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FINAL EXERCISE ROUTINE

So I’ve been pretty lazy throughout the whole month but it’s time to write about my exercise routine. yey. 

Anyways, I’m trying to be productive as I can so don’t judge me.

Every workout should begin with at least five to 10 minutes of warming up. You may believe that if you want to lose weight, you would do aerobic, cardio, cardio. However, strength training is very important because maintaining more muscle mass raises the metabolic rate, which ensures you'll eat more calories at rest as the body works to sustain muscle tissue.

Mostly, I start with the fully body exercise which is probably best before going straight to working out your abs. It’s always effective when you start working out your entire body before getting to lay on the floor and work the abs.

After those tiring whole body exercise is, of course, to rest. You can’t go on without having any rest during or after every exercises. Next, you can now start with the abs, no matter what routine it is, just work those abs.

Next is legs (if you want). For me, leg exercises are really needed because I have big legs, not really big but you know what I mean. But of course, if you want to work your buttocks then you can. Nobody’s going to judge you for wanting to work your butt. 

Finally, you end your exercise with a cool down. Make sure your muscles are relaxed and you do your cool down properly to avoid any sore muscles or cramps.

"A lot of the time people get bored and they stop," says Opera. "So, find something that you can change regularly and that you love." Whether you're penciling classes or creating a gym routine plan, make sure you're choosing workouts you'll actually want to follow through with.

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My Exercise Routine

And I guess this is the last though. 

Anyways I hope this is going to be a very important guide for all of you out there.

So, first off, we have mountain climbers. We all know how to do this and by that we’re gonna have a 30 seconds for this exercise.

Next is squat jump. So for this exercise, you’re gonna squat down and when you stand up you have to jump and continue for about 30 seconds.

Then, lunges. This is pretty obvious now. Another 30 seconds for this exercise.

Hip plank dip. For this exercise, you have to look like you’re doing plank but your hips are going side by side in 30 seconds again.

Next, one leg raise. You have to kneel and put one of your hand on the ground for support and raise the other leg. For another 30 seconds.

Lastly, plank. for 30 seconds. 

So, that’s it! I hope you get to enjoy!!

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My Exercise Routine

Week 2 of our exercise journey ya’ll!!! 

I am quite sure that I loss some weight but anyways let’s get on with the topic. I am back with some exercising or standing exercises which is pretty easy with just 30 second but no rest. Come on, I know you can do it.

So, what I did is to firstly do a standing bicycle. Put your hands on your head and start to twist your body as if you’re doing a bicycle crunch. 30 seconds each side so make sure to count. 

Next is Oblique crunch. The position is as if you are doing a side crunch then raise your foot pointing at the side. Do this again for 30 seconds for each side.

Next is High knee. I know, it’s tiring but it can be a help in building up your cardio. Still, for 30 seconds. 

Next we have Passé Rotation. It is the same with standing bicycle but this time you put your hands together at the front and as you twist, you take the other hand and the side to where you will twist your body as the other hand will stay where it is. Same goes the other as you twist to the other side. Still, for 30 seconds  for each side. 

Now we have, Wood chopper. You take both of your hands up but slanted than start to look like you are chopping up wood. 30 seconds for each side.

Finally, Plié Jack. So, for those you who experienced ballet, it’s your time to shine. For this position, you look like you are doing squats but with your hands doing the same as you are doing jumping jacks. For this exercise, as you go back up, you have to jump. 30 seconds for each side.

So, did you get all that? We have a video for you if you are having a hard time reading with all of this. And by that, I will see you next time. 

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Arms and Abs Workout  by Chloe Ting.

These are the Arms and Abs Workout I use, by Chloe Ting, and their uses for your muscles.

So, I am not a “Fitness Guru” but I am just someone who is willing to lose weight in at least a month or so. I don’t rush myself of course, it is a step by step process and consistency is the key. It’s actually not that hard to start, although I’ve been there and I am getting there. We all are. There are a lot of things need to be done and so as working out. And so, let’s not waste more time and let’s start this.

