1998-2011, Tula para sa 3 Pangulo ng Pilipinas

1998-2011, Tula para sa 3 Pangulo ng Pilipinas

Mula ika-30 ng hunyo,1998 hanggang ika-20 ng enero,

   2001

Joseph Ejercito Estrada, ang pangulong tumayo.

Sa Lungsod ng San Juan bilang mayor, unang namuno

“Erap para sa mahirap” ang sa baya’y pangako,

Kaya masa sa kanya ay nagtiwala at siyang binoto

Naging Pangulong tunay sa bayan,

Nais na ang paghihirap ng baya’y maibsan,

Di pagkakaunawaan sa kapwa Pilipinong Muslim nais

   ding wakasan, ugnaya’y nais higpitan.

Adhikain ding krimen ay mabasan, nahirapang nga lang

   masolusyunan.

Di nagtagal siya ay naghusgahan ng salang pagnanakaw

   sa kaban ng bayan.

Kanyang nanunungkulan ay winakasan,

Sa bahay niya ay ang kinahantungan.

Sa pagkapangulo ay hinalinhinan.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, anak ng dating butihing Pangulong Diosdado Macapagal, 

    ang pumalit sa Erap ng Bayan.

Taong 2001, sinimulan niya ang panunungkulan

   at tumagal ng siyam na taong naglilingkod sa bayan.

Mga pangakong hindi naisakatuparan ng mahusay,

   naghahanap ang mga mamamayan ng kasagutan.

Mga nagawa niya ay nakatulong din sa ekonomiya ng

   bayan,

Di nga lang alintana dahil sa kasalatan sa maraming

   bagay.

ZTE scandal ang napag-usapan ng matagal at ang HELLO

  GARCI napag-usapan.

Ang bayan ay naitriga ng tunay…

Ika-30 ng hunyo,2010 natapos ang panunungkulan,

Ang bayan naman ngayon ay humihingi ng katarungan

    sa mga bagay na siya ay pinaratangan.

Mga pagkakasalang nais mapagbayaran, at ang mga

    nagawang bagay para sa baya’y natabunan.

Iyan ang Pilipinas, matapos niyang pamunuan.

Pangulong Benigno Simeon Aquino III, PNOY sa

   pagkakakilala ng buong sambayanan,

Isinisigaw ng bayan, pagbabago ang iyong ibigay.

Sa kasalukuyan siya ang nanunungkulan, katuwiran ang

    nais iabot sa mga mamamayan.

2010 ng nagsimula, ngayon 2011 ay may naipakita ng

    nagagawa.

Hindi sukat akalain “wangwang” na pahirap ng bayan

Ay siyang malaking pangarap niyang wakasan.

Hiling niya rin sa bayan, na siya ay samahan

Sa pagsagot sa mga problemang naiwan na buong

   bayan ang may pasan-pasan.

Para sa matuwid na daan ating sabay-sabay na samahan si Pangulong Noynoy na nakikipaglaban.

Kabataan tayo ng bayan, hinihiling ang maunlad na kalayaan,

At kagalingan sa buong mundong kinatitirikan

Demokrasya buong-buo sana ngayon ay matikman….

An Ill-Father, a Life-or-Death Decision

An Ill-Father, a Life-or-Death Decision

Reflection

I can relate with this essay because making a decision between life-or-death is a difficult reality that we are to face when the time comes. This also tells me about how a family member would make a tough decision for the life of their love one. This fact makes me puzzle if I am in the position to decide upon the life of any in my family member, as to how I can go about it and how I can stand for my decision whether it is right or wrong. 

The essay revolved around on the cold January night, when the daughter rushed up to the hospital because of her father, who was very ill and very weak. The doctors confronted her about her father’s condition that his heart was weak, his kidneys were failing and his lungs were filling with fluid. Then, the doctors came to the point where she was asked about her father’s living will and for her to make decisions upon her father’s life. During this point, she made measurements towards her own life that she sacrificed many things for her father but she suddenly remembered that once her father said to her that everything possible be done. So, she asked her father if he still want to be intubated. Unexpectedly, her father, who was very weak, nodded. Though, six months later her father died due to heart failure. In her thought, her father’s decision was a mistake and she as a daughter had to support his father no matter how hard it would be. 

