SOM week (SOAB week)

Before the SOAB or SOM week started we had a class first. Then we went down at 9am for the parade. As you can see in the picture there are some girls dancing at the front. The courses that are related to business are at the back. We walked from school and Lapu Lapu. It was very so hot, I even used my umbrella while we are walking. 

After the parade, we gathered at the parking lot. The APC DC danced and entertained us. They were interviewed and they are competing on November. Then after that there was a pageant and the candidates for Mr. and Mrs. SOAB was introduced.

The parade was finished around 11:30. After the parade my friends and I went to the gym to watch the basketball game of BM and MA. The MA was leading at the first quarter but the BM played better in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarter. My boyfriend is part of BM, i was cheering for him also. We are all cheering and rooting for BM to win. They played well, so they won the game :) They also compete with TM, it was really a close fight and again BM won. So their standing is 2-0 and also the AC. Thats why AC and BM were playing for the championship game. 

APC Non-Smoking Campaign

I don't really smoke, I haven't even tried smoking haha! And I don't even know anything about smoking but I know it can be a cause of your death. My dad and some of my friends, they smoke. Even though I told them not to do so and to stop it because it is bad for their health. They still chose to continue it. According to my grand father, to quit smoking is really hard. I dont exactly know why people smoke. They even know that it is bad for their health, yet they still do it.

We had a talk about this last Wednesday. The speaker is Mr. Ermer Rojas, he is a smoker and he survived from cancer, a throat cancer.

There are approximately 600 ingredients in cigarettes. When burned, they create more than 7,000 chemicals. At least 69 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer, and many are poisonous.

Many of these chemicals also are found in consumer products, but these products have warning labels. While the public is warned about the danger of the poisons in these products, there is no such warning for the toxins in tobacco smoke.

Here are a few of the chemicals in tobacco smoke and other places they are found:

Acetone – found in nail polish remover
Acetic Acid –  an ingredient in hair dye
Ammonia – a common household cleaner
Arsenic – used in rat poison
Benzene – found in rubber cement
Butane – used in lighter fluid
Cadmium – active component in battery acid
Carbon Monoxide – released in car exhaust fumes
Formaldehyde – embalming fluid
Hexamine – found in barbecue lighter fluid
Lead – used in batteries
Naphthalene – an ingredient in mothballs
Methanol – a main component in rocket fuel
Nicotine – used as insecticide
Tar – material for paving roads
Toluene - used to manufacture paint

Actually, if you quit smoking there is still a chance that you might have a complications in your heart and in your health. Smoking is really a big risk you'll do in your life. As soon as possible, you should avoid smoking. So help your family member, or friend to quit smoking because it is really bad for their health.

Movie: Turn Left Turn Right

Turn Left Turn Right is a HongKong movie. It is a romance and comedy. The director of the movie is Johnnie To Kei-Fung, Wai Ka-Fai. "Turn left turn right" is a movie about fate and the unpredictabel paths it takes. We get introduced to the lifes of the two main protagonists and they pretty soon already meet each other. Everything seems perfect, but after their rash seperation the two have nothing more than an unidentifiable phone number. It's here where the movie starts to get interesting.  despite some nice surprises and its cleverness, is nonetheless quite predictable. Of course, there has to be a Happy End and we never doubt that, but luckily the path until then is paved with good romance comedy stuff.

The characters are: 

• Takeshi Kaneshiro
• Gigi Leung
• Terri Kwan 
• Edmund Chen
• Lam Suet
• Shu Wei-Lum

John Liu (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is an excellent violinist. Unfortunately, his talent has yet to be discovered by someone. Liu is very popular with women because of his looks, but he is not only very shy, he also has a certain image of his ideal woman in his head.

Eve Choi (Gigi Leung) is a professional literature translator and has to translate the newest german horror-novel. Instead she so much more would like to translate polish love poems, but her boss doesn't give her the opportunity.

