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1. Aside from being 100 years old, what is amazing about Eileen Kramer?
| It for surely is her passion for dancing despite her age and her
inabilities like having her left eye not able to see and also her will to
never give despite all the stereotypes that as a person age they slow
down and lose most of their worth. |
| She showed how an old person can still be useful and age is just
a number when she was invited to be an Artist in Australia in their Arts In
Residence Program, where she spent her time choreographing “The Early
Ones” and made all of the costumes that was going to be used. In her I
see the will to live and how she truly loves her work. |

2. In your opinion, what would the current Eileen Kramer tell her 20-year
old self?
| “Your beautiful in your way, something big is ahead of you never
up and just keep pursuing what you truly love”. |
| I do believe this is what the current Eileen Kramer will tell herself
in her 20 year old self because even if Eileen did not have that chance to
say that to herself, I know she believes in herself and she knows that the
20 year old Eileen Kramer would do the same and will keep pursuing her
dream no matter what. |

3. Suppose you reach 100 years old like her, what would your
life be like?
| I Will be sitting at my rocking chair looking at them with gleaming
eyes and patting them at the back while they sleep at my lap. |
| I would have built a sanctuary for dogs and cats that don’t have
their own home that they rest to and have something to eat when they
are hungry and also a roof when the rain is pouring or the sun is shining
brightly. While I caress their back sitting on my rocking chair I see them
running around having fun and rub their heads on my feet to show their
love and gratitude.

4. Suppose you get to interview her, what would you ask and why?
| Now that you have experienced life to its fullest, what advice can
you give the young dreamers today? I would ask that because as
someone who hasn’t even reached the midway point in life I want to
know how would someone at an age of 100 view life from their of own
experience. |
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1. What hugot line best describes your current status?
| Sa dami ng tao sa mundo, di na mahirap maghanap ng taong mamahalin. alam mo kung anong
mahirap hanapin? yung taong DESERVING. |
| I feel like this is the hugot line that really expresses my current status today. Because I’m trying too much
hard to be that “Deserving” person, I always want people to see me as someone you can rely on, as someone
smart that you can ask questions from when you have a problem but in the end I am also only human, I have
my limitations I cannot be that “Ideal” or “Deserving” person, other people think off, I also need someone to
rely on but I also feel as if that person that I can rely is myself that’s why I always try my best because the one
and only true person that can truly love me is myself. |

2. What song best represents your character?

| Palette by IU is the best song that represents my character nowadays, it is because the song tells how
someone in her youth prefers something different than what is normal like having her own palette. |
| Nowadays I prefer to be alone and for some reason I take 1-2 hours in daily life just to remind myself and
reflect about what happened in my life for that day, I do not even know what time it starts and what time it ends for
as long as I know I do it daily. And also I like to do my work with designs and cute fonts only when it’s proper to do
so but I feel like I’m becoming more creative nowadays. |

3. What movie best represents your life?

| I remembered that this was one of the things that I thought of when I was daydreaming and I came thought
that it was The Princess and The Frog. |
| Because like the heroine she was not truly a princess, she was only a woman who dreamt of having her own
restaurant with many people in it, lively music playing and having a happy family so she keeps working hard no matter
what but then her life was turned upside like my life it was not something that I expected and I just cope with it, in the
end of every journey I take may lead me to a new road but as long as I keep persevering I know I will reach my dream.|

4. What television program can you most relate to?

| It is Inkigayo a famous tv program in korea which showcases k-pop idols and new promising stars that
debuts in national tv. |
| I can relate to this tv program because every time new stars debuts in that show I feel like I am them it is
as if I was auditioning myself at that moment and every moment is my time to shine so I make the present the best
and the future shining. |
1. What past experience have significantly affected your current personality?
| It is when I in high school I started becoming an introvert I never socialize with my classmates
and even in our vacant I go places where there is almost no people at all, where I can I have a peace
of mind. Because of that my relationship with my classmates started having a large gap which was
affected me in a way that I was afraid to socialize and even share stories about myself, I always try to
my problems to myself and I always try to do things by myself. |

2. What have you learned from those past events?

| I learned that it is both such a convenience and an inconvenience when you are alone and you
always try to keep your problem to yourself. |
| Because when I am alone there was no one to judge the things I do and I there was no one I
could blame for not doing a certain job right and I could do what I wanted without the judgment of
other people but it was also that inconvenient because there was no one to say what I was doing
wrong and someone who would share their opinions with me so I learned that it is better if there is
someone by your side in times of need. |

