Stress After Vacations

Life is a continuous learning. In other words,  is a continuous process of your life. Every day we learn from many things like in our daily experiences. Life is about continuous learning, discovering new things, and growing. Successful people don't think they know everything. They are open to new ideas. And it’s just the right reason why students go to school. If we only depend on experience, there’s no such thing as discovery at all.

Third quarter! As usual, stressed. Summative test, not enough days to discuss, thematic projects, and after the vacation, Third quarterly examination, and many more requirements to finish.

 Unlike in the last quarter, it is easier compared to the last quarter. All we need to worry is the examinations to be done on January. Also the other requirements to finish. 

Like in the last quarter, all we need is time management and review. Managing your time is very important. Mix it with a good review and it’ll make a perfect potion for the third quarter.

Moving on, I will continue to pursue my dreams by pushing myself to achieve my kind of success in which my parents would be proud of me.


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Love, Family, and God: The True Essence of Christmas

"'Tis the season to be jolly, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la..." as the song goes. Every year, it is in our tradition to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25. Here in the Philippines, we have the longest Christmas season starting from September up to December. 

It is truly indeed the most wonderful time of the year where people only thinks about happiness. It is the season of giving. It's not the gift that we want to give but actually we want extend the warm greetings, our sincerest gratitude, and most important of all, we want to give love.

We cannot measure ones love by the their gifts, the price, and whatsoever. Back then I realized the true meaning of the saying, "It's better to give than to receive." Even though you don't have any money, gifts, or delicious food to eat at Christmas, as long as you have your family to accompany with and rejoice, I tell you, you have the best Christmas celebration ever.

Slowly the snow filters to the ground 

The air is filled with a glorious sound 

Caroler's singing their praises of Joy 

Of a New Found King in a baby Boy 

Baby in a manger swaddled with love 

God sent His Son from the Heaven's above 

He sent a King to Reign over us all 

The angels spreading this beautiful call 

I see them flying through the darkened night 

The North Star appears as a guiding light 

That star still shining brightly in our sky 

Still guiding us to where our souls should fly 

Worshiping the King in this baby sent 

To fulfill the prophecies he was meant 

to seize our souls and fill them with His love 

There is nothing greater than His Reign above 

We can only imagine this great scene 

Walking across those hills what did it mean? 

Sending a message for all man to hear 

Our glorious Lord He has now drawn near 

To this day we sing His praises on High 

To gather us all to His name we cry 

In honoring that day so long ago 

Love for the Lord in our hearts to show 

I can imagine the Joy that He must feel 

Pride in His people, to Him they reveal 

United in His Spirit on this Day 

His message Spread through a World wide way 

To me this is the true Christmas Essence 

The power of souls touched in His presence 

It's a festival for Christ that we throw 

In Honor of His Name our praise to show 

We don't worship the trees that we adorn 

We Worship the day that Our Christ was born 

The Bible says the Lord gets our Glory 

Praise the most treasured Day in History!

*The poem is an original composition*

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No Hate, Just Love

Women and children often experience different kinds of violence. These take in the form of emotional, mental, and the most common one is physical. We often hear in the news about battered women, raped women, and abused children – especially in tabloids. News agencies often exploit stories like these, because these are great controversies, and readers often enjoy reading controversial news. Sometimes, these abuses also pushes women to commit suicide. We see many forms of kinds in police stations also. It’s also rampant in our communities, but we chose to be silent. After all, these are personal and family matters. It’s none of our business, so to speak. We have the police to protect them, supposedly. These are the rabid flaws of our system, brought about our wrong beliefs and culture here in the Philippines.

Women and children are supposed to be loved. We do not hurt them. It is important to teach everyone about nonviolent behavior. Like teachers should do to their students. It is very much needed because of the contemporary exposure of children to violence is immense. Television, computer games, and media had continuously give the weak child’s mind of aggressiveness and violence. Sometimes children do experience violence themselves in the environment they are living. Nowadays, the personality of teachers is more valued than their knowledge. Violence Against Women and Their Children Law had save many lives. Most victims of VAWC did not seek help from the police.

