Francis Bern E.

Mendoza, MSP RP5

Bucket List:
1. Travel around the globe
2. To reach the highest peak of the mountain
3. To serve the Pope in Holy Mass
4. To get on board in a warship/aircraft carrier
5. To taste the best coffee in the world.
I, Francis Bern Mendoza, resident in the City of Davao, Country of the
Philippines, being of sound mind, not acting under duress or undue influence,
and fully understanding the nature and extent of all my property and of this
disposition thereof, do hereby make, publish, and declare this document to be my
Last Will and Testament, and hereby revoke any and all other wills and epilogue
heretofore made by me.
Article 1
I devise and pass on my property, both real and personal and wherever situated,
to the persons mentioned below:
1. I would like to give full authority to Ma. Elena C. Mendoza, my biological
mother as a lead representee of this last will and testament and to choose
by her own will, either cremation or burial. Furthermore, she will be the
one who acquire the full authority of my personal assets and belongings.

2. To my Father, Bernard A. Mendoza, that he will acquire a higher position

under to CEO and gain the 25% of the share of company and will continue
the community programs of the company.

3. To my Sister, Janine Mendoza who will become my representee in dealing,

compromising, settling or otherwise adjust any claims, including taxes,
asserted in favor of or against me.

4. To my Brothers, Marklenard Mendoza, Bernard Mendoza Jr, & Matthew

James Mendoza that they will make any separation into shares in whole or
in part in kind and to allocate different kinds and disproportionate
amounts of property and undivided interests in property among the shares.

In witness thereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand given on this 8 th day of

October 2022, in Tugbok, Davao City, Philippines.
Francis Bern E. Mendoza
Death is unsurpassable, no one can escape death and even no one can merely see
the glimpse of death. That is what Heidegger was trying to impart especially to
me as the one who discuss his notion on death, that when we face death, man
loses his potentiality for being, being loses his there. When we die, we can no
longer taste, explore and experienced what we truly wants, that is the reality of
death. I myself is scared to death, because there are things that I really wanted to
explore and experience too, I haven’t reached yet my wholeness, such for example
I haven’t experienced working in corporate world, to make myself successful and
to help my family, build my own business and etc. these are just some of the
things that I think that would reach my wholeness but of course each of those
entails values, like for example perseverance, being passionate and more.
Reflecting my life back, I was grateful for those hardships and trials that I and my
family experienced, those moments that I cried just to pass for the entrance exam
of the university where I first enrolled then suddenly took one of the hardest
decisions that I made, entering this seminary as a gateway to my true vocation.
Whatever God wants for me, whether I am for religious or priestly vocation or for
married life, I will never regret entering this seminary if I decides to leave and to
choose for my true vocation because this is the tool that helps me to see on what
I’m truly be. In Cebuano, most people always say “Mamatay man gihapon ta”
which means “Anyway, we all die” Its sound mediocre, in a sense that man is
complacent to what he just experienced or explored and desires nothing more. I
experienced the temptation of mediocrity, in a sense that I’m depriving myself to
improve and excel more in many aspects of my life, but I keep trying even little
steps that could make me grow.
If I would taste in this present moment, I would never be scared. I know to myself
that since then I’ve been striving to make my self-improving and growing by
being passionate and giving life to what is been presented to my, such
potentialities that could reach my wholeness and seminary was the best tool of
helping me to experience these potentialities and I am grateful not only that but it
is fulfilling. And such experienced will determined how I truly live my life to the
fullest as if I will not be going to get that back ever again, and this is always my
mantra whenever I encounter things, whether hardships or prosperity in life. Life
happens and each moment is a gift. You should know to live each and every
moment till the fullest since a moment once gone, will now become a history.