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 Table of Contents:

Prayer of St. Therese of the Child Jesus

Music:
 Music of Ryan Cayabyab
 Traditional Music in Abra
 How music change my life

Arts:
 Photography Shots
 Favorite Movie
 Philippine Animation

P.E.
 Hiphop Dance
 Modern Dance

Health:
 Advantages and disadvantages of Drinking alcohol and
smoking
 Reflection on Covid 19 case

Reflection on this subject

 Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika
By: Ryan Cayabyab
Magmula no'ng ako'y Kay ganda ng ating musika
natutong umawit Ito ay atin, sariling atin
Naging makulay ang aking Magmula no'ng ako'y
munting daigdig natutong umawit
Tila ilog pala ang paghimig Nagkabuhay muli ang aking
Kung malalim, damdami'y paligid
pag-ibig Ngayong batid ko na ang
Kung umapaw ang umibig
kaluluwa't tinig Sa sariling tugtugtin o himig
Ay sadyang nanginginig Sa isang makata'y maririnig
(nanginginig) Mga titik, nagsasabing
Magmula no'ng ako'y (nagsasabing)
natutong umawit Kay ganda ng ating musika
Bawat sandali'y aking pilit Kay ganda ng ating musika
mabatid Ito ay atin, sariling atin
Ang himig na maituturing At sa habang buhay, awitin
atin natin
Mapupuri 'pagka't bukod- Kay ganda ng ating musika
tangi Kay ganda ng ating musika
'Di marami ang 'di Ito ay atin, sariling atin (kay
magsasabing ganda)
Heto na't inyong dinggin At sa habang buhay awitin
Kay ganda ng ating musika natin
Kay ganda ng ating musika Kay ganda ng ating musika
Ito ay atin, sariling atin Kay ganda ng ating musika
At sa habang-buhay awitin Ito ay atin, sariling atin
natin Kay ganda ng ating musika
Kay ganda ng ating musika
Dungdungwen kanto (Duayya ni Ayat)

Dungdungwen kanto unay unay,

Indayonen kanto iti sinamay
Tultuloden kanto't naalumanay
Pagammuanen inka mailibay

Koro:
Annay, pusok, annay annay
Nasaem, naut-ut la unay.
Itdem kaniak ta pannaranay
Ta kaasiak a maidasay.

Apaman nga inkanto makaturog

Iyabbongkonto ta rupam daytoy paniok.
Tapnon dinakanto kagaten ti lamok
Ken maimasmonto't maturog.

Apaman nga inkanto makariing

Dagdagusen kanto a sappuyoten
Nga ililili kas maysa nga ubing
Ta nanamem sam-it ni issem.
 How music change my life

Music is the reflection of what we did in the past that sometimes

haunt us in order to reflect these activities. In this case, the essentials
of music have been a relevant factor for enabling our personal life to
improve our experiences and actions in the present day. The reason
behind is that music is an interpretation of one’s expression or feelings
towards other individual, scenario, and experience. The use of rhythm,
music, and singing creates one artistic presentation that allows
anybody listening to it can reflect their current activities. Whenever
there is music, it basically has the capability to stimulate the senses of
a person to try and reflect their personal values and core in order to
improve their awareness.

Music changed my life because it provides a reminder of how we are

going to change our life and well-being to become optimistic. There is
a drive that enhances personal concept to improve awareness and
conviction to become productive and competitive. The melody creates
a new window to the soul of every individual to engage them in a
reminiscing way from their past lives or activity. It makes me realize
that there’s more chance to prove myself by becoming a productive
individual in my own career and lifestyle. Music is a guide for myself to
consider my aspirations of becoming a role model to other individuals
by being aware of what is happening to my present activities that can
guide myself for my future plans. Whenever I hear music, there are
components that are indicated from the lyrics for me to move forward
and try to adapt new things in order to improve my lifestyle.

The positive changes that music made into my life is all about the
optimism that has been a relevant factor that improved the way that I
partake my social and emotional well-being that is responsible for
influencing positive thoughts and perspective. Whenever I hear music,
it enhances my self-awareness to become more careful with all the
future plans and roles that I am involved with in the near future. The
result of improving my self-awareness process is important because
when I hear music, I came to analyze my past actions to become a
better person in the near future. Optimism decreases the ability to
relieve anxious feelings because it generates a creative aspect of
improving your personal values and perceptions with your recent
actions.