The forgoing narration above are all true. It is the obligation of the government to protect its people, especially those who are powerless, and prone to abuse such as women and children. In fact, a law to address this concern has been enacted by the government, with the aim to lessen these occurrences, and most importantly, protect our women and children. This is called “The Republic Act 9262 or Violence against Women and Their Children Act of 2004, or otherwise known as VAWC.

According to Atty. Rainier Mamaňgun, “This law establishes the parameters and guidelines, in keeping with the fundamental freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution and the Provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international human rights instruments of which the Philippines is a party”. The internet also defines Violence Against Women and Their Children as “any act or series of acts committed by any person against women who is his wife which result in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering, or economic abuse including threats of such act, assault, harassment or arbitrary deprivation of liberty.”

Yes, we have the Republic Act 9262. Maybe the more important question now is, does the enactment of this law has really served its purpose to protect our women and children? As my own observation tells me, and if you take a further look deep in our community, I can say we still have to see the full effect of this Act. I still see many abuses happening around us. Maybe lawsuits have been logged against the perpetrators, but the very slow judicial system of our country, coupled by the very inefficient law enforcers- the police force, and is taking its toll on our abused women and children.  The dragging system allows the perpetrators to roam our streets, leaving the abused women and children at more risk from these bad people. I hope that in the near future, the Act would soon be fully implemented, and we will see a country with fully empowered Women and Children in the societies.


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Trees for the Next Generations

Trees for the Next Generations

Fiery dawn across the blue sky, black smoking halo for each species cry. A lot of us helping but too many stand still, we all die together each rainforest we kill. Think what we’re doing and look at the green, burned out and cut down the blackest you’ve seen. Reactions are important and it’s time to act now, our future is with us rainforest is how.

They’re really somewhere over there. I may not see a rainforest in my entire life .What should it mean to me?  I know that in this rainforest that I may never see is half of the world’s plants, animals, and insects live in harmony.

Trees are cut faster than we know, in these trees are where the creatures live, so now where will they go? I shall, you shall, they shall, and we shall protect the forest.

When next you see the wide –flung branches of a graceful pine, tell yourself “A sacred service is part and parcel of mine”. I resolve to protect all trees forever and guard their heavenly-sent beauty, and to save the forest of our land shall ever be my duty.

Remember, this world of ours is one of the most prestigious things that we own. So, act now before it’s too late. Or we will be abandoning the next generations.

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Childhood Days

            Childhood Days

             I wish I was a child again. Have all the freedom to play, all the time to play, nothing more but to play. Every day we go elsewhere to play street games with our friends. We search for them just to have fun. And every game we play, we discover new things. And this is the day our minds are becoming eager about how the world plays.

            We consider childhood as the best times in our lives. And parents also needs to give much of their time to them for this is the time where their children ask many questions or being curious about what’s around them.

            Vigan City joins the commemoration of the National Children's Month on November with the theme “Karapatang Pambata: Patuloy na Pahalagahan at Gampanan Tungo sa Magandang Kinabukasan”. Some Vigan City Officials assigned little officials where students will have the chance to experience the work or how it feels to be a Governor, Mayor and many more.

            This celebration is good for children for they celebrate it with happiness and smile in their faces and to those teachers also as they want to feel and experience being young again. Because, we only live once and experience it once in a lifetime.

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Valuable Things

Valuable Things

            Philippines is known for their hospitality. They are known for their open handed characteristics and they are very social, spending as much time as possible with family and friends. Unlike other countries, I can say that my homeland is very courteous. We say “po” and “opo” to those who are older than us. Blessing into our grandparents’ hands and many more.

            This month, we celebrate Values Month with a theme “Pamilyang Pilipino Patatagin: Susi sa Paghubog ng Kabataang Maka-diyos, Makatao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa”. Many activities were prepared like tagis talino where one of our classmate won first place on it. We also have kite flying, poster making, mural painting etc.

            It is a good month for the students to have a break on studying and enjoy. Not only that but also to promote good attitudes, good manners and good characteristics.

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Reunited!

Reunited

           

            After the brutal force of the German forces, United Nations was created. United Nations is a combined force and good leadership and friendship of countries around the world. Their main advocacies are to make peace, economic development and others. They help each other in times of poverty and whenever they need help.

