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Meet Arianne Recto

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My name is Arianne Recto, an actor and singer living in Queens, New York.  I am one of the founding members of the Obie-award winning Ma-Yi Theater Company, and a member of the Public Theater’s Public Works.  As an actor who has worked in theater, film and television, one of my most satisfying experiences was participating in Hercules for the Shakespeare in the Park 2019 season. I am a parishioner, lector and singer in the choir at St. Malachy’s-The Actors’ Chapel.  I’m also a singer in a rock/pop band.

I am blessed to be part of a church that is so welcoming of artists of other faiths and ethnicities.  These artists’ contribution made some of our masses extraordinarily special.  Singing with these artists has made for an uplifting and spirit-filled experience.  

I grew up in a very religious household in the Philippines.  Prayer has been an important part of my life since I was a very young child.  For me, prayer is having a conversation with God, not necessarily to ask for favors but to thank Him for the blessings that I have received.  I love doing that at my church – to just sit and talk my feelings out, whether I’m grateful and excited for an audition or a job booking or upset and depressed because I messed one up. I find solace in just being in church and talking to Him.  

I realize that it may be hard, especially during these uncertain times, to feel hopeful but I feel comforted and inspired by Calixto’s Prayer from the Ignacio de Loyola film:  

May God grant you safe passage on all your journeys ahead.  

May you find companions worthy of your dreams.  

May your plans always be bold and may your courage rise to meet them.  

May you live to bring the love of God to all the corners of the earth, to the most distant peripheries of his church.  And may your passion always burn brightly – that in God’s time, you may set the world on fire.

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Happy birthday best guy(boy)friend! 💙❤️

July 28, 2018 (Saturday)

40mins max before this day ends. Naalala mo last year sinulatan kita ng letter sa bday mo? 27 ng gabi ko yun sinulat tapos pinost ko muna dito yung draft, kaso aksidente ko syang nabura kanina, irereblog ko lang dapat e, sign kaya yun? haha. Sinubukan ko irestore kaso wala e. Buti yung word file nasa laptop ko pa. Yung title sa taas yan yung title nung post na nabura ko, may dinagdag lang ako - eto pa nga yung link> https://thegirlwhofindshope.tumblr.com/post/163487264163/happy-birthday-bestguyfriend . Nag-usap tayo noon na 2 weeks wag muna tayo mag-usap para maayos natin kung anong meron tayo, pero binigyan muna kita ng letter so nag-usap pa rin tayo, sabi ko kase once a year ka lang magbday so babatiin pa rin muna kita. Send ko sayo yung letter ko last year, basahin mo kung gusto mo, balikan natin kung ano yung mga sinabi ni 2017 arianne kay 2017 bday boy ian. Dati 2 weeks lang usapan natin na walang usap. Ngayon, alam natin hindi lang 2 weeks na hindi tayo mag-uusap.

Ang lungkot pre, ang lungkot na mawawala ka na sa mundo ko, ang lungkot na yung dating kasangga ko, kakampi ko, confidant ko, ngayon halos hindi ko na kilala. Hindi na tayo magkakilala. Anong nangyari?

Yung kasama ko nung namomroblema ako kay kenneth, paul, sa mga dati kong kaibigang babae. Yung kasama ko sa view deck. Yung kasama ko nung burol ni kuya. Yung kasama ko nung review. Yung imbes na nasa review school pag weekend, nasa bahay namin. Yung minsan na dumadaan sa bahay pag weekdays nung review at bago sya pumasok ng trabaho. Yung kasama ko pumunta sa mga simbahan. Yung kasama ko sa St Jude, Quiapo, Sto Domingo, divisoria, recto, fishermall, delta, timog, circle. Kasama ko bumyahe sa quezon ave at maynila. Kasama ko matraffic sa edsa mula makati. Kasama ko maghanap ng trabaho. Kasama ko pag ginagabi o inuumaga ng uwi nung audit. Kasama ko umuwi galing trabaho. Kasama ko sa makati, sa bgc, guadalupe, megamall, ortigas, farmers, kamuning. Kasama kong hinahatid nina kuya jom sa tandang sora. Kasama ko sa st peter at maglalakad sa sandigan, coa, riverside hanggang makarating manggahan hanggang sa makauwi sa bahay.

