No Regrets

Cyberfair is one unique experience I wouldn't forget nor will regret.

Honestly,this project brought me traits that I have never imagined to get through. Determination is one of them. With this project, many times did I wish that I didn't raise my hand on the day that we were asked if we liked to do it.  Many times did I thought that finishing this project would lead to no good. But all those I did overcome just for us to finish this project.  Yet, I was thankful enough that I have experienced this because I know that this lesson would be precious to me.  For we all know that if there's a will, there's a way.

Understanding is another. There are moments when you just can't seem to be successful in one thing because you can't come up with a single idea that you will create.  This is one of the major problems we have encountered while doing this project, but, as I said, by being understanding enough to give way, their would be a possibility that you would go on and continue.  Rather than be stocked up there doing all the fight and what not, one has to give way so that there would be space to move on.

Another trait that I have encountered was Patience. It was never been easy to make a website that would stun the judges.  Yet it is harder to do what we wish to do in the website.  Controlling the positioning and animations in the website would take you like forever just to do it!  Then when your done with it, you'll realize that you have only done less than what you have already given so much effort on.  But we pursuit on it cause we know that time will come when we'll finish it up.  And finally on that day, we'll say, FINALLY!

Commitment is one thing important too. You have to be committed to the hard work you need to have. You need to be committed to the your working with. You have to be committed to the beliefs, desires and ideas that flow into the project. You have to be committed to every little thing needed to be in our project. 'Cause we believe that "with commitment comes effort, with effort comes results, with results comes success!"

And one of the most important traits that I have encountered was Positivity. Staying positive all the time is hard, but being positive in times needed to be, is better. "A naturally positive person sees opportunities where others see obstacles, a naturally positive person frees their mind from negativity and disappointment so that it is free to dream, imagine, develop and expand." With that quote, we can see that positivity could lead us to greater heights  for we know how to dream , therefore we know how we want to achieve our goals; for we know how to imagine, therefore better ideas comes flashing and surprising us; for we know ho to develop and expand, therefore we'll find ways to improve our motivation and bring it to a higher level.

 Truly, this Cyberfair project will forever haunt us but at the same time will forever make us remember how we felt the eagerness to stop, yet we chose to continue, for we know that finishing it, would be the greatest feeling we'll ever get...

I'll never regret ever having raised my hand on that day sir asked us if we wanted it or not. There won't  be any regrets either we win or loose, for we know that the greatest price we ever got was, EACH OTHER :)

Funniest Phobias

                A phobia comes from the Greek term phobos which means “fear”.  A phobia is an irrational, intense and persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, animals, or people. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared stimulus.

                It is said to be generally caused by an event recorded by the brain which is labelled as deadly or dangerous;  thus whenever a specific situation is approached again the body reacts as if the event were happening repeatedly afterward. 

                There are different kinds of phobias. And here is a long list of hilarious phobias that could be rarely seen.  Since most of the phobias listed are about being afraid of essential things such as air, water, and light.  

                All these are fears are unimaginable but the fact remains that they exist.

• Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing

fear of light

• Aerophobia- Fear of swallowing air

• Anablephobia- Fear of looking up

• Basophobia- Fear of walking

• Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting

• Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed

• Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers

• Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern Lights

• Barophobia- Fear of gravity

fear of memories

• Anemophobia- Fear of wind

• Blennophobia- Fear of slime

• Bogyphobia- Fear of the bogeyman

• Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors

• Chaetophobia- Fear of hair

• Chionophobia- Fear of snow

fear of bathing

• Chromatophobia- Fear of colors

• Chronophobia- Fear of time

• Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks

• Cibophobia- Fear of food

• Dendrophobia- Fear of trees

• Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body

• Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom

• Eosophobia- Fear of daylight

fear of mirrors

• Ereuthophobia- Fear of the color red

• Geliophobia- Fear of laughter

• Geniophobia- Fear of chins

• Genuphobia- Fear of knees

• Geumaphobia- Fear of taste

• Heliophobia- Fear of the sun

• Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words

fear of numbers

• Homichlophobia- Fear of fog

• Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep

• Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish;.l,

• Ideophobia- Fear of ideas

• Kainophobia- Fear of anything new

• Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables

• Leukophobia- Fear of the color white

• Levophobia- Fear of objects to the left side of the body

• Linonophobia- Fear of string

• Logophobia- Fear of words

• Melanophobia- Fear of the color black

• Melophobia- Fear of music

fear of shadows

• Metrophobia- Fear of poetry

• Mnemophobia- Fear of memories

• Octophobia- Fear of the number 8

• Ommetaphobia- Fear of eyes

• Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams

• Ophthalmophobia- Fear of opening one’s eyes

• Ostraconophobia- Fear of shellfish

• Panophobia- Fear of everything

• Papyrophobia- Fear of paper

• Peladophobia- Fear of bald people

• Photophobia- Fear of light

fear of clocks

• Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking

• Pogonophobia- Fear of beards

• Sciophobia- Fear of shadows

• Selenophobia- Fear of the moon

• Siderophobia- Fear of stars

• Sophophobia- Fear of learning

• Trichopathophobia- Fear of hair

Do you think you’ve got any of them?  You’d better be treated. 



* I hope that this blog would not encourage us to laugh on those who have such phobias but to help them instead to overcome their fear :)

A Moving Experience

Life fills a person lots of ups and downs, happiness and sadness, wins and losses, expectations and surprises.  But sometimes, these things come from one little thing you have experienced. For me,  that experience is when we have joined the Cyberfair competition.

Honestly, it was hard for me to decide whether I will join or not.  There was a part of me that tells me to not do it, because there we all know that this last quarter would be the most stressful quarter of all quarters.  But also, the will for me to at least make a move to make not just our teachers but also our school to be proud of our class, our batch, make me want to do it.  And I ended up going for it :)

Well, I can say its worth my choice.  This is truly one experience I will never forget. 

I have experienced feeling the stress pushing through our group especially since we, most of the time do not complete the tasks that are meant for us to do.  There are a lot of delays and worries that flashed right through us. But then, it was funny thinking that we were so worried about it while the others are like: "Yey! We're done." thingy.

Also, another pressure that pushed us was that for the past Cyberfair competition, that our school has joined, the category we are handling enabled them to win the international competition.  So it really is a big disaster once we submit a project not even worth competing for.

I have also experienced having wrong judgments. Honest to goodness, I didn't know how this project was gonna work. Especially at first we, in the group, don't know each other that much.  So we always try to confront them but there are always time contrast that a certain matter cannot be agreed on.  With that, I had a conclusion that they wouldn't be able to be that helpful or so. But as days went on, there are more and more experiences we have as a group and so I realized that they aren't bad at all. In fact, they are VERY surprisingly fun to be group mates.  And I am proud to be a part of this group.

There are even more experiences, feelings, joys and worries that I had and will be encountering. But one thing I am completely sure about, that this project not only taught me of html, css or javascript, not only did it develop creativity, competence, social involvement and time-management... Yet it also made me be moved...

Just a Simple Kiss, You Thought!

 

 

A kiss

                A kiss can mean something-or nothing at all. When we were still young and innocent, we were always told by our parents to kiss your lola, your lolo, your aunt, your sister, etc. And in those moments, you still don’t know what it meant. Or you didn’t even mind how it felt, because you thought that it must just be done because you were told to do so.  You are bound to share your kisses to the people around you because you felt that it made them happy. Sometime on your childhood times, you are comfortable to share your first kisses to the “adults”. But when you’re slowly growing up, you carefully understand the meaning of a kiss.  At that time, you already don’t have to have a discussion on such subjects because you are already grown-up and kissing the person you admire is just usual. Kissing is commonplace for adults now, also, sometimes to teenagers. Most of them kiss their partners without thinking at least once a day. But shouldn't a kiss always be special?  

