o t o sc o u r t e s yo f J H E R I MA EB A C U L A R A O a n dC H R I S T I A NDA V EMA R QU E Z

I nt h e Ph i l i p p i n es e t t i n g ,i t ' sl i k e a l mo s tn o t h i n gg o e sa c c o r d i n gt oy o u r s c h e d u l e .

Or , y o uk n o w, n o b o d yl i k e st o b ewo r r i e da b o u t s t i c k i n gt oi t .

Yo ug e t a b a t hb e f o r eg o i n gt os c h o o l , b u ty o uc a n b e ti two n ' ts t a r tu n t i lma y b ea nh o u r l a t e r ,s o me t i me se v e nt woh o u r s .An d h o wwi l lt h e ys t a r to nt i mewh e nh a l fo f t h e i rg u e s t sa r ea l wa y sl a t e ?

Fi l i p i n ot i me , ad e f e a t i s t me n t a l i t yt h a t ma n yo fo u rp e o p l ea r eu s e dt o .Th i s c e r t a i n t yi st h ef o r mt h a td o e sn o to c c u r a t t h et i meo fn e g o t i a t i o n .

Un f o r t u n a t e l y , t h i si ss t i l lt h ec a s e ,a n di t ' sa si ft h e r e h a s n ' tb e e n mu c hi mp r o v e me n ts i n c e t h e n .

I t ' san e wc u l t u r et h a t wec a n ' t l o o k a ta n y wh e r ei nt h ewo r l d .Th er e s u l to f Fi l i p i n ot i mei st h a tt h e r ei sn ol a c ko f r e s p o n s i b i l i t ya n da l l e g i a n c e .

Ho we v e r , ma n y Fi l i p i n o s d o n ' t c o n s i d e rh o wd e b i l i t a t i n gFi l i p i n oTi me c a nb ea b o u to u rt o t a lp r o d u c t i v i t ya n d h o wi ts a y sal o ta b o u to u rc h a r a c t e r s .

Fi l i p i n o Ti me wi l la l wa y s b e a c o n s p i c u o u sma n i f e s t a t i o no fFi l i p i n o c u l t u r e .Th ed e e pr o o t so ft a r d i n e s si n Ph i l i p p i n ec u l t u r ea n dl i t e r a t u r e ,t h e t e r r i b l et r a f f i ca n d p u b l i ct r a n s p o r t s y s t e m,a n do u ri n a b i l i t yt od i s c i p l i n e o u r s e l v e ss p e a kv o l u me sa b o u tt h e Fi l i p i n op e o p l e .

Hi s t o r i a n ss a yt h a tt h i sa t t i t u d ei s e v o c a t i v eo ft h ei d e ao fas i e s t ab yt h e Sp a n i a r d st h a ti ss t i l lp r e s e n tt o d a y .

Ma n yf a c t o r sa r ea s c r i b e dt ob e i n gl a t e .

Tr a f f i ci st h en u mb e ro n el o n g s t a n d i n g p r o b l e m. I nt h i sl i f e t i me ,c o u n t l e s s p e o p l ema yh a v er e a s o n e dt r a f f i ca sa n e x c u s et ob el a t e , a si t h a sa l wa y sb e e na d a i l yd i l e mmaf o rb o t hc o mmu t e r sa n d r o a du s e r s .

Bu t a p a r t f r o mb e i n gl a t ed u e t ot r a f f i c ,s o mep e o p l ef a v o rb e i n gl a t e .

An di t ' sc a l l e dc l a s s yl a t e .I t ' sn o ta n d wo u l dn e v e r b ear e a s o n a b l ee x c u s ei f i t ' s f o ra na p p o i n t me n t ,b u ti t ' ss o me h o w a c c e p t a b l ef o ra c t i v i t i e sl i k ep a r t i e s .

Th e r ea r et wof u n d a me n t a lc h o i c e si n s o l v i n gt h i sp r o b l e m:t oc o n t i n u ewi t h Fi l i p i n o Ti me ' sc o n v e n i e n th a b i t ;t h e o t h e ri st od e c i d et ob ea" Fi l i p i n oOn Ti me .

"Th eo n l y wa yt oc o n v e r tt h e Fi l i p i n of r o m a" Fi l i p i n oAl wa y sLa t e " t oa" Fi l i p i n oOnTi me "i st op a s sar u l e .

Bu ti two u l db er e p r e s s i v ea n dt a k et i me f o ri tt ob ea p p l i e d .Be i n gt a r d yi sn o ta f r i e n d l yc u l t u r e .

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Andi twoul dbeevens addert hati t ' s l abel ed' Fi l i pi noTi me' event houghpeopl e f r om ot hercount r i esar ej us tasl at eas anyoneel s e.

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Our" c o mf o r ts p o t " a p p e a r st ob ei nt hi si de a ll o c a t i o n.

Mo s t i mp o r t a nt l y ,i ti sa p l a c et ha twec a n ne v e rf o r g e t , l e a v i ngal a s t i ngi mp r e s s i o n e v e r y whe r eweg o .

Ig r e wu pi no n eo ft h ep r o v i n c e ' smo s t s e c r e ta n d mo d e s tb u tp e a c e f u lp l a c e s , wh e r ep a n o r a mi cv i e wsa r ep r e s e r v e d .I t wa sk n o wn a s" b u k i d , "b u tI c a l li t " p a r a d i s e "b e c a u s eo fi t sn a t u r e ' ss e c r e t t h a t h a sb e e nma i n t a i n e d .Th ee me r a l ds h a d e s c r e a t e db yv i g o r o u sd i f f e r e n t k i n d so f l o v e l y r es mi l i n ga n da l l u r i n gmet oj o i n t r e e swe t h e m wh e nIb e g a nt oe x p l o r e .Ho we v e r , wh a tIf i r s ts a wa ss u p e r f i c i a la st h es e c r e t p a r a d i s ea wa i t e dmea sI d i s c o v e r e dmo r eo f t h ep l a c e ,e s p e c i a l l yi nt h ed o wn t o wn l a n d s c a p ewh e r et h es u na t et h ed a r k n e s s .

Si n c ei ti s mi l e sa wa yf r o m t h ec i t y , c l i mb i n gu pt h emo u n t a i nwi t ht h ef r e s h s me l l o fs c e n t e da i rt os e et h ef a n t a s t i cv i e w a n dt h eb r i g h t c o l o r sg l o wi nt h es u n l i g h t i s wo r t hc l i mb i n gf o r .

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Theb e s tf e e l i ngo fb e i ngo nt hes ummi to ft hewo r l d,t hec o l dde wdr o p s t o uc he dmyt o e sa st he ydi s p e r s e da ndwe nta l o ngwi t ht hea i r .

Thec hi r p i ng b i r dsha p p i l yda nc ea r o undt hes k ya st het r e e swa v et he i ra r msi ne x c i t e me nt .

Thewa r m, s p i t t i ngb r e e z es o f t l yb r us he sa g a i ns tmyf a c ea sIwa l ka l o ngt he f r e s hl yg r o wng r a s s .

Sl o wl y ,t h er e f r e s h i n ga i rl a n d so n my t o n g u e , f i l l i n g me wi t h h a p p i n e s s .

Fu r t h e r mo r e , t h et o wnwa sd a r ka t n i g h t , b u t t h a n k st ot h emo o n l i g h t ,wh i c hi l l u mi n a t e d t h ee n t i r ea r e aa n dt h ef l a s h i n gl i g h t so f f i r e f l i e s ,wh i c hp r o v i d e da tl e a s tas ma l l a mo u n to fg l o w,ma k i n gt h en i g h tmo r e b e a u t i f u l .Th es t a r ss h o n eb r i l l i a n t l yi nt h e s k yl i k ed i a mo n d s ,r e mi n d i n gmeo fh o w p e r f e c t myh o mei s .

Noma t t e rwh e r eIa mi nl i f e ,Ia l wa y s wa n tt og ob a c kt owh e r eIb e l o n g .I twi l l l i v eo ni nmymi n da n dme mo r yf o rt h er e s t o f myl i f e .

Myf a v o r i t ep l a c e , myh o me , wi l l a l wa y sb et h e r e .I n d e e d ," wh e nwel e a v ea b e a u t i f u lp a r a d i s e ,we c a r r yi twi t hu s wh e r e v e rweg o .

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Ourwo r l dha se v o l v e di nt oag l o b a lv i l l a g ewhe r ema nyna t i o nsr e c o nne c t e d t hr o ug ht hei nt e r ne t .

Whya r ewee x p l o r i ngEng l i s hdi c t i o n?Whyno twa nde r i n t he f o r e i g n l a nds a nd s e e wha tt he y ha v et os ha r e wi t h us .

Ca n y o u s t i l l r e me mb e r t he t e x t i ng c a p i t a l o f t he Phi l i p p i ne s ?

Wh e ny o ul o o ka r o u n d , v a r i o u sp e o p l ef o c u s o np r e s s i n gt h ek e y p a d so nt h e i rp h o n e swh e r e i ti st h e i rh a b i twh e ns p e n d i n gt h e i rl e i s u r e t i me .I ti sn o te a s yt or e a dJ e j e mo n ' st e x t me s s a g e ss i n c et h e yh a v eau n i q u ea l p h a b e t c a l l e dj e j e b e t h .I tt a k e st i met ou n d e r s t a n dt h e wo r d .Bu te v e nh o wv a g u eac o n v e r s i o ni s :i t a sr e s o u r c e s .An o t h e r ,wh e ni tc o me st o s t i l lh f a s h i o n , l i k ewe a r i n gac a p , h u g es h a d e s , l o o s e s h i r t s , f a k e p i e c e s o f j e we l r y , a n d s h o r t s —wa l k i n gi nt h es t r e e t sl i k es wa g g e r s .

I n s h o r t ,t h e yd r e s so d d l y .Th ePh i l i p p i n e si s e n t i t l e dt ob e i n gt h eJ e j e mo nFe v e r .

Be i n gu s e dt oi tc o u l dl o we ro u rl i n g u i s t i c c o mmu n i c a t i o n ,a n dy o uf o r g e ty o u rp r i ma r y l a n g u a g e .Th e yma yn o tb ea c c e p t e di nt h e n a t i o n ,l e a d i n gt ov a r i o u sc o n f l i c t s ,a n d d e n o t i n gl o wc l a s sg r o u p s .

Ad mi t i t o rn o t , weh a v eb e c o meo n eo ft h e m b e f o r eo re v e nu n t i ln o w-t h ewa ywea c ta n d e x p r e s so u r s e l v e s .Wh e nwes u d d e n l yr e a l i z e t h a t wea r ei nd e n i a l a n dc o v e r i n go u rp r e v i o u s a c t i o n s .