Music mostly changes a person’s emotional well-being because the

melodramatic approach of music always attempts to engage in a
position where a person will need to consider their position, action,
and value. With the process of music, it allows every individual to
influence their cognitive values to integrate with their emotional well-
being. The influence of music stimulates trust with your personal and
professional conduct because it can elevate your ability to improve
your knowledge, skill, and feelings. I realized that when you
appreciate the changes applied by music, this means that you are
ready to adjust to the new life and routine that affects your credibility
and image with other individuals. Having the desire to change is
important because it means that you accept most of your mistakes
that are relevant to every person who wants to create a relevant
transformation to their lifestyle as well as their lives in the future
My Favorite Movie:

I like the casting of the film. They are correct and spot on for choosing
Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss to portray his Heroism and
bravery, because I think It is suitable for Andrew, as compared to his
past roles playing Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man. When I
first saw It, I thought It was so amazing and I was blown away. It Is
inspiring to all.Even the fact that it was based on a true story is truly
incredible. I cried pretty much throughout the entirety of this film, it got
to the point where I was shaking during the war scenes. seriously
such a fantastic moving film. It changes my perspective on war
greatly.
I give "Hacksaw Ridge" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and I definitely recommend everyone
to go watch this Movie.
 I am not a cartoonist, nor an animator, nor a general 2D person.
Professionally speaking, I avoid projects that require animation and movement. I
hate it and I hate the technicalities involved with it. Now Urduja is a good try,
considering the various factors that dictate that everything else that could make it
so much MUCH worse.

The plot in itself is simple, but layers upon unnecessary layers of plot-fat, the
premise (and the focus) of the movie invariably gets lost in translation. With the
plot-fat comes, as a lack of a better word, plot holes that render succeeding
scenes WTF-able, watch it and you will see, don't watch it and save yourself
some time.
The animation is good. In the beginning. You see a highly photographic-like
atmosphere in the introduction of the movie, but as you continue on (more like
struggle to) the middle, 3D becomes more apparent, textures become less
obvious until ultimately, it's just flat cartoon, with no hint of the previous standard
set earlier in the same movie.
The one thing I noticed just watching the trailer was the fact that there are no
ambient light to reflect on the characters. There were no changes in the colors
when they move environments, night scenes, day scenes, flying through the air
scenes were all of the same lighting, except for the underwater scene (KUDOS!
plus points). There were no varying shadows and highlights whenever the
characters move. As a matter of fact the shadow Urduja has was the one below
her chin to show a bit of dimension. The most detailed shadows of any of the
characters were the badjaos. Racism is also hinted within the dialogue.

Glitches are apparent, for example, having two right hands of the same character
appearing on the same frame, I think they forgot to tween it or something.

The camera panning was exhausting. It pans too fast too soon even when the
dialogue dictates that "ang ganda ng tanawin!" WHAT SCENERY?! it was too
fast to appreciate! There were also inconsistencies with the actual character
animation. Some scenes lacked frames, making the animation choppy, even
rushed. Some scenes were extremely detailed, especially the close up talking
scenes. The attempted slow motion scenes were a failure, instead of it being
slow motion, it just feels choppy and incomplete.

Plus points for the extremely detailed monologue scenes though.

I'm not even going into the animation of the song and dance numbers.

Audio is relatively okay. It gives of the dubbed soap opera audio feel. The
dialogue was "in-your-face" direct but still inconsistent. At least it was clean.

There were not much ambient sounds to realize the scenes comprehensively.
You hear nuances, but rarely. Ocean breeze, or waves crashing? barely. Birds
chirping? When there were birds around. Even the rustling of the trees when they
were fighting in the jungle was missing.

Historically, The story was painful and lacked research. It lacks the depth of
primitive Philippine culture. Textiles within the Philippines, if not imported from
China, was mostly dark reds and browns (as far as i remember from Philippine
Art History) Not blue or green.
I do understand the need of plain clothes as the animation process is extremely
hard. Textiles in the Philippines tell a story. It's like the Grecian vases but with
cloth. This makes Urduja a failure as a culturally relevant movie.

Without the Filipino voices, there would barely enough visual evidence to suggest
that the movie was pre-hispanic Filipino era. It could have been easily some
other indigenous tribe anywhere in the world.

What irkes me is the semi-frequent use of the English language in a pre-colonial

Filipino culture. Considering that only the comedic relief characters were the only
ones talking the wrong language, but the already lost Filipino hint fades
completely even for a second.