3. Do you think these were necessary?

| In a way I felt like I was the one who brought those past experience to happen to me and I was
also the one who brought me to realize that no man is an island and I cannot survive just by myself. |
| And yes it was necessary because we all know that it all happened for a reason and it was
meant to happen so that it could to teach me that I really need to start socializing to other people
and I really need to not keep all my problems all by myself and find someone I could rely on. |

4. What message will you give to your past self?

| Two things, “Endure No Matter What Because That’s How Life Is” and “You’ll Regret The Times
You Didn’t Reach For Those Stars”. |
| First of all I wanted myself to know that I needed to endure no matter what because all the
challenges that I was facing came for a reason. And I really regret the times that I spent no matter
how much I love watching Korean drama I regretted the time I wasted no studying but watching
Oppa and Unnie progress their story as I was wasting my life doing nothing at all, I regret the times I
didn’t reach for the stars because I was an aspiring top notcher and in the end I only got top 8 in
section 2 our class and I only got an honor and The Best In T.L.E award which I was proud of despite
the time I was giving my Korean novellas. |
1. What do you think is the most important part of the soul?
| It the spirited or the hot blooded because it is the part that shows the emotions that
a person feel, that anger when your oppa was hurt, the joy when your oppa wins the best
album of the year, and the happiness that as long as your oppa is happy you are happy. |
| It is because without these what’s the point of being successful in life if I was not
happy with my current life, what’s the point of winning when I don’t feel joy when I win
what’s the point of loving when I don’t feel a hint of care for that person I love. So I do
believe it is The Spirited that matter the most. |

2. Why is it necessary for these parts to function properly without interfering the other
parts?
| Because they are simply separate things that when they work together as one they
become a harmony and symphony that is bound to make their beholder unique. |
| Like for example what if you desire bad things to happen to a certain person
individually there is something that tells you that is wrong and something makes you feel
bad for even thinking about it. As one they create a balance that makes them unique from
each other and balance out the rights and wrongs. |

3. Which part of your soul do you think is the most active? Why?
| It is the spirited part of my soul because I always think of what others think of me first
even before I think of myself which leads me to making impulsive decisions. |
| The spirited part of soul is the one that I express more in real life rather than the
others because I am always anxious of whether am I doing the right thing, is it right for me
to do this and that and in the end I tend to relax myself from all those anxiousness and I
tend to do things just crazily without ever thinking of it or the consequence it comes with. |

4. What do you think will happen if the appetitive part of the soul dominates the other
parts?
| It would probably the time when people was the most honest of what they really
think and desire the most in life, they will do everything they can to achieve even if it
means using violence or mean ways to do so. |
| I do think chaos will wreck havoc in this world because desires where meant to stay
as desires and just that, you cannot know what a human is thinking they have experienced
so much in life that even sometimes they desire for the other peoples downfall, a countries
downfall or for the world to end so I believe it was right that there was other parts of the
soul that balances out a human from what is right and wrong. |
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1. How would you define and measure success?

| I define a person successful if that successful person is
always looking for opportunities to help others and not is always
asking others “What is in it for me?”. |
| Success itself has no definite definition neither does it
have a definite measurement it differs from one another, but for
me what really measures success is that not giving up and not
giving in, you TRY EVERYTHING even though you keep failing
until you reach the end and you reach your dreams. I remember
papa saying fairytales can’t come through, but you have to make
it happen it all depends on “YOU”. |

2. As a student, how can you be a peacemaker?

| To be honest “Peace” for me is something that is simply
unattainable, indefinite and a dream which does not come true. |
| But even though it is like that, for me what a real
peacemaker is being calm at heart, because peace is not
something that is void of noise, troubles and problems it means in
the midst of all those things you are still calm at heart. This means
despite all the problems you and other people face, just by simply
becoming positive can make you become a peacemaker because
you motivate others that no matter big a problem is you will never
give up, you bring peace not only in their minds but also in their
hearts. ♥ |
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3. As a student, how can you be a healer?
| I do believe becoming a healer starts by “Listening &
Understanding” and ends by “Accepting”. |
| A heart no matter how has a lot of story to tell and is
keeping a lot of fears and insecurities to be a peacemaker first
starts by listening to other people and understanding their stories
and in the end you and them, both accept your imperfections and
your differences for those imperfections and differences is what
make each and one of us unique. |

