Martes, Abril 17, 2018
Martes, Marso 13, 2018
Autobiography
Tale of Tales
In a noisy, polluted and crowded place of Manila is were I born. The dominating skyscrapers makes shadows on the busy road were people values time as it makes sense in the living. The roaring of horns, the shouting of people, and the street dwellers are the landmark of my place. This place is the center of all fast transactions, heavy businesses, various opportunities that shouting industrialization in modernity. This is Manila, a place where I built my passion and confidence as a person.
One bright sunny day between the time of ripe mangoes were started to bloom, the time when people went to beach to have fun, the time when thirst quenchers are must-to-buy to relieve the parched throat is the time when I was born. It was the time of 13th day on the 3rd month of the year, when the symbol of luck was the big and roaring dragon, when the birthstone where the crystal-clear, shining and hard aquamarine, when my pattern of desire symbolized by two fishes in the Greek era. That day was the best part of my life when my mother lifted me up and exposed me to the reality of life.
My grandmother is the one that named me Dominic. It is derived from Saint Dominic Savio, patron saint of choir boys. She wanted me to be a part of church' choir but unfortunately my voice is like a raging voice of thunder that can break someone's ears. I find my name Dominic a two-faced person, a mysterious one and extraordinary. Because in French, Dominic can be a girl's name, a gorgeous lady that has a mysterious secret beneath the smile but in my birth land, Dominic is a Roman- Catholic king that shows richness.
The lady that went hardships to give me life, the lady that shows courage to save a life, the lady that I most proud of is named Alwin Calavia. She is the most important person in my life. The lady in white symbolizes hope and purity. She is gorgeous at the same time an angel shining in the dark time of my life. Accompanied by my ironic father, Irvin John Vargas. he mad our life a little miserable, our world went upside down when he left us. The white light turned into a dark one. Our life went in vein. I must be ironic also because I thank him that we learned how to become independent and strive for the very best of our lives.
I started my elementary in a big, public school in Manila. The U-shaped, 4-storey school made me realize the essence of education. The school were surrounded by noisy vehicles roaming around but in the inside, the tall, leafy tress made my school a fresh place to study with. Aurora A. Quezon Elementary school. It is derived from the wife of Manuel Quezon, Aurora Quezon, the mother of Red Cross Philippines. She has tall, bronze and outstanding monument in front of the school gate facing the spacious triangle. I finished my elementary education with a high grade and got my diploma with a bright smile with a bonus of 5th honors.
Continuing the exploratiom of valuing the essence of education. I went to Makati High School to have my secondary stage of my student life. I learned many things and explore new things from me. This place made me realize that there are hidden talents, skills, and passion in my heart. This school made me realize that being a teacher is my career in life and I should strive for that goal. I joined many curricular activities like: dance troupe, Hi-Y Club, SSG, Yes-O Club, Library Club, Math Club, and YHEM. These organizations are my profound stage where I developed my skills in different aspects.
Today, I am currently finishing my Senior High School in the same school taking Humanities and Social Sciences as my gateway and stepping stone to become and educator soon. Someone said that grades do not measure your intelligence, but for me, grades measure the learning you have gained in your school that can lead to experience it and apply it to your life. Grade is not just a numerical mark that written on the card. It reflects how the students interact, collaborate, and how's the development going on.
Critique Paper
Dominic Kean Calavia
HUMSS-A
Every Day with My Morrie
Ms. Priscilla M. Agaton
When
the concept of passion and love combine in literature, sometimes the immediate
reaction is one distance of the work. Love and passion are intimate and
difficult to render universally in the reality of the world., with the
ineffectiveness of words, social and cultural connection and the effectiveness
of other issues creating an external effect to the literary representation of
the love and passion phenomena. The representation of love often hides within
subtleness that shows social constructs or even perceived reality. In Ms.
Agaton’s article about “Tuesday’s with Morrie” a Mitch Albom phenomenal book,
she enlightens the readers with the true meaning of love, passion, commitment
and dedication not into an intimate love from the opposite gender but intro someone’s
important to life.