First, you will always need to have a warm up. Never go on directly to exercising with out warming up your body for approximately 30 minutes or so. If you would ask me what my warm up routine is, I’d say dancing. Of course, there should stretching but after that I just dance. Dancing is for cardio and can also help lose weight. Well, if you think you can’t dance then you can just go for jumping jacks or something that can make your heart race.

Now, for the arms. It is a 40 second exercise and you can rest of about 5 seconds only. So, what you will do is you have to stand straight with both of your arms up to the side and make a “C”. It is called the C rotation. The C rotation is simple but you are really in for a workout. It can tighten up your arm muscles and can work out your shoulders too. Next up, is the wall push up, if you can’t find a wall then you can do push up on the ground. Remember the proper position of the push up to avoid injuries especially with your muscles. After, you can take a 5 second rest and proceed to forward pulse with both of your arms on the side. No rest here and proceed to backward pulse. Another rest before going in for the arm swing. The arm swing is executed with your knees bend and and your arms swinging front to back. Make sure to do the correct position. No rest here and let’s proceed to arm squeeze which will be executed with the same position but your arms will be at the back and moving the opposite way like you’re clapping. This exercise can squeeze your shoulder blades and can reduce your back fats as well.

After, you can finally rest for 5 seconds then we’re going to proceed to around the world. The around the world is where you stand up straight and move your arms like doing jumping jacks. No rest here and proceed to full extension. The full extension is when you put your arms on the side and then to the front, and upwards and repeat. This exercise can really work out your whole shoulders as well as your arms. You can rest again for 5 seconds before proceeding to another push up. After doing your push up, you can rest again for another 5 or 10 seconds. But remember to not give up! Next up is double pulse. The position is the same as the one for the arm swing but this time you will be doing a double pulse which is swinging your arms back with a double pulse. Then, proceed to criss cross which is still the same position but you will make your arms do a criss cross at the back. After, you can rest for 5 seconds then proceed to upward pulse. You have to stand straight for this one and spread your arms sideward with the palm of your hand facing upward and do a pulse then proceed immediately to the down pulse. Lastly, take a 5 second rest before proceeding to arm circle.

And that’s it for the arm workout. You can do this for at least 2 weeks to see better results. Now, it’s time for the abs workout. Tell you this, it is a bit hard and trust me my abs hated me but it was worth it.

Now let’s start with tuck v-up. In this position, you are to sit on your mat with your hands on your side and your body a bit slanted every time you stretch your legs and lift your body forward when you bring your legs close to your chest. Next, doing the hip raise twist. This is being executed by lying down and lifting your hips up with the support of your back. After the 5 second rest, we proceed to plank scorpion, this can help your oblique and abs as well. For the position, it’s more like a plank but your foot should move from the back and onto the other side and same as the other foot. After, is the spider to cross body climber. Another 5 second rest. Then, proceed to leg drop toe tap. Make sure that you don’t touch your head unto the mat and should be raised while your legs do the work. As you raise your legs, you tap it two times and lower it slowly. Next up is roll up clap. Lay flat on your mat and roll up using the momentum of your arms and legs. Another 5 second rest then proceed to plank hop jacks and next is plank leg raise and tuck. Make you that you don’t arch your back too much. After resting, proceed to flutter kick but your head shouldn’t touch the mat, the same as before. 

After, do the double crunch wherein it looked like the roll up clap but with this you will just let your upper body raise a bit. After the 5 second rest, it’s time for the reverse crunch. You should raise your hips a bit higher for this one since your abs are already burning and I know you can do this. Next up is straight legs toe touch. This is the same as the leg drop toe tap but this time, you’re going to tap your toes 4 times and your legs raised during this workout. Let your upper body do the work. After the 5 second rest, proceed to bicycle crunch and make sure to let your elbows touch your knees. Lastly, is the up and down jacks. This workout is a bit hard at first, but you will get there. 

