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Have you ever written an essay and completely not know what to do, and where you felt stupid because you thought that everybody else in your class knew what to do? Well, I have had experiences where I felt so crazy whenever I heard my teachers saying that we had to write a story, journal, essay, or whatever kind of writings. My writing experiences started when I was in the Philippines and have continued now that I am here in the United States. I have written different kinds of essays since I started my freshman year of high school here in the US, and I struggled a lot writing them, and I hated it. Also, whenever I thought about writing it gives me stress. My writing life in the Philippines was easy. We learned English in our English class, but we did not focus that much on writing and grammar. Writing wasn’t that hard because our teachers mostly let us use our own language which is Tagalog in all of our classes whenever we wrote something just like a stories. English wasn†™t one my favorite subjects, but it wasn’t that difficult back then. My writing life didn’t became so difficult until the time that my parents and I moved here in Hawaii in 2009 because my grandparents wanted us to come over here and live with them for good. I started school here as a freshman student at Waipahu High School, and I never thought that we would write essays. Then, writing became a struggle to me because it was so different compared to my writing life in the Philippines. I had to speak andShow MoreRelatedPilipinong Manunulat1723 Words   |  7 Pagesreceived National Artist Award granted by the President of the Philippines. 9. Mars Ravelo is also a comic strip creator and writer who became phenomenal in the Philippines for his created superheroes such as â€Å"Darna† (a Filipino version of Wonder Woman), Dyesabel (name of the Filipino mermaid/heroine), and many others. During his time, the â€Å"Golden Age of Comics† flourished. Like Carlo J. 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Instead, their conversation turned to a passionate goodbyeRead MoreSummary of the Wedding Dance by Amador Daguio1053 Words   |  5 Pageswerent able to producechildrenand Awiyao badly need one to affirm his virility and to establish his place among his tribesmen so he decided to leave Lumnay and marryMadulimay.The story is set in one of the mountainous provinces in the northern Philippines on the eve of Awiyaos weddingto Madulimay, while gangsas beat andwomendanceto celebrate the union. Awiyao slipped away from the celebration toconvince Lumnay to join the dancing women. Instead, their conversation turned to a passionate goodbyeRead MoreHistory of Paco1600 Words   |  7 PagesLOCAL HISTORY OF HOMETOWN †¢FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY LOCATION Paco, is a district of Manila, Philippines. It is located south of Pasig River, and San Miguel, west of Santa Ana, southwest of Pandacan, north of Malate, northwest of San Andres, and east of Ermita. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 64,184 people in 13,438 households. Paco was formerly known as Dilao, not because of plants that produce amarillo (yellow) color but yellow gold that japanesse soldiers hid in one of the