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A 15-year-old high
school student from Compostela Valley was hailed as the first grand
winner of “Doodle 4 Google” Philippines, yesterday afternoon at the
Music Hall, Mall of Asia in Pasay City.
The over-all winner, Kim Patrick Saren of Nabunturan Comprehensive
High School, bested 50, 000 other hopefuls from all over the country
with his entry “Sari-Jeepney.”He described his doodle as a sarimanok - inspired idea. It symbolizes Filipino culture with deep appreciation for hardwork. His winning doodle currently displaying on the Google Philippines homepage (on Nov. 10). The theme evolved on the question: “What can I do for the Philippines?”
A colorful jeepney with wings, the Philippine flag underneath, and a key on the tail were dominantly seen in Saren’s entry.
“The concept is created to solve problems like traffic, economy, education, and basic needs. The key on the tail signifies the solutions to the problems wherein we must fly high with pride and honor,” Saren wrote in his artwork.
Saren received a specially designed trophy by Google, an Acer C720 Chromebook, Acer kit from National Book Store, P400,000 educational grant from BPI foundation for the college of his choice and P350,000 connectivity grant for his present school from PLDT-SMART foundation. He was the winner for the 15-17 age group.
Aside from Saren, other winners per age group category were: Angela Kaitlin Tiu, 8, Grace Christian College, “Love and care for the Philippines” (ages 5-8); Avryll Nartates, 11, St. Scholastica’s College-Paranaque, “Coral Ripped or Coral Reef” (ages 9-11); and Jay Portallo, 14, Iligan City East High School, “Symphony for Peace” (ages 12-14). They each received a trophy, Nexus 7 tablet, 3D doodling pen, and P5,000 worth of gift certificate from National Book Store.
Ryan Morales, Google Philippines country marketing manager, said that the event was the first in the country.
“We usually hold ‘Doodle 4 Google’ in countries with new Google offices, which are just 1-2 years old,” he said. It was launched in the Philippines last July.
Google Philippines, in partnership with the Department of Education and National Youth Commission gathered the entries through a school by school caravan throughout the country. Other entries were just sent online.
Among the 51,000 entries from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao only 400 finalists were chosen. The pool of judges was composed of: Katy Wu, doodler of Google, Fidelina Corcuera, senior vice president of BPI foundation, Ma. Esther Santos, president of PLDT-SMART foundation, Efren Penaflorida, 2009 CNN hero of the year and CJ De Silva, senior art director of TBWA-Santiago Mangada Puno.
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