Who's Who?
When our E.I.C. told me to write an autobiography I thought it would just be a piece of cake. But as I started writing it I realized how difficult it is to write an essay of your own self. So I’ll start it with the typical stuffs. I’m Duane, born 14th day of March during the year of the dog. I am second among the three sons of Deal and Cherlita and I can’t live (literally) without basketball. Basketball is the second most amazing invention ever created. Everybody knows that I love to goof off and make silly and corny jokes. I have this tendency to act very weird especially if I just finished a very difficult test or when I am very hungry. People see me as a happy-go-not so lucky guy (just kidding about the “not so”, I told you I make corny jokes) and it is somehow true. I am quite lazy and procrastinating is my best friend. I have a passion for music. Music also helps me concentrate and it manipulates my emotions. It also clears my mind especially if I am having a hard time dealing with my studies or other stuff. These are the things that my friends already know. But everything they know about me is just like a façade, covering who I really am. Truth is I am very sensitive, sensitive in a way that I am very much concerned about other people’s welfare. Especially those who are in desperate need of help. I may sound like a politician but it is true. Some people think, because I am always goofing around, that I don’t give a damn about others. They don’t know I have done things for them in my own little way. Every time I see a disabled person I often show an unconcerned face but deep inside they serve as one of my inspirations to work hard and have enough money to start a foundation for them someday. I always hide what I truly feel especially when I am very down. I do this maybe because I don’t want to show to people that I am very vulnerable. I am weak at times but a life full of failures and victories is always better than the one’s who are always on top. Because in reality there will always be failures and you must live with that fact. Life’s simple you make choices and you don’t look back, regretting the things that have been said and done is pointless. Writing this essay kind of helped me know more about who I really am. Writing an autobiography is tiring but it’s cool. =)
A Taste of Heaven
I will never forget the first time I joined a band competition and won my school a championship trophy. I was the youngest member of my band and the story why I got in their band is a little bit awkward because I was at the comfort room at that time, minding my own business, suddenly when I got out my upper-class man approached me and invited me to be one of their vocalists in the band. I accepted their offer immediately and went home wearing a big, million-dollar smile because that band was our representative against college students for the “Palakasan Band Competition”. They won the championship trophy last year and that put a pressure on me. Thoughts began to run in my mind and I began to doubt my capabilities. I got ready for the event and I had to exercise discipline like I didn’t talk much to my classmates so that I won’t stress out my vocal chords and I was careful on what I put inside my mouth, meaning, no sweets, no cold drinks etc. While at home, I practiced our pieces and I asked my brother pointers on how to sing the songs since he was a way better singer than me.
The day finally came and we were armed and ready. I was armed and ready. When the competition started butterflies begin to build up in my stomach and I couldn’t sit still because the other bands that performed before us were outstanding, especially their vocalists. Still I kept on telling myself that I can do it, I have the voice and I will help them win the championship title again. When it was our turn to impress the crowd and the judge, the “butterflies” started to fly away from my stomach and an air of excitement and extreme joy breezed through me. The cheers from the crowd pumped me up as they were shouting “Soup #5!” It felt like nothing else mattered, no past and no future; just the moment. The feeling of success and accomplishment started to come to me after our performance and was made even better when Soup #5 was named the 2008 Palakasan Band Competition Champions. It was like a little taste of heaven for me.
A REVIEW ON DEPARTURES
The movie departure is a story about a cellists, who, after his orchestra was bankrupted decided to go back home to try his luck there. Desperate, while reading the newspaper he answered the advertisement for the company called “Departure” thinking that he would be working for a travel agency. Unfortunately, there was a misprint and it was really “Departed” a mortuary and so he had to work as an assistant to his boss __________. Departure is kind of a dramatic movie but it isn’t just a typical dramatic type of movie where it is all about crying because it has a touch of comedy too that will surely make you laugh out all your problems. I really liked the part when it was his first time to assist his boss in cleaning up a corpse of a woman who was discovered two weeks after her death; I really enjoyed his facial expression. It also has exciting twists of events because it is very original and unpredictable especially the part when the friend who despised him for being an undertaker ironically hired him when his mother died. I was really touched in the part where he discovered that his dad actually cared for him because he found the stone in the hand of his father while cleaning his corpse. The movie Departure tells us about how we should value life. It showed to us how we should take every single day in our lives as a gift and we should give importance to our family and friends because they are not always there for you. It also showcases the uniqueness of the Japanese in terms of cleaning the dead. And lastly it highlights the importance of undertakers who are often discriminated because of what they do for a living. It is a very fantastic movie; the setting was simple yet because of the rise and fall of events you won’t get bored and it is something that everyone should watch because I am sure it will really touch your heart and make you cry. Departure is one of the most ingeniously made movies I have ever seen and it really speaks about the life and reality. No wonder the movie won an Oscar award last 2009.
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