New Start

“When the going gets tough, only the tough gets going.” It means that in difficult situations people with strong character don’t just lie around and complain. They start doing something to resolve it. I may not be that someone who is of strong character, but I’ll be the one to start something to resolve the difficult situation.

That starts my new year’s resolution. Lots of things in my life right now is at a wrong state. You get me? Now that I am given a chance to start a new life, I’ll start it with something right. Let go and let God.

Lately, I was in the middle of this situation where I should decide which of which is which. Well, it’s hard to choose between the things you love, you like, and you need. But I let some of the things I love and I like go and stick with those that I need. I don’t feel like doing this, but I have to. It’s really hard to let go of those things, to not think of those things, to don’t mind those, but I have to. I have to do this! It’s just some sort of mind setting and focus, and BOOM! I was just hoping these sacrifices would turn out good enough for me and for them to be satisfied.

Now, I’ll try to be that someone who has a strong character and at the same time, that someone who will stand up to do something to fix his mess.

Nervous Doubt

Math Festival is on air! Everyone’s preparing for their contests and such. As well as us, the contestants for the Math Jingle because we are not yet ready. We didn’t use the extra time given to us properly. Yes, we already have our lyrics ready days before but we did not practice well during the first day because we’re thinking that we still have another day to practice. At the end, we crammed. We regret what we had done. We ended up practicing hours before the presentation. During the free time while other contests are held.

Before the contest, we were somewhat ready. We all feel nervous. We told ourselves we’re not there to compete but we’re still hoping to win. We are ready to stage what we’ve practiced but there’s a little doubt. I don’t know what it is but never mind. Before going on stage, I did a sign of the cross. I had some mistakes. Oh dead. After the performance, I felt a little relieved. The results are coming. Oh my. And I was not happy. We’re only second. Maybe because of 4^th year’s voicing. It’s awesome! But I should be happy about it so I smiled at everyone.

After the fest, we went at Jestine’s house because she was confined and at the same time, it is her birthday.

On top of it all, it’s great. No classes. Yey!

Dear Mister,

Sometimes, words aren’t enough to prove your love. Riches to words don’t always seem to be, enough. You know what I mean. Riches are riches and you can’t change them unless you let them go. And riches don’t last forever. They end screwed up in the middle of nothing. What I need is love. Why? Because love do last forever, if it is true. What will I do with all your riches if someday they’ll just rot and die? Will I bury them like what I’ll do with your love?  I’m so sorry but I cannot accept your wordy offer of riches. I’d rather go with a poor man who shows love until forever than be with you who will fill my life with money and such but empty of love.

Three in Eleven

“Fieldtrip? Really? Are you even sure?” Those were my thoughts the time that I heard those rumors about the fieldtrip. I felt so excited then because I never experienced a ‘real’ fieldtrip ever in my whole life.

“Who doesn’t have yet?” That’s Mayas when he was distributing the parental consents. And, yes, the fieldtrip wasn’t a rumor anymore! It’s real!

November 11, 2011 which is 11-11-11 is the fieldtrip date! Oh yes! We left Bailen at around 4:30 am because we should be at school by 5:00 am or 5:30 am. After an hour of waiting, we left the school at around 6:30 am. On our way to our first stop, we met our tour guide Kuya/Ate Noel and our driver Kuya Gilbert whom we referred to as our ‘coach captain.’ Afterwards, Kuya/Ate Noel told us the rules and regulations during the trip then told some facts about our healthy-about-everything province. I think he’s so smart. I mean like really smart! (I hope you just know how I exaggerate these words.) He’s like a knows-all kind of person! He also taught us how to greet our teachers in a very nice way like, “Good morning, Ma’am/Sir *insert name here*! God bless you!” And he also taught us a nice way in answering “Now you know!” Know what? It’s “Aha!” With some flirty accent.

I wasn’t feeling well on our trip to our first IT (itinerary) as our tour guide calls it. I ate some snacks, like Wia’s Stick-O which we almost ate the whole pack, but it’s no use. So, I just checked my mp3 and… OMG! Its battery is empty! Fail! So I just slept to get my mind off the not-so-good feeling I have.

At last! We reached our first destination! Nido Fortified Science Discovery Center (SDC) at Mall of Asia (MoA). It took us some time to get inside SDC but it’s worth the wait! It’s so cool inside! All the stations, the facilities and those that were assigned in each facility are so nice! It’s just that, we need more time inside to enjoy each and every facility! Actually, we didn’t have the chance to enjoy the iPlay iLearn station. But on top of it all, it’s fun! Before we had our trip to our next itinerary, we ate lunch in our bus, bus #6, at 10:30 am; and went back to MoA for some time-wasting-but-fun-filled activity, like mall-ing for a few minutes. We just went to the comfort room, comic alley and some other stalls during that spare time. Of course we didn’t forget about taking some pictures.