Love is intense, deep,
and long-lasting; people use this feeling to express genuine emotion. Love is
the passionate affection and desire felt by people. Love can be so powerful
that people cry, suffer pain, or even risk their lives to save it. True amour
springs from the very bottom of the heart and the spirit of the soul. Life
provides at least four areas for passionate being. The author (Ms. Agaton)
exactly pointing her love on her Morrie, she narrates the memoirs that she had
experienced with her Morrie when the times was in favor with them. She’s too
emotional and straightforward narrating all the details since then. All through
out the articles, the emotion flashes while reading it, I felt the sincerity of
the author while she’s telling the story of her own Morrie. In addition, she
relates her narration to Mitch Albom’s story about her Morrie. Ms. Agaton has
her own Morrie that exactly as compassionate and driven just like the Morrie of
Mitch Albom. Tt is indeed that love of the teacher is one of the greatest love
that a person can experience. The
author is explicitly implying to treasure our own teacher, they are our second
parents that has a mission to give us a successful future by sharing their
knowledge and encouraging us with their heart-warming words. Our teacher is our
inspiration, just like what the author stated, they taught us passion, patience
and the tenacity to withstand defeat and the determination to stand up.
The author never fails the reader to
experience cliff hanger that’s why she bombarded the article with so much
heart-warming information from the day of happiness with her Morrie until the
day where her body experienced oblivion. The article is so much attacking the
emotion of the people, not just only informing the importance of our teacher
but also inspiring us to the definition of passion and love they gave to us
until to their last breath. I like how the author made the article because she
is not just informing the readers about what she had read but also giving her
own experience and narrating a true-to-life story where she experience the same
thing on what she had read, the empirical details will brought the readers to
extend their gratitude to their own Morrie starting today. As a student that wants
to be an educator someday, I am moved by how the author write this article, if
her Morrie is the epitome of a teacher, the author is the epitome of
heart-warming words that tends to inspire the readers mostly like the students.
The author focuses the story defining her Morrie and how she affects her
cognitively and wholeheartedly. I want to quote Ms. Agaton. “I have finally
accepted that she has crossed over to another world”. From her narrative that
full of happy moments with her Morrie, she also tackled the oblivion she had
experience. The time of letting go and holding on is more far of a chance.
Emotions run through the whole article as she stated that. Too much emotions
flow on her narrative as she remembers the life with her Morrie. The abstract idea
of life cannot be explained by such ideas as being shown. The quandary of
defining death is not as abstract and elusive as that of life.
I am not lost following
the article because the author started it relating to the book of Albom which a
good idea is because the author relates it to that book and followed with
different empirical situations. Moreover, preceding to more depth of the story,
she then started narrating life with her Morrie when was still mentoring her
and inspiring her through her school life, but then again as time past by,
emotions attacked the readers by condemning them the passion of Morrie until
the last breath occur. This article does not anymore need to hide on the bush,
but it shot the bullet straightly as the readers will understand it tightly and
comprehensively. In general, like is an understatement word to show
gratefulness in this article, I love the article, I love the book, and I love
the way author wrote this masterpiece, this will be an eye-opener to some
people who does not see the real essence of the teacher that talking and
talking in front just to feed us information and encourage us about our future.
Sufferings and
inspirations go side by side for skillful but awful people. Blues in the music
of sorrow, expression of honest emotions and inner pain. The person who feels
this unexplainable emptiness needs to have the one chance to know the feeling
of empathy. Life goes, it does not stay nor still, but the simplest thing to do
with life is to enjoy it with the person that gave importance to you. Just like
what this article taught me, appreciate things now until it is reachable then
appreciate it more to the fullest even it needs to say goodbye but it ensemble
the memories of the past that can cherish what we have today, and we will use
in the future. Kudos!
Travelogue
Quezon
Province: Utopia on Earth
Quezon Province is a melting pot of exquisite globe
jotter paradise, a conflation of sightseer destinations and ethnic diversity
that unquestionably convey the reasons why it has always been a favored
province to visit in the Island of Luzon. Real and Infanta islands are part of
the jewels of Quezon province. Located at the coast of town that is surrounded
with cream sand that exposes significantly during low tide. These islands have
diverse ecosystem and simply known for being a complete paradise for adventure
and nature tripping lovers.
Conquering the shady and cozy under on the
dominating mountain in the middle of the sound of the owl while appreciating
the curvy route of is not a joke. My back suffered from a pain as it slowly
made me feel numb. Nonetheless, we rode a van in a van on an estimated time of
10:00 pm and depart exactly 3:00 am of breaking dawn. The leaves were swinging
in the rhythm of the whisper of the arctic wind as it blows in the surrounding.
