SY 2013-2014 Performance Task in English Submitted By: Esperanza Rose A. Ortha What is “El Presidente”? Is that story came from the past that filipino have experience? Is it important to student like us to learn the past history of our country? El Presidente‚ that is the film based on the life of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo‚ the first president of the Philippine Republic. Well‚ that a true life story and an historical
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Thinking about a better future‚ one day she‚ three of her siblings‚ and her mother decided to come to the United States. They paid about five hundred dollars per person for someone as they call it in Mexico “El Coyote” to help them cross the border.“El Coyote” is a person who smuggles immigrants to the United States with for a cost. They stayed a couple of days in Mexicali with one of their relatives still indecisive about coming to the United States. When they all made a firm
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economy are examined through his participant-observation of El Barrio in East Harlem NYC. For several years‚ beginning in 1985 when he rented an apartment in Spanish Harlem‚ Philippe engaged in an ethnographic study of the street life in that haven. He befriended a Puerto Rican crack entrepreneur by the name of Ray and his subordinates Primo and Caesar. Learning street smarts was pivotal in gaining their trust. As a white man in El Barrio you were either an "undercover
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States. El Nino is one of the largest scientific phenomenons that scientists have ever explored. The main concepts of El Nino are very simple and there are many variations‚ causes‚ affects‚ and relationships to study. The main idea behind El Nino is that the wind changes direction across the Pacific Ocean. In a non El Nino year (normal)‚ the trade winds blow from east to west across the ocean‚ from North and South America towards the tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean. In an El Nino year
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20th of March‚ 2013‚ Hossam elsokkary‚ former head of BBC Arabic service‚ lectured at the American university in Cairo. El sokkary is well known for being a major political activist and blogger‚ as well as becoming a figure in the Egyptian media sector. Unlike what everyone had in mind about the lecture‚ El Sokkary talked more about media in general and less about politics. El Sokkary talked about the fundamentals of news and its basics. He stated that news content are never created by the news
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When the trailers for “El Presidente” were released‚ it seemed entirely possible that an entertaining historical epic could be made depicting the life and times of Emilio Aguinaldo. Fortunately for future filmmakers‚ that epic has yet to be made‚ as Jeorge ‘ER’ Estregan and his team have come nowhere close to creating it. Based partly on Emilio Aguinaldo’s memoirs‚ “El Presidente” details the life of the future president from his days as a 17-year old cabeza de barangay in Binakayan‚ Cavite
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new species created by the U.S. secret government that they do not want us to know about? Whatever the case El Chupacabra is something people should not overlook. El Chupacabra is a legendary cryptozoology creature that has been letting his presence be felt in differents parts of the world ‚including Puerto Rico‚ Russia‚ Mexico‚ the U.S. ‚ Central America ‚ South America. The origin of el chupacabra is unknown but it has not stopped people from inferring or creating their own stories. The term “chupacabra”
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The typical foods in El Salvador are probably one of the best foods anyone can taste! The food that most identifies Salvadoran people are "pupusas". You can find them anywhere you go. There are other typical foods from El Salvador‚ like chilate‚ nuegados‚ yucca‚ atol de elote‚ tamales (from pork‚ chicken‚ beef) and shuco. Except in large cities‚ which have supermarkets‚ most Salvadorans shop daily for groceries at an open air market. Beans‚ rice‚ tortillas and tamales (a type of corn dumpling
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El Greco: Feast in the House of Simon El Greco’s "Feast in the House of Simon" creates a visual story of the last supper. It has similar and completely different attributes of a painting I’m more familiar with‚ Da Vinci’s "Last Supper." The reason for thinking this is because of the what is taking place in the scene and for the story I recall learning as a child. The similarities I notice first is seeing Jesus as an important main focal point being placed in the center. As I look farther
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One of the strengths of Jose Rizal is the incorporation of the characters of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo in the life of Rizal and of the Filipinos in general. This only shows that the two books are reflections of the lives of the Filipinos during the Spanish regime. But the thought and noble ideas of the book do not only live in the past but also in the present manifesting the universality and immortality of Rizal’s ideas. The beautiful transition of Rizal’s time and the setting of the
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