4. As a student, how can you be a restorer?

| Something that is broken cannot be fixed again because
you cannot bring back time like a relationship once broken it
cannot be fixed again. But it is certainly more wrong if you still
ponder around that broken thing and do not start a new
beginning. |
| For every door that is closed a new one is opened, for
every time you fall down you learn to stand up once again. Like
what this quotes are saying you can be that restorer of hope and
will to go on once again because sometimes a person just need
that certain nudge that certain pat on the back to make them open
that new door, to make them stand once again and to make them
gain hope once again. Just by telling them “Don’t be afraid I’m
always there for you” can make them realize that they are not
alone and can make them restore their hope. |
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1. What do you think is the biggest contribution so far of your human body to your existence?
| It is that I can feel emotions and I can feel hungry are the biggest contribution that my body contributed to
my existence. |
| Because I can feel joy thanks to my mind which is a part of my body thanks to that I feel as if I was the
heroine kissing oppa XD, I feel sadness when oppa feels sad also, and I feel happiness when I know oppa is happy
even if I’m not included in his happiness just that I am happy enough that I exist with the same world with him. And
also thanks to the fact that I feel hunger I was able to enjoy the times with my family and friends when we eat fried
chicken, when we eat my mamas specialty adobo yumm!!!, and when I eat with my friends we enjoy that tusok
tusok we make, we even do foodtrips like frappes and Chocolate Sundaes, thanks to that I can enjoy those
moments and make it a part of my memory and my life. |

2. Do you think your body limits your potentiality in this world?

| Well yes it does but it is not my body’s fault that it limits me, it is also my fault for not being athletic and
not exercising at all so in a way it does limits me when comes to having to perform difficult tasks that needs me to
work my body and also when it comes to P.E. I always fail that class but it is not my body’s fault it is my ignorance
that I keep my body this way and I do not keep it fit at all or in shape. |

3. Given that our soul is a separate entity from our body, what do you think it’s shape? Why?
| I think it’s shape is something based on something who we really are and what truly represents us
as a human being in this world. For example the shape of my soul is a flashlight because I am both a giver of idea
and is someone who leads someone’s path to the right way, so in a way our souls represent who we truly are they
may not be the same shape as our body but in the end it is who we are and it molds who we really are. |

4. Complete the sentence “My Body _______________ “.

| “My body is a shape that was given to me that makes me unique and different from other people”. |
| My body represents who I am and it was given to me by God to take care of and make it an instrument
to help others and use the words of God to bring peace and harmony to other people, and also every body
in this world has its unique features that make it different from the other it shapes who we are and makes us
able to communicate with others to experience the joy and thrill this life has to offer.
3. Would you choose a simple or complicated life?
| To be honest cannot choose which type of life I really
want to have, because it’s simple in general that everything I do
in life, I always include my passion, my creativity and my
thoughtfulness but also complicated in the process of I make
things harder for me because I always try to make my work
perfect. |
| So rather than choosing I came up with a conclusion that
a balance between both is better rather than having one missing,
because I do believe that this two things are nothing without
each other because they are a part of my life and they make me
who I am today and I love myself no matter what. |

4. At this point, is your life a simple or complicated one?

| I do believe it is a complicated one, even though I chose
to have a balance in between them. Because the life I am living
right now is like a “Dream”. |
| Because a dream is a wish my heart made while I live, in
dreams I lose my heart aches because I have faith in my dream
and someday my rainbow will come shining through, no matter
how much my heart is grieving as long as I keep believing the
dream that I wish will come true. |
1. What are the elements in your life that makes it “simple”?
| My passion for new ideas, my creativity and also my
thoughtfulness when it comes to the person who will see my
work, like for example, right now don’t you find my work
appealing and soothing to look at ? |
| It’s because I always have thought of the person reading my
work, and who will view my work, so every time I make something
I always take in account of the person who will be looking at my
work, which in this paper is my simply beautiful Philosophy
teacher Ms. Coleen Pineda. ♡ |
2. What are the elements in your life that makes it “complicated”?
| For surely it is also that I always think of how a person
will view my work. I always try to make my work detailed and
and really appealing to look at so that person will be have that
feeling of excitement of seeing something new when looking at
my paper. |
| I am the type to complicate over what font I should use,
should I make it bold or italicized, should I add a picture and if
I should which one should I use. but in the end of the day when
I finish my work I feel like as if I deserve a hug and a pat on the
head for doing a great job even though I don’t even get those,
but just the thought of that person looking at my work with such
a joyous smile also makes happy and comforted. “