The life of John and Eve is empty and they are missing something. When one day they meet at a fountain by chance, they know what it is. Since their childhood, when John met Eve at a school trip, they were looking for each other. The two spend a nice day together, but a weather change forces them to depart in a hurry. They exchange phone numbers and go separate paths again. 

Unluckily, the rain smeared the phone numbers and the two don't even know the name of each other. Although there is a good chance to meet again in a city like Taipei, they don't come across each other by chance, another time. 

The two also don't know, that they are living in the exact same building and that they are only separated by a thin wall. It seems like destiny has a grudge against John and Eve, because every time John turns left, Eve turns right. 

Theatre Play

The play was fun and the characters are really amazing. They are so good in acting. They really entertained the audience well. They really know their roles and the play wasn't boring. It was very funny and entertaining. The play was a Tagalog play, some of my block mates didn't understand it because they don't understand Filipino language. The theatre play was exciting especially the last part. 

For me, this scene was the funniest part because the actor played as a gay. He/She really entertained the audience. He/She knows how to act well and made the audience laughed so hard. 

Heneral Luna

The film Heneral Luna was released on September 9, 2015. The director of this film is Jerrold Tarog. It is about the History and it is quite an action film. Heneral Luna is a 2015 Filipino historical biopic film depicting General Antonio Luna's leadership of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine-American War. It opens with the beginning of hostilities with the American colonisers, and ends with the assassination of Luna on June 5, 1899 - a period in which Luna served as Supreme Chief of the Army under the First Philippine Republic.

The characters are: 

John Arcilla as Gen. Antonio Luna

Mon Confiado as President Emilio Aguinaldo

Epi Quizon as Prime Minister Apolinario Mabini

Alvin Anson as Gen. José Alejandrino

Nonie Buencamino as Felipe Buencamino

Leo Martinez as Pedro Paterno

Joem Bascon as Col. Francisco "Paco" Román

Art Acuña as Col. Manuel Bernal

Alex Medina as Capt. José Bernal

Archie Alemania as Capt. Eduardo Rusca

Ronnie Lazaro as Lt. García

Lorenz Martinez as Gen. Tomás Mascardo

Ketchup Eusebio as Capt. Pedro Janolino

Anthony Falcon as Sgt. Díaz, messenger of General Mascardo

Paulo Avelino as Gen. Gregorio del Pilar

Benjamin Alves as Lt. Manuel L. Quezon

Miguel Faustmann as Gen. Arthur MacArthur Jr.

E.A. Rocha as Maj. Gen. Elwell Otis

Bing Pimentel as Laureana Luna, mother of Antonio Luna

Allan Paule as Juan Luna, brother of Antonio Luna

Marc Abaya as young Antonio Luna

Perla Bautista as Trinidad Aguinaldo, mother of Emilio Aguinaldo

Arron Villaflor as Joven Hernando, , the film's POV character, a fictional journalist interviewing Luna.

Mylene Dizon as Isabel, a composite character of several of the historical Luna's love interests.

Set during the Philippine-American war, a short-tempered Filipino general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen.

In 1898, General Antonio Luna ( John Arcilla ), commander of the revolutionary army, is spoiling for a fight. The Philippines, after three hundred years as a Spanish colony, has unwillingly come under American rule. General Luna wants to fight for freedom but members of the elite would rather strike a de

al with the United States. The infighting is fierce in the new cabinet but General Luna and his loyal men forge ahead even as his military decisions are met with resistance from soldiers who are loyal only to President Aguinaldo ( Mon Confiado ). Ultimately, it is the general’s legendary temper and pride that bring him to his death when a pack of presidential guards assassinate him in broad daylight. While American newspapers are quick to point the blame to Aguinaldo, the mystery has never been completely solved and the General’s killers were never put to justice.

Heneral Luna the man was a masterful tactician, a fiery man, and a dedicated nationalist. Heneral Luna the movie is a masterpiece, showcasing both his fiery and more ‘mortal’ side, and is dedicated to bringing a relevant nationalist message. There is no better tribute to one of Philippine history’s most important yet most forgotten heroes.