Lucban, Quezon : Offers Easy, Average and Difficult Levels of Trails. What's Your Hike Level?

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Lucban, Quezon is 4 hours away from Metro Manila through a private car. It is possible to commute to this location by riding a bus to Lucena. At the end of the bus ride, you may ride the jeepney that goes to Lucban. The roads going to this province is concrete. Need not to worry about bumpy rides.

Lucban is famous for their festival called “Pahiyas.” This is celebrated every 15th of May every year. The town turns into colorful designs made of Kiping (rice leaf). Aside from this festival, this town is known for hiking of Mt. Banahaw. This is an inactive volcano and needs a professional guide for this task. This hike is tough and advanced. In the meantime, if you are not ready for this. There are several options one could take. Please get a route master in any of your hikes. Most of the hikes are virgin and changes from one terrain to another often. The town is full of nice slopes to discover.

This featured hike is above average but doable by average fit people. It could be very difficult to the elders and the little kids.

Let the hike begin!

Lorenzo the Musical : Of OFWs, Saints, and Rock

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What do you get when you put together an OFW on death row, a fugitive who became a saint, and rock music? Lorenzo is a theatrical production on the life and struggles of two Lorenzos: Laurence (OJ Mariano), an OFW on death row in an Arab country, and St. Lorenzo Ruiz (Lorenz Martinez), the first Filipino canonized as a saint for his martyrdom in Japan.

Lorenzo’s executive producer, Christopher de Leon, has assembled a stellar artistic team for the production. The musical’s libretto was written by award-winning writers Juan Ekis and Paul Dumol, with the collaboration of Joem Antonio. The musical’s beautiful melodies were composed and arranged by Ryan Cayabyab. Internationally-trained Gino Gonzales heads production design. And, last but not least, the play is directed by industry veteran Nonon Padilla.

The production is unique in its storytelling; its premise has Laurence dictating the libretto of a musical he has written about Lorenzo Ruiz to a Filipino reporter. As a three-act "musical within a play," Lorenzo brings the stories of the two Lorenzos side by side, parallel stories at first glance. The parallelism ends there, however, for it is through the tale of one Lorenzo that the other's is redeemed. How? Well, you just have to watch to find out!

National Conference on Language and Literature : Language and Literature at the Crossroads: Research Routes, Learning Landscapes, Teaching Terrains

 
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The Department of English and Comparative Literature of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman, the College English Teachers' Association, and the Council of Department of Chairpersons of English, in partnership with Primetrade Asia, Inc. will hold the National Conference on Language and Literature with the theme Language and Literature at the Crossroads: Research Routes, Learning Landscapes, Teaching Terrains on September 10-12, 2013 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City.

The National Conference on Language and Literature is a three-day conference gathers educators, writers, and scholars from the different parts of the archipelago to discuss issues and challenges affecting the disciplines of language and literature.

The signing of R.A.10533 or the Enhanced Basic Education Act on May 15, 2013 makes it imperative for our educational system to examine its present language and literature curriculum, instruction, and learning resources in light of the implementation of the K to 12 Education Program and the use of the mother tongue as the medium of instruction in the lower grades.