Simballay Festival 2017

Sirens bellowed as the police mobile led the motorcade to celebrate the "23rd" Simballay Festival" in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley Province. Motorcycles and cars joined the activity as they are witnessed by their beloved community. Children smiling with joy yelling "Simballay!" pointing to those things as if they can't hold up their excitement and childish thoughts. Though I am not a Nabunturanon, I can feel the happiness there is in a proud Nabunturanon individual. It is in their culture and in their hearts that will blossom especially every Christmas season.

As I wander throughout Nabunturan, streets were filled with beautifully constructed cottages with its different concepts from the participating barangays of the municipality. Fruits are displayed showing how bountiful Nabunturan is. Lights are lightened as they twinkly showing their beautiful colors, brightening the street.

Drums played their beats making the music more alive as the performers danced gracefully with their festive and colorful costumes. The festival lasted for a week making it memorable for the Nabunturanons and the visitors. It is a great pleasure to be with and be one of them to celebrate the festival.

December 1st

It was a sunny and a calm morning when I woke up in the first day of the last month of the year. I came down the stairs and saw the breakfast my mother prepared for me. My parents are already in their work and sessions so I had my breakfast alone. As I wonder, I suddenly remember that December first is Parents' day. I realized that I didn't greet my parents before they leave.

As I enter the school's gymnasium, a big crowd welcomes me. I saw students looking for their parents, teachers facilitating the program and parents enjoying their day. My parents can't come along with me because they are busy and I understand.

 I saw my classmates in the pathway laughing and chatting, and I've also noticed that they also had no parents with them. Later on we decided to go to our classmate's house and hang there. We made the whole afternoon a bonding time, we played games and stuffs, and made ourselves relaxed

I got home around 7 in the evening and I saw my parents already lying down in the bed. Tired, exhausted and deeply slept. I decided to greet them the next morning so I had my dinner and get myself ready to sleep.

December 1st ended..

IACAT Song Writing and Music Video Making Competition - Inakala

Inakala is one of the entries who got into the final five in the competition. The video shows human trafficking. Nowadays, human trafficking is one of the major problems in our society, it is the forced trade of humans for sexual, commercial and slavery purposes. The lack of the awareness of the people, especially teenagers, can result to this unforgivable act. Poverty can also be a factor of this life-affecting crime.

Even though there are institutions and people who took the responsibilities to prevent human trafficking, not all of the individuals and victims are safe, there are still people who are seeking for the justice that are taken away from them by the unknown traffickers who are still rambling mysteriously. By supporting the anti-human trafficking organizations and constitutions, decreasing the possibilities of the growing rate of this crime would be possible. Human trafficking must be stopped at all cost, for the lives and the dignities of these people can't be replaced by any cost.

see video here : https://www.facebook.com/347052068737905/videos/1324276621015440

🎶 Hopeless Thoughts 🎶

By Cris King Senagan

Now where are your promises, your deep and rosy phrases?
You said your love would last forever but now it's ending hopeless
I dreamed about our future together, but seems it's only a dream for me

You said we'll wait until the time comes till we make our own forever
Deal with the problems in our lives and we're doing that together
But now I'm here I'm left behind with the memories and your promises for me 

Feeling alone and desperate to how things go back to the way they used to be

[Chorus] : 
Yesterday we're lovers sharing love and care together 
Speaking words of love and lauhgter, Giving time to one another
Now Im here alone with sadness, making ways but all are hopeless
Is it right to dream that you'll be mine ? Im standing here with hopeless thoughts tonight

Thinking about our favorite things ,our likes and satisfactions
I'm lying down here in my bed reading our past conversations
Thinking all the things we used to do, can't stop my self to think of you

Hinding pain inside my heart, giving fake smiles to the others
Im trying move on from the past but there's still in me that bothers
Don't know how to get you off my heart when I don't want to 'cause I'm still in love with you

Feeling alone and desperate to how things go back to the way they used to be

[Chorus] : 

Yesterday we're lovers sharing love and care together 

Speaking words of love and lauhgter, Giving time to one another

Now Im here alone with sadness, making ways but all are hopeless

Is it right to dream that you'll be mine ? Im standing here with hopeless thoughts tonight