We were still on the verge of sleepiness that time, so we decided to take a
rest inside the classic nipa hut surrounded by harmonic flowers that gave an
oozy smell in the middle of the howling night. Waking up in the alarming sound
of the usual sound of the hen outside the nipa made us realize that we were on
a vacation escapade, to relax and to reflect. Added with the smell aromatic
breakfast made by the grandmother of us. The original cocoa of Quezon province
melted in a hot pot. The sweetness of the originality blasted in our tongue. Moving on for our first bucket list, we
headed to our destination by riding a tricycle
to conquer the path of La
Coronacion Beach Resort. It is located at Real, Quezon with a sparkling
turquoise water and crystalizing sand that converge to the reef. As we stepped
on the hidden paradise, the Filipino hospitality gave us a warmth welcome, the
gigantic coconut trees gave cozy shade that embraced our tan skin. The breeze
of the aquamarine persuaded us to swim in liberty, but we still managed to
prepare things for a better enjoyment later. Happiness plastered on my uncle’s face when he
was walking towards us, on his right, he had a freshly caught pink salmon that
was ready to be vanished that time. Partnered with stirred fresh vegetables as
a classic side dish for fish for a reluctant lunch. For the climax of the first
part of vacation, the calm water still persuaded us to swim and we nonchalantly
accept that. I felt happiness when the cold water touched my tan
skin placed the under then. Leaving my stress behind of all and think only fun
and enjoyment while sunbathing under the blazing sun but also in the deep of
the arctic water was the best feeling that time. There were various people
enjoying the rendezvous. Some were building castles while were building
happiness. There were also playing beach volleyball while some were playing
with their family. We stayed up until dusk and headed back to home to regain
energy for further enjoyment ahead.
For
the next line on the bucket list. The Cawayan Falls at Real Quezon. Its famous
name is Cawayan Falls but the original is MahanginHangin Falls. The waterfall
is made up of six-layers cascades upstream and required climbing, scrambling,
and bouldering to reach the top. The raging sound of water made our morning
alive and boosted our confidence to swim to its rocky portion where the water
falls in a smooth way as it gave relaxation intro our body. We were surrounded
by dominating and gigantic mountain with chirping of various birds watching us
as they were comfortably resting on the branch of tall trees. I made myself
climb ate the top of last cascade urging to jump but my confidence slowly fade
away and that made me walk back at the latter part of the falls. Partnering the
raging cold water of falls, our family prepared their original dish of Squid
and sour mango for our lunch. Wandering into the falls, we saw tourists
enjoyingly relaxing into the fresh water of the nature. I made myself under the
raging water of the 6th cascade to meditate and feel relaxation up
to my inner senses. After a while, I decided to get dry and be ready to head
back home again for another lunch.
Beside of nature tripping we also tried their
food. First, the King Crab. The delicious sea creature that swims on the fathom
part of the see is one of their known foods. The orange like and brownish color
made a heavy tint of shade through the ray of the sun. After the process of
cooking the King Crab. We did not waste time to taste it. The heaven-sent taste
of its meat made me shiver in realms. It was my first time tasting a King Crab
so I made myself sure to eat a plenty of it, but my mother put off limits and
told me to be conscious on my health. Next is the Sinantolang meat and crab with prawn, I found the dish a little bit
gross based on its appearance in grayish hue inside the casserole but then I
believe that do not judge a book by its cover and I applied the principle on
food. Goodness Gracious is what expression came to my mouth. The combination of
sour taste of santol in a meat of crab and gigantic prawns with a touch of
burning spice made our lunch table reached our desire of happiness. We ate like
an elephant wanting to finish all the food and savoring the pleasure madness
that we have felt. The food really tasted heaven in earth.
Adventure refers to the exciting activity or unusual
experience. These experiences are often of daring or risky nature. There are
many people whose life is filled up with adventurous experiences. These
experiences will always be treasured as part of my growing life. This escapade
made me realize the wonders of nature that are needed to be taken care off, to
have more paradise beneath the heaven and off the coast. Let’s have wander and
explore the hidden paradise of Utopia.
Personal Narrative
Ecstatic Jinx in Jubilance
Provocation
plastered on my jubilant face when the messaged arrived on me. My grateful
mother sat on my soft single-size bed waiting for my answer to her stoop
question. “Yes” I energetically said that the whole neighborhood can hear my
scream. Those alluring question tested my summer and that offer will be an
escapade at the hidden paradise of the north, where beaches are crystalizing,
mountains are dominating, foods are mouth-watering and where people are fond of
restoring humanity. It is the land of Quezon Province.
A
5-hour trip in the middle of an obscured night is not a joke. My back ached in
pain when my feeling almost puked while conquering the zig-zag pattern road.
Regardless of unpleasant trip inside the van, my eyes widened on the aesthetic
surroundings when the sun shined brightly. First on my bucket list is to swim
on a beach with my family. We arrived excitedly in the famous beach at Real,
Quezon Province.
