LOVE: REAL ESSENCE OF CHRISTMAS

            Gifts are things that can make others happy. It is not so much the size or the quality that counts. Rather, it is the thought that matters. A gifts is a symbol of love, of thoughtfulness, and a sign of one’s thankfulness in return for the good done.        

             Christmas is the season when we celebrate the first coming of the Lord as the Savior. He is the Promised Messiah. He is the Son of God who became incarnate. This means He became human like us. He is like us in everything except sin.

            The day of the Savior’s birth is called Christmas which means “Christ-with-us.” The Savior chose to be born poor in a manger in a humble city of Bethlehem. He was visited by the poor shepherds who were then watching their flock by night. The angels and the poor shepherds were the first visitors.

            This was the first coming of Jesus as a savior to fulfill His Father’s plan of salvation. This was the first Christmas.

            Every year the Church celebrates the Christmas season to recall the birth of Our Lord. After the four-week preparation in Advent, we rejoice at His coming. We believe that He came to bring us Light for we have been in the darkness of sin. But now he came to be our Light. He brings us joy because He is the gift to the Father when He comes again.

            During Christmas, we make everyone happy especially the poor people. We remember them most because Jesus loves them most. Whatever we do to them, we do it to Christ. We give gifts to one another as a sign of love and to give joy to one another.

            Jesus expects that we do not only make others happy but he wants that we become a light to others. By being good, kind, and generous to others, we make others see the goodness and kindness of God. By our good examples, we can lead others to lead good lives. By sharing out time to make others happy, we are giving them hope that life is not that bad at all and that we can be happy despite of difficulties in life.

            Christmas is the time when we commemorate the birth of our Lord. Before the feast, we have the nine days novena called the Simbang Gabi or the Misa de Aguinaldo. On the eve of the last day of the novena is the midnight mass to commemorate the time when Jesus was born in Bethlehem. We also have the “Dawn Mass” when we recall the first visitors of the Infant Savior. Then we have the “Morning Masses” when the whole nation come to adore and worship the Savior. This is the reason why this birth of the Lord is called Christmas.

            Every celebration of the Mass is Christmas because Christ is present among us. He is also present among us. He is also present to us in the Eucharist. And above all, He is present in each and every one of us especially among the poor people.

            We make our celebration joyous with Christmas songs and Christmas carols. Through these songs we are filled with joy that motivates us to accept others with love and joy. This the spirit poured on us by Jesus who came to be the Light of the world.

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From Babel to Babble . . . Everyone is Speaking English

         For the past few years, the English language conceded the million-word mark. That shouldn't come as a surprise since over a billion Earthlings speak English that makes for a lot of word-coiners out there. And where are all these new words coming from? Hollywood? Technology? In the Internet? Youth speak? How do world events--from tsunamis and hurricanes to political doublespeak and presidential linguistic bumbling--influence the words we use on a daily basis? What do e-mails, text messages, and emoticons contribute to the language? Let me take this opportunity to take you into a global tour of English-speaking worlds. From different countries like Japan, China, Philippines, Singapore to Spain, U.S and Greece. From movies, film, radio, games, business, politics, sports, technology and science. And from every contributor that contributes to the universal embroidery of English. Get ready for a tumultuous tour of our progressive global culture and how it becomes that way.           

          According to what I have read online.  Podcast, Chinglish, truthiness, and crunk were nonsense to most English speakers just a year or two ago. But nowadays, they are just popping up in everyday conversation worldwide. In a statistics where it says “Stimulated by the universality of the Internet-where it is the de facto lingua franca-and the global reach of its media, English is growing at a rate unprecedented in its 1500-year history. Indeed, in the spring of 2007, the English word count surpassed a million—over ten times the number available in French”. This only means that the English language is globally affected by the modern technology like the internet. Because of the modern technology, people are also having new lingo. But as we discover new language, we’re also deteriorating our proficiency in English. Like for an example, the Jejemon style or the Jeje Monster style is now invading the texting world. Instead of using the right word, people do use of Jejemon words which can be a huge factor in the deterioration of our English proficiency. Maybe those people just want to express their creativeness but they should limit it.   

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EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

           

          Galatians 3:28, “There is not a male and female, for you are all one in Jesus Christ. Let us follow the example of God, to be perfectly fair and just at all times.

          

          It is fact that there’s only one Creator who made all the things and living organism on Earth and created us, human beings. We are so exceptional and blessed for we were given that high standard of thinking ability which was not given to other creations. "We are all born naked and no one is born with clothes." Do you know what it means? It means that we are all born equal and no one is superior to the other. He created us equally so that we can continue and go on with this journey of life. We all have equal rights and opportunities whether you are rich or poor, thin or fat, man or woman, or even young or old. We were all once born in this world and given an equal chance for us to write our own story of our life.  He didn't want inequalities among each of us.

          All of us have the right to learn and expand our knowledge about everything. All of us have the right to love and be loved. All of us have the opportunity to be successful in life. All of us have our rights and opportunities and no one have the right to take it from us.   

          But ever since, discrimination has always been a part of our culture. Let’s return back to the time long ago before women were discriminated. Women were not permitted to study; they stay at home and just do the household chores. It’s good that today at our times there is what we call gender equality and gender awareness. Now, women are free, nobody holds them by the neck and they can fly as high an eagle could even soar.

          In the other hand, discrimination always invades. During these days, people are classified into classes according to the financial status which should not be. Rich people look at poor people lower as them. They are showing them that they are much higher and can buy or eat everything they want. We are all people. Even if they’re rich, they do not have the right to step on the rights of poor people. Look at what is happening now about the Pork Barrel Scam. Our government allotted a house for the criminal Janet Napoles even if she stole a large amount of money.  They should treat her the way they treat those criminals on the prison. This must not prevail in our country.

