LAST CHAPTER: REFRESHING THE PAST

Four years of struggle had gone so fast. Not considering the years of struggle, high school life has been unforgettable journey that has prepared us for the future. For the past four years which I became a high school student, I wasn’t expecting the unexpected. I was drowned by events, home works, responsibilities, problems, friends, and all other things. But then, it came to my mind that high school life could be one of the best things that could ever happen in my life. A life-challenging event mostly on my ICT Subject.

Graduation or being a part of this school is coming nearer to an end. This 4^th grading period on my ICT Subject, it is much easier than the past grading period activities because we are just refreshing on what we have done in second year high school and it was all about editing software or the Photoshop. Editing an image trough Photoshop is not easy task as long as you have enough knowledge and most of all if you have patience. In this part of my fourth year high school life, I realized that I have a lot of problems that I’ve encountered on the past grading period. But after a few months, I learned how to fix all of these. What I am trying to tell is, I learned a lot. I am very grateful to have this kind of subject that is very useful.

Goodbye to our loving teachers, our friends, alma-mater, and goodbye also to our dearest classmates but just a farewell to all the memories that had been created in this stage of our lives and it will become one of the most memorable parts of my life.

MY DREAM, MY FUTURE

“Let your dreams be bigger than your fears. Your actions louder than your words. And your faith stronger than your feelings.”

It is not uncommon for one to pursue their dreams. We all have dreams that we strive for each and every day. Dream is something that all of us need to have. It is our vision. Dream is what you want to do for your future. I believe that having a great dream, is a must to us.

My happiness in what I do is also a goal for me in my life. There is no way someone can become successful if they are not happy with what they are doing. If their job is going to make them miserable, they will never show 100% in their work and they will shake off. My dream is to be a great chef at all. I know it is not simple. But I know I can achieve it. I feel like this is my destiny. This is why I came to this world.  I do not know when or how I am going to achieve this. But it will not be easy. Another goal for the future is to be happy regardless of what I choose to do. I want to be satisfied with my decisions, to be able to accept and forgive, and most of all to be able to live up to the expectations I have for myself. I realize I cannot set my goals and dreams on the basis of others and I need to achieve things for myself. I will only accomplish my goal in being happy when I am able to live my life for myself and still able to provide love and support to others. Because being a happy and contented woman is what I dream of.

Dreams are very different from waking life, but it is extremely difficult clearly to define in what the difference consists. When we are dreaming, we are nearly always convinced that we are awake, and in some cases real experiences have been mistaken for dreams.

CHANGE: IT STARTS WITH ME

“To improve is to change;

to be perfect is to change often."

The only way to make a sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.  It doesn't have to occur over a single dramatic event, yet, it can just happen overnight when you realize it's time to do something different.

Change is the foundation of new beginnings in career, jobs, and various other values of life. It is also essential in acquiring strength during hopeless situations. For one to move on with life as usual after a tough and challenging ordeal, need for change is all-important. Unless one changes, venturing into new rewarding opportunities remains a fantasy. But how can we attain the change we are looking for when we keep on finding the change on others? And why do people change? A very simple question but so hard to answer. Maybe they are tired of being so vulnerable that people tend to abuse it. At this point of my life, if I have the power to change things, I would probably have done a list first for I would go back first from the past and reminisced things, days where I have not considered the feelings, ideas or thoughts of other regarded to what I have done. 

Change is not easy, and some cannot accomplish the goal of changing. It also helps someone prove anything wrong, but also gives that person strength within them to help them believe that they can do better.

As they say, “Change for the better.” Sometimes if you want to see change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands. 

KANNAWIDAN YLOCOS FESTIVAL : "A Showcase of Ilocano Culture"

      Kannawidan Ylocos Festival occurs annually in the Province of Ilocos Sur. The festival marks the occasion to strengthen the Ilocano Culture, recognized Ilocos Sur's sons and daughters who brought honor to their province, celebrate abundant harvest or just to celebrate the Ilocano spirit  that continues to drive locals to boost their home province.

