Captivating Capiz "The Beauty of Roxas City"

The City of Roxas, once known as the municipality of Capiz is the capital of the province of Capiz. Roxas city is composed of fourty seven (47) barangays of which eighten (18) are urban and twenty-nine are rural. The first appointed mayor was Lorenzo Acuña Arnaldo followed by Ramon Berjamin Blanco, Jose Dorado and Juliano Alovera Alba. In 1959, Lorenzo Acuña Arnaldo again became the head of the city as the first elected mayor. The next mayor was Teodoro Roxas Arcenas who was succeeded by Juliano Alovera Alba who was also the representative of the First District of Capiz at the House of Congress when Martial Law was declared. The incumbent mayor of Roxas City is Mayor Vicente B. Bermejo, who is the former governor of the province of Capiz. Roxas City is known us Seafoods Capital of the Philippines because it is one of the richest fishing grounds in the country. One municipality of capiz is Tapaz and it was located in the 3rd district of capiz.

Roxas City had been recognized and got an award for being cleanest and greenest city of Western Visayas in Gawad Pangulo sa kapaligiran or Cleanliness and Environmental contest. Many people from different cities have visited and stayed here for a vacation because of captivating beauty of the City. The clean and fresh air of Roxas City is one of the attraction for tourism who stayed here for their vacation and holiday. Roxas City is very peaceful and the people are very hospitable that you can spend your time without any hesitation to visit the beautiful places here like Baybay beach, Hotels, and Restaurants. The City of Roxas have lots of activities that can be proud of and it is celebrated every year. The Sinadya sa Halaran is celebrated every first week of December in commemoration of the founding of the city and it is followed by the Diwal festival which signifies the city as a "Seafoods Capital of the Philippines". Roxas City had been celebrated the Aswang festival that have got a big impact from the audience who witnessed that events especially from the community of Roxas City. There's alots of people who disagreed to have that as an tourist attraction because of some reason. some people said that this is not good for the tourism because this would be a reason for them to hesitate to visit here in roxas. But even in some issues come up from that event the roxas city still one of the best city among the city of western visayas who really admired by the people and tourism thats what we called the "Captivating Capiz".

One of the tourist attraction here in roxas city are the beautiful places such as Baybay beach resort and other beaches that attract to the people who visited here because of fresh air and kindly people around in the city. But the most people liked was the beautiful hotels and restaurants like Casa Felisa Hotel, Roxas President's Inn , Baia Norte Beach Club, Image Palace Hotel, San Antonio Resort Village that serves delicious and quality foods to their customer and the nice treatment among the employees that really admired by the tourism. As a residence of roxas city, I'm very proud that i lived in this place because it is a place where you can relax and feel comportable and safe in times of your vacation and trip.

Being a College Student and Working at the Same time

Being a College Student, financial issue is a big concern. Being a Student you spend your time in learning and there very little time if any to work. As Student, College days is the most vulnerable part when it comes in financial aspect. It needs a lots of adjustments especially when i decided to be a Working Student in School. When I entered in College, it was the happiest day in my life because I know from myself that I already overcome the challenges and trials during my High School days. But without my knowing, there will be more experiences, difficulties and obstacle that will going to encounter in order to pursue my college life. In my first year in College, I saw that my parents struggling to pursue my studies in College because my 3 brothers are also studying. Even though they didn't say anything about the problems financially but I knew from my heart that they suffer and they sacrifice everything just to send me in College especially when the examinations are scheduled. That was the time that I look for another options in order to help them in my tuition fees.

During the 2nd Semester in my First Year I heard and I saw my friend that he processed some papers for him to apply as a Working Student in our School. That was the time that I decided to apply, and I was thankful that I passed to be one of the of the Working Student and I was assigned at the Chaplains office. I was very happy that I may now have the chance to help my parents in pursuing my studies in College. In my first day as Working Assistant and a Student, I encountered some difficulties in the adjustments of my classes and work responsibility. There's a time that I cried because of some conflicts and adjustments from my classes and my duty. But I was grateful that my supervisor is very understanding and have lots of concerns for the students who less fortunate like me. I realized that being a College Student and working at the same time is not easy, you can encountered some difficulties that you may think that you will lost your hope and give up. But instead of thinking about this, I treated this as one of the challenges and trials that I'm going to pass in order to be successful.

As a College Student and Working at the same time is one way to show your ability to be an independent person, and one way to improve yourself in different aspects of life. Because of Work Study Program Organization of Filamer Christian College and the opportunities that they given, I can say that I may now matured enough to face the new challenges or incoming trials that I'm going to encounter in my daily lives. I proud in myself that I passed all those things, and I become more matured in doing some good things. I don't know what futures awaits me, but one thing for sure I'm willing to face what consequences will be, because i know that God is with me while I'm walking to a journey of success.