I think this would be my last blog entry for our English subject for this school year since the deadline is near and I only got about ten minutes to finish this blog entry and that I must hurry so that I can make it on time. Sorry if this blog entry is full of nonsense and I am very conscious with the deadline and I think I can not make it if I won't hurry up.
This blog entry is all about my hardships when this blog requirement came to existence. Somehow, I feel very sad because this will already come to an end and that this will be my last post. I feel sad because I will really miss this hardship I went through. I will miss the pressure, the lack of topics in mind. The distraction I experienced when I write entries. I will miss the experience in struggling in making more than five hundred words as one blog entry. I will miss the fun and the problems that I have encountered during the whole duration of this blog entry posting.
To end my post, I just want to grab the oppurtunity to thank you Sir Elmer. If it weren't for you, our english class won't be as fun and enjoying as before. If it weren't for you, I won't be able to enhance my writing and communication skills. Thanks to you because even though I am not really good in making these things, you really forced me to do it and indeed I was able to make I think seventeen posts, which is very unbelievable. At least I have written something that I think I could be proud of. Thanks a lot sir.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
A new beginning
"A new beginning, a new life".That is what I learned after our retreat. It was such a nice experience because you will really learn a lot from it. It really brought me closer to my friends, myself, and to God. It opened me to more chances of changing my physical, emotional and spiritual aspects. It was the lighest feeling I have ever felt before. It was the first time I experienced no worries. The way I deal with my batch mates improved. The way I handle myself when it comes to my personality was also improved. It really changed me. It made me more sensitive of other's feelings. It really changed me the way I open things with people. I became more open and them to me. It made me know how important respect is.
One thing I learned from the retreat which I think is very important is R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Why? The people were very organized when they were told that we really have to respect each other. It made me think that if our country want to change, we do not have really to change set of officers, we just need respect. Like in our retreat, the whole activity was smooth-sailing since discipline and respect are strictly observed. Also in our country, if we really have strict governing people like what the facilitators in our retreat, I think our country will somehow progress.
We have learned from our activity that there is still room for improvement and that we should grab this oppurtunity and allow ourselves to change for the better, then there would be a better Philippines.
One thing I learned from the retreat which I think is very important is R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Why? The people were very organized when they were told that we really have to respect each other. It made me think that if our country want to change, we do not have really to change set of officers, we just need respect. Like in our retreat, the whole activity was smooth-sailing since discipline and respect are strictly observed. Also in our country, if we really have strict governing people like what the facilitators in our retreat, I think our country will somehow progress.
We have learned from our activity that there is still room for improvement and that we should grab this oppurtunity and allow ourselves to change for the better, then there would be a better Philippines.
Research Article
Our research project is all about the effectiveness of the banana peelings as substitute for commercial charcoal in cooking rice. We made a substitute for commercial charcoal by producing a new product with the use of banana peelings under the process of destructive distillation.
The procedure:
first, we collected plenty of banana peelings from people who were in the business of selling banana cues. It was not hard for us since we have a “suki” outside of the school. Next, we washed all the peelings and get a mortar and pestle and we pound them. We then removed its juice and were then placed under the heat of the sun and was dried. Next, we placed the dried peelings into a small metallic container and then we started to expose it to destructive distillation. After, we already produced a product. Next, we got two pieces of identical cauldrons and place two same mass of rice and place it to each of the cauldrons. Next, we placed the same amount of water to the set-ups and started to cook the rice. One using the banana peeling charcoal, the other using the commercial charcoal. We waited until the both set-ups finished cooking. We then record their time of cooking the rice for the two different set-ups and then computed their significant mean difference using t-test. The set-up was successful since the outcome was not significant. Hence, it is comparable. We can use banana peeling charcoal as substitute for commercial charcoal.
And the judgment day came. We were very happy when Madam Lapa called our names and that we won third place in the Science Congress. We were very ecstatic at that time. We never expected that our group will win an award because honestly speaking, we were really unprepared during the whole activity. We were even late during the Science Congress. It just show that we were really not ready yet for our project. But still, we tried our best to finish everything. And indeed it pays to know that our sacrifices were really given a reward.