Ev e ns o ,t h e wo r l di sc h a n g i n ga st i me c o n t i n u e st op a s s-n o to n l yt h e i rwr i t t e nt e x t a n dl a n g u a g eb u ta l s ot h e i rs u b c u l t u r ea n d f a s h i o n .I tmi g h tb el o u s yo rn o n s e n s ef o r s o me ,b u tt h i sme a n sal o ta l r e a d yf o rp e o p l e c o mf o r t a b l e wi t h i t . Th u s , we n e e d t o u n d e r s t a n da n dr e s p e c tt h e i rs t y l eo fs p e a k i n g .

I nt h ee n d ,wea r eme a n tt ob r i n gv a r i o u s a ma z i n gt h i n g sy e t h i d d e ni nd i f f e r e n t wa y so f e x p r e s s i n gt h e m.An di no r d e rt oc u l t i v a t e t h e s e , a l lweh a v et od oi ss t a yu n i q u et h ewa y wea r es u p p o s e dt o .

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yb e f o r et h ec o n f e r e n c e wa sh e l d my 1 .Ca ny o uf i r s tt e l l mey o urj o ur ne yo r The da a n d mad i e d ,a n di twa sv e r yh e a v yf o rmet o ba c kg r o undbe f o r ea t t e ndi ngt heo nl i ne gr p r o c e s se v e r y t h i n g I wa se v e n a n x i o u st o c o nf e r e nc e ?

Ic u r r e n t l ys e r v ea saBa r a n g a yKa g a wa di nt h e Mu n i c i p a l i t yo fPu a l a swh i l eb e i n gmo l d e da sa Po l i t i c a l Sc i e n c es t u d e n t i nt h i sb e l o v e du n i v e r s i t y .

Th i sa l l o we dmet od e l v ei n t ot h ewe i g h tt h a t s o c i a l / g l o b a li s s u e sc a u s e st ot h es o c i e t y .Ha v i n g t h er e s p o n s i b i l i t yt os e r v eac o mmu n i t ya t ay o u n g a g er e q u i r e smo r et h a nt h es t r e n g t ht oc a r r yd u t i e s b u tt h ec a p a c i t ya swe l lt oe x p a n dmyb o u n d a r i e s a n dt a k ep a r ti ns h a p i n gt h ec o mmu n i t ya swe l la s i n s p i r i n gt h ey o u t hs e c t o r .Du et ot h a t ,Ia l wa y s p u s hmy s e l ft op a r t i c i p a t ei ny o u t hc o n f e r e n c e s a n de v e n t st h a t wi l l e n a b l emet oi n t e r a c t a n dl e a r n f r o mo t h e ry o u t h sa swe l la sb ee n g a g e di n t o s o me t h i n gt h a t wi l l g e n e r a t eac o n s t r u c t i v ec h a n g e t ot h ec o mmu n i t y .

2 .Wha twe r ey o ur mo t i v a t i o ns f o r j o i ni ngt hee v e nt ?

Mo d e lUn i t e dNa t i o n sh a db e e nk n o wnt omo l d a n di n s p i r et h ey o u t h st ot a k eb o l da c t i o n si n g i v i n gp o s i t i v ec h a n g ea n ds o l u t i o n st og l o b a l i s s u e s .

I t ' sj u s tt h ep e r f e c ta v e n u ef o rme , a smu c h a sf o ro t h e rp a r t i c i p a n t st or a i s eav o i c ea n db e h e a r d .Ev e r y d a ya b o u ta b i l l i o nc h i l d r e na r e s t a r v i n g ,e v e r yy e a ra b o u t6 0 0 , 0 0 0wo me n ,me n , a n dc h i l d r e na r et r a f f i c k e da c r o s si n t e r n a t i o n a l b o r d e r s ,a n dc l i ma t ec h a n g ei sa l r e a d yc r e a t i n g v o l u me sh e r ea n dt h e r ep e r me a t i n go u rd a i l yl i v e s .

Kn o wi n gt h ec r u e l t i e sa n do r d e a l st h a tt h ewo r l d f a c e se v e r y d a yh a dp u s h e dmet op a r t i c i p a t ea n d u t i l i z et h i sa v e n u et o ma y b eo f f e ra p o s i t i v e s o l u t i o nt h a tc o u l dh e l pi nr e s o l v i n gt h ep r e s s i n g p r o b l e ms .

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Ho wdi dy o uf e e l a f t e rt hee v e nt ?

I ti sab i t t e r s we e te x p e r i e n c ef o rme ,Ia mh a p p y t h a t myb i l l wo na n dt h a t Iwa sg i v e nar e c o g n i t i o n a sa no u t s t a n d i n gd e l e g a t eh o we v e r , a l o n g s i d et h e g o o dn e wswa sat r a g i co n e .

p a r t i c i p a t ee v e nt h o u g hIa n t i c i p a t e dt h ee v e n tf o r l o n g .I twa se v e nh a r d e rf o rmea f t e rt h ee v e n t b e c a u s e Ir e c e i v e d s o mu c h c o n g r a t u l a t o r y r e ma r k swh i l eb e i n gi ng r i e fa n da tt h a tp o i n tI d o n ’ t h o n e s t l yk n o wh o wt or e s p o n dt oe v e r y t h i n g t h a t h a dh a p p e n e d .

4 .Wha tdo y o ut hi nk wo ul d bet he i mpa c to fpa r t i c i pa t i ngi nt hee v e ntt o y o urc ur r e ntf i e l d?

Mo d e lUn i t e dNa t i o n si sa na v e n u ef o rt h ey o u t h s t oh o n et h e i rp u b l i cs p e a k i n gs k i l l s ,r a i s eav o i c e f o ri s s u e st h a tma t t e ra n dp a r t i c i p a t ei np r o v i d i n g s u s t a i n a b l es o l u t i o n st og o b a li s s u e s .Asap u b l i c s e r v a n te n d o we dwi t hr e s p o n s i b i l i t i e so fs e r v i n g t h ep e o p l ewh i l eb e i n ga na g e n to fd e v e l o p me n t a n dp e a c et h i se v e n t p r o v i d e dmea no p p o r t u n i t yt o e n h a n c emyl e a d e r s h i pa n dd i p l o ma t i cs k i l l ss oa s t ob eab e t t e ri n s t r u me n ti nc o n v e y i n gs u s t a i n a b l e s o l u t i o n sa n dp o s i t i v ec h a n g et ot h ec o mmu n i t y .

5 .Doy o uha v ea nyf i na lme s s a g e sf o r o t he ra s pi r a nt s ?

I nt h i sd a ya n da g e ,t h ey o u t ha r ep o l i t i c a l l y c o n s c i o u sa n d a r ea c t i v e l y p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n d i s c u s s i n gi s s u e st h a ta f f e c t st h es t a t ea n dt h e s t a t u sq u o .Th ey o u t h sa r emo r ei n v o l v e dt o d a y t h a nwee v e rwa s ,o u rv o i c ea r eh e a r da n do u r o p i n i o n sma t t e rs os t a n du pf o rwh a ty o ut h i n ki s r i g h t ,t a k ep a r ti np r o v i d i n gs u s t a i n a b l es o l u t i o n s a n dd on o tf e a rr a d i a t i n gy o u rv o i c ef o rt h e c o mmo ng o o d .AsGa n d h ip u t si t“ b et h ec h a n g e y o uwa n t t os e ei nt h ewo r l d . ”

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1 .Ca ny o uf i r s tt e l lmey o urj o ur ne y 4 .Wha tdo y o ut hi nk wo ul d bet he f i r s tbe f o r ea t t e ndi ngt heDI LG Yo ut h i mpa c to fpa r t i c i pa t i ngi nt hee v e ntt o Co r eRe g i o na l De ba t e ? y o urc ur r e ntf i e l d?

Ih a v eb e e nd e b a t i n gf o ra b o u tf o u ry e a r sn o w wh i l eJ a d e( o u r2 n ds p e a k e r )f o rt woa n dI a n( o u r 3 r ds p e a k e r )f o rmo r et h a n5o r6y e a r s .Weh a v e k n o wne a c ho t h e rs i n c ewewe r ea l lme mb e r so f t h eUn i v e r s i t yo fMi n d a n a o ’ sSHSDe b a t eSo c i e t y .

2 . Wha twe r ey o urmo t i v a t i o nsf o r j o i ni ngt hee v e nt ?

er e a l l yh o n e s t ,j o i n i n gwa sk i n do fal a s t Tob s e c o n dd e c i s i o n .

I a na n dJ a d ev o l u n t e e r e db e c a u s e o ft h el a c ko fe x p e r i e n c e d( o rwi l l i n gt oc o mp e t e ) me mb e r s .Iwa s n ’ te v e ns u p p o s e dt ob eap a r to f t h et e a m, b u t o u rt h i r dme mb e rb a c k e do u t t h ed a y b e f o r et h et o u r n a me n ta n dweh a dt oma k eu s eo f wh a twe h a da tt h e mo me n t .I tmi g h ts o u n d “ u n i n s p i r i n g ”f o ramo t i v a t i o nb u t , t r u s t me , b e i n g f o r c e dt oj u mph e a do nt o wa r d sav e r yt o u g hb a t t l e u s u a l l yma k e st h eb e s t s o l d i e r s .

Ak i n do f “ b a p t i s m b yf i r e ”( a ni n s i d ej o k eweh a de v e r yt i mewef a c e s i mi l a rt r i a l sa sa no r gb a c kwh e nwewe r ei n SHS) .

3 .Ho wdi dy o uf e e l a f t e rt hee v e nt ?

Sa t i s f i e d . Th ee v e n t wa sr e a l l yc h a l l e n g i n g ( e s p e c i a l l yf o rme )b e c a u s eu n l i k eI a na n dJ a d e ,I h a dn oe x p e r i e n c ed o i n go n l i n ed e b a t e s .I twa s k i n do fap l a y i n gi na ne n t i r e l yn e wb a t t l e f i e l d .I t wa s n ’ te a s yb u twema n a g e d .Wef o u g h ta n dwe ma n a g e d .We ,a sat e a m,wi t hMa ’ a m Ca n d i c e s u p p o r t ,e v e ng o tt ol e n g t h swen e v e re x p e c t e dt o r e a c h .I twa s n ’ tr e a l l yl i k et h ec o mp e t i t i o n swe j o i n e di nt h ep a s ta si twa sh o s t e db yt h eg o v ’ t i n s t e a do ft h ed e b a t eu n i o n st h a tu s u a l l yh o s t t o u r n e y s . Bu t , l i k e t h e c o mp e t i t i o n s we p a r t i c i p a t e di nb e f o r e ,i ta l s oh a dr e a l l yh i g hu p s b u t a l s os o med e p r e s s i n g l yl o wd o wn s .