As I stepped on the crystal-like
white sand of the beach, the ambiance gave me a warm welcome. The scorching sun
smiled at me as its rays touched my tan skin under my comfortable bathing suit.
The trees playfully swayed their branched in the rhythm of the cold breeze. The
birds in colorful feathers, chirped harmonically. We sat down on the cozy shade
of tall coconut tree while waiting on the mouth-watering, freshly caught salmon
by hardworking fishermen in their paraphernalia. The fish is roasted in the blazing
charcoal and after that, it is partnered with stir vegetable in a sweet and
sour sauce. I saw bunch of people enjoying the paradise. Some were building
castles, busy taking snapshots, and most were busy swimming while ready in the
approaching tall wave that will swallow them. The crystal-like water persuaded
me to swim in liberty. I felt happiness when the cold water touched my tan skin
placed the under then. As I roam my eyes, my family were enjoying the escapade
especially my little sister that was busy playing on the sand with sparkling
eyes plastered on her emotion, and that’s how I felt the ecstatic jinx in
jubilance.
If I
have more opportunities to come. I will willingly grab it, with open arms to
visit again the hidden paradise of the North. Quezon Province, Philippines.
My Name
My Name
My Name Lives in a Chateau. Accompanied by long
and magical staff, thick and dark cape, and sparkling golden crown. My name
declares command to my servants. My name is napoleon by itself, born with a
golden spoon in the mouth, lives with a golden family. Lord of all Lord, God of
all God, Leader with a passion, King with a heart.
On the other hand,
my name also lives in a dark and mellow forest. Fierce eyes in the dark night,
roaring voice that frightened the people and large footsteps to achieve the
mission. Everyone is scared, everyone is afraid but little they did not know
behind the strong physical appearance is a dark story of the King of the
Forest.
My name is the epitome of leadership and might
king. True follower from its servants, open for opinions and helps the people
who need help. My name is the servant of itself, a true leader should be a
follower, a follower that can collaborate to others.
Beside all of that, My Grandmother who named me
“Dominic” derived it from St. Dominic of Savio, patron saint of Choir Boys. She
wanted me to serve in Church just like what she is doing up until these days. I
want to, but I cannot. I want to pursue my dream, to be a teacher and I believe
I can serve the church in my own unique ways.
Sabado, Oktubre 21, 2017
Miracles in December (Short Story)
Written by: Dominic Kean Calavia
Story line by: Norvin Alvarez and Dominic Kean Calavia
Its been five days since she is here in the hospital. She is peacefully sleeping. I can't help but smile while watching her. She's my angel, the key to my heart and will be my forever love. She is the one for me. But now, when will she open her eyes? would she want to wake-up and be with me again?
"Hey, what are you doing?" The nurse asks me.
"I am just making a surprise for her when she'll wake up, It is not bad right?" I answered.
"Of course not, It is actually sweet". she answered back while staring at the wall.
Flashback:
I still remember how these strings started, how tables turn and how I feel in love with this crazy girl. There must be really miracles every December.
The Christmas vacation is coming that time and we are excited as much as our professor is excited to gave that project. " Things about her and 1 thing about me" This project is kinda cute but making this project with that annoying girl made me cringe. She absolutely scare the hell out me.Why?
1. That girl always put love letters and cute stuffs in my locker room. I know that she has a crush on me but can't she see that I hate annoying girl?
2. That girl always prank calls me at night and she will call in the middle of my sleep. She is insanely annoying.
3. That girl is insanely annoying that is the truth. I am always annoyed with her presence.
Our great professor partnered with me that annoying girl. I have protested many times and I can see clearly in here eyes that she is hurt.
"you really hate me that much?" she asked while staring at me with a teary-eyed face.
" Not that much, but your presence and confidence are the things that I hate" I answered back with a cold glare.
"Okay" she answered and turn away.
" But wait, let me do this project with you and I promise you will never feel my presence again." she said with a pleading tone.
" I cant help but smile because of her condition, okay but you should do your promise." I said with a mocking tone.
1. She's annoying
That's the first thing that I listed. Obviously she's annoying. When we are out on Christmas vacation I always find her noisy, even when we are eating, she can't help but talk and talk. She's telling story that do not give interest.
" hey, where are we going after we eat?" she asked while her mouth is full of fries and it's kinda gross.
"it's up to you" I answered with a blank face.
2. She's Tone Deaf
We decided to go to music bank. She's holding my hands and I felt unease. She making me really nervous right now.
" I want to sing for you, what do you want?" she asked me confidently.
" Really? I bet you don't have a good voice," I answered mocking her.