So, that’s the workout! I hope you will find it exciting and that you are worked out! Visit Chloe Ting’s youtube channel for the correct positions of these workout.

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Virtual and Reality

Virtual Center by Raissa Claire Rivera

Create a comic imagining a dystopian Filipino future. What would be the reason for its downfall? Who would be your hero?

The comic would be titled as Empty. It will be about how a girl who would rather imagine that the world she lives in is what she always dreamed of. She knows how screwed the world is and because of her anxiety and depression, she decided to create a beautiful imagination in which only she knows. The reason for this story’s downfall will be that the girl’s parents were planning a divorce and wanted to let their daughter know about their situations but instead they caught their daughter talking to thin air and thought that their daughter was crazy which resulted for the parents to bring their daughter to a psychiatrist where the psychiatrist determined it was the cause of anxiety and depression. In the end, the parents decided to send their daughter to a psychiatric hospital and from there the girl’s imagination stopped as she found herself in a room. The hero would be her fighting of her imagination from the reality of what the world is really is.

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Games!

FlickerFadeGone by Carljoe Javier

Does the boy in the story remind you of anyone? Does it mean to be a commentary on certain kinds of people? And if given the chance to create a game, what could be it about?

The boy seems to remind me of my cousin who plays a lot of games maybe for fun and to avoid boredom. Well, yes. It is commentary on certain kinds of people. If I were given the chance to create a game, it would be about finding the right path after getting lost by only reading the riddles. It would be because we sometimes get lost, even not knowing who we are, and don’t know where to go (for comfort or tell our problems), but there is always a way to get or to know who we really are. There is always a place called “safe haven” where we finally find ourselves. We may go astray but there’s always a reason why we need to follow our hearts and remain true to ourselves.

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Cronulla Beach

An Experience with the Ocean

Stop the war 

of black against white

it’s not relevant

not it’s not

Children are following us

and they have become one of us

what have we done?

what have you done?

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Waiting by Ron Darvin

In the "Waiting" story, Isabelle went to work in another country, noting that her wage is just not enough for her. She left Miguel without saying good-bye to her son. The secret is sacrifice and family love. The pain of being away from them and doing a job beyond your comfort bubble just to satisfy the needs of your family. It's all about struggling and remaining independent in a country farther from home, but understanding that it's all for the family and a promising opportunity for everyone.

It affected me somehow to make sacrifices, to have the will to risk rather than to play it safe because you never know what great opportunities are waiting.

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Turban Legend

What do you think is the real message behind the anecdote or the turban legend?

I think the true essence of the story is that the Filipinos will always support their families by recalling them. Via these balikbayan boxes, it could be said love will always thrive even when you are far apart from each other. I think the Filipinos who are abroad are proud to be Filipinos. Because OFW, or even Filipinos, who have emigrated to such a country, often extend the Filipino culture to other people abroad, such as, for example, raising a foreign child, welcoming or treating him as their own child, or as part of a family, by teaching him our culture as courteous to the elderly, and maybe other things, and that is only one explanation why Filipinos should be proud of. The significance or meaning of the story is that in the Filipino society, the family is a very important thing in existence that should still be honored, even though you're miles away from others. Things that are costly in the balikbayan boxes are not only a "gift" but also the love of the sender to his family.

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Educational Blog

Why do they claim that our English is poor by concentrating on how persistent errors are still being made? Writing and talking to Filipino students. For most Filipinos, you should accept the fact that English is not a mother tongue to them. Speaking in English is hard to practice when you can't practice it at home, since most members of your family would not speak to you in English. It helps if you can hang out with other English speakers, which can help promote your fluency and use of the language. In the Philippines, English teachers frequently find themselves in a very frustrating situation, regardless of how hard they try to teach their students the rules of written English, students will make mistakes in word order, word choice, subject-verb agreement, tenses, prepositions, posts, punctuation. The recurrent errors in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and discourse of second language learners are one of the topics that the researchers have investigated. Due to some norms that language teachers want their students to obey, these errors are called mistakes. As second-language learners of English, educators want their students to master Standard English.