Tos a yt h a t i t wa sar o l l e rc o a s t e ro fe mo t i o n i sa n u n d e r s t a t e me n t .

Wewe r ea l l Po l i t i c a l Sc i e n c es t u d e n t si no u rt e a m.

I twa sag o v e r n me n t( DI LG)h o s t e de v e n t .Th e e n t i r ec o mp e t i t i o n wa sb a s i c a l l ya ni n f od r i v e a b o u tl o c a lp o l i t i c sa n dg o v e r n a n c e .Wed e b a t e d a b o u tp o s s i b l ec h a n g e si nt h ec o n s t i t u t i o n ,a b o u t l o c a ll e g i s l a t i o n s ,a n ds i mi l a rt o p i c s .De s p i t e e v e r y t h i n g ,i t wa sa ne y e o p e n i n gf i r s th a d e x p e r i e n c ei ng a i n i n gk n o wl e d g ea b o u tt h er e a l i t y o ft h el o c a l ( a n dn a t i o n a l )g o v e r n i n gs y s t e m.

5 .Doy o uha v ea nyf i na lme s s a g e sf o r o t he ra s pi r a nt s ?

Aswh a tIme n t i o n e de a r l i e r ,“ b a p t i s mb yf i r e u s u a l l yma k e st h eb e s t f i g h t e r s ”( y o uc a nq u o t eme o nt h a th a h a ) .Th a tme a n s ,t h i si sn o tj u s tf o r a s p i r i n gd e b a t e r sb u tame s s a g et oa l lFi l i p i n o y o u t h ;wh e nd e b a t i n g ,d on o tb ea f r a i da n ds p e a k u p .

Do n ’ t b ea f r a i da n dt a k ec o u r a g e , s t a n du p .

Le t y o u rv o i c e sb eh e a r db e c a u s ei t ’ st h r o u g hv o i c i n g h a twema k ee v e r y o n eh e a rt h ev o i c e so ft h e o u tt s i l e n c e d .

Af t e ra l l , ac o mmu n i t yf i l l e dwi t hv o i c e s s p o k e no u tl o u di sb e t t e rt h a nas o c i e t yf o r c e dt o s t a yq u i e t .

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A ma nwa ss t a n d i n gi nt h er o c kq u i e t l ya n dh a d b e e nd o d g i n gg l a n c e so nh i ss i l h o u e t t el a t e l y . " Wh o wo u l dh a v et h o u g h t ? "h ea s k s .

Ast h ewa v e sb o u n c e b a c ka th i sf e e t ,h ee x h a l e s .Co n t i n u et omo v eh i s f e e t t ot h er h y t h mo ft h er u t h l e s so c e a n .

Th et r a n q u i l s e at e l l smyh i s t o r y —Wh oa m Ia n dWh oIwa n tt o b e .Th es k ys e e mst o ob l u e —t h es e r e n i t ya wa k e n s mys o u l .

Re me mb e rwh e no u rl i v e swe r ea tf u l ls p e e d ?

Wh e r ee v e r y t h i n gr u n si nj u s t ab l i n ko fa ne y e .

We we r ej u s t i f y i n go u rg o a l sa n dd r e a ms .

Wee x h i b i t e d b e h a v i o r st h a tl e a v ema r k e da swemo v ef o r wa r d .

Wa l kn o n s t o p .Ou rp i c t u r e s q u ewa l k sl e du st o wh e r ewea r en o w.Th i sc e r t a i n t yi st h ef r u i to fo u r p a s t .Th eb e a r i n go fo u rp r e s e n t .Wh o ms h a l lwe b l a me ?Yo u ?Us ?Ei t h e r .

Our pi c t ur e s que wal k sl e d us t o whe r ewear eno w.Thi sc e r t ai nt yi s t hef r ui to fo urpas t .Theb e ar i ngo f o urpr e s e nt .Who ms hal lweb l ame ?

Yo u?Us ?Ei t he r .

Th ei n d e l i b l ea c t i o nwer e l e a s e ds h o wso u rs o u l .

Le a v e sp e o p l eh a n g i n g , g r i p p i n gt ot h et i n yr o p eo f s i l v e rl i n i n gt os u r v i v et h eh o r r o r .

Ev e n t u a l l y ,h e r eIa m,s wa y i n gs i l e n t l ya st h e b r e e z eg e t sc o l d e ra n dc o l d e r , e mb r a c i n gmywh o l e b e i n ga n ds o o t h i n gt h eo l dwr e c ks o u lo fmi n e .

Th e s o u n do fwa v e ss e e msmu s i ct omye a r s .Ir o a me d mye y e sa n ds a wama ns t a n d i n gq u i e t l yo nt h er o c k , s a v o r i n ge v e r ys e c o n do ft h et i me .Hei n d u l g e si n t h emo me n t o fs o l e mn n e s swh e r et h eb i r d s ' c h i r p i n g , c l a s h i n go ft h es a l t wa t e r ,a n dt h es i l e n ts c r e a mso f t h es o u la r et h eo n l ys o u n d st h a tf i l l e dmye a r s .

Ma y b eh ei swo n d e r i n gwh e nwi l lt h i se n d ?Ig u e s s s o .Th ema ns e e msl o n g i n gf o rf r e e d o m,f r e e d o m f r o ma g o n ya n dp a i n .I n d e e d ,t h i swo r l di sf r e e c o n f i n e me n t , f r e e db yt h ewo r l da n dc o n f i n e db yt h e i n d e l i b l es c a r s .

Th es k yt u r n sg l o o my ;t h ed a wnh a sg r a d u a l l y r i s e n ,a n d Imu s tl e a v et h ep l a c ei mme d i a t e l y .

Su r p r i s i n g l y , t h ema nwa sn o to nt h er o c ka n y mo r e .

Un k n o wi n g l y , Iwe n tt oh i sr e c e n tl o c a t i o na n ds a w t h ema n ' sf o o t p r i n t .

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COVI D1 9 cri s i s wi l ll e ave a hi dde n s car i n me ntal he al th f or ye ars to come .Thus , re j uve nati on i ne ve ry i ndi vi dual ' smi nd i sa mus tto addre s s .

Th ec o r o n a v i r u s ' sd e v a s t a t i n gh o p s c o t c ha c r o s st h e wo r l dh a sl o n gs u r p a s s e dt h ea n n u a lma r k , a n db ya l l i n d i c a t i o n s ,i twi l ln o tf i n i s ha n yt i me s o o n .I f COVI D1 9i sa n yl e s s o n ,t h ep a n d e mi c ' se f f e c t so n me n t a lh e a l t h ma yb ef a rl o n g e rl a s t i n gt h a nt h e d i s e a s ei t s e l f .

COVI D1 9h a sc h a n g e dt h ewo r l dwel i v ei n , a n di t b r o u g h tp e o p l ea l la r o u n dt h ewo r l du n p a r a l l e l e d .

Ch a l l e n g e so fme e t i n ge v e nt h ef o r e mo s tb a s i ch e a l t h n e e d si nd e v e l o p i n gc o u n t r i e sb e c o mewa ymo r ea c u t e wi t h i nt h es e t t i n go fas c o u r g e .Ph y s i c a lh e a l t ht a k e s p r e c e d e n c eo v e rme n t a l h e a l t hn e e d s .

On eo ft h emo s t s i g n i f i c a n ti mp a c t so ft h eg l o b a lCOVI D1 9s i t u a t i o n h a sb e e no u rc o l l e c t i v eme n t a lh e a l t he f f e c t s .St u d i e s o nt h ewo r l d wi d eb u r d e no fd i s e a s ewe r ea l r e a d y s h o wi n gt h a tme n t a ld i s o r d e r sc o mp o s e5o u to f1 0 l e a d i n gc a u s e so fi n c a p a c i t yi nt h ewo r l d .

Be f o r et h ep a n d e mi c ,s t r e s s ,a n x i e t y ,d e p r e s s i o n s t e mmi n gf r o mf e a r ,i s o l a t i o n ,a n ds t i g maa r o u n d COVI D1 9h a v ea f f e c t e da l lt h ei n d i v i d u a l si no n e wa yo r a n o t h e r .

Ki d sc a n ' t g ot os c h o o l a t l e a s t i ns o me p l a c e sa n du s u a l l ys e et h e i r f r i e n d s , s t u d e n t sc a n ' t e v e n c e l e b r a t e a n d wa l k t h r o u g h t h e s t a g e d u r i n g g r a d u a t i o n s , ma n yp e o p l ea r el o s i n gt h e i rj o b s , a n dt h e e l d e r l ya r ei s o l a t e df r o mt h e i rh o me s .Ofc o u r s e ,t h e p a s t y e a rh a sb e e nh a r do nh e a l t hc a r ewo r k e r s , h a v i n g t owo r kl o n gh o u r s ,p e r s o n a lr i s ko fe x p o s u r et ot h e v i r u s ,a n dwi t n e s s i n gf i r s t h a n dt h el o s so fp e o p l e , c o l l e a g u e s ,a n dl o v e do n e s .I ti sn o tj u s tt h ep e o p l e wh owe r en o te x p o s e dt ot h ev i r u swh oa r es u f f e r i n g b u t a l s ot h o s ewh owe r ei n f e c t e db u t s u r v i v e db e c a u s e a st h e yr e t u r nt ot h e i rh o me s ,t h e ywi l le x p e r i e n c e b e l i t t l i n g .Mo s tp e o p l ewo u l ds t a ya wa yf r o mt h e m a n dt r e a t t h e ma sad a n g e r .

Di s c r i mi n a t i o nwo u l dn o t j u s t o n l yb ei nt h e i rs t r e e t ; i tc o u l da l s ob ei nt h ewh o l eb a r a n g a y ;e v e ni ft h e me d i ah i dt h ei n f e c t e dp e o p l e ' sn a me s ,b u tt h o s e n e i g h b o r so ft h ei n f e c t e dp e r s o n swo u l dk n o w.

At t h a t p o i n t ,t h eb l a me s wo u l ds t a r t ,t h ef e a r ,d i s g u s t , a n x i e t y , a n dd i s c r i mi n a t i o nwo u l da r i s e .

Th e s et h i n g s , i n c l u d i n gt h en e wsa n ds o c i a lme d i a ,a r eg i v i n gt h e f e a rt h a two u l de v e n t u a l l yp u tma r k so nt h e i rmi n d , t h i n k i n ga b o u t t h e i r s a f e t ya g a i n s t t h ei n v i s i b l ef o e , t o o c a u t i o u so nmi n o rs y mp t o msl i k ec o u g ha n dc o l d .