" Well, let's see, stay there and listen to me"
When she started to sing I felt so much energy to laugh at her
"AHAHAH YOU SOUNDS REALLY BAD HAHAHAHAH" I laughed while holding my tummy.
She did not care about my judgement infact she continued to sing wholeheartedly.
This girl is bad at singing, she should find a voice teacher. But absolutely, she made my day, She starting to build a good vibes with me.
3. She's such a childish
After hearing that crazy sound of hers, we bid goodbyes, and she decided that she'll go home alone because I'll be having a different way. Next Morning we decided to go to the park.
"Come here, let's slide together." she said while pointing at the slide.
"I do not want, that's only for children." I said while looking beside hoping there will be a bench so I can sit.
"Okay, just wait for me and I'll play." she said .
Evidently, the smile on her face while she's playing is like she's a firstimer in the playground. I can't help but to smile also when she hit her butt on the ground and start laughing as the children around her also laugh. I do not know anything about her but it feels like she's sad in life and being with me is the best thing she could do that can make her happy and I feel obliged to be with her also.
"Hey, I want Ice Cream" she said while pouting
"Do not pout, it does not suits to you, later, we will buy ice cream but let's eat our lunch first"
"No, let'ts buy icecream please" she said while her hands are palm to palm and in a pleading tone.
"okay" I said putting my hands up in defeat.
4. She's over-trusting.
While eating I asked her a favor.
" Hey, I can not spend Christmas with you, infact I am going to spend my Christmas with my family because they will come home this Christmas after a long work at Canada." I asked wanting to choke my self for telling lies to her.
"okay". she answered while continue eating.
Wow, that's it? I cannot believe that she will believe that lie, infact I am not going to spend Christmas with my family. My ex-girlfriend invited with into a highschool batch' reunion and asking for a second chance. Well, my Christmas is gonna be happy, I guess?
5. She's the girl that meant for me.
After that incident, I did not received any communication to her. I think she made the right decision to spend Christmas with her family and I'll spend Christmas with my family. But for now, I am going to take this chance to spend Christmas with my ex-girlfriend and try if there will be a chance for us. We decided to take awalk and get out of the crowd of my batchmates.
"Hey, I think it is the right time to give our relationship another chance," she said while slipping her hand and make it intertwined with mine.
"I think so," I answered while continue walking at the park.
We were sitting at the bench when I noticed something near-far. It's that girl, she's eating alone and nearly teary-eyed when she noticed my looking at her. I felt the guilt and There's a part of me that wanted to go to her and say sorry but I feel that my feet wanted to stay here and grab this chance. I decided to choose the second one. I made that girl cry from a far and she turned back away while sobbing.
Next Morning we met again, this is the last day of our project.
"Hey, sorry for the lie that I did, I just wanted to grab the chance hoping for my ex-girlfriend."
" It hurts so much. I just wanted to spend Christmas with you even though you don't have a choice because of this project but please you should have one word, you promised me, you promised my that until the end of vacation you'll with me and I am holding in that promise."
"But I guess, this will be the end of all, I just wish you a good luck and if you did not stick to your words, I will not do a revenge to you, I have one word and the promise of mine that I will not annoy you anymore will be my gift for you. I love you Goodbye." She said while crying. She's really strong, and I can't bear that, I want to hold her, hug her and say sorry but I guess this is really a goodbye.
After that, there are still remaining days before the school days will start again, That whole week made me think twice, I always think about her, how is she doing? what are she eating? Is she okay?
I can't help but go crazy and denying the fact that I like her no I love her, My feelings for my ex-girlfriend is just an infatuation anymore and it does not matter.
School days are back, No more love letters, No more prank calls, She stick to her words and I feel incomplete that day, I have the urge to say sorry to her. I feel so guilty wanting to bring back her.
While eating I received a call from an unknown number but there's a feeling that it is her. I answered hurriedly
"Hey, I am sorry for what I did, come back to me please, let's start all over again." I said in a pleading manner.
" Hey, give me a favor and please say yes first."
"what is that?"
"please say yes first?"
"Hey, if it is one of your pranks It is not good'
"Please" there's a long silence "say yes first"
"Okay, Yes"
"Things about him," she started again
"First, he is a bad tempered" she continued
"he cannot control his emotions, when he is mad, he is mad. He instantly gets mad when he'll see me or when I am with him." she said on the phone
"Second he has a good voice."
"I admit, I am a tone deaf but him? He has a heaven-sent voice, He sound really good and I can't help that when I heard his voice, My heart melted and my love for him rose up.
"Third, he is generous."
