There Are No Boundaries!!!

So this blog entry is and isn't just for extra credit. This blog entry is to show what the movie Alive showed me. First of all the movie was a good movie; I'd say if the goal was to inspire its viewers then they will surely succeed but then it could have been better if we saw the whole movie, by that I mean even the night scenes oh which I think was really relevant to the story. So as I was saying this blog entry is to show what the movie taught me as an individual and it's no never ever give up no matter what. 16 survivors out of 45, that's a pretty big number already if you would consider the things and the experiences they had to go through, but that 16 would have not been possible if it weren't for their will to actually live despite the impossibilities. To me the strongest message of the story, among all other messages, is to never give up and always have hope. You see those young men aren't even adult enough, they are merely but students, rugby players who turned out to be part to be a catastrophe. Their lives, young lives, were put in peril and sure danger, even sure death but all these they overcame. They were stuck for more than 2 months and yet because they wanted to live they did. If I would be in that situation I'd say there's but a few percentage that I would live because I'm not as strong as them. This story goes with everything in life. There may be times wherein life throws a big punch, a punch that was made with a full swing. But then what? Do we stay on the ground and cry like babies? Do I let it get the best out of me? Answer is HELL NO! I am in no position to do such. Those 16 survivors had the worst of life they they managed to make up their mind and hit it back, hit life back so hard they won. 

My life isn't as adventurous as theirs, it may not be as dangerous as those 16 men but then every now and then life may throw in some stupid things right in my face but then there's no damn reason to not hit back. Everything is a test and life is the biggest, a compilation of all the tests. It sucks, I know it does; but then that won'y stop me. I won't let it get the best of me. Life is  a bitch, but no matter how hard and how many times it slaps me I'm going to fight back. I'm going to face what is ahead and whats laid right in front with all courage and determination, like those 16 men. I will live my life the way it should and I'm going to give life a damn good fight. :)

                                      

:) Smile Always :)

"I LOVE my adviser!"

So this past week it was a bit of a sad...hmmm sad doesn't fit really...this past week was not so happy and not really sad but it was the week of being slapped in the face that the like it or not the school year is about to end. Well all endings are beginnings...it just sucks that when  you are having fun already like you're enjoying what the school year has to offer because you wasted, well not really, almost two quarters on something that was not really worth the time and the effort. It was the week of cramming all the things that has to be done and sadly there are a lot things that still needs to be accomplished still. This week was the payment of all the procrastination that I've been exercising. Well there is no time to remorse about the wasted time; I just have to not waste time anymore and use every single time wisely. 

So that was my week a week for all the requirements and the end if everything...and the start of new things..

:) Smile Always :)

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U think that's it???!!! HAHAHA I would not write such a title if this blog entry is not something really special :D

So also this past week we had our teachers appreciation and all the grade levels had something for their advisers and so did grade 9. We gave our precious and well-deserved adviser a portrait that im sorry was fatter than truth..seriously. I guess it was because we rushed the artist. Normally they said the minimum for a charcoal portrait is 3 days but we asked him to do it for less than a day and half. haha Oh well it was pretty good better than mine..(i tried sketching miss's face but it sucks..u can even ask mika...hahaha!!) Anyway that wasn't everything that we had because we or rather panda made a video about miss Mae and it's a really good video. I had some words included in it but the whole video panda did it. Also I included a letter inside the portrait of which I strictly instructed to read it when she is sad but she did not listen..tsk tsk tsk..or did she? Because from what I heard she was kind of pissed and maybe sad but I don't really know :P 

Anyway I gave my lovely adviser a message and it wasn't even written in a special paper neither was it written nicely but in my ugly handwriting. To sum it up and to not repeat what I've written Miss Mae.. "I just want to thank you yet again and I won't get tired saying it,  for all the fun and the bad part. I was a real pessimist and I still am but because of you that got a bit less. Thanks for teaching me to care and that life is much more fun if you will just do something about it. We sure will part ways but I tell you, you are the best teacher I've ever had. Swearing is bad I do swear you are. You will always be my and our SEXY, LOVING, FUNNY, AND OH SO CARING TEACHER :D Love you and Happy Mother's Day as you have been our second mother. 

Not all endings are sad but all beginnings are endings :)

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Acceptance.

I was fixing my papers and works from past grades and I saw this work of mine from Grade 7 and it's 'bout my personality; got  a 98 for it. But that was not the thing that got my attention. Below the paper I saw my teacher's comment and it was interesting. It said that "why do you hate yourself?". Reading that got me wondering for quite some time. That was like 2 years ago already. Things change and maybe I did....I don't really know. 

