Change Starts with "ME"

 

            "All things are permanent except Change". All things under and beyond the sun changes as time passes by. However, the home of change, where it starts, was "ME".

            Change for me, is like an egg soon to hatch. Do you force to hatch that egg and bring out a baby bird? No, right? ... Therefore, like change, the egg must hatch on its own. We must start the change on our own, with ourselves. On that egg, the warmth and care given to it was not the thing that change he egg, but it only inspired it to change. Like us, other people do not change us, it's "me" that changes "me", and that other people only inspires us to change.

            In our world, change is a must thing to do, if we do not change, we cannot adapt ourselves to our surroundings, and so, we must change - like in the phrase, "Go with the Flow". Now, if you have changed, do not change other people as well, but inspire them to change. Change now, Inspire later.

KANNAWIDAN

           

          One of the highlights of Ilocos Sur Festivals is the festival called "Kannawidan". Kannawidan is an Ilocano term means "tawid" meaning heritage or inheritance.

            Here in Ilocos Sur, Kannawidan is one of the happiest, most wonderful and one of the most awaited festival. Here, every culture and product here in Ilocos Sur, are presented every year, in only one place, mainly in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur's capital. The OTOP, or "One Town, One Product", are usually shown in every Kannawidan festival like, Longganisa and Burnay in Vigan City, Furnitures in San Vicente, Basi in San Ildefonso, Vegetables of Santa Catalina, and many other more OTOP's. Kannawidan festival is celebrates in almost a week starting from January 29. The Province of Ilocos Sur yearly sets an entertainment for the Ilocanoes and foreigners like having a concert or inviting a local or foreign artist. They also set a carnival-like place for people to enjoy.

            Kannawidan is not only for entertainment but also informative. It gives knowledge to people about culture and products of every town here in Ilocos Sur.  Kannawidan is a very happy celebration. It is an excellent entertainment to us. It is a celebration you don't want to miss, so, "Intayon!".

"After many Years..................."

            There are so many things swirling and running and circling in our minds, one of which is the question, "What would I become after many years?"

            In our daily lives, seldom to think of what would we become after years, but it is a thing, a very special thing, we must imagine and to think of. Future is one of the main things why we do things. We work for the future, we make for the future, and we think for the future. Future is a very special thing for all of us, for every one of us wants to have a good future. A future where we have no problems, no consequences, and no burdens.

            Like every one of us, I also want a good future. I like to become a Civil Engineer. I want to plan and build establishments, worthy establishments, to help people and myself.  I want to have a family, a happy family. I want to share love not only in my career but also in my own family. In addition, I want to have children that will call me "Papa". Calling you "Papa" is very pleasing to my ears.

            Future is a big thing for mo especially to all teenagers. I do things for this. I work hard for this. Moreover, especially, I love, for this. So, after many years, the things will happen, God is the only one who knows this.

New Year, New Me

  

           Most of us, in every year, wants to do something, to ourselves. We would like to change for the better. Like them, I would like to be changed.

          This year, 2014, I would like to become more industrious than last year. Because, I saw that my outputs last year was not that good, so I made this decision. All my manners and attitude would like be the same as last year but I will change my habit in doing things. I will be more industrious.

          All the changes we made or we will be made, will give big effects to our future.So, every time, every now and then, we must do things that are worth it.

Reflection: Third Grading

          First Grading, good... Second Grading, Better... Third Grading,...hmmmm.... bad?!!!!
          For the second half of my fourth year life, this entire grading was very breath-taking and very "buzzy". Mountains of assignments, millions of requirements, oceans of activities,... these were the places I came from, and now, it looks like I will go back again, and travel with the same path. This Third Grading Period seems like every minute was the time for working and there was no time for rest. Working there, working here, and working everywhere. For all of these what happened, all I want for now is to sleep, sleep and sleep.
          In every journey, you will come up with new lessons, like the movies and stories we watch and read. In my journey, I also learned some lessons. The lesson I learned from my journey is only a word... the word "Diligence". This was the word that was absent in my mind last grading period, so all I did was hurried my activities and assignments, so the output was not that good. For the Third Grading Period, the lesson I learned was to pack some "diligence" in everything I do and I will do

"Christmas is always Merry"

           

           

             On-off lights, a tree with many decorations, "bling-blings" on every corner, children caroling house to house,... these things we can see in every Christmas Season, is a normal scenario to every one of us.