"He always buy what I want, event though it's out of time, he will always grab an opportunity to buy it for me." she continued but now, I feel that she is crying and for heaven's sake, I wanted to go to her and hug her.
"Fourth, he is a liar"
" He said that we agreed that we will spend Christmas together but he broke his promise, she lied to me and attend reunion with his batchmates and so much hurt when she wanted another chance with his ex-girlfriend." she said
I feel really guilty that time but not I realized that love her and I want to be with her.
"Lastly, I love that boy" I love you too
" Eventhough I annoyed him so much, eventhough he has many flaws, I believe that he is the one for me." she continued.
"Do you want to know that one thing about me?"
"Yes, please and say where you are right now because I am going crazy" I answered back to her
"I have Atrial Fibrillation, and if I survived my operation please be my boyfriend."
She said then the line went off.
I hurriedly wen to the hospital and look for her.
And that's the happening in our life on how we met and how we fell in love to each other.
There really Miracles in December
Biyernes, Oktubre 20, 2017
Reportage
I love reading and watching news because the information that I get is important because it can be useful to us. But now, being the reporter is another thing. I am now delivering the information and it is not easy and another thing it is about crime and killing. Somehow, there are relief in my inner self because this opportunity, to be a reporter is a privileged, they are watching and listening attentively to me while I deliver my words is such a good experience. News, North, East, West, South definitely information from different places but has the same purpose, to inform people in different places.
Ka-Bel
Freedom of Expression is our gun and being brave enough enough to express is like pulling a trigger that can change someone's life. Don't be afraid to show the world that we have the right to say what we want but there will be limitations. Poor People's weapons is their voices and just like in Ka-Bel, they used their voice to define what really laborers and workers really needed.
Beauty Within Me (My Collection)
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" I agree in this quotation because definitely being beautiful is define by someone who stated it but the one who is holding, having, and proudly exposing it. There are beauty that is naturally bloom and there is also beauty that is expensive and I am proud to say that I have both kinds of physical beauty.
Eyeliners, Foundation, Eyeshadows, Lipsticks, makeup brushes and various kinds of face make-up is my collection. I invest a lot in these because these makeups give me the extra ordinary, upgraded, and unique beauty that I want in my physical appearance. Every time I buy new collection, I feel happy because when I am using it I feel liberated but in a good way and I also extraordinarily beautiful because of these make-ups. I also use my collections as my part-time job because there are people that want to put makeup on their face and pay me accurately. I am looking forward to buy new again because I find happiness looking at these beauty products.
Martes, Oktubre 17, 2017
Oasis in the middle of Skyscrapers (Gulayan Classroom)
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| Location: San Andres St. Corner South Super Highway, Manila City |
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better",- Albert Einstein.The 6-word nature in not just simply pronounce as it is, behind those simple words, hides necessities that needed love,care, and protection. It is indeed right that nature is essential to mankind,From foods, herbals, and even shelter. Protecting and conserving nature is one of my advocacy in my early age. At this point, inclined with my advocacy is my family's not-so-big vegetable and fruit garden.
Lolo Jujie, My 72-year old Grandfather, the brother of my grandmther has been productive in conserving our vegetable and fruit garden. He started planting saluyot, and alukbati which became my grandmother's usual appetite. At this juncture, my grandfather decided to upgrade our vegetable and fruit garden. Until today, this became our hobby and in our community, they said that our family has a "green tumb" which means we are good in planting. Because of our vegetable and fruit garden, I have become fond of eating various kinds of vegetables. In fact, I like it more when the vegetables that I will eat are the those that came from our own vegetable garden. I am expecting that in the near future, our garden will be the role model in our society that even though we are in a urban city, we should keep in our mind that nature is everywhere and we will need it anytime in our life. 
There are plenty of crops that our family planted. First is the Red Chilli, we use our this as our seasonings in every dish that we love to make it hot and spicy. Second is the cucumber tree, there are plenty of cucumber tree in our garden, we use these to add some sour taste in our sinigang dish every Sunday. Third, kamoteng kahoy which my grandfather always cook in our siesta time.There are also crops that are ready now to harvest I want to include patola, bitter guard, and string beans that we love to cook and use those crops to be part of our usual vegetable dishes. Aside to these vegetables that we love to plant, there are also fruit-bearing plants that we decided to be part of our garden. These are guyabano, banana, papaya, Mangoes, tamarind, and coconut tree. These fruits help us realize that are favorite deserts can also be found in our garden. Since I have the luxury of time again. Beside of those legible crops, I also have Herbal plants such as ginseng that is good at cleansing the internal parts of our body.