          The Kannawidan Ylocos Festival already established its identity as the prime festival of the province. The Ilocos Sur, our very own province has rich, stunning cultures and traditions and unique cultures that need to be preserved for the next generations. However, many of these kinds of traditions, songs, dances and other Ilocano cultures were not already familiar to the younger generations due to the influence of the televisions, computer, internet, and other things that may addicted to them.

         Ilocos Sur came back to the past during the period party that is held at Vigan City, Ilocos Sur at Vigan Plaza Hotel. Participants came with their old fashioned dresses as they party to the tune of old songs as they try to recollect all the memories of the old Ilocos.

               

REFLECTION, 3RD GRADING PERIOD

CHANGES...

“Intelligence and character are the goal of true education.”

3^rd grading period had passed. But on my third grading period under ICT subject, I have a lot of improvements mostly on blogging and making activities. I can now know how to express my ideas through blogging. Simply, I improved.  But I still have some improvements to be done with the succeeding days and months. Because sometimes, I am not in the mood to do my blogs especially on my activities in ICT subject. But what is important most? Is that we must move on and welcome the next chapter, the 4^th grading period. The last chapter.

But sometimes, I was so sad for knowing the truth that we are getting closer to the end. A few months to be with our classmates and friends at school. And seriously, I'm not ready yet.

NEW YEAR, NEW ME!

New Year! A fresh start. A new chapter in our life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discover and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery.

First of all, I resolved to spend less time talking and more time doing. The past year had been a very noisy one as my friends and I spent so much time gossiping and talking nonsense. This year we cannot afford such a luxury. There are many assignments to be done. So, it is action time and I shall devote the year to it. Secondly, I have to spend less time in front of the television set and the computer. These are fun thing but they are also very consuming. The time is better spent within my books. Otherwise, I might run out of time in the end. I have to make the effort to get away from these very addictive time wasters. Physical activities also include the time wasted in shopping malls and fast-food outlet. Again these are fun things to do while they last, but I have to outgrow them. Besides, these activities are taxing on the pocket.

I hope that in this year, we make mistakes. Because if we are making mistakes, then we are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing ourselves, changing ourselves, and also changing our world. We’re doing things we've never done before, and more importantly, we're doing something.

ESSENCE OF CHRISTMAS

Christmas to me is a celebration, which includes spending time with my family, decorating the entire house, inside and out, and shopping, for the people I love. Doing this with the people I love is what means the most to me. It is also a time for Santa to come.

Spending Christmas with my family is very important to me. We usually gather and celebrate at our house. We spend the day baking cookies, preparing a big Christmas dinner together with all our relatives and specially having clingy moments together. I and my mother are always buy candles that will make the house smell festive. We try to change the decorations, which we put out every year. The men finish up just about the same time as, we women and then it is time to decorate the tree together. The children love this the most. Most of the ornaments have been collected over the years and are very old. They have become real family treasures. We all have a favorite one that we each put on the tree. All the children put their First Christmas ornament on the tree that I brought, as a gift. I am not usually a shopper, but during the Christmas season, I actually enjoy shopping. I rarely go into department stores, but during the Christmas season, I love to shop. Some of my relatives love to see each other. They spend the day playing games and sharing their new gifts and toys that Santa Claus brought for each of them. They get so eager to decorate, that it is hard to restrain them. One thing I also think about when people talk about Christmas is Santa. I think about the anticipation of getting gifts. I think about fuzzy brown reindeer flying in the night sky. I think of elves too! Elves are the tiny people who make the things you would get on Christmas.

I feel so fortunate, to have my family throughout the year, but especially, at Christmas time. When showing, my family just how much I love them and what exactly they mean to me. That is so very important to me. Christmas, for me is about being with family, loving each other and showing each other just exactly how we all feel. These are the things I think of when I hear Christmas. This is what Christmas means to me.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change is one of the most important global issues facing the world today. Climate change has the potential to drastically impact the future of the human race, and is intrinsically linked to the water supply across the world.

Sometimes, we are not aware of this kind of problem. Some people wouldn't care about it. They did not know that climate change can also cause into death. Through increase in temperature, people will suffer from different diseases such as on skin and it can also cause dehydration. The cases of hypertension and heart attack will increase also. It can affect every person including our health. This climate change is either the revenge or warning of nature because of our wrong doings to it. This may stop if we people would have a discipline that can manage the nature wisely.

