Final Exam Project....

With former vice-major and businessmen

On Feb 21, I had a class exposure to Samal Island which is about 15 minutes away from Davao city by bus. It is known as the Island Garden City of Samal. The name Samal is derived from the word Sama, a tribal group in the island. But people used the word Samal because of the Bisaya who miscalled the word Sama. In the Philippines, they have many tribes as we do in our country. Normally, in the Mindanao, there are many Bisaya speakers living with the Muslims and other tribes. My teacher explained the word Samal that means ”partnership" or" staying together".

Vice-major with some of my classmates

It was a school trip for our magazine production in this final exam. For our final exam project, we have to go out and look for materials and experiences. Of course, studying inside the class is not enough for a student. Obviously, our final exam is coming and all students in each group are very excited and eager to have good pictures for the magazine.

We went to Hagimit waterfall, bat cave and then we had two press conferences with Vice major, former vice major, the senior city councillors and businessmen in Samal city.

Strangely, those politicians and businessmen were very friendly and hospitable to us. They welcomed and accommodated us with lunch. Besides, they provided two tour guides for us. During the conferences, the speakers were very open and patient with our questions. They shared their childhood stories and experiences.