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History of Calamba City

Calamba City is a first-class city in the province of Laguna Philippines. It is located 54
kilometers south of manila, just about an hour by chartered bus. This City is a popular tourist
destination because of its hot spring resorts, most of the resorts are located in Barangay Pansol
and Canlubang Golf and Country Club. Calamba City has a population of 281,146 people in 58,466
households according to the 2000 census.

How Calamba got its name?

During the early days of Spanish occupation, the two Guardia civil got lost in what is now
known Calamba. The two soldiers met a young woman who was carrying a jar of water and a stove,
he asked the woman for the name of the place in Spanish language, but the girl couldn't understand
the soldiers. The girl thought that the soldiers were asking her what she was carrying. She utterly
answered, "Kalan-banga" meaning, "wooden stove" because the Spaniard soldiers had difficulty
pronouncing it, and so it was called Calamba. This legend was commemorated with a large
concrete water jar in the city plaza with the names of the city's barangays written on it. It is known
as the World's Biggest "Claypot".

From Town to City

•When the Spaniards first visited the region in 1571, they found the local Tagalogs, who settled in
large communities along the Laguna de Bay’s shores trading with the Chinese. After establishing
Spanish settlements, the area called Bay became the center of trade and the first capital of the
province. The fertile soils of Laguna provided much needed supplies and resources. The haciendas
or lands were of course managed and controlled by the Spanish friars, which also led to several
disputes among locals and Chinese traders.
• Calamba was then part of Tabuco, now known as Cabuyao, until it became an independent town
or pueblo on August 28, 1742.
• Calamba’s part in Philippine history surfaced during the country’s revolution against Spain in the
late 1900’s. The city became the birthplace of important historic figures who are now national
heroes particularly Dr. Jose Rizal, Gen. Paciano Rizal, Gen., Vicente Lim, Lt. Geronimo Aclan and
Teodora Alonzo.
• Agrarian conflicts with the friars continued to emerge and the measures taken by the Spaniards
to drive out local tenants led to support calls for reform and independence.
• The province of Laguna then became one of the first provinces that revolted against the Spanish
regime and was in full support of the First Philippine Republic.
• The Japanese occupation during the World War II became a bloody era in Calamba’s history.
Local civilians were massacred by the Imperial Japanese Army and the guerillas’ battles with the
invaders were frequent at that time. The towns of Laguna, including Calamba, suffered immensely
as towns were burned and properties were lost.
• During the declaration of the Philippine Commonwealth, soldiers and local guerillas taken in
Calamba locked arms and fought against the Japanese forces.
• After the war, the city of Calamba rapidly progressed in peace. On April 21, 2001, through the
enactment of Republic Act No. 9024, and approval of the local plebiscite, Calamba was declared
as Laguna’s second component city.
• Presently, Calamba stands as a progressive and developed city. The history of Calamba has
always been a reminder of how the city emerged from a city torn by war to become a city of first-
class stature.

History of Calamba Doctors College

CALAMBA DOCTORS’ COLLEGE (CDC) is a young institution of higher learning. Inspired by
the people in medical health service, it adopts its name from “the doctors”, the first of its kind in the
province of Laguna. Its buildings housing the administration and collegiate students, the basic
education students and all the instructional provisions and facilities, stands accessibly near to its
base hospital, Calamba Doctors’ Hospital, located at Virborough Subdivision, specifically in
Barangay Parian, at the entrance to the heart of the city of Calamba City.
CDC bearing its original name of CDMESFI was established in 2002 with a noble purpose,
Veritas Et Servium, conceived by philanthropists, who are members of the Foundation and Board
of Trustees. They constitute the brains that brilliantly crafted the humble beginning of this school
project.
CDC has expanded its undergraduate courses from the original Nursing and Midwifery
Programs to the present curricular programs leading to degrees in Education, Radiology,
Accountancy, Business Administration, Hospitality Management, Tourism Management,
Psychology, Medical Technology and Physical Therapy. Complementary to these courses are the
very serviceable K-12 Basic Education Program and TESDA Programs.
CDC proudly mentions its impressive PRC board performance, specifically the 100% qualifiers
in the Licensure Examinations for Radiologists in 2013, for Teachers in years 2013-2014-2015, for
Customs Brokers in the years 2015-2017, for Nurses 2016-2017 and for CPA 2017. On top of this
worthy performance are the BOARD TOPNOTCHERS: Leilen T. Binaluyo (10th Place NLE 2012),
Angela S. Alongsay (10th Place RLE 2013), Liberty P. Alvarez (6thPlace NLE 2013) and Raiza
Stacy J. Lajom (7th Place 2014 MLE). A big figure comprises NCLEX passers who are earning
comfortably abroad.
 10 Quotes, Interpretation and Explanation
(according to my own opinion)

“There is an Expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment
you are old enough to take the wheel, the responsibility lies with you.”

