Contemporary World Portfolio

Activity No. 18

DE LUNA, JOHN MICHAEL T.
AM-G06 TRIBE OF LEVI

Activity No. 17

DE LUNA, JOHN MICHAEL T.
AM-G06 TRIBE OF LEVI

Activity No. 16

DE LUNA, JOHN MICHAEL T.
AM-G06 TRIBE OF LEVI

"What's Your Money Heist Alias?"

Imagine yourself as part of the crew in "Money Heist." Being a member of the gang, you would need an alias. Aliases would have to be any global city anywhere in the world. Pick a city that would fit your personality.

Dublin ( Ireland)
The brand of friendliness of the Irish continues, with Dublin getting included in the 2018 list of friendliest cities in the world. While it is a capital city and a global city as well, it has an old world charm that is irresistible. Dubliners are known for being witty, garrulous and amiable. They are great hosts who will shower you with their innate charm and age-old social skills. The city is very historic so you can find plenty to see, such as the Dublin Castle. The Book of Kells is housed in Trinity College’s Old Library. Take pictures of the Ha’penny Bridge and visit some of the quaint churches such as the St. Patrick’s Cathedral. If you fancy some time to rest and relax, the city has several tree-lined parks, some of which are quite close to shopping centers.

DE LUNA, JOHN MICHAEL T.
AM-G06 TRIBE OF LEVI

"What Music Do You Like?"

Pick a foreign musical act or artist, Tell us how they became famous, and what country they came from. Tell us how you heard of them.

MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK

Michael Learns to Rock (also known as MLTR) is a Danish soft rock and pop rock band formed in 1988. The band currently consists of Jascha Richter, Mikkel Lentz and Kåre Wanscher. Søren Madsen was an original member of the group since its formation but left in 2000. The band has sold over 11 million records over the course of their career, with the majority sold in Scandinavia and Asia. Despite being Danish, the band performs songs in English. The band has attributed its success in Asia to their drug-free, clean-living image and to singing in English as a second language.[1] MLTR has earned gold and platinum status for records in many countries and won many awards, including the Gold Preis Award from RSH, Germany and "The Best Performing Act of the Year" at the SEA Grammy Awards in Singapore. In addition, their song "Take Me to Your Heart" was awarded "most downloaded single of the year 2006" with 6 million or more paid downloads.[2] The band has recorded nine studio albums as well as a number of live and greatest hits albums. Their latest studio album, Still, was released on 21 March 2018. During the peak of their popularity in the mid and late 1990s, MLTR was described by critics as being "as good (if not better) a band as any current big name group out of America or the UK or the Australia."[3] According to the band's record label releases, their sound is "the perfect balance of a Scandinavian glow and the international pop song that has been instrumental in forming the compelling sound of the band",[4] although the lead singer and songwriter, Jascha Richter, disagrees with this, maintaining that the music defies geographical categorization.[1] There are other song in this band like Sleeping Child, Take Me to Your Heart, etc.

DE LUNA, JOHN MICHAEL T.
AM-G06 TRIBE OF LEVI

"Global Food Brand"

Pick a Fastfood Brand that has already gone global and say something about the company. You can use grocery brands, restaurant brands, etc.

BURRATA RESTAURANT

Burrata is the creation of Dejvi Furxhi and Albi Furxhiu. Business partners and cousins who not only co-own Burrata, but also help in seating guests, serving as chef, shopping the Italian Market each morning, making pasta in the kitchen and more.
This Italian BYOB, located in the heart of Passyunk, serves authentic Italian cuisine with a modern twist. Burrata offers diners 2 and 4-top tables lit with tea light candles - perfect for a cozy date night or dinner with friends and family.

DE LUNA, JOHN MICHAEL T.
AM-G06 TRIBE OF LEVI

"Project For Midterm"

Find an OFW to interview (presently or formerly), record your conversation in a video. Talk about globalization, Particularly:
-Transnationalism
-Factors concerning migration
-Economics (global divide)
-Politics (country of work, country of origin)

https://youtu.be/2m8PFvnE_us

DE LUNA, JOHN MICHAEL T.
AM-G06 TRIBE OF LEVI

Project for Midterm

"What's On Your Closet?"

Go through your closet/Orocan or "baul," look at the clothing labels and list down the companies where the clothing was made. Pick one of these clothing companies, one which is distributed globally. Research the origins and history of the institution you have chosen.

In 1853, Bavarian-born Levi Strauss moved to Gold Rush era in San Francisco to open a dry goods business. From there, he sold clothes, boots and other goods to the small retail stores of the American West. While Levi was happy doing this, in 1872, Jacob Davis, a tailor from Reno, Nevada, teamed up with Levi Strauss to create and patent work wear riveted-for-strength made of brown cotton duck and true blue denim. After working on this for a year, in 1873 the the blue jean was born! Both Jacob and Levi had created the first blue jean, called “XX” to which the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the patent #139,121 to Levi Strauss & Co. and Jacob Davis for their invention.

DE LUNA, JOHN MICHAEL T.
AM-G06 TRIBE OF LEVI

"NEWS ARTICLE"

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/effects-economic-globalization

Put simply, globalization is the connection of different parts of the world. In economics, globalization can be defined as the process in which businesses, organizations, and countries begin operating on an international scale. Globalization is most often used in an economic context, but it also affects and is affected by politics and culture. In general, globalization has been shown to increase the standard of living in developing countries, but some analysts warn that globalization can have a negative effect on local or emerging economies and individual workers.

DE LUNA, JOHN MICHAEL T.
AM-G06 TRIBE OF LEVI

"DEFINING GLOBALIZATION"

https://youtu.be/1Jz8tbvVQxk

DE LUNA, JOHN MICHAEL T.
AM-G06 TRIBE OF LEVI

GLOBALIZATION (1ST PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION)

"SHIRT INTRODUCTION"

~I want to be called by the name Harvey because it is the name that my mother would like to name me if she was not hospitalized for two months after giving birth to me.
~The thing that I really love to do is playing basketball, since I was a kid, I am a big fan of basketball.
~I would like to visit our hometown in Cotabato because it has been a very long time when we last visited there. My last vacation was year 2008.
~If I had a time portal I would go back to the days where everything’s fine and get rid of stressful life.

DE LUNA, JOHN MICHAEL T.
AM-G06 TRIBE OF LEVI