Days of this Quarter

At this time, I am now one step closer to my graduation. Another chapter of my High School Life is ending and I am getting there. I can’t imagine that yesterday I was just a freshman, familiarizing the different cycles of our high school, but now I am already a senior and yet graduating.

Anyway, I would like to reminisce some happenings of this third Quarter.

There were times that I had not attended my classes because of some Extra-Curricular activities such as the Division Schools Press Conference, the Regional Press Conference and the Vigan City Longganisa Festival. Because of these, I missed lessons that gave me difficulties and became nervous to our periodical examination but thanks to the DEPED memorandum order stating that “ no grade of a student shall go down if he or she represented the school for contests “.

But I tell you, I still learned much this quarter. In ICT, I learned how to make a web design using the Microsoft Frontpage but got a little bit mad because we don’t have a computer to use at our schools computer room because our computer before malfunctioned. For that reason, we installed frontpage to my loptop. Me and my groupmate made it but unfortunately we were short of time because of those Extra-Curricular activities. 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.

Aside from that we have to make an indie film. For that, we needed to sleep over at the house of our colleague and finish it. And we seriously had a sleepless night.

This Quarter was a tough one. And I hope that the next Quarter would be easier and lighter.

FIREWORKS

The old year has gone. Let the dead bury its own dead. The New Year has taken possession of the clock time. The merry year is born! Like the bright berry from the naked thorn! New Year, a new life, a new chapter, and a new challenge.

New Year celebration is very common in this world. Each one of us have different beliefs according to this celebration. Most of us Filipinos collect twelve to thirteen different circular fruits and display it on the dining table, scatter some coins at the floor, were red shirts or even polka doted clothing and lit some fireworks so that bad spirits would go away and let the good spirits stay.

Most people in this world have New Year’s resolutions. They do this for them to improve their personality as a human being. Some take this as an opportunity to rejuvenate themselves and stand from the mud that they sunk through. And some took this as guidance in taking the right path. But through the years that has gone. I don’t really have resolutions for myself because I am already contented for what I have and for what I am. Everything really changes but the “REN” you met from the first year of our friendships would still be the “REN” that you will encounter in the future.

As the fireworks blasted in the sky, I myself felt a new hope. A new hope that would encourage me to be still in fighting for my life.
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbours, and let each new year find you a better man. A prosperous NEW YEAR!!!!!

For the First Time

Every people in the world celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, which do they call Christmas. As they say, Christmas is the time of sharing, loving and giving. People buy gifts and exchange it through their families and friends. They intend to wait until Christmas Eve ends, and encounter Christmas at twelve midnight.

According to some analyses, Filipinos are the ones who celebrate the longest Christmas. Because when the month of September strikes, they are now starting to shop for Christmas gifts, start putting Christmas decors and more.

Different cultures and different traditions may only be the one which create our Christmas unlike from each other. But no one and nothing could modify the true essence of Christmas which is great affection, everlasting love and faithfulness to God.

As a Filipino teenager, wishes for Christmas are rolling into my mind. The number one wishes are materialistic things. But, I came to realize that no material thing could ever change the love that my family are giving to me. And that’s the BEST Christmas gift I would ever have.

This Christmas, I was lonely. Because, I’m the only one who attended “misa de gallo” at our parish and have “noche buena” at our dining table with chairs unfilled and just me silently eating. At that time, negative insights are starting to infect my mind. And because of that, I felt a Christmas without my family beside me. But that is just okay compared to all the past Christmas years that I’m with them laughing and bonding. Even though I felt that they are not with me that day. I was not standing alone because I have my friends who also love and care about myself. I am so lucky.

Before I end this simple composition, I would like to say that the most meaningful Christmas gift I have now is my life, because without it, I would never see the beauty of this world where God created for us to live and care for it. Don’t let Christmas only be at December 25 but let it each day. Merry Christmas!!!