Our group is really aiming for the best research paper because we want to prove to ourselves and to our parents that we really worked hard on it and that we are really dedicated on our work. Good luck to our group. Hope we will succeed on our aim guys.
The procedure:
first, we collected plenty of banana peelings from people who were in the business of selling banana cues. It was not hard for us since we have a “suki” outside of the school. Next, we washed all the peelings and get a mortar and pestle and we pound them. We then removed its juice and were then placed under the heat of the sun and was dried. Next, we placed the dried peelings into a small metallic container and then we started to expose it to destructive distillation. After, we already produced a product. Next, we got two pieces of identical cauldrons and place two same mass of rice and place it to each of the cauldrons. Next, we placed the same amount of water to the set-ups and started to cook the rice. One using the banana peeling charcoal, the other using the commercial charcoal. We waited until the both set-ups finished cooking. We then record their time of cooking the rice for the two different set-ups and then computed their significant mean difference using t-test. The set-up was successful since the outcome was not significant. Hence, it is comparable. We can use banana peeling charcoal as substitute for commercial charcoal.
And the judgment day came. We were very happy when Madam Lapa called our names and that we won third place in the Science Congress. We were very ecstatic at that time. We never expected that our group will win an award because honestly speaking, we were really unprepared during the whole activity. We were even late during the Science Congress. It just show that we were really not ready yet for our project. But still, we tried our best to finish everything. And indeed it pays to know that our sacrifices were really given a reward.
Our group is really aiming for the best research paper because we want to prove to ourselves and to our parents that we really worked hard on it and that we are really dedicated on our work. Good luck to our group. Hope we will succeed on our aim guys.
Friends: The best I ever had
I am very grateful because every person in this world has the gift of friendship. Grateful because every one of us really has the chance to find and keep friends. But it is in the person if he or she is eager to find and keep real ones.
I am not the type of person who is very choosy when it comes to my friends. And because of that I have plenty of friends in high school may it be a batch mate or not. I am very proud to say that I have plenty of friends, real friends because it is very seldom to have real friends. It is very hard to search for them and I am very thankful I easily found them here in UP High.
Friends in UP high are the best gift I had because they really are great. They are the ones whom you can call real, sincere and true. They are the ones who made my high school life very colorful and meaningful. Meaningful in the sense that every thing I do has a great impact of their lives and theirs to mine. I am really enjoying each other's company.
I have a lot of group of friends. I won't be naming names because I might miss someone's name and it will be a big issue(haha!). I belong to the group SJB. It is a group formed when we were in our junior years. It was a clique of girls who try to act boyish but not that boyish actually. It was just our past time. We even have oath taking for our clique. We just do not have any thing important to do. Very senseless right? But anyway, it was full of fun. I also entered the Royal Family. Although I entered the family when we were still in third year, they still accepted me and treated well. There was not a single time that I regretted to join the group because I really enjoyed their company. It was full of fun and senseless trip but was very enjoying.
My friends are the best gifts that God has given me. They are really the best I ever had. I am what I am because of my friends. I am at my best because of them. Thanks to you guys.
I am not the type of person who is very choosy when it comes to my friends. And because of that I have plenty of friends in high school may it be a batch mate or not. I am very proud to say that I have plenty of friends, real friends because it is very seldom to have real friends. It is very hard to search for them and I am very thankful I easily found them here in UP High.
Friends in UP high are the best gift I had because they really are great. They are the ones whom you can call real, sincere and true. They are the ones who made my high school life very colorful and meaningful. Meaningful in the sense that every thing I do has a great impact of their lives and theirs to mine. I am really enjoying each other's company.
I have a lot of group of friends. I won't be naming names because I might miss someone's name and it will be a big issue(haha!). I belong to the group SJB. It is a group formed when we were in our junior years. It was a clique of girls who try to act boyish but not that boyish actually. It was just our past time. We even have oath taking for our clique. We just do not have any thing important to do. Very senseless right? But anyway, it was full of fun. I also entered the Royal Family. Although I entered the family when we were still in third year, they still accepted me and treated well. There was not a single time that I regretted to join the group because I really enjoyed their company. It was full of fun and senseless trip but was very enjoying.