 Title of Work: Why Do They Say That Our English Is Bad?

 I.Committing Errors

A. Teacher’s Frustration

B. Common Errors

  II. Effectivity on Teaching Strategies

A. Educators and Researchers sought research

B. Research Analysis

C. Research Results

 III.Research Example

A.Why Do They Say That Our Sentences Is Wrong When We Knows English (Saqueton,

2008)

B.Supporting Facts of the Study

 IV.Supporting Details from Sequeton’s Study

A. Common Errors

 V. Standards of English

A. Relation to errors

B. Question of Standard English to Follow

 VI.Confliction to Determine English

A. Supporting information from an event

 VII. Confliction and Appropriation to Determine English

A. Supporting Information From Research

  VIII. Common Questions

A. Usage of English as a second language in the Philippines

B. Appropriation to location and need

 IX. Supporting Study

A. Supporting ideas and facts from Andrew Gonzalez’s study from 1985 entitled “When Does an Error Become a Feature of Philippine English”

 X. Conclusion

A. Perspective to Standard

B. Eduators and language policy planners’ option for teaching model

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Lengua para Diablo by Merlinda Bobis

"What does the story tell about the Philippine society? Does this still exist up until today?"

The story deeply tells about how unemployment affects the Philippine society. Unemployment rate in the Philippines is high, especially given the situation now, people are trying to make money even when there’s little hope that they will. Yes, it may be unfair but this is how the society works. This is the reality of how being unemployed can affect the people and their family. It can even cause a life.

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Justice by Ralph Semino Galan

The Justice System works,

people say.

The victims are avenged,

The guilty has to pay.

Yes, it’s true.

But not all guilty are truly guilty.

Some were bargained,

Some has to drop the case.

But what can you do?

You’re just a citizen.

You have no power.

But don’t worry,

They’ll get their time, their day.

Don’t worry, just wait.

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Preludes by Daryll Delgado

Reflection:

No matter how tough your love gets, always stay loyal and never give in to temptations. Always be there for the person you love and if they’ll come back into your arms, then embrace them tightly. As long as you remained humble, your love will not be severed by temptations.

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Ang Akong Labing Higala

Kung adunay usa ka daotan nga adlaw,

Ang pahiyom mahimo og layo,

Ang usa ka relasyon nga sama niini naglimud sa mga binuang nga panaad ug pagdani,

Sila ang pipila ka mga tawo nga modawat kahilum sa pag-istoryahanay,

Ang usa ka higala sama sa usa ka bituon nga nagpangidlap ug nagsidlak,

O tingali sama sa kadagatan nga hinay nga modagayday,

Nagtan-aw ka kanako nga adunay grasya ug pagsalig,

Ang kasadya mikaylap sa tibuuk.

Pagpangayo gamay nga tabang gikan sa tawo sa taas,

Ug hinumdomi nga gihigugma nimo ang imong labing suod nga mga higala,

Labing suod nga mga higala magpabilin hangtod sa katapusan,

Sama sila sa usa ka tul-id nga linya nga dili molihok.

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A Chance for a lifetime

By: Kierulf, Natasha Beatrice

The rays of sunlight danced around her room as she just woke up. She got up from her bed and stretched her arms as she made her way into her bathroom, did her business, took a bath, and brushed her teeth. After, she opened her wardrobe and changed into her formal attire then fixed her hair into a bun. Grabbing her suitcase and her envelopes, she took one last glance in the mirror before making her way out of her apartment. She hailed for a taxi to get to her designated location. The weather today sure is fine. The city is full of people early in the morning. Glancing at her watch, it was still 7:38 am, although the trial starts at precisely 8. As she arrived at her location, she immediately went to her office to wear her robe, below the prosecution tag was her name. Prosecutor Ma. Aysel Alvarez. 