Th u s ,t h e s ec o u l dg e n e r a t ea n x i e t yt h a tt r i g g e r sa n d a f f e c t smo s t p e o p l e ' sme n t a l h e a l t h .

COVI D1 9h a sa l s oc a u s e dd i s r u p t i o n st oo u r me n t a l h e a l t hi n d i r e c t l y .Th eme a s u r e st a k e nt os l o wt h e s p r e a do ft h ev i r u sh a v ea f f e c t e dt h ep h y s i c a la c t i v i t y l e v e l s ,e a t i n gb e h a v i o r s ,s l e e pp a t t e r n s ,a n dt h e r e l a t i o n s h i p wi t ha d d i c t i v es u b s t a n c e s ,i n c l u d i n g s o c i a l me d i a .

An dt ot h i sl a s t p o i n t , b o t hi n c r e a s e du s e o fs o c i a lme d i awh i l es t u c ka th o me ,a swe l la st h e i n c r e a s e de x p o s u r et od i s a s t e rn e ws ,h a v ea mp l i f i e d t h ea d v e r s ee f f e c t so fs o c i a lme d i ao no u rme n t a l h e a l t h .

Th e s eh i d d e ns c a r st h a t e n d u r ea mi d s t p a n d e mi c sa r e e s s e n t i a lt ou n d e r s t a n dt h a ty o ua r en o ta l o n ei nh o w y o u ' r ef e e l i n gr i g h tn o w,a n dt h e r ea r ep r a c t i c a l , h e a l t h ywa y st oc o p ewi t ht h e s ee mo t i o n s .

Fi r s t , t h e r e a r ema n yt h i n g so u t s i d eo fo u rc o n t r o lr i g h tn o w, wh i c hc a nb es c a r y .

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DOMI NI CJ AYS. ABABON Whati fyouc oul dgobac ki n t i me, what c ur r ent i nvent i on/t ec hnol ogy woul d youl i ket obr i ngwi t hyou?

I fI coul dgobacki nt i me, t he i nvent i on Iwi l lt ak et ot he pas ti st he el ect r i c vehi cl e becaus e we k now t hatt he aut omot i vei ndus t r yi soneof t he maj or cont r i but or st o gl obal war mi ng and we hatgl obal war mi ngi s k now t one oft he maj ort hr eat st o ourenvi r onmentt hati swhyI wi l l choos e an el ect r i c vehi cl e becaus ei ti s100% ecof r i endl y .

I fyou c oul dr el i ve any day f r om yourpas t ,whi c h day woul d you pi c k?Why? I fIcan r el i ve t hatday ,Iwantt o s pend t i me wi t h my gr andf at her ands how hi mt hatI l ovedhi ms i nce Idi dn' tof f erhi m t he l ove t hatI k now hedes i r esf orme.

J OHNL ORE NJ ACOL O

PATRI CI AI DMARAVI STA

Woul d you r at her c hange your pas t or know your f ut ur e?

Iwoul dr at herj us tchange t he pas t . Iwoul d l i k e t o mak e my s el fa l i t t l e l es s nai ve and mor e awar e dur i ngmyhi ghs chool day s .I f eel l i k e t hat t i me s ome peopl ek i nd ofhat ed me, butIdi dn' tk now becaus e I ' m t oo s el f cent er ed and j us tl i vi ng i n my own l i t t l e bubbl eofs el f l ove.Butnow asI as s es smys el fdur i ngt hat t i me,Icr i nge and y eah,I ' d hat emet oo.

What one pi ec e ofadvi c e woul d you gi ve t o your youngers el f ?

Youal way sdoubt edy our s el f whi l e peopl e ar ound y ou s eey ourpot ent i al .Don’ tbe af r ai d of chal l engi ng y our s el f becaus e k nowi ng what y ou have become now,y ou ar e amaz i ng and doi ngwel l .

J ANI E LMAYP. PE RE Z I fyou c oul dr el i ve any day f r om yourpas t ,whi c h day woul d you pi c k?Why?

I fIcoul dr el i ve agai nf r om my pas t ,It hi nk Iwoul d pi ck t he day snotj us tonebutmanyday s wher e Iwas f eel i ng pet r i f i ed andt i mi di never y t hi ngIdo.Up unt i lnow,I ’ ms t i l lt hatper s oni n t hepas tand Iwantt ochange ot hatIcoul d’ ve done my s el fs t hi ngst hewayi ts houl dbeand f ormet obepr oud and happy ofmy s el fatpr es entt i me.

J AME L AF AYEBE RAME

What i f you c oul d go bac k i n t i me, what c ur r ent i nvent i on/t ec hnol ogywoul dyoul i ket obr i ngwi t hyou?

Def i ni t el ys mar t phonesandt hei nt er netasi twoul dbever yi nt er es t i ngf or me i fIcoul d documentwhatr eal l yhappened backt henes peci al l yi n anci entt i mesbutwi t ht hepr es enthi ghdef i ni t i onr es ol ut i on.

I magi net hes e di f f er enter as , caughti n4K.

Whatonepi ec eofadvi c ewoul dyou gi vet oyouryoungers el f ?

Gr owi ng up as a s hy k i d, and event ual l yover comi ngdi f f i cul t i esand l ear ni ngt ocomeoutofmys hel l , I can s ayi twaspur ebr aver yand s el f l ove.

T he mos ti mpor t antt hi ng Iwi l lt el l my s el fi st hat " Al way s choos e t o r emai nk i ndandhumbl e,whi l et ak i ng n ever y wi nni ng moment ,f or pr i de i t hey ar e God' sr emi nderofHi sl ove and goodnes s .

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E L I J AHJ OBDE L ACRUZ Woul dyour at herc hangeyourpas tor know yourf ut ur e?

Idon' thave a pr obl em wi t h how my l i f e i s cur r ent l y goi ng, t her ef or e I woul dn' tchangeany t hi ngi nt hepas t .

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I fyou c oul dr el i ve any day f r om yourpas t ,whi c h day woul dyoupi c k?Why?

I fIcoul d go back i nt i me and r el i ve anyday ,Iwoul d choos et he dayIwasbor n becaus e Iwantt os ee how happy my par ent swer et o haveme.

J HUNL E XTE RSAL VO Whati fyouc oul dgobac ki nt i me, whatc ur r enti nvent i on/t ec hnol ogy woul dyoul i ket obr i ngwi t hyou?

Iwoul d br i ng my s mar t phone t o t ak e pi ct ur esofme whi l e enj oy i ng t he pas tl i f e and t os how t o my f ut ur e me how happyIam i nt he pas t .

SHE ABL E STROMA MAKI GANGAY What one pi ec e ofadvi c e woul d you gi ve t o your youngers el f ?

Al way sk now y our wor t h.

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Res pect and l ove y our s el f wi t h conf i dence;t hat ' st he pi eceofadvi ceI woul dgi ve t omyy oungers el f .

MARVI NHUBAHI B Woul d you r at herc hangeyour pas torknow yourf ut ur e?

Iwoul dr at herchoos et ok now myf ut ur ebecaus eIdon' twant t o change my pas ts i nce t he ex per i encesIhad bef or e ar e ver ymemor abl eand i mpor t ant t ome.Af t eral l ,weonl ygotone l i f el et ' sl i vei nt hemoment .

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De a r e s t1 5-y e a r -o l ds c a r , Di dy o ur e e n c o u n t e ra n yj u d g i n gs t a r e s ?Pe r h a p s , wh i s p e r so ny o u r wa yt oy o u rd e s t i n a t i o n ?Di da n y o n ea s kt h es a met h i n ga g a i n ?I ft h a t wa st h ec a s et h e n , Ia ms os o r r y .

Ik n e wt h a ty o uh a dt o l dmey o uwe r e a f r a i dt owa l ka l o n ewi t h o u tmyh a n d sh o l d i n gy o u r sa st i g h ta sI c o u l d .

Ime n t a l l yt o o ks e v e r a l n o t e so nwh a two u l dma k ey o us mi l ee v e r y d a y , b u tIf a i l e dt od oi tt h i st i me .

N e v e r t h e l e s s , c o u l dy o up l e a s eo p e ny o u rwi n d o wt o n i g h t ?T h emo o ni s s h i n i n gs ob r i g h t l yt h a ti ti st a k i n gmeb a c kt ot h ed a y sIwa st r y i n gt o u n d e r s t a n dy o u .

Ri g h tn o w, Ia ma g a i nr e mi n d e do fh o wy o ub r i n g s e r e n i t ywh e nt h i n g sg e tal i t t l eb i tc o n f u s i n gt ome .

Y o umi g h ts t a r tt o d o u b tmywo r d sa sy o ur e a dt h i s , b u tp l e a s ed ok n o wt h a tt h i si smy wa yo fs h o wi n gy o umymo s tp r o f o u n da n ds i n c e r ea p o l o g y .

Myd e a ro n e , y o ua r ee v e rg l o wi n g .

Pl e a s er e me mb e rt h a ty o u rwh o l e e x i s t e n c ewi l l n e v e rb ed e f i n e do rj u d g e db a s e do ny o u rs h a p ea n ds i z e .

I td o e sn o tma t t e rwh e t h e ry o ua r et h i n , e s s e n t i a l l yc u t e , s h o r t e r , o r t a l l e rt h a nt h ea v e r a g e .

Ma yy o uwa l kp r o u d l ywi t hh o wy o u rs k i ni s b e a u t i f u l l yp a i n t e dwi t has h a d eo fb r o wn , b l a c k , o ra n yc o l o r .

Wh ol o o k s a tt h o s et h i n g sn o wa d a y sa n y wa y ?

Wh a t ' smo r ei mp o r t a n ti st h a ty o uh a v eme , a n dy o uk n o wt h a tId o n o tc a r ea b o u tp h y s i c a l a t t r i b u t e s .

Mo r ei mp o r t a n t l y , Ia mn o tb o t h e r e d t os h o wy o ut ot h ewo r l da n db o a s ty o ua smymo s tu n i q u eg e m.

Be c a u s e o fy o u , Ia l s oma n a g e dt oa c c e p tmy s e l fs l o wl yb u ts u r e l y , s oIa m e x p e c t i n gt h es a meg o e sf o ry o u .

Ag a i n , y o uh a v ey o u ru n i q u ea p p e a l t o t h ee y e so ft h ewo r l d .

Wh e n e v e rp e o p l ea s kmewh yIs t i c ka r o u n dwi t hy o u , Iwo u l da l wa y s c h o o s et oa n s we rh o wy o ur e mi n d e dmet oc o n t i n u emo v i n gf o r wa r da n d n o td we l l o nt h ep a s t .