                From the Student Now.com website, they said that “A kiss is more than the sharing of lips and breath. It is a mingling of hearts and souls. A slight tingle, a funny feeling in the tummy, a racing heart, is to be expected. A kiss is an intimate connection to another human being and a simple way to express love and affection. It is also a way for us to confirm that our partner is "the one" and traditionally, the marriage vow is sealed with a kiss as well.”

   They say that a kiss tells a lot of words.  It can express the deepest message you wanted to say to the person you admire.  A kiss is actually meant to show appreciation or admiration to the person you love.  It is also precious, you know.  But nowadays, it is already optional if you wanted to make it somewhat special and save it for the special person. 

                A kiss is actually a function of the human brain.  This function is enabled by every human being on the planet... Women kiss men, men kiss women.  That’s why they say that kissing is not needed to be a topic of learning since every human already knows how it is to be done.  But for some, it is still intriguing to know more about kissing.

                How about you? Do you still have to learn it? Do you still need to learn it?

What’s your Zodiac Sign Now?

As a new year came, many say that it brought different new things with it. Some geologist also stated that the earth tilted differently and that our Zodiac Signs have also been changed. The stars have been moved and so our Zodiac Signs have added one more in its list.

Yet some geologists still believe that the Zodiac Signs cannot be changed and that they are permanent...

But if this is actually true, then would you prefer on changing your Zodiac Sign?

They have actually listed the changes that might occur in the Zodiac Sign cycle:


Zodiac             Old Date                   New Date

Aries:              March 20 – April 20      April 18 – May 12

Taurus:           April 21 – May 19          May 13 – June 20

Gemini:           May 20 – June 20         June 21 – July 19

Cancer:          June 21 – July 21          July 20 – Aug. 9

Leo:              July 22 – August 21        Aug. 10 – Sept. 15

Virgo:            Aug. 22 – Sept. 22         Sept. 16 – Oct. 29

Libra:            Sept. 23 – Oct. 22         Oct. 30 – Nov. 22

Scorpio:        Oct. 23 – Nov. 21          Nov. 23 – 28

Ophiuchus:    ---------------------             Nov. 29 – Dec. 16

Sagittarius:    Nov. 21 – Dec. 20          Dec. 17 – Jan. 20

Capricorn:     Dec. 21 – Jan. 19          Jan. 20 –Feb. 15

Aquarius:      Jan. 20 – Feb. 18           Feb. 16 – March 10

Pisces:         Feb. 19 - March 19        March 11 – April 17

I believe that those people who would like to be lucky this year would change their Zodiac Signs once they knew that their new Zodiac Sign is lucky for this year. Meanwhile, for those who would change from lucky to unlucky would probably decline this.

There are actually 3 original Zodiac Signs who are lucky for this year. One of which is the Capricorn, who is said to be lucky in his/her love life and family life. While on the other hand, the Aquarius people are believed to be lucky in traveling and money-making. Also, the Pisces people are lucky in building a home and in business.

For some people, they believe that their Zodiac Sign have an important role on how their life is to go through. Some people would even buy newspaper everyday just to check on what is their luck on that day. Some people also use their Zodiac Sign luck to know how their day is going to go through and have a clue on what surprises are going to meet them. Some people sometimes use these Zodiac Signs just to help them make their decisions.

But for me, the way our lives go on doesn’t depend on what Zodiac Sign we have, yet it is in the way we control the life we have and the choices we make in life.

So, What Zodiac Sign are you in now?

Sources:
http://karenswhimsy.com/public-domain-images/zodiac-symbols/zodiac-symbols-4.jpg
http://www.beautifulstatues.com/images/zodiac-signs3.gif

What Even Makes You Stronger

Fear. A word that defines what we never wanted to do, to act, or to live with. But also, nobody wants to live with fear. With John Maxwell's blog about fear, we are known to what fear is like. We are even informed of how to overcome fear. For everybody believes that to overcome fear, is to face it.

