The bloody hostage drama is for sure a cliche to be a blog article. It is still the headline of newspapers, social networking sites, conversations and even international news. It is the worldwide bone of contention. I can't turn a deaf ear on it. It is idle to do such thing with all the hundreds of ceaseless mouth agape everywhere discussing this BIG issue. But, I would just like to share my opinion and reaction about it.
I was focused on my laSt homework so I could sleep early. Yet, I was interrupted when mom turned on the television and asked me to listen to the news. I heard my bones,turned to metallic form, collapsed all together after seeing the actual way of arresting the brother of the hostage taker, hearing the firing of bullets and seeing the rescued hostages weeping and with the trauma look. It was awful. It was still Monday but, my good mood shifted to a punched face saturated with deep sorrow.
No one expected, no one wanted the outcome of the hostage drama to be so intense that it eradicated eight lives. It seems coincidental since the inauguration of the president was held at Quirino Grandstand same with the hostage drama. This tragedy brings a sequel of problems which will be the start of the major challenges our president will face and ourselves included.
The fault of one is the fault of eveybody. There are many ways to help solve this problem. We should not just be seating in our comfort zones forever doing nothing at all. We're all involved. The problem with us, Filipinos, is that once a tragedy happened and the case is mainly centered on the victims and the government officials, we just talk about it and criticize over the mistakes of others. Let's not just adhere ourselves in just conversing with others about the issue. Let's do something in anyway to help.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Five Chapters of Change
Chapter One 
I walk down the street.
There 's a hole in the sidewalk.
It is a very deep hole.
I fall in.. I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
Chapter Two
I walk down the same street.
There's a deep hole again in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in...again.
I can't believe I'm in the same place, but it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
Chapter Three
I walk down the same street.
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in..it's a habit,but my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
Chapter Four
I walk down the same street.
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
Chapter Five
I walk down another street
In life, we are so afraid to face changes. We fear because were not used to it and we want to stick on what we love though it is not good anymore. We pretend not to see the hole,yet we still fall. It is because change appproaches us and we need to undergo the process. The more we avoid it and resist it, the more it comes to us. Or, we will stay on that street untill we realize and try to reform our ways. Change could be drastic or sarcastic with us. But, life flows that way. It's part of the adventure. So. let's accept change us a method of growing and learning! Let's take it as a stepping stone!
I walk down the street.
There 's a hole in the sidewalk.
It is a very deep hole.
I fall in.. I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
Chapter Two
I walk down the same street.
There's a deep hole again in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in...again.
I can't believe I'm in the same place, but it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
Chapter Three
I walk down the same street.
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in..it's a habit,but my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
Chapter Four
I walk down the same street.
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
Chapter Five
I walk down another street
In life, we are so afraid to face changes. We fear because were not used to it and we want to stick on what we love though it is not good anymore. We pretend not to see the hole,yet we still fall. It is because change appproaches us and we need to undergo the process. The more we avoid it and resist it, the more it comes to us. Or, we will stay on that street untill we realize and try to reform our ways. Change could be drastic or sarcastic with us. But, life flows that way. It's part of the adventure. So. let's accept change us a method of growing and learning! Let's take it as a stepping stone!
Spreading Sunshine
Cheerfulness is a duty we owe others. There are some people whose heart-warming smile, the sound of whose cheerful voice, whose every presence, seem like a ray of sunshine bringing happiness to others and relief to their agony.
Constant cheerfulness can only be acquired by constant unselfishness, and it arises from the determination to make ourselves cheerful.
Just as a flower opens its petals to the rising sun, so does the human heart expand and respond to kindness. If you wish to find your neighbor at his/her best, be kind to him/her. Even alarming people turn out to be nice if they are approaching in a friendly manner.
A kind, smiling face and a sunny temper scare away the sadness and disarm criticism. They radiate happiness and win friendship wherever they go.
So, let's wear a smile as we approach and deal with the life's steering wheel and to any people we will get to meet. No need of make-up. Simply smile- a gesture of love and cheerfulness that beats the stress and sadness!
Constant cheerfulness can only be acquired by constant unselfishness, and it arises from the determination to make ourselves cheerful.