I decided to bring back my hobby that I have been forgot because of studies. I am starting to plant again with my grandfather. There are plenty of crops that I wanted to plant but I chose something that is near to my favorite dishes. Something that my grandmother likes and my mother will love if she will see my creation. I ask for help to my grandfather again and he suggested that I should plant something I really want so I decided to plant okra, which is my mother's favorite, papaya, my grandmother's favorite fruit, eggplant, I really love fried eggplant in fish sauce, and last is gabi.
When I started to plant again, memories keep flashing back and I just found out that this hobby is not a waste of time at all in fact it is worth of time. At this point of our lives, we forgot how nature is everything. We just know how to use nature in our own way but forgot how to protect as well as conserve it. Our garden will be a living legacy in our family, this symbolizes our unity, love of nature, and strategic approach on how to deal scarcity of food in our society. I am proud that there are oasis in the middle of skyscrapers.
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| 6 months will be the minimum date |
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| one of my usual crops that I plant: OKRA |
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| in 2-3 weeks or 1 month, this will be now ready to be harvested |
Lunes, Oktubre 16, 2017
Critique Paper ( Puppy Love )
The author (Francisco Sionil Jose) presents his
story by creating another persona, and it is in first Person's Point of view of
Jacobo, the leading man of the story. Puppy Love is a typical love of story of
young adolescence that "fall in love" in a very young age. This story
reflects the youth's ambition in love that they have experienced in the young
age. The setting of this story in Town of San Jacinto that it shows equality
because both poor and rich kids go to same public school.
The story is started by
describing the characters' profile, their family background, personalities, and
their physical and internal descriptions, which is a good factor in creating a
story because it gave initial information that can make the readers find hints
that can lead and make them to the flow of the story. The author featured
Jacobo as the central character. His character is a typical characters in every
story because of the tagline "from rugs to riches", he is a successful
rich lawyer but before he tasted the golden spoon, Jacobo's parents have
vices, he's father is into cockfighting and he's mother is into jueteng. The
author made Jacobo's life a symbolism to every people who strive hard for the
success despite of ungrateful experiences.
As the
story goes along, the author made the climax a very tragic one. It is when
Jacobo's parent died. This situation made the story more interesting because it
shows the other side of the characters which made the story more interesting
and it made a new door to open to another event because the Jacobo and Gina
separated their own way to fulfill each other's plan and dream.
Despite of a bad and tragic climax, the author made the falling action
as well as the denouement an excited scene because Jacobo's life in Manila
became exciting because she met who looks like his first love, Jenny, same as
Gina based on her physical statistics. In this case, Jacobo experienced again
the feeling of being in love but in another girl. But the author made a twist
that made Jacobo become separated again from his love one. This scene showed
that in our live there will be always a time that we thought we found the right
person but in the end, we just expected for nothing and this what author made
us to realize that finding the right person is hard because it needed time and
effort.
The author backed up the following events with a most-awaited
situation. The reunion of Jacobo and Gina, his first love symbolizes the
memories that happened in past can be cherish in the present. This scene will
made us realize that there's nothing wrong in having a reunion with your
ex-boyfriend or girlfriend but make sure that there will be a thick line in
each other's heart because moving in is really a must because in can make the
life good in the present and better in the future. The author secretly showed
to us that we should not be trapped in the past because there will be another
person, chances, situations, events, and memories that will be made and there
will be a time to leave the old ones in a time.
The author made the ending story with a
relieved one because it featured the
conversation
of two parties (Jacob and Gina) that parting ways and moving are the best
solution to manage their own families. Francisco Sionil made this story not
just to realize the worth of memories and how childhood love was memorable but
also that there will be a time that we are mature enough to know what love is
what moving is and what letting go is.
"Love will always find a
way" this quote may not be a the best to suite in the story but
little we did not know that love moves in mysterious ways in this story. From
the childhood memories, to separation, to meeting another person, to reunion,
and to meet again but chose to let go and move, the love really moved. The
author ultimately did this story to show to us how love break us, create us,
and change us in the other way or around. Puppy Love, a Palanca Awardee story
deserves both clap from every reader's hand, every generation's heart, and
every time to read this story.
Lunes, Agosto 14, 2017
Sabado, Agosto 5, 2017
Huwebes, Hulyo 6, 2017
Huwebes, Hunyo 22, 2017
Scorching summer
As I step on the sparkling white sand of the beach, the ambiance gives me a warm welcome.