As I was reading the essay, I got sad about her father’s condition and I was also confused of what she will decide towards her father’s life. The part where she thought about all her sacrifices made me think that if I were in her part will I make that the same thinking, counting things that I did for my father or any of my family members. But all of a sudden when she thought of her father’s words, she asked him and her father answered her, I felt something about her love and sympathy for her father’s desire to do things possible that can help him. Following her father’s will even she thought that it was hard but she still considered it. The innovation came in this point to reach her father’s will but at the end it resulted to be in retreatism state because her father died. Truly, it is heartbreaking but it is the reality we are to face. 

This situation also helped me to make my own measures about life and death. As I said, death is a reality we are to face when the time comes like the death of someone we love or even our own death. No matter how hard it would be for someone like me who has a very strong family ties and give big importance in life, I need to prepare myself whenever it comes. This also tells me that I must be strong, calm and clear especially in this circumstance. Indeed, it is need to accept what things will result into. 

“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained” (William Churchill). 

The first primary group we have is our family. In my family I can say it is where I first learned how to value people, how to give empathy to other people in our place. It is where I first learned simple norms and appreciate others culture. I say “my individual personality” is first shaped through my family’s guidance. In connection to the essay, this why I value my family because they are the start of my life before I learned various things and knew how to socialite and have been involved to many social institutions to learn new things and develop myself more. Developing myself is preparing me in facing new beginnings and giving ends to it. From what I read, I can say that she followed her father’s will because that is the way how she was built up and she also hoped to add his father’s life. 

Other things may change us, but we start and end with family. (Anthony Brandt) 

My Declaration of Self-Esteem by Virginia Satir

My Declaration of Self-Esteem by Virginia Satir 

Do I know myself? Do I accept myself as a whole? Can I stand for myself and be responsible in everything I do? These are the questions I have while and after reading the entire poem. Knowing and accepting her whole being is her main focus as she entitled it “My Declaration of Self-Esteem”. 

As I said, I have questions in my mind that puzzles me while reading the poem so I came to think about myself, how I look upon myself in school, in our home, and anywhere in the community. I do wonder if I am really aware that everything I am is because of my very own choice and my very own decisions. I also thought about my successes and failures, that they were made and were chosen by me. I thought about my family, my friends, my classmates, if am I able to work and be with them as myself - the real me, because still now I am confuse of what I should be, what to believe and what to choose. I am still looking forward as to what I may choose to be each day. Like, I am in my own world of fantasies, dreams, hopes, and fears but still I’m in where I cannot find myself yet and I am trying to know when to see the whole me. 

But when I looked back and remember what I have done alone, I am happy that even though I am not decided yet, I was able to do things which were good and a bit great. And to think of, I did things which were very unexpected that in matter of second like, I dreamed to be someone with position in my former school, in a shy manner I started then I end up seeing myself doing so many things for I have achieved something all alone from my dreams. 

So now, I am starting to think of how I am going to pass this new challenge of life as a college student with that “enthusiasm”. Like what she said, “I own me, and therefore I can engineer me”. And I can say, “ I am already a leader, a teacher, an engineer because I am all to myself”.

Sanctum

Sanctum

Film Analysis

The film is an Australian 3D adventure drama. It is entitled “Sanctum” directed by Alister Grierson and co-produced by the famous James Cameron. The main casts of the film that gave a lot of thrills, adventure and drama are Richard Roxburgh as Frank McGuire, Ioan Gruffud as Carl Hurley, Rhys Wakefield as Josh McGuire, Alice Parkinson as Victoria, Daniel Wylie as George and Cramer Cain as Luko. They completed the film giving life to its concept of a thrilling underwater cave adventure. 

The film started showing the different side of the world. This was by beginning the film in the market side of their native place and there showing that they know how to trade and how trading a part of their economy and culture. Along their way, they passed through a number of different races, the primary group of people living in Papua New Guinea, their stereotypes and undeniably their different social status can be observed. 

Josh, son of Frank who is a master diver, Carl, financer, and Victoria, Carl’s girlfriend, went down the cave to join the underwater cave exploration of their team and be a part of the discovery of the Esa’ala Cave as one of the greatest nature’s wonder. Inside the cave, Judes, Frank’s co-diver, died because of an accident while they were in section of the cave known as the “Devil’s Restriction”. The incident caused conflict between Frank and Josh, and also between his comrades. His son decided to go out of their camp but he discovered that their communications with the surface broke down, so he decided to go back and save his only family, his father Frank and his friends. Due to the storm, they were trapped down the cave and the water level arose quickly so the group in Frank’s authority went deep inside the cave to find another exit route. At their expedition inside the cave on finding the way out, cooperation rather than competition was really a need in order to survive the challenges they were in to. George, Frank’s long team mate, who underwent the cycle of retreatism, decided to die because he was sick and will be a burden of their group if he insisted to go on. Then after him, Victoria was accidentally caught by the pulley and fell down to death. Ironically, his boyfriend Frank seemed to form a rebellion against Frank so he decided to left Frank and Josh on their way. 