"OUTPOURING HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH LITERACY AND ENGLISH PROFICIENCY"

Nowadays, all of us can build talents, skills and especially in speaking our universal language which is English. But most of us, the Filipinos are usually used our language which is Tagalog and others but we should bear in our mind that we also have the right to use our universal language.

The importance of having an outpouring hearts and minds is that we can express ourselves very well. We can deliver our ideas through writing and speaking. We also have a wide knowledge about language through our hearts and minds because it is important to us. Yes! Language is really important to us because it has the properties of productivity, recursively, and displacement, and relies entirely on social convention and learning. Its complex structure affords a much wider range of expressions than any known system of animal communication

. But because it is one of the most difficult languages to learn it is important to focus on exactly why it is you want to learn English.

We should learn to love English language because it is very important to us because we can use this in communicating other people especially in other countries.

"EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES."

Before looking into the concepts of gender inequalities, we must first explore gender itself which is the division into two groups - men and women.

Men and Women were Created Equal. Men are not superior to women; they are equal in every way. Although it is true that society has stereotyped women into traditional roles, this preconceived notion, is totally false. Action to promote the concept of equality in our society needs to be taken. Women have been fighting for equality for many decades.

Many men have subtly degraded women for many years. It's either that many women do not notice it or choose to look the other way. It is disturbing to see that in society today I see as many unjust women as men. Most women have declared that women and men should have equal rights and I, as a woman, have to agree. However, many women today are abusing their rights for their benefit. What happened to equal rights? We may have equality in rights but we are not created equal, yet in some situations, e.g., in the workplace, many women lash out their anger and blame men. We are put on earth to do different things. We are built differently and we think differently. Naturally, women and men will have disagreements now and then.

Many women still believe that most men today view women as inferior, but when the fight for equality becomes distorted, women can be as sexist, prejudice and biased as men.

REFLECTION 2

CHANGES ...

People change for two reasons: Either they learned a lot or they've been hurt too much. Based on my experience, this second grading period is the most challenging enjoying part of my ICT subject.

Many things happened that was memorable to me on my computer subject these past few days. Clinginess with my classmates in computer laboratory is one. I also encountered some problems on my computer subject same thing on the first grading period. Problems about blogging and posting activities because these past few days, I always excused on my class because of the CT Meet and luckily, I was one of the player. With that, I only have few days to finish all my requirements.

I learned that, even the hardest times in our life, we must fight whatever it is. Because in order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

INTRAMURALS 2K14

Intramurals are fun, recreational, social and competitive on-campus sports activities. Intramurals is a great opportunity for us to have some fun and to try that new sport we've always wanted to learn. It is also about participation, interaction, and staying active and having fun. The sports offered are organized for friendly, fun competition and are not meant to be as competitive as Varsity sports.

            In Ilocos Sur National High School where we always have intramural every year, I always joined this kind of activity and I also feel confident and I was so lucky because every time, I always won under chess game in the intramurals in our school. In the first place, I enjoyed having this kind of activity every year because I also learned some lessons and one is that think positive every time.

MY TEACHER, MY HERO

Teachers were the ones that most influenced us what we are today. For me, the word teacher stands for the one who teach us, encourage us, inspire us, care for us, help us, enhance us and reminds us who we are and what we are.

In my 15 years existence in life, I considered my teachers as my second parent. Because they are the one who thought me that nothing is impossible. They are the one who thought me to be strong in times of failures and never give up the things I wanted most in life. And those are my dreams. During those days, I am extremely inspired to write to the fullest. All students are inspired and one of the reasons is our teachers. In every situation I encounter, I do things for my safety because I learn from them to be productive, aggressive and to become active for everything that I encounter. I am proud to say that they are beautiful inside and out. The personality and even their attitudes. I am proud to tell of you that I learned so much about them and about life. And I am very thankful to have wonderful teachers like them. I am enlightened to do the job what I must do and be responsible every time. I didn't even think that these teachers would change my life. And that’s how important they are.

All teachers can be a hero if they have determination, patience, courage and dedication to work that can really inspire students. A hero is not only famous and seen on television because you can be a hero on your simple way.

