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The COVID-19 had a huge impact to us. We suddenly had a new normal life. Even the way we celebrate festivals has changed. But despite of this pandemic, we still got to experience our local festivals. No one or nothing could stop us in promoting our culture and our unfading arts. During the pandemic, there are four Vigan Festivals that were held online including the Binatbatan Festival of the Arts. The Vigan government officials were able to find ways to push the celebration of Vigan Binatbatan Festival, Despite of the impact of COVID-19, Bigueños are still active in participating in the said festival. During the one-week duration of the festival, there were a lot of activities that are conducted like street dancing competition. Even if there are no audience, the participants still made impressive performances and they followed the health protocols like wearing face shields as this is one of the guidelines of the said competition. Furthermore, some of the activities that were con...

The 3rd quarter has come to an end. This quarter was stressful and tough for me. My motivations are slowly fading and I often do procrastination. But despite of that tiredness I feel, I still fight and do all my greatest to survive. Well, I can say that I’m a strong person. I won’t give up that easy. For this quarter, we have learnt about Community-based research in which we are able to create our own research study. In the previous weeks of 3rd quarter, we were asked to list various things about our community like our culture, languages, literatures, tourist spots and delicacies. Honestly, I found it hard because I don’t know that much about my community. These lessons help me become more engage on my community. It enables us to showcase the things that our community can offer. I was able to share my insights about a certain topic through by my blog posts. Furthermore, learning how to make sitemaps is quite interesting. I was frustrated at first because I don’t know how to make...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is defined as illness caused by a novel coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is an invisible enemy that made the whole world suffer. Almost 2 years have passed since they discovered in Wuhan, China the first case of COVID-19. Everything has been very difficult since then. Many people died, education was temporarily stopped for months, many places were under lockdown and we didn’t expect that we will have a new normal life. Now, we are slowly getting over it. Good thing, Scientists made COVID-19 vaccines to control and minimize the cases of the infectious disease. If you are given the chance, are you willing to subject yourself for the COVID-19 vaccination? My answer is YES. Subjecting for the COVID-19 vaccination means allowing yourself to be safe. Vaccines can provide us protection against the coronavirus. These are approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Drug Administrat...

Women ever since have been deprived of having freedom and choices. People are used to have the perception of men being much superior persons while women are weak and incapable of doing heavy works. Women endured so much for over a decade. They experienced violence, gender inequality and discrimination. But nowadays, women are empowered. They now have the freedom and rights to serve, speak and stand up for themselves. Good thing, Filipinos are brainwashed with the thought that Bigueña women are very strong and independent people. They appreciate the efforts of women while struggling and aiming for rights and respect. That’s the Filipino Culture. We love everyone equally. During this pandemic, Bigueña women are helping us today to combat COVID-19. They are on the frontlines serving and guiding us against the virus. They continue to serve despite of the huge impact of this crisis. This just reflects that women are strong and brave enough to prove their abilities and capabilities to ...