Reflection paper

Abakada ina

Abakada ina is a film dedicated to all women who strive to be the best for their children. It is about an illiterate woman named Estella who married Daniel and bore three beautiful daughters. Since Estella had stopped studying when she was still a child, she always had an argue with her mother-in-law named Matilda. Matilda loves her grandchildren very much that she didn’t want them to become like their mother – an illiterate person. Matilda taught everything she knew to Estella’s children. She tried to be a mother to them. Matilda wanted to raise them the way she raised her children, Daniel and Jojo. Because of this, Estella felt that she doesn’t have a place in them, that she cannot do anything but to sell in the market.

              Daniel came back home from his work on the ship and he tried to live with his family away from his mother. It was a very tough decision for them but they did it because they believe that they could fulfill their dreams in a place far from where they grew up. Unfortunately, many bad things had happened so they decided again to go back to Matilda though Estella knew that she would be hurt again by her.
              Daniel and Estella broke up and they both struggle to make their family get back again. Estella studied again and Daniel chose to pursue the course he really wanted. They wrote letters to each other and promised to one another that no matter what happen, the “Daniel and Estella” they knew would be together and love each other with all their hearts all over again. I admire Estella for being strong for her family especially for her children. Although she was weak at some aspects and even though she is academically challenge, she still manage to give her children’s need in spite of her being illiterate. Even if Matilda is sometimes rude to Estella, she is still a good grandmother to her grandchildren. Abakada ina is such a nice movie and an inspiring one.

Reading Log

A Test of Faith

By: Maxine Billings

Part I.

Reflect:

      I like the story for it revolves between family members and it talks about their faith most of the time. Andrea Hamilton is such a good and a magnificent mother to her little princess Kayla. She always gives her all just to protect Kayla and those people around her who keeps on loving her. It just so happened that her loving husband of ten years, Clayton was killed by a drunk driver. Andrea has always been her family’s rock, the one they turn to for strength and support. Andrea finds herself helpless when Clayton passed away because of the thought that she has Kayla who is still an innocent one and knowing the fact that she is pregnant now. I admire her for facing it strongly and also, I admire her family for they never leave Andrea alone.

Question:

      I hope it was stated in the story what really happened between Clayton and the drunk driver. What would happen to Andrea and Kayla if her mother-in-law- and father-in-law wouldn’t be there during the time she was so down? How does Leah felt the first time she knew that Andrea can’t hardly share the joy for her twin sister’s wedding? How can her family be that strong if their source of joy was also hopeless? Is there anything more than this tragedy can break the Hamilton family?

Connect:

        I can connect myself to Andrea for like her I can say that I am strong and I also have a strong faith. Although she was weak at first but she still manage to bring back her faith and trust to God and to her family. I love how their family supports each member like mine. I like the family Andrea has especially her father-in-law William Washington for being a funny and a very supportive father. Her faith is really amazing and so her family, they were all religious and make God as the center of their living. Like them I also put God first before anything that I do. I can connect to the story above all because it is somewhat like a reality and sometimes because of those trials that we need to surpass we often lost our faith so it is also a lesson to us that we should not let ourselves lost the faith and just remember this “Everything happens for a very good reason and God’s will be done”.

Predict:

        Maybe Kayla will be the first person to be affected when Andrea really give up that easily. Could the run of the story be more interesting if Clayton wasn’t killed? I think the bond between the twins will be tighter if only Andrea didn’t let her pride invades her heart, if only she accepts the fact earlier that Clayton is already gone and didn’t gives her all anger

Part II.

Character Report

Andrea Hamilton

-         Thirty-five-year-old Andrea Hamilton has always been her family’s rock, the one they turn to for strength and support. But when Clayton, her beloved husband of ten years, is killed by a drunk driver, Andrea finds on the other side of grief, consumed with despair despite her caring family’s best efforts to comfort her. And while the loss of her husband is the most difficult experience of her life, it’s not the only challenge she faces.

-          She has a baby named Kayla, her little princess. She always makes sure that Kayla will mold into a responsible young lady now that Clayton is gone. She also has a twin sister named Leah. Leah is engaged to be married-to her brother-n-law. Andrea is happy for them, but their joy also reminds her of what she has lost. When her sister starts planning an extravagant wedding, she finds it hard to share in her joy and the tension threatens to rip apart their once close relationships.

-         Because of those trials she’s been facing, she feels that she is being tested in so many ways. She lost her faith because of these trials but she still able to surpass those because of the help of her loving family. She’s been a magnificent mother to Kayla and her little one.

Reading Log

She’s dating a Gangster

Part I.

