CNU - English Fellows Organization

CNU - English Fellows Organization Welcome to Cebu Normal University - English Fellows Organization's Official page! The organization, headed by the present Adviser, Dr. Jeson A.

English Fellows Organization - the biggest living organization yet of Cebu Normal University - is an association created for all the students enrolled in an English-concentrated degree program of the said institution. Bustamante, has almost eight hundred members enrolled in the College of Teacher Education with a degree program Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in English, also in the College

of Arts and Sciences with the degree programs Bachelor of Arts Major in English Language and Bachelor of Arts Major in English Literature. The organization celebrates its month-long activities every February of the year.

๐€ ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐“๐‹๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐„๐…๐„๐‘๐Š โ˜•โœจSome days call for a quiet corner, a good conversation, and something freshly brewed.As part of ๐—˜๐—™...
24/08/2026

๐€ ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐“๐‹๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐„๐…๐„๐‘๐Š โ˜•โœจ

Some days call for a quiet corner, a good conversation, and something freshly brewed.

As part of ๐—˜๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ! ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฌ, weโ€™re bringing our members another perk worth knowing about. Weโ€™re happy to feature ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž & ๐‚๐จ. as one of the ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€™๐ฌ partners, offering EFerks a little something extra whenever they stop by.

Whether itโ€™s a study session, a much-needed breather between classes, or simply a craving for something freshly brewed, North Cafe & Co. is ready to be part of your next pause.

Hereโ€™s whatโ€™s waiting for you: ๐—˜๐—™ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐Ÿฑ% ๐—ข๐—™๐—™ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐ŸŽ‰
Because being an English Fellow is not only about being part of an organizationโ€”itโ€™s about enjoying the little privileges that come with belonging.

EFerks Unlocked! 2.0
๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ. โ˜•๐Ÿ“š







Caption by Hon. Irra Humphrey Joy S. Villaflor
Layout by Hon. Juliana Ysabelle C. Ardoรฑa

๐—” ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€! ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ‰Do you want to study, work, or unwind without making your wallet cry? Well, ๐™€๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ, we have you ...
21/08/2026

๐—” ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€! ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ‰

Do you want to study, work, or unwind without making your wallet cry?

Well, ๐™€๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ, we have you covered! Introducing another exciting ๐„๐…๐ž๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐! ๐Ÿ.๐ŸŽ partnerโ€”where a more productive version of you awaits at the ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ! ๐Ÿ“š

A budget-friendly cafe and coworking space designed for students, professionals, and remote workers, located at ๐—š๐— ๐—ง ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜., ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜‚ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†.

Get ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ-๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ when you sign up for the ๐™€๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™๐™š๐™šโ€”because productivity taste better with your favorite drink in a comfy, productive space. โ˜•๏ธ

๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™– ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™› ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™›๐™–๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฉ! ๐Ÿ’ก







Caption by Ms. Bea Jasmin B. Capa
Layout by Hon. Juliana Ysabelle Ardoรฑa

โ€œ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚: ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.โ€ ๐ŸŽ—๏ธ๐Ÿ’›Even in his final moments, ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ค โ€œ๐™‰๐™ž๐™ฃ...
21/08/2026

โ€œ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚: ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.โ€ ๐ŸŽ—๏ธ๐Ÿ’›

Even in his final moments, ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ค โ€œ๐™‰๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฎโ€ ๐˜ผ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™…๐™ง. stood firmly by the principles he believed in. His assassination on ๐– ๐—Ž๐—€๐—Ž๐—Œ๐— 21, 1983, did not silence himโ€”it awakened a nation.

From his sacrifice rose a renewed spirit of courage among Filipinos, inspiring a movement that would challenge authoritarian rule and fight to reclaim the democratic rights and freedoms of the people. His conviction that โ€œ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™™๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™งโ€ became more than a statementโ€”it became a testament to the depth of his love for the country and its people.

Ninoyโ€™s life reminds us that courage is not the absence of fear, but the strength to stand for what is right even when the cost is immense. His death became a turning point in Philippine history, proving that one life devoted to truth, freedom, and service can ignite the courage of millions.

