[Rico Cadayona]

My name is Rico. I’m looking for partner/s sharing my passion to be able to tell my story, and your stories, in the most effective and entertaining way.

My story is about a middle-aged man who have lived in America for more that 25 years but never lost his desire to go back to his native land and help in the needed transformation. He went for a visit, but his trip turned into a nightmare when he encountered the same, even worse, enemies of the land- poverty, corruption, lawlessness, ignorance and human rights abuses- reasons why he left in the first place. Disappointed, he went back to America, never losing his hope that someday he can go back for good in his beloved birthplace.

It is my hope that the human and cultural interest of my story will entice others to walk with me through this trek. Thank you.

[Rico Cadayona]

Hello everyone. You may call me Rico, a passionate story-teller.

Lemongrass is my first written script.

My objective in joining this class is to learn everything I need to be able to tell my stories in the most interesting and entertaining way and hopefully to educate and influence others.

One unique trait that I have is that I am not a quitter. I continue to work on my goal always with the hope that someday, I will find my gift. Once I found it, I will share it with others so they can find theirs.

I’m looking for partners who would like to join me in this journey

[Rico Cadayona]

Lesson learned in this assignment: It helped me realize the importance of knowing my story. Hopefully the succeeding assignments will help me focus on bringing how I can bring my vision to life with exciting, effective, and entertaining scenes.

TITLE: Lemongrass

GENRE: Drama/Adventure

LOGLINE: When a burnt out immigrant, tired of the daily hassle of living in American, decided to take his family for a visit to his homeland and possibly stay for good turned to a nightmare, caused by the same plague of society, he decided to go back to America, but first he has to rescue his kidnapped son.

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SYNOPSIS: After living in America for 25 years, having experienced the ills, and pressures of society, Mar decided to take his family to visit his homeland, mainly for a brief vacation. He also wanted to see if it will be wise and advisable to stay for good and pursue his dream of helping in transforming his country free of poverty, corruption, lawlessness and human abuses by the government. It did not take long for him to see that the country is not the same as when he left. It was worst. Understandably he and his wife (Ditas) didn’t want to risk their children’s future in such a world, so they decided to go back to America. To them the challenges they have living in America are much surmountable than the problems in their own birthplace.

But first they have to visit their relatives and friends in the baryo. (village). They received a warm welcome and townmates threw a village party for them. During the party, bad elements came and disrupted the merriment. They took Mar’s son, Quiel, and held him hostage. Mar’s daughter (Izza), was also injured by a bullet during the commotion.

Mar and his brother (Vicas) sought help from influential people to help rescue his son but they did not have luck with all the corruptions going on. They sought help from the baryo people and it was Paquito, Mar’s boyhood friend, who offered help to rescue Quiel. They went up the mountain where kidnappers were keeping Quiel. After much struggle, Mar and company were able to save Quiel.

They went back to the city to catch their plane going back to the States. Riots on the streets protesting against government abuses and corruption were growing violent. Mar’s friend, Camilo, tried to convince him (Mar) to stay and take the lead in the transformation. Mar was torn. He was confused. In the end, Ditas persuaded him to just go back to America for now. Hopefully in the future they can go back to their motherland for good when things are better.

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[Rico Cadayona]

OK Dorothea, let’s partner up and give it our best shot. It appears like our stories has a similar theme. I hope that our schedule will fit our class’s schedule. With Hal’s and Cheryl’s guidance, I think we should be able to get our stories going. Thank you for your interest in teaming up with me. Let me know if you need more information about my script.

Rico