ACTOR

He acted as a character in one of Juan Lunas paintings and acted

in school dramas.

BOOK LOVER
He had a big library and brought many books abroad. A favorite
pastime in Madrid. Hestayed at home and read until midnight

CHESS PLAYER
He played chess and bear severalGermans and European friends
andacquaintances.

ESSAYIST
Reminiscence of a Student in Manila(his first essay) The
Philippines a Century Hence(prophesied the downfall of Spain in
Asia)

FENCER
He fenced with Europeans and JuanLuna and other friends
in Europe.

GRAMMARIAN
Estudios Sobre la Tagala
(a birthdaygift for his former instructor, Father Sanchezwho visited
Rizal in Dapitan)

HORTICULTURIST
He experimented on and cultivated plants in Dapitan.

ICHTHYOLOGIST
He collected 38 new varieties of fish inDapitan.

JUDOKA
Rizal was the first Filipino and Malay tohave practiced and in fact,
taught martial arts sport. Jiguro Kano taught him the Way of Ju
which means the truth of the universe.

Kind
Rizal sacrificed his relationship with Consuelo Ortiga because he
didnt want to destroy his friendship with Eduardo De Lete.
LINGUIST
He spoke over 22 languages including:Tagalog Ilokano Bisayan
SubanonSpanish Latin Greek English French GermanArabic Malay
Hebrew Sanskrit Dutch CatalanItalian Chinese Japanese
Portuguese SwedishRussian.

MUSICIAN
He played the flute and
composed pieces of music and cultivated musicappreciation.

NOVELIST
- Noli Me Tangere - El Filibusterismo

OPHTHALMOLOGIST
He graduated in an ophthalmologic collegein Spain. His mother
who lost her eyesight in1887, encouraged him to take advanced
trainingin ophthalmology. Rizal is famous for this profession -a
practicing ophthalmologist and that
he was able to cure his own mothers cataract.
Rizal was known to have trained
under prominent European ophthalmologists- OttoBecker and
Louis de Wecker. He did practicethe professional backed in his
hometown inCalamba Laguna, while he was in Hong Kongand
while in exile at Dapitan.

PAINTER
Title:Saturnina Rizal Material:
OilRemarks: Now in Rizal Shrine in Fort Santiago

Quiet
Rizal is quiet or has a calm personality because he chose to
fight the Spaniards with his thoughts and ideas rather than
fighting them with arms and ammunitions. He is also the type of
person that talks less but works more.

REVOLUTIONIST
Rizal encouraged reforms; discouragedold, impractical usage,
and desired new anduseful laws to benefit his countrymen.
Hedesired changes for the better.

SCIENTIST
Rizals practice of many sciences here
and abroad made him noted scientist. Rizal doesloved science
and discovery. He was able toexplore the rich virgin field of
Mindanao andwas able to collect great specimens of
lizards,insects, bats, snakes etc. which he was able tosend in a
museum in Europe.

TRANSLATOR
Christmas message (Hebrew to Spanish)William Tell and
Andersen Fairy Tales (Germanto Tagalog) The Rights of Man
(French toTagalog) Zend-Avesta (Arabic to Spanish)

UNIVERSALIST
Rizal was the product of the very firstsynthesis between the
civilizations of the Eastand the West. In his person embodied the
idealsof the both.

Valiant-

Rizal is valiant because he is brave enough to fight against the

Spanish government. He published the wrongdoings of the said
government through his two novels.

WinsomeRizal was proved to be winsome because great deals of women

were falling in love with him. To be exact, 11 women were
attracted to his charm.

Xylographic
Rizal engraved an image of Our Virgin Mary on a piece of
batikuling (Philippine wood) with his pocket knife.

Youth leader
He is well thought-out as a youth leader because he is a good
model that the youths of tod ay should follow. He considered the
youth as "The Hope of The Fatherland."

ZOOLOGIST
He was fond of pets. He researchedlater on their physiology,
classification andhabits. A regular contributor of specimens
of reptiles, mammals, birds, fish, insects,crustaceans and other
invertebrates to theDresden museum. When he was an exile
inDapitan, he collected different kinds of speciesof
animals. Among there were the Draco Rizali(Wandolleck), a specie
of flying dragon;Rachophorous Rizali (Boetger), a
hitherthounknown specie of toad; and Apogonia Rizali(Heller), a
small beetle, which were later namedafter him