A Prayer for the People in Need

Oh, our Almighty God, our heavenly father

I give you my admiration like no other

Your powerful name that makes the evil shudder

 Lord, protect us and remain as our provider

I know that I am imperfect. I make mistakes
Some are decisions that lead others to headaches
but I am sure that you will forgive my outbreaks
especially my rage when I take the wrong stakes

But Lord, I just want to thank you for everything
The things you've given me are truly a blessing
You give us strength to face hardships the problems bring
no matter how tough those are, pain and suffering

Dear Lord. once more, I am wishing for your guidance
for the others who stand strong with their defiance
against Maring and Habagat that sparked turbulence
Make them live a brand new life with their experience

This is the limit of the things that I can do
But I hope that it can help even just a few
Having tragedies is a thing we can't undo
But I know and you would make the victims live through

Ganito Ka Rin Ba Mag-English?

            The following is a letter found at a certain bar in Manila and have been preserved to its original unedited form. Enjoy reading and you may try to direct translation is Tagalog, Pls. read with feelings……

October 1996,

To Marjorie

       I am not surprise or wander why Dennis leave you why? What reason can you think about but you’re very fat body. I thought before that Dennis only use me to his toy but sooner and later I’m realize that he really can’t not beared or stomached to be with you anymore because at first, Dennis say he could not stand you’re habit of making pakialam all his walks (lakad) and always calling to their house what he got home or this or that.

And then he say he get ashame to me either in school or in his family and then asking you to exercise you’re very very, very fat body. But you hate it. Thought you’re the most preetiest girls he knows about. What do you think you are “ Beautiful Girl” of Jose Mari Chan?

       Even you are beautiful face ( to your think) you do not have the right to called me whatsoever or else difference name one time or the other for the real purposed to insults my personality because I’m never call you names either in the front of Dennis or in the backs of Dennis, but if you start already to calling me different name, I don’t have any other choice but to call you other different name to. Like you are a PIG, FAT, OBESSED, OVERWIGHT, AND UGLY SHAPE girl. Shame to you’re body that is to a BUDING.

       You can’t not blame Dennis for exchanging you to me because I am the more sexier that you when you look to us in the mirror. I’m repeat again that you are like Lozada when she is a girl.

Love,

The sexiest Girl of D.M.

P.S.

You say that I’m the bad breathe but who is Dennis want to kissed. Me or you? And the final is me. There you go

Comment:
        Somewhat, the letter had delivered the message well, for me. Even though it was totally wrong grammatically, the feelings of the sender and the thought were still present. It was perfectly shown how the sender wanted to tell Marjorie how fat she was.
        Grammatically wise. the letter had a lot of errors, There are some mistakes in spelling, the direct translations which (for some) had given the wrong thought and the sentence construction was poor too. Most of the mistakes, though, will be easily corrected through studying basic or more complex English.

        Below is a revised edition of the letter above. 

October 1996

To Marjorie,

          I am not surprised or wondered that Dennis left you. What reason can you think about except that you’re really fat. I thought before that Dennis only used me as his toy but later on, I realized that he really can’t bear to be with you anymore because at first, Dennis said he could not stand your intrusive habit whenever he has his scheduled walks. You always call on their house to ask whether he got home.

          He would even tell me that he's ashamed because of you, in both his school or his family. He was asking you to exercise your fat body but you hated it. You thought you were one of the prettiest girls he knew. What do you think you are, a “Beautiful Girl” like Jose Mari Chan was referring to?

          Even you are beautiful, just as you think, you don’t have the right to call me whichever name you would like to just to insult my personality. I never even called you a different name, whether Dennis is there or not, but you did. I didn’t have any choice but to call you with different just to insult your fat body.

          You can’t blame Dennis for choosing me over you because I am sexier even when you compare our reflections. You resemble Lozada when she was a girl.

Love,

The sexiest Girl of D.M.

P.S.

You said that I have bad breath but who did Dennis want to kiss? you or me? And he chose me.

Why Not?

Honestly, before, I was not that much familiar with blogs. I didn't like it. I didn't actually enjoy sharing thoughts using blogs but I didn't know why. Then just before the past school year ended, I knew that the third year students used blogs for their informal themes. I have read a few of the blogs and I found it fun to read.

And then as this school year started, I asked myself "Why not give it a try?". It seems like my decision was right. As those weeks passed by, I learned how to enjoy publishing blogs. Having different topics each week and making us share our thoughts through blogs are brilliant. If you compare it to writing in a notebook, blogging is a lot better. Somehow, it seems too good to be true. There are too many pros against cons. You don't need to think of the penmanship, the erasures, the grammar and the hassle to write but then staying in the internet too much is its disadvantage.

Even though it takes a lot of time from my weekend, I find it rather worth it. Well, totally worth it, that is. There is some sort of excitement I feel when Ma'am says "Blog Number". This is now our eighth blog and I have a feeling of contentment everytime I post my thoughts. Even though we cram, we can produce much better outputs since we enjoy it.

Now, compliance is not that much of a factor now for me to post the blogs required. I want to do them by my own decision. I don't know why I didn't enjoy it before but right now, I really love blogging.

The Mind Adapting to Stress

Why did I even dare to change my life that was so good and stressfree already? I was able to learn not just from my school but in my life as well. Was it my parents' decision? Was it for a better future? Was I certain back then? I rather think not. This was what I felt and this was what I thought was right. Who knew before that my gut feel would be the best decision I have ever made? Who knew that my decision back then would decide my fate? Who knew that it would cast a heavy burden on me? Who knew that I would stand strong and learn? Who knew that it would change my life? Who knew? Only my honest self and Him did.