Ngayon, nasamahan na ng yung taong sobra din magselos, dumidiin ang hawak sakin pag nagagalit, nakikipagtalo sa daan, madalas galit na,  ayaw ipahawak yung phone nya, mas pinili pa yung device na yun kesa sa maliit na chance na baka magtiwala ulit ko sa kanya. 

Bes anong nangyari? 😢

Ibang-iba yung nangyari nagyong birthday mo. Oo sinabi ko na ayoko makipagkita sana sayo, naiinis pa rin ako. Pero may plano ako. Nakakaloko no? haha. Umaga plano ko bibili ako ng cake sa goldilocks, yung singles lang para afford, para may cake ka lang, tapos bibili ako sa burger king para yun na mismo handa natin, tipid tayo e haha. Tapos bibilhin ko yung gift ko sayo. Tapos uuwi ako. Darating ka sa bahay. Magkasama tayo sa araw ng bday mo. Tapos ibibigay ko yung cards na ginawa ko. Kaso wala hahaha. Eto tayo ngayon. Sabi mo may meeting ka. Tapos kagabi naghiwalay na tayo. Di ko rin naman natapos yung card, di na kailangan tapusin.

Anong nangyari satin?  💔

Pero thankful pa rin ako na nakasama kita. Masaya ko na nakasama kita. Kung mature na sana tayo pareho siguro hindi ganito. Malungkot. Mahirap. Pero eto nga siguro yung dapat. Eto muna. Mahal kita, pero di na natin kaya pareho. Sana makapagfocus tayo pareho sa pamilya at trabaho at sa pagpapabuti sa sarili natin.

Ikaw na halos mundo ko na tingin ko hindi na tama kase parang ikaw yung baterya ko, hind ako gagana pag wala ka. Oo ang tigas ko rin sa tuwing nag-aaway tayo kase mahina talaga ko deep inside dahil sayo, pero hindi ko ipapakita yun.

Mahal pa rin kita at hindi ko alam kung kakayanin ko to, pero oo kakayanin ko, kailangan. Tatanggapin ko na tapos na tayo. Tatanggapin ko na pamilya na kita pero ako di pa rin ako magiging parte ng mundo mo. Na hindi pa rin ako makakapasok sa mundo mo, ni pasilip sa phone mo di mo naisuko. Kung iisipin, phone lang ba dahilan ng paghihiwalay natin? Hindi. Tiwala. Pero bakit ako nagdududa in the first place? Bakit ko pinagdududahan yung lugar ko sayo? Hindi dapat ganun diba?

Pero tama na.

Tapos na.

Sorry mahal 😭💔

Sorry sa lahat. Sorry wala na ko para suportahan ka. Sorry wala na ko para tulungan ka. Mahal na mahal kita pre pero sorry kase mas nangingibabaw yung kawalan ko ng tiwala sayo. Sorry nawala yung tiwala ko. Sorry nawala yung ako na nagtitiwala na hindi mo ko iiwan, hindi mo ko sasaktan, hindi mo ko lolokohin. Sorry nawala yung bestfriend mo. Sorry sumuko na ko. At sorry kase sinukuan mo na rin ako.

Sorry hindi na tayo makakagawa ng adventures together.

Sorry mas nangibabaw yung ‘ako’ kesa sa ‘tayo’.

Sorry sa lahat ng hirap mo sakin.

Sorry.

At salamat. Salamat sa lahat lahat ng ginawa mo para sakin. Sa lahat ng pag-intindi, pag-alaga, pagsakay sa mga sumpong ko, pagtitiis sa katigasan ng ulo ko. Akala ko noon maiintidihan mo na kung bakita ganito ang attitude ko kaya ginusto ko din noon na maging tayo. Pero sorry kase nasasaktan at nahihirapan ka na.