Reflect:

                Athena is a strong woman and so Kenji. They both fight their love for each other. Kenji is a hard-headed kind of man, he always acts like a stupid moron and he don’t consider the feelings of others especially Athena. I can say also that Athena is a martyr kind of person because at the time Kenji left her, she still hope, expect and still asking for another chance for their relationship.

Question:

                I just don’t get the purpose of Kenji in leaving Athena that sudden where in fact he had been loving Athena since the day he realized that he loves her. Does Kenji just use Athena Dizon as a rebound to his ex-girlfriend whose name is also Ahena, Athena Tizon? What happened to Kenji after one year of Athena’s Dizon’s death? Why is Lucas doesn’t fight his love for Athena Dizon? Does Athena loves Lucas when Kenji left her?

                                                                                            

Connect:

                Athena is a loving girlfriend, not only as a girlfriend but also a good daughter and a supportive friend. I may not be as nice as she was in the story but I can say that I obey my parents and I am a good friend, not perfect for I am just a human. She always gives her all every time she desires for something like me I’m on my best every time I have a specific goal.

Predict:

                Maybe it won’t turn to tragedy if Kenji believed Athena that she’s on a fragile situation and she never cheated. I think Athena won’t passed away if Kenji took care of her and never leave her, yes, Kenji took care of her but it’s already too late, Athena was already dying. I think Kenji won’t commit suicide if he hadn’t seen the video of Athena and if Sara didn’t gave it to him.

Part II.

Character Report

                Athena Dizon

-          Athena was born in Korea; she grew up there and stayed for almost 10 years. She is 17 years old. She stayed also in States with her bestfriend Sara for 3 years. She is a pure Korean and has 20 years old half-brother, his name is Sang Min but his English name is Nathan. Her mom died because of heart failure and now she has a step mom who treated her well.

-          She met this gangster, Kenji in a random way. Kenji was her “really-not” ideal guy. She likes pretty boy types, but she didn’t expect that her heart will fell to this gangster guy. Their relationship faced many trials. Athena discovered that her life has already a “taning” and she never told it to Kenji. During that time their relationship was facing a big stone, Kenji left Athena for his own reason. He told Athena that he have just realized that the one that he trully love was Athena Abigail and not Athena. But despite of the trials that their relationship had faced they still end up loving each other and come to realized that even in the second life they will still be together.

Diary of an Ugly

By: Denny

Part 1.

1.)    Reflect

I admire Eya for being such a nice and brave girl. She is an inspiration and a good model to all of the girls out there. She is brave and a strong kind of person, even though she is on her own now, she manage to stand still and support herself and her study. When she met Cross Sandford she found a good comfort in him even though they always fought like dog and cat. I love their love team, they are so cute every time they are together. Cross is a good man, he is just really a mood swinger.

2.)    Question

I don’t know if the incident between their parents is a big factor to their relationship and I don’t get the point of Mr. Sandford- grandfather of Cross in killing Mrs. Pia Sandford, his daughter-in-law. Why does Lory hated Chad that much where in fact Chad is doing his all best to prove to Lory that he really love her. And how come that Memo Clarkson knows everything about Eya and Cross, what is his motive in planning everything to happened such as the crossing of ways of Eya and Cross and Eya being the personal maid of Cross.

3.)    Connect

                I can connect myself to Eya in terms of her being strong , maybe not exactly the same situation but the way she handle her situation. I am studying and I aonly see my family sometimes once in every two weeks so like her I can say that I am also a strong person like Eya.

4.)    Predict

I think Cross started to fall in love with Eya the very first time he saw her because even though Eya is not pretty annoying and super childish Cross can’t help to be far from her even for just a few days. Also I think Lory appreciates the things that Chad has been done, maybe she is not showing her appreciation because she is really believing and making herself believe that Cross is the one for her and not Chad.

Part 2. 

Character Report

Rhea Rodriguez

-          She is not an ordinary girl. In a young age she lost her father, mother and sister. She is on her own ever since she was nine years old. As she describes herself in the story, she is uglu and her face has many pimples. She has a chappy lips,a dry skin and a Medusa look alike hair. In her school now which is the Willford Academy, aside from they need to pass the entrance exam they must be a model or a daughter or son of a well-known celebrity, politician or business tycoons. Eya got the second highest score in the entrance exam while Cross got the first. She supports herself by modelling in some small companies. She models products wherein her face is not shown, like toothpaste wherein only her white teeth are shown, fish foods wherein she is wearing a fish mask. Along her journey she met people who became her true friends. A British girl named Lory who serves as her “Lady in shining skirt” in school, Chad who is a leader of a Mafia group but a kind hearted and a boy next door type of guy and lastly, Cross Sandford, a good looking, well-known model, her boss and the whom she fell in love with.