           But, did you ever think of what TRUE Christmas is?... Why we decorate?... Why is there a tree called "Christmas Tree"?

           In every Christmas season, there is always a lot of served foods, lots of money, lots of gifts. But, this is not the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas is SHARING - sharing of love, blessing and care. In Christmas, let's not mind the material things, but the love, we and they, are sharing.                                                 Christmas should be a key to bind our family stronger. Christmas should be our bridge to share love and blessings we have - like the song " Spread Love on Christmas Day". Christmas should be our guide to direct us  to our True Happiness. For all of God's children, we must say that our Christmas is a MERRY CHRISTMAS.

"Minie, Minie, My Nemo"

                

                 Parents are fair to their children... A referee in a game is fair to players... Our God is fair to us...

                The Government is fair to people???!...WHAT?!

            There are millions of times that the people are doubtful of the government for the decisions and projects they made. Almost all of the people don't believe on the government for the say that the government is very "UNFAIR". They say that rich person tends to be richer, and a poor person tends to be poorer. They also say that the government is only for the rich, not for all the people concerned.

               But for me, Government is always FAIR. It was just covered by people madly thirsty of money and power. Because of their thirst, they made their selves blind for what is right or wrong. So, they made decisions that are not good and that made the government unfair.

              Let's bear in our minds that Government is always fair for all of us. Let's always think that the government is blindfolded to decide well for the step they will do. Let's not think that the government is the fault of our sufferings but the one who rules this. And lastly, let's not think that the government judges by "Minie, Minie, My Nemo!".

"WHAT?!"

     

          Storm in Sahara, Flood in the Great Pyramids of Egypt, "El Nino" on North and South Poles, Snow in the Philippines?! For all of these, what can you only say is the word "WHAT?!"
          All the said phenomena, are all seems impossible, but for the Climate Change, all of these are possible. "All Things Change", this saying is what I hardly believe now.
          Did the question, "Why Climate Changes?", passed to your mind? If yes, did you answered this question? If not, look at your surroundings. Look at what people are doing. All are almost covered with trashes and garbage placed improperly. All are almost throwing their trash to everywhere without minding our environment. So, do you know the answer now?
          Mother Earth is the one who is mainly suffering for what we, the people, are doing. We are just taking the blessings given to us by our Mother Earth without exchanging another blessing - the blessing of caring. Mother Earth is like our candle, she sacrifices her life just to brighten our path to happiness. We uses her without thinking her feelings.
          We must bear in our minds that Mother Earth has also feelings that can be hurt. So let us do something that would make her happy like our own mother, by giving us what we need, we must also take care of her. So, all what we need is to plant, plant, plant...care, care, care... and love, love, love.

Reflection: Second Grading

          All things can be changed. But for me, this second grading period is just like the past first grading period. Almost all the things are the same...

          Rushing some projects, last minute reviewing, copying others notes, all things are just like "deja vu". But this "deja vu" is what I like. Because my friends did not change. My health did not change. My style did not change. And this not-changing things is what I like.

          If these things changed, I will miss all of them. If this happen, even I ,,,will also be changed.

          That's all what I want. I don't like change.

My Teacher, My Hero

    

What are Heroes? Are they have Super Powers? Savior of mankind?

          For me the word HERO compliments the word TEACHER. Teachers are like heroes. Not the way other people think that they have super power or strengths but the way they help the other people.

          Teachers serves as the builder of the world. They build men that have the determination to change the world into a better place. Teachers make Lawyers, Engineers, Doctors and many other people can be.

          Thanks to teachers, for we have men that will cure our sickness, thanks to teachers, for we have facility builders that makes our houses and other valuable buildings, and thanks to teachers, for we are what we are now,... standing, thinking, to change, develop the world to make better life not only for us but for the next generations.

