THE REAL CHRISTMAS

The month of December has come. Many people are decorating their houses with different Christmas decors such as lanterns, Christmas Trees, Christmas Lights and Garlands. Some are listing different gifts to give their relatives and friends during the Christmas Eve. Some consider all those things as the real essence of Christmas. But are these things really the true essence of Christmas?

“Ang Tunay na Diwa ng Pasko
Na dapat nating isapuso
Ay ang umibig at magpatawad sa kapwa tao
Nang ang Pasko ay maging ganp sa buhay mo.

Ang Tunay na Diwa ng Pasko
Na sa ati’y itinuro ni Kristo
Ay ang mag-alay ng sarili sa kapwa tao
Iyan ang tunay na Diwa ng Pasko.”

Every time I feel that Christmas is coming nearer, this is the song that usually comes into my mind first. This song means a lot to me. Through this song, I have known the real and true essence of Christmas- to forgive, to love, to share and to have peace and unity all over the world. Material gifts and Christmas decors are just simple things that easily fades as times past by. But love, forgiveness and peace never last. Christmas is the Birth of our Savior, JESUS CHRIST, who sacrificed Himself to die for our freedom. He has done all those things because He loves us. So, we should also do the same thing not only during His birth but everyday. As some people say, “Christmas is Everyday.”

The best gift I can give to my community this Christmas is not the ordinary gift which can be bought in stores but LOVE, FORGIVENESS, SHARE what I have, and have PEACE and UNITY with them. Materials gifts easily fade but my extraordinary gifts would last until ETERNITY.

Filipino Values Month Celebration

“Pagpapatibay ng pagkataong Pilipino: Tugon sa Hamon ng Panahon”-was the theme of the recently concluded Filipino Values Month Celebration last November, 2009. This theme means so much for all the Filipinos.

All of the Nations around the world have their own cultures, traditions, values and ways of living which represent every countryman. We also have our own here in the Philippines. We have our own culture, tradition, values and ways of living. We are very popular because of being hospitable and friendly, having a good family ties and BAYANIHAN. All of these are our identity to be known around the world. We are showing these not only to our fellow Filipinos but also to foreigners. As times pass by, I can say that these things are being strengthened. But because of the beautiful paradise made by GOD is turning into a world of technologies or in short, a MODERNIZED WORLD, these values are being washed out.

So we, Filipinos, should strengthen our cultures, values and traditions so that we have something to leave to the next generations not only in the Philippines but also to other Countries for a BETER WORLD IN THE FUTURE.

MORE LEARNINGS

During the First Grading Period, I can say that I have learned a lot in our subject TLE ICT IV, but I can also say that I've learned more during the second grading period. I have learned about the NOTEPAD and how to create an HTML file. I've known the uses of the different tags that we usually use in creating a web page. I thought before that I will never learn about this but thanks to our TLE teacher because she taught us all about this.

Even though I've said that I have learned a lot, problems are always the hindrance for us to learn. During the earlier days of the Second Grading Period, I still don't know what are the uses of the different tags so when we had our activities, there are times that I am not doing the right thing so my work will not be coming successful and I have to edit it again. Sometimes, I forgot to put an end tag to the text and this makes my activity become not successful.

In solving these problems, I analyzed the functions of the different tags. In this way, I can check if my work is really correct or not, if I have or do not have mistakes. I also watched out on the different tags I'm using and made sure that I've placed an end tag for my text. Even though it is very tiring making an HTML file, I just enjoyed myself typing and bear in my mind that this will be a big help when I go to college.

Moving on... I will work even harder and try to understand all the lectures so that I would not commit mistake during our activities. I will be more active in class and not hesitate in asking help from my classmates or teachers whenever I have a problem on our subject.

THANKS TO YOU

As I enter the school, the first one I see is you.

When I smile and greet you, you smile at me too.

That simple act makes my morning so nice and gay,

And makes me feel good throughout the day.

You have made many things for my own good,

Helps me develop my skills and become more matured.

You teach me how to become a responsible student,

And become a good person until the end.

My dream is to become a lawyer in the future

To help other people especially the poor.

This dream of mine will never come true

If I have not met a person like you.

If in this wide world you do not exist,

I might not have learned on how to read

I might not have written this poem just for you

I might don't have knowledge on what's the best thing to do.

So I want you to know how thankful I am

For all the things that you have done.

In this beautiful paradise, you're really a hero.

Thank you my dear teacher, THANKS TO YOU!

Move On For A Better Future

If one thing changes, we have to adapt ourselves to it. Just like now, the old world of Adam and Eve suddenly became a new world of Technology, a world of Science. And as a human being, we have to adapt ourselves to the changes that occur in this world. This is what the Science Club Theme for this year about-“ADAPTING TO DIVERSE SCIENCE CULTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT.”

Science cultures, like in Technology, are difficult to deal with especially when we are more comfortable with the older machines that we are used to deal with. For now, some people are updated to the new technologies but there are still some who are ignorant about these. And this is the main problem that we have to solve in order not to destroy our environment and to have a better future for the next generations.

We all know that technology is very important at present time to make our work easier, faster and more beautiful. But it could also bring harm to us especially to the environment because of wrong or incorrect usage of technologies-maybe of ignorance or of abusing it. Ignorance can give harm because if we don’t know what we’re doing We might commit mistakes that could result to the destruction of the environment. In abusing, if we are using technologies beyond the limit, the more it could bring harm. But, if we could only adapt ourselves properly to the science cultures, I mean NO MORE, NO LESS, I think, it can never bring harm to us. It can also help us to have a better future and save Mother Earth. Our life would be easier and will encounter fewer problems in terms of livelihood and income.