- J. K. Rowling

A parent’s responsibility on guiding, helping, and creating beautiful and good lanes for you, stop’s when you have
reached the right age where you developed your sense of responsibility, when you learned to differentiate right from
wrong and was able to make the right decisions according to what they want to do or to pursue in life. Meaning, that
when we reach at our respected age, we are the one responsible for every thing and action that we will do. One of the
great examples was the time where we need to pick the profession that we want to become in the future. That decision
making process lies solely in our hands as we get to pick what direction what we want our life to take turn, reach and
achieve.

“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And
the choice we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

The time that our Almighty God gave us to live in the world was a chance to learn, grow, and know our purpose.
A life is full of hope, knowledge, wonder, and responsibilities, it is also full of hardships. We face difficulties, problems,
be able to find solution, and overcome it, it is a continuous process. But along the way, we would gain experiences,
newly acquired knowledge, we learn from our mistakes, and make good use of our weaknesses to be come stronger
and wiser the next time. But despite all these journeys was only run by you, and those decisions and path that you
take define your own existence and personality.

“This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don’t wait.”

- Natalie Goldberg

The quote of Natalie Goldberg states that in our life, we must grab all opportunities that may arise, we must not
wait for anything, for the right time or something more to push us or our limits just because we think to ourselves that
we are not good enough. Our life and time in this world are only limited, so we must take all opportunities, it maybe
a small or big, despite of having mental and physical barriers, we must not let it slid away. At the end of the day, it is
our life we are talking about. It is our life, and regret is something anyone does not want to feel after not grabbing an
open opportunity.

“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the
wind, but you can change yourself.”

- Jim Rohn

In any situation, a person has to make a judgement, it can be an easy one, or a very hard one. No matter what
challenges we face, we must not leave our obligations and responsibility, it is our own duty to make amends of the
things that we face and no matter how the situation shift, grow or even rip you apart, you can always have the chance
to be also a person that was not easy to break, a mountain that could that even the strongest earthquake can’t destroy,
it will change its form, but it’s still you, the strong mountain that changed for the better because of the challenges I
faced.
 “Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.”

- George Washington Carver

According to George Washington Carver, according to my interpretation, it means that most people who failed or
who are failures are people who always makes an excuse to not do things that they are supposed to do. People who
have always avoid the rules, does not comply with his or her responsibilities and tends to ignore the norms are most
commonly becoming failures. In life, hardship is a process, we must face and travel to those shaky roads before
reaching our destinations. To become a successful person, we should not find excuse to things that do not go on our
way, instead we should look for a way for the task and a challenge to be successful. This time, we must only believe
in ourselves and to the lord.

“All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of
how much you blame him, it will not change you.”

- Wayne Dyer

Blaming is one of the key factors when we let our heart and emotions comes first before our minds. Blaming is
an irrational tool that let us feel that we are not responsible for the action that we have done. It is indeed a waste of
time to blame as we only let our anger and emotions consume us, nothing will ever change, a mistake is a mistake.

“Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done,
and have not done.”

- Hubert Selby Jr.

In every action, comes an equal opposite reaction. As we have come to an age, we learned how to differentiate
right from wrong. We know that every action that we do was our responsibility, whether right or wrong, we must
take accountability as we are are person who makes rationale or irrational decisions, judgement and we are the
one who vocalizes our thoughts. We are liable to anything that was produced by our body in any different terms
and directions.

“What we failed to do or act out of our obligation is our responsibility and what we have accomplished
is part and partial of our destiny.”

- Dr. Rey L. Dalde

As a person, we have our goals, lists and dreams we want to achieve. To achieve these, we have our
responsibilities and obligations to do, to face hardships, learn, grow, and make decisions. Not being abled to
act out of those obligations may have or leave a big impact that could change the course of our destiny. On the
other hand, being able to fulfill our obligations and responsibility to reach those goals and dreams would
positively leave a great deal in succeeding our destiny.