My friends are the best gifts that God has given me. They are really the best I ever had. I am what I am because of my friends. I am at my best because of them. Thanks to you guys.
Contributory Negligence
Last march 9, 2007 was probably the worst day of IV-Tan. If in our first year in UP high in section Villamor, we also had our worst day on that year and it was on the 5th of march of that year.
Many things had had happened. First, it was on march 9 of this year that plenty of girls in IV-Tan were sent to the clinic because they fainted during our CWTS period. Next, it was also on this day when most of the people had quarrels and petty fights. It was also on this day when Nico was accidentally bumped by a car when we were about to go home.
This was the first time that I witnessed a car accident. I never thought it would happen to Nico. It was only the two of us who went home together because our other companions went home early. It was really an accident. I really know that it was really our fault because we let jeepney stop and we went out knowing that we were in the center of the high road.
Contributory negligence is the term in practical law for an offense committed by the driver of the vehicle. Although it was the victim's fault that the accident had happened, it is still the driver's responsibility because according to a Latin phrase in practical law, “sic utere tuo ut non excusat”, “use your own(property) as not to injure other's property.
I was really shocked when i saw Nico lying on the rough surface road. It took me more than ten seconds to approach Nico, after he was hit by the vehicle, because I was already in the state of shock.
I really felt guilty on that very moment because if it weren't for us who went out from the vehicle in the center of the road, there would be no accident that will happen.
It was really a learning experience for the both of us. It made me realize that everything could have happened to us, so we must be more careful and be more sensitive to our surroundings. It also made us realize that we must also follow rules and regulations because this will really help us especially in our safety. It also made me think that somehow the rules and regulations that the government had implemented are somehow very useful it is just that the citizens are the ones violating these rules and that the government are blamed for such carelessness.
Many things had had happened. First, it was on march 9 of this year that plenty of girls in IV-Tan were sent to the clinic because they fainted during our CWTS period. Next, it was also on this day when most of the people had quarrels and petty fights. It was also on this day when Nico was accidentally bumped by a car when we were about to go home.
This was the first time that I witnessed a car accident. I never thought it would happen to Nico. It was only the two of us who went home together because our other companions went home early. It was really an accident. I really know that it was really our fault because we let jeepney stop and we went out knowing that we were in the center of the high road.
Contributory negligence is the term in practical law for an offense committed by the driver of the vehicle. Although it was the victim's fault that the accident had happened, it is still the driver's responsibility because according to a Latin phrase in practical law, “sic utere tuo ut non excusat”, “use your own(property) as not to injure other's property.
I was really shocked when i saw Nico lying on the rough surface road. It took me more than ten seconds to approach Nico, after he was hit by the vehicle, because I was already in the state of shock.
I really felt guilty on that very moment because if it weren't for us who went out from the vehicle in the center of the road, there would be no accident that will happen.
It was really a learning experience for the both of us. It made me realize that everything could have happened to us, so we must be more careful and be more sensitive to our surroundings. It also made us realize that we must also follow rules and regulations because this will really help us especially in our safety. It also made me think that somehow the rules and regulations that the government had implemented are somehow very useful it is just that the citizens are the ones violating these rules and that the government are blamed for such carelessness.
Teenage love life
Things are at its proper way and position in these past few months. Maybe because graduation day is very fast approaching and we try to neglect all the pressure that school works give us. We are merely enjoying what we are doing right now aside from the fact that we must be more serious in our studies because we are about to graduate.
Of course, being a teenager, love will always be a part of your teenage years. It is where you start to fall for someone. It is the start where you have crushes and admirers. It is where you will learn about dealing with relationships. And, it is also where you experience to be hurt.
There are sayings that "the first cut is the deepest". For me, this is wrong. Why? It made me think that if you had this first love thingy, my first impression on this is that these things are just merely infatuation and that you do not really use your mind heart in your decisions. You merely follow what you feel and after, once you are hurt you say to yourself that this is not good and still you continue to fall for that someone even though you are already hurt. Although the first cut is the deepest, it will also help you to be more aware the next time you fall for someone.