SO, WHY NOT LEAVE THE PAST AND PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER TO MOVE ON TO THE NEW WORLD OF SCIENCE, FOR THE WORLD’S DEVELOPMENT; FOR THE WORLD’S IMPROVEMENT.

FILIPINO LANGUAGE: THE KEY OF THE PHILIPPINE IDENTITY

Manuel Luis Quezon, the first president of the Commonwealth in the Philippines, is the Father of our National Language- The Filipino Language. He was born on the month of August at Baler, Aurora. As a respect to his title, we are celebrating BUWAN NG WIKA every year, during his birth month. This year, the theme of this celebration is: "WIKANG FILIPINO: MULA BALER HANGGANG BUONG BANSA."

This theme encourages us to use our national language allover the country. We may speak using our native tongues but people from other provinces would not understand us anymore. This is the use of having a national language- to use it in communicating with our fellowmen.

Our National Language is our identity. Other people would be able to know our nationality as Filipinos if they hear us using this language. We should be proud in using this language. We should be thankful for being born as filipinos.

Even if he BUWAN NG WIKA is over, we should, still, use this wherever we go in side the country- FOR PEACE AND UNITY and because it is our identity!

I KNOW I CAN DO IT!!!

As days are passing by, I can say that we are learning. And these learnings can help us in our everyday lives. For the first grading period, I have learned many things in our school especially in our subject TLE ICT IV. I have learned more about the INTERNET. I became more familiar with the terms that I am not familiar with before. I've surfed other webs in the Internet like the Blogger.com and learned how to create my own blog and post a blog. I also learned how to work with my groupmates properly. In other subjects, I have learned how to become a good leader and how to treat my groupmates the way I treat myself. I learned how to be more responsible student.

But despite of these learnings, I've encountered many problems. At first, its hard for me to understand the difficult terms used in computers especially in the Internet. Dealing with my teachers also became a problem for me because some of my first impressions about them are negative and these impressions made me feel afraid of them. I also encountered a big, big problem with one of my close friends in our classroom who is one of my groupmates in different groups. It's hard for me to concentrate in our groupwork without talking with each other. Before, we treat each other as brothers and sisters but until now, we're not talking with one another so it's so hard for me to do our group activities where he is the leader and I'm his assistant.

I know that these problems and challenges that I've encountered are the ways of GOD to test how strong I am. I put in my mind that these challenges can be solved. I know that these are the obstacles that I need to face in order to go to the higher level of my life. As our former teacher said, "IF YOU LOST SOMETHING, YOU GAIN SOMETHING!" I may be a failure for the first time but I know that ther's a success waiting for me. I just need to be strong!

I will focus on my studies more so that I could easily understand what our teachers say in front of the class and in orderv to maintain my good grades. I will try my very best ton deal with my teachers properly in order not to be scolded. I will teat my classmates as brothers and sisters so that I can focus on my studies properly without thinking any problem about my relationship with them. And most of all, I will ask guidance to the ALMIGHTY GOD to guide me as I take steps upward un til the highest peak of my success and not to allow evil things will rule my heart.

Let's be Kind in Talking!

All of us have our own language- local, national and universal language, which we use in our everyday life. We, Filipinos, usually use Filipino and English Language. We use Filipino if we are communicating with our fellowmen and English if we are coomunicating with foreigners. We also use in speaking these languages in school to practice on how to speak fluently. But what is the real use of these languages?

For me, we use Filipino and English language to develop peace and order not just here in our country but also with other countries. It is also one way in having a good relationship with other people. Why peace and order? Of course, if we communicate with other people by using the language they do not know, the conversation may lead to a misunderstanding and later, turning to a fight or quarrel. While if we talk by using the language they know, we could understand each other. There's already a good communication between you and that person. But do you think that we could have peace and order if we communicate without kindness?

Of course not! Communication is useless without kindness. The more we do not understand each other and the greater the misunderstanding it would create if we're just boasting with one another. Being kind in communicating is very important. So, we should speak in English and Fillipino with kindness to be able to have a good and full of essence communication with other people. We have to communicate kindly to attain peace and order in our nation. And most of all, to gain more friends who will share the rest of their lives with us.

PROPER NUTRITION: THE BEST MEDICINE OF ALL

Nowadays, most of us are easily infected by some lifestyle diseases such as goiter, rickettes and beri-beri. And if these diseases are not cured earlier, our condition might get worst resulting to more serious illnesses. We are easily infected by these diseases because of weak resistence. It can no longer fight against the virus and bacterias that are spread in our environment and later infecting our bodies. And do you know the reason why our resistence is weak? It is because of LACK OF PROPER NUTRITION!

This proper nutrition includes EATING OF BALANCED DIET, HAVING A PROPER HYGIENE AND HEALTH STATUS. This is very important for all of us. It helps us to do our daily work easier and faster. It allows us to have a very nice living and most specially, it helps us to fight against the lifestyle diseases that are easily spread out in the air.

My dear friends, the best medicine I'm talkin' about is having a proper nutrition. We should eat b alanced and nutritious food and we should not torture ourselves in too much work. While it's not yet too late, we must prvent the spreading out of these virus and bacterias to be able to be able not to be infected by these health problems. If we can do all these things, we would be able to prevent lifestyle diseases. we would be able to have a happier and a longer life.