Attendance to a Book Launching

It is my first time to attend a formal book launching activity and I find that activity very inspiring.

Our university hosted the Book Launch for the book - Lycophythes and Ferns of Mt. Hamigutan Range Wildlife Sanctuary written by researchers from Philippines and Texas. The said book contains information about the 134 species of Ferns and Lycophythes found in Mt. Hamiguitan Range. Mt. Hamiguitan is one of the UNESCO's Heritage Site that is located in our province which is very rich in both flora and fauna. I will make a separate article about the mountain. The book is an output of the several researches conducted and we celebrate with them through attendance to the book launch activity.

Let me take you to the summary of the whole program.

The Program started with preliminaries like invocation and national anthem and then a welcome message from our University President. The writers were not from our University, 3 of them are from Central Mindanao University (CMU) but they chose to launch their book in DOrSU as acknowledgement that our university is the closest to Mt. Hamiguitan and also as a way of strengthening the research partnership of CMU and DOrSU. In the welcome message of our President he emphasized the partnership endeavors of the two universities and expressed his gratitude to CMU for assisting DOrSU in some of its researches as well.

After the welcome Message was the Opening Remarks message from the CMU President, acknowledging the people who worked for the book and the people who attended the event. The next part of the program was the introduction of the authors, the authors were researchers and their interests are on ferns and plants. Then the lead author Dr. Victor B. Amoroso, tell us a story about the making of the book, their journey and the summary of what is inside the book.

After that part was the reactions from a book reviewer. Before one could publish a book, there should be reviewers who are experts of the field who will be reviewing it. Then one of the authors gave a response. Both messages are recorded videos since they were from outside Philippines.

After that was the giving of certificates of participation and token. CMU gave complimentary copies to the university and to some people who contributed to the success of the writing the book. Each of the participants were also given a 2022 calendar and notepads and Certificate of Participation.

So what are my takeaways from the Book Launching.

Through that book launch, I realized that nothing comes in a easy way. The book was written after several hikes to Mt. Hamiguitan, documentations and researches of the authors. The book launch is one of the fruits of their hard work.

Then, I became inspired and daydream. Dreaming of me, having my own book launch. But I thought, what book would that be? I do not have any idea for now. But the said activity really inspired me to move forward and work on things that I really wanted to achieve in my life. I am happy that I was one of the invited guests for the said event.

How about you? Do you see yourself launching a book? If you will be given a chance, what will be the Title of your book? I would love to know your answers in the comment section.

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