TRAVEL THROUGH MEMORIES
Approximately4.6 billion years ago,God created the heavens and the earth.But just 16 years and 2 months ago, God created a pesky and clumsy kid. It was exactly 1:05 in the afternoon in that very day of July 15 year 1995, and the sun's heat was freakishly excruciating,a girl was born which made the angels' smile - she was named Janica.
Janica is the 3rd and youngest member of the Te family. At an early age of three, she already entered kindergarten. At 6, she finally stepped on the 1st grade level. She loved going to school mainly because of the reason to be around with her friends. At age 11, she completed her elementary education at Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Elementaru School.
When it was time to enter high school, Janica was confused as to what school she will be entering at. Because of that, she followed her father's suggestion to enter at Philippine Nikkei Jin Kai International School which is a Japanese school in Davao City. At this point of her life, Janica discovered what she wants to do in the future. She understood how to value time and friendship. I also realized how important the role of family is. It was at this point when she discovered her passion in Asian languages, culture and arts.
Janica struggled in high school for having no guidance from her parents. They went abroad just a week before she will get her elementary diploma.Nevertheless, she took her studies seriously even without her parents around her.
Janica has an elder brother and sister who are already graduates with a degree in Nursing. Because of her siblings, Janica was inspired to do well in her studies -they are one of her inspirations in life.
Currently, Janica is fond of painting, singing at the shower and traveling.
A REVIEW ON DEPARTURE
The movie ‘Departures’ made me cry for about three times. At first, I was actually shocked when Daigo Kobayashi (the main cast) was cleaning a corpse he is not even related with; then I had learned that the Japanese has the tradition called ‘cleansing’ wherein after cleaning the corpse with wet cloth, they put on some make-up on the dead person’s face – a tradition that is known to make the corpse beautiful before sending them off to the other world. I find that tradition of theirs creepy; maybe because I don’t see any group of people here in our country that has the same kind of ritual.
The movie was truly worth-watching because it touched my heart and made me laugh countless of times. Through the movie, a deeper rapport has been created between me and the Japanese people; even though I didn’t literally interact with them. I was also able to understand and relate on their way of living and how the people there socialize with one another. Somehow, I’ve learned a lesson on how to value family relationships – It is important to always communicate especially when a member of your family or two is away from home. Every member of the family should not be ashamed to show his or her feelings to the other members because through communication, a closer and much deeper relationship will definitely be developed.
Life is not certain. There are countless of things that may or may not happen in your future which are included in the list of your plans. But in this planet, you can and will surely encounter these two certain things: change and death. Change will always be your partner as long as you’re still running in this race called life; while death may only come to you as a surprise.
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