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Remembering My Roots

It has been exactly twenty-six days, two hours, and eleven minutes since I’ve officially moved to Metro Manila or “The Big City”, as we called it back home. And for me, home would forever be described as Cebu. I am a proud Bisaya, a proud Bisdak, and a proud probinsyano even if, ultimately, it was me who decided to move far, far away from everything I’ve ever known. But, to be quite honest, I thought that this would be much harder. 

I thought that the last brunch with my closest friends—who cheered me on at my highest and also stood by me at my lowest—would be more of a tear-jerker. I honestly thought that my stomach would drop from something other than the intense altitude the exact moment that the plane took off from Cebu. I certainly thought that the homesickness would kill me when my parents and my brother said their final goodbye to me. Yet, it didn’t. None of these things proved to be true even if they should’ve, and I’m not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

I do miss everyone back home, obviously. I miss everything from the food to the close proximity of the beach to anywhere you were even if you were deep into Cebu’s latest urban development. However, I didn’t know if I was just repressing the crippling depression, or if I was just adjusting well.

Because I have gotten used to living here, on my own. In my more than three weeks here, I’ve pretty much memorized where everything is on campus. I have a vague sense of important places along Katipunan like the grocery, the bank, and even the best place to hang with friends.  I’ve also become more accustomed to living in a small dorm with an introvert roommate whereas I, myself, am an extrovert. I have even made new friends—good friends, in fact.

I’ve made friends with Manileños, although I initially thought that they would be the ones causing me grief during my four-year stay here; considering I was from the province. I really, really thought that they’d make fun of my deep accent, but so far, I’ve just gotten asked to bring some lechon the next time I go back home and even got some requests for me to give them a tour if they ever come to the “Queen City of the South”. I’ve also made friends with others who speak Bisaya from different provinces like Cagayan de Oro. And all of these friends of mine, including my quiet roommate, have kind of helped me in my transition to college and my transition from Cebu to Manila.

Even if it has only been a few weeks since I’ve arrived here, I’ve noticed little changes in myself. I noticed that I’d spoken the best Tagalog I ever have even if I had been taking Filipino as a core subject during my entire grade school and secondary school experience. My mother would even comment during our nightly video chats that my filler words were no longer Bisaya in origin but things like parang and naman. I also noticed that I had grown to be more responsible and independent compared to when I was still living with my parents, for I no longer had anyone to nag me on to do my chores or to do my homework but now I had to do things on my own prerogative. But overall, the most recent and the most noticeable adjustment in me was the fact that I was more open to opportunities to become a better person. Extroverts can be shy and I used to shy away from new things and new people until now. I could honestly say that I’ve recently come out of my shell and started making the most out of the many opportunities I can find here in the Ateneo. And I can honestly say that I’m better for it. It has made my decision to study here, and not in Cebu, even more worthwhile.

So, to conclude, I don’t particularly think that I’ve forgotten my roots, but rather, I’m doing my part to honor them by doing my best here. I still regularly contact my friends and family. I still speak in Bisaya when the opportunity presents itself. I still consider Cebu as my home but none of these have stopped me from excelling here academically, socially, and especially in anything that can help me in the future career-wise. 

There are still moments when I stumble like when I try more and more to speak Tagalog and some Bisaya comes out instead, but ultimately, I feel that as long as I’m doing my best then I’m doing good. Manila is a melting pot of different provincial cultures especially here in the Ateneo. I don’t quite think I’ve gotten the hang of big city life just yet but with the help of who I was before I got here and who I am now has made this transition much simpler. I think I’ve actually reached a point where I’ve made peace with being the Manila friend to my Cebuano friends when I come back because in all honesty, although I am and always will be a Cebuano, I am also now growing to be more of a Manileño too.  

[wearetwice]

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What do the students have to say?

Last week we went into the classrooms at Porta Mosana College and helped the students make videos to share with students in Japan. It was great to interact with the students again, see the different ideas they all have, and help the students put their ideas into action. We gained some good insight about the students, the curriculum, and the project so far after the classes. 

Read on to find out the feedback we’ve received!

70% of the students think of themselves as citizens of the world and 56% of the students believe that the nation they belong to (primarily Dutch) is important to their identity

Let us know if you would be interested in seeing our identity questionnaire! 

88% of students enjoyed the class, rating the class either 4 or 5 out of 5 and 50% of students found the class insightful and beneficial to their global understanding and identity, although 16% did not. Next week we are meeting to reflect on the class and collaborate how we could improve this class to promote the students global understanding and identity. 

Do you have any ideas how we could encourage 15 year olds to develop a global understanding and identity?

68% of the students are enjoying the video project. Although, this means that 32% are not enjoying the video project or neither enjoy or dislike the video project. This is understandable, as multimedia assignments are not everyone’s cup of tea. For our final curriculum we will suggest that students who strongly object the idea of making a video could share their identity through different methods, such as letter writing, music, or animation.

How else could we increase the students enjoyment?

46% of the students find the video project insightful and beneficial to their global understanding and identity, demonstrating that the class itself (50%) has a greater explicit impact on the students global understanding and identity than the video project. We hope the students thoughts about the videos impact on their global understanding and identity will improve once they have viewed the videos from students in Japan.

40% of the students suggested more time to make the video. Our initial plan aimed to provide students with more time to make the videos, although as there is so much to fit into a curriculum and to allow time for international video exchange, unfortunately the students had less time than ideal to complete their videos. We’re delighted to know that the students would be willing to work on their videos for longer thought! Students also requested more information about deadlines and “what to do”. We aim to include additional opportunities to clarify the video task in the final curriculum.

Phew, Thanks for making it to the end! Stay tuned for a glimpse of the videos the students made

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