VITUG, Agatha Therese B.

September 5, 2019
12 - Saint Pius X Creative Nonfiction

1. The author as a writer enjoyed learning about the rich literary heritage of Carcar
City. The author has also enjoyed in taking group pictures at the old spanish
bahay na bato. The culinary delights of Carcar was also a notable experience,
the author emphasizes how he loves the humba humba. His meorable
experience ended with him buying traditional filipino delicacies in the local
market and buying a brown leather belt for only 280 pesos.

2. Carcar City has been named as the literary tourist destination because of being
the home for 16 prominent writers. Among the 16 writers was Marcel Navarra
who was dubbed as the Father of Modern Cebuana Short Story. His most
famous work which was Ug Gianod Ako” (And I was wept) is included in
Philippine literature books.

3. There was a crumbling moro watchtower that was named Bantayan sa Hari. It is
a peculiar name for a person as high as the king could not sink into a lowly job
of a watchmen for incoming Moro pirates. Merlie Alunan explains how this
place was just named for the King because everything that covers his rules, is
his.

4. Bishop Teofilo Camomot was known for his selfless service to God. It was said
that he was so devoted to God that he was seen in two places at the same time
administering the holy mass. The writer went to his shrine to pray for his place
is full of miracles. Currently the beatification of Bishop Teofilo Camomot is
being processed by the Vatican.

5. The trip was not purely a literary tour. The tour consisted of famous places to
visit in Carcar such as the shrine of Bishop Camomot and the heritage sites.
The visit was not only limited in Carcar’s abundant literary heritage but it also
showed the culinary delights and cultural riches of the city. This is one of the
major reason why the writers who took a literary tour here could draw
inspiration in writing from the culture, architecture or food they have seen.

6. Passage: The sea between Cebu and Bohol was so calm that morning. The
summer season was coming to an end but it was so humid and the sun was
extra generous with its rays, rendering the seascape and the surrounding
landscape golden. We were on the rough roadside of Tuyom, overlooking a
white-sand beach where familes were having picnics that enchanting Sunday
morning.

There were two coasters of us in that tour, mostly writers and literature students of
Cebu. The panelists and fellows in the recently concluded Subay Baktas: Literary
History Writing Training Workshop 2015 of the Cebuano Studies Center at the
University of San Carlos also joined. There were also a group of writers from Iloilo
city. Iligan-based writer Christine Godinez Ortega, the chair of the National
Committee on Literary Arts of the National Commission for Culture and Arts, was
there.
Explanation: The first passage showcases vivid imaging of the place through the use
of imagery. This could be classified as literature as literature entails the use of
imagery and creative writing in order for the readers to visualize what is currently
happening in the scenario. The second passage talks about factual information about
the members of the trip. This could be classified as journalism as it seeks to report to
us who were included and where did they came from.