SCIENCE CLUB MONTH CELEBRATION

Immunation: Arming Science Clubbers with Healthful defenses towards National Wellness

     Every month of September, we always celebrate the Science Month like the other months that we also celebrated. In this year, we have the theme, “Immunation: Arming Science Clubbers with Healthful defenses towards National Wellness.”

Health is real wealth. A healthy person is an asset to himself. In this theme, we are talking about our healthiness and on how to prevent diseases. And we all know that it is very good to be healthy. Health is a big and many-sided area of human life. I think that among all questions related to the human's body, the health must overcome all other aspects and become the main reference point for finding the answers.

         Our goal on this is on how to prevent from illness and to know that prevention is always better than to cure. As for that, we need to have a plan for our community. We should prevent Global warming and Climate change to our world.

MY MODERN HERO

Every one of us has its own hero. Sometimes our hero is our parents, friends, or love ones. There are people who mean a lot to them, but every once in a while is someone even more unique comes along. This is a person who you can call a “hero”. A hero is someone who has made a difference in our life or who always at our side no matter how hard the problems we are facing. My hero is my mother and there is definitely no question about it.

There are many reasons why my mother is my hero but here are just few of them to mention. My mother knows that she’s not perfect. She cannot give everything I wanted to have but she is trying to provide my necessities and to be a better mother at all. She is my hero for multiple reasons, but what I admire most to her is on how to drive to be successful in everything she does. My mother is always here for me. She knew how to kiss all my aches and pains and make her feel better or even go away. She helped me with my school work many times no matter how busy she might have been. Her every undertaking is done to the best of her ability, even when it is already “good enough.” When I was a problem, she is always willing and patient to listen to me like my best friend. I open to her some of my secrets because I have a trust to her and she has never done wrong in my eyes. But there are times that we have that arguments because of misunderstanding almost every day, but I am so proud to say that, it makes me feel good to know that she never gave up on me. I can’t explain how lucky I am to have an almost perfect mother that means a lot to me. She is a very caring person and she provided me and my brother all important things we have needed even in hard times in order to succeed. She is my role model and she has always been there for me. I want to be more like my hero or my mother because she inspires me get better and to work hard for what I want.

A hero to me is someone who you look up to, someone that you can model yourself after. And this person to me is my mother, “my hero”. Aside from her hard work and striving for excellence in everything she does, she is an awesome mother at all.

WIKA NG PAGKAKAISA

WIKA NG PAGKAKAISA

Kung wala ang wika, paano kaya magkakaintindihan ang mamamayan, paano kaya mapabibilis ang pagsulong ng kaunlaran at paano kaya mapalalapit ang tao sa isa’t isa? Sa bawat isang tanong at marami pang kasunod na katanungan, hindi sapat ang senyas, ang kulay, ang ingay o anumang paraang maaaring likhain ng tao upang matugunan ang lahat ng mga katanungan. Sa lahat ng ito, kailangan ng tao ang wika.

Alam nating lahat na ang Wikang Filipino ang pambansang wika ng ating bansa. Ito ang tanging kasangkapan ng mga Pilipino sa pakikipag-ugnayan niya sa kapwa, sa asosasyon, sa institusyon at maging sa dakilang Bathala. Malaki ang nagagawa ng wika sa pagkakaroon ng magandang unawaan, ugnayan at mabuting pagsasamahan. Naipadarama ng wika ang sidhi ng damdamin, ang lalim ng lungkot, ang lawak ng galak, ang kahalagahan ng katwiran, ang kabutihan ng layunin, ang nakapaloob na katotohanan sa isang intension, ang kaibuturan ng pasasalamat at paghanga at ng iba pang nais na iparating ng sinuman.

Wika pa rin ang pinakamahalagang sangkap sa anumang paraan ng mabisang pakikipagtalastasan at komunikasyon. Isang lahi, iisang layunin at iisang wika, na may iisang adhikain,ANG MAKAMIT ANG KAPAYAPAAN.

MY REFLECTION

Another chapter of my life has already been started, my senior life and it was the hardest part.

