Reflections to the 3rd Grading Period

            This grading period… all I can say is, it’s hard!!! Oh dear God! Everything we did was very crucial. I can’t even sleep well at night because of the lessons and the projects not to mention the assignments also. We kept doing the same thing, no time for enjoyment. Every second is very important. Every minute counts and everyday is a new torture.

            But thanks to my friends. Even though we are doing something very hard, they still make laughter and joy so the things we do go lighter. We help each other in everything we do. When something goes wrong, we just let it go ‘coz there’s nothing we could do anymore. Every time we meet at school we always talk about school problems. But at the end of the day, personal matters again. We don’t let school be the hindrance to our enjoyment. We just enjoy schooling so the things would be fun also.

            This 3^rd grading is a blast. We take each step towards the next level. And one day we’ll see each other together with our parents and teachers in the stage… celebrating our graduation.

Keeping In Mind Our Mother Tongue

            English, Spanish, British, Italian or Filipino, from which language are you in?

Are you of what language you are using? Of course yes. ‘coz for me ; yes I am.

            I am a Filipino. I use the common language of the Filipinos, the “tagalong”. I was born in manila that’s why this language embraced my tongue. I use this language all the time, why not? All the people around me also use this. We share thoughts through communicating using our own language. We feel free about using it ‘coz we could express everything through it. Though I know, for others they’ll feel more free about their heritage but for me of course I’m a Filipino, I’m free to choose what language I will use.

            There is the time that I need to transfer to another place because of some sort of family matters. It is Vigan city; home for the heritage of the Ilocanos. At first I’m very unfamiliar just from the way they do things to the way they talk. I can’t understand them for a couple of months but as time goes by, slowly, I learned about their dialect. Even though they talk to me in Ilocano, (and I understand them of course) I still use what language my heart feels free to express to.

            Learning other languages or dialects are not prohibited but as you learn new languages, try also to learn to be proud of what language or dialect you are in. be proud of the heritage, be proud being a person who knows how to express through your tongue.

New Year, New Me

            It’s the 2012 already. According to the Chinese calendar, it’s the year of the water dragon. New Year, god! Make me new. Change my ways, help me.

            2012 has been a hard year for me. Full of ups and downs. Full of hardships less in laughter. Full of cramming less on early submissions and full of worse and less on goods. I must change for the better. From the “go with the flow” guy to the “go straight ahead” guy. I need to make new perspectives in life. And I’ll find my passion through my #1 inspiration, my mother. Things should be better now, from late to earl; from dirty to clean and from bad to good. I need to reflect from the past and be a better person now. I know being better is hard but its more harder to be worse because of the bad things you continue to do.

            It’s the 2012 already. I need a change. For me and for the ones I cared for. For them I will be new.

            Being me is hard. From the time I wake up hell already because I’m late. I’m rushing everyday just to be on time and the result, always late. I used to work on our projects a day before the submission, and for that I always cram. At the end of the day of the submission passed but, I still hadn’t finished my projects.

            I need to build myself again. Be a new person and use my downs to climb up again. I need to show them that I can change, ‘coz this New Year will be the start of the new me.

True Essence of Christmas

            Hmmm… the breeze gets colder and colder. Lanterns twinkle upon the twilight of the cold Christmas nights. Children’s carol hum along the streets. We can’t deny anymore, it really is Christmas.

            “What is Christmas for you?” my teacher asked me. Is it about the gifts?, the get together of friends?, the food? Or the money? No. for me it’s about the love. Love for the ones who you really cared for. Like family. This Christmas, my mother told me that we’ll celebrate it together. She gave me promise and I’m hoping for it. As days go by, my heart longs for her to see. I never missed my mother so much like this. Until finally the day that she’d come home finally came. I waited early in the morning just to see her. My heart is full of eagerness to see her. And then suddenly… huh! There she is! My mother hugged me as if there’s no tomorrow. That normal, just think about this, 3 years straight that we didn’t see each other and after  her vacation we’ll wait another 4 years to meet again. She made my Christmas so complete. She always makes it to the point that we enjoy everything together. As a whole, as a family.

            Christmas is not about the gifts, the decorations, the money and the parties but, about the love that we share to the ones we love and the birth of our mighty Jesus Christ.

Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities, Progress For All

            Men, women, gays and lesbians. These are the four classifications of people in this world. And because of this, discriminations continue on arising and people turn immoral. Because of these, the sense of equality in our nation becomes dimmer.

            For example, a gay applies to a certain job, because of his condition, he will not be employed. Same way to women, most especially when they apply to a man’s job. They most likely not accepted that that of an experienced man. In other cases, example a gay walks in the streets, you cannot expect that he’ll not be discriminated all day; of course yes. Same way to women but, sometimes omen get harassed. We need each other in order to live. Men need women and we need the potential of everyone even though what personality they’re in.

            There are things that men can’t do but, women can, also there are things that women can’t do but men can and most importantly, even though we didn’t always know it, there are things that gays and lesbians can which we can’

Responding To Climate Change

            The sun shines brightly in the morning , then,  it’ll rain in the afternoon. Heavy storms and calamities; these are the signs that our world is experiencing the effects of climate change. Sadly to say, we are the ones responsible for all of these.

            From the things that we throw, to the things that we waste. We kept on throwing and throwing trashes everywhere. Now the bodies of water take its revenge by giving us big tidal waves, fish kills, lack of water resources and unclean water. Another thing, our smoke belching vehicles, aerosols, air conditioners and harmful factories causes our precious ozone layer to go thinner and thinner and as a result, a big hole was discovered. Another thing, because of these pollution, our globe is experiencing another problem, the green house effect. This phenomenon traps the heat waves coming from the sun and adds more heat to the surface of the earth. This is called the greenhouse effect. We cannot deny and ignore these problems anymore. It’s just getting worse and worse.

            Even though we’re the cause of these problems, we still have the chance and will to change and restore everything back to normal. We should start from ourselves and the rest will follow, we are the answers, we are the solution.