Frank died because of Carl, who forgot that it was their utang-na-loob to Frank that they reached that point alive. Carl, out of shame, went on by himself and alone he met his demise. Josh, Frank’s son, continued his journey out of the cave no matter sad he was because of his father’s and friends’ death. 

The actors played their roles effectively that they even showed how great imitation they applied just to make it look realistic. The empathy and sentiments they had can also be seen and be felt. From Richard Roxburgh as Frank McGuire, you could really see his strength in all of his moves. Ioan Gruffud as Carl Hurley, if you were to look back on him in the film, he really showed the extreme pain of losing someone in that very miserable way. Rhys Wakefield as Josh McGuire, undeniably he illustrated the usual attitude of an adolescent reacting on those heavy experiences. We can actually say that being the tenth-highest-grossing Australian film at the international box office is really worth it. 

The screenplay of the movie was done by John Garvin and Andrew Wight, the music was by David Hirschfelder, Jules O’ Loughlin for the cinematography and Mark Warner for the editing. That group of professionals gave a lot of help making the film look more natural and environmental. The music played helped a lot in giving the film life and excitement about what is in and going on in the film. The techniques they’d used were very efficient in the sense that the viewers can feel its essence. 

With the films overall presentation, I can say that many people should also watch it because it shows a lot of traits that one should develop and understand as he is living with his life. Knowing the fact that there are really great possibilities of undergoing such very big problems and that you really need to have a wide clear mind to make right decisions and know how to take the risks. This film will nurture every human group in the society that in life we need to make crucial decisions and fill the other’s needs… 

“Never give up, no matter what happens. You never give up”.~Frank

Pay it Forward

Pay it forward

“There are no strangers… Only friends you haven’t met yet!”  By Glenn Bottomly

            After knowing this quotation, I wondered if there are really no strangers, but friends who haven’t met yet. I am still wondering if it is true, but as of now I can say that I believe it because before having a friend we actually meet them and start getting to know each other. After that process, you become friends and as you spend time with each other your relationship is going deeper or you may find someone’s unwanted behavior and that you are to think whether to be a good friend- accept him or a bad friend- turn your back on him.

            “Time in this life is so short. If…I am committed more than ever to reach out in this life and experience what is really important: people. Work will always pile up. E-Mails will always keep coming. Telemarketers will always keep calling. Home repairs will always keep nagging. But, people are irreplaceable.” (Prime Times, Glenn Bottomly, April 2011)

            I got this passage in the internet when I was searching about the first quoted line. After reading its first sentence-“time in this life is so short”, I got automatically interested with this passage. This has a connection with our task (pay it forward). For me, these lines tell us how important people are in this world, how we should work with others, how we can spend our very precious time to our beloved ones and lastly, how we can share our lives to others whom we often referred as strangers.

            In my early childhood life, I can say that I don’t care about the others, all I know is myself, my family, my friends and all of my wants. But as I grew up, I slowly changed my perspective. Now, I want to see what other people do, to hear what they want to say, what they want to happen or to achieve, and to feel what they have experienced in this dangerous and yet marvelous life.

            Paying it forward, a situation I once saw at an early age. My grandmother had her store, she was there marketing her products when a vendor of huge jar- person who brings his jar places to places hoping that someone may buy it, passed by and asked her if he could just trade it for a small amount and a big can of sardines. He added that he wanted to trade it because he worried about his co-vendors waiting in their service and that they were not yet eating lunch in that late afternoon. Out of pity, my grandmother asked the vendor to sit and wait for her. She offered a glass of water and biscuits, she said to the man to wait for a moment. After waiting, a surprise for the vendor my grandmother gave him a plastic which contained plastic of rice, cans of sardines and bottles of water. Happily, my grandmother said to him that the jar seemed to cost higher, so giving those food was a fair exchange. The vendor was very happy and before leaving he said too many thank you to my grandmother for she was also generous and so helpful. That was why I do idolize my grandmother for being so nice to everyone in anytime. And for all of the people around, who taught me the word of being good, helpful, generous and God-fearing- my grandmother did not just teach me about it but also showed it to me with uttering any word, I simply noticed it and felt happiness from it.