Just as a flower opens its petals to the rising sun, so does the human heart expand and respond to kindness. If you wish to find your neighbor at his/her best, be kind to him/her. Even alarming people turn out to be nice if they are approaching in a friendly manner.
A kind, smiling face and a sunny temper scare away the sadness and disarm criticism. They radiate happiness and win friendship wherever they go.
So, let's wear a smile as we approach and deal with the life's steering wheel and to any people we will get to meet. No need of make-up. Simply smile- a gesture of love and cheerfulness that beats the stress and sadness!
Life's Clock
The clock of life is wound but once
And no man has the power
To tell just where the hands will stop
At late or early hour
And no man has the power
To tell just where the hands will stop
At late or early hour
To lose one's wealth is sad indeed
To lose one's health is more
To lose one's soul is such a loss
As no man can restore
The present is our own
Live,love,toil with a will
Place no faith in tomorrow
For the clock may then be still
To lose one's health is more
To lose one's soul is such a loss
As no man can restore
The present is our own
Live,love,toil with a will
Place no faith in tomorrow
For the clock may then be still
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Haiku
Face carved by angels,
bestow relief as I gaze
For they give blithe soul
Cherish your Springtime
For Autumn daubs grief in me
As leaves bid farewell
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Two-Day Experience as an Usherette
Assumpt
ion Iloilo conducted an Open House in line with the month-long Centennial celebration. Approximately, 1,200 people came over. Students, parents, teachers, school people, walk-in guests and the alumni fall in long queue and registered for the campus tour facilitated by the high school usherettes.
I was one of the lucky chosen usherettes. Lucky because I was excused from my class for two days and I had the chance to show and tour the guests from pillar to post what Assumption really is behind all the negative issues and lies about our school.
For the first day of the Open House, our team ushered the group of parents until I only had one parent. I decided to separate myself from the group because the parent wants to be toured alone for she wanted to recall the memories wherein her eldest daughter was still studying in Assumption. I was blessed to tour her around because I saw my parents in her. I know my parents are having a hard time to sustain me in Assumption. Although the Assumption has a reputation that the tuition fees are indeed expensive, they believe that the school educates and transforms children very well. That's why they want me to finish my study in Assumption until high school.
Then, I was back to my group in the afternoon. Our group handled the grades 1 and 2 students of Central Elementary School. It was very tiring to tour them around. My gosh! The boost of their energy was really a blast. The moment we got out from the Information Area, they were all thunder struck because the campus was very wide. They started running due to excitement especially when are about to enter the Swimming pool. You would really see what they feel about our school because the moment they got in and got out of the campus, the smile on their face was pasted permanently until the time they went out of school. Some of them don't even want to leave because they were head over heels to our school. For them it was already a field trip.
On the next day, our group handled again the parents and the school people. I was again separated from my group because two BIR employees asked if they could skip the break and if I could tour them to the high school building to the last spot. I accepted their favor and I also skipped the break. One of them was an old high school student. Her name is Kristah. The other one has a relative in Assumption who is part of the faculty and staff. She is Eva. My experience with them was a two way process. They learned from me as I introduced the new face of Assumption. And, I learned from them especially from Kristah. She told me her experiences way back when she was in high school.
She named to me the places that they didn't use or were not yet constructed during her time such as the locker area which was before the high school canteen and the lockers were near the fourth year's rest room. She also said that the Casa Santa was not yet constructed. And the nuns were still settled in the Reflection Area. They also observed classes in high school. They were amazed because almost all the places in the campus are very convenient. They really commented on the Interactive White board and the OPAC System of the high school library that they are very high-tech.
We ate the snacks provided together in the refectory. They told me that they did not regret their decision to attend the Open House. They really enjoyed the tour and they felt blessed to be part of this event. They wish they could send their children in Assumption in the future because they indeed believed that Assumption education is a life-time investment.