She sat down on her chair to review the case one more time before proceeding to the courtroom. As she waits, a man in his late 20s approached her. "Are you ready to get roasted, Prosecutor Alvarez?" He said with a smirk. She looked at him and gave him a sweet smile. "The real question is, are you ready to get knocked out again, Attorney Guevarra?" She turned back to arranging her things on the table, "Don't be too confident, how are you so sure that you can knock me out again if I can break you twice today?" Atty. Guevarra had his hand on her envelope, which was containing the evidence. Aysel looked at his hand before standing up to meet his eyes. "By the truth," she said, and smiled, "And nothing but the truth." With that, she sits back down again with a determination to win today's final trial. The courtroom was crowded by reporters, journalists, and lots more. Who would blame them? It was a heated topic. The defense brought witnesses which will solidify the claim that the accused is innocent. "This honorable court of the Republic of the Philippines with the Honorable Judge Vincent Villar is now in session. All rise." Everyone then stood up as the judge entered the courtroom. "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Calling Case No. M-1129, People of the Philippines versus Emmanuel Cruz. The final trial will begin. Are the defense and the prosecution ready?" The judicial courtroom assistant announced. "Ready for the People, Your Honor," Aysel said. Her figure stood out from the rest with her average height, mid-length black hair, and her usual smile. "Ready for the defense, Your Honor," Atty. Guevarra said. Aysel and Atty. Guevarra both shared a glance before taking their respective seats. The last trial finally started. "The defense will now prove its case, Your Honor," He said and looked at the crowd. The judge motioned for the defense. "Defense?" Atty. Guevarra then made his way to the front. "Your Honor, I summon the sister of the accused one last time to the witness stand, Ms. Santos." 

A woman in her late 40s proceeded to the witness stand. "Let's proceed," Atty. Guevarra cleared his throat. "You are the sister of the accused. To be more precise, you are the sister of Mr. Emmanuel Cruz, am I right?" He questioned. "Yes." Ms. Santos answered. "Kindly tell us, the full details, where your brother was at when the night of the murder happened?" Attorney Guevarra started to question their witness. "Well, in the morning, he drops by at my house to tell me that he'll have to attend his meeting at the company he was working at. He said it was hard leaving his wife all by herself whilst she's sick, he mentioned he'll be home quite late. He was carrying suitcases so I thought he was busy at that time. My brother also told me that his wife was cheating on him and that he will file a divorce sooner or later. On the night of the murder, he called me saying that his wife, along with her best friend, was dead. So, I went over to their house and saw both of them lying on the floor, lifeless. That was when I called the police, but they accused my brother of killing them." Ms. Santos was giving glares to the audience, especially to the prosecutor, Aysel. "Your Honor, the story itself just proved that the accused is innocent and by that, I rest my case." Atty. Guevarra stated and went back to his seat. The judge nodded. "Prosecutor?" Aysel stood up and stood at the center. "You mentioned that you are the sister of the accused, right?" Aysel asked Ms. Santos. "Yes." Aysel narrowed her eyes. "You also mentioned that in the morning, before the murder happened, Mr. Cruz went to have a meeting at the company he worked for?" Aysel said. "Yes." Ms. Santos said. "I've printed the things you said on the first trial and wrote down the things you said today. And it is quite different." Aysel looked deeply at Ms. Santos' eyes. 

"OBJECTION YOUR HONOR! THE PROSECUTION IS ONLY MAKING UP ASSUMPTIONS AND MIGHT CHANGED WHAT THE WITNESS SAID ON THE FIRST TRIAL!" Atty. Guevarra said. "Your Honor, I have permission from the stenographers." Aysel presented a permission letter and gave it to the judge. Judge Villar nodded for Aysel to proceed. "Objection overruled, prosecution continue." 

