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The Legend of the Banawe Rice Terraces

In the Philippines, one of the places that tourist visit most of the time is Baguio City. One of the beautiful spots there is the Banawe Rice Terraces (Hagdang-hagdang Palayan). It is known for it's uniqueness and the creativity of the Igorots in making it using their hands. The mountain was turned into a rice field by landscaping it's sides to form a stairs. Igorots helped hand in hand in building the terraces. It is believed that it was not just built. According to some legend, the Banawe Rice Terraces has it's beautiful past. Do you want to know it? Well, referring to a book I've read, it was a symbol of love of two people who fought their love till the end and proved to everybody that with love nothing is impossible to happen. It was also a love story of heaven and earth... One of the mountains in Baguio City, there lived a tribe of Igorots. There king had a daughter named Ban-a. The princess was very beautiful and indeed have a kind heart. Everyone adm

The Effects Of Media and Technology In Today's Value System

People have forgotten the Filipino values and culture because of the presence of media and technology in the world. They treated them as one of the most important things and a part of everyday living. The media is the most influential...to the youth, children and people of all ages. Cellphones, televisions, computers are some of the gadgets made by technology. Almost everybody were already exposed to the modernization of the world. Technology is the application of Science in which we possess everyday to make all our works easier and faster. However, this media and technology affects people way of life and the values we take cared of will also vanish at the same time. And as we live, we also get higher and higher in overcoming our dreams with them. We see them as a good stimulus without thinking the equilibrium of it's effect. I am also one of those people who were thankful of the birth of media and technology. With them, I can do things in my own way. I can cooked my food

On Being Seventeen ,Bright and Unable To Read

One day a substitute teacher picked one of her students to read aloud from the textbook. But instead of reading the text the child sat down and said “No thank you”. The teacher thought that the child was acting smart. So she got mad and told the child to see her after class. Maybe someone like that child was a new thing for some teachers. But it wasn’t new for David. His been through scenes like that all of his life. Even though his seventeen and a junior in high school, he can’t read because he has DYSLEXIA. He can’t read his homework or the newspaper or a menu in a restaurant or even notes from his friends. He can’t even read his own name. He wanted to die. If you’ll ask me about his early years in school, I can’t find the words how bad it really was. Sometimes his teachers would try to be encouraging. When he couldn’t read the words on the board they’d say “Come on David, you know that word”. But only he really didn’t. And it was really embarrassing for him. He felt dumb and that’s

News Story

A 17-year-old boy was snatched while walking home last August 23, 2010 7:30 p.m. at Balesteros, Pagadian City.It was raining,according to the youth when a man with black jacket and a gun approached and asked him to give his newly bought N91 cellphone, money and Sony laptop. No one witnessed the said incident. Only Johan knew how it happened. The suspect was not caught and arrested, however, the "snatching scene" was still investigated for some information that may give answer to some question and to know who really the snatcher is. Presently, the guy who was shocked to that unexpected crime was confined in Pagadian City Medical Center.