            So wanting to help others is also what I want to do. But the newest and the rarest thing that I did was to pay the ride of an old man. Along my way home, walking to the terminal of the tricycles, there was an old man behind me. I knew that he also went there for a ride and that there was only one tricycle, so one should go first and the other should wait. I rode the tricycle first, looking to him while he was talking to the driver about the next ride, I said “Lolo, sakay na din po kayo”. I was so nervous when I said those words. And I also heard the driver said that this young lady always ride the tricycle alone and don’t let others sit beside her. I just thought, sometimes we need to make changes in what we usually do. When we were to go down the tricycle, I said, “ito na po yung bayad…Lolo, bayad na po!”. We walked together in our street and then he said, “thank you!, san ka nag-aaral?”. I said, “sa Miriam College po”. And that was how my time helping him ended.

            In addition to my deed, along Tumana, where my best friend and I were walking, we saw an old lady “taong grasa”. My friend said that she wanted to give the old lady food but she has none, and then I remembered that I had my biscuits in my bag so I immediately get it and gave it to my friend so that she can personally give it to the lady. My friend returned to me and she looked upset. I asked her why and she said that the old lady seemed not to like food but money. I just told her that you gave her food because you think it was what she need but if she didn’t like it, it is not our lost but hers, because food is grace, we need to love it and be thankful for it.

            That situation makes me think, why sometimes helping others and being rejected can make you feel sad. It is maybe because all you want is to help. Sometimes, we also need not just to look but also to hear and to feel the things that really matters.

            I think we should all find courage to help others even they are just strangers because there is still a possibility that you will meet that person again and in unexpected time he’ll give his thanks back to you.

            “Good things happen when you meet strangers” By Yo-yo ma.  

Mabagong Bayani ni G. Catalino V. Flores

Pagsusuri ng Tula

I.                  PAMAGAT:  MAKABAGONG BAYANI

II.               MAY-AKDA:  G. Catalino V. Flores

III.           SANGGUNIAN:  PLUMA I  Wika at Panitikan para sa Mataas na Paaralan

IV.            PAGSASALARAWAN:

Ikaw’y Pilipino sa kulay at dugo

Pilipinong ganap sa tindig, sa anyo,

Supling ka ng liping, kung lipi mang dungo

Nagdidili- dili kahit nakayuko;

Kung sa iyong muni’y ganap na matanto

Sikil ang matuwid, ang pag-asa’y  bigo,

At ang naghahari’y kabuktutang liko

Ikaw’y nakahandang maging buto’t bungo.

Sa mga ugat mo nananalantay

Ang dugong bayaning Dagohoy, Soliman,

Ang buto’t bungo mo’y pinalit pinanday

Kina Lapu-lapu, Lakandula’t Silang;

Sa utak mo’y naroroon ang talino’t dangal

Ng dakilang lumpo, Plaridel at Rizal

At sa iyong puso ay nakahimaymay

Sina Bonifacio, Luna, Goyo, Malvar.

Ikaw’yPilipinong Silanganing ganap

At iyan ang iyong dalisay na sangkap,

Kaya ba nga ng ikaw’y hamaki’t iwasak

Ng kapitbahay mong gahaman at sukab;

Ang iyong tahanan, kabuhaya’t lahat,

Piringa’t bulasan, gapusi’ ibilad,

Agawan ng laya’t gawan ng di tumpak

Pinag-aralan mong mamundok, manggubat.

Hindi birong hirap ang iyong nadama

Hindi birong gutom ang iyong binata,

Pitong susong bundok ang iyong sinampa

Nang may pitong pako sa kamay at paa;

Hanggang kay Bathala, ibig mong madala

Ang tutol ng iyong puso’t kaluluwa;

Upang makita lang bukas-makalawa

Naibsan ng hirap ang bayan mong sinta.

Hanggang ngayo’y tipon ang tapang mo’t  bangis

At iginugupo ng sama at lupit

Hanggang ngayon, ikaw’y naro’t nagbubuwis

Ng buhay sa gitna ng paghihimagsik;

Ang ibig mo’y bawat dugo mong umalis

Sa bayan ay maging pataba’t pandilig;

Ang hangad mo’y bawat hiningang mapatid,

Maging kapurihan natin sa daigdig.