Wala ka ng makakasamang sumpungin. Wala ng matigas ang ulo. Wala ng magpapaiyak sayo pag nasa trabaho. Wala ng magpapaantay sayo ng matagal. Wala ng magdududa sayo. Makakapagpahinga ka na ng maayos. Makakapagtrabaho ng maayos. Focus ha.

Hindi na kita guguluhin.

Wala na rin ako maaway. Wala na kong mayayakap. Wala na kong aabangan na chat. Wala ng subway, turks o burker king na kasama ka. Wala ng ikaw.

Salamat sa pagiging lakas at kahinaan ko ha. Salamat sa pagiging tawa at luha ko. Salamat sa minsang pagkakaibigan. Sa minsang buong-buong tiwala na halos walang makakasira. Salamat sa masasaya at masasakit na alaala. Salamat sa minsang pagiging mundo ko. Salamat sa pagmamahal na minsan binigay mo.

Pero tapos na tayo.

Hanggang dito na lang tayo.

Sobrang sorry. Maraming salamat. At mahaaaaaal na mahal kita.

Happy birthday bes, pare ko, mahal ko 💙

Magpakatino ka ha. Wag puro trabaho. Wag ka magkakasakit. Magsimba ha. Kahit magpray ka lang sa simbahan once a week.

Huling I LOVE YOU 🙂😞👊😘

Babye na.

- Arianne 💙 (Yang. Bes. Pre. Men. Mahal)

*HUG*

P.S. Hindi na kita nakatabi sa pagtulog. Hindi na kita makakatabi sa pagtulog.

i love you pre, goodnight  💙

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President Rodrigo Duterte signs free tuition bill into law

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (ARIANNE CRUZ, AUG 8, 2017) — President Rodrigo Duterte signed on August 3, 2017 a new law providing free education for over a million students in public tertiary and vocational schools across the country.

Duterte's approval of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act was unexpected given how his economic managers have openly opposed the bill, saying the government does not have enough funds to sustain it.

"Free tertiary education in state universities and colleges is a pillar or cornerstone of the President's social development policy so he weighed everything and came to the conclusion that the long-term benefits that will be derived from a well-developed tertiary education will definitely outweigh any possible short-term budgetary challenges. So as we say, 'If there's a will, there's a way," Gueverra said.

The bicameral committee report is the reconciled version of Senate Bill 1304 and House Bill 5633 providing for free college education in SUCs, LUCs and government-run vocational schools.

Sen. Francis Escudero, chairman of the Senate committee on education, and Senators Sonny Angara, Sherwin Gatchalian, Ralph Recto, Joseph Victor Ejercito, Loren Legarda, Juan Miguel Zubiri, Cynthia Villar, Leila de Lima, Richard Gordon, Joel Villanueva and Paolo Benigno Aquino IV authored the bill.

“This is a huge reform for struggling students and their hardworking parents. I became a legislator because I wanted to spearhead initiatives like this that can help our countrymen reach their hopes and dreams,” Aquino said.

“All it needs is the President’s signature to make tuition and other fees in SUCs and LUCs free, and financial support for students in private colleges and universities through grants and loans accessible and available,” he said.

The last time such a reform was implemented, he said, was in 1988, when secondary education in public high schools was made free. Once enacted into law, the measure will complete the chain in the country’s educational institutions and give more Filipinos access to quality education, according to Aquino. It will also streamline and strengthen all Student Financial Assistance Programs (StuFAP), making them available to students who want to pursue higher education in private institutions, as well as subsidizing other expenses of SUC students.

Last year, Congress realigned some P8.3 billion in the budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways to fund the free tuition program of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), as the bill was still being deliberated in Congress. If the bill is signed into law, a much larger allocation must be included in the 2018 national budget. Angara said there will be sufficient funding sources but did not elaborate.

Recto earlier said the huge funding for free college education is not that big, as some economic managers fear. He said that this year, the government will spend P78.2 billion for 4Ps, P17.9 billion for senior citizen allowances and P102.4 billion for uniformed personnel retirees and veterans, which amounts dwarf the P8 billion that will benefit 1.4 million SUC students. “Some will see the billions as deficit numbers. Let us see them, for what they really are, as means to realize dreams,” Recto said.

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