As for the technical aspects of the movie, there's not much to complain about.
The animation was fair, the colors used were attractive. The music had a native
Filipino feel to it, before the Spaniards came to the Philippines, and was really
enjoyable to listen to. Also for the singing part, they should have gotten someone
else to sing for the part of the lead male character, Lim Hang. It would have
sounded better.
 Advantages and Disadvantages of Smoking

The great tobacco debate has been going on for years. Ever since it was
determined that smoking cigarettes causes lung cancer, along with a host of
other diseases, non-smokers have been railing against the evils of cigarettes,
while many smokers have clung to their tobacco like a miser with his last penny.
But the question is, are the smokers right? Are there indeed advantages to
tobacco use?

Die-hard cigarette users claim many benefits to smoking, some are the following:

 Peer group acceptance if peers smoke

 Effective weight loss aid
 Performance enhancement in tasks requiring
 concentration
 Stress relief
 Some smokers truly enjoy the taste

There are issues with most of these perceived advantages. If a smoker attempts
to change peer groups, they could find smoking to be a barrier to acceptance.
The performance enhancement is minimal after the first few cigarettes a smoker
has in their lifetime; from that point on, it is just a perception of enhancement
based on the memory of those initial cigarettes. Weight loss and stress relief
could be as effectively obtained by other, healthier means. Therefore the only
valid advantage is if a smoker really enjoys the taste, but one has to wonder if
they don’t enjoy the taste of the cigarette merely because they cannot taste
anything else.

The disadvantages to smoking are far more numerous, and much harder to
argue against, a sampling of them include:

 Death from disease caused by smoking

 Diseases (even if they don’t cause death)
 Lung Cancer
 Throat Cancer
 Mouth Cancer
 Many other types of cancer have also been linked to tobacco use
 Emphysema
 COPD
 Asthma
  Decreased lung function
 Advanced signs of aging
 Cost of cigarettes, applicable taxes and paraphernalia such as lighters
 Decreased acceptance by non-smoking peers
 The lingering odor of smoke on body and clothing
 Lowered ability to exercise due to inability to breathe
 Cost of stop-smoking aids when the decision to quit is made

It is clear that the disadvantages of smoking far outweigh any perceived

advantages. While there is a cost associated with quitting, over time the damage
smoking had done to the body can reverse itself if a person ceases tobacco use.
This puts that cost into perspective, especially when compared to the thousands
of dollars spent every year on smoking. With all the disadvantages to continued
smoking and no real advantages to it, isn’t it time you saved your health and your
money by putting in the effort to become tobacco-free?

Benefits of Drinking Alcohol in Moderation

1. It's Linked to Better Heart Health

Some types of alcohol are better protectants than others — red wine, for instance, has a
high concentration of polyphenols called resveratrol that are linked to helping prevent
coronary heart disease, according to the Mayo Clinic.

"The flavonoids and antioxidants in wine can be beneficial for the heart and blood
vessels, as well as for people with type 2 diabetes. People with diabetes can produce a
lot of free radicals because of poor sugar metabolism," Kessler says.

However, these health-boosting properties have shown to be beneficial only when you
drink less alcohol. For example, a February 2017 study in The Lancet Public Health
found that drinking in moderation does not appear to worsen blood pressure. But for
those who drink more than two drinks per day, reducing alcohol can improve blood
pressure.

2. It's Linked to Helping Prevent Chronic Diseases

When coupled with a healthy, well-balanced diet like the Mediterranean Diet, for
instance, low-to-moderate wine intake can help improve insulin sensitivity and reduce
inflammation.

A November 2019 review in Nutrients suggests that the polyphenols in red wine can
help prevent chronic diseases associated with oxidative stress.

The review also highlights how low-to-moderate wine intake is tied to helping decrease
total cholesterol in people with dyslipidemia, high cholesterol in postmenopausal
women, blood pressure in people with type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance in those
with metabolic syndrome.

Furthermore, a small May 2012 study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
suggests that red wine may provide some prebiotic benefits and might help promote
gut-friendly bacteria.

3. It's Tied to Better Cognitive Function

Drinking moderately is tied to better brain health in older adults.

A June 2020 study in Neurology of 19,887 people with a mean age of about 62 years
old found that low to moderate drinking (which equated to 8 drinks per week for women
and less than 15 drinks per week for men) was significantly associated with consistently
high cognitive function and a lower rate of cognitive decline.

And here's where it gets even more interesting: Compared to people who never drink,
those who drink low to moderate amounts of alcohol were less likely to have a low total
cognitive function, mental status, word recall and vocabulary.

It's worth noting that the majority of the participants in this study were women.

4. Beer, Specifically, Might Help Your Gut

In terms of other alcohol, research shows that beer may also have some health
benefits.

For instance, a November 2019 review in Metabolites suggests that as a fermented

drink, beer contains polyphenols, such as ferulic acid, xanthohumol, catechins,
epicatechins and proanthocyanidins, that may help support the gut microbiome.

