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Rizal Park
Rizal Park
Rizal Park
After the first meeting of our GE 1213 subject, my classmates and I decided to go
to Rizal Park in San Pedro. Upon arriving at the park, I noticed that it was behind a big
stage with an eagle as the design of its roof. The park was very spacious and tidy and it
was also surrounded by flowers and trees. There were street sweepers holding
broomsticks and dustpans while sitting at the sides of the park. There were also students,
who stayed and sat at the park, and vendors, who went around and tried selling their
products such as water, peanuts, pinaypay, and bird feeds. There were a lot of pigeons
in the area and people took pictures of them. The children in the park, accompanied by
their guardians, fed the birds and tried to shoo them away. I also observed that there was
a group of women who cut the leaves and arranged the plants around the park. The
monument of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, situated at the back part of the park, fronting a government
office, was also very clean and there were no vandals on the plaques and the walls.
If I were asked to give a tribute to our national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, I will put up
a business named Las Gafas de Rizal. Gafas is a Spanish word for eyewear or a pair of
spectacles. When translated into the English language, Las Gafas de Rizal means The
before, Dr. Jose P. Rizal took medicine because his mother was going blind. When he
story of Dr. Jose P. Rizal taking up medicine and being a successful ophthalmologist will
be my inspiration for my business. I also want to help people who have eye problems to
have a better vision by choosing a pair of spectacles that suit them and that makes them