Insights: Paddington

Paddington a movie that is not just entertaining but also heart warming perfectly made for everyone to watch. A movie that is filled with adventure and mishaps, with lessons that we must remember. For instances, we should show good manners to others, we shouldn’t just mess with the things that others own and we must show our hospitality.

It wasn’t easy for our adorable bear, Paddington, to find the home he was looking for but in the end he was able to find out that he was in the right family all along. The Brown family (only Mary Brown her son Jonathan) is the one that let Paddington live in their home in the mean time but as the story goes on Mary’s husband, Henry Brown, accepted Paddington and was willing to help Paddington also to find the explorer who his uncle Pastuzo and aunt Lucy once met. The only problem is Millicent Clyde, a sadistic taxidermist who captures, kills, and stuffs exotic animals to house in the Natural History Museum. She found out about Paddington and she was out to get him. She caught him when he was looking for the explorer who happens to be her father.

                Honestly, when I saw Millicent holding a knife with all the stuffed animals around her laboratory makes me so sad because I can feel how the animals were captured and not knowing that they’re going to be embalmed....ugh! Such pain... not knowing that you’re not going to wake up anymore because you’re embalmed while you were sleeping....gosh how cruel! I wish people would look for another way to show to people the species they have found. For example, why not just create a fake one instead of embalming a real one because isn’t that also killing? Anyways, enough with my inner animal loving personality.

                I was happy when the Brown family rescued Paddington from the cruel hands of Millicent. She deserves to be punished and she was... She was sentenced to community service at a petting zoo. Paddington, is now officially a part of the Brown Family and he writes to aunt Lucy saying that he has finally found a home. 

APC EPIDEMIC IV: Case 316

On March 10, 2016, APJMA held an event called APC EPIDEMIC IV: Case 316. A survival game event that filled the halls with screams and thrill. Team players must solve a case by going through every designated floor or levels where they’ll find clues spread out for them but not everyone will be able to survive because of limited clues in every levels and because of zombies awaiting on each floor ready take their life away.

As a marshal in the game I have a lot to say about it. APC EPIDEMIC IV: Case 316 is my most favourite event from College Week. An event that I won’t forget because of how much I enjoyed participating. I enjoy watching those who chose to act as zombies because even with the heavy make-ups and costumes they are wearing, they had fun thinking and planning of ways to scare the team players. It was funny how all the team players try very hard to find the clues they need even to the point where they get the wrong clues. We would always wonder where they found those objects like board games or sticks that aren’t even clues. Seeing how hard the facilitators and organizers of the event works makes the game run smoothly and the story of the game more convincing. Maybe there were little troubles and complaints coming from the players and the ones who are acting out as zombies but with us marshals, head marshals and facilitators we were still able to handle it. Being a marshal wasn’t easy as well because we have to watch over our designated floor. We have to make sure everyone is safe and no one was breaking the rule but with all those screaming, shouting and running coming from the players and zombies we really have to focus on who’s going to the next level or floor. Although, it was tiring I really had fun.

Although it was great, I hope that next time when they hold another event like this they’ll be able to make everyone who signed-in participate, attend the meetings and come on the day of the event on time. I also hope that they’ll be able to explain the mechanics and flow of the game properly to the marshals and zombies next time. I would still love to participate on the next EPIDEMIC.

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

Who wouldn’t want to be a millionaire? I think almost everyone wants to. 

                On March 8, 2016 we had an event called “Who wants to be a millionare?” yes it’s similar to the original game show but this is more focused on English. Each chosen blocks has three representatives to play in the game, whoever wins first place receives a trophy and a cash prize worth 3000 pesos and whoever wins second place gets a trophy as well and a cash prize worth 1500 pesos. Yes, it’s not literally millions but STILL it’s CASH!

                The whole audience was the blocks rooting for their respective representatives. It was fun watching them play and answer correctly. Audiences also had the opportunity to learn because of the questions and facts that was given to the players. Some of the questions were easy because of stock knowledge, some are challenging and some are unknown to them so some of them try guessing.

                     It was nerve wrecking for the representatives because their blocks are watching, cheering and cheering for them to win because they are the ones who has received high grades from the subject who was chosen to be their adviser for the said event. Some might have really reviewed for the event and some might have just relaxed until the event comes. I actually liked watching because I was learning new facts and words.

Seeing how the real game show is, I have to say that the questions for our version was still easy because in the original it’s mixed with Science, English, Math, History and other facts. Kudos to those who win and survive from the game especially those who are able to answer the million worth question but I am still proud of those players in our event mainly those who represented our block even if we didn’t win.

Photos taken by me.

 

Insights: Sana Dati

Love stories in real life doesn’t always end the way we wanted it to be because we don’t hold the future. I was able to watch a movie entitled “Sana Dati”. A romantic movie about a videographer named Dennis who was hired to cover the wedding of Andrea, the last love of his older brother Andrew. Andrea is getting married to Robert, a failed politician turned businessman who she first met in a wedding where she also met Andrew who was making a cover for the event. Andrea and Andrew eloped disobeying their parents and leaving their family. Sadly, Andrew dies due to his sickness Arrhythmia leaving Andrea who can’t move-on by his sudden death. Although, she has decided to live a new life and get married, Dennis’ unexpected appearance in her wedding gave her a chance to remember all the memories she had with Andrew making us viewers know what really happened. 

It really hurts to lose someone who we really love but what hurts more is when they die. No one can really predict what the future holds and sometimes the outcome hurts. Trying to forget them is really hard especially if we hadn’t really accepted it or moved on from it. Also, wrong decisions can bring bad effects especially when we disobey our parents. It’s not always us who make decisions in love we would always need somebody’s guidance mainly God’s guidance.