๐˜ผ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™– ๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™ž๐™š. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ







Caption by Ms. Arshein Mae M. Cabradilla
Layout by Ms. Aleixah Famador

๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐ƒ๐’ ๐๐„๐†๐€๐๐Ÿ“œBuwan ng Wika is far from overโ€”and neither is our invitation to return to the literature that has ...
20/08/2026

๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐ƒ๐’ ๐๐„๐†๐€๐๐Ÿ“œ

Buwan ng Wika is far from overโ€”and neither is our invitation to return to the literature that has carried Filipino voices across generations.

Because literature is never truly left behind. A story may have been written decades ago, a poem may have crossed generations, but its questions can still find their way into our classrooms, conversations, and lives. In every work we encounter, we rediscover not only an author, but a fragment of how Filipinos have loved, struggled, dreamed, remembered, and understood the world.๐ŸŒŒ

As the familiar reminder goes, โ€œ๐€๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ข ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ก๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐š ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐š ๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐š ๐ฌ๐š ๐ก๐š๐ฒ๐จ๐ฉ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐š.โ€โ€”a line widely attributed to ๐‰๐จ๐ฌรฉ ๐‘๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ฅ, though its authorship is historically disputed.โœŠ๐Ÿป

This August, while the celebration continues, let us not allow our language to live only on banners and commemorations. Let it live in the stories we read, the words we speak, and the literature we choose to remember.

๐™๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ. ๐™๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ. ๐™‡๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ.๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ’ซ






Caption by Hon. Irra Humphrey Joy Villaflor
Layout by Ms. Treshea Althea Abarri

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐! ๐Ÿ”“๐™€๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ, we have something brewing, and trust us, itโ€™s worth it. ๐Ÿ˜‰Introducing ๐๐ž๐š๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐’๐ก๐จ...
19/08/2026

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐! ๐Ÿ”“

๐™€๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ, we have something brewing, and trust us, itโ€™s worth it. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Introducing ๐๐ž๐š๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉโ€”one of our newest ๐„๐…๐ž๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐! ๐Ÿ.๐ŸŽ partners! Located at ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿญ, ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น at ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜‚ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. This cozy cafรฉ is the perfect spot to actually get things done!

๐‚๐Ž๐…๐…๐„๐„? ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ!
๐’๐Ž๐ƒ๐€ ๐ƒ๐‘๐ˆ๐๐Š๐’? โ€‹๐˜๐ž๐ฌ!
๐๐€๐’๐“๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’? โ€‹๐˜๐ž๐ฌ!
๐‚๐Ž๐™๐˜ ๐•๐ˆ๐๐„๐’? โ€‹๐ƒ๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ!

๐€๐๐ƒ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐๐€๐‘๐“?

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ% ๐Ž๐…๐… ๐จ๐ง ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ! ๐ŸŽ‰

Thatโ€™s right, ๐™€๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ. Your coffee runs just got sweeter. So next time you need a break from studying or a caffeine fix, swing by ๐๐ž๐š๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ค๐ž, present that ๐™€๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™„๐˜ฟ and pride, and watch that discount magically appear. ๐Ÿ’ธ

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๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ค๐ž, ๐„๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌโ€”๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ค๐ž! ๐Ÿ˜Œโ˜•







Caption by Hon. Morley Andre N. Martinez
Layout by Hon. Juliana Ysabelle C. Ardoรฑa

๐— ๐—”๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—ข๐—™๐—™๐—œ๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—ŸThere are memberships you pay for. And there are memberships that put you in the room.This year, ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก...
19/08/2026

๐— ๐—”๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—ข๐—™๐—™๐—œ๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ

There are memberships you pay for.
And there are memberships that put you in the room.

This year, ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง opens its doors once againโ€”not simply for a name on a roster, it is a little contribution toward a community where ideas find voices, friendships find roots, and every EFellow finds a space to belong.

Your membership gives you more than a card. It gives you access, privileges, and a reason to show up.