I felt really lucky to be an usherette. I am very happy to know their feed backs and impressions of our school. I also realized after wondering why am I always separated from my group. It is because God gave me the opportunity to see how blessed I am for being able to study in Assumption. I felt afterwards that I was not literally an usherette. Yes, I facilitated the campus tour. But, I was also
like a visitor in tour as I saw and realized deeply that God bestowed me one of the best elements of life. It is having a better education!
ion Iloilo conducted an Open House in line with the month-long Centennial celebration. Approximately, 1,200 people came over. Students, parents, teachers, school people, walk-in guests and the alumni fall in long queue and registered for the campus tour facilitated by the high school usherettes.I was one of the lucky chosen usherettes. Lucky because I was excused from my class for two days and I had the chance to show and tour the guests from pillar to post what Assumption really is behind all the negative issues and lies about our school.
For the first day of the Open House, our team ushered the group of parents until I only had one parent. I decided to separate myself from the group because the parent wants to be toured alone for she wanted to recall the memories wherein her eldest daughter was still studying in Assumption. I was blessed to tour her around because I saw my parents in her. I know my parents are having a hard time to sustain me in Assumption. Although the Assumption has a reputation that the tuition fees are indeed expensive, they believe that the school educates and transforms children very well. That's why they want me to finish my study in Assumption until high school.
Then, I was back to my group in the afternoon. Our group handled the grades 1 and 2 students of Central Elementary School. It was very tiring to tour them around. My gosh! The boost of their energy was really a blast. The moment we got out from the Information Area, they were all thunder struck because the campus was very wide. They started running due to excitement especially when are about to enter the Swimming pool. You would really see what they feel about our school because the moment they got in and got out of the campus, the smile on their face was pasted permanently until the time they went out of school. Some of them don't even want to leave because they were head over heels to our school. For them it was already a field trip.
On the next day, our group handled again the parents and the school people. I was again separated from my group because two BIR employees asked if they could skip the break and if I could tour them to the high school building to the last spot. I accepted their favor and I also skipped the break. One of them was an old high school student. Her name is Kristah. The other one has a relative in Assumption who is part of the faculty and staff. She is Eva. My experience with them was a two way process. They learned from me as I introduced the new face of Assumption. And, I learned from them especially from Kristah. She told me her experiences way back when she was in high school.
She named to me the places that they didn't use or were not yet constructed during her time such as the locker area which was before the high school canteen and the lockers were near the fourth year's rest room. She also said that the Casa Santa was not yet constructed. And the nuns were still settled in the Reflection Area. They also observed classes in high school. They were amazed because almost all the places in the campus are very convenient. They really commented on the Interactive White board and the OPAC System of the high school library that they are very high-tech.
We ate the snacks provided together in the refectory. They told me that they did not regret their decision to attend the Open House. They really enjoyed the tour and they felt blessed to be part of this event. They wish they could send their children in Assumption in the future because they indeed believed that Assumption education is a life-time investment.
I felt really lucky to be an usherette. I am very happy to know their feed backs and impressions of our school. I also realized after wondering why am I always separated from my group. It is because God gave me the opportunity to see how blessed I am for being able to study in Assumption. I felt afterwards that I was not literally an usherette. Yes, I facilitated the campus tour. But, I was also
like a visitor in tour as I saw and realized deeply that God bestowed me one of the best elements of life. It is having a better education!
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Assumption turning 100
Usually, we celebrate our birthdays by having a party;inviting friends and relatives, receiving gifts and warm greetings and of course, the celebration is not complete without a cake. Yet, how does Assumption celebrate its birthday or foundation day?
July 15 2010-the big event. Hundreds of people filled Jaro Cathedral. I felt that the word, "Different", was eliminated from the dictionary. Despite of our differences such as in age,time and generation, there was no barrier because one thing we have in common is Assumption. Almost all participated in the singing of the Assumption school song. That moment showed the evidence that indeed the threads in us linked us and made us one fusion,Assumption.
There was no feeling of regret. Although the weather was very hot and humid, I didn't regret that I wore my gala. My mom spend a lot just to buy the whole set and I can only witness the celebration once because I know I can't reach the age when Assumption will become two hundred. Even my right foot was terribly in pain because of the high-heeled shoes, I still persisted. It didn't matter. Although I felt really exhausted, there was still a feeling of extreme burst of enthusiasm for I am so blessed to be part of this celebration.
My presence during the celebration is my life-long legacy to my beloved school,Assumption!
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