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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Little Bad Boy

Dr. José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda is known as the Philippines' Pambansang Bayani. A well known person to Filipinos and to some nationalities who not only possessed one profession but almost all of them.  Jose Rizal is a very intelligent man who came from a wealthy family. He was able to go abroad to travel and study.

But of course, he also made himself comfortable in those places. He found comfort in some bars and with some friends. Studies show that Rizal made used some of his time having fun. There were also a lot of ladies that were connected to him. In which most of them were from the other countries.

Rizal also was a gambler. At times, he goes out with friends and gambles. But surely, he wouldn't have lost most of those games. Taking him as a very diligent and intelligent man.

But what Rizal has portrayed when he was in the other countries simply explains that he is just like any man, just like any Flipino. He too is just a normal guy playing his games. It shows that no matter how intelligent you are and how many good traits you have possessed, you can still do wrong things.

Rizal has the right to do those things. He just made himself happy. No matter how great and good he is, there is still a part of him that tells us that he isn't as clean as God.

What I love most about Rizal is that he always thinks of what is for the good of others. He doesn't prioritize himself, but rather, makes sure that others are safe and well. He made all the studies and all the hard work to help his family and to save his country.

He came back for the Philippines. He came for the independence of this country. He never forgot to look back, and that's what brought him to great heights. He brought all the knowledge he knew to the Philippines. He taught Filipino boys and girls. He taught them to be strong and inspired them to do what is right. He cured a lot of civilians. He helped contribute to the development of the lives of the Filipinos.  

He loved the Philippines so much that he fought for the independence of this country till his last breath. He truly is a hero.

As we remember him, we remember the love and wisdom he shared to us, to our country, and to the world too.


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Just Be Who You Are

Billy Elliot:

I have been looking for great old movies and this struck me. Actually, at first, I thought it was just a usual movie. But when I saw it's trailer I was really touched especially I'm a frustrated dancer. This movie is entitled "Billy Elloit". Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes! Setting aside the mining strike with his father and brother involving in it, he follows his heart instead of his responsibilities. When his family knew about this, he gets into big trouble. But he has enough determination and courage to fight for what he knows must be. With the guidance and support of his teacher, he was able to withstand the challenges he faced for his dream.

Although it has a lot of unpolished dance routines, Billy Elliot is about family relationships and dreams, not really about dancing. It is about how a father gives in to necessary sacrfices in order to bring back the bond that he has with his son, and about how a young boy, who unexpectedly dreams of being a ballerina and who is determined to pursue that dream.

The best thing about this movie is that there are a lot of values in it. It reminds us of the value of loving, determination, and honesty.

Sometimes, it's really hard to be you. Especially now adays, you really have to belong. Teenagers are really looking for belongingness. Belongingness somewhat brings them confidence. Being unique is far apart from being themselves, as if they aren't alive if they aren't in.

Is that supposed to be? I don't think so... no matter what they'll say, we must still do what we think is necessary, appropriate and proper.


Being the real you won't cause you anything, because if the people around you accepts you with love and accepts you as who you are then they'll be proud of who you are and who you've come to be.

In return, we must show them that we deserve the price of love they have offered to us.

Watch it, and you'll surely be inspired and you'll see how a boy and his dream changed the world around him.


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SLU: From Small Beginnings Comes a Great University

Saint Louis University was not Saint Louis University before. Actually, it was just a small room. A small room that allows the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae missionaries to inform and to share their charisma and their missionary vision to the young Filipino men and women.

Mandated by the Vatican to Christianize the northern part of the Phillipines, the CICM missionaries decided to come in the country and to follow the Vatican's order. They arrived here in the Philippines by the year 1907 and settled in Baguio because of its proximity to both Manila and the mountain province of Benguet beyond the Cordillera mountain range, that was home to numerous indigenous tribes. But only in 1911 did Fr. Séraphin Devesse started a one-room elementary school for 10 Cordilleran boys and named it the Saint Louis School . And in 1915, St. Louis school has expanded by opening it's second branch and improved into a vocational and trade school. In 1952, the school came to a new light through the rise of the institution of Saint Louis College having 75 students enrolled. This was part of the efforts made by Fr. Rafael Desmedt and Bishop William Brasseur. Saint Louis College soon became Saint Louis University in 1963.

Saint Louis University was not the only school built by these CICM missionaries. They also run the Saint Louis School of Mandaue, Saint Mary's University in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, and the Saint Louis College in San Fernando, La Union, and the Saint Louis College in Tuguegarao, in the Cagayan valley, thus covering a major part of Northern Luzon with outstanding educational institutions.