๐Ÿ“š ๐„๐…๐Ž ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐ ๐…๐„๐„
๐‚๐“๐„ โ€” โ‚ฑ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ.๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ
๐‚๐‚๐€๐’ โ€” โ‚ฑ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ.๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ

๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ?
โœฆ Official EFO Membership Card
โœฆ Exclusive EFO Sticker(s)
โœฆ Member-Only Merchandise Discounts
โ€ข 15% off per item
โœฆ Exclusive Partner Discounts & Perks
โœฆ Exclusive Member-Only Experiences & Initiatives

๐Ÿ’ณ ๐™ˆ๐˜ผ๐™†๐™€ ๐™„๐™ ๐™Š๐™๐™๐™„๐˜พ๐™„๐˜ผ๐™‡:

3rdโ€“4th Years
๐Ÿ“ฑ 0919 813 7996
Zhaira Steph Carbon

1stโ€“2nd Years
๐Ÿ“ฑ 0960 513 7713
Anne Trixie Baylon

๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฌ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—–๐—˜๐——๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜

- Membership fees may be paid through cash or GCash.

- EFO will announce the collection schedule in the Bloc Chairs group chat.

- For cash payments, members will pay their Bloc Chairperson/Bloc Treasurer, who will list the names of those who have paid.

- ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป.






Caption by Hon. Irra Humphrey Joy Villaflor
Layout by Hon. Carrie Sofie Industria

๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™˜๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ฎ. ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š. ๐Ÿ€N...
17/08/2026

๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™˜๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ฎ. ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š. ๐Ÿ€

Now, as we are stepping into another academic year, starting again does not necessarily mean leaving the past behind. It could mean carrying things differentlyโ€”taking lessons, mistakes, memories, and even things we wish had gone another way, and letting them shape where we go next.

In his June 17, 1963 letter to Mary Willis Shelburne, ๐‚.๐’. ๐‹๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ wrote,

โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ก๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐.โ€

This quote was originally written by C.S. Lewis in a letter to comfort his friend, Mary Willis Shelburne, as she faced what she thought to be the end of her life. The full sentence from the letter is: "Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave it with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind."

Taken out of context, this quote has taken on new meanings over the yearsโ€”but its initial message reminds us that hope is often born in moments of uncertainty.

What might seem like a simple reminder about starting anew. And perhaps that is what makes the words worth coming back to: hope does not always come from knowing what lies ahead. It may also come from choosing to believe there is still something ahead worth living for.

๐ˆ๐ ๐Ž๐“๐‡๐„๐‘ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐ƒ๐’: A new chapter does not ask you to forget the pages before it. It simply asks you to keep reading. ๐Ÿฅธ

So, as you turn the page to another academic year:

๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ชโ€™๐™ก๐™ก ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ชโ€”๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™˜๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง? ๐Ÿค”







Caption by Hon. Morley Andre Martinez
Layout by Mr. French Mayuela

๐—˜๐—™๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—™๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€! ๐Ÿซก๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜‚ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† โ€“ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—–๐—ก๐—จ-๐—˜๐—™๐—ข) condu...
17/08/2026

๐—˜๐—™๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—™๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€! ๐Ÿซก

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜‚ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† โ€“ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—–๐—ก๐—จ-๐—˜๐—™๐—ข) conducted its ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† on Saturday, August 15, 2026, from ๐Ÿญ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ.๐— . ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿฎ:๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿณ ๐—ฃ.๐— ., bringing together the organizationโ€™s officers and bloc chairpersons to discuss important matters for Academic Year 2026โ€“2027. The assembly was conducted via ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ (๐—š๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜), allowing members to participate and engage virtually.

๐Ÿ™Œ The assembly covered the organizationโ€™s ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ, ๐—˜๐—™ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ, and other matters concerning the organization and its constituents.

๐Ÿ“… Among the activities discussed were the much-awaited ๐—˜๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† and the ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—Ÿ) celebration, alongside other initiatives lined up for the academic year.