               During the first meeting, I enjoyed and learned a lot. I gained a lot of knowledge because first of all, computer subject or ICT is my second favorite subject at all. I have learned all about the nature of internet and of course the people behind the development of this.

               

               But as I go on, I have encountered problems and challenges in constructing my posts. And I know that this said subject is more challenging than other. Because sometimes, there are some problems that is hard to solve like on how to blog our activities. And I admit that, blogging activities is hard for me but more on how to answer those activities.

               For the next last three grading, I promise to myself that I will focus more on my studies and I hope that this subject will be always good to me. I hope that I will learn more interesting topics regarding my subject ICT.

REACTION: STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS 2014

5TH STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT

Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino successfully delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July 28 at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City. He discussed matters regarding the country’s economy, defenses, public works, education, and many more.

            For five consecutive years, Aquino used Filipino language for the delivery of his 5th SONA.  "The Filipino is definitely worth fighting for." This message was mentioned by our President during his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) in front of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives in Batasan Complex, Quezon City last July 28, 2014. In his talk, the government meant well. There was no admission of any major problems in the system, and nothing about what is eating the country from the inside and out: Corruption. All of the funds, according to the president, went to the places they are supposed to go. There are new fighter jets, helicopters and a landing ship. There are also new weaponry and arsenal for soldiers and police officers alike.  Respondents and relief workers were quick during disaster situations. The education has been widespread all over the country that our natives are now sent to school. This administration deserves a lot of credit for what it has done for the country. It is now at investment rate, the economy is flourishing, and there are no bloody conflicts or horrendous kidnappings. Plans for road development and improvements, housing, schools, and other infrastructure are underway. The president’s SONA is full of metaphors; at some point he was the captain on a ship, ferrying the Filipino people from an island of corruption to an island of flourishing beauty. It’s all so dreamy – he discussed mainly the beauty of what is on the surface, but not what is rotting at the core.

It is all very superficial. Despite the improvements, there are matters deep in the crevices of the system greatly affecting the country that have been left unmentioned. There are many comparisons between his administration and the old, and most of all, there is lot of spite expressed from his attackers. We appreciate the positivity and the improvements but sheer avoidance of more pressing matters is not a development in any form.

"KALAMIDAD PAGHANDAAN, GUTOM AT MALNUTRISYO'Y AGAPAN"

"KALAMIDAD PAGHANDAAN, GUTOM AT MALNUTRISYO'Y AGAPAN"

                In our school, the Ilocos Sur National High School, we always celebrate the Nutrition Month every month of July. We have different activities and contests regarding this Nutrition Month Celebration with the theme of, "Kalamidad Paghandaan, Gutom At Malnutrisyo'y Agapan". We have the food fest, nutri jingle competition, cook fest, nutri-quiz, and poster-making contest.

           We all know that, every people in the country needs to be healthy and to prevent malnourishment. We need to eat healthy foods like fish and more on vegetables. We need also to have proper diet and regular exercise everyday and avoid drinking softdrinks and eating junkfoods because sometimes, it can affect our health.

                    The aim of this Nutrition Month Celebration is to help us grow healthy in mental, physical and social.

LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT

LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT

St. Mary's Village,

Pantay Daya, Vigan City

June 20, 2014

Benigno Simeon Aquino III

President, Republic of the Philippines

Metro Manila

Dear Sir:

              First of all, I would like to great you a pleasant morning. Despite the fact that you already have a lot of problems, people are also saying that you are involved all the hard cases in this country. May I extend my gratitude for being a good leader on your running term. And I know that being the President of the Republic of the Philippines is not that easy. But we, the people of the Philippines are expecting a lot from you.

         For the past few years, I have encountered some problems in our barangay. And I have the honor to request to you to have a remedy on our major problems in our barangay specifically in our village that is always flooded. The harder it rains, the higher flood it is. So that our neighbors are working hard to have a solution to this said problem in our village. Because sometimes, the water can easily entered to their houses especially when it is raining.

          Sir, I am pleasing you to help us regarding to this problem. And I hope, someday, it will never be problem to our barangay anymore. Thank you and god bless!

Sincerely Yours,

CAMILLE JASMIN AREOLA

IV-Markov