LIFE-AND-WORKS-OF-RIZAL-TRAVEL-ABROAD.pdf

LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL Course Code: RIZ 1 MR. DIOMEDES C. CAPACIO JR. Instructor  During Saturday evenings, he visited the home of Don Pablo Ortiga y Rey. Rizal met Consuelo Ortega y Perez and courted her through a lovely poem, A La Señorita C. O. y P. But their love did not la...

LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL Course Code: RIZ 1 MR. DIOMEDES C. CAPACIO JR. Instructor  During Saturday evenings, he visited the home of Don Pablo Ortiga y Rey. Rizal met Consuelo Ortega y Perez and courted her through a lovely poem, A La Señorita C. O. y P. But their love did not last because his friend Eduardo de Lete was courting Consuelo and he was engaged to Leonor Rivera.  After the vacation from Paris in 1883, Rizal went back to Madrid and heard the news about their financial and land problems in Laguna; the harvests of rice and sugarcane failed on account of drought and locusts in Calamba, the manager of the Dominican-owned hacienda increased the rentals of the lands of Rizal family. Rizal experienced to have late monthly allowances and was unable to take breakfast on June 24, 1884. He attended his class at the university and participated in the contest in Greek language and won the gold medal.  Rizal participated a three-day demonstration of students (from November 20-22, 1884) in Madrid because of “excommunication” of Prof. Miguel Morayta to be alongside with some Peruvian, Cuban, Mexican and Spanish students shouting, “Viva Morayta! Down with Bishops!” Bloody fights raged in the university that was supported by professors and the rector who resigned during the demonstration. LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL Course Code: RIZ 1 MR. DIOMEDES C. CAPACIO JR. Instructor