However, more research is needed to understand the role of the polyphenols in beer
and how they interact with the gut.

The Drawbacks of Drinking Too Much Alcohol

1. It Can Cause Organ Damage

The drawbacks of alcohol appear when you turn moderate drinking to heavy or binge
drinking.

"Heavy alcohol consumption can tax the liver since the liver is the organ that filters
alcohol. If the liver has to filter alcohol, it can produce metabolites that are harmful to
your health and can cause diseases like fatty liver, hepatitis and cirrhosis," Kessler
explains.

Alcohol has also been shown to damage the entire gastrointestinal tract. Ethanol can
cause direct damage to the esophagus, intestine and stomach, in addition to the liver
and pancreas, according to an October 2014 review in the World Journal of
Gastroenterology.

Alcohol also increases blood pressure and can damage the heart if it's drunk frequently
and in high amounts. "Heavy drinking for men is equal to 15 or more drinks a week, and
for women, it's eight or more drinks per week," Kessler says.

2. It's Tied to Cancer

Research has linked alcohol to a number of cancers, including breast, liver and colon
cancers.

Alcohol may stimulate cancerous tumor growths and promote the progression and
aggressiveness of tumors, a January 2017 review in Pharmacological Research
suggests.

Moreover, drinking more than moderate amounts of alcohol is associated with an

elevated risk of colon cancer, especially those with a family history of the disease,
according to a January 2012 study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

3. It's Associated With Osteoporosis

Heavy drinking is linked to an increased risk for osteoporosis, particularly in young
women, according to a June 2018 study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

While osteoporosis, which is characterized by low bone mineral density, is usually more
apparent in older adults, drinking too much alcohol in early adulthood can inhibit young
adults from reaching their peak bone mass.

4. It's Tied to Weight Gain

Drinking too much alcohol can lead to weight gain, given that it serves up seven calories
per gram and offers little, if any, nutrients along with it.

To put that into perspective, one shot of liquor has around 80 calories (before you pour
in caloric mixers!) while a glass of wine can boast about 120 calories. Drinking too much
can easily pack on the calories and lead to weight gain.

And being overweight or obese can put you at a high risk for heart disease, diabetes,
high blood pressure and other comorbid illnesses.

Yes, You Can Enjoy Alcohol and Still Lose Weight — Here's How

5. It Lowers Your Inhibitions

Another disadvantage of alcohol is that it can cloud your judgment, paving the way for
destructive decisions such as getting behind the wheel of a car, the CDC states.

In excess, alcohol can cause alcohol poisoning, a medical emergency that can be fatal
resulting from high blood alcohol levels.
Effects of Binge Drinking
When it comes to drinking, the law of averages doesn't apply.

As mentioned above, there might be some advantages to drinking alcohol, so long as

you don't exceed one drink a day for women and up to two for men. However, the same
benefit doesn't apply to saving up all those weekday drinks and drinking six to seven
drinks on one weekend night.

This habit is known as binge drinking, and it's the riskiest pattern of consumption. When
you binge drink, the health effects are much like those of a heavy drinker.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans define binge drinking as downing more than five
drinks in two hours if you're a man and four drinks in two hours if you're a woman.

Excessive drinking and binge drinking can lead to stroke, the American Heart
Association warns. Binging can also lead to fetal alcohol syndrome for women who are
pregnant, cardiomyopathy, cardiac arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. The rates of
high blood pressure increase and you're more likely to have a stroke.
Reflection on Covid-19:

Our lives have been affected in so many ways by this coronavirus pandemic. Following
public policy toward mitigation of this dreaded illness has turned our lives upside down.
We have been struggling to find ways to tolerate stay at home orders. To learn new
routines within our social isolation and for many to incorporate the education of their
children during the day while schools remain closed. And above all, our stress and
anxieties are peaked by the fear of contracting coronavirus as we see each day the
numbers of confirmed positive cases and deaths from COVID-19. Our sorrows run
especially deep as we experience the reality of death or the struggling for survival of
friends or family members as a result of this disease. We see many around us, if not
even ourselves, who have lost jobs. Jobs that have sustained them and their families
just disappeared literally overnight as the American economy had to shut down in order
to curtail the spread of the virus. And furthering these emotions, people of faith are
experiencing a great suffering of their spirit through the ongoing inability to worship as a
church community. We Catholics are finding it especially painful as we hunger and thirst
for the Eucharist, now that our attendance at Mass is limited to livestreaming video
broadcasts on our televisions and computers.