๐Ÿ’ณ For membership, fees were announced at โ‚ฑ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ง๐—˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ and โ‚ฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—–๐—”๐—ฆ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€. Membership includes an official ๐—˜๐—™๐—ข ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ and exclusive stickers, as well as access to ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€, and selected member-exclusive events and initiatives. ๐Ÿคโœจ

The organization is also pleased to announce that EFO has partnered with a ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, with more partnerships to come! Among the current partners are:

โ€ข ๐‹๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐›๐ฎ
โ€ข ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โ€ข ๐๐š๐ฐ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐
โ€ข ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ/๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž
โ€ข ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž
โ€ข ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐‹๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž
โ€ข ๐๐ž๐š๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ! Further details regarding these partnerships, including the specific discounts and perks available to EFO members, will be posted on our official page. Stay tuned for more announcements!

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—บ: Further announcements and updates regarding the organizationโ€™s activities, membership benefits, partnerships, and other matters will be communicated through the respective ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

With a new academic year comes new opportunities to learn, connect, and serve. The English Fellows Organization looks forward to building a more collaborative and empowered EF community throughout AY 2026โ€“2027. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’›






Caption by Mr. Franz Ivan T. Cajeda
Layout by Hon. Carrie Sofie Industria

๐„๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ... ๐˜๐ฎ๐ก๐จ๐จ! ๐ƒ๐ข๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง! ๐Ÿ‘€Psst. You. Yes, ikaw. ๐ŸซตMay nagbabalik... remember those perks last academic year? ๐Ÿ˜...
14/08/2026

๐„๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ... ๐˜๐ฎ๐ก๐จ๐จ! ๐ƒ๐ข๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง! ๐Ÿ‘€

Psst. You. Yes, ikaw. ๐Ÿซต

May nagbabalik... remember those perks last academic year? ๐Ÿ˜

Well... the ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™ ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ' ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ผ๐™›๐™›๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ (๐˜พ๐™€๐˜ผ) has been cooking something behind the scenes, and trust us, it's worth the wait.

However, the question is... are you willing to wait? ๐Ÿฅน

Stay tuned, EFellows. This is one drop you wouldn't want to miss! ๐Ÿ˜Œ๐Ÿ’ธ







Caption by Hon. Morley Andre Martinez
Layout by Hon. Bea Pauline Abarcar

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•, ๐’‡๐’–๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’†, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’”๐’•. ๐ŸคThis very moment of the day, we celebrate ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น...
12/08/2026

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•, ๐’‡๐’–๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’†, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’”๐’•. ๐Ÿค

This very moment of the day, we celebrate ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ with the official United Nations theme, "๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’๐’• ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’•๐’†๐’™๐’•๐’”, ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’๐’ ๐‘จ๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”."

From across borders, we honor the presence of our youth who share the same sentiments, dreams, and aspirations as essential partners of todayโ€™s global society. ๐ŸŒ

We recognize them as ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, and ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. Yet as systemic challenges rapidly occur, today also serves as a bridge to connect them from across countries so they can share stories and help each other in ways that extend powerfully and meaningfully to our global situation.

And so, in the spirit of listening to the voices of the youth, we invited some student leaders from ๐‚๐ž๐›๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ to pause, reflect, and look beyond themselves:

โ€œ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’…๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’๐’… ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’… ๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’๐’๐’˜?โ€
Drawing on their experiences, hopes, and perspectives, each leader offered a word that represents something they believe the world needs most. These reflections remind us that leadership can sometimes, and significantly, mean the beginning of the courage to recognize what is needed and the utmost willingness to become part of โ€œ๐’‰๐’๐’˜?โ€
Truly, ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•, as they shape the world we live in today. They ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‡๐’–๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’†, as they will carry the torch of tomorrow. And they ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’”๐’•, as they carry forward the dreams, lessons, and hopes entrusted to them by those who came before. ๐Ÿ’ก

๐—›๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ฌ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—› ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ! ๐Ÿ‘ญ๐Ÿ‘ฌ๐Ÿ‘ซ







Caption by Ms. Imee S. Belia
Layout by Ms. Rylin Atis

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