Att h i sp o i n t , y o umi g h ta l s ob ewo n d e r i n gwh yI c o u l ds t i l l h a v et h ec o n f i d e n c et os a yt h e s et h i n g st oy o ue v e nt h o u g hI u s e dt oh a t ea n dd i s r e g a r dy o u .

I na l l h o n e s t y , Iwa i t e df o ry o ut of a d e b e c a u s eIc o u l dn o tr e a dn o rc o mp r e h e n dy o u .

Ih a dah a r dt i me c o n s i d e r i n gy o u rf e e l i n g sb a c kt h e nt ot h ep o i n tt h a tIa mr e mi n d e do f h o wc r u e l t h ec i r c u ms t a n c e swe r et omewh e n e v e rIl o o ka tt h emi r r o r .

Wh yd oIh a v et oe n d u r es e e i n ga n dme e t i n gy o ui nt h i sl i f e t i me ?Wi t h y o ub e i n gs oc l o s et ome , Il e a r n e dt od e s p i s emy s e l fa n dmyd e c i s i o n s .

I wa n t e dt ob er e b o r nt oap l a c ewh e r ey o uc o u l dn o tf i n dn o rr e a c hme .

Ats o mep o i n t , Iwa n t e dt od i s a p p e a rb e c a u s eo fh o wIf e l ts o f r u s t r a t e da b o u ty o u re x i s t e n c e , b u tIwa st h a n k f u l t h a ty o us t a y e d s t r o n g .

Iwa sa ma z e db yy o u rp e r s i s t e n c et os u r v i v ea mi d s tmy s e l f i s h n e s s .

Pr e c i o u sc o mp a n i o n , Ia p p r e c i a t ey o u rc o u r a g et of i g h tmy i mma t u r i t yb a c kt h e na n dt h ec r u e l wo r l dwea r ec u r r e n t l yd e a l i n g wi t h .

T h a n ky o uf o re n d u r i n gt h ewo r l d ' swr i t t e nf a t ef o ry o u .

Y o ua r e s ob r a v ef o rs t a y i n gb ymys i d ee v e ni fIwa so n c et h ef a u l t yp e r s o nt o o .

Y o uwe r es os t r o n gf o rf a c i n gmyp r e j u d i c e ds e l fa n da r es t i l l g e t t i n g s t r o n g e rwh i l ef i g h t i n gwi t ht h ewh o l ep l a n e t ' sj u d g me n t s .

Ic o mme n d y o u rb r a v e r yt h r o u g hy o u rc o n t i n u o u sb a t t l ei nt h i sp l a c ef u l l o fp e o p l e wh oi mme d i a t e l ys c r u t i n i z ey o u re n t i r es o u l a si ft h e ya l r e a d yk n o wy o u f r o mt h ei n s i d e .

Ia mwe l l a wa r eo fy o u rf e a rwh e nwea r eo u ti n p u b l i c .

If e l ty o u rs h i v e ra n di n n e rh e s i t a n c et os h o wy o u rt r u es e l fa n d y o u ri mp e r f e c t i o n st o wa r d st h e m, a n dt h a ti so k a y .

Y o u rf e e l i n g sa r e v a l i d , a n di ti sa l r i g h tt ob ea f r a i d .

Y o ua r ea c c u r a t e , d e a r e s t .

Ho we v e r , y o ud on o th a v et of e e l i ta l o n ea n df o rt h er e s to fy o u rl i f eb e c a u s eI a mh e r e .

Ia ma l wa y sh e r et og u i d ey o u .

L e tmep r o t e c ty o ut h i st i me , j u s tl i k eh o wy o us a v e dmef r o mb e i n gc a g e di n t omyp a s tmi s t a k e s .

Y o u d on o th a v ea no b l i g a t i o nt ob ep e r f e c ti nt h ef i r s tp l a c e .

Y o ud o n ' th a v e t op l e a s et h o s ej u d g i n ga n dc o l de y e s ; p l e a s ea l wa y sb e a rt h a ti ny o u r mi n d .

Ima ya p p e a ra sab l u f f i n gma c h i n er i g h tn o w, b u tIo n l ywa n twh a t i sb e s tf o ry o u .

Y o ua r es oc r u c i a l t ot h eu n i v e r s e .

Y o uwi l l n e v e rb e a l o n e , a n dIwa n ty o ut ob e c o met h eb e s tv e r s i o no fy o u r s e l f .

Don o t h i d ea wa yf r o mt h ec r o wda n y mo r e .

Myh a i ri sab i ts h o r tf o rt h ep a s t y e a ra l r e a d y , a n dIc a n n o tc o v e ry o u .

Iwa n ty o ut oa c c e p ty o u r s e l ft o o a n db ea b l et oe x p r e s si tmo r e .

S t i l l , Ia ms o r r yf o rl e a v i n gy o u ; Ia ms o p r o u dt h a ty o uma n a g e dt oc o n q u e rt h eo d d se a r l i e rwi t h o u tme .

Ih o p e t h a tt h i swi l l b et h es t a r to fy o u rf r e e d o mt of l yh i g hb e c a u s ey o u d e s e r v ei t .

Ast h i swi l l c o met oa ne n d , Iwi l l l e a v eaq u e s t i o nf o ry o u .

Doy o u e v e rt h i n ko fr e mo v i n gmef r o my o u rl i f et o o ?I nmyc a s e , y o uwe r e t h a tp e r s i s t e n te v e ni fIt r i e de r a s i n gy o u .

I twa sl i k ey o ua n dIa r e s t u c kwi t he a c ho t h e rf o r e v e r .

E v e r y wh e r eIg o , p e o p l ewo u l dn o t i c e y o u , t o o , a si fo u rs o u l sa r ei n t e r t wi n e d .

Ia l s og e tt h a tj u d g i n gs t a r e , b u tId on o twa n tt oa p p e a rwe a kwh e nIa mwi t hy o u , s oIg a t h e ru p a l l t h ec o u r a g et of o r g e ta b o u ti t .

Y o uma t t e rt h emo s tt ome , s oIc h o s e t ob eb r a v ea n dt ol e tt h i n g ss l i d e .

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Ho wd oy o uc r e a t ey o u re v e r y d a yOOTD ( Ou t f i tOf Th eDa y ) ?Doy o uwa n t i t t ob ee l e g a n t , wi l d , c o l o r f u l , o r s i mp l e ?Ash u ma n s , wea l l h a v ed i f f e r e n t p r e f e r e n c e s i nt e r mso ff a v o r i t e s ,l o o k s ,a n de v e nl i f e s t y l e s .Ou r e v e r y d a ymo o dwo u l da l s oi n f l u e n c et h ewa ywes e n s e t h i n g s .

Li k ei nt h emo r n i n ga f t e r wewa k eu p , i f wewa n t t ot a k eab a t ho rn o t ,b r u s ho u rt e e t ho rn o t ,g e ts o me d r e s st owe a r o r n o t .

Ki d d i n ga s i d e , o f c o u r s e , wes h o u l d we a rs o mec l o t h e s , a n dt h emo s tc h a l l e n g i n gt h i n gt h a t c o n f u s e su sd a i l yi ss e l e c t i n gwh a twes h o u l dwe a ro n t h a t p a r t i c u l a rd a y .

Some ofuswant ed t ol ook good, neat ,orcl as s y.Buthow woul d we getaper f ects t yl e?

Ov e rt h ep a s td e c a d e s ,t h ef a s h i o ni n d u s t r yh a s d e v e l o p e d .

Th i se v e n t wa sa l s ot h er i s eo fa ni n n o v a t i o n o fc l o t h i n gt h a tl e a d st ot h ea p p r e c i a t i o no fmo d e r n s t y l e s .Th e1 9 8 0 swe r et h ed e c a d eo fb o l dl o o k s .Th e c o l o r ,t e c h n i q u e s ,a n dl a y e r i n gwe r ef a s h i o n f o r wa r d ; t h e1 9 9 0 swe r et h ey e a ro fr o c kf a s h i o nt r e n d y .An d t o d a y ' sf a s h i o ni n d u s t r yi sa l r e a d yd i v e r s e .

Ov e r s i z e dc o a t sa n ds l a c k s ,i nt h eHo l l y wo o dr e d c a r p e t s ,t h e s ek i n d so fo u t f i t sb e c a me f a mo u s n o wa d a y s .Ha i l e yBi e b e ra n dGi g iHa d i da r es o meo f t h emo d e l st h a tp o s i t i v e l ya f f e c tt h i sk i n do fc l o t h i n g .

Th e s ec o a t sa n dp a n t sa r emo r ee mp h a s i z e d wh e n ma t c h i n gc o l o r s —p a i r e dwi t haf i t t e dt u b eo r t o p si n s i d e a n da n yh a i r s t y l e .Th i so u t f i tc a nb e s tb eu s e di n p h o t o s h o o t s ,g u e s t i n g ,a wa r d sn i g h t s ,a n do t h e rs o c i a l c a s u a lg a t h e r i n g s .Al s o ,i ts u i t swi t hh i g hh e e l st o e mp h a s i z et h el e n g t ha n dc u r v e so ft h eo n ewe a r i n gi t .

To c h a n g ei ti n t o amo r ec l a s s ya n dd a r i n go u t f i t , r e mo v et h ec o a t a n dp u t i t i nt h er i g h t a r mt oe mp h a s i z e t h es e x i n e s so ft h eo n ewh oo wn si t .

La y e r i n g , Bi l l i eEi l i s hi so n eo ft h en o t a b l ei n f l u e n c e s o ft h i sk i n do fo u t f i t .Sh ei sk n o wnf o rh e rb o y i s hb u t c a t c h yt y p eo ff a s h i o n a b l eo u t f i t s .Du r i n gh e rr e d c a r p e t s ,wec o u l ds e et h a te v e ni fs h e ' sag i r l ,s h ed o e s n o twa n tt oh a v el o o k e d wi t hg o wn s ,d r e s s e s ,a n d e x a g g e r a t e du n u s u a lo u t f i t s .I n s t e a d ,s h eu s e ss o me l o n g s k i n n e dj a c k e t sa n dt h e nl a y e r st h e m wi t hs o me nf r o n t .Th e s el o o k sh a v eb e c o met h el o o ko f s h i r t si ma n yp e o p l en o wa d a y s .La y e r i n gi so n eo ft h emo s t i ma g i n a t i v e k i n d l i n g s t y l e s b e c a u s e wh e n we a c c i d e n t a l l yg e t d i r t y , t h e r ei sa n o t h e rd r e s si n s i d e .