Through a century of outstanding service of quality education, the Saint Louis University has produced more than a thousand impressive fruits who brought major developments to Baguio up to the mountain ranges of the provinces of Benguet.

The continuous growth and development of the institution was made through the guidance of the following Rectors or Presidents:

1952-1954 Gerard Decaestecker

1954-1962 Albert Van Overbeke

1962-1964 Gerard Linssen

1964-1976 Paul Zwaenepoel

1976-1983 Ghisleen De Vos

1983-1996 Joseph Van den Daelen

1996–2005 Paul Van Parijs

2005–present Jessie M. Hechanova 

Now, SLU not only offers secondary education such as Elementary and High School but now has nine colleges offering graduate and undergraduate programs . The different Colleges are now known as Schools which was just effective on June 2010. The campus is divided into 3 major groups:

1. Saint Louis University- Laboratory Elementary School

A school that offers quality education for children entering Kindergarten up to Grade 6.

 

2. Saint Louis University- Laboratory High School

A school that offers quality education for those teenagers who graduated from Elementary and enters the second level of their education. The school aims to produce children who will be ready to face the reality of life and to prepare the students for their college degrees after they graduate.

 

3. Saint Louis University

A school that offers quality education through major subjects. The school aims to guide its students to the direction they have to take for their future. Major colleges that it offers are:

• School of Accountancy and Business Management - SABM
  (College of Accountancy and Commerce)
• School of Computing and Information Sciences - SCIS
  (College of Information and Computing Sciences)
• School of Engineering and Architecture - SEA
  (College of Engineering and Architecture)
• School of Humanities - SoH
  (College of Human Sciences)
• School of Law - SoL
  (College of Law)
• School of Medicine - SoM
  (College of Medicine)
• School of Natural Sciences - SNS
  (College of Natural Sciences)
• School of Nursing - SoN
  (College of Nursing)
• School of Teacher Education - STE
  (College of Education)
  

SLU also brought its name to good glory through the competitions the students participate on. Many competitions outside the school are joined by different students. They simply show that Louisians also have great potentials, talent, and intelligence that is used to make SLU and Baguio proud.

SLU has developed in all its aspects. From small beginnings, now here comes our great and mighty...SLU!

 

 

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There's No Place Like HOME - No Place Like SLU-LHS

Have you ever found the right place for you? Where you feel comfortable? Where you find happiness? And where you find content? Just exactly like a happy home? Well, I just did.

You know, when I was in my pre-school years, I really fear to go to school. My mom had to bring me right before my classroom two hours before my class starts. Especially, in the first day. Even if its still dark outside and nobody can be seen walking around, we have to be there. She is a teacher. So during those times, she mostly have classes that start before or exactly the time I also start my class. So she needs probably an hour to use just trying to convince me to go and enter my class then she has to give me sometime to stop crying so that I would not look stupid in class. So when I'm finally convinced and am ready to go to class, she would bring me to my teacher and talk to her about something and then she would let go of my hand. And that's when I start to cry again. But she only uses sometime to make me stop crying. Not as long as the first one. But its good to know that this attitude of mine gradually decreases through the years.

So, you'd probably think I hate school, huh? Well, I don't. I go home with a happy smile in my face and a lot of stories to tell about how wonderful my day was.

Now, as I am in High School, I learned to love more my lifestyle. That is because my lifestyle includes going to school.

My school serves as my second home. It has even my second family on it. How could that not be possible if I am in school for almost 10 hours a day in 5 days a week in 10 months. It really eats up more than half of the time I have. I do most of my stuffs that are connected to school. But I don't forget my responsibilities at home. My family is always my priority. That's the main reason why I go to school. I aim to attain a good life for them.

Saint Louis University-Laboratory High School has given me many many advantages that I can use for my life. It feeds me up with the knowledge I need to have. It embraces me with all the values I need to enhance. And it carves my way to my own future. My school is simply not like any other schools. It is an extraordinary transformative school that I have ever wanted.

Every faculty, every staff, and every student is a teacher to me. They play a part in teaching me different aspects for living. For every incident that I encounter in school, I always gain new values to live up. For every occasion that occurs in school, I learn to value every single day of my life. For every success I achieve, I always tap myself with humility. And for every failure I had, I build up the strength and courage I have.

My school is certainly like a home. It gives me comfort, knowing that my friends, the people who I can lean one are in there. It gives me guidance, knowing that my teachers would always act like a parent to his/her students. It gives me support, knowing that they will always believe in what I can do. And it gives me love, knowing that every student is valuable to the school.

Whatever you say or do, you can never change the fact that SLU-LHS is certainly a home, a school that gives you the commons of a home.