          Teachers are also considered as our second parents for they fulfill the things parents do in schools. Teachers are our second parents and School is our second home. So we must respect and value our teachers and the school.

          Teachers are heroes for they save the lives of children from the world that is lack of knowledge. They serve as bridge that will take us to the place where better things happen. They are heroes for they give us weapon,... the weapon of Love that no other things on Earth can destroy it, that this Love can change everything even impossible things to change.

          Thanks to Teachers for they mold us to be strong, to overcome any problems we encounter and they mold us to be prepared for whatever things will be thrown to us, we can face it with love and care in our hearts. For all the things they do, we must salute them and give them all our respect. Then we can face the world and shout out that "MY TEACHER, MY HERO"....

                                                                                           

Science Month: "Invention Month"

 "Unravel the Causes, Build the Solutions,

 Empower Science Clubber to Action"

           All problems are meant to be solved, but for science, problems are just as easy as an eye-blink for science uses the systematic way. As for their theme, this shows that science is the master of solutions like math but involves science things.

            "Unravel the Causes, Build the solutions, Empower the Science clubbers to Action." This theme is a kind of systematic way. The three words, Unravel, Build and Empower, are just the solutions in every problem. Unravel, means Know or Discover. It means that you  must first know where the problem came from. If you found the root of the problem, from here you can derive solutions. The word Build, means Plan. After knowing the cause, you must make a plan to solve the problem. Without this, you can't, or you will never solve the problem, because this serves as a guide. And lastly, the word Empower, this means Move. After understanding the cause and building a plan, the next thing to do is to execute. It's the last thing to do, after this, your solution to the problem will be successful. This  success is achieved  by using the science thing, the systematic way.

          Thanks to Science for we know many things, how things work. Because of science, we know the systematic way of solving problems easier and faster. Thanks to science that it helps us to improve ourselves. To be successful in life we must remember these things: Unravel the Causes, Build the Solutions, Empower Science Clubbers to Action. 

Modern Day Hero

           What comes to your mind when someone says "hero"? Superman?Batman?Wonder woman?

          But for me, there is only one hero in my life. They protect me, save me when I'm in times of danger. In only one call they quickly response and do what ever can make me feel better.

          Batman, Superman, or any other heroes you know, all are no good to my hero. Their super punch or kicks are no match to love that my hero brings to everybody. Their super powers are useless to the caring shield that my hero possesses. All are no match to my hero.

          Can you guess who is the hero I admire? My hero.... are my PARENTS and all other parents that a child have.

          My hero has no super strength, no super vision nor super powers,,, but they have the thing called Tender Care and especially the most powerful LOVE. With their most powerful weapon, the "Love", they can change the world. They can produce good quality teachers, lawyers, politicians and many other thing that a man can be, to be able to change the world we're living.
          Parents are heroes for they save people (children) from going to the dark side. They serve as a guide to be able to go to the right side. They serve as light to bring us to success. Parents are candles, that they help others by giving light by sacrificing their own string of life.
          So, after you read this, face your parents and say "Thank You" for they are heroes of your life, back there waiting to help you in case you need help. And say in the whole world that "My Modern Day Hero are my Parents!!!"

          

"Wika Natin Ang Daang Matuwid"

     

          "Char! Charing! Etchos! Modra! Podra! Itech!" These are some words that we, the Filipinos,  usually hear in this modern generation that we don't know where in the universe these words came from. In using these words, do you think that you develop your being as a Filipino?
          Nowadays, in every corner, you will see modern devices that are made by our modern technologies. One of these is the "Computer". In a "Computer", you can entertain your self in different ways, one of which is by using the "Social Medias" brought to us by the "Internet" like the "Twitter", "Facebook", "Instagram" and others more. Because of this, we learn some new languages. Then, we slowly used to it, and soon we will forget our own language, the Filipino Language/ "Wikang Pilipino".
          Our own language is like our shirts, it represents us, being a Filipino,... would you like to borrow Uncle Sam's shirt just to say that you're an American?
          Ang ating sariling wika ay mahalaga sapagkat sinisimbolo nito ang tunay nating pagkatao. Ito ay ang Pagka-PILIPINO.

