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Sisig: From Old-centuries to Modern Version

Sisig is one of the well-known dishes in the Philippines for its spiciness and has a bit of sour yet crunchy pork belly or chopped pig parts. It is the most renowned Kapampangan dish ever!

Sisig originated in Pampanga circa 1732 by Diego Bergaño, a Spanish priest who served in the parish in Mexico, Pampanga. 

The modern version of Sisig was experimented with by Pampango Filipino restaurateur Lucia Cunanan. Unintentionally, she ignited a pair of skewered pig’s ears on a Blackstone griddle. Instead of discarding it away, she chopped it up and served it with vinegar-flavored boiling sisig. She claimed it was her “new version” of Sisig. 

The recipes for making Sisig using pig’s cheeks

For boiling the pig’s cheeks

2 pig’s cheeks 

3 pcs bay leaves (crushed)

5 pcs whole pepper corn

4 cups water 

2 tbsp salt

400 grams chicken liver 

For making the Sisig 

2 medium lemon 

5 big red onions (chopped)

4 tbsp soy sauce

¼ tsp pepper 

¼ tsp salt

7 pcs. Siling labuyo (red chili pepper) (chopped) 

1 tbsp butter (add per serving) (optional)

Instructions

Wash the pig’s cheek and shave any excess hair off the skin

In a large pot, put the pig’s cheeks, pepper, bay leaves, salt, and 4 cups of water and boil until the pork is somewhat tender but not too soft.

Remove the cheeks and set aside. Pour the chicken liver in the same pot and cook for 10 minutes, Strain and set aside. 

When the cheeks have cooled down, start cutting into small pieces. Do the same with the chicken liver but not too small to avoid mashing the liver. 

Place all chopped pieces in a large bowl and add the chopped onions, chili, salt, and pepper. Mix until all ingredients are well distributed. 

Take a small bowl and mix the soy sauce and lemon juice. Then add gradually to the meat and mix well, tasting now and then to check if the flavor is okay with you. And it’s ready to serve. 

(Recipes are from Amiable foods)

We love Sisig because also to its taste and the aroma it gives. In this modern generation, there are now several kinds of sisig dish styles which proved that sisig was prominent not only in the Philippines but across the world. 

I love Filipino dishes!

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My Rights: The Testimonio

During the 9th grade, my father told me that I have to stop studying but I won't give up my dreams. My eldest sister offered to study in Valenzuela where she and her family have resided there before. The classes were about to start after the vacation and I attended class for two days only. 

Prior to the acceptance stage, It is hard for me to let go where I was used to because I have lots of friends in my hometown and maybe, when I get there I might experience culture shock. But, if I do nothing and think wisely the chance might not be in my favor. I also consider my expenses in projects, print paper, fare, food allowance, etc. even if I studied at public high school. Due to various reasons, I accepted the offer from my sister to reside and study in Valenzuela.

I accepted the consequences of getting homesick, culture shock, and the attitude temperament of my sister which is I don’t like it. The ambiance of chaoticness inside the house when she was not in mood made me feel uncomfortable plus there are so many household chores that need to be done. I experienced having a terrible headache because of excessive thinking on how I will tell her what I felt everyday that the uncomfortable feelings are at a high level but I cannot run away because i cannot. One time I had the strength to say that I would like to transfer again to my previous school because I cannot live longer in this house. I feel suffocated, uncomfortable, and anxious but she said I need to finish my study first before I transfer because I just transferred months ago. 

After months of staying at her house, I survived my studies. Even now, My sisters help each other to sustain our needs in school but need to help with household chores as an appreciation.  My father is an alcoholic man and he prioritizes alcohol by spending his money buying alcohol and cigarettes. But even if that is my situation, I stand for my dreams and continue to fight to get the triumph.

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VALUE OTHER PEOPLE'S HUMANITY AND RESPECT THEIR DIGNITY

Suggest one change that you think can make the country better.

I will suggest for the betterment of the country value other people's humanity and respect their dignity. I think this is probably some of the important formulas that must have in every country because if we treat someone equally and vice versa no matter what his/her social status and respect each other's dignity therefore it can lead to good companionship that everyone wants in the country.