SLU LHS is my school, my home. The place where my world evolves. :)

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To SLU: Happy Centennial! From: Me

Saint Louis University is now one of the country’s most valued and respected school. It is one of the leading institutions not only here in Baguio City but all around the Philippines. SLU is regarded as the “Light of the North” because it has played a very important role in the development of not only the Cordilleran region but of its surrounding towns and provinces too. It just started from small beginnings but now, it is a very large university. Literally, it has more or less 20,000 students in its campus. It has gradually increased in population of students and faculties as it continually attracts students and scholars from different places nationwide and around the globe through its excellent reputation of education. 

 

It is with great pride that I am included in this institution. It is an important part of me as a growing Louisian. It served as my backbone through out the years. It is just right that I value and celebrate the upcoming SLU Centennial.

 

Yes, that’s right; SLU will soon celebrate its Centennial. It will surely be a historical celebration in the history of SLU. 

 

SLU Centennial will be celebrated in a year. This is termed as the Centennial Year. It will commerce on December 2010 and lasting up to December 2011. Many activities were already planned by the faculties and staff of SLU. Many preparations had been made and is continually being made. Just recently, the school’s president, Fr. Jessie Hechanova, started the countdown to the day that will start the Centennial Year. 

 

The SLU Centennial is an important event in the lives of the students. I, as a student can’t honestly do much for it. Probably, only by celebrating it is the best thing I can do. 

 

But by this simple blog, I want to show my great gratitude and respect to SLU. And to it’s upcoming Centennial. I want that the whole world would know how my school grew and is growing through the power of the Lousians and the trust they offer to the school, that through these things, Saint Louis University would be a stronger institution. I want them to know that through SLU, we, the Lousians, would be able to change the world. 

 

For the past one-hundred years, SLU brought out approximately about a thousand products of its valued education who is now, at present, some of the people who develops and improves the status of the world we live in. The school continually offers valued education to its students. SLU aims to develop students as well as faculty and staff imbued with the institution's core values of competence, creativity, social involvement and Christian spirit.

See how wonderful SLU is? 

 

I bet, that that is just the start of the development of SLU. There would be a lot more of improvements that could happen. 

 

We know that SLU's Centennial would signal a new start for developments. Every part of the world would certainly know about my school, SLU. There would be a lot more of Centennials to come. SLU would never just die out because they know that they are important to the lives of the Filipinos. 

 

Though SLU is not as popularly known as Ateneo, De la Salle, or The University of the Philippines , I still can't see no difference in any of these schools (except, of course, of the value of the tuition fee). As so you know, they all offer quality education and a good reputation for its students. So if you ever think that SLU is worse than any of the other schools, then you are wrong... It's not just because it is my school, but that is how I see it. I'm sure, if you try to enter my school, you'd probably understand me and agree with me too. 

 

I am very proud to say that my school has reached a hundred years and has stayed strong all through out. This just shows how SLU has grown so much. And would still move on with the future with greater aims and higher heights.

Congratulations to SLU on its Centennial! 

 

We believe in SLU, AND SO WILL YOU.

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Future Technology: a bit of Human

Can you imagine your cellphone already talking to you? Which will be telling you what choice is which. Helping you out on your everyday living. More like your own best friend. Maybe it even has a better intelligence than you do.  That's how it is in the future.  Believe it or not. 

 

 Let's see how Fabian Hemmert suggests this possibility to happen.

 

 This talk about what the future holds for our technology opens our eyes to the possibilities that technology would soon be equivalent to humanism. As what was demonstrated by Fabian Hemmert in his talk, he demonstrates the possible living mobile phone. A living phone which adopts, moves, and feels. More like a human, huh? He based this “future living phone” from us, humans. He thinks of what advancements can be further made based on what we already have. He mixed the physicality of humans with digitality of mobiles and made it as a tool to find what is in the future of mobile phones...

 

 Fabian Hemmert talked about 3 possible options of what is next to touch phones and wii's with it's need of physical presence of a person for it to work.

 

 First, he finds the need of mass. The “weight-shifting mobile”. It is a mobile that uses gravity as a very important tool. It tells where a certain object is just by its gravity. It could be best used for navigation. It can lead you to where you want to go even only by touching it while carrying it. By its weight-shifting feature, you can identify on which direction you must go. It uses weight for you to identify where your center is and where you are. Where the mass is more likely to be heavier, is the indication that it is there, whatever it must have to be, it is there. Surely, you'll always find that phone as handy as could ever be. And that is all because of mass...

