For years, I've been a prisoner in this panopticon. when will I ever escape?

For years, I've been a follower of selfish leaders that doesn't even care about me.

For years, I've been sacrificing my own happiness, just to see those selfish leaders happy.

For years, I've encapsulated myself in a world where its just me who exists.

For years, I've been caring for people whom I shouldn't even care about.

For years, I've been a prisoner. How will I ever escape?

When will I ever escape?

Will someone even care to take me out of this panopticon?

Well, I doubt it.

Don't Worry, Be Happy, Keep Learning!

The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice.

~ Brian Herbert

After reading this quote, it was like something hit my directly from inside my head. The writer is right, especially the last phrase. I can soberly say that learning really is a choice. It’s your own choice if you will continue your exploration with the things around you. It’s like making a choice is a gift that was given by God and also a skill that needs to be expanded.

During the Second Grading period, I learned various things. First on the list is how to use the different HTML Tags. Starting from the basic ones going down to the complicated ones. I also learned how to value my time very very very well. I realized how important time management is. That if you have a problem, you shouldn’t waste your time in just one corner of your room and just sitting and doing nothing. You need to use that time very well, especially in solving your problem. Going back, I also learned and discovered what the meaning of friendship means and that’s all about sticking to each others back, even if everything around you turned upside down.

Second Grading was really stressful for me. Why? Because after the week intended for the making of the Investigatory project, some of us were chosen to join the Sabayang Pagbigkas for the Solidarity. I really had a hard time coping up with my lessons and I missed a long quiz. I didn’t have my notes updated. I was really loosing hope back then. I wanted to scream because I can’t handle it anymore. But that’s where my friends showed up. They helped me with my problem. They helped me cope up with my activities. They told me to not give up that easily. They served as my motivation and I was, I am, and I will always be thankful that God gave me friends like them. Without them, I would have lost my hope and I would have given up.  They never gave up on me even if my situation was very complicated, I think. 

Moving on, I will focus my whole mind and soul into my lessons very well. And like what I said before, I will still bring out the best in me. I know that there’s still things that’s hiding deep inside me. I will manage my time really well this Third Grading Period. So, Third Grading period, please be good to me.

Intramural Worth Remembering

Intramural, it is the most awaited part in every school year. In this, different students get to show what they got when it comes to sports. They are given the opportunity to speak for themselves through the sport they are good at.

Last September 19, our school held the Intramural. But before the festivities, a day before the said event they first had an opening program just to add a kick to the event. The gymnasium was packed with different students with different abilities in different areas of sport. If I my estimation was right, the athletes were 1/8 of the whole population of our school. And after that, the games did officially begin. September 19, the scheduled date for the outdoor games, but unfortunately, the weather wasn’t bearing with the event. The sky was cloudy and the clouds were grayish in color. So that made us conclude that it’s going to rain. Nevertheless, that didn’t stop the officiating officials to continue the area they were assigned to. Well, we were assigned to those areas and asked us to have our duty, as CAT Officers it was also our job to help the officials and that’s what we did. We just stayed to our own areas and waited for the game to finish. By the end of the day, some of the games ended, some weren’t because of the weather condition. The Supreme Student Government or the SSG even organized different booths to lighten up the mood of our intramural. Those booths include the Horror Booth, Movie Booth, and Marriage Booth. I never had the chance to enter those booths because of the duty. But even though that happened, it was just okay. It was still fun after all.

In my 4 years of staying in Ilocos Sur National High School, I can honestly say that this year’s intramural is the most memorable intramural ever in my whole entire life. I got to experience running in the rain while wearing my CAT Uniform. Even though the weather wasn’t going as what was planned, it was still cool. The important thing there is I got to spend my last intramural with my true friends.

My TEACHER, My HERO

Capes, swords, laser eyes, super strength and many more. These are just some of the weapons we encounter with the so-called fictional heroes or characters. But did you know that there are also real life heroes who never use those weapons? These heroes only use a chalk and a blackboard to save people. These heroes are the ones we call teachers.

My Teacher, My hero. At first I never imagined that teachers are also considered heroes, but guess I was wrong. Because, as I was growing up, I had my very first teachers on my side. They’re my parents. From learning the ABC, to counting 1, 2, 3, singing Do, Re, Me, praying Our Father every night, they never skipped a beat.  I also consider our Almighty Father as one of my teachers because He was the one who taught me how to be God-fearing. When I reached the age of 6, I started going to school and I met the real teachers, the ones who will be second parents at school. From the things my parents taught to me, my knowledge from those things grew bigger and wider. I came to know what 1+1 means and what 1000-993 means. I also learned about the different living things around me and also the non-living things. I can still remember how these topics caught my attention. It started when I was in grade 3, my teachers we’re discussing topics and those topics really caught my attention and really cut me off-guard. From that time on, I came to love what I was learning at my school. Without my teachers, maybe my perspective about teaching, learning and schools would be dull and boring. They’re the ones who taught me how to enjoy living my life and letting what I learned out. I came to prioritize my studies. I came realize that it’s not bad to learn new things, just as long as your teacher is still there guiding and tutoring you with things you should know.

