Joel John Carlo

 September 13, 2021 President Rodrigo Road Duterte Malakanyang Palace San Miguel, Manila Metro Manila Dear President Duterte I have never written a letter to a president before, but I felt that if anyone were to read my letter, you would. At the start of your term, I thought you were ruthless and lead the country as what’s right in your eyes, seeing those people who were killed from the “tokhang” operation you started, watching the family members of those who were killed by the police. If I’m being honest I didn’t like you as not just a president but as person at the start… BUT as the saying goes “don’t judge a book by its cover", and indeed you proved that saying to me, the reason is that you are not just a ruthless lead but an effective one at that. So to you president, I humbly ask for forgiveness from what I thought you were, for all the assumptions I made in my head or to my family. Sincerely Joel John Carlo Orio

 I want to be more than my grandfather ever was, let me explain. A pleasant day to all, today you will know some things about me that you might not have known before. From things I adore to what I would hate more, from what gives me euphoria to what I want to ignore. You will meet the people I love from my mother to my grandfather to the friends I cherish. My given name is Joel John Carlo Orio, I prefer to be addressed as Carlo more than anything but Joel or John is still fine, some of the friends I hold close calls me Carlo, I am currently residing in Guimod, Bantay, Ilocos Sur were my grandparents live and where my mother lived through her childhood before going abroad years before I was even born, my mother gave birth to me on January 21, 2006 at a random hospital in Athens, Greece where I stayed for a year or so. At the year of 2021 I am now 15 years old. I’m not in anyway social, because of my social anxiety, I don’t have a lot of friends but for the friends I do have, I am th...