My Kapwa

          Kapwa, the unity of the “self” and “other,” it’s the way of interacting with each other. They’re friends that’ll always be there for you and you will always be there for. Like My friends and I, that I consider kapwa, hang out together every day after school and we share food, drinks, even from time to time sweaters if some of us have to walk home in the cold. We aren’t the closest of friends but that doesn’t mean we can’t be kapwa because not all family members are that close to each other; even though we were very different in many ways. The main difference that is noticeable is that Most of the guys are Filipino, I am Mexican, and Charlie is White. To Me I’ve had problems with some Filipinos in the past and knew that not all were like that, but had that mind set that I would never have friends that were like brothers to me that were Filipino and now look at me now, my closest friends are Filipino. When there are any problems of any kind I know that they have my back and I have got theirs and ill be there to help them guide through it. And in like any other kapwa or families there will be slight problems. There are problems between us but we will get passed it like how we’ve gotten over our pass. And by dealing the problem our group gets stronger because we walk through our problems together. There can and always be someone leaving to do better things in life, but we will always stick around. 

The Debut

            The Debut is a Movie about a Filipino trying to fit in America and is ashamed of his own race. He tries to fit in with the American Kids but is made fun of his family and friends for not being what they want him to be like. He tries his hardest to be American but to his sisters and friends, he is considered to be white washed. He doesn’t like how his family live because he sees it as ancient, barbaric, and embarrassing to his friends even though they like the food and dances. Throughout the movie he tries his best so he can keep his friends away from his family; That way they wouldn’t embarrass him but by the end of the movie he himself realizes that his heritage is one of a kind and he loves everything about it. His Extended family loves him and adores him and his friends because that’s how they are raised to be kind and friendly. His father on the other hand is Ashamed of him and his friends because his father wants him to be a doctor but the son does not the son wants to be an Artist and is good at it too. His father wanted him to be a doctor because they want the sons to succeed and not follow a dream that’ll get them no where. The son realized that his father gave up a band that was successful in the Philippines so his son can have everything they wanted in America. The Son told the father that its official he is going to an art school and has been paid for already, his father does not approve of his decision but he knows that his son has made a choice to follow his dreams and accept its. This movie inspires me to go through my heritage and what my ancestors did like the dances and the type of gatherings or parties that they had done. It also makes me realize that other people also had gone through what my father did and everything he did and gave up so my brothers and I could have a better life than what he did. All of this just by watching this movie and I would recommend it to anyone else whose parents were or are immigrants even if they are not Filipino.