The blazing sun in this sky smiles at me as its rays touch my silky skin. The trees sway in the rhythm of the wind. I sit down under the cozy shade of the tree as I taste the naturally fresh coconut juice to quench my parch throat. I see a variety of people in the beach. I hear the sweet but heaven-sent voice of the teenagers that playing volleyball nonchalantly. As I roam my eyes in the beautiful scenery, the crystal-clear water persuades me to swim in liberty. My body shivers when the arctic water touches my warm and tan skin. I am looking forward to reflect and enjoy again if I have the luxury of time to go in this marvelous place.
-DKC (98)
Martes, Hunyo 20, 2017
Tanaga
Smiling sun in the sky
My throat is parched, the leaves are dry
Let's walk under the scorching sun
It's summer time let's have fun
-DKC (95)
Modern Day Riddle
Photo from The Daily Star
Sa umpisa'y namumulaklak ang dila
Sa huli'y lanta na ang tanim sa punla
Ano ito?
-DKC (98)
-DKC (98)
Huwebes, Hunyo 15, 2017
Literature is my Utopia
People nowadays think that being into literature is irrelevant and insignificant. But for me, literature is a way to connect into reality from classic to modern.There is an ignominy in our society that convey one who is more inclined toward science and math will somehow be more successful in life, and that one who is more passionate toward literature will be destined or it'll be like a second class citizen. Nonetheless, Literature is a gateway to show us about the experiences in our lives from worst scenarios to a joyful ones. Literature serves as a gateway to learning of the past and expanding my knowledge and understanding of the world.
I believe in the book by Charles Bukowski entitled Without Literature, Life is like hell. It is truly indeed that we are like a living dead if we are not exposed in any literary texts. In my 17 years of existence, I am exposed from a different literary texts and I did not regret to accept it as a part of my life because my life became a rainbow, colorful and meaningful. Whenever I'm sad? I write. If I am happy? I write. Because every moments in our life deserves to be recognized and not to be rot in hell. Literature is a journey that is in inscribed pages and empowered by the reader's imagination. With out literature, life is dull and full of uncertainties. You don't want the book to slap you? Do you?. Start reading and place yourself in the place where literature is on top. As a student, Literature has been a part of my daily. Little by little I did not noticed that it it becomes a candle that enlightens me in my dark surroundings. My world became vivid and attracts positive energy that makes me surpass my everyday life. It helps me in different aspects and I overwhelmingly accept the changes that literature gave to me because Literature expands our horizon. It opens our eyes to see what reality shows. It help us realize that there our beauty beneath our world and in our surroundings. Literature helps us appreciate cultures and beliefs by reading books about history and anthropology. With these, we can start to understand each and everyone we somehow, we can achieve unity in despite of diversity. Literature helps us to be a better writer. I always ask myself when I am reading novel if how writers write this story? So I began to search and practice myself how to write literary text so that in a snap of a finger, my work has a chance to be a part of a specific magazine. Literature is a time machine. It enables individuals to travel into specific time period of the story. I recently read "A Walk To Remember"a classic novel by Nicholas Sparks.Literature is important as it connects people relationships, and tell what is right or wrong. Therefore, worlds are alive more than ever before.
Lunes, Pebrero 27, 2017
Bangsiyawan Tribe at Caracol 2017
Makati High School joined the Caracol Festival 2017 at Circuit Events Place, Makati City last February 26, 2017.
Dancing in the rhythm of Oceanic theme choreographed by their coah Sir Kemuel gavino.
Photos captured by: Dominic Kean Calavia
Caracol Festival is one of the most awaited celebration of talents in Makati City. Caracol comes from the Latin word “kuhol” It is a sea creature that has a shell to protect its body. Just like the “kuhol” Caracol symbolizes on how to protect mother earth in different aspects. Caracol Festival started as a program of Department of Tourism in the year of 1989 and it was declared to be the official festival in Makati City.
Caracol Festival held at Circuit Makati last February 26, 2017 with a theme of Oceanic creatures. Many people were amazed by the execution, props, preparation and the fighting spirits showed by the MHS dance troupe lead by Sir Kemuel Gavino. The Makati High School dance troupe named their troupe as the Bangsiyawan tribe. It compose of talented students came from different grade levels.
It is not easy to make props just like what they have shown in fact, It took them time to create an ocean-inspired props and costume. Gold fish style costume, blue-sea creatures, fisherman attire, and queen of the sea costume are the costumes that were slayed the dance floor. Trident, Vista flag, fisherman net, big clam and the background showing under the sea wallpaper makes their dance more creative and exciting.
To MHS dance troupe you make Makati High School proud. Never stop dancing like no one is watching,continue bringing pride to our Alma Matter. Always remember put God first and put your feet on the ground. More power Bangsiyawan Tribe.
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