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JUN, NEMIE. John Denver Meeting.2019.JPEG file. Social media and online games are today's virtual playground. It goes without saying that the convenience of posting photos or videos online is simply undeniable, We've all probably seen someone being targeted by people with malicious comments and being judged at social media exchanges. Arden Rod Condez debut feature film "John Denver Trending" at the 2019 Busan International Film Festival prods the dangers of social media to us and to the modern youth. Set in the rural area of Pandan in the province of Antique, a teenage boy named John Denver was ostracized and condemned after an uploaded video of him impulsively fighting back a false charge went viral. The film shows multifaceted and complex issues - inequality, cyber bullying, and platforms of media manipulation. A teenager who is fragile, less resilient and thoughtless by nature becomes so much overwhelmed and distressed by the consequences of his abru...

by Thess Manangan (Busan, South Korea) ---------------------------------- This aticle was shared with us by Ate Thess last Saturday at the FEESK meeting. It was published as a featured article in KOTESOL's English Connection ten years ago. We were very thankful and fortunate to have her as a guest speaker this month. Thanks ate Thess~! --------------------------------- Are native speaking English teachers better qualified to teach English than non-native speaking English teachers? Since living in Korea for more than six years, I have asked myself this question countless times. Non-native speakers of English, especially non-white Asians, face a difficult task finding quality teaching positions. Being Filipino, I have faced many closed doors when looking for teaching posts. It is not easy because Koreans hold certain perceptions of what foreign English teachers should look and sound like. If you don’t fit their perception, then you are simply “not qualified” to teach English. I came ...

Filipina wins ASEAN Essay Writing Title Posted using ShareThis Mary Anne Therese Manuson of the Philippines won the ASEAN Essay Writing Competition Top Prize. Mary is the overall winner of the AEC Feature Articles Competition on “Opportunities through Integration”, which was jointly organised by the ASEAN Secretariat and the ASEAN-European Union (EU) Programme for Regional Integration Support (APRIS) to raise awareness of the benefits of economic integration. “With lowered or no barriers, the movement of people, ideas and money has been gaining momentum,” she said, and “as ASEAN countries get closer to becoming an economic community, life for the man-on-the-street will be infinitely sweeter,” she added. The AEC is envisaged to be established by 2015. A 26-year old Research Associate from the Philippines, Mary won herself a return air-ticket to Jakarta and the opportunity to meet Dr Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of ASEAN. The meeting took place at the ASEAN Secretariat today, where ...

Corazon C. Aquino January 25, 1933 ~ August 01, 2009 Your legacy will always be remembered by the Filipinos. May you rest in peace!

My schedule is full. Believe me, I don't even have my personal time nowadays because of my daughter, Chloe. So when it comes to blogging, I always have this desire to write and update my blog often, which were best done than said. So, my daily routine is like this: wake up early at 6 am, play with Chloe and watch DVDs with her, prepare her breakfast at around 8, feed her at 9, put her to bed before 10 which I should take a shower right after she sleeps, prepare our lunch... (at that time she'll be awake), eat lunch with her, make up, dress up for work... then bring Chloe to my in-laws house before 12:30 nn. Take the subway for 40 minutes, work.... arrive at my in-laws house at 8 pm, take Chloe home, feed her milk, give her a bath and send her to sleep... (massage...massage) prepare dinner and eat dinner with Tommy... that would be at least around past 10 (it depends if Chloe would sleep sooner) and after, wash the dishes, wash Chloe's bottles, pick up some of her mess arou...