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To p s ,c r o pt o p sc o n t i n u et ob et h ef i r s tp l a c ei nt h e ma r k e t .

Th i st o pi sa l wa y sap l a c et op a i rwi t hd i f f e r e n t k i n d so fp a n t s .

Bu t t h i s2 0 2 1 , t h emo s t c o mmo np a i r i n g wi t ht o p si sb a g g yp a n t s .

Th i sb a g g yi so v e r s i z e ds e mi p a n t st h a ta r ep e r f e c twi t hf i t t e dt o p s .I ts h o wc a s e st h e p r o p o r t i o no ft h eo n ewe a r i n gi t ,a n di ti se i t h e rl o n g s l e e v e so rs l e e v e l e s sa n de v e nt u b e sa n do t h e rf i t t e d l i n k e dt o p s .

Gi g i Ha d i dwa so n eo ft h ei n f l u e n c e r swi t h t h i sk i n do fo u t f i t .

Th eFi t t e ds ma l l s h i r t sa r ed i f f e r e n t f r o mt h eo v e r s i z e d o n e s .I twi l la mp l yi l l u s t r a t et h emo d e l ' sc u r v ys i d e , e s p e c i a l l ywh e np a i r e dwi t hb a g g yp a n t sa n ds l i n gb a g s .

Yo uc a na l s oa d j u s tt h eb e l t i n gp l a c es ot h a tt h e r ei sa n e mp h a s i so namo r eb e a u t i f u la n dd a z z l i n gk i n do f OOTD.Ma n yo ft o d a y ' sg e n e r a t i o nZa l wa y sh o o ko n t h eu p t r e n da n da l wa y so nt h eg oi ne v e r yg e t a wa y .

Th e yn e e da no u t f i tt h a two u l dma t c ht h e i ri d e a lt y p e , p e r f e c t f o rag o o d t o g os t y l e .

Th ec o mf ye d g e s ,we l l ,mo s to fu swa n t e dt oh a v ea s t y l i s hl o o k ,b u ts o me t i me swe d o n ' tc o n s i d e rt h e c o mf o r t v a l u e .

Wet e n dt oe n d u r et h ec o mp l e x i t yo ft h e c l o t h e st h a twewe a rj u s tf o rt h es a k eo ff a s h i o n .We f o r g e tt h a tt h emo s ti mp o r t a n tt h i n gt h a twes h o u l d c o n s i d e ri nc h o o s i n gad r e s st owe a ri st h a twes h o u l d a l wa y sb ec o mf o r t a b l e .

Wewi l lh a v et h ec o n f i d e n c et o we a r i t ; c o mf yo u t f i t sc a nb eo v e r s i z e ds h i r t sp a i r e dwi t h h o tp a n t so rj o g g e r s .Th i si d e awo u l db et h emo s t c o mf o r t a b l ek i n do f o u t f i t t h a t mo s t o f u swo u l dc h o o s e ; a s i d ef r o mi t , i t i sa l s oe a s ya n dh a s s l e f r e e .

Wec a nc u s t o mi z ewh a t e v e r d r e s swewa n t t owe a r f o r l u x u r i o u se v e n t s , c a s u a l e v e n t s , o re v e ns i mp l es e t t i n g s .

Wec a ni n n o v a t ea n df i n do u rs t y l e si fwewo r kwi t ho u r i n n o v a t i v ea n dc r e a t i v emi n d sa n dd i s c o v e rn e wp e r f e c t p a i r sl i k ea c c e s s o r i e sa n db a g st oa d dag l a mo r o u se f f e c t t oo u ro u t f i t s .

No mat t erwhatours t yl e orpr ef er ences ,wes houl d choos et he bes tone f or our s el ves . As t he year s pas s by, t he f as hi on i ndus t r y cont i nues t o evol ve.Ri ght now,even t he wei r des tdr es s esar e appr eci at ed.

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Wh a ti sc o mf o r t i n ga b o u tc o mf o r tf o o d s ?I si tt h et a s t e ?I si th o w c o n v e n i e n t mo s t c o mf o r t f o o d sa r et oma k eo rb u y ?

Ho n e s t l y , n oo n ec a nt e l l b e c a u s ee v e r y o n e ’ sc o mf o r t f o o di s n ’ tt h es a mea se v e r y b o d y ’ s .

Noo n ec a ng e ta u n i f i e da n s we r a st h e s ef o o d sa r el e s sa b o u t t h ef o o di t s e l f a n dmo r ea b o u tt h eme mo r i e st h e ya r el i n k e dwi t h .

Co mf o r t f o o d sa r ea b o u t No s t a l g i a .

Th es n a c k sy o uu s e dt ol o o kf o r wa r dt oa t r e c e s se v e r y d a y .Th es t r e e tf o o d se v e r ya f t e rs c h o o l .Th a tu n i q u e t o p p i n gy o up a i r y o u r r i c ewi t h .

Ev e nt h eu n u s u a l r e c i p e s y o u rf a mi l yp o s s e s s e s .Ea c ho fu sh a sme mo r i e swi t h f o o d swel o v e da sak i dt h a t wh e n e v e rwef e e l d o wno r c r a v es o me t h i n gf a mi l i a r ,e a t i n gc o mf o r tf o o d si sa j o y r i d ed o wnme mo r yl a n e .I tg i v e su sas e n s eo f l o n g i n g n e s sf o rap o i n ti no u rl i v e swh e r ee v e r y t h i n g u s e dt ob es os i mp l e .

Af t e rf i n i s h i n gt h a tNo s t a l g i ai na b o wl , wef e e l t h ewa r mt ha sme mo r i e sg u s hi n .

Ha p p i n e s so ra n yp o s i t i v ee mo t i o n swh e ne a t i n gy o u r f a v o r i t ec o mf o r tf o o d sh a sas c i e n c eb e h i n di t .A 2 0 1 7 s t u d yb yCh a r l e sS p e n c er e v i e we dh o wc o mf o r tf o o d s h a v en e u r o p s y c h o l o g i c a le f f e c t sb yr e l e a s i n gs e r o t o n i n o r h a p p yh o r mo n e sa st h e s ef o o d sr e mi n dp e o p l eo f t h e i r c h i l d h o o d .

Wh e nwewe r ey o u n g e r , wewe r eg i v e nr e wa r d swh e n wea c h i e v e ds o me t h i n gb ye a t i n gf o o d swed o n ’ te a t r e g u l a r l y .

Wh e n e v e r wer e c e i v e dme d a l sa t e v e r yc l o s i n g c e r e mo n y , wel o o k e df o r wa r dt ot h ed e l i c i o u sr e wa r dwe we r ea b o u tt og e ta to u rf a v o r i t ef a s t f o o dc h a i n .

Wh e n wev i s i t t h o s ep l a c e s , wea s s o c i a t eo u rs i mp l ej o y swi t h t h es me l l ,t h ec h a i r s ,a n dt h eme n ut h a tmo s t l yd i d n ’ t e v o k ep l e a s a n tme mo r i e s .

Th e r e ’ sas t o r yb e h i n de v e r y c o mf o r tf o o d ,a n dt h a ti swh ywef e e ll i k eak i da g a i n .

Co mf o r t f o o d st h a t wek e e pg o i n gb a c kt oa r el i k eap a t o no u r a c h i n ga n dp o o r p o s t u r e db a c k s .

F i l i p i n o sg r e wu pe a t i n ga l ls o r t so fc h i c h i r y aa n d c a n d i e sb e c a u s e , i na l l t r u t h f u l n e s s , t h e s ewe r ea l l t h a t a f e wP i s oc o i n swewe r eg i v e na sb a o nc o u l da f f o r db a c k i nt h ed a y s .

Orma y b ey o uwe r eo n eo ft h o s ek i d swh o c o l l e c t2 5c e n t sf r o me v e r yn o o ka n dc r a n n yo fy o u r h o u s e ,e n o u g ht ob u yf r o mt h en e a r e s tf r i e n d l ys t o r e .

Bo b o t , Wh i t eRa b b i t , Mi k Mi kmi l kp o wd e r , J u n g l eb i t e s , J u i c yf r u i t , Ch o c n u t , Ye ma , P i n t o o r ag u mb a l l s , Do o d o o , No u g a t , a n dma n ymo r e , s t i l l t a s t et h es a mea st h e ywe r e i ne l e me n t a r ys c h o o l .

Lo o k i n gb a c ko no u r l i v e st h r o u g h t h e s ec h e a pg o o d i e sg i v e su sNo s t a l g i aa n das e n s eo f h o p ed u r i n gt h e s el o wt i me s .

Ask i d s ,wea n t i c i p a t e dt h ee n do ft h es c h o o ly e a r b e c a u s ewewe r ee x c i t e df o rs u mme rt oc o me .

He a r i n g t h a t f a mi l i a rt u n ef r o mab i c y c l ewi t hac a r t i so n eo fo u r d e l i g h t f u lme mo r i e s .Ani c ec r e a mc a r tr i n g i n gab e l l ma k e se v e r yk i di nt h en e i g h b o r h o o da s kf o rs o mec o i n s f r o mt h e i r mo t h e r s .

I c ec r e a mi so n eo f t h emo s t c o mmo nc o mf o r t f o o d si n t h ewo r l d .F i l i p i n ok i d sg r e wu pe a t i n gi c ec r e a mo n s t i c k sa n dt h o s ef r o md e e ps t a i n l e s s s t e e lt u b s , s c o o p e d b yaf r i e n d l yS o r b e t e r o , wh og i v e sy o ua ne x t r as c o o po n ag o o dd a y .

Ma y b ewh a t ma k e si c ec r e a ms oc o mf o r t i n g a n dn o s t a l g i ci sb e c a u s ewer e me mb e r t h o s es u mme r si n o u rc h i l d h o o dn e i g h b o r h o o d ,h o w wer a na f t e rt h ei c e c r e a mc a r t b e c a u s eo u rmo t h e r st o o kt o ol o n gt og i v eu s s o mec o i n sa n dh o wwewo u l de a t q u i c k l yb e f o r et h ei c e c r e a mc o u l dme l t a n df a l l o f ft h es t i c k .

Oh , t h er e l i e fwe f e l t f r o mt h es u mme r h e a t wh i l es we a t i sd r i p p i n gf r o ma p a u s e dg a meo f t u mb a l a t a .

S o me t h i n gh a p p e n e d b e t we e n c h i l d h o o d a n d s p r o u t i n ga d u l t h o o dt h a tma d eu swh owea r et o d a y .

Ch a n g eb e t we e ne l e me n t a r ya n dc o l l e g ema yo r ma yn o t b ed r a s t i c .