There are a lot of things that I wish that I wasn't yet I am. Guess that is normal as no one is perfect and its free to wish. Even the most perfect and most ideal person that we look up to got some things that they never really wanted. I think I hated myself because I want to change some things in myself. Maybe that time I wanted to be someone I was not. Maybe I thought that time I need a whole change-up; maybe from  my appearance to my character. If I was just there when I wrote that essay I'd probably sock myself. That was a stupid thing to write. Why? Because I can never have everything I want. That's the damn truth. There are many things that I got that others don't and that is damn enough to be thankful. Why hate yourself ? Life may be a bitch but always be proud and thankful for who the you are. 

That was two years ago. Things have had changed and I guess, though little by little, I did. There are a lot of things we wished we have or we are that just can't happen and its up to us if we'd pursue that wish you have or not. But the point is never ever hate yourself; don't hate who you are rather love it and cherish it. Now if you're a bad guy then that's a different blog entry but still you gotta love and just accept who you damn are.  Hate leads to nothing but acceptance, that's the road to happiness (well not really but that's a different story). Be happy with what you have and who you are, then you will learn to appreciate even the simplest of things. You'll learn to appreciate and maybe even love the people around you that you never really care 'bout. It all starts there, in your mind and in your heart. "You'll never appreciate the things life has to offer if you can't even appreciate what you are". Acceptance, simply complicated yet it makes a difference. 

But the thing is...I never fully learned that ^_^

:) Smile Always :)

Tim's List: Indoctrination vs Education

I was thinking of making a different blog entry but then I saw the option number 3 and the questions somehow connect to my supposedly topic so here it goes.

Indoctrination and education, whats the difference? Are they not the same? Answer is nope they are not the same. There is I'd say a  fine line that connects these two ideas; both of them kind of come to the idea of teaching. However indoctrination and education have major differences as well apart from their similarities. Both are used to teach specific ideas and knowledge to any one possible but most of the time indoctrination has a negative connotation and education a much more positive one. 

By definition they are pretty much alike and so it might be easier to actually understand the two ideas by their differences. Education by definition is imparting or acquiring knowledge; in short its pretty much learning and teaching. Indoctrination on the other is like that as well but the differences come in the way they are done. in education there is a vast ocean of knowledge where in one could learn and there is no limit to that; anyone can be educated anything. In contrast indoctrination is pretty much limited. The people who indoctrinate limit the knowledge that a person is supposed to learn and this is because they want only their ideas to be accepted. That's their first difference. Secondly in education not everything is good. There are some things that we might not like yet are still presented to us and that's because education is supposed to be not subjective to ones liking only but rather to the readied curriculum. Education has a system and not everyone may like. Same goes with indoctrination, it has a system but then unlike education the ideas that are presented are made to satisfy the people's wants. Most of the time in indoctrination the ideas are presented in a way that it appeals to a person's likes. The ideas are said and presented as if they are the best. They appeal to someone's preferences and also to emotions. In short, indoctrination is really one-sided and education not really, although there are certain instances that it is. There are several differences between indoctrination and education but these are the main ones. 

Now the topic does not end there. So now the differences have been laid, what then happens if indoctrination is used? Answer is people learn, then believe, then blindly obey. Since indoctrination tries to teach things that are not necessarily correct to the minds of young people, actually anyone, in the way they would like it, these subjects then obey what they are taught. They believe that these ideas are correct, unquestionably true. So with these ideas their lives are based on and most of the time the ideas are not even correct. It is good that a child obeys that he/she is taught but then there are certain things that a child is taught, that are not true and correct. A good example would be Hitler during World War 2. Hitler used indoctrination in his campaign to killing the Jews. He set up Nazi schools to teach the young Germans about his ideas which are not really correct. Everything was subjected to his ideas; that Germany was the most glorious country, and the most  destructive one was that they taught kids races ending up that the Nazi race was the most superior ones and the Jews the least. At a young age of 6 kids were already indoctrinated and because of this they simply obey. It didn't matter if what they were obeying was right generally but as long as it's their beliefs. Indoctrination promotes or results to blind obedience and not the real obedience. Obedience is doing what you are told but then only if it's the right thing. Real obedience usually comes with education as we have choices and its not limited to only one idea; but with indoctrination comes blind obedience: one only obeys because it was believed to be true and correct when in fact it hardly is. Obeying isn't always the right thing to do especially if what one is told to do is wrong, which in Schindler's List's instance is genocide or murder of Jews.