Respect their dignity in a way that we cannot hurt them, and have boundaries that could limit ourselves to not be offended others. Value their humanity in a way that we treat them equally without looking at social standing. The benefits of this suggestion would be a great help in society as we teach, lead, and learn and continue to practice until we become get used to it. It helps not only us who learn good behavior but also others to erase one of the toxic behavior in society which is discrimination. The impact on the country would be a huge change since humanity and respect are great factors affecting the entire country. if we develop how to be good citizens then we can help society heal its wounds. For example in the government, if they get used to practicing and having humanity and respect in society they think of the possible realistic solution that could resolve the social issues of the uncorrupted country. Practicing humanity and Respect for each other is not arduous so it is possible that our country will stand again if we have this in ourselves. To sum up everything that has been stated so far, we need to value other's people humanity and respect each other's dignity to achieve betterment for our country. It has lots of beneficial impacts on society if we implement this behavior and have a penalty for those who breach the foregoing law.

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The Murder Case Of Abby Choi

A 28-year-old model Choi had more than 150,000 Instagram followers. Her most recent post, on February 15, included a picture shoot she had done with the fashion magazine L'Officiel Monaco. 

"From Hong Kong to the cover of L'Officiel Monaco, my journey as a style icon continues," she wrote. "Grateful for this recognition and the continued support along the way."

Bernard Cheng, a friend of Choi's, said that she had four children: two daughters, aged 8 and 6, and two sons, aged 3 and 10. The two older children were born to Kwong, 28, and the two younger ones to her present spouse, Chris Tam.

Friend Pao Jo-yee recounted Tam's comments on Facebook, saying that he was grateful to have Choi in his life and commended her for being encouraging.

He was reported as adding in the post, "When Abby was alive, she was a very kind person and always wanted to help people," "I feel anyone who had a chance to be her family or her friend are blessed."

Model Abby Choi was brutally killed and dismembered in Hong Kong, and on Tuesday, authorities in that city said that a woman had been detained in mainland China on suspicion of helping a suspect in the crime.

Seven persons have now been accused of being engaged in the crime following the arrest of the 29-year-old lady. According to the police, she allegedly helped another suspect before escaping to mainland China. On Tuesday, they reported that she had been turned over to Hong Kong police at Shenzhen Bay Port.

The gruesome murder of Choi, 28, has shocked many in Hong Kong and on the Chinese mainland since violent crime is extremely rare in the semi-autonomous city.

Police discovered body parts at a home rented by Kwong Kau in a Hong Kong district close to the border with mainland China last week, leading to the accusation of murder against her ex-husband, Alex Kwong, his father, Kwong Kau, and his brother, Anthony Kwong. Jenny Li, the mother of Alex Kwong, is charged with one count of perverting the course of justice. They were all held without bond.

Two other people were detained by police on suspicion of helping other suspects in the investigation.

Choi vanished on February 21, according to a subsequent police investigation.

After some searching, authorities discovered her dismembered remains in a refrigerator at a home rented by Kwong Kau in Lung Mei Tsuen, a neighborhood of Hong Kong located about 30 minutes from the border with mainland China.

Police confiscated a cooking pot from the home and found a young woman's skull inside that was thought to belong to Choi. Authorities think that the deadly strike struck her where there is a hole on the right back of the skull.

An electric saw and a meat grinder that had previously been used to mince human flesh were present in the home, police superintendent Alan Chung said.

Two pots of stew that were left at the site were "suspected to contain human tissue," the witness continued.

According to investigators, Choi and her ex-husband and his family had financial disagreements amounting to tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars (millions of dollars), and "certain individuals" were not pleased with the way Choi managed her funds.

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A surreal memorable experience in Albay, Bicol

I love to go again to my most memorable experience as I would experience that moment again. I had a lot of memories but I will not forget the moment that we went to Albay, a province of the Bicol region where I experienced the out-of-town trip.

It was the most memorable childhood of my life. We arrived at night that time from Caloocan to Albay, I was stunned by everything I see where everywhere shone in the scattered reflective light, humongous buildings, highway lights, and every establishment we passed by. I experienced a surreal moment of fresh cold air that was slapped into my face.

I had gone to Albay with my mom. When we were at the bus stop, we rode to another island near Albay (don't know the exact place there because I'm too young at that time) by boat and rode all over the sea. One thing that got me curious was when I saw the mountain as if it was near to us that I could see trees from that mountain.

