Reflection

Third Grading is a bit tough months for me because we did so many things for the fulfillment of our requirements.
Making a web page using what we learned from our exercises is not that hard because we already have an idea but what we did is not that good as others did because they put something that we didn't know how to do. but it's alright it is just merely discovering and exploring the world of computers.

Keeping In Mind Our Mother Tongue

We, the Ilocano people are indigenous to coastal areas of northern Luzon in the Philippines. Today, we, the Ilocanos are the dominant ethnic group in northern Luzon, and their language (Ilocano) has become the lingua franca of the region, as Ilocano traders provide highland peoples with their primary link to the commerce of the outside world. Ilocandia is the term given to the traditional homeland of the Ilocano people; present-day Ilocandia roughly encompasses regions 1 through 3 of the Philippines (the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, and parts of Central Luzon), as well as the Cordillera Administrative Region.

We have our own native language and that is Iloco. We must be proud of it because it is the third dialect most widely use in the whole country.

Our province is so much proud with the people who are also proud with our Mother Tongue because they are known to be heroes who keep our dialect live and bloom together with our culture and traditions.

New Year, New Me

Welcoming the New Year is one of the world’s oldest and most widely celebrated customs. In many places people stay up late to see the old year out and the New Year in.

New Year’s Day is a time for entertaining, visiting, and gift-giving. Churches hold services on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Because it marks the beginning of the year, New year’s Day is thought of as a good time to make New Year’s resolutions- the resolve to do better in the year just beginning than you did in the year just ended.  

Be thrifty, studious, patient and more time with God- simple words but hard to do. Last year, I am a truant and that’s my main problem, I cannot save money and I cannot focus on my studies well not just like before. This year I want to spend more time with God even only once in a week. I didn’t have the chan e to do this before.

I could hardly do my resolutions sometimes but I hope that I can do better this year. :)

Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities

As early as a child is still inside his mother’s womb, his rights there begin. Every child has a right to be born, to have a name, to have his personal needs, to have freedom of speech, to be educated and to have a stable job to attain better life.

            We are given the full responsibility to take care of our lives that’s why we are given rights. But why does discrimination still exist? It’s like a stain that messing up a peaceful society.

By these days, our society is making laws for the equality of men and women in terms of job. But still not all people can fight their own rights because of poverty. We must first put to an end this poverty before everyone can have education and personal necessities. It is the first step to achieve equal rights, so that in the near future no one will be a slave jus to live.

Discrimination and exploitation will be killed. We can all live with our own lives happily and satisfied. Peace will reign in everyone’s heart.

Make Differences

            Humans are held liable for everything that happens in this world. Calamities that destroy treasures, climate change due to natural and human activities and even marvels in our governance.

            December 2011, “Bagyong Sendong” destroyed billions of properties along Visayas and Mindanao. This is only a part of nature’s revenge to human activities like burning fossil fuels- main reason of climate change, kaingin and illegal logging. These cause landslides, mudslides and flashflood because there are few trees to hold and support the soil. Putting down a single tree can kill hundreds of lives and burning fossil fuels poisons the air that we breathe- simple things that slowly killing us.

            God showed us the result of our irresponsibleness, may our eyes be opened through these disasters that testing us. Don’t let any disaster to kill thousands of lives again before we do something. It’s better if we start today, but still we must always ready. Youth and adults can do big things for a change.

            We can make differences by doing eco-friendly things such as planting trees and biking. Do things that are for everyone’s good not only for self’s happiness and satisfaction. Be wise by doing wise.

Essence of Christmas

                “Don’t be afraid; I am here to give you good news, great great joy for all the people. Today a savior has been born to you in David’s town; he is the Messiah and the Lord. Let this be a sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.”- Luke 2:10-12

                Christmas is probably the most awaited season of every Filipinos poor and rich alike. It is a joyous holiday, marked by family gatherings, colorful and bright decorations, traditional songs, and the exchange of gifts.

                “Pagmamahalan and Pagbibigayan” is what Christmas really means to us. Nothing is happier than celebrating this season with the one you love. December 16, 2011 is the most unforgettable moment of my high school life. At exactly 4:00 in the afternoon, we had our Christmas program in our fatigue uniform. This is the only time that we can have this program because it is the last time that we are complete before Christmas. We spent two hours dancing, playing and eating. While giving our gifts we hug each one of us while saying Merry Christmas. Tears were rolling down our cheeks because of joy and sadness inside our hearts that there are only less than 4 months for us to spend together.

                Two hours is not enough to express our feelings during that time. Love is in the air. This is the last Christmas program that we had during our high school life- the shortest yet the most meaningful. We didn’t have luxurious decorations and dresses but we did enjoy it and spent it with all our hearts as one.

                We are soon to graduate, two hours may not be enough to say our goodbyes but this two hours gave a meaning to IV- Maxwell’s heart.

Climate Change

                Climates have changed throughout Earth’s history. Those changes have had major impacts on nature and people as well.

                Through greenhouse effect, carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor trap part of the heat generated by incoming sunlight and prevent that heat from radiating back into outer space. This makes Earth warmth for the sake of living things.

                Thus, climate is influenced by the amount of certain gases in the atmosphere which are produced due to human and natural activities.

                Scientists have gathered evidences indicating that temperatures are gradually rising around the world. Many scientists believe that this trend known as global warming, maybe caused by  the burning of fossil fuels in homes, factories, and automobiles. These fuels release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases when burned. Over the past 200 years or so, the release of these gases may have been so great that they have enhanced earth’s natural greenhouse effect. These cause shifts in rainfall and vegetation growth that can turn grasslands into desserts. If only we plant trees to change those trees that were put down, those trees will soon grow while capturing carbon dioxide and form it into oxygen for us to breathe.

                We can still do something like planting trees to lessen carbon dioxide, using non-fuel vehicles and lessen burning of fossil fuels. Simple yet very useful tools to help save Mother Earth.

Save Mother Earth today, Live better tomorrow.