Ko p i k oc a n d ya d d i c t sb a c kt h e nma yo rma y n o th a v et u r n e di n t oc o f f e ea d d i c t sn o w.Th a tp o r r i d g e y o ud e s p i s e da g oma yo rma yn o th a v eb e c o mey o u r g o t of o o dwh e n e v e ry o u ’ r es i c k .

Re g a r d l e s s , me mo r i e s b o u n di nc o mf o r t f o o d sa r ei r r e p l a c e a b l e —t h e s eweh o l d o nt o .

Ev e nwh e nwe ’ r en o ws l e e p d e p r i v e d ,c o f f e e d r i v e n a d u l t s , c o mf o r t f o o d ss t i l l h i t ap a r t i c u l a rs p o t -t h es a me s p o tt h a tc o mf o r t e du sa sak i da n dc o n s o l e du sb y p e r s o n a la n dme mo r y f i l l e df o o dp r e f e r e n c e s .De s p i t e h o wd i f f e r e n tc o mf o r tf o o d sa r ef r o mo n ep e r s o nt o a n o t h e r , t h e yf i l l ar e c u r r i n gh o l et h a t wea r ec o n s t a n t l yi n t h ep a t c h i n gp r o c e s s .

I t r e mi n d su st h a t a sweg r o wwi s e r i t t l eo l d e r , s o mep a r t so fo u rb e i n g sr e ma i ni nt h e a n dal h a p p i e s t s t a g e so f o u r l i v e s .

At t h es a met i me , wec a r r yt o mo v ef o r wa r d .

No wa d a y s ,wea r ea l lf e e l i n go u to fs o r t s .Wea r e s c a r e da b o u t t h ep a n d e mi c , wo r r i e da b o u t d e a d l i n e s , a n d c o n f u s e da b o u t wh a t wi l l h a p p e nn e x t .

Ea c hp e r s o nh a sa b a t t l et oo v e r c o me , a n dl i f eh a ss oma n ys t r e s s o r sn o w, a n dt h e n , weg ob a c ka n df i n dr e s t i no u r c o mf o r t f o o d s .

Wec a nb es c a r e d ,wo r r i e d ,a n dc o n f u s e d .Wea r e e x p e c t e dt oh a n d l ee v e r y t h i n gl i f et h r o wsu s , b u t wea r e a l s oe n t i t l e dt ot a k eas t e pb a c k .

Wea r er i d i n go nar o a d t o wa r d st h ef u t u r e .A h i g h wa yt h a ti sf u l lo ft r i a l sa n d s t o p ss i g n s .

Ma y b ewen e e dt ot a k eaUt u r nwi t ha l l o u r b e i n g sa n dr e me mb e r h o wf a r weh a v er e a c h e d .

Tor e l i v e mo me n t sweb e a u t i f u l l yo v e r c a mea n dt ot a k et h e mwi t h u st oo u r n e x t d e s t i n a t i o n .

Be i n ga na d u l tc a nb et i r i n g , b u twea r ea l l o we dt o f e e l l i k eak i da g a i n .

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I ti sh a r dt oi ma g i n ewh a tf o o dt a s t e sl i k ef r o m wa t c h i n gaTVs c r e e n , b u t i t wa se a s yt oc o n n e c t wi t had i s hwh e nRa t a t o u i l l eh i tt h et h e a t e r s .I f y o uwe r eo n eo ft h o s ek i d swh og r e wu pwi t h t h es t u n n i n g l yi n t r i c a t ec u l i n a r y Pi x a rf i l m " Ra t a t o u i l l e , "t h ed i s h ,wh i c ht h emo v i ewa s t i t l e da f t e r , t h a tRe myt h er a th a sp r e p a r e d , wa s ame mo r a b l ec i n e ma t i cf o o de x p e r i e n c e .As k i d s ,wema yo rma yn o th a v ef u l l yr e a l i z e d wh a tt h ed i s hi nt h ef i l ms i n c e r e l yme a n t .Bu t , s o me h o w, i t i mp a c t e du s , d e l i b e r a t e l yd e l i v e r e d b yac h a r a c t e ri nt h emo v i e ,t h ei n f a mo u sa n d v i c i o u sf o o dc r i t i cAn t o nEg o .

Ho w di dt heRa t a t o ui l l e ,a di s h ma de wi t h me r e v e g e t a bl e s ,me l tt he f e a r e d g o ur me te x pe r t ' she a r t ?

Or i g i n a t e d f r o m t h e Ni c e , Pr o v e n c e Al p e s Cô t e d ' Az u r r e g i o n i n So u t h e a s tFr a n c e ,Ra t a t o u i l l ei sa v e g e t a b l e s t e w ma i n l yma d ewi t hz u c c h i n i s ,e g g p l a n t s , p e p p e r s , o n i o n s , h e r b s , a n dt o ma t o e s .

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I n t e r e s t i n g l y , t h e s t r i k i n g l y d e l i c i o u s Ra t a t o u i l l ei nt h ef i l m wa sp r e s e n t e dal i t t l e d i f f e r e n t l y f r o m t h e t r a d i t i o n a l Pr o v e n c e c u i s i n e .

Th ev e g e t a b l e swe r ec u t i nr o u n d si nt h e mo v i e ,e l e g a n t l yl a y e r e di na l t e r n a t i n gc o l o r s , b a k e d ,a n ds e r v e df i n e d i n i n gs t y l e ,wi t ha t o ma t o b a s e ds a u c es wi r l e ds wi f t l yo nt h e p l a t e —a v e r s i o nc a l l e dc o n f i tb i y a l d i . As o p p o s e d t o t h e l u x u r i o u s h a u t e c u i s i n e e x p e r i e n c eAn t o nEg oh a dwh i l ed o i n gh i sj o b , Ra t a t o u i l l ewa sc o n s i d e r e da sa" p e a s a n t ' sd i s h " b e c a u s e i n t h e 1 8 t h c e n t u r y t r a d i t i o n a l Pr o v e n c a lv e r s i o n , i twa ss o me wh a tr u s t i c .

Th e v e g e t a b l e s we r er o u g h l yc u ta n dc o o k e d t o g e t h e ri nap o tb yf a r me r swh owa n t e dt ou s e u pt h eh a r v e s t e dv e g e t a b l e st oa v o i dwa s t ea n d s p o i l a g ed u r i n gt h es u mme r .

No ma t t e rh o w h u mb l ei t so r i g i n sa r e , Ra t a t o u i l l ei so n eo ft h o s ed i s h e st h a ts e e mt o n e v e rf a d eb e c a u s eo fi t sn o u r i s h i n gq u a l i t y , b o t hf o rt h eb o d ya n day o u n gk i d ' ss o u ll i k e Eg o ' s .

I t mo s t l yi s n ' t t h ef o o di t s e l ft h a t ma k e si t s o me mo r a b l eb u tt h es we e tb l i s st h a ti t i mp a r t e d .

Fo o d st h a tweg r e wu pwi t hg e n t l yc a r e s so u r s o u l ,mu c hl i k eh o w ap a r t i c u l a rf a mi l yr e c i p e g i v e su swa r mt ha n dc o mf o r t wh e n e v e r wee a t i t o rh o wo u rf a v o r i t ed i s ht r a n s p o r t su sb a c kt o s i mp l e rt i me s .Ra t a t o u i l l ei st h ec a r e s st h a tt h e c o l df o o dc r i t i cn e v e re x p e c t e dd u r i n gh i sma n y y e a r sc r i t i c i z i n gf o o d s .Th ed i s hr e mi n d e dh i m o fh i ms e l fa sa k i db e i n gc o n s o l e db yh i s mo t h e r ' sc o mp a s s i o n ,c h a n g i n gh i so u t l o o ko n h i sp r e s e n t l i f ei nt h ep r o c e s s .

Al t h o u g h Ra t a t o u i l l ei s n ' ta d i s ht h a twe Fi l i p i n o st y p i c a l l yc o o k , k n o wi n ga b o u t t h ed i s h f r o mt h ef i l mc e r t a i n l ywa samo v i n ge x p e r i e n c e wee n c o u n t e r e dd u r i n go u ry o u n g e ry e a r s .Fo r u s , i t r e mi n d e du sh o wf o o d so no u rp l a t e sc o u l d e n c a p s u l a t ef e e l i n g so fp u r ej o yk i n d l e db y r e mi n i s c e n c e .

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f i g h ta l lc h a l l e n g e sa l o n go u rwa ya swe wo r kt o g e t h e r d e s p i t ewh a t t h ewo r l di sg o i n g t h r o u g h .Hea l s ome n t i o n e dt h a tt h ea l b u m c o n t a i n ss o n g swi t he n c o u r a g i n gme s s a g e st o s p r e a dp o s i t i v i t ya n dh o p ewo r l d wi d e .Th i s e x p l a i n st h a tt h eg r o u pi sh o p i n gf o rb e t t e r d a y sb yg i v i n gi n s p i r a t i o na n dc o u r a g et ot h e f a n s .

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Th eg r o u ph a sa l s oc o l l a b o r a t e d wi t h Ma r v e l ,Pr uLi f eUK,a n dt h e ye v e nma d e h i s t o r ya st h eo n l yKo r e a na c tt op e r f o r ma t t h eWo r l dMe n t a lHe a l t hDa yb yt h eWo r l d He a l t h Or g a n i z a t i o n .Th i sy e a r ,2 0 2 1 ,t h e s u p e rb o yg r o u pwi l lb ej o i n i n gt h eGl o b a l Ci t i z e na n dmo v e me n to fe n g a g e dc i t i z e n s wh oa r eu s i n gt h e i ru n i t e dv o i c et oe n d e x t r e mep o v e r t yb y2 0 3 0 .I ti st h eg r o u p ' s mi s s i o nt og i v et h ewo r l dh e a l i n g , h a p p i n e s s , a n dc o mf o r t .

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Wh i l ea l l o ft h e s ea r e s o l e l yf o ro u rf a i l u r eb u ta l s of o rt h et h i n g s v a l i d ,t h er e a s o nIa ma b o u tt or e c o mme n d t h a t ma k eu sg r e a t . t h i sg a mei ss o me t h i n gt h a tI ' v ey e tt os e e Wh i l e El k ' si s l a n da n dt h et h i n g st h a t b e f o r eu n t i l I ' v ep l a y e dt h i sg a me . h a p p e n e do nt h ei s l a n da r ea l lf i c t i o n a l ,t h e ' We l c o met oEl k ' i sag a met h a ti su n l i k e s t o r i e ss h eh e a r sa n d t h es t o r i e ss h e a n yo ft h ev i d e og a me sI ' v es e e nb e f o r e .I te n c o u n t e r sa r ei n s p i r e db ya c t u a l e v e n t s .