Next stop: Myth of the Human Body. But wait! There are these bus scenes! We had a sing along trip on our way to our next IT. Janelle, Ryiel, Shane, Ricky, Krisha, Migs, Jaffet, and Mayas sang! I think it’s Janelle and Ryiel’s first time to sing in public. I never heard them sang, well not during that fieldtrip.

It was already 12:30pm when we reached Myth of the Human Body. You know what? It’s so hot to wait in the middle of the crowd. Seriously. Good thing it didn’t take too long for the first batch to finish watching the short film presented by Myth of the Human Body’s staff. When we got in, it’s still hot. Good thing there are some electric fans inside which reached us a bit. The video is cool! But the last part is somewhat shocking. Never mind. After the movie presentation, we went in to explore the ‘museum’ part. The sad thing about it: WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE ANY PICTURES OF THOSE AWESOME WORKS OF ART. So I just enjoyed the I-forgot-how-many storey building full of awesome, real body figures. Good thing we had the chance to take some pictures at the end, it’s like their ‘souvenir photo booth’ area. By the way, all of them were complaining about the smell inside but I didn’t smell anything. Cool!

On our way to Kulturang Pinoy, our last stop before mall-ing again. We had a game in the bus during the trip. In this game we are to pass the ball to the person next to us and if the ball stops at you, you are going to do a dare! And I’m so lucky (sarcasm) that the ball stopped at me. The dare was I should spell my name using my butt. SIMPLE! The ball rolled again, now it stopped at Arisa. The dare was to sing Super Bass by Nicki Minaj, so she did.

At 2:30 pm we’re already at Kulturang Pinoy. It took us, again, some time to get in. By the time we get in, there is like a feast. There’s a band some entertainers and emcees. They got a representative from each year level to give a ‘banat.’ And I just hate it. Our bus is so kill joy. Well, it takes a lot of courage to go in front of a crowd anyway. After the festivity, I thought it’s already over, but no! It’s just the first part. So we went to the next station, there they needed some dancers. For the boys, they just had those that joined the ‘banat’ contest. For the girls, no one wants to join in our batch, so I stood. I don’t have any choice; but we need three. After me, Grace and Tets stood. There, we’re complete.  We went inside the ‘dressing room’ to put on some costumes. After dancing, it’s such a shame! Anyway, I can’t do anything more. It’s already over. So I just have to carry it on. But there’s someone who should be more ashamed than us. Francis! He was caught asleep by the video camera! And that gave everyone loud laughs! We’re so mean. Anyway, we went to the next stop after that. We went to a ‘bahay kubo.’ That house was full of native stuffs like the hat that’s made of yeah. I forgot. Some clay jars and a very native exterior design. Another photo shoot area for us is the Aguinaldo Shrine replicate inside the area. But we just had a short time there then we already went at our next stop where another multimedia presentation was showed. It was a letter made by an old priest. It’s like a letter of an old parent to his child who doesn’t even care about him. It’s heart-warming. Actually, it can even make someone cry. Sadly that was our last stop at Kulturang Pinoy. After that we went to MoA, again!

We reached MoA at 4:00 pm and we went to the comfort room right away. After that, we separated ways. I went to comic alley with Joseph, Jerleth and Marcell. Then we left Joseph. Jerleth and Marcell went to Ace Hardware after going with me to my best friend. Kuya Justin, Maru and I looked for Wia but she is nowhere to be found. So we just stopped after a very long walk. Kuya Justin went home at around 5:00 pm because he needs to be home early. Maru went to the bowling center while I walked alone to find some classmates. Luckily, I found Nica, Ian and Joar. We went to the skating rink to find some classmates but they were busy skating. We had long walks but ended up at the skating rink. After that, we left Ian at the skating rink because he was busy watching those skaters. We went to find Wia, Shane, Janelle, Joseph and Grace at Kenny Rogers. After finding them, Joar and Nica went somewhere I don’t know then I stayed and ate with the five of them. Then Jerleth arrived. She also ate with us. Throughout the meal, Janelle was, as always, monologue-ing. After that we walked around MoA. We went to Power Mac and some other stalls. And we promised to each other that we’ll see each other at college in front of Halo at 7:08 pm where we had a lot of drama. After the long wait there for Janelle, we went to Bread Talk to buy, of course, bread. On our way to Comic Alley, we met Miggy. We, again, toured around MoA. Actually, we planned to go to the other side of the road but it’s already raining a little so we did not pursue the plan. We just went to Comic Alley, which is the real plan. There Miggy treated us, me and Joseph. Then we went to the meeting place. We’re shocked that Janelle, Shane, Wia, Jerleth, and Grace are not yet at the meeting place. We thought they went there before us. Good thing they arrived a little bit early like a few seconds before we went to our bus.

