"la vita e bella"

'Life is Beautiful" is indeed a very good movie, it inspires me because it talks about a man who, despite of all the problems he encounters never gave up and he even just laughs about it.

He is Guido, a jolly man who happened to fall in love with a beautiful rich woman named Dora. Everywhere he goes, here comes this girl, they always met accidentally. He first saw her when he was riding a bicycle and hit her, since then he always eyed on her. Unfortunately, Dora is already engaged to a business tycoon, a very well-known rich man in their town. But Guido never gave up, he really gave his best shot to win the woman's heart. He did not fail. On the night of the engagement they managed to elope. Dora and Guido married and lived a peaceful life. They had a son named Joshua, a very smart cute and adorable little boy. He is very inquisitive that sometimes his father would tend to mend stories just to get rid of his silly questions.

Everything ran out smoothly until one day, the government imposed an order that all Jews must be put into prison. Guido and his brother and Joshua got caught. His wife wanted to go with them so the policemen let her. All the Jewish men were put in one room and so were the women. They it them work hard and only gave them a piece of bread for the whole day of labor. But still Guido gave it to his son. Guido made Joshua believe that they were there for a picnic and they are joining a game, that whoever earns the highest score shall win a tank, not a toy tank but a real one. Of course it fascinated Joshua, at first he enjoyed the game but as time went on he got bored and he wanted to go home. But its really not possible because little children were burned.

One day, a commotion happened. The Americans came to rescue the Jewish captives. Guido places his son i a safe place and ordered him not to go out until the entire place becomes quiet. He looked for his wife but a police caught him and shoot him. Joshua waited for his father . The place became quiet but his father didn't show. Joshua went out,an American policeman saw him and let him ride an the tank. Joshua thought that its still part of the game and he thought he is the winner. Along the way, the Jewish women were marching for refuge, Joshua saw his mother and the police give Joshua to his mother. Not so soon the Jewish community was freed and returned to their normal lives.

- The place and the characters are appropriate for their roles. The music is also fit to the emotions of the characters and it highly affects the "supposed to feeling"of the viewers. The movie really made me laugh when it is funny and it also made me cry. The story is very realistic and the place is really good. the setting really pictured out the exact scene on that time.

Flood( Story)

Fear and confusion covered the innocent angelic face of a six year-old girl, suddenly she wanted to collapse, she wanted to cry as loud as she could but no words came out when she saw their little nipa house totally broken. All she heard were the screaming of people around her. She felt so alone but nobody comforted her. She climbed on the roof of their neighbors house and the scene tore her heart. She saw her playmates and family carried away by the gushing water and being drowned. While others were saved by the rescuers, she screamed as loud as she could but it seems nobody heard her. Her small voice was overpowered by other voices.

Niñas eyes got wet when she saw the victims of flood. The tears in the eyes of the victims made her remember the tremendous disaster she experienced 20 years ago, when aa flood struck their village and killed almost everyone including her family and all of their properties. Fortunately, a couple who could not bear children found her end took care of her. now, she is a volunteer social worker who wholeheartedly helps the needy.

T'nalak

Different faces from different places flooded the busy street of Alunan Avenue. It was no ordinary day, because for the South Cotabateños it was the most awaited season of the year. The T'nalak festival is being celebrated every 11th-18th of July. For security reasons, vehicles are not allowed to pass on the said street(evening only). Mobile stores can be found on the sides of the street and were arrayed in an orderly manner. People from the neighboring municipalities of Koronadal ,which comprises the province, came here to witness the celebration. Each municipality has its own representative in the competitions. It only proves that the people of South Cotabato are very cooperative.

Apparently, the tourists were not disappointed with what they saw because during the finale night thousands of people watched and joined the celebration. T'nalak festival is designed to maintain the harmonious relationship between the tribes, despite the cultural differences, we became one because we had one goal; to promote tourism in our province. It is also the means that we can show that South Cotabato is resided by peace loving people. The festival also serves as a tribute to the most dominant tribe in the province, the T'bolis to which we owe our opulent treasures, like the clothes they weave which no one in this world can do better.

happiness and sadness

Like a hurricane it blew me down,

tore me apart and flooded my senses.

I lost my sanity when it struck me,

as fast as a bolt of lightning,

it made me chill,

until there was nothing i could feel.

I was fathoming the deep abyss where it Left me

and realized I am one step ahead of grave.

I almost forgot everything I knew,

until I have realized there is no one I can turn to.

I needed someone to protect me,

but no one comforted me.

I felt like I'm frozen inside,

I felt nothing as if I was dumb

and later on became numb.

I am in the point of giving up

when a light struck me,

it made me think

there is still someone who cares for me,

He's the only one who understands me.

He healed my agony.

He is Jesus.

He saved me from the nothingness

and took away my emptiness.

He lifted me up from that downfall

and made me realize

there are still better things in store for me.

I have my family and my friends.

And I felt the happiness within me.

It made my sky vivid at its clearest,

no more dark clouds

bolt of lightning and deafening thunders

that used to frighten me.

All I can hear are the soft whispers of the breeze,

the sweet chirp of the birds

and my heart danced with joy.

I thought it is very impossible for me

to escape from that cage of sadness

but i was wrong

everything is up to me,

it's just a matter of choice

"to be happy or not to be"...