My Dream: My Future

“Climb every mountain, ford every stream, and follow every rainbow, till you find your dream.”

One day, I surfed the net. I got curious about the most stunning cities in the world and the most exquisite resorts…and I had a desire to make it there.

Aside from those mentioned above, 15 years from now, I visualize myself a successful accountant with a happy family and peaceful life. By that time, I wish that I had lifted my family to better life. Personally, I dream to experience the feeling of being satisfied, having no worries and secured after my long-time sacrifices in the battlefield of my life.

In the future, I want to travel around the world with my family and perhaps, the girl who would be my lifetime partner. I want that my dream house won’t just be a dream but will come into reality, someday. Hopefully, my family will be more unified at all times especially when we are down. I also look forward that that my family will live possessing love that is unconditional and never-ending or interminable. I also yearn that in our family, our respect won't be diminished.

In reaching my dreams, I have to work hard. I need not to win in every battle in my life. Anyway, the moves and the steps getting to those castles in the air are those that matter most. I got to be strong to the struggles I will face. Of course, I will have a stronger faith in God.

Make the World Better

Being a responsible student leader – that’s my stepping stone to make a change and a difference in my school, in my community, and preferably, in the whole country.
The 7th National Leadership Training for Student Government Officers held at Baguio City on September 2009 imparted many ideas regarding on my leadership skills together with the other student leaders. It was very helpful on our part especially in leading a very large number of students in ISNHS. Also, during the same training, we had the “Ako ang Magsisimula ng Pagbabago” campaign…and the Supreme Student Government in our school introduced it to the whole studentry. It only proves that the spirit of the NLTSGO never fades even the training ended.
I may not always do all the duties and responsibilities in my school as student leader. But, in my very simple way, something like picking candy wrappers around the campus, it may cause a domino effect. If someone saw my deed, he may do the same, and if another someone saw the deed of that someone, he may also do the same until everybody in this world had made a difference – a change for development. By following all the rules and regulations of the school, young people can make progress.
As a member of a community, I can also make a transformation through promoting peace. Love and respect each other. Peace is really possible when everyone possesses love and respect. Love is not as simple as tenderness, for it is unconditional and ceaseless. It makes the community cohesive through thick and thin; because love is tantamount to care. In pursuit of peace, respect must not be taken for granted. By recognizing the value of every member of the community, genuine appreciation is felt. Thus, each one shows consideration towards each other. This only proves that love and respect are ways to make one community a peaceful legion. If we can make this work in our community, it can also be achieved by the whole country.
Be MAD – Make A Difference!

Hours Spent Yesterday

I’m now step closer to my graduation. Another chapter of my high school life had just ended. I’m getting there.

Anyway, I wanna recall some of the happenings during the third quarter.

There were times that I hadn’t attended my classes this quarter due to some extra-curricular activities. I missed lessons which gave me difficulties. There were days I reviewed with other quizzers to represent our school in the division during the Science Festival. A day also to stand for our school in the Science Summit held at PSHS, San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur.

But I tell you, I still learned much this quarter. In ICT IV alone, I came to know how to design a web page thru the MS Frontpage software. But, sometimes, I’d hate to do it because of some malfunctions of our computer. It trained my patience! I also encountered the different font attributes, image attributes, href attributes to enhance the html links. I found it hard especially, we need to use the right tags and other stuffs during our hands-on activities.

On the other hand, aside from those learnings I had behind the four walls of our classroom, I enjoyed also the life-changing experiences. There was once a situation which I have to sacrifice. Just after our third periodic exam, we worked on our documentary showcasing the humble beginnings of ISNHS. With my colleagues, we even had to sleep for a night in our school just to accomplish it. (Actually, it was a SLEEPLESS NIGHT for me, really.)

Personally, I evaluate this quarter easier than the previous one. I had better study habits this time and I hope to continue it for the last grading…and I wish to take the right steps to which way I go.

