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ASEAN BLOG CORRESPONDENT

APPLICATION FORM

1. Personal Information

Name

BAUTISTA, Dessy Rae Gollayan

Date of Birth

19 September 1997

Current
Affiliation

Student, Ateneo de Manila University

Nationality

Filipino

Mobile No.
Contact Details

Address

0922 897 0019

Dessy.bautista@obf.ateneo.edu

38 Loja St. Vista Verde Executive Village Cainta, Rizal, Philippines

Existing Social
Networking Service

English Proficiency

E-mail

Facebook, Twitter
Fair( ) Good ( ) Excellent ( X )

Test Score: TOEIC_____ TOEFL _____ IELTS

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2. Experience & Other Activities

(Please include any experiences as a correspondent for a newspaper or any publication.)
Period

Organization/Institution

Activities
I was a Feature Editor for The Isotopes, the official school
newspaper of Rizal National Science High School. My job
was to make sure that features were submitted on time,
properly critiqued, and strategically placed in the layout.
I wrote a personality sketch about a person who
influenced me so much in my writing, which won 1st Place
and made me participate in the Division Schools Press
Conference

2012

The
Isotopes,
Rizal
National Science High
School

2012

Schools
Conference, 1st
Feature Writing

2012

Department of Education
(Region
IV-A
CALABARZON,
Rizal
Province),
Division
Schools
Press
Conference, 7th Place,
Feature Writing

I was sent to compete to the Division Schools Press

Conference under the Feature Writing Category. I wrote a
travelogue about Batanes which won 7th place, and made
me participate in the Regional Schools Press Conference.

Ateneo
Artswork,
Creative Writing, Fellow

I represented my school in Ateneo de Manila Universitys

Artswork, which was a workshop for creative writing,
theater, and visual art. I was a fellow under the Creative
Writing track and I was able to create poems and short
stories.

2012

Press
Place,

3. Why do you want to apply for ASEAN-Korea Centres Blog Reporter (ASEAN Correspondent)
Program?
(Approx. 200-300 words)

I want to apply for the ASEAN-Korea Centres Blog Reporter Program because it is a perfect avenue for me
to hone my skills in writing in general. I have been exposed to different styles of writing, from features, to
argumentative, to exploratory papers, throughout my high school and college life. I think blogging is one of
the things that I would also want to explore for now.

4. Write a sample blog article related to ASEAN member countries.

(Approx. 500-600 words. Photos may be included)

With shared communalities in terms of culture, history, mutual interests and problems, the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an initiative hosted by Bangkok, Thailand which initially involved
Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand through the Bangkok (ASEAN) Declaration on
August 8, 1967.
Economic and social stability of the region was