            Some of the members of the United Nations were: China, France, UK, USA, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Greece, India, Mexico, Philippines and many more. And as of now, there are currently 192 nations covered by United Nations.

            We celebrated the United Nations Celebration here at our school with the theme: “Indigenous Languages Matter for Sustainable Development, Peace Building and Reconciliation”. There are spoken word poetry, quiz bee, and the main event which is the search for Mr. and Ms. UN where we supported our candidates and facilitated everyone’s safety.

            It is an honor to participate in these activities and to this celebration for it’s not only for commemoration but it will also serve as relaxation for students and as a learning about what unity means.

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Myself During Pressure

Myself During Pressure

Life is a continuous learning. In other words, learning is a continuous process of your life. Every day we learn from many things like in our daily experiences. Life is about continuous learning, discovering new things, and growing. Successful people don't think they know everything. They are open to new ideas. And it’s just the right reason why students go to school. If we only depend on experience, there’s no such thing as discovery at all.

Second quarter! More stressed than you expected. Investigatory project, summative test, not enough days to discuss, thematic projects, etc. no man is an island, we surpassed it with my friends. Teamwork is the key.

Like the last quarter, thematic projects the one pulling us down. The challenge now is how are you going to finish it with the remaining time? This time, cooperation is the answer. After all, it will be heaven after the hell week.

Time management and cooperation is needed. Managing your time is very important. Mix it with cooperation and it’ll make a perfect potion for the second quarter.

Moving on, I will continue to pursue my dreams by pushing myself to achieve my kind of success in which my parents would be proud of me.

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Molders of Tomorrow

Molders of Tomorrow

“Admit it, we’re still part of your success…” –Mrs. Elizabeth Quitoriano

My Teacher, My Friend, My Hero. They contribute big efforts in our lives. They are our second parents. Every day, they wake up early in the morning. Go to school, stressed, then after that, they go home after sunset. This is the effort they give. They care about us, give most of their time to us just to prepare us for our future, and mold us to a better person.

Teachers, yes, you may think that we are stupid but deep inside, you don’t know how thankful we are to have you and for your sacrifices and efforts to us. We are in deeply sorry for our actions sometimes.

As we celebrate the World Teacher’s Day, we would like to extend our greatest gratitude to our teachers who we call Heroes in our lives. Behind the success of every person, there’s always what we call heroes. Thank you for your sacrifices.

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Winners in Our Own Way

Winners in Our Own Way

Being physically fit is necessary and important to our life. And students need it to be always active at school. As a traditional celebration, every school conducts intramurals every year where students can play and compete with their favorite sports. 

FunBike was also an activity held last intramurals. Based from the name of the activity, competition is not present for we will do it with fun. After the FunBike, a little stretching before the main event. And the Maxconi students led the Zumba.

I somewhat witnessed the making of different booths of some clubs.

As a player also, I would like to promote physical fitness to everyone. It's not just for our physical appearance but also for the different aspects in our lives such as the mental health, social health and more.

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Experience the World of Science!

Experience the World of Science!

SCIENCE. "Science is a systematized body of facts, knowledge, and principles that govern our lives and everything." My first definition of science before entering Special Science Class in Ilocos Sur National High School. And every year, many discoveries are published through the help of investigatory projects.

Scientist. My dream when I was a kid. Fascinated by the tricks and experiments by others. Then after graduating in elementary, I continued pursuing my dream: to become a successful neurosurgeon in the future. It might not be a scientist anymore but it was somewhat connected. I even applied to the SSC program of ISNHS, and still continuing my dreams. 

This month is a special month for we celebrate the National Science Month with the theme "Metabolize: Nourishing the Filipino Youth Towards National Well-being". This month will encourage every student to love science for it gives us new knowledge for the future. 

One thing that gives life to this month was the Sci Trix and Exhibits. Science Class students will have the opportunity to show what they've learned in science through experimental tricks.

As a Special Science Class student, I truly envy the world of science. For it gives us knowledge. Not just only knowledge but also happiness and fun.

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