Reflection. The finale

This is the beginning of the end, and the end is just the beginning. We can't stop the hands of the time to run, but not because our time together is running out, it doesn't mean that it is a good bye. It is still the beginning of our journey to depart and find ourselves and soon, find our way back to each other. Bittersweet moments, cliché, but the perfect word to describe these situation we are in. We are sad to part ways, but we need to learn in accepting even if we still don't want to end this school year.

Life must go on, we must move forward, and look at its brighter side. We can't reach our dreams if we stay here. We must let go, and meet new things, people, teacher and nature. This school year is a one tough year. Discouraging moments crept to us, we cried, we got tired, we wanted to just sleep and rest everything, just leave everything and just fail, but we didn't let those to happen. We motivated ourselves to continue pursuing our dreams, and strike the wall of depression and step in the stairways of success. And relief, sad that it is going to end, but let joyous heart be with us so that we can learn to understand that not all that kept on holding on became successful. We will all come back, we will all be reunited again.

This is the end of our journey as Junior High, but the beginning of being Seniors. We will be more mature. We will all step up, and when the perfect time of God comes, we will be all contented and with a heartily smile, we'll all cry with tears of joy because once again, one of the great family we had has meet again. 

My Dream is My Future

As we grow older, our mind plans for our future, and before we reach our future, we have our dreams, and before our dreams, there are us- the dreamers. Dreamers dream for their dreams to become reality, to be successful with contentment of whatever we have in the future. We all want to reach the stars, we aim high and to able to catch them, we need to strive hard for it. 

Dreams, we all have one, or more. Mine is to have a good life, with my family. But to reach it, I need to be a pupil, a student, a graduate, and to pass my exam for being a Medical Technologist, and to Master my field, and become an Orthopedist. But not as easy that I wrote that path, it will be difficult to reach it, because nothing worthy comes easy. But in able to grab those stars, I will endure everything- pain, problems and reviewing till morning, no sleeping. I will sacrifice a lot, I know that, and it might be difficult to do it, but I will still end up sacrificing. My blood, sweat, and tears will be well paid. I just need to do the right thing.

Dreams won't become reality if you're lazy to do the tasks. If you just give up on this journey, your dreams won't be your future, but if you stand up still, dreamers will become successful. 

Victorious Foundation Day

It was a great day of celebration. No barriers, no distinction of anything greater, but as a sound united as one, all tuned in to have a victorious High School Day.

The day came for us to triumph and to dance in victory because March 2 marked the 117th Ilocos Sur National High School day. It was a week-long preparation for every student. We practiced dances with different genres, and we Grade 10 performed hiphop. At morning, Colors of the CAT I Unit of ISNHS, the ISNHS marching band, and the students wearing their costumes gathered up for parade. Afterwards, at noontime, the guests has arrived, and the CAT officers welcomed and honored our speaker and our very own principal. We all performed with greatness, and the boys and girls or Grade 8 victors over the crown. It was a great day indeed, but I hoped for more days to celebrate.

We all cooperated for the betterment of the activity. We united and together, we celebrated our 117th Foundation Day, and I hope that there will be more the next years that will come. 

KANNAWIDAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL

Philippines has many beautiful and iconic cultures. Every region of this island has so much to offer, let it be products, arts, music, festivals and etcetera that are so attractive to see, that even tourists come here to visit and visualize with their own naked eyes the beauty of the Philippines. Region 1 consists four provinces-Pangasinan, Dagupan, Ilocos Norte and our home province, Ilocos Sur. Every year, we celebrate different activities in our province, and one of the most memorable and must-see festivities is the Kannawidan Festival, held every last week of January until First week of February.

The venue of the Kannawidan Festival this year is at Tamag Grounds, Vigan City. This festival has so much to visit. It shows different products from each of the Municipality of Ilocos Sur. Kannawidan is so much wonderful that even the place is far away from some people's home, they give time and effort to look upon this said festivity. The Government of Ilocos Sur invites many popular artists and bands to come and perform. Ilocanos love to see them, but we should know the real essence of the festival, and it is to showcase the beauty and wonder of our culture, We should not forget that we are celebrating because of the masterpiece we are creating, and those artist/bands are just bonus. The real highlight of Kannawidan is to tell the world that we are so much of what and who they think we are, Ilocanos. It is to give pride to the uniqueness of our province, Ilocos Sur. It is to advertise our own products and to show that they are world-class products. This Cultural festival is an art to show that Ilocanos are very dedicated and passionate when it comes to our culture. That we give our hearts, and sacrifice our time and effort for the best of our home.

Kannawidan, part of the traditional festivity of Ilocos Sur, yet remains exciting and wonderful, not because of the visitors but because of the showcased iconic products and cultures, and the Ilocanos, themselves.

I AM THE CHANGE

We tend to be familiar with things in our lives that it stay in our system.We don't change those familiarity that we sometimes get stuck unto that. We tend to think that because it is already common in our lives, it should remain. No changes, no changing, but we should, especially those negative things.

Most people just want to stay in their comfort zone, playing safely that they may not fail or commit mistake, but for me, let us step out of the box. I am the change, yes. For I change ugly ways into something that can be constantly getting better. I do not stay in the safe zone, but step out and not minding mistakes to happen, for those will give me thousand lessons that can change me into someone way better than I was before. I become new, with no fears of failing when I start the change.

Do not be afraid. We should start the change, yet careful with the decisions we are going to make. Choose wisely and always choose serenity, the peace that even some things changed, it didn't cause havoc, the chaos that can make everything worse.

New Year, New Me

New year, another realizations of how we become less or more after before, during and after last year. We compare our old us, to the new version of ourselves. We can pinpoint or notice the changes that happened, from our physical appearances deeper to our inside characteristics.

2018 ended, and before it did, I changed my hairdo. I went to a salon, and made my hair shorter, and I styled it with bangs. I also became tanned. My appearance did change and so my spiritual life. I became more interested in worshiping and glorifying God. I read my bible daily, and it was January 1 when I started reading from the first book, Genesis, and hoping that before this year ends, I'll finish reading my Bible until the last book, revelation. Also, emotionally speaking, i became more understanding. I can now control and handle my emotions better. I became more responsible with my actions and with facing the  consequences of my decisions.  I think before deciding, considering the possible resutls of my choices. I advise better. I communicate more when needed, but speaking less if I will only spit nonsense arguments, in short, I became more matured.

Except for love, change is so constant in this world. We can never stop it from occuring, yet we have choices, it is to becme better, or worse. Either of them, we face the consequences and changes whether we will like the result or not. So we better choose wisely, change for the better, or change for the worse.