Sa bunton ng iyong nagtalaksang buto,

Umagos na dugo’t lamang naging abo

May luha sa matang nakatingin ako

Nagdidili-diling puso’y sumisikdo.

Ikaw ay namatay, nilisan ang mundo,

Nilisan ang lahat ng mahal sa iyo

Ngunit ang gunita at puso kong ito

Ay lalaging buhay ang alaala mo.

Bagong bayani kang sasamba-sambahin

At ang pangalan mo’y dadali-dalitin

Lahat mong ginawa’y iisa-isahi’t

Sisinuping parang gintong nagniningning

Ang kabayanihang iyong itinanim;

Ay aalagaan nang buong taimtim;

Dahilan sa bayan kaya ka nakalibing

Kaya ang pupuri sa iyo’y bayan din.

I.                  PAGKAKABUO

A.   Sangkap ng Tula

1.      Bilang ng Taludtod:  8 o walong talutod.

2.     Bilang ng Saknong: 7 o Pitong  Saknong

3.     Cesura o Hati: 6/6 cesura

a.      Sukat: Lalabindalawahing pantig

b.     Tugma: Tugma sa Patinig at Tugma sa Katinig

c.      Talinghaga:

Nagdidili-dili

Matanto

Kabuktutan

Sukab

Iginugupo

d.     Magandang diwa o kaisipan:

Ang mga tao sa kasalukuyang panahon ay handa ring magsakripisyo ng kanilang mga buhay upang maipaglaban nila ang katotohanan at katarungang dapat na kanilang matamasa.

Marami ngayon ang nagpapasawalang bahala na lamang kahit na aping-api na busabos pa ng ibang lahi ngunit kung ikaw ay gagawa ng mga hakbangin, hindi ka man magtagal ikaw ay mananatiling buhay sa puso ng mga taong ikaw ay tumulong at sa bayng simpleng naging saksi ng mga paghihirap mo para sa kanya at sa mamamayan niya.

B.   Uri ng Tula Ayon sa Anyo

a.       Tulang Liriko o Pandamdamin

C.   Uri ng Tula Ayon sa Kayarian

a.       May Sukat at May Tugma

II.               PAGPAPALIWANAG NG BAWAT SAKNONG

Unang saknong:

Tayo ay mga Pilipino na makikilala sa ating mga kulay at anyo. Tayo ay nabuhay sa mali at baluktot na sistema ng buhay.  Tayo ay humanda at kumilos upang maituwid ang mali.

                  Ikalawalang saknong:

Tayo ay mga Pilipino na kalahi ng mga dakilang tao na nakilala sa kanilang mga tapang at galing. Tayo rin ay maaaring maging katulad nila na isang bayani ng kasalukuyang panahon kung tayo ay kikilos at gagawa ng hakbang na naglalayon ng kabutihan ng nakararami.

Ikatlong saknong:

Ipinapahayag rito na kung tayo ay inaapi ng sinuman, tayo ay gumagawa ng paraan upang ito ay makaya at maibsan. Upang tayo ay mabuhay pa ng may katiwasayan.

Ikaapat na saknong:

        Sinasabi rito na lahat ng hirap na ating madanas ay inaalay natin sa ating kapwa at sa ating bayan upang ito ay matulungan na makawala sa gapos ng pagmamalupit. Idinidilig natin sa Diyos na sana ay lumaya na ang ating mga sarili at ang ating bayan sa di maganda at makatarungang pamamalakad.

Ikalimang saknong:

                 Hinahangad lamang ng mga mamamayan na ang kanyang bayang minamahal at ang kanyang kapwa Pilipino ang siyang makinabang sa lahat ng bagay na kanilang ginawa at buhay nilang iniaalay. Nawa’y ito ay mabigyang pansin ng mundo at tularan ang kabutihan nila.

Ikaanim na saknong:

                 Ipinararating nito na ang mga taong nagbuwis buhay ay gugunitain pa rin ang kanilang kadakilaan sa bawat puso ng mga napagkalooban nila ng tulong at lalo na ng lupang hinihirang nila.

Ikapitong saknong:

             Sa pagparis mo o paggawa ng mabuti at dakila para sa iba at sa bayan mo, ikaw ay bayani, makabagong bayani sa kasalukuyan at sa bayang mahal ikaw ay kikilalaning tunay dahil ang buhay mo ay sa kanya mo inilaan at inialay. Lahat ng ikaw ay aalalahin dahil sa isa kang huwarang Pilipino ng bayan.

