Ingrid: Grand Finale

Ms. Ingrid Sala Santamaria takes centerstage at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino Ballroom on Feb. 25 in a piano concert produced by sisters Hazel Sanchez and Hannah Go. It is a reunion concert with Cebu Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Peace Philharmonic Philippines. Ms Ingrid was first mentored by her mother and later studied in prestigious schools to follow her passion in music. Ms. Ingrid is a person whose life revolved around music. 

Like a mother's kiss on the bruises of a child, there is always something in music that balms a wound, soothes the heart and uplifts the soul. Listening to the wonderful music played by Ms. Ingrid, the Cebu Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Peace Philharmonic Philippines, I felt calm and harmony within me. The music was very soothing and it was all wonderful. It was my first time listening to a live orchestra and I can say that the experience was great and was worth-remembering. My most favorite part was when they played the intro of Game of Thrones, I had goosebumps that time and it's as if I was listening to the real thing which is I really am. Giving me the feels of the movie made me realize that music is a spaceship which would bring you to different worlds, to wonderful worlds in your mind.

A painting that tells a very common story of the millennial. A social problem which is felt not just in the Philippines but in the whole world. The painting tells a story of teenage pregnancy. The early bloom of Rosie depicts the scenario of being pregnant in an early age. Instead of Rosie just being a bud and feeling and experiencing the winds of youth, she bloomed earlier than what is expected of her gardener or the society. Rosie at a young age will need to fill the shoes of a mother which is no easy task. She will face many of the same pregnancy related issues as other women, and it will be much harder for her because her body is not physically-developed enough to carry out a healthy pregnancy. Rosie will miss so many things in her teenage life because of the responsibility she engaged herself into. The natural balance and flow of her life is disturbed. She will not be able to complete her life as a teenager for she needs to step up and be an adult. The early bloom of Rosie would lead to her early withering. The Millennial should not follow Rosie and should experience the wonderful life of a bud just flowing with the wind of youth before blooming into a mature flower.