I was asked, "Mum what is that mountain called?" and

she said "Oh dear, that's Mt. Mayon, the most perfect cone-shaped active mountain in here, in the Philippines"

I was very stunned because it was my first ever seeing Mt. Mayon and rode with that boat. I ate Bicolano foods like Ibos, Bicol express, Pancit Bato, Nilubak, Pili Nuts, and Kinunot and it was very delicious. PIaying with my new friends there the traditional game such as Luksong Baka, Tagu-Taguan, Agawan base, Tumbang preso, Tex and Pogs, and others.

Bicol, where my mum came from was my memorable hometown also. I experience blissful moments with my mum that I will never forget until I die.

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Passionately Loving Her Work of Ma'am Divina V. Asuncion

Ma’am Divina V. Asuncion also known as “Ma’am Debby” was born on September 8, 1960 in Odiongan, Romblon. She was my teacher in Junior High. I frankly tell you that I am not good at English before, but I was inspired and motivated to learn because she was also a strict teacher like some old professor. She motivated me to read and join in the 20 Book Challenge in her built program called Youth Power established in 2007 in Kalayaan National High School which aims to learn, gain, and improve one's intellect of students. wherein all students at all levels must join.

Ma’am Debby graduated with Honors in her Elementary School. She accelerated by 3 years from first year high school to the first level in college upon passing the Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT) given by the National Testing Center under the department of Education in 1978. Culminated the freshmen level with the first honors and actively spear - headed and participated in co-curricular activities. Also, During her college years, she earned units as a working student and, spear-headed and chaired worthwhile activities and organizations pertinent to and in-keeping with academic goals; (Allied Social Sciences Students Association, the Communication Arts Society, and the Education Club). Ma'am Divina is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Education Major in English, and also earned a Master’s units in Educational Leadership Program (MAEd, ELP) as DepEd Scholar. 

She worked in different institutions such as; International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) (1989-1993), Nuestra Señora Dela Paz Learning (1996-1997), Bagong Silang Elementary School (1999-2000), and now she is teaching at Kalayaan National High School from 2000. Also, she had experienced instructional background within the local and international scope of instruction for twenty-five years.  

She will never forget the scene where his student proudly informed her that he was a butcher in the market and had a family. He thanked Ma’am Debby for throwing that chair to them that woke them up. “Ma’am, kung hindi ka nagalit, siga pa rin ako hanggang ngayon.” (If you did not get mad, I would still be a hooligan). He’s very thankful to her for not humiliating them for not having learned reading in their five years of schooling. 

She received numerous awards and these are some of her achievements like Performs as the school’s overall coordinator and teacher in Reading in accordance with Project Zero Non–Reader of the Division of Caloocan, conducting Training and Seminar workshops for Teachers, Caloocan for the Elementary and High School Reading Program, Rendered voluntary office work as administrative secretary, Participated in the Division Research Team for the enhancement of Reading Ability of students in the Division of Caloocan, Performed as Faculty Club Secretary, Handled and coordinated the DepEd’ Bridge Program for Pre – High School students. First Place Winner in National Level: WSA BEST PRACTICES and also, Spearheads the Book-Reading Campaign KNHS Youth P.O.W.E.R.(Promotes Opportunities for Worthwhile and Effective Reading. A lot of her students got inspired and I was one of them because one of her aims for her students is to bring knowledge and read more books to learn from it. She emphasized that reading is the key to becoming outstanding in English. She was an excellent teacher and I could tell that lots of her students were also inspired and motivated because she is passionately loving her work.

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My Journey To My Dreams: The Autobiography of Jerick Legaspi

The name I go by is Jerick Legaspi. On April 27, 2004, Caloocan City welcomed me into the world. I am the youngest of six siblings, five of whom are women. Maria Glocilda Legaspi and Gualberto Legaspi were my parents. But on November 29 of last year, my mother passed away at the age of 59 from a number of health issues. In his drunken state, my father—who is still alive—was an alcoholic who would never change. 