Reaksyon:

Ang tulang Makabagong Bayani ay isang magandang tula na masasabing yaman ng ating panitikan dahil sa makapukaw damdamin na nilalaman nito. Hinihikayat tayo rito na maging malakas, matapang, mapag-isip at maging makatarungang tao o bilang mga Pilipino. Isinasaad rin dito na kahit sino sa atin ay maaaring pamarisan ang mga mabuting bagay na nagawa ng mga hakbang ng ating mga bayani noon sa kanilang mga panahon.

Sa kasalukuyang panahon natin ay wala na ngang mga mananakop at pananakop tulad noong panahon ng mga Espanyol, Amerikano at Hapones  ngunit hindi nangangahulugan na kailangan pang maulit ang mga pangyayari noon upang tayo ay gumawa at gumalaw sa matalinong pamaraan. Ang simpleng pagtulong sa ating kapwa ay maituturing ng kadakilaan dahil ang tunay at wagas na pagtulong sa kapwa ay walang pinipiling panahon at walang sinisino. Iyon ang tamang paggawa na dapat nating isakatuparan sa ating mga buhay. Ngayon at kahit anung oras maaari tayong tumulong, tumulong tayo lalo na sa pagtatanggol ng ating Inang Bayan mula sa mga magnanais saktan siya at hamakin pa ng ibang lahi o maging ang ating kapwa Pilipino.

Lagi nating isaisip na tayo ay mga nilikha ng Diyos na may mga tungkulin at pananagutan sa ating mga bagay na ating tinatamasa. Kaya tayo, tayong mga Pilipino, Pilipinas ang bayan natin, ating alagaan at mahalin.

For a Better Barangay

“If you are going to write your punong barangay, what will these be?”

· To have a seminar about Clean and Green program for the barangay, and help the people in the community know their health responsibility.


· To implement the garbage segregation program and help the whole community about their waste disposal problem.


· To encourage them use the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), and become an Eco-friendly community.


· To implement a strong order of curfew to all teenagers in the barangay, allowing them to stay late up night to 12 midnight only, considering those who have school appointments-college students mostly.


· To have a curfew for the party being held for a family gathering or compound activities. This is to maintain peace and order in each household.


· To have at least 1opm as the curfew time for playing loud music. This is to avoid conflict between the neighbourhoods because of the disturbances cause to their houses.


· To enhance the road for the betterment of the people’s transportation.


· To have a fund raising and support the medical needs of the barangay, and also to be ready for the emergency cases.


· To make sure the emergency needs of the barangay, including the fire trucks, ambulance, and police cab. This is to respond immediately for the cases that needs immediate responses.


· To see also the hospital conditions, if all the patients there were cared and being treated properly. This is to know that their hospitals don’t abuse the patients and really cure them not just for money reasons.


· To have a free medical mission in the barangay so that those who have no money can say that they are still cared and helped by the professionals.


· To improve the water supply of the barangay, by providing additional water stations, where those families who have no water connections can get their water needs.


· To monitor the schools, and help supplying some of their needs. This is to encourage the students to learn and be active in school when they see that their barangay supports their development to have a greater life.


· To have livelihood programs for the “Ilaw ng Tahanan”, for the mothers. This is to spend some of their time in making some handicrafts and also earning, this would help their financial needs and also the barangay’s progress.


· To have at least once a month community program involving all the citizens, aiming to develop their social needs. This is to see the real situation of their community, and to encourage all of them to spare some of their time and help building up a better barangay.


· To issue copy of all the barangay expenses, so that the citizens will know where their taxes go. This will make their minds clear, and will not regret of paying their taxes.


· To implement the loading and unloading zone strictly to prevent accidents and traffic in or out of the barangay.


· To impose a rule to alcohol drinkers to drink inside their houses. And most likely, avoid engaging in fights.


· To listen and make an open forum for the thoughts of the members of the barangay, have meetings every month to discuss the previous events happened and to discuss activities to do to improve the barangay.


· Don’t allow dog owners to let their dog roams around the village to prevent having case of rabies and scattered wastes in the road.


· To improve the barangay covered court, where most of the boy’s teenagers gather for their sports activities. This can be a good place for them to develop themselves rather than being exposed to vices.


· To have a seminar about the rights of the citizens, and their duties in the community. This is to persuade them work with the community and be a better person.


· To encourage all those who have no work to participate in cleaning the roads, barangay hall, etc. To earn even a little in spending their time or work voluntarily.


