VISIT TO UST MUSEUM Date of Submission: December 14‚ 2011 As a Thomasian‚ it is just appropriate to visit the UST Museum where it showcases its rich collection of artifacts and important figures that defines our history. Here’s an historical background of the museum. The UST Museum is the oldest museum in the Philippines featuring a rich natural history collection‚ with a diorama of selected Philippine fauna. Other exhibits include the ethnography collection (cultural artifacts)‚ the oriental
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by creating short stories before moving on to novels. Her first three works of fiction were novels‚ and she did not turn to the short story form until readers of Eva Luna asked to see the stories the title character refers to. ¡®¡®And of Clay Are We Created¡¯¡¯ was written specifically for the 1989 collection The Stories of Eva Luna. The story is about a young girl who is trapped in a mudslide‚ and a reporter‚ Rolf Carl¨¦‚ who is sent in his television helicopter to cover her rescue. Unable to
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The Life and Works of Rudolfo A. Anaya Rudolfo A. Anaya‚ a New Mexican writer‚ is considered one of the creators of Chicano Literature. He is most known for his novel Bless Me‚ Ultima. He has been recognized with many prestigious rewards for his work. As Anaya says‚ “As a Chicano writer I am part of a community which for the first time in our contemporary era has produced enough literary works to create a literary movement. Prior to the 1960s western literature was written about us‚ but seldom by
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What is Arnis? The names Arnis‚ Eskrima and Kali refer to weapons based martial art developed from ancestry in the Philippines. The Philippines are an archipelago of islands‚ and the names used vary with region. The art is referred to as Arnis in various regional languages‚ such as Pananandata in Tagalog; Pagkalikali‚ Ibanag; Kabaraon and Kalirongan‚ Pangasinan; Kaliradman‚ Bisaya; and Didja‚ Ilokano. Arnis is declared as the Philippine National Martial Art and Sport. There are three (3) phases
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States— Thus began the Philippine-American War‚ one that cost far more money and took far more lives than the Spanish-American War. Fighting broke out on February 4‚ 1899‚ after two American privates on patrol killed three Filipino soldiers in San Juan‚ Metro Manila. Some 126‚000 American soldiers would be committed to the conflict; 4‚234 American and 16‚000 Filipino soldiers‚ part of a nationwide guerrilla movement of indeterminate numbers‚ died. Estimates on civilian deaths during the war range
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are strange and hard to learn.” (25)“We must all gather around our father‚ I heard myself say. His dream is to ride westward in search of new adventure. He builds highways that stretch into the sun‚ and we must travel that road with him… You are a Luna‚ they chanted in unison‚ you are to be a farmer-priest for your mother!” (26)“The day dawned‚ and already the time of youth was fleeing the house which the three giants of my dreams had built.” (27)“And that day I became part of their gang” (38) |
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time of exile in Hong Kong‚ his elder brother‚ Paciano‚ had completed a translation of the “Noli Me Tangere” from the original Spanish into Tagalog that was corrected and finalized by Rizal. Envisioned as a popular edition with illustrations by Juan Luna‚ this book was never to be. The original manuscript translation by Paciano has since been missing. Nevertheless‚ Rizal completed a chapter of his satirical Tagalog novel and gave it the title “Makamisa” (After the Mass)‚ but unfortunately he did
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don’t really like it but you would be nowhere without it. A villain is a character that is evil and creates problems in the story. Queen Levana from Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles‚ and the Sirens from Homer’s The Odyssey. Queen Levana is the queen of Luna and lets know one dampen her reign‚ she will do anything to get what she wants. The sirens are mythical creatures that attract men to their island with their voices and then as soon as they are on the island they are killed. Although the Sirens are
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Where is the Patis? by Carmen Guerrero- Nakpil A Filipino may denationalize himself but not his stomach. He may travel over the seven seas‚ the five continents‚ the two hemispheres and lose the savor of home‚ forget his identity and believes himself a citizen of the world. But he remains- gastronomically‚ at least‚ always a Filipino. For‚ if in no other way‚ the Filipino loves his country with his stomach. Travel has become the great Filipino dream. In the same way that an American dreams of becoming
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