Year 12 English Portfolio of Related Texts For the Area of Study And Modules A and C Due 23rd of June Area of Study: The Inner Journey Related text 1: The Godfather (novel) In this novel by Mario Puzo‚ an inner journey is taken by Michael Corleone. This inner journey is linked with My Place in the way that Michael’s journey involves him searching for a link with his family and their past. This novel’s perspective of the inner journey is an acceptance of your past and
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I. INTRODUCTION Philippine democracy and politics has long been a troubled environment. With the recent developments regarding the Napoles case‚ it has only reaffirmed the fact that there are a lot of failures within this system. Aside from this latest scandal‚ democracy in the nation has been plagued long before the Pork Barrel story. Issues regarding nepotism‚ lack of transparency‚ participation of the masses‚ and so on have been present for the longest time. Being a Management student‚ I am
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Yakult Philippines‚ Inc. Yakult was introduced in Japan in 1935 by Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd of Japan‚ based on discoveries made by Dr. Minoru Shirota‚ the company’s founder Dr. Shirota blazed a trail in the field of preventive medicine with his studies on a type of lactic acid bacteria now know as Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota. The Yakult brand became synonymous with good health and it made a tremendous impact throughout Japan. Its entry in the market gained immediate acceptance‚ which led to
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Heeun Soh Ms.Lee English 1st draft 10/5/13 Adolescence‚ faced as a teenager‚ is a period of mental instability‚ wandering‚ and especially high interests on the opposite sex. Some argue that teenage dating is merely an activity which will negatively affect academic effort and achievements‚ thus it is not beneficial. However‚ teenage dating is not something that can be discouraged. In other words‚ teenage dating has to be perceived as a natural step within the adolescence period; although we
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Even before the foreign invaders came to the Philippines‚ the Filipinos already had their own cultural traditions‚ folklore‚ mythologies and epics. There were substantial writings by early natives that Jesuit historian Fr. Pedro Chirino noted: "All of the islanders are much given to reading and writing. And there is hardly a man‚ much less a woman who did not read and write." Epics are stories that are written in poetic form. They are usually described to display such tremendous vitality‚ color
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The existing literature of the Philippine ethnic groups at the time of conquest and conversion into Christianity was mainly oral‚ consisting of epics‚ legends‚ songs‚ riddles‚ and proverbs. The conquistador‚ especially its ecclesiastical arm‚ destroyed whatever written literature he could find‚ and hence rendered the system of writing (e.g.‚ the Tagalog syllabary) inoperable. Among the only native systems of writing that have survived are the syllabaries of the Mindoro Mangyans and the Tagbanua of
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION For more than years‚ Philippine is saddled with huge challenges on how to find a concrete strategy to cope up economic depression‚ mainly the main reason that analysts could see is the drastic population density that leads to various implications like poverty (the main symptoms of having overpopulation and every country’s problem that almost all cannot resolved)‚ poor governance that results rampant corruption from public officials‚ colonial mentality also blocks progression
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COUNTRY ANALYSIS UNIT FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO JANUARY 2010 Microfinance in the Philippines uring the last few years‚ the volume of microfinance activity has grown considerably in the Philippines and an increasing number of financial institutions have engaged in retail microfinance operations. While this sector has been traditionally dominated by rural banks‚ non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and finance cooperatives‚ in 2009 a number of commercial banks sought entrance
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Philippine Drama What is Drama? • Drama comes from Greek words meaning “to do” or “to act.“ • Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. • According to Oxford Dictionary‚ drama is a composition in prose or in verse; adapted to be acted and is represented with accompanying gesture‚ costume‚ and scenery‚ as in real life. • It is essentially social and involves contact‚ communication and the negotiation of meaning. • Drama needs an individual or a group of people who use themselves
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Alpha Sharmaine V. Salonga BSA-IA November 12‚ 2010 THE EVOLUTION OF PHILIPPINE CURRENCY The evolution of the Philippine currency has become a journey through centuries that began in the pre-colonization periods and continued up to now in our modern days. During the Pre-hispanic era‚ trading of goods was conducted through barter. Later on‚ its inconvenience led to the use of mediums of exchange such as gold‚ piloncitos‚ gold barter rings. These are believed to be the earliest coins of
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