Th e d o e s n ' t h a v e c o mp l i c a t e d g a me p l a y s t o r i e sa n dh o wt h e yma d emef e e lu p o n me c h a n i c s .Th ec h a r a c t e r sa n dt h e i rd e s i g n p l a y i n ga sFr i g gi se t c h e dt h r o u g h o u tmy a r eq u i r k y ; wh e t h e rg o o do rb a d , y o ud e c i d e . mi n du n t i ln o w.Wh i l ep l a y i n gt h i sg a me ,I Th emu s i c a ls c o r i n gi sp e c u l i a r .Th o u g ht h e r e a l i z e dh o we v e r y o n eh a ds t o r i e swo r t h g a mei ss i mp l ea ti t sc o r e ,wh a tl a c k st h a tt e l l i n ga n dt h a twes h o u l da l wa y st r ya n dt e l l d e p a r t me n t ; i t c o mp e n s a t e si ns t o r y t e l l i n g . t h e mt ot h o s ewh oa r ewi l l i n gt ol i s t e n .

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Th i s wh o l e g r a v e y a r d s u f f e r i n g h a s i n f l e c t e do u rwh o l eb e i n g ,e s p e c i a l l yo u r s p i r i t u a la s p e c t .I tr e mi n d su st os t r e n g t h e n o u rc o n n e c t i o nt ot h ea l mi g h t yo n e ;i t c h a n g e do u rp e r s p e c t i v ea n di n f l u e n c e du st o b et h eb e s tf o rt h el o n gr u n .We h a v e e x p e r i e n c e dh o wt h ewo r l ds h i f t e di nj u s ta rs i l e n ts c r e a msb e c a meac o mf o r t . s n a p .Ou An dt h ed e a f e n i n gs i l e n c eb e c a meo u rh o p e .

Th el i f et h a tn e v e rc a mea c r o s st ov i s i tt h e mi n d so fe v e r y o n ei sn o w h a p p e n i n g .

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As we l i s t e n e dt ot h ec o n v e r s a t i o n ,t h e s t u n n i n gp o r t r a y a lo ft h ee v e n twa sa l s o p r e s e n t e da f t e r wa r d .

Th e3 Dv i s u a l sg a v el i f e t ot h es t o r ya st h ec o n v e r s a t i o nb e t we e nt h e t wome ng o e so n .

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t h a th ewi l lb eg o i n gt oma k ei tt h r o u g h .He d i s c o v e r e dab r e a k t h r o u g ho nh o wh ewi l l b e g o i n gt ot a meRi c h a r dPa r k e r .

Hel i s t e n e dt o h i si n t u i t i o n , p e r f o r me di t , a n dl e a r n e dh o wt o c o mmu n i c a t ewi t ht h et i g e r .Fr o mt h a td a y f o r wa r d ,t h e yb e c a mea l l i e swh oh e l p e do n e a n o t h e rt os u r v i v et h eg i g a n t i cwa v e s ,t h e h u n g e r ,a n dt h ed e p r e s s i v es i t u a t i o n .Su n r i s e a n dt h er o u g ht e x t u r eo fs a n da wa k e nPI .

He wa swe a r i l yo p e n i n gh i se y e sa n ds i g h i n g d e e p l ya tt h eo c e a nwh e nh es a wt h eh o l y g r o u n d .

Th e3 Dp i e c eo fa r tc o n s t a n t l yj u s t i f i e d e v e r ys c e n a r i ot h a tPiu t t e r e d .Th ep r e c i s e e x e c u t i o no ft h emo t i o nh a sma d et h emo v i e e x t r a o r d i n a r y . Ci n e ma t o g r a p h y i s a l s o c o mme n d a b l e . Th i s i n s p i r a t i o n a l mo v i e e n c o mp a s s e st h e3 De x p e c t a t i o n ;i te x c e e d s e x c e l l e n c y .I ti sa l s oar e c o mme n d e dmo v i e t o wa t c ha tt h eh e i g h to ft h i sp a n d e mi c b e c a u s ei t wi l l p r o v i d eu st h es t r e n g t ht oh o l d o na n ds u r r e n d e rt h eb u r d e no n t ot h eLo r d .

Ev e ni ft h ewo r l dt u r n si tb a c ko nu s , h ewi l l n o t .

Hewi l l r e ma i nwa t c h i n gu s . " Ev e nwh e n Go ds e e mst oh a v et oa b a n d o nme "-h ewa s wa t c h i n g . " Ev e nwh e nh es e e msi n d i f f e r e n tt omy s u f f e r i n g "-h ewa swa t c h i n g . " An d wh e n Iwa sb e y o n da l lh o p eo f s a v i n g , h eg a v emer e s t …a n dg a v emeas i g n t oc o n t i n u e my j o u r n e y " We ma yh a v e d i f f i c u l t i e si nf i n d i n gt h et r u t h ,o u rp u r p o s e , a n dwema yb ed r o wn i n gi no u rt h o u g h t s , r e me mb e rt h a th ewi l le mb r a c eu swi t hh i s mi g h t ys p i r i t .Th i sp a n d e mi cwi l ln o ts h a k e u s -Hewi l ls a v eu s ,l i k ewh a th ed i dt oPi a n dRi c h a r dPa r k e r .

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W ANDAVI SI ON / /SERI ES Ma r v e l ' s St u d i o s ' Ma r v e l Ci n e ma t i c Un i v e r s e( MCU)mo v i e sh a v ea l wa y sb e e n p r e v a i l i n gb yb e i n gab l o c k b u s t e rh i te v e r y t i me i th i t st h ec i n e ma s wo r l d wi d e .I t s c a p t i v a t i n gCGI sa n ds t o r y l i n e sa b o u tt h e s e s u p e r h e r o e sma d ei tr e ma r k a b l et ot h ef a n s .

Cu r r e n t l y , i nt h i sp a n d e mi c , i td i d n ' ts t o pt h e MCU f r o mp r o d u c i n go n ea st h e yr e l e a s e d t h e mo s tp o p u l a rs e r i e so ft h ey e a r — Wa n d a Vi s i o n .

Th i sMa r v e lt e l e v i s i o nmi n i s e r i e sd i r e c t e d b yJ a cSc h a e f f e rf o rt h es t r e a mi n gs e r v i c e a p p ,Di s n e y +,c o mb i n e sas i t c o m,r o ma n c e , t h r i l l e r , a n ds u p e r h e r of i c t i o n .

I t i sc o mp o s e d o f9e p i s o d e ss t a r r i n gEl i z a b e t hOl s e n ,Pa u l Be t t a n y ,Ka t h r y n Ha n n ,Te y o n a h Pa r r i s , Ra n d a l lPa r k ,Ka tDe n n i g s ,J o s hSt a mb e r g , a n dEv a nPe t e r s .

Th es e r i e si sb a s e di n i t i a l l y o nSt a nLe e ' sMa r v e lCo mi c ss t o r y l i n eo f Wa n d aMa x i mo f f( Sc a r l e tWi t c h )a n dt h e Vi s i o n .

Th es e r i e swi l lma i n l yf o c u so nt h el i f eo f Wa n d aMa x i mo f f wi t hVi s i o na f t e r t h ee v e n t s o ft h eAv e n g e r s :En d g a me .Af t e rh a v i n gs o ma n yq u e s t i o n sf r o mi t st r a i l e r , k n o wi n gt h a t Vi s i o nh a dd i e di nAv e n g e r s :I n f i n i t yWa r , t h ev i e we r swi l lu n r a v e lt h emy s t e r yt h a t b i n d si nt h ee n t i r es e r i e s .Ev e r ye p i s o d ewi l l b eaj o u r n e yo fd i f f e r e n td e c a d e s ,s t a r t i n g f r o m t h ec l a s s i c a l' 5 0 su n t i lt h e mo d e r n p r e s e n t .I twi l lma k ee v e r y o n ef o r mu l a t e t h e o r i e sa n db ei n d u l g e db yi t sf a s c i n a t i n g v i s u a l s .

I t ' sh i g h l yn o t a b l e ,f o rt h es e r i e swi l la l s o d i s c u s st h ei mp o r t a n c eo fme n t a lh e a l t ha n d t h es t a g e so fg r i e f .

Th eWa n d a Vi s i o ns e r i e si ss of a rt h emo s t u n i q u ea n du n f o r g e t t a b l es e r i e swh i c ht h e MCU d i d .I th i g h l i g h t ss o me p r o mi n e n t s i t c o mso fe a c hd e c a d et h a t a l r e a d ys e r v e sa s an o s t a l g i cf l a v o rt ot h ea u d i e n c e .

I t ma ya l s o b eas l o wb u r nt y p e ,b u ti twi l lma k et h e a u d i e n c ep a ya t t e n t i o nt oe v e r yl i t t l ed e t a i l o f p i s o d e .My r i a d so fq u e s t i o n swi l lb e e a c he f o r mu l a t e dp e re p i s o d eb u tg u a r a n t e e d ;t h e y wi l l b ea n s we r e di nt h ep r o c e e d i n ge p i s o d e s .

Fu r t h e r mo r e ,e v e r yUMi a ns h o u l dwi t n e s s t h eg l o r ya n dp o we ro fWa n d aMa x i mo f fi n Wa n d a Vi s i o n .I twi l la l s ob e s t o we s s e n t i a l l i f el e s s o n s ,j u s tl i k eh o w Wa n d aMa x i mo f f h a n d l e da l lt h eg r i e fa n dp a i nf r o mt h ev e r y b e g i n n i n gs i n c eAv e n g e r s : Ag eo fUl t r o n , b u t i td i d n ' ts h u th e rd o wnt ob et h es t r o n g e s t v e r .I twi l la l s ot e a c hu st oe mb r a c e p e r s o ne r e a l i t ya n de n d u r ewh a t e v e rl i f ema yg i v e .

Th u s ,e v e r y o n e mu s tb er e a d yf o re v e r y e p i s o d es i n c ei ti ss p e c t a c u l a ra n dp r o mi s i n g i n i t s s t o r y l i n e , c i n e ma t o g r a p h y , a n d d i a l o g u e s .Ea c he p i s o d ewi l lt r u l yl e a v ea ma r ki no n e ' sp s y c h et h a twi l lb l o wy o u r mi n do u to ft h i sr e a l i t y .So ,wh a ta r ey o u wa i t i n gf o r ?Pl e a s es i t b a c k , r e l a x , a n dt u r no n y o u rp h o n e sa swea l lwa t c hWa n d a Vi s i o n t o g e t h e ri nDi s n e y +.

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