Republishing: “Her Father’s Treasure”

From time to time, I love to look at my old works and “achievements”. I’m not bragging here. These are only to remind me that I can do better from where I am right now. I found this old clipping from 2005 (*gasp* it is about ten years ago!). I just couldn’t remember exactly if it was October or December 2005. All I could remember was that I did not expect my submission to be published.

When I was in college, I submitted an entry for My Favorite Movie in the Entertainment Section of The Philippine Star. My Favorite Movie was being featured weekly every Sunday as an avenue for readers to voice out their fandom on featured movies. Because The Philippine Star is a popular broadsheet, I was aware that my entry would just go beneath piles and piles of entries. If my memory is right, I had submitted my work through email either January or February 2005. I would not have been aware that it was already published if not for a college friend who texted me that Sunday afternoon.

I rushed out of the house after receiving that message. As the number dailies sold were already dwindling that afternoon, my heart was thumping as I rummaged through the remaining copies in the newspaper store. When I got one, I even had to check if the Entertainment section was there. Once spotting it, I paid for it and ran back home.

I never thought that looking for your published article was distressing. I even thought that page was missing until I saw it covering about a third of a page. Whew! All I did was cut it out and keep it.

I did not mind if the newspaper did not inform me or gave me compensation for it. What I was glad about was when the whole department heard about it and posted a copy of it on the community wall. *tears of joy*

See, college was a good era in my study life. I encourage you to pursue your dreams as well. Here’s the copy of my submission for The Philippine Star. I tried to make it larger for you to read. Hope it can be read well. 🙂