· To have a seminar for girl’s teenagers about developing themselves in many aspects. Encourage them to be a part of a livelihood program and somewhat learn, while earning also. This can also make the barangay productive.

Anak by Rory B. Quintos

Panunuring Pampelikula

I.                    Pamagat:  ANAK

II.                   Tema:

     Ang Pelikulang Anak ay patungkol sa isang ina, bilang Overseas Filipino Worker, na napilitang umalis ng bansa upang mabigyan ng maayos na buhay ang kanyang pamilya.

III.                 Manunulat: Raymond Lee and Ricardo Lee

              Direksyon ni Rory B. Quintos

IV.                Mga Nagsiganap:

Pangunahing Tauhan

·         Vilma Santos- Josie

·         Claudine Barretto- Carla

·         Joel Torre- Rudy

·         Amy Austria- Lyn

·         Baron Geisler- Michael

·         Sheila Junsay- Daday

·         Cherry Pie Picache- Mercy

Iba pang Tauhan

·         Leandro Muñoz- Brian

·         Gino Paul Guzman- Don Don

·         Tess Dumpit- Norma

·         Jodi Sta. Maria- Bernadette

·         Cris Michelena- Arnel

·         Hazel Ann Mendoza- Young Carla

·         Daniel Morial- Young Michael

·         Odette Khan- Mrs. Madrid

V.                  Kumpanyang Gumawa: Star Cinema Productions film

VI.                Uri ng Pelikula: 

     Ito ay isang uri ng pelikula na panglipunan. Ipinapakita nito ang takbo ng buhay ng isang tao o pamilya sa isang lipunan.

VII.              Buod:

          Isang ina na napilitang magtrabaho sa Hongkong upang kumita si Josie.Ginawa niya ito upang matustusan ang kanilang pangangailangan. Nagsimula ang kanilang buhay bilang isang simpleng mag-anak ngunit ng yumao ang asawa ni Josie na si Rudy, doon na nagsimula ang pagkakawatak watak ng pamilya. Hindi kasi noon nakauwi si Josie nang mamatay ang asawa dahil siya ay ikinulong ng amo niya nang may isang buwang itong umalis at hindi rin niya nabalikan ang mga anak.

                Pagkaraan ng ilang taon ay nakauwi na rin siya dahil sa pagpapasyang hindi na pagtatrabaho sa Hongkong at siya ay magnenegosyo na lamang. Sa kanyang pagbabalik, hinarap niya ang matabang na pagsalubong ng mga anak. Si Daday, ang bunso, ay hindi siya kilala, si Michael ay mahiyain at walang kimi at si Carla, na hindi man lang siya ginagalang at iniitsa-pwera lamang. Lahat ng hirap ay tiniis niya upang makuha man lamang ang atensyon ng mga anak at sa mga araw na lumilipas ay nakikilala niya ang kanyang mga anak. Nakita niya ang mga bisyo at karanasan ni Carla ang paninigarilyo, tattoo, paghihithit ng droga, panlalalake at paglalaglag ng bata. At marami pang problema ang kanyang kinaharap, ang pagkawala ng iskolarship ni Michael na siya pa namang pinakamatalino sa kanyang mga anak, nabangga pa ang taksing pinundar niya at iniwan siya ng isa sa mga kasosyo niya dahil nagastos nito ang perang ibabahagi sana niya.

                Nagtuluy-tuloy ang kamalasan ni Josie kasabay ng pagkaunti ng kanyang inimpok na salapi para sa kanyang pamilya. Dahil dito, napilitan siyang magbalik sa Hongkong. Isang gabi bago siya babalik sa Hongkong, napuno si Josie sa pagtrato sa kanya ni Carla. Malaki ang alitan ng dalawa hanggang sa binuhos niya ang lahat lahat ng kanyang nararamdaman sa mga anak. Sa oras na ito, namulat ang mga mata ni Carla sa katotohanang siya ang sumira sa buhay niya at wala na siyang mapagbabalingan ng sisi kundi ang sarili niya dahil sa pagpapalalo niya sa kanyang bisyo. Ang kanyang paglaki ng walang inang gumagabay sa kanyang tabi ang nagtaboy sa kaniya para magrebelde, ngunit sa kanilang alitang iyon, naintindihan rin ni Carla ang pagmamahal ni Josie sa kanila bagama't malayo siya sa kanilang tabi. At mula sa pangyayaring iyon ay nagbalik-loob si Carla sa kanyang ina at nagpakatino na siya bilang anak at nakatatandang kapatid na siyang gagabay sa mga bata niyang kapatid sa muling pag-alis ng ina.