Being happy when it comes to love is also part of teenage love life. It is when you appreciate just even a smile on his face. It is where you are so into him that even his single hi and hello is a very big deal to you. You can not even go to sleep without thinking about him of what is he doing right now or is he gonna think of me before he goes to sleep. Sounds corny and mushy right? But this is real.
This just shows that we are still immature that we really have to change a lot. But these things are only present to starting teenagers only like those aging from thirteen to fifteen only. But once you got to the age of sixteen and above, you will be more mature and your attitude towards love is something more intimate. It is in these age that you do not listen anymore to your mind because your mind is taking over and that pressure from school, peers, and family starts to distract you which will turn you to be rebellious and that is the reason why there are plenty of teenage girls that are turned into teenage moms.
Being a UPian is a very big advantage. Why? because we are really to use our mind to conquer every temptations that may come our way. But it is still in the person if she will really use her mind in making decisions.
Of course, being a teenager, love will always be a part of your teenage years. It is where you start to fall for someone. It is the start where you have crushes and admirers. It is where you will learn about dealing with relationships. And, it is also where you experience to be hurt.
There are sayings that "the first cut is the deepest". For me, this is wrong. Why? It made me think that if you had this first love thingy, my first impression on this is that these things are just merely infatuation and that you do not really use your mind heart in your decisions. You merely follow what you feel and after, once you are hurt you say to yourself that this is not good and still you continue to fall for that someone even though you are already hurt. Although the first cut is the deepest, it will also help you to be more aware the next time you fall for someone.
Being happy when it comes to love is also part of teenage love life. It is when you appreciate just even a smile on his face. It is where you are so into him that even his single hi and hello is a very big deal to you. You can not even go to sleep without thinking about him of what is he doing right now or is he gonna think of me before he goes to sleep. Sounds corny and mushy right? But this is real.
This just shows that we are still immature that we really have to change a lot. But these things are only present to starting teenagers only like those aging from thirteen to fifteen only. But once you got to the age of sixteen and above, you will be more mature and your attitude towards love is something more intimate. It is in these age that you do not listen anymore to your mind because your mind is taking over and that pressure from school, peers, and family starts to distract you which will turn you to be rebellious and that is the reason why there are plenty of teenage girls that are turned into teenage moms.
Being a UPian is a very big advantage. Why? because we are really to use our mind to conquer every temptations that may come our way. But it is still in the person if she will really use her mind in making decisions.
KYSD 2007
Last February 2007, the University of the Philippines had their “know your school day” celebration. This activity is in honor of our dear faculty members. It is in this celebration that the students are asked to apply for the positions of the faculty and the staff and for them to experience these things for the a week. Students are asked to apply for one or two positions.
They are asked to have a class demonstration during their assigned period.
Ever since first year, I never tried and I did not even mind to participate in this school activity. Why? Because I know for the fact that being a teacher is really hard. You must be able to prepare your lessons well. I could not even prepare myself for my classes how much more than teaching my fellow classmates. It is just that I really hate responsibilities for now. And I think I really have to improve myself when it comes to discipline.
Being taught by a classmate is very unusual and I am really not used to it except in Math!(haha!). But honestly, I feel very much comfortable when it is my fellow classmate that will teach me when it comes to subject matters. Maybe because there is no teacher-student factor.
I do not feel very pressured and stressed out when a classmate teaches me. Instead, I feel very happy and very eager to learn. Maybe because I do not feel so much fear when a classmate is the teacher because I know he or she can understand what it is to be a student.
They are asked to have a class demonstration during their assigned period.
Ever since first year, I never tried and I did not even mind to participate in this school activity. Why? Because I know for the fact that being a teacher is really hard. You must be able to prepare your lessons well. I could not even prepare myself for my classes how much more than teaching my fellow classmates. It is just that I really hate responsibilities for now. And I think I really have to improve myself when it comes to discipline.
Being taught by a classmate is very unusual and I am really not used to it except in Math!(haha!). But honestly, I feel very much comfortable when it is my fellow classmate that will teach me when it comes to subject matters. Maybe because there is no teacher-student factor.
I do not feel very pressured and stressed out when a classmate teaches me. Instead, I feel very happy and very eager to learn. Maybe because I do not feel so much fear when a classmate is the teacher because I know he or she can understand what it is to be a student.
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