What I liked about the movie is that Dennis became a way for Andrea to relive the past love she can’t let go of because of fate’s cruelty. I also liked that Dennis didn’t agree to Andrea’s offer to runaway after the wedding, I felt that his mission was only to learn and know something about Andrea and why his older brother left their family. I loved the ending when Andrea went back to Andrew’s grave, ready to let go along with the things that Andrew gave her. Although, she said that she isn’t going to take of the blue shoes that he gave to her because she still needs to commute, she eventually left it as well when Robert followed her and was planning to pick her up. At the very end of the movie, she finally accepts the love that Robert has for her by saying “I Love You.”

Pictures: from google images

APC Anti Smoking Campaign

Smoking is definitely bad for your health even if young smokers find it cool. No matter what they invent just to make smoking more beneficial to public health, it will always be harmful. Cigarettes and E- cigarettes have nicotine that has bad effects for your health; it can lead you to cardiovascular disease, reinforcement disorders, for pregnant women they might have fetal development, and other bad side effects behind those main diseases.

In our school, we have a campaign called APC (Asia Pacific College) Anti Smoking Campaign; you’ll see posters in our school stating that smoking is bad for your health and there are also posters showing what happens when you smoke but I still find students and even professors smoking. Well, you really can’t remove that habit immediately, it takes a long process but they can if they really want to stop. Although, it is bad, it will also have a bad effect if they stop immediately especially if they’ve been smoking for so long, of course, because their body is already used to that and when they suddenly stop that’s when sickness or bad effects occurs more often. That’s why don’t start smoking, it’s a bad habit. Whether you are smoking or you stopped smoking, you’re already damaging your body.

I really don’t understand why cigarettes are created when all that it causes is bad even if in my research it originated from religious rituals. Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit we’re to take good care of it because we’re the ones who are going to suffer if we tolerate those bad habits.

I really appreciate that our school is taking some time to advocate the Anti Smoking Campaign. I hope that more and more students will help. Let’s start a healthy practice as young as we are because with a healthy body is a healthy mind. 









Photos from google

Insights: Turn Left, Turn Right

When we started watching the movie Turn Left, Turn Right, I thought it would be something about music or poetry because the story started with rain (makes it feel more artsy for me) and then one of the main characters was reading a poem and then the other was playing a violin but then another scene shows up that made me think it would be a creepy film but no, it was not... it was simply a Love Story.

            It’s about two main characters namely; John Liu who’s a violinist and a composer who seems to have a problem having a permanent job. Next, is Eve Choi, a translator for a book publishing company, she’s tasked to translate foreign books into Chinese. Both of them have a problem with their job which makes them similar but that was not the point I was drawn to the movie. It was the times when they always cross paths but always has different directions examples: they ride bikes in the opposite directions on each side of the same street. Or they pass in a revolving door one coming, one going. Or on escalator – one going up and one going down and on a train station: one boarding one exiting. It’s really frustrating even if we know that they’ll meet eventually... and they did but destiny has some different plan. Even after meeting and exchanging numbers the ink was washed off by the rain and both got sick having a hard time to properly figure out a way to meet because they CANT’T EVEN CONTACT EACH OTHER. 

            Anyways, what’s more frustrating is they didn’t know that they’re living at the same block and the buildings of their apartment are side by side. Each had a nemesis that would do everything for both of them to forget each other but nothing could change the love that they have for each other. I really liked that even after all those crazy events happening destiny still made a way for them to meet even if I find the way they met again a little bit fast forward, funny and weird. Why? Well, why on earth is there a SUDDEN EARTHQUAKE just for the walls of the building to crash down and make them meet.  I didn’t like the unsatisfying ending (I find the ending meaningfull but...) even if we all know they ended up together and live a happy life.

I still have to admit, I did like the movie with all the headaches, heartaches and screams coming from my female blockmates and me due to the crossing paths of the main characters but never meeting. After watching the movie I remembered that in life we will never know what comes in our way and what the future holds, there will always be twists and turns but no matter what comes I will always entrust everything to God, even my love story because I would love Him to be the author of it. 

All pictures from: 

https://www.google.com.ph/search?q=turn+left+turn+right&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=623&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwimtrCS4JHLAhXJNJQKHQR_DBsQ_AUIBigB&dpr=1

Follow your PASSION...I did!!!

I was expecting something usual in the seminar that we had last February 11, 2016 but I was surprised that it was rather entertaining especially the guest speaker who’s none other than Jon Santos. The opening was a video of him singing while impersonating politicians, celebrities and etc. All of us who were watching had a good laugh and enjoy the video.  Next, Jon Santos introduced himself and made some little impersonation of Miriam Defensor and Erap. He talked about his journey in life and how he followed his passion. Through his journey he believed that nothing is an accident in life.  

Through this I got reminded that in life it’s about the inward and not what’s outward. All learning will enrich you but learning what you love will make you richer and will give you joy. Learn to be strategic and independent. I felt like when he said “knowledge is everything” it means that we gain knowledge through experiences. We must not let things stop us and we must be positive in facing every situation. We must learn to adjust in everything that life throws us and we must grow. Love can build if we take good care of it. We have plans in our life but we must accept that if it doesn’t work out there’s another plan for us that is greater and better. In life we must always be grateful even if negative things might come there will always be blessings that will come. 

In life we must learn to dance with it. We must be watchful and careful in choosing our friends because friends that connects with you even if apart from each other and stands beside you are the ones that will last longer. In life there’s always constant refining. We must face high roads and humble roads with faith.