On our way home, I wrote everything that happened in a little piece of paper that had been my check list in writing this. I just made some sightseeing and slept a little during the trip home. It was very tiring but it’s all worth it.

An Honored Hero

A nationalist

A revolutionary

Proud Filipino

Straight from Heaven

Thank you for teaching me how to love 
Showing me what the world means 
What I've been dreaming' of 
And now I know, there is nothing that I could not do 
Thanks to You 

For teaching me how to feel 
Showing me my emotions 
Letting me know what's real 
From what is not 
What I've got is more that I'd ever hoped for 
And a lot of what I hope for is 
Thanks to you 

No mountain, no valley 
No time, no space 
No heartache, no heartbreak 
No fall from grace 
Can't stop me from believing 
That my love will pull me through 
Thanks to You 

(Adlib) 

There's no mountain, no valley 
No time, no space 
No heartache, no heartbreak 
No fall from grace 
Can't stop me from believing 
That my love will see me through 
Thanks to You 
Thanks to You 

For teaching me how to live 
Putting things in perspective 
Teaching me how to give 
And how to take 
No mistake 
We were put here together 
And if I breakdown 
Forgive me but it's true 
That I'm aching with the love I feel inside 
Thanks to You 
Thanks to you

Words aren’t enough to express my gratitude to every teacher that I had. Each of them taught me different lessons in life that really helped me. Sometimes, out of the blue, I can find myself smiling between situations. Not because, I love what is happening, but there is a teacher out there that I can remember because of that situation.

God is really awesome. He gave us these teachers who serve as our parents at school. Yes, there are times that they scold us, but that’s for our good. Just like what our parents are doing to us. We say bad words at their back without us knowing that what they are doing is for our good. I know all of us are guilty about that fact. And to our dearest teachers, we are sorry for that. It’s just our nature.

To our ever loving and caring teachers, thank you so much for everything that you taught us. Not just for those book-based lessons but also for those moral lessons that you taught us. We thank you from the very bottom of our hearts, and we hope all the best for you! Thank you! You are God’s gift to us.

3D

Everyone who is taking the NCAE (National Career Assessment Examination) always ask the same questions. Like “Why are we taking this?” or “What is this for?” To clear things out, it’s all about future – college and such. It’s about 3Ds – Discover, Decide and Dedicate.

Discover.

Discover your field, like Mathematics, Sciences, Engineering and such, thru this test. I know that the result of this will help you. Because I know that when your score is high on that subject area, you’d probably choose that. Am I right? Now, let’s get going.

Decide.

When the results are already out, and you already know your field, you can now decide on what course you are going to take. Many courses are in one field and I know that your head would go round, and round, and round, in choosing your course. So therefore, use your scores on the other subject areas plus your known skills in making such decision. Make sure that that will be your final course, because the next ‘D’ will be your stepping stone.

Dedicate.

And now that you are already decided with your course, start dedicating yourself to it. What I mean is, give more time and effort to those subjects that, you think, would probably be of big help with your chosen course.

3D is your key. Make your future. Light your way to stardom. 

Rainbow Colors

This tree doesn’t resemble me much, but this shows my positive and my negative sides.

This tree is unique because it is the only Eucalyptus species found naturally in the Northern Hemisphere. Just like me, I am unique! Well, everyone is exceptional in their own ways. Its natural distribution spans New Britain, New Guinea, Ceram, Sulawesi and Mindanao, which clearly states that its exceptionality really originated from its native land. My skills and talents are alike with its rareness, it developed at home and enhanced at school, which are my natural habitats.

People usually see this tree for its ornamental purpose but when you look deep inside, you’ll see its purpose. This rainbow colored tree is used in making papers. Yes, I bet you don’t believe me, but it really is born for that purpose. In that case, I have both of my positive and negative sides. I am not that kind of girl for ornamental ‘display.’ I’m not one of those pretty ladies out there. But what I know is, my purpose for living is what’s inside me. I may not be pretty in the eyes, but I can be pretty in the heart.

To tell you the truth, I can’t consider myself as a giving tree. People say that if you give you must be hurt, you must feel it, but when I give, I can’t feel the hurt. I just give what I can, not giving what they need. Like when I or we give clothes, when we’re asked to donate, we give those that are already used; sometimes there are no buttons, no zippers. Do you think that is what we call ‘giving’? Giving what you don’t need any more is like disposing. It’s like treating those recipients, trash cans. See? 

Two Days is Not Two Days at All.

September 15, 2011. Everyone’s busy. What keeps these people running? The intramurals fever is coming! Something that everyone had been waiting for a long time, and at last! This awaited day became a blast!