 " Ang Taong Hindi Marunong Gumamit ng Sariling Wika, ay mas 

Mabaho pa sa Malansang Isda"

-Jose Rizal

Reflection: First Quarter

          I have many lessons gained in this first part of my Fourth year high school life. Even if there are many challenges that I had encountered, I also gained new lessons and discoveries that I can apply for the future.
          One of the lessons that I have learn is to have complete notes, because these past days, I observed that I can catch up fastly to our lessons unlike last year that I always borrow somebody's notebooks to be photocopied when near exams and tests.
          When there are lessons learned, there are also problems encountered. One of these is my memory, because I always forgot things that are to be brought. One night I worked for my project and saved it to my USB, then the next morning, I went to the school without that USB drive. Because of that my project was late. I only passed it the next morning.
          Because of that experience, I will always alarm my cellphone to remind me of something that I will bring or I will do.
         For that, I told my self that it is just OK, because I know that it's better late than never and now is just the First Quarter and there are three more quarters that I know that I can correct what I did wrong.

Removal of "SK" in Every Barangay

          One of the topics of the SONA (State of the Nation Address) of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III or P-Noy was about the "Sangguniang Kabataan".
          Others would like to remove this organization on barangays because others will teach the "kabataan" or the youth to be corrupt. Others say that the meaning of "SK" is "iSkwela ng Korapsyon". Lack of programs, inactive, these are some reasons, I think, that other say that the "SK" corrupt the funds that given to them.
          Hundreds of thousands are given to every "SK" Chairman for their annual fund for their barangays, because of this, many youths are very interested to be the chairman.
          For me, the "SK" should not be removed on every barangay instead, just lessen the funds that are given to them, because they are not experts in handling big amount of money like that. All I want is to have the government implement some seminars/sessions for the youths about how to manage a group or how to act as a leader, and also how to manage money on their hands. I don't want the "SK" to be remove, for the youth can shout out what they want to say and have the youth a representative in the government. And to know what "OK" or what's not for the youth.

Month of JULY: "The Nutrition Month"

         

Every Month of July, we celebrate the month of nutrition. And this 2013, the theme for the month of nutrition is" Gutom at Malnutrition, Sama-sama natin Wakasan".
          Different activities are brought to this month to show the essence of eating nutritious foods. One of these is the "Food Festival" where we sell foods with high nutritional benefits with prizes that are affordable by an ordinary student. Also there is "Cook Fest." where students battle through what they will cook. This contest is what we call "tikiman contest" for you only taste the dish that they had serve/cooked. There is also the "Nutri-Quiz" where wise and bright people battle through their knowledge. And the most awaited contest in this nutrition month, the "Nutri-jingle" where every class interested sacrifices a lot to win the championship title of the year. Nutrition month is one of the most active month of a school year for many activities and contests are brought to the students.
          This month is very exciting month for it involves not only delicious foods but also nutritiousandaffordable. Not only your tummy will be happy but also your brain and heart.   

Letter to President

Dear Mr. President,
          Greetings!
          First of all, I want to greet you  a nice day and wishing a good future to you and to our country. I also want to congratulate you for your most party list members had won the last elections.
          I would like to tell you what my observation to our country, the Philippines. I observed that we have a very hard problem in managing the waste materials that clogs to our drainage systems that cause high level of flood that we are experiencing now. I wish that you and the government would solve this problem as soon as possible for today is a rainy season.
          I would also like you to give attention to the politicians that don't do their responsibilities properly and straightly, instead they were the one who give problems to the society and some corrupts the money of the country people.
          And lastly sir, please stop smoking for you are the model not only in the government but in the whole country. And sir, please give more attention and more help here in the Philippines not in the other countries.
We expect what you had said in the last Presidential Election, " And Tuwid na daan" that can make our country more develop and more successful.