A.   Ayon sa Artistiko at Teknikal na Kaanyuan

a.    Maayos ba at hindi nakalilito ang pagkakabalangkas ng mga pangyayari?

          Ang mga pangyayari ay maayos at hindi nakalilitong nabalangkas  mula sa simula hanggang sa wakas ng pelikula.

b.    May sapat bang damdamin o panlasa sa kagandahan o sining?

          Ang kabuuan ng pelikula ay mayroon at nagpakita ng sapat at totoong damdamin para sa paksa ng pelikula na siya ring nagbigay ganda sa pag-usad ng kwento nito.

c.    Makatotohanan at mahusay ba ang pagkakaganap ng mga tauhan?

          Ang mga tauhang nagsiganap ay sadyang hindi matatawaran dahil sa galing nilang gampanan ang bawat karakter nila sa anumang mukha ng buhay o sitwasyon na kanilang kinahaharap sa buong pelikula.

d.    Lahat ban g tagpo ay malinaw at mahalaga sa pinapasksa?

                Ang mga tagpo sa loob ng pelikulang ito ay nagawa at naipalabas ng malinaw. Ang bawat pangyayari naman ay mahahalaga dahil lahat ng mga iyon ay sumasalamin sa tunay na kalagayan ng pamilyang Pilipino.

B.   Pagpapahalagang moral

May natutuhan/naibahagi ba?

          Ang Pelikulang Anak ay isang magandang palabas para sa ating mga Pilipino. Ito ay nagpapakita ng mga sitwasyong totoong nangyayari sa loob at labas ng bawat pamilyang Pilipino.

                Maraming mga pagpapahalagang moral ang naibahagi ng pelikulang ito. Katulad na lamang ng mga sumusunod :

·         Tunay at wagas ang pagmamahal ng ina sa kanyang mga anak.

·         Ang Ina ay handang tanggapin at mahalin ang kanyang mga anak maging anu pa man ang mga kamaliang nagawa nito.

·         Ang lahat ng tao ay may kakayahang magbago at magbalik-loob sa tamang landas.

·         Ang lahat ng tao ay may dahilan kung bakit sila ay nagsasakripisyo para sa ibang tao.

·         Ang pagpapakatatag ng tao sa pagharap sa kanyang mga problema ay mahalaga upang malagpasan ang mga pasakit ng buhay.

                Ang mga aral na iyan ay dapat taglayin ng bawat isa sa atin dahil ang mga iyan ay makatutulong sa atin upang mapagtagumpayan natin ang ating mga buhay. Hindi lamang iyan gayundin ang mga simpleng aral na makikita pa rin sa loob ng pelikula ay makatutulong din. Ang mga aral na makikita ay base sa paraan ng ating pagtingin sa buhay.

C.    Pangwakas

          Reaksyon o Mungkahi

         

                Ang Pelikulang Anak ay isang palabas na sadyang masasabi nating kayamanan sa industriya ng larangan ng pelikulang gawa ng mga Pilipino. Ako ay lubhang humanga sa galing ng mga taong nagsiganap sa pelikulang ito kaya ganun na lamang ang pagpapahalaga ko sa pelikulang ito. Ang takbo rin ng istorya nito ay aking naibigan sapagkat napakamakatotohanan ng bawat pangyayari rito. Ang pagbibigay ng damdamin ng mga tauhan sa kanilang mga karakter ay masasabi ko rin talagang makatotohanan na tila bagay sila talaga ang nasa ganoong sitwasyon ng buhay.

                Maliban naman sa ganda ng kwento at galing ng mga tauhan, nagustuhan ko din ang paraan ng pagkakagawa nito. Simple lamang ang pagkakabuo ng pelikulang ito mula sa mga lugar na pinagkunan ng mga eksena hanggang sa mga awiting maririnig sa mga madadramang eksena ay naging angkop naman sa mga dapat maganap at nagaganap.

                Dahil sa kagandahan ng pagkakabuo ng pelikulang, ito ay nanalo ito ng maraming karangalan patunay lamang na ito ay isang makabuluhang palabas. Sana ay makagawa pa ng iba pang pelikula na may ganito kagandang produksyon at pagkakaganap ng mga tauhan.