The moment I entered the vicinity for the very first school day, I had goosebumps. I had a feeling that I needed to prepare for war. I was like, "Hey! Am I going to enter this? Is this it? Will I even survive?" I thought of my old school and especially my friends that I left there.

It is not that we are rich but my family can afford to let me continue study in a private school, my old school. It was just walking distance from our house. I never tried going to school far from our house before. I never tried to sleep past 12. I never tried to wake up as early as 4. I was expecting for things like this to happen but my gut feel had driven me to the path of my life, CAVSCI.

The difference in aura and the awkwardness were there. It was so hard to jive in with the environment that I just felt for the first time. I almost knew no one. It was so stressful right away, the first day; the next day and all the days that followed.  I told myself, "Did I really enter a warzone? If I would just take refugee, why here? It's more peaceful there. It's better."

But still, I am here. I suffered a lot. I still remember a point that one of our first year teachers said that I didn't pass the project she required but I knew I did. I was teary-eyed back then but I knew I should not cry. We found the project and I stayed strong. That is what I learned. I should stay strong no matter how disasters come and storm my life.

Now, I am proud to be a third year student here. So many hardships that I knew before I enter the school would have driven me crazy already; but I just let them pass by. Two years have passed. Those goosebumps are still implanted in my mind. Every lesson I learned are still in my mind and my heart. I hope the lessons would stay intact forever.

Life is all about staying strong, being prepared for all obstacles. Why did I even dare to change my life that was so good already? It is because I would not learn something so important for living so easy. I needed to learn from the new experiences.

No backing down!

Shakepeare's Hamlet was really priceless, specially Hamlet's "To be or not to be. That is the question." Even being an  unrealistic play back in the 1600s, it has mirrored the reality in the present time. All about how revenge fails every time and that it won't do any good. But what was Hamlet really pertaining to?

Hamlet was all hesitant. While he was stating "To be or not to be", he was thinking about if he still needs to live or not. He keeps on insisting on himself that life is too hard; that it is full of hardships and it is too hard to live in to. Life is painful and full of hardships but it is full of joy and fun experiences.

In short, life is full of decisions, no matter how you hesitate. Either you choose the wrong path or the right path, it depends on oneself. Life is full of ups and downs. No matter the path, experiences still come and enter our young mind until it becomes mature. Learn from the wrong doings you have done, don't haunt yourself and repeat everything to yourself like someone who is guilty from murder, get over it. You can't rewrite the past. It has been done. Learning is everything.

I heard that most of the time, the first decision you make is most likely the correct one. But because of hesitations, people always change their decisions. Regrets always come after what happens. But that doesn't end it all. Changes are the only things permanent. Take advantage over it and become stronger. Fight and overcome problems but learn while you take one step at a time.

There was a time somewhere back when I was a first year student, I almost gave up. I didn't know what to do. Should I stop this? What will be the best solution? How am I gonna overcome this? How should I balance my time? There were so many things that bothered my young mind back then. Seriously, every time I heard the word assignment, I was being depressed and depressed as the day passes by. My guilty conscience even haunted me before because I left my friends back at my old school.

BUT, here I am standing strong. Standing through the winds against me. Living my life to the fullest, learning everything so fast. I knew it from the start. My decision back then was going to be a huge turning point in my life. I hesitated, but I went through my decision. I didn't turn it down. I didn't back down. Still no regrets, I knew I was right!

Such fun, I hope it will never run out.

Bottomless

"Bottomless"

Different experiences mount to good learning
In a way that all of us find it enjoying
The well-worn lessons became more interesting
Until now, the English time was never boring

 In the future, to study most of Shakespeare's plays
Even if we experience lots of haggard days
I know I'll still come back with a smile on my face
Because I know I have learned in so many ways

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was magnificent.
Their love between each other is omnipotent
Their only problem is that they are impotent
against their own families who are innocent

Studying the hard Idiomatic Expression
has implanted in my mind; a huge confusion
hiding its meaning behind my field of vision.
It's hard to understand its deep apprehension

Even the verbals which has too many functions
has given my mind too many interruptions
the entry of its functions in our discussions
Gerund, infinitives; sudden revelations

Perhaps the 60 minutes a day is too fast.
To bethink the tenses; future, present or past
nor to learn about affixes which is too vast
but she taught it superbly like lessons amassed.

Everything she has done has merit a reason.
The spelling words she gives are not just burden.
Everything we learn are not just for prison
It has its purpose; for us to be well-driven.

This is going to be a dream come true!!!!

"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction", said Einstein, This doesn't really say that technology is bad, it is the overuse or misuse. Technology has improved vastly from the start until now. Computers, laptops, phones, and more gadgets were invented. Before it was just a want and not a need, but now, it has become a necessity.

The most important gadget that was invented, for me, was the computer. Before, I thought it was just actually for sossy and rich people but as I grew older, I realized I was wrong. It is a big part of a person's life especially a student like me. I don't know how I will live without computers backing me up.

Despite all the good effects of having computer, its opposite will never be gone. Being addicted to computer games, surfing net, getting attached to the social networking sites are mainly the reasons for computer addiction. There will always be advantages and disadvantages.

But computers are irreplaceable. It is very important for researches of students, communication, and many more things. They are so vital to every person. The computer marks every step a person goes while on his way to success.