As we all thought at first, being a teacher is easy. But in what I have observed, it is not. A teacher’s job is not that easy. You need to also wake up early and then also sleep late like what most of the students do right now. You also need to know how to deal with the different attitudes of your students. If you want to be a teacher, you must have packed all your patience and sense of responsibility because this job is a serious job and it only seldom finds time for happiness. We must all know how to respect them. We must know how to listen to them wholeheartedly. Without them, other professions wouldn't even exist. And as the time comes that we will go on our separate ways and we will all be apart, the memories and the knowledge they imparted to us will not be forgotten. And those things we have learned from them and the principles they shared will serve as an inspiration as we go along the way.

Let Us All Be One

As we all know, different illnesses are being felt by our fellow citizens. They experience different kinds of symptoms that make their life miserable. These illnesses are now described as murderers for they take your life away easily if the mentioned symptoms are not cured directly.

Every month of September, we always celebrate National Science Month. This year the theme for the said event is, “Immunation: Arming Science Clubbers with Healthful Defenses towards National Wellness.”  For me, the theme speaks about us Filipinos, especially those people who are very much concerned about our environment is in now, to speak and loosen up and be aware of what we are experiencing now. Illnesses right now can be described like jobs; they’re in-demand now. Demanding us to find the right solutions so that they can be cured easily. We are all very much aware that a lot of our fellow Filipino citizens are suffering from different kinds of illnesses. Some even has an illness which is incurable. With the different causes of these illnesses around our environment, these things will not be easily terminated.

So, come on and join us! Let us all be one in investigating and solving these vague cases. Let us all work hand in hand in finding the appropriate solutions for these problems. We must all take part in saving lives. MAGBAYANIHAN!

Modern Day Hero

Superman, Batman, Wonder woman, Darna… these are just some of the fictional characters a lot of us know and we’ve been idolizing them ever since we were kids. But these characters can be found around us. Their traits can be found in some of the people around us.

Ever since we were born, there’s this one person who’s always there by our side, continuously and patiently guiding and teaching us. A person who’s always there ready to serve as your best friend and a listener whenever you have problems. A person who’s always there unconditionally loving us. This person is whom we call “MOTHER”.

For some it may sound cheesy but for me, I consider my mom my hero. Why? Without her, my life would be a mess. Without my mom who is patiently guiding me through all my decisions in life, I know that my life wouldn’t have any sense of direction. She served as my teacher who continually taught me things I should learn as I face my next years of existence here in this world.  My mom was always there to listen to every problem o encounter every day. She never stopped listening to those weeps of mine. She was always there extending her unending love and care for me. From the persons I’ve known, she’s the one who knows every single detail about me. She knows when I’m sad. She knows when I’m happy. She knows when I need her that bad. 

Without them, we would never be here in this world. Without them continuously watching our backs, our life’s way would be zigzagged. I’m very thankful that God gave me a mother who is hardworking, caring, loving and understanding. So, we must all know how to respect and obey our mothers. We must all strive hard so that when that time comes, all their efforts and sacrifices wouldn’t be put to waste. And little by little, those sacrifices will be repaid.

Wikang Filipino: Wika ng Pagkakaisa

Wika, ito ang isa sa pinakamahalagang bagay na dapat taglayin ng isang bansa. bawat bansa y may kaya-kanyang wika.

Ang buwan ng Agosto ang tinaguriang Buwan ng Wika dahil sa buwan na ito naipanganak ang Ama ng Wikang Pambansa na si Manuel L. Quezon. Sa pamamagitan ng buwang ito, mas naitatatak sa mga kapwa nating Pilipino ang importansya ng pagkakaroon ng isang wika. Ngayong taon na ito, ang tema ng ating Buwna ng Wika ay; Wikang Filipino: Wika ng Pagkakaisa. Wikang Filipino, ang gandang pakinggan sa tenga sa tuwing sinasambit. Lumaki tayong lahat na Wikang Filipino ang madals nating ginagamit. Ngunit gaano nga ba ka-importante ang wikang ito? Ang Wikang Filipino ang tanging nagbubuklod sa ating mga Pilipino sa tuwing tayo ay nakakaranas ng iba't-ibang problema. Ito ang ginagamit nating komunikasyon sa kapwa natin. ispin nalang natin kung ano ang mangyayari sa atin kung wala ang wikang ito upang magbuklod sa atin? Tiyak kong hindi tayo magkakaintindihan. Hindi aasenso ang ating buhay at lalong lalo ang hindi natin masusulosyunan ang ating mga problema.

Napakahalaga talaga ng isang wika, dahil ito ang magiging paraan upang magbuklod buklod tayo blang iisang bayan. Matuto tayong pahalagahan ang wikang ipinagkaloob sa atin. MAtuto dapat nating mahalin at tangkilikin ito dahil ito ang magbibigay karangalan sa atin sa sitwasyong ikasasaya natin. Buong puso nating ipagmalaki na tayo'y mga Pilipino at tanging Wikang Filipino ang wikang ating tatangkilikin.