Well, have you ever experienced being afraid of something that you absolutely would do nothing with it anymore? Like when you were a kid, have you experienced being afraid of "ghosts"? When you were a teenager, have you experienced being afraid of "examinations"? When you were in love, have you experienced being afraid of being "heart broken"? If so, these feelings are called FEARS. And these fears cause you to have physical effects: a racing heart beat, a dry mouth, a flying mind, and perspiration all over your body. But then, your fear came from the existence of something rather unreal like the ghosts.

But it really isn't hard to just face fear. Some would even say: "it would kill me" just because they don't believe in themselves. They don't have the confidence to believe that they can do it.

Fear is absolutely real. Fear is like a bad habit that if you wouldn't get rid of, it might just eat you. Fear starts from a mere imagination. For example, your thinking that something bad will happen just because you have broken a mirror(or some other superstition beliefs) and this prediction starts bugging you, making you feel uncomfortable and clears up your energy, then you are definitely experiencing fear. So if fear comes only from an imagination, then why don't we just think and hope of a better idea rather than putting ourselves buried in fear? Right?

When we start to face our fears, we gradually decrease the uncomfortable feeling that we have. Even without you observing, it would just naturally disappear. Your energy comes coming back, you are comfortable in living your life, no pressure on the things you do and then you will feel free of problems. And so, one day, you would be reminded of that and you would just laugh it out and tell yourself that you have made it.

Following the steps of John Maxwell's Overcoming Fear, we are able to face our problems without hesitation. By discovering the foundation of fear, you are able to recognize what and where was your fear coming from. By admitting your fears, we are aware of our fear. By accepting the frailty and brevity of life, we are ready for anything and so fear i lessened. By accepting fear as the price of progress, we won't be able to see fear as a mere destruction. By develop a burning desire that overcomes fear, we are able to find concrete reasons to overcome fear. By focus only on today, we are able to concentrate on overcoming a fear one at a time. By doing it now, we are able to do what is supposed to be in a matter of time and without hesitations.

So you see, facing your fears would even make you a stronger person. Fears are not really that bad, they were just given to you for you to be able to grow from that of your past.

A person grows when he/she realizes that fear is a part of life, a very essential part of it, that the only way to overcome it is through means of facing it with courage and believing that it can be done.

Life as a Dancer

When I first entered the world of dance, the first question that came to my mind was: "Can I dance?"

With the long journey I have traveled in these world, I learned a lot of things. I have learned that technique is the greatest weapon you could ever use in dancing. Even though you don't exactly know the steps, you could look as if you do, if only you have that right technique. A technique is not easy to be developed. It always takes time to learn something. And so if you want to have technique.

I can honestly say that I am not a great dancer. Yes, I dance, but that doesn't mean I am great in it. Not all dancers are great dancers. Not all dancers look like dancers. Not all dancers act like dancers. And not all dancers have the heart of dancing.

As I walk into the rehearsal room this afternoon, I looked in the mirror and saw dancers. Some were very advanced, yet, some were still  not that good. As I observe them dance, I came to a great realization. A realization that struck me.

I realized that time is just a factor of how you could be a good dancer. That time is not all that is needed to be better.

I have been in this dance school since I was in kinder and if you count the years, you would know that it's almost 10 years since I started. I could still remember the recitals I went to and how great I felt when I was in them. But if I look into the videos of every recital I had, I would realize that I wasn't that good as how I felt. And now, I would always feel that as if I just wasted every Saturday of my life for the past 9 years I've been dancing. Instead of taking the opportunity to love dancing, I just wasted it. I didn't take dancing seriously, and now that I am serious, I can't make myself any better.

So that just proves that no matter how long you've been dancing, if you don't have your heart in it, you wouldn't do it. Dancing is like any profession, that if you don't know how to love it, you couldn't do a good job out of it.

Loving is always the first. Timing is just the second.


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