In this following (fictional) journal-writing exercise, Isak was asked to develop a character (Viktorr Carpio). He was then given outside stimuli (in the form of pictures/graphics), which he needed to incorporate as a visual “memory” or prompt for a particular day’s entry.
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Journal Writing
CHARACTER PROFILE:
Viktorr Carpio
49 years old
January 1, 1961
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Lieutenant, communications expert
Forces against MILF
Stationed in Maguindanao
He has brownish hair,
Scar at the right side of his mouth, scar down his left eye, his left hand’s ring and pinkie finger are tattooed.
Build – fit and quite muscular
Brown Eyes
Scruff
Pale Skinned
Failed Tech College
Entered PMA after two weeks of job searching
SATURDAY
We were on the mess hall in our camp, right in the middle we placed a television screen, we started listen to what our superiors were explaining to the public in the news. The report was accurate enough yet instead of explaining how many casualties we’ve already sustained during the fight. 20 men were killed and another 10 men would have died in the fight if our reinforcements didn’t come sooner. Most of us were wounded in the fight, actually it shouldn’t be called a fight, it was a massacre. They outnumbered us, and they didn’t show any sign of fear, like they were prepared to die for a cause, which was too idiotic to understand.
Usually our mess hall times were the most peaceful moments of our career, but again I was called in to receive a encrypted code from our superiors. Again we were headed into combat against the Muslim rebels
SUNDAY
After the massacre, which just happened two days ago, we were sent for RNR for the day. Most of us would usually do our inside tradition of honoring the dead. And that was to drink a goldenschlagger bottle for the day in their name.
MONDAY
We were out on patrol, checking out the terrain, we found a rooster which surprised us by his clucking. I guess, that rooster was all the Muslims needed for us to be ambushed.
Battle Report
Kills: 45
Lt. Victorr Carpio – Fatigued
PFC Joseph Quiros – KIA
SSgt. Makarov Dumlao –Fatigued
Pvt. Josee Alibangbang – Incap
Cpt. Kasi Ocsicnarf – Fatigued
Casualties: 1
Joseph was hurt pretty bad, he was wounded by a rebel which was quickly brought down. We have had so many casualties that our Captain, Kasi, told us to give him covering fire as he flanked our adversaries with Private Josee. Luckily we held them off long enough to give them time to bring them down, while the two took the attention of the Muslims, Kasi radioed me and Staff Sergeant Makarov to get back to base with Joseph and save his life, along with calling some reinforcements. At the end we got Joseph to HQ, but it was already to late, as the Americans say it, he became a star in his mothers window. Yet we still got some back up for Kasi and Josee who were being attacked by the Muslims. At long last, we were able to save them both, with Josee being , incapacitated.
JANUARY 12, 2010
TUESDAY
We were asked to give air support, we were given a heli which held a nice Machinegun which made Kasi shout out “If anyone of you faggs try to man the minigun, I’m gonna castrate you!” Which led to the frequent Makarov Saying “Hey! Don’t get your hangers all tangled up there boss!” We all borded up the heli and went in to position. Makarov sat as the sniper, Josee the co-pilot, Me as the assault gunner, and Kasi, well obviously, He got the minigun. We also got a new squad member as replacement for Joseph, his name is Charles Dulot
Battle Report
Kills:109
Lt. Victorr Carpio – Fatigued
SSgt. Makarov Dumlao –Fatigued
Pvt. Josee Alibangbang – Fatuiged
Cpt. Kasi Ocsicnarf – Fatigued
Pvt. Charles Dulot-Fatigued
Caualties:0
We gave them hell, along with Kasi’s sadistic jokes like “Ah… Imma GRIM! BLOODY! FABLE! WITH! AN UNHAPPY! BLOODY! END!!!” or “I’ll SHALL DEVOUR YOUR BODY AND DEFICATE OUT YOUR SOUL!!!” or something like those.
At the end we did our job with the casualties being 0 KIAs and 2 incap along with 0 MIAs. In other words, it was successful.
JANUARY 13, 2010
Again we were out patrolling, turns out we have been near a good water source and there are some pretty friendly locals. We were sent back to base after the patrol.
After that we were sent to take in some locals who were attacked by the MILF. There were dead bodies of men, women and children. It made even Kasi, the most hardened of us all to break. Seeing dead civilians is never easy to forget. But, that didn’t stop us from saving those who still survived.
Battle Report
Kills:40
Lt. Victorr Carpio – Fatigued
SSgt. Makarov Dumlao –Fatigued
Pvt. Josee Alibangbang – Fatuiged
Cpt. Kasi Ocsicnarf – Fatigued
Civilian Casualties:
Men: 40(estimation)
Women: 20(estimation)
Children: 2
We fought long enough for evac to get the civs out. And then, we were ordered to pull out as well. I always thought that we would die considering the number of hostiles in the area, I guess the sight of the dead encouraged us to fight even harder for the sake of the living.
JANUARY 14, 2010
THURSDAY
It’s Josee’s Birthday today, which meant that he gets the bigger share this time. After the early morning celebrations and all those things, we were sent once more on patrols. This time patrols went smoothly for once. All there was to see were the smiling locals, the oinking pigs, the nighing horses and Makarov continuously joking about how I sleep, eat and exercise or how Kasi likes to speak in German, Russian, Japanese and Swedish everytime he insults, comments, criticizes and curse us. Another smooth day.
JANUARY 15, 2010
Today’s a bad day for us all, Captain Kasi is now retiring at the age of 48. He has been a good leader. He’s a man who has a Scottish ancestry, he fought for the UN for more than a decade. He served under AFP for 4 years, and now he’s going back to the UK. I shall never forget the things he taught me. After his retirement, I was then promoted to Captain. I shall be his legacy, and I vowed that I will fight with his bravery and courage. This, I shall never forget.
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Isak started with Wordlab during his early grades to have his difficulties with reading, writing and expressive language be addressed. He is now an incoming High School Freshman; he just finished a writing program with the clinic, challenging his organizational skills, while honing his creativity – even when confined within the parameters of a “made-up reality.”
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