Aysel presented the difference of what the witness had said during the first trial and for today's trial. "Ladies and gentlemen, what the witness had said during the first trial is that Mr. Emmanuel Cruz sure did go to the company he was working for but he was only there for a couple of hours according to the biometric fingerprint time machine at the company then later went home. And you stated today that Mr. Cruz will file for a divorce because he caught his wife cheating on him. But, just so you know, divorce is still illegal in the Philippines." Everyone in the room was shocked that they didn't seem to notice this mistake. Of course, some would forget what she said during the first trial since it only happened last month. Loud murmurs can be heard in the courtroom. 

 "ORDER IN THE COURT!" 

 "Prosecution, continue."

 "You also mentioned in your testimony that when your brother called you because his wife and her best friend were dead, you immediately went to their house. Am I right?"   

"Y-Yes." Ms. Santos stuttered. Aysel smirked. "But according to police records, your house is fifteen minutes away, and by the time you arrived at the scene, you were the one who called the police. But the question was, why didn't your brother called the police after discovering what has happened? You were the first person he called after finding out that his wife, along with her best friend, were killed?" Aysel went towards the witness stand. "Tell me, Ms. Santos, why?" 

"OBJECTION YOUR HONOR, THE PROSECUTION IS TRAUMATIZING THE WITNESS!"

"Objection overruled, make her answer." 

 Aysel waited as she looked at Ms. Santos' eyes. "Please do tell, Ms. Santos." Aysel sure was pressuring the witness but she is also trying to get the truth out from the witness' mouth. Ms. Santos was sweating and Aysel can see the look in her face that she has been lying all this time. "Ms. Santos plea--"

"Because his wife cheated and she deserves to die!"

Aysel smiled, victoriously. Ms. Santos widened her eyes and covered her mouth with her hands. "Your honor, as you have witnessed, the witness had admitted that she and her brother were behind the killings of Mrs. Cruz and Mr. Chu. Thus, admitting that what she said at the first trial and this final trial were all lies."

The crowd cheered, especially the family of the victims. Aysel sighed heavily and returned to her seat. The prosecution and defense said their closing argument. And hours later, the verdict will now be announced.

"The accused," she said, "..has been charged with murder in the first degree. As the judicial courtroom assistant, and in front of the People of the Philippines, as the power has given us by the Constitution of the Philippines, with the decision of the judge driven by evidence and arguments presented, the accused, is found.." 

 There's a silence.

 "GUILTY."

 Everything went as fast as light, people were making noise out of joy and both the accused and his sister were being arrested.

 As the trial was done, Aysel went out of the courtroom to be greeted by reporters, pushing their mics towards her as they questioned her about the case. She was obliged to answer but she also has to go home and rest. Aysel went to her office and removed the robe and put it on the hanger. She fixed herself and drank the water from her tumbler. Aysel was about to walk out of her office but she felt dizzy and the world was spinning from her point of view before passing out. The last thing she saw was someone carrying her towards a dark room. 

 Aysel woke up, not in her apartment, but in a warehouse. She turned her head from left to right to see if she can recognize this place. But to no avail, she couldn't. Her hands and feet were both tied to the chair she was sitting on. She looked down and notice she was only wearing her undergarments, she felt embarrassed. She struggled in pulling her hands, thinking it might break free. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Aysel turned her attention towards the voice. "Who are you? Why am I here?" She asked. She was trying to remain calm as possible but her heart wouldn't stop beating so fast. The person stepped forward revealing a teenager. Aysel raised a brow before widening her eyes. "Aaron?" She gasped. 

 "Aaron Santos." 

