The event of AIESEC entitled: “Wonder to Wander” brought about new information and new experiences that are available for us if we engaged with other cultures that are from other countries but was made available for us during the said event. The booths also offered delicacies that are either related or directly involved in the making of the local cuisine at each country. The origins and etymologies of some terms were also provided and thoroughly explained which proved crucial and important in our daily venture in life.

              We “wonder to wander” a phrase so simple yet so inexplicably long to explain, we as humans tend to have the curiosity of travelling from place to place but somehow lack the means to do so as we lack opportunities. The org’s main objective is to provide means and ways of travel for the students that desire to engage in transport to other countries to contribute in today’s society. It was rather fascinating, knowing that the advancements don’t only stop there, but the knowledge continues to prosper locally in our country.

              To compensate for the lack of experience that the students are experiencing, this organization now has brought the experience to the students and have made the audience have an in-depth feeling immersing themselves to the culture of the different countries. This knowledge will serve a great purpose in the near future since we are venturing in a vast and diverse world in which we have to have sufficient knowledge about different cultures for us to know how to appropriate ourselves to begin a conversation with other people and to know whether or not to do something and gesture something to the opposite party without the fear of offending them.

“Lagindab” -Play

            Tagapagmulat ng madla sa mga pangyayari sa bansa. Ano pa nga ba ang mas magandangpamamaraan kundi sa larangan ng sining, nakakaaliw at nakakabahala ang amingnapanood sa dulang ipinalabas sa NCAS Auditorium. Talagang napakagagaling ngpag arte ng mga karakter sa dulang ito kaya naman nakakaaliw talaga sila atnakakatuwang panoodin, kung bibigyan ng ikalawang pagkakataon ay akin mulisilang panonoorin sa kadahilanang hindi lamang sila nagsasadula para sakanilang kasikatan o kaya para lamang may maipakita sa ibang tao pero para nadin sila’y makapagparating ng mensahe sa mga manonood nito tungkol sa mganangyayari sa ating kapaligiran na kung saan ang karamihan sa atin ay bulag okaya naman ay nagbubulag bulagan tungo dito.

            Sana dumami pa ang mga dula na tulad nito na hindi lamang may layuning makagawa ng ipapasa sa asignatura nila pero para na din makapaghayag ng mensahe sa mga manonood. Talaga ngang hindi maikakaila na andaming naantig sa istorya ng street vendor na nasa dula, andaming natakot sa realidad na ito’y nangyayari na talaga at hindi lamang basta isang piksyunal na kwento. Nakakaawa ang karakter sa kanyang pinagdadaanan sa istorya na iyon pero mas nakakaawa ang mga taong hindi maiimulat sa mga karumihan ng ating lipunan at kung tutuusin mas nakakaiyak ang kalagayan ng mga hindi nakakaalam sa mga ganitong bagay. Kung lahat tayo ay may layuning mapabuti ang lipunan pero hindi naman tayo mulat sa bigat ng mga pangyayari ay hindi din tayo makakatulong bagkus makakapagpabigat pa lalo.

“Beyond Conspiracy: 25 years after the Aquino Assassination”

            The documentaryof the Ninoy Aquino assassination is still one of the largest murder cases withan unknown mastermind, it was conspired to be Ferdinand Marcos since he was theone being opposed by Senator Ninoy Aquino, but what really happened?

            The autopsy reports of the trajectory of the bullet which entered the skull was shown to have an origin from right above the position of the senator and at the time only the military personnel guarding him were the ones surrounding him and it was shown that a man from the same level of ground could have pointed the gun at a very awkward angle and was unlikely to be carried out in success. In addition to this the dispatched personnel were counted to be at more than a thousand which was more than enough to guard him from a possible assailant but since the real enemies were shown to be the military people themselves guarding him.

            The officials involved in the murder were tight lipped about what happened and chose to have their lives locked away behind bars rather than just leaking what they know to put an end to this. The president even meddled with the case, this showed the bias, dictatorship and true cowardice of Ferdinand Marcos, as he (probably) ordered the murder of his opposition and then ordered the court ruling to be in favor of him. A true control and dictatorship, a true puppeteer, his corruption was blatantly shown but still he was not prosecuted.

After watching the documentary it was rather clear that the parts were connecting together, since the assassin was part of the military and during the time of Aquino’s arrival to the country was under the rule of martial law and the military was under the command of the President so all evidences point to Marcos being the mastermind. But of course this is all just under my speculations and based on what I know and watched.

“Mission Blue”

Only one percent of the wonders of the ocean have been discovered, we’ve only invaded the surface of this dark blue depth of the ocean but what’s scary is that upon discovering means to dive in depths unimaginable we still had something identifiable to be trash to us that is sitting peacefully at the bottom of the ocean and this proves our carelessness about the environment.

Never have I thought that I would someday be as concerned in the ocean as I am today, I also never have thought that this is the state of filth that the ocean is facing. The documentary about the life and experiences of Sylvia Earle explained the importance of the ocean not just in our environment, but also in the ecosystem and the cycle of gasses inside the atmosphere. We’ve not only perversely exploited our lands but our “death touch” have now reached the deep blue as well and the biological life forms of this marine terrains are now facing the wrath of the human race.

I’ve always heard about the sharks being harvested of their fins for food, medicine, and etc of the Chinese people, but little did I know that they have been solely responsible for the extinction of certain shark species and the endangerment of others. Disgusting practices like these are what makes the world go dark, these exploitation of creatures, thinking of them as some kind of resource is what degrades the environment.

It is not the lack of creatures that makes the animals goextinct, but it’s the disciplines that THE “animals” are lacking.

PHOTO CREDITS: Mission Blue of NETFLIX

A newly announced movement that will supposedly start a revolution against the tyranny of the governing bodies that had multiple plans to be accomplished but was ultimately thwarted by the unfair circumstances of reality. The story took place at the era before Ferdinand Marcos announced his implementation of the martial law, and the scary unfairness of capitalism/contractualization. The play was so good that I almost forgot that what I was watching was a live performance and not a multimedia video, I applaud the actors for their exquisite acting and unwavering focus despite the audience’s reactions such as laughing or shouting.

I feel like I should recommend this to everyone but then again, the play wasn’t recorded or wasn’t digitally produced so only through stories of the people who watched the play can the others relive what had happened during the performance.

The play was produced and performed at University of the Philippines Los Banos, and I am one of the proud audiences whom experienced the story first hand.