 

 Second, he looks for the thickness and thinness of its shape. And now shows a “shape-changing mobile”. It has the ability to adjust to what size or position you want it to be. It adjusts to the space it is inquired to take and takes the position of your hand as a guide to what position it must take. Where it is thicker, there is more content. What is best about this phone is that it can expand in all directions that makes it as useful as possible. It's adoptation to its environment and to its content makes it more amazing to have. You don't have to find a comfortable and accesible way just to enjoy the features of this phone because it will personally make that job for you. It offers you full quality time and a comfortable chance to enjoy having your mobile phone on hand.

 

 Third, he likes an intuitive kind. And there is the ”living mobile phone”. A phone that practically acts like a human. And has a heart and could breath. Not really so literally, but you could see its figure, moving and breathing as if it is really organic or some kind. You could imagine having it, from being relaxed and then getting excited, and when it is patted in its back, it would then be back to normal. Imagine having it like a pet of yours. A pet that gets excited when sees something that amazes it and would be calmed by its owner by patting it. It's like you can always know that that person is alive seeing him/her moving and breathing. That is the main purpose of this mobile phone. You don't have to look at it and check it just to know if it is still with you or if you received a phone call or a text message. By simply feeling it movement, you can easily identify what is happening or if there is happening in your mobile phone.

 

 So you see, this is how our future will become. Technology as more human. A good way for digital to be graspable to humans, by being like humans. You see, development of such creations can be useful to us. Hopefully, it wouldn't be a reason for humans to change their way of living from positive to negative. Let's use these technologies in the right way.

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Hungry Much?

Since I was young, I have these foods I kept craving for. I really liked them even though I don't get to eat them as much as I wanted to. But I think that that is better, at least I don't get bored eating my favorite food again and again until time comes that I don't like them anymore. Since they are my favorites, I prefer having them for me as gifts or rather having them only on special occasions. I don't want to grew tired of them and just find another set of favorite foods...Oh, that's awful.

Anyways, here below is the list of my top 6 favorite foods of all-time. I swear. I can remember craving for these foods when I was still little. And how dirty and fat I looked in the pictures because of my eagerness to eat these foods.

Okay, here we go:

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   my first love :D

   1. Belgian chocolates
    Whoever would tell me that he/she hated chocolates, I'll hate him/her. Because that is obviously not true. No matter what you do, there is still that part of yourself that you would get to love chocolates. The sweetness and the softness of the product would not only turn you from wild to calm but will also turn your world upside down.
    The best chocolates that I ever tasted were those from Belgium. My dad once went there and came back home with a lot of these chocolates. I miss them so much. Seeing it in pictures right now reminds me of how mouth-watering these chocolates were.
   
   
   
   

2. Strawberry Refrigerator Cake

  Well maybe, this kind of food is not that common to you. But you know it is really one of the greatest things I wanted ever to eat. My mom is fond of making cakes, cookies and recipes. She makes me one whenever I had my birthdays before...Oh! How damn I miss those days. I don't get to have them now because of too many more important things to do. So i just get to eat them only during long-time vacations...

3. Lansones and Pear 

3. Oh yeah, these are damn healthy and yummy. I loved these fruits. Whenever I wanted to eat these fruits, I can never go to sleep and simply forget how I crave for them. Even in my dreams, I could see myself eating these fruits. This causes me to feel hungrier rather forgetting about it. So it is better to not sleep unless I eat even just a part of the fruit.
    There was even one time when my friend gave me a kilo of lansones and a pack of pear with a letter that read: “SHARING as a virtue”. He even emphasized sharing. He knew at that time that I would keep it only to myself because, obviously, they were my favorite fruits. And he was totally right, I ate them all. How guilty did I feel afterwards... 
   
   
   
   
    4. Kare-Kare

  This is a major major recipe that I have always wanted. This is a special recipe in the Philippines. And it makes me feel proud knowing that this came from my country. I like that this recipe is filled with a lot of vegetables and is best eaten with alamang[yeah]. Even just by smelling its delicious fragrance makes it more appetizing. It seems as if you are already tasting it. Oh, I can imagine it again. My stomach's growling now...

 

 

 5. Shabu-Shabu and Sushi

  Ooh! I love these foods so much. 

 

 

I know most people, like my sister, thinks that Korean, Japanese and Chinese foods are disgusting. But excuse me, these are really amazing foods. They taste kinda weird but is very delicious. It is also healthy since most of their ingredients are vegetables.

  The best part that I like most when eating shabu-shabu is the part where I just get and get and get food from the pan and immediately putting them into my mouth. It tastes good. You can really taste the flavor of every ingredient. I always enjoy eating them. We just ate some of these just recently and in just some matter of days, I gained a pound... Great right? 