 Aysel was dumbfounded. She opened her mouth but nothing will come out. She couldn't believe the person in front of her is one of her students in the Political Science Course. He is an intelligent student and is very kind. He always performs well in class and shows cooperativeness. "Anton, what is the meaning of this?" Aysel asked yet Aaron just laughed. "You're asking me when you should be asking yourself, Professor." He walked towards where Aysel was and stops just right in front of her. "W-What do you mean?" Aysel was confused and doesn't know what Aaron meant by his statement. Aaron gave her a slap across the face before grabbing her neck for her to face him. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU HAD JUST BEEN IN THE COURTROOM!?" Aysel was terrified until she realizes what he meant. "Y-You mean... Your mom?" Aaron lets go of her neck. "Bingo, Professor." Aaron smiled but it soon faded. "Aaron, you know what she did. Your mom admitted that she was involved in the crime." Aysel stated yet she received a punch on her cheekbone. By this, another punch followed and then another. All Aysel could do was endure the pain as she couldn't muster up the strength to scream for help. Her blood spilled across the floor as Aaron continued to punch her here and there. As Aaron was done, he proceeded to unclip her bra before pulling out a gun and pointed it at her. "You know, Professor. I have the hots for you. But, after what happened to my mother, I thought that you also deserve to suffer." He was about to pull the trigger when the warehouse door went slamming and a man then started pointing his gun towards Aaron. 

 "DROP YOUR WEAPON AND GET ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW!!"

 Aaron dropped his gun and put his hands behind his head and kneels. A man approached him, confiscating his gun, and knocked him out by the butt of the gun. Aysel glanced at the man approaching him. "I'm glad I made it in time." The man took off his coat and covered her body with it before cutting off the ropes to set her hands and feet free. Policemen then arrived at the scene then handcuffed Aaron before escorting him towards the police mobile. Aysel held the coat close to cover her body as the man carried her to his car. Her face was filled with blood from the recent punches she received from earlier yet she turned her head to see the man's face.

 "Atty. Guevarra."

 He smiled at her. 

 "Please call me Chance."

 He said, looking straight into her eyes. "H-How did you find me?" Aysel asked. "I was about to congratulate you in your office but I only saw your belongings on the floor except for your phone and wallet. And you happen to drink your water but your water wasn't just water, it had hallucinogens. After that, I made the police track your GPS and we made it just in time to save you." Chance explained. Aysel was lost for words. 

 "Thank you."

 Chance held her hand, "I'll defend you, Attorney."

 Aysel smiled at him. 

 Weeks later, Aaron was charged with domestic violence and is punishable by fines and seven years of jail time. Aysel was able to get the weight off her shoulders. Her face was able to heal through the weeks and she was currently seeing her psychiatrist after what happened. She was most thankful to Chance who was able to help her through what she had gone through. People wouldn't even believe that the two best lawyers who were always neck-to-neck in the courtroom were now teaming up together. People thought that it was just a situation Chance used because he lost twice against Aysel and that the world didn't change. But who cares? Chance was her hero. It changed HER world. He was her chance for a lifetime.

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The name Cogon originated from the locals during Spanish Era due to the Cogon Grass that grew abundantly in the area.

Based on the survey in 1929, Cogon was a part of Barrio Dayhagan in the Municipality of Ormoc, Province of Leyte. Barrio Dayhagan is 8km to the North of Cogon. In 1934, Cogon was separated from Barrio Dayhagan and was created into a barrio. However, in 1951, the land area Barrio Cogon decreased when Brgy. San Pablo, that was called "Barrio Simangan", was separated and created. Barrio Cogon Combado, as it was called, began to grew in population. Migrants then settled in the peaceful barrio.

On September 21st of 1974, through Presidential Decree No. 557 by the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos entitled "Declaring all Barrios in the Philippines as Barangays, and for other Purposes". Barrio Cogon Combado was then established as Barangay Cogon Combado.

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The Safe House

“The Safe House” gives light to the point of view of a five year old girl and how her family was torn by her father’s reaction towards the perceived atrocities of the Marcos regime. It highlights the level of partial thinking used by her father in processing the political issues at the time. The little girl’s innocence at the time shielded her from all realities like why her mother left, the seemingly strange visitors in the night and the eventual arrest and detention of her father. It shows an accurate description in the lack of understanding on the part of the little girl during that time.