Let It Snow

It has been a yearly routine for Christians around the world to commemorate Christmas. Everyone has different unique ways celebrating the 25th day of December, the birth of Jesus.
When you hear children caroling on the streets, when you see decorated houses with Christmas decorations, when you feel the freezing air, those are the signs that Christmas is really fast approaching.
Just recently, here in the Philippines, devastating typhoons came. Different places were flooded and even experienced landslides that took many lives. But that disaster was surpassed still by a lot of Filipinos. We are survivors!
In that scenario, there were numerous people with good hearts who helped and pledged either in cash or in kind to help the typhoon victims. It only proves that the spirit of sharing and loving is not only true during the Christmas season. It's just that when the birth of Jesus comes, almost everyone gives something extraordinary or just a simple gift as a token of his or her love to someone special or to a friend.
It is also in this time that offers us an opportunity to forgive those people who have wronged to us and to ask for forgiveness to those we have wronged.
Let's not just make our Christmas meaningful but every day. Let's live our lives with the spirit of Christmas. Let's maintain peace. Let it snow with the spirit of sharing and loving all the time.
But, we have to celebrate still the birth of our Savior since it comes once only in a year. We have to make it very special as we express our love and care to our family, relatives and friends, and a day to have the very special thanksgiving to Jesus.

Value Values

Have you ever wondered why Filipinos are ideal working abroad?
It's because they carry Filipino values which are being adored by many. One of those is hardwork. If one employer has a Filipino worker in their house or in their company, you axpect that all works are to be done in due time, and one thing more, Filipinos also do chores or something else without being told.
When the month of November arrives, Ilocos Sur National High School celebrates the Filipino Values Month through Values Education Club. Different school level contests were held like sayawit, poster-making, kite-flying and others to strengthen such Filipino values. Those different activities were sponsored with the theme: "Pagpapatibay ng Pagkataong Pilipino: Tugon sa Hamon ng Panahon."
Unfortunately, we had not joined any of the contests because we had many works to prioritize during the month.
On the other hand, there were also other activities done. One was that, we had our farewell party to Mrs. Josephine Parel, our dearest adviser of IV-Maxell on November 13. Actually, it was a surprise event for her and we can't help but to cry hard. It was a very sad day despite the foods we had that day. We expressed our love to her in our very simple ways. But before that, I had my birthday on November 9. On November 14, we went to Immaculate Concepcion School of Theology (ICST) for our recollection. By that time, I came to realize many things in life. Thanks to the seminarians. I had also my duty with other CAT officers and COLT trainees during the Vigan City Division Athletic Meet at University of Northern Philippines (UNP) on November 27. I had a very good feeling offering my service not just for our school but in the whole Vigan. In the later days of November, we practiced THE CONGO - our piece for the school level speech choir competition.
It was indeed a busy month for us.
With the numerous activities we had, I have been very patient to do these things and it is one of the good values of Filipinos.

HTML Tags: How Did I Overcome Them?

After the history of internet, after all the stages that internet went through before it was known worldwide, I encountered and ascertained deeper cells of the internet.
During our second quarter in ICT IV, the functions and other facts about HTML tags were introduced to us. Personally, I was hard up typing different tags in every activity we had using the notepad. It's good that those html tags are not that sensitive, but I learned still to be patient enough doing such thing. Those tags are used to enhance a web page. Tags, when used, are enclosed by angle brackets. Honestly, I had not learned so much during this quarter. It was all about tags.
One of the problems I had was the way how to give a background picture in one of the activities. I never knew what tag is to be used for that matter until the periodic examination was over. But that was not our teacher's fault. During the times that we should've attended our classes, there were other scheduled activities in our school that disturbed us. And that's the prize, we had not learned many things.
Next time, hopefully, our classes won't be disturbed no more. I wish that our teacher would attend less official businesses this coming quarter. I expect that there will be more lessons to be tackled so that our minds will be nurtured more.

All in One

It’s a fact that without a teacher, there ain’t no doctor, nurse, engineer, lawyer, policeman and others. It only proves that a teacher is indeed a superhero.
Every teacher may differ in many ways, on how they teach. But either way, his or her main goal is to lend a hand every learner find the right route to a great tomorrow. A teacher may not always at the side of every student but she is the one molding everyone to a good citizen.
A teacher is knowledgeable on much stuff. She has many duties to do as well – “Jack of all Trade.” She sacrifices a lot just to accomplish all the responsibilities she has inside the school but still manages to do all tasks for every role she portrays in the country, community and in her home. The best!
Unfortunately, in a country that suffers different crises, sometimes, a teacher does not receive the right amount of her salary. Yet, she still devotes herself much to her profession and remains loyal. A teacher serves as a second mother and a father in school to many students. They share all the ideas in their mind just like real parents to guide their students.
Because of these, a teacher deserves everything in this world. She deserves to be loved, to be respected, to be praised, to be cared, to be adored, to be recognized, to be valued, to be admired and to be worshiped.