Experiences And Realizations

The experience of doing this project was outstanding. On the first day that we have started our motion, everyone of us was too shy to wear the cards which has the quotations 'Do not litter', 'Do not Spit' and "Do not smoke'. All of us were thinking about what we might look like, i believe that even some of us thinks of how silly we look. But we somehow we overcame it. Our feelings about our activity is a mixture of doubt and excite. We can't even bare to look to others in the eye. In the latter part of our activity, the feeling was great. Other people were acknowledging our activity and some are just joking around and making fun of us. For short, the experience was great and all of us are willing to do it again. All of us realized that our activity is the start of something that will help our planet. We have also realized that our teacher made us do this not just for our grades, but also to increase our awareness that even teenagers like us can make a difference.

The realization

               With the accomplishment of the actions I realized that nothing is easy. We have to work hard to acquire fulfilment. We have to strive to get to the top. With this project and the success of  doing the creative actions we have put out  I realized that work s meaningless without appreciation. It was not easy talking at the top of your lungs and shouting thinking that half of the people don’t really care.

this was in Burnham last March 10, 2012
as we gave out flyers

 It was a nightmare to think that half of the people who heard us didn’t even listen, a nightmare to think that half of those people who saw us didn't even bother to look, and half of the people thought that we were doing this for fun or because we had nothing to do. But then I learnt halfway as we did the actions, that appreciating the other half of the people who cared, the other half who stopped, looked and listened, the other half who took us seriously,  and even some who saluted us. was the greatest achievement throughout the project. If I hadn’t realized that being grateful is a very important factor then I would’ve thought that this project was a total failure.

L to R: Joshua Manalastas,
Francheska Hizon, Josh Caasi
Photo taken by: Jazmine Aromin

Yves Encarnacion

Michelle Allad-iw and Jochelle Desierto
photo taken by: Jazmine Aromin

            Another thing I realized was that UNITY not only makes the work easy but also brings out the best in each one of you. When I saw my group mates do the best they could to convince people to not litter, spit or smoke, when I saw the effort my group mates put in to this project, I had to be the best that I could be. I had to give everything I could give. Because I thought if I didn’t do that it was as if I didn’t help and that would be embarrassing. It would look as if I depended on them for the grade. If each one of us had the same thought, then surely there was unity. And here we practiced to bring out the best in each one of us. 

           Truly this project has made each one of us better. We realized after sometime that this wasn't just a project, It was a time for us to get together and have fun. Throughout the project we  never thought of this as a waste of time. 

(from left to right) Michelle Allad-iw, Francheska Hizon, Josh Caasi,
Jochelle Desierto, Joshua Manalastas, Yves Encarnacion
photo taken by: Jazmine Aromin

            So with this, We give thanks first of all to our great father up above for the continuous blessings and for keeping us safe as we did the project. Next, we thank our teacher in A.P III for this project. If it wasn't for this project we would have never spent time with each other and get to know each other more. Thank you dear parents and friends for the support you portrayed throughout the making of this project. And lastly, Thank you to all the people who stopped, who looked and listened :) 

A Walk To Remember

We have this project that made us change. Some of us might not changed that much but still changed for the better. It's about making a difference, for me, it really did made a difference to me and to my fellow group mates. Last March 9,2012 we went to Burnham and Childrens Park, we wanted to give attention to city ordinances that are not strictly followed. So we wore placards and walked through these places. 

this is us wearing the city ordinances

A lot of people just passed by and ignored us but i knew we were not totally ignored because some people took the time to read what we were showing them and reflected on themselves. When we got to Childrens Park i noticed that all eyes were on us. We planned to give lectures about the city ordinances but we had a hard time getting the attention of the people even though they were looking at us. I thought even if it looks like they ignore us, i know they can still hear us. 


While walking i saw someone spat two times, i was wearing the "NO SPITTING" sign so i wanted to inform the man about the city ordinance. I was nervous about informing him by myself so i asked my group mate Gabby to help me. We went up to the man and explained to him that there is a city ordinance that says it is not allowed to spit. I guess the man was a little embarrassed but he accepted his fault and we didn't see him spit anymore. 


After a few more minutes of walking we decided to rest and have some fun. So we played at the Childrens Park and got to experience being a kid again. I can say we did make a difference not only to others but also to ourselves and it really was a walk to remember

this are some of my group mates (i'm the one in glasses hehe) 

these were the city ordinances we wore

You can see more of our pictures in earlier posts

The Fun Is Out

All of our days have been spent doing countless projects. We rarely have fun in even doing one. But still, with this project, we were able to spend quality time with each other with smiles on our faces. During group works like these, most often times, we'd spend our time together discussing and brainstorming but with this project, we were able to enjoy.

(From Left to Right) Paolo Abansi, Carl Joshua Manalastas,

Josh Caasi, Jochelle Desierto, Michelle Allad-iw, and Yves Encarnacion.

Photographer: Zelly Reyes and Kim Fey Lim.

(From Left to Right) Paolo Abansi, Jochelle Desierto,(Above) Carl Joshua Manalastas

(Below) Zelly Reyes, Michelle Allad-iw and Yves Encarnacion.

Photographer: Josh Caasi and Kim Fey Lim.

(From Left to Right) Kim Fey Lim, Michelle Allad-iw, Jochelle Desierto,

Zelly Reyes, Josh Caasi, Paolo Abansi.

Photographer: Yves Encarnacion and Carl Joshua Manalastas.

This was during the third day of our 'SpeakOut' Action Plan and the second day of initiation. We walked along burnham park while wearing the different city ordinances that are ignored a lot of times. While walking, we were also talking about various things. It's like, we weren't promoting at all. Haha. But that's one of the fun part when you're in a group, right?

Of course, our day wasn't as perfect as we had planned. For one, while walking, one guy read one of the rules: No Spitting. And yet, he spat right in front of us. Okay, may not in front of us but at least, two of us. Hey, we still saw!

But anyway...moving on...

We arrived at...the CHILDREN's PARK.

And that's where the fun begins.

Our original plan was to have lectures with the kids at the park, as per suggested by Gabby. But as per usual, we diverted from it and became kids instead. Hehe. Nothing beats being young again, right? We played in the park and well, as expected, did a lot of tripping. There are videos but I still have to fix, so maybe I'll post them later.

Oh! We DID have one lecture. We manage to tell someone about the ordinance. But he did look kinda scary. Josh and Carl even joked that he looked like Mayor Domogan. But hey, he did look like him, though with a...creepier aura? Hehe. Anyways... pics, anyone?