We see and experience so much suffering on many levels for so many people, and we
pray prayers of thanksgiving if we have been spared from this illness and the devasting
turbulent side effects from it. And through this experience we have come to realize a
deep sense of gratitude for those who are continuing the frontline battle against this
disease. Those doctors and nurses, all hospital workers, who are putting their lives on
the line to save others. And for all those who continue to leave their homes each day,
endangering their own health, to keep us fed and sustained with life essential things.
Grocery store clerks, delivery drivers, postal workers, truck drivers, food service and
supply warehouse workers, all doing their part to help us endure and survive within our
new isolated realities.

And, during the course of all of this, we have witnessed a tremendous rise in charitable
acts and volunteerism within our communities. Everything from making protective
masks, preparing food for hospital and nursing home workers, to fund raising for many
people who need help due to the collateral damage being done by COVID-19.

As we so often come to discover during and after a crisis passes, there are silver linings
and often beautiful byproducts that emerge through the sorrow and pain. This crisis
should be no different. There is something that we can all learn and carry with us
through and beyond this experience. We of all ages have now come to know better the
pain and sorrow, as well as the heartbreak, of true isolation. We have experienced the
frustration that comes from being stuck in our homes. We have now lived with the
anguish of the loneliness of not being in the daily presence of friends and neighbors. Of
not being able to be with children or grandchildren and feel their precious hugs and
experience that tender touch of another human person.

As we feel these longings and experience these emotions, we can come to fully
embrace them as we realize the reality of what so many of our elderly brothers and
sisters, mothers and fathers, grandparents and neighbors, feel each day in their lives. In
lives that certainly now are being threatened by this pandemic and in lives that will go
on after it is controlled and behind us. We now know firsthand these feelings of
loneliness that isolation brings them. Isolation from friends as safe physical mobility
diminishes. Loneliness and social distancing as circles of friends get smaller or
disappear completely due to death. And the resultant feelings of despair and frustration
that begin to take over in our elderly loved ones who were once vibrant and joyful
people. Our social distancing and isolation of today is only temporary and will end soon.
But for many of the elderly in our communities, it will go on way beyond this pandemic.

Our living sense of compassion can and must be enhanced by the internalization of
these feelings that we are experiencing these days. As a people of faith, we can and
must emerge from this pandemic more empathetic than ever to the reality of loneliness
that so many experience each day throughout their twilight years. What we now feel
must serve as the spark needed to light the flame of desire to do more to be present to
those among us who suffer the inability to move beyond their homes or their nursing
home rooms. To create in us a burning desire to visit the homebound sick, the residents
of nursing homes, and those whose physical disabilities cause them to remain virtually
prisoners within their homes, isolated in so many ways from the world around them.

We need to find purpose behind this dark cloud that can bring new life to the elderly
among us. We need to store away these feelings of today. Lock them in our brain
centers of emotion and in our heart chambers of compassion and unleash them through
the power of the Holy Spirit once this all ends. To find that precious element of time to
spend with those who feel lonely each and every day. We can and must be motivated
by our own awareness of the terrible feelings of isolation and loneliness now known
firsthand. And let us be moved into action as we recall in sacred Scripture John 10:10
which tells us that “I (Christ) came so that they might have life and have it more
abundantly.” Let us not allow anyone among us to live short of that abundance while in
our midst. Let’s be sure to bring life to all, and bring it to the fullest.

Throughout this crisis the staff of VITALity Catholic Healthcare Services of the Diocese
of Camden has remained active in our efforts of Care Coordination for the elderly and
disabled, helping them with their healthcare concerns through these stormy times.
Doing it via phone calls and drop off of key resources as needed. Our hospital chaplains
have remained a presence within our South Jersey hospitals even though limited by
strict non-visitation policies of COVID-19 patients. They have prayed on the phone with
patients, prayed with and consoled family members who are also unable to see their
loved ones during these critical times. Even at the time of death for many. And they
have been a source of strength and comfort for doctors and nurses who are feeling the
spiritual, emotional and physical strains of caring for the victims and bearing the
heartbreak of death and suffering of so many. We need to continue to pray for all
caregivers that God will bless their heroic efforts with His peace and love.

MAPEH Reflection:

MAPEH is a fun subject. It is full of color, full of life and full of art. Bringing back

and letting us know the other culture, foreign culture and especially our Filipino culture.

Knowing the other culture is like travelling to places. Make us explore their tradition,

their arts, their dances, their songs, and instruments, it is because of the subject

MAPEH. The most interesting part for me in MAPEH is their arts, cause every paintings,

every picture, it has a message, it has a story.