John Richard

              Kannawidan is an event held in Vigan to celebrate the separation of Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte, It is held on the last week of January to the first week of February. It includes the cause of events in the commemoration of the foundation day of the province.               Kannawidan is a Festival for all Ilocanos which showcases historical traditions of Ilocos. The festival hold various events which includes street dancing, food festivals and many more. The festival is also a show of the province’s trade and agriculture products, and is a livelihood training ground for women and students through the Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Agriculture. The old and the new in Ilocano culture are both featured in this year’s Kannawidan Ylocos Festival.              This Festival is celebrated every year. It is a festival meant to commemorate and help us remind the culture of ilocanos so that we will never forget our history and how it was made. It is always

                    Change, is a word we usually refer to is the act of becoming different. In a sense, Change is inevitable, we cannot escape change and there is nothing we can do about it. Change is a part of our lives, some might say that we need to change for the good of our future. Change may depend on how you see or understand it. In my case, I also need to change, and that change has to start with me.                    Change has to start with someone eventually, we can't just say that we're already satisfied with our lives just because we are happy with what we already have. There would always be problems that we may encounter, and challenges we may have to overcome. The things we may do everyday is based on our actions which would depend on our personality, weather it may be good or bad. One of the saddest things to realize is that certain people are just not who they used to be, and that has something to do with change. An example would be a person's past a

                   Its finally here, the year 2019. A new year and a great way to make a new start. And what better way to do that than to start over a new Me. I can’t start over a new Me without “Change”. I would need to change everything about me that’s been holding me back. Changing my ways of making decisions, my way of interactions and how I live my life as a person. Its a process we have to take in order to improve ourselves and become a better person.                     All my life I haven’t been contented by the way I lived my life as a Teenager. I’ve always been a lazy bum, a couch potato, neglectful, apathetic, etc. I can’t even comprehend how much of an introvert I am, not having any interest with anything that happens to anyone around me. Always locked myself inside the house like a hermit and barely go outside because of very protective and restrictive parents, or at least, that’s how I used to be in my childhood. And I knew I had to do something to better