Ballesteros, Jovin, D.

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

20-UR-0938 1G

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Dr. Jose Rizal was the author of the poem “Sa Aking mga Kabata”

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“Sa Aking mga Kabata” is a poem written in Tagalog and it is a poem about the love
of one’s native language. Other people believed that Dr. Jose Rizal was the author of “Sa Aking mga
Kabata” but there is no evidence to support authorship by Jose Rizal and there exist no manuscript of
the poem hand written by Rizal. Other historians now believe it to be hoax. The actual author of the
poem are Herminigildo Cruz and Gabriel Francisco. “Sa Aking mga Kabata” was first published in 1906, in
a book by Herminigildo Cruz and he said, he received the poem from Gabriel Francisco.

Reference: https://johndelapaz.wordpress.com/2018/10/02/sa-aking-mga-kabata/
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The famous actor in Philippines, Fernando Poe Sr. served as the model for the UP Oblation.

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The oblation statue of University of the Philippines knowns as UP is made by the national
artist, Guillermo Tolentino. Others believed that Fernando Poe Sr. was the one who modeled Oblation.
But this isn’t really approving it, because there is no evidence to support that Fernando Poe Sr. was the
one modeled Oblation in UP and the sources of this hearsay is not even known and according to
Historians, they believe it to be hoax.

According to the book written and designed by the late UP Diliman College of Fine Arts (UPD
CFA) by Prof. Rodolfo Paras- Perez titled “Tolentino” and the University Literature, the result of the
oblation is the combination of Caedo’s physique plus Raymundo’s proportion.

Reference : Title: Who is the model of UP’s symbol, the Oblation? | lifeinresearch (wordpress.com)

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The video states that the blood compacts were made by drawing blood from their arms.

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Many of us believed that the blood compacts were made by drawing blood from their arms,
mixing it with wine, and drinking the said mixture form a cup. But according to BunnyPub the reality is
those famous blood compacts were not done by drawing blood on the arms, but on the chest.

Reference: https://www.bunnypub.net/en/life/topics/100331