Rizal Scholastic Triumphs at ADM

First Romance of Rizal

     After the graduation from Ateneo, Rizal who was just sixteen years old, experienced his first romance with Segunda Katigbak, a pretty fourteen-year old Batangueña from Lipa. In his own words: "She was rather short, with eyes that were eloquent and ardent at times and languid at others, rosy-cheeked, with an enchanting and provocative smile that revealed very beautiful teeth, and the air of a sylph; her entire self diffused a mysterious char."

    One Sunday Rizal visited his maternal grandmother who lived in Trozo. His grandmother's guests, who were mostly college students, knew of his skill in painting, so they urged him to draw Segunda's portrait. He complied reluctantly and made a pencil sketch of her. "From time to time", he reminisced later, "she looked at me, and I blushed."



Characters:
Elaine Martinez as Segunda Katigbak
Dalton Yabut as Jose Rizal

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Rizal Childhood Years in Calamba

The Story of the Moth 

     Of the stories told by Doña Teodora to her favorite son, Jose, that of the young moth made the profoundest impression on him. 

      The tragic fate of the young moth, which “died a martyr to its illusions,” left a deep impress on Rizal’s mind. He justified such noble death, asserting that “to sacrifice one’s life for it,” meaning for an ideal, is “worthwhile.” And, like the young moth, he was fated to die as a martyr for a noble ideal. 

Characters:
Jorina Manansala as Doña Teodora 
Dalton Yabut as Little Jose Rizal

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