• Bejay Villaflores

 

Jack ‘O Lantern is a Halloween craft. But why is the custom of carving faces on pumpkin skins popular all over the world? Who is Jack and what does he have to do with All Souls’ Day and Halloween?

The term Jack O’ Lantern originally means “a night watchman” or “a man with a lantern”.  However, there are many different versions of the story behind it.

Some say that it is based on an Irish legend of a shrewd farmer who, with the cross, tricked and beat the devil. Read the rest…

Names: Timon and Pumbaa
Specie: Meerkat and Warthog
Address: African Savannah
Motto: “Hakuna Mattata”

Who hasn’t seen the movie The Lion King and did NOT fall in love with this unlikely duo? Surely anyone who has a good sense of humor will have a hearty laugh with the tandem of Timon and Pumbaa, the meerkat and the warthog who saved Simba, the king of the Pride Lands. Read the rest…

By Tita Dulce Festin-Baybay

I also read comics, even though am already a grown-up. Do you know why? Reading comics, for me, is one form of relaxation. After reading novels, newspapers, magazines, and even emails, I just have to rest my tired eyes by opening the pages of the colorful comics.

I like to read Archie, Betty, Veronica and Sabrina comics. Somehow, many lessons are taught when you read these types of comics. There is the lesson on how to be humble like Betty, as compared to the proud Veronica. There is the mischievous good witch Sabrina who loves to help people. And what can you say about Archie, or Archiekins as he is fondly called by the two girls who like him, namely Betty and Veronica? Read the rest…

Arianwen Llenes, 8 years old
Jewels Christian Learning Center

Chloe Gwyneth Pepito, 9 years old
Lahug Elementary School

Jeri Mikyla Anton Pelaez, Grade 1
USC North Campus