Indoctrination has a lot of negative things with it and personally it isn't the type of learning I would recommend. Education is still the best way to learn and impart knowledge. Not at all times we are asked to do what is right but we can always make a choice to do what is right regardless of the price we would have to pay in doing so. Everyone has a choice. 

:) Smile Always :) 

Happy :D....almost

This past week is the second to the last week before the finals and this week is also the cramming week. There are toooo many things to do most of them are projects. I have to finish our newspaper and with that I am almost done but there are still tons, literally, that needs to be done.


Anyway so much for a negative approach for the week; this week also we had a bunch of long tests. It's been raining tests these past days. Fortunately I'm getting good grades and though with some exams it could have been better, I'm still happy with the outcome. Sometimes I gotta be content :) actually most of the time. Also this past Friday I was able to watch my second PBA game and its a finals game WOOOH! but sad part is we had to sit in the general admission because the tickets were all sold-out. Anyway though I got really bad eyes i was still able to enjoy especially because TalknText won; but still I don't care much about what the results will be because I'm a Petron fan and am just waiting for the next conference. Still it was really fun to be part of game 6 because if we weren't there (I was with Renzo, Miss Mae, and Jf) the 20,534 attendance wouldn't be made possible. It was so much fun watching the game. :)


Now all the things that has happened in the past week sounds all positive doesn't it? But too bad just last night got into a fight with my mom and up to now were still trying to work it out for the best. Excluding that everything was nice this past week. 


:) Smile Always :) 


But can't...

A Word To Eradicate

Discrimination has been a big problem ever since the onset of the society. One might object me in that idea as they would say that there was no clear discrimination that happened during the pre-historic ages but guess what discrimination isn't just by skin color. Long before women were already taken or were seen lowly by the men and this is a form discrimination. Discrimination can and may revolve on almost anything including these really obvious ones:

-race

-skin color

-gender

- financial status

-looks 

-Intelligence

These are just some of the reasons discrimination exists in the society and there are way a lot more if one would be really profound. For example in school the kids who are not considered "cool" are not treated as they should be; or those who are not as smart as the others, are treated indifferently. However this is not something that we just give up upon just because it is almost impossible to remove it from the society; we can do something about this still. One word to achieve the seemingly Utopian society that we want, RESPECT. We just need to respect other people regardless of what they may be. 

These videos might help and I hope after watching them you make up your mind to make a move onto actually helping removing discrimination not just in the school but in the society. 

Make your decision. It's never too-late.

:) Smile Always :)

A Trip That's Never To Forget

LUCBAN, QUEZON TRIP :D :D :D







Very early in the morning we went to school. In the photo we had our mini assembly and so far by record the earliest assembly.

After 3 long hours of being in the bus, at last we reached Batis Aramin.  

          

Picture First :)    

 
Before the activities we had to undergo an orientation.


                                                           
And yes Sir John was in the orientation; in fact he was in-charge of orienting us.


ACTIVITIES




  The Activities now started :)



   
JF had a pretty difficult time looking for our flag. 


  
We got a bit bored waiting so uhmm picture-taking!! :)




 
 I KNOW THAT'S ME!!! Rappelling, our first activity. 







      


We finished Rappelling, Zip-line and Wall-Climbing. The activities were fun !!!          
                               

My adorable teachers :). They're so funny and cute in this picture haha :)






GAMES THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A COMPETITION WITH OTHER GRADE LEVELS


     


First was having to cross the web of ropes without touching it. Honestly I found that activity boring and irrelevant but somehow it was fun.  :)



The second activity was trying to put some balls from a can to another using only ropes, without having to spill them. Though I didn't play in that activity I really felt the game.





Third activity was having to pass a really big ball without having to drop it using only a net. 
In the picture JF was sort of trapped in the net bwahahaha.







The third and last and most irritating activity was having to put water in a PVC pipe with tons of holes, up to the top. Everyone got wet as it was really difficult to actually fill the pipe.







After the Activities we enjoyed our lunch. It wasn't really really good but it was good to eat. :)


SWIMMING TIME!!!!


  


 
       Miss Mae and Sir Lyle together with my classmates.






     
This was when we were at the pool playing a game. The game was that we have to catch the tail of the other team :)
                           
After swimming and before going home we saw this really cold "waterfall" and took some pics. By the way the water was really really cold. 







I think after that day I learned how to swim already although I'm not really sure. Anyway the Field Trip was really really fun :)