 

6. Fresh Lumpia

 Fresh Lumpia is the best lunch I could ever have. Even without any rice, this food is very accessible to eat. I always ask my mom to cook these recipe in special family-get-togethers in our compound. It is not only me that likes very much fresh lumpia but most of my cousin too. Maybe it runs in the blood.
 Simply seeing those vegetables popping out of the wrapper makes me feel that  it is calling for me to it them.
 I don't remember myself ever having hated this food. EVER...

  I promised myself that someday, somewhere, somehow, I would make sure that I get to eat more of these. And crave for it till I die. No matter how fat I'll be in that time...? I don't think so I can do that. I suddenly though that food is just one of the greatest thing in life and it is not life itself. I'll still eat more of them but not too much, Diabetes now adays is dangerous to oneself.

  These are only my top 6, there are much much more.

  So there you go, my favorite foods... Ta-da!

 

sources: 

http://www.picknmixsweetshop.com/guylian-finest-belgian-chocolate-sea-shells----250g-673-p.asp

http://www.figis.com/images/products/large/113227_lg.jpg

http://kemalandsheila.com/2010/08/no-bake-strawberry-refrigerator-cake/

http://www.pbase.com/image/33274412

http://checkitoutavesta.blogspot.com/2008/09/brie-with-caramel-pecan-pear-sauce.html

http://forum.philboxing.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=138738&start=75&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

http://www.japan-i.jp/food/sukiyakishabushabu/

http://exurbanpedestrian.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/ahhhh-sushi/

http://whenadobometfeijoada.blogspot.com/

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It's High School, Deal with It

 High School… Adolescence… Teenage Love… Those are probably all familiar to you. These are all interconnected to each other. Whether you agree with me or not, that wouldn’t change. High School is the best and worst part of a person’s life. And surely, everybody would go into this process. 

 

  Actually, I really don’t like this part of my life. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s just because of my own experience. Relationships aren’t in my vocabulary, really. But no matter what I do, I can’t just say that I haven’t been in one. Yes, I’m honest. Oh... Yes, I am.

 

  How about you? Do you have any idea about sexuality? Do you like the sense that you must be aware of it? In that age? I don’t think so you must. But you do, right? In our generation nowadays, its just right for a teenager, probably even an elementary student, to be aware of these things. Well, sexuality not only refers to the pleasure and infatuation one feels when he or she meets a person of the opposite sex. Sexuality is always inside us. It only differs in each person. And that’s what makes each one of us feel that burn inside us. 

 

 Teenage love is what everyone in high school experiences. That’s why high school is the best place for emo’s and lovers...you can say that. Here, there, in front, at the back, upstairs, downstairs, seems like everywhere… you would even grew tired seeing those teenage lovers who seem to be so sure ‘bout themselves and like forever will hold them both. Well, yeah, it’s out of my business. I’m just saying… just saying.  And that's just my opinion...

 

 As what was said in the seminar, these relationships seem to start from common point and ends up mostly in just the same end point. Starting from “friends” and would either end up with “marriage” or “heartbreak”. Okay, so what leads to marriage or heartbreaks huh? Well, of course, it starts with a little friendship, and then comes infatuation, and slowly getting to love... and boom, there it goes. You could choose, marry or break-up. But marriage is still too early for you… too bad, your gonna end up with heart breaks...right? 

 

 Okay. So enough with those stuffs. Pregnancy immediately came to my mind. I’m kind of afraid of that. Especially seeing the video of giving birth during the seminar makes me really freak out! Wooh! I have seen a lot of women who gave birth to their tiny winy look alikes. And felt the love that surrounds them both. But maybe the thing about me being afraid is not really the fear but it is just the status of my self. That I still am not ready for those things. That I don’t want to experience that at this very early stage of my life. That moment isn’t yet mine to have. And that is influenced and affected by what happened to my sister… Do you want to know about it? I bet you won’t, or you will, or you won’t, or you might… no, I you wouldn’t. 

 

 Okay, I’ll just won’t. Probably, you are good in guessing. I’ll leave you with that. I can’t take the risk of sacrificing the name of my sister and her life just for this blog, you know. 

 

 The thing is: why do something that you know what consequences you can have? You must know when and where is the right time and place to do such an act... please... keep your zippers shut... I am sure that there is quite the exact moment it can be applied, and that moment is far, far in the future. Juts wait for it. 

 

 Anyways, the seminar made things clear for me. And that’s what matters most. I don’t remember much of the seminar discussions… I easily get bored. And in that case, boredom really threw me up. At least, most of it’s lessons came to my mind. I would really apply them.

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