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Constants Like You

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I once played a video game named Bioshock, with really fun gameplay and magnificent narrative and twists, it is a game I will hold dear for a very long time, not because of the aspects I mentioned, but because of its lessons, lessons like "Your part in the play or the play itself" which hints at the fact that all of us are destined for something greater, "Your worst enemy is yourself", and the line that hit me the most is when they were exploring knowledge about the multiple realities they would call the "multiverse", the main protagonist stated "Constants and Variables", being struck of this line, I paused the game and glared around my surroundings, contemplated, and it just shows that as the concept of change seem to engulf me in times, you are there, you will be there, you will always be there, to keep pushing me into the cruel winds of life.  Must there be a more beautiful, sympathetic, kind, and every other positive adjective you could think...

A Polychromatic Event

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A city in Luzon, Philippines called Vigan City is home to various big and enjoyable festivals, such as Longganisa festival commonly held in the city's fiesta (25th of January), the Raniag Festival commonly held in celebration for the dead and Halloween, and the Binatbatan Festival or the Festival of Arts commonly held in the first week of may. In this blog we delve deep in the concept of the Binatbatan Festival of Vigan and i will try my best to elaborate as much information i can squeeze out from my mind. Without further ado, lets begin. The days of the Binatbatan Festival is said to be as colorful as the rainbows from the above, it can be described as this because these days are said to give significance and utmost importance to the influence of the Spaniard colonists to our city, mainly the ancestral houses of Vigan and the abel cloth. The weeklong festival is clustered with different engaging activities for locals and tourists alike to enjoy. One of them being being the amazing...