When I was younger, I spent all of my time indoors since my elder sister didn't want to let me go outside to play. I'll have to tidy the home, go to bed, and learn to read throughout the day. I was allowed to do the rambling, play outdoors all day, and even skip class when she moved out of the house to attend school in the province with my auntie. I didn't like my teacher at the time since she slurred me in class, so I didn't want to go to school during that time. I was being watched over by my second sister, who naturally reprimanded me when she spotted me. In Grades 1-3, I also had three years of being a kid with my pals, so I didn't really feel like I was studying at all. I didn't really pay attention as long as I brought food to school that would keep me full for the day. But finally, I became content with my wandering; I'm not even sure why. I made a commitment to myself that I would stop letting not paying attention to what we were studying lead me to fall behind my peers. So, ever since I started attending school in grade 4, I've done all I was told to do, passed everything that needed to be passed, and joined the class. I frequently only have five pesos in my pocket, so in order to feed myself, I will buy ham for five pesos per slice and bring a lot of rice, which I will save for when the rice runs out. I always reminded myself, "I'm not going to school to eat and come home with nothing, I'm going to school to learn something," and that's how I made it through recess. Perhaps my attitude was that way because I want to reach my ambition, and that is one of my personal mantras when it comes to school. I received my first award as a result of that being my personal motto, and I kept it until I graduated elementary school.

On my first day of high school, I was eager to attend. Since my classmates were excellent students as well, I worked harder to study. However, I did not lose, and I received the medal. I am grateful for this since it had been one of my wishes to see my mother decorate the medal on my head, and I was able to realize that desire. Because there was a pandemic and I didn't have my own cellphone at the time, I had to borrow one from my second sister, and I felt ashamed to borrow a phone every day because she claimed she couldn't hold it anymore. As a result, I was unable to improve my grades in Grade 10. I continued to receive honors up until Grade 9, though. Because of my frequent absences from the online class, I've given up on maintaining my good grades. A loaned tablet was finally given in the second semester after a lengthy delay. I was sorry about it because they had not yet been tied to the points I needed to proceed with honor. Dad even agreed to my mental anguish. My mother passed away as a result of his excessive chaos; orders here, orders there, even when they should be sleeping at night, he still wants problems. Every time he drinks, the house is constantly in a bustle from him losing his mind and chattering all night until dawn. He doesn't sleep when he's drunk, he didn't even love and take care of my mother as his wife, and we are also affected and disturbed by his chaoticness There are times when we are full of schoolwork and he is drunk when he sees us still awake he will turn off the circuit breaker, I'm agonizing, enraged of him but I can't do anything because he is still our father. My eldest sister always said, "even if the world turns upside down, he's still our father and there's nothing we can do but accept the truth, and we won't be together forever". It's a good thing to get away from this situation since, even if mom is no longer there, dad is still like that: dirty, boisterous, and out of his mind when he's drunk. He can only express his emotions there when he is drunk, but when he isn't drunk, he is quiet and easy to talk to, but the only thing we dislike is the pride that is out of place because he always said he is a college graduate, why is his life like that, and many other things he regrets in his life that he took her to the point of having a family, so we sympathize, instead of correcting his mistake and pursuing his dream even for his children but he didn't think like that, so, my two sisters didn’t finish their college degree because of him which I was frustrated. There are only four of us studying, two in college and two in high school, and the one in college is graduating this year while also working. We cope and endure the dream, even if it is difficult to bear, simply to make it come true.

I now reside with my oldest sister since the actual estate we mortgaged to pay for my mother's funeral is no longer available. It's so difficult since the problems pile up one after the other; at school, at home, in my life, with dad and mum that I was so depressed and still can't believe we're not with her. In exchange for continuing my studies, I will assist with housework and care for the children, who are my nieces and nephews. I'm still having trouble managing my time because my most free time is at night, and when I'm sleepy, I wake up late, which irritates my sister, and what else can I say I've already been heard and I just want to go away and don't see each other even once in a blue moon so we can miss each other because when we're together it's messy. I want tranquility, nature's view, and neighbors who are far away, and I don't care about anybody except myself, but I can't do anything since I don't have the money yet, and I also don't have a job, so I'm working really hard to achieve all of my goals so that I may go to my dream spot. I won't imitate my father's habit of regretting everything and letting time run its course and time pass. 

I believed when you succeed in something everyone around you cares but in the process of how you managed to achieve the success they don't care in other words "No one cares about your effort, Only the result" so whoever after reading this don't lose hope and pursue what you want in life because as long as there is life there is hope and that is what you will remember.