The

CIRCUMSTANC
ES AFTER
RIZAL’S
BAPTISM
Prepared by:
Wilber Coloma
Nicole Bacalangco
Sem De Castro
Fierce Francois Discher
Djiorein Edjyrus Delosreyes Doña
Hannah De Lara
Mark Denver Abalos
Darwin Avila
Gesile Ann Bajuyo
Allen Cruz
Rence Banyola
Anthony Alceso
Perhaps no other story sums up Rizal’s
childhood so succinctly as his famous
Even after being scolded, he did not
story about the lamp and the moth. And
pay much attention to the book,
despite what you may think, little Rizal
focusing his gaze on some moths that
was actually being naughty.
were flying around a coconut oil lamp

Instead of reading a Spanish children’s instead. One day, intending to cross

book diligently given to him by his mother Laguna de Bay, the boy Rizal rode on a
Teodora, he was instead doodling
caricatures on its pages. On "The Story of boat.
the Moth," Rizal thought that the
creature's death was justified because he
believed that to sacrifice one's life for
one's ideals is worthwhile.
While in the middle of the lake,
he accidentally dropped one of
his slippers into the rough
waters. The slipper was
immediately swept away by the
swift strong currents.
Do you know what he did? He
intentionally dropped the
other slipper into the water.
When somebody asked why
he did such a thing, he
remarked, "A slipper would be
useless without its mate."
Jose had a black dog named Usman. He
used to meditate by Laguna de Bay with his
pet dog, Usman. As a child, Rizal was
sickly, underweight, undersized, and frail as
a child.
He had his own nipa
cottage where he played
in the day, built by his
father. He had an aya
(nurse maid) who was a
kind old woman and who
took care of him and his
health. He recited the
Angelus prayer daily.
Rizal began birdwatching at the age of 3,
observing the culiauan, the maya, the maria
capra, the martin, and the pipit.

He began sketching at the age of five. At the

age of eight, Jose wrote his first poem entitled
Sa Aking Mga Kababata (To My Fellow
Children). When he was also eight years old,
Rizal wrote his first dramatic work, which was a
Tagalog comedy.
 Kapagka ang baya'y sadyang umiibig
sa kanyang salitang kaloob ng langit,
sanlang kalayaan nasa ring masapit
katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid.
Pagkat ang salita'y isang kahatulan
sa bayan, sa nayo't mga kaharian,
at ang isang tao'y katulad, kabagay
ng alin mang likha noong kalayaan.
Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita
mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda,
kaya ang marapat pagyamaning kusa
na tulad sa isang tunay na nagpala.
Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita
mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda,
kaya ang marapat pagyamaning kusa
na tulad sa isang tunay na nagpala.

Ang wikang tagalog tulad din sa latin,

sa ingles, kastila at salitang anghel
sapagka't ang Poong maalam tumingin
ang siyang naggawad, nagbigay sa atin.

Ang salita nati'y huwad din sa iba

na may alfabeto at sariling letra,
na kaya nawala'y dinatnan ng sigwa
ang lunday sa lawa noong dakong una.
It was staged in a festival in
Calamba, and was later sold to a
gobernadorcillo from Paete for two
pesos. Jose was skilled in
operating marionettes.
Rizal was already a terrific sculptor
even at a very young age. In fact,
he carved a 9-inch statuette of the
Sacred Heart out of batikuling
wood when he was only 14 years
old. The Jesuit fathers brought this
statuette in Fort Santiago when they
visited Rizal in December 1896.
The Triumph of Science over Death
• Aside from wood sculptures, Rizal also carved 40 • Jose mournfully wept at losing her. He later wrote in his

amazing masterpieces out of plaster, terra-cotta, wax, memoir, “When I was four years old, I lost my little sister

and clay. Concha, and then for the first time I shed tears caused
by love and grief.”
• Of all his sisters, Jose loved little Concepcion best. She
• Jose and his father went on a pilgrimage to Antipolo on
was only a year younger than him, and fell ill and died
June 6, 1868 so that they could fulfill his mother's vow,
at the age of 3. The death of his sister was Jose's first
which she made when Jose was born.
grief.
• Teodora could not join them on this pilgrimage because she had
given birth to Jose's sister Trinidad.

• After the pilgrimage, Jose went with his father to Manila where
they visited his sister Saturnina, who was then a boarding
student at La Concordia College in Santa Ana.