From the opening until the closing, every CavScian’s battery is full of energy to play and cheer for their respective teams. There is Green Chevrolet, Yellow Lamborghini, Blue Porsche and of course the RED FERRARI! Everyone actively participated in this can’t-be-described-by-a-single-word event in our school!

Actually, I really enjoyed our intramurals. Not just because of the joy of the ball games but also on the unity that I am seeing. In every part of the school, you can see different colors of shirts playing together, having fun together. And that’s one thing that’s filling the most blessed parts of my intramurals experience.

Another is that, every year level is united. United to cheer for their players; united to support their candidates and united to be a great team competing as one force field to support their level. You can never see any left out student stranded in their room. No, not one. For I know that everyone would never, ever want to miss this kind of event.

Words aren’t enough to express the joy that I felt during that two-day intramurals. And I know, you too experienced the joy that I had! 

A Blah Conversation

M: Hey!

J: Oh hey!

M: Why are you alone down here?

J: I have been thinking of some unsolved things.

M: Like what?

J: Like our friendship.

M: What’s with it?

J: We had been enjoying our life for years now. We are enjoying it… together. But things had changed, and people did as well.  I was thinking of some things that I could do to resolve this. I can’t just take things to be this way.

M: Leave it to God, my dear. Pray. Just do what you can, and God will do the rest.

J: I just hope things would go back to how they used to be. I miss her. We miss her. I hope she misses us too.

M: Everything will be fine. Trust me.

J: Yeah, thanks a lot!

M: You’re welcome. I will go now.

J: Bye!

M: Bye!

Sonnet 116

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
   If this be error and upon me proved,
   I never writ, nor no man ever loved.


A. Recalling
1. "Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove"

    "Love's not Time's fool"

     "Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks"

2."O no! it is an ever-fixed mark 

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken."

"...though rosy lips and cheeks 

Within his bending sickle's compass come"

"But bears it out even to the edge of doom."

B. Interpretation

1.It means 'love'. Because love, itself, cannot be calculated, it's felt by the heart.

C. Extending

I agree, because everything that he said is right

Cobra PDBF Team: My Modern Day Heroes

For three consecutive years, they've won those golden cheers,
Without having a part of our government's hidden meat.
Their only source is the donations of their supporters,
And they are lucky because they have these generous helpers.

These people aren't professionals,
But they traded their source of alms.
To give our country fame and glory.
To show the world our country's not empty.

After showing what they've got,
For sure they won't run out of cash.
Even without our government's help,
Their tomorrow will be brighter than today.

The Feeling of Feeling the Feeling

People’s life always come to a point wherein they need to talk to someone, they need someone to listen to their dramas. But sometimes, even though there are billions of human beings in this world, they are not enough to fulfill every persons need for somebody.

Some, like me, use music as a substitute for a missing person. When I am sad, I play sad songs, to fit with my mood. Sometimes I play pop and jazz then I leave out all the rest. Music swings with my mood and dances with my heart beat. It never left me when I’m all alone against the world.

When I am listening to music, I choose those that I can feel. Most of the times, I shuffle the songs but I end up pressing next every other time. I try to find something that can express what I feel. I let music speak for me. I let it be me when I’m losing myself.

Putting yourself into a song is like putting yourself into their life. Thus, you can feel their feelings when they are in that situation that is being told in the song. It is an advantage as well, without you noticing; you can easily advice something to someone using those songs.

I enjoy music not just because it entertains me but for many reasons as well. Enjoying music is not just about having fun. It is about, having contentment while your thoughts are scattered up and above the wilderness of the skies.

Proposal

Holding onto only one reason makes her dumb. Temporarily speechless of what’s happening in her life. But then, her unspoken thoughts keep her strong enough to cling on to life’s tragedies.

This young woman plans her everyday life - not knowing how surprising it will be. Most of the times her blueprints are being crumpled, and thrown in the trash, but she doesn’t give up. She still continues her journey with her purpose on hand.

This young lady dreams of one thing – serving the people. She grew with that perspective in life – that she is born to fulfill her people’s needs. She may be small, but she knows that with her little ways she can accomplish this goal.

She desires to work on faraway places. Her idea of faraway is not what you are thinking. Faraway like on mountains, on those places which are far from civilization. She wants to awaken these people on what is happening outside their world.

She is a selfless family girl. She told herself that before having her own family, she’ll buy her parents their own house plus a brand new car parked in their very own hacienda. She also promised her dad that she’ll buy him his very own island as soon as she can. She will also finance her youngest sister’s needs in terms of her studies.

This teenager doesn’t have any reason to live for herself. She is selfless about anything. She usually doesn’t care about herself as long as the others are doing fine. Lucky kid! She found these persons who will lovingly take care of her until she learns to do it for herself.

Reasons are reasons my friend. You have your own? She has her own. And you don’t care what she plans for the near future