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Reflect then Refract

          It has been five months since I first set foot in the world of being a senior. Months, Weeks, Days and hours have passed which means I am getting closer to the finale of High School Life- Graduation.

          The past second grading has been great. It was really fun and entertaining. The reason behind it is because of the moments we don’t expect to occur. Because of that “occurrence” our (IV-Maxwell) relationship became stronger than before. There were many happenings happen this grading period. Besides, I also enjoy our ICT class. Because of it, I was able to know and explore more about the HTML tags or Hypertext Mark-up Language tag. I enjoyed making the activities and exercise because it taught me how to properly make an HTML web site through the basics such as the hash tags and codes. This second grading period, I’ll promised to myself that I’ll do my best so that I will able to get high remarks in my study Moving on, I will strive to be better at my classes and especially ICT. I will try to be better at the things I do.

Here are the some links that can help you to learn more about HTML:
1. http://www.htmldog.com/guides/html/beginner/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
3. http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_summary.asp

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MY TEACHER: You are my HERO

"The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called Truth."

- Dan Rather

Teaching is really a noble profession. Teachers are the one who are liable in feeding the empty minds of students. Just think of it, without teachers, our world would be a desert. No building, no streets, no structures. So the engineers and architectures did their paramount shot just to give us a refuge.  Our world would be a home of criminals without those policemen and military forces who undertook synergy and taught us what security is. Our world would be full of viruses and bacteria without doctors who treat us well when we are having our illnesses. You see? There are a lot of things that a teacher can do. They are what we call “the armies of education”. You can never tell when a teacher's influence would be put to a halt.

Literally, we define a teacher as a person who edifies students in a school. But, don’t you know that our teachers can be our heroes too? Yes, they are! As I've said before that a hero is someone who is admired for his/her courage and has golden heart. And our teachers deserve that title. They are also our second parents. We usually call them “sir” or “ma’am” and can always find them on our school. They also teach us the things we don’t know and sacrificed their time just to feed us the knowledge we  must learn which serves as our path to our journey towards success. They are always on our sides to guide us whenever we have a problem.

To all the teachers out there, thank you very much and I salute you!

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Take Actions Today for Tomorrow’s Paradise

         

            
            The environment is our nature. Nature plays a vital role in our daily lives. It is where we are getting our needs and depending on for survival. Everything around us such as food, water, shelter and environment are provided by nature. It is also our greatest medicine for illnesses.

            Nowadays, we, people in the present have almost forgotten our responsibility for Mother Earth, our responsibility to maintain biodiversity. For others, it is easy for them to disregard our nature because they think that even if they are disregarding it, nature however will continue providing them their needs but they didn’t know that it vanishes bit by bit. Maybe the other reason is because of technology and industry. Technology and industry became more palpable to us resulting to a so far-off atmosphere from a normal environment. We can’t alter the fact that we still have reliance on the environmental world and all the things we are using and consuming are from it even if we are blinded by the modernization which is distant away from the nature.

            On the other hand, what if one day, our natural environment will vanish? What will happen to us?

            There are many unbridled catastrophes that are happening these days as we saw in the small screen, newspapers, or may have heard from the radio which greatly destroy our world and may affect our lives as well. We all know that we are on the “Pacific Ring of Fire” which means that our country is prone to natural phenomena. Floods, breaking down of rocks, landslides, mudflows, earthquake and volcanic eruption can cause casualties and extensive damages.

            You see? There are many worst effects which have great impact to the environment. We used to say this line “Save the Earth!” but are we doing actions or just let those words be blown away by the wind? As a science clubbers, it is our responsibility to protect, preserve, improve our nature and do some actions. To be able for us to open the door to a brilliant future, we must nourish and nurture the nature and we must joined arm together for one mission – the mission to bring science youth and make Mother Earth alive. We must help each other and save the nature, even in simply planting tree today, we may not know that it might become a forest someday. Let us protect the environment and it will defeat and shield us from catastrophes. 

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Super Fely: The Incredible Woman

          Heroes. I expect that by now you are able to discern who they are and what they do. But if you don’t, do not be bothered for the reason that I am gonna tell it to you. Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Thor, Cat Woman Iron Man, Hulk and others are some of the most famous heroes all over the world.  You know them, right? They are what we called super heroes. What do they have to be truly called as a hero? Well, they are all fictional characters. They can fly, run fast, strong and have super powers. But the true is they are only the result of our wild imaginations. They don’t really exist.

But if you want to see a real life hero, there is no problem. Just visit me at our domicile and you are going to see her, face to face and alive.

          The definition of a true hero for me is he/she is a person admired for his/her incomparable guts or actions. By means of the innovation of the world right now, an additional consignment of heroes are being added but as for me, the hero or heroine that I actually like and venerate does not have any special powers. Who is she? Of Course, my one and only mother, Fely. She’s the only one hero that stands out for me. She’s my hero because she never leaves me in times of problems and challenges and always cheers me up. I remember the time when I am making my school requirements. I don’t know that she is still awake even if it is late night already. At that time, I was touched because I realized that she’d done that because she loves me so much even if she’s already tired doing the household chores. She wants to make sure that we’re secured and safe. She also helps me in making my projects all the time. Even though she doesn’t know the concept that I am going to make, she is still there trying to help me. She gives me unconditional and immeasurable love. She’s always there whenever I need guidance in making decisions. She’s always there to my every need in a blink of an eye without depending on a go signal. Does Wonder woman can do all the things that my hero does? No, it is not. You can’t ever find a woman like her. My mother is incomparable. She is beyond those superheroes’ abilities.  

          To my MOM, Thank you for all the things and I am really sorry for all the terrible things I’ve done to you. I love you very much, MOM! <3. You are my life and the greatest woman of all, Mom.

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