REFLECTION:

YES!!! THIS IS NOW THE FINAL GRADING OF OUR SENIORS LIFE. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCEREST GRATITUDE TO MRS. EVELYN VERA CRUZ IN TEACHING US HOW TO USE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP. AND ALSO TO MS. DAISY. SHE IS THE ONE WHO TEACHED US A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PHOTOSHOP. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT IS HARD. BUT WHEN MS. DAISY EXPLAINED FURTHER, I COME TO UNDERSTAND IT. AND I KNOW NOW HOW TO EDIT PICTURES USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP. THANK VERY MUCH FOR TEACHING US ANOTHER LESSON MA’AM. J

Everyone of us has an expectation of advancement or progressive development in our lives. Thinking about our future is not that bad because we only believe that there will be a time for us to turn from penniless to affluent life.

Our life is too short. So, you should use your time and knowledge wisely. Just like me. I had explored so many things that’s why I successfully graduated in college and I got my one and only loving profession. I am now an architect. But, I cannot pursue my dream without the help of my loving parents who guided me in all the things that I made. And also to our dear God who lightened my way in following it.  That’s why I can now work and live by my own feet without the help of my parents.

       Whoa! All I wrote in the second paragraph is only my prediction about my future. That’s why I am doing all my best to achieve that dream of mine. I always pray to God that he will guide and light me  to tackle the right path to my dream. 

            Change is always starts with us. We all know that everyone wants changes in their lives. Just like me. I want to change my bad attitudes. Because I know that almost everyday, I've done bad things  in our society. That's why I am doing all my best just to meet that changes I want. I promise to myself that I will change my bad atittude eventhough I know that it is impossible to do. 
            I believe that Small changes in ourselves will result in big changes in the world. Because everything we do, we can contribute a lot in our economy eventhough it is only small thing. 

The province of Ilocos Sur has recently celebrated its Kannawidan Ylocos Festival. This year marks the province’s 193rd year based on the Royal Decree dated February 2, 1818 separating Ilocos Sur from Ilocos Norte. Prior to this date, the stretch of Bangui in Ilocos Norte down to Luna La Union is called Ylocos which is a term to refer to the coastal inhabitants. It literally meant “from the lowlands”.

Kannawidan festival is the most beautiful festivel in Ilocos Sur. You can see a lot of products in each cities or municipalities in this province.

The first time I get there at the Quirino Satdium, I was amazed what I’ve been there. Because I didn’t expect that there are a lot of products I didn’t saw yet here in our province Ilocos Sur. The products here in Iloco Sur are very different from another province. It is the best among all the province in the Philippines. I also known the meaning of Kannawidan from my lola while we are walking together. She told me that the meaning of Kannawidan is “Kaugalian of the Native Ilocanos”. And that’s another knowledge I’ve known that night.

I am very proud that I was born in this beautiful province because there are so many things to be proud of.

NEW YEAR, NEW ME!

                New year is the most enjoyable and memorable  part of the year. And now, the day had come !!!

 I remembered before the new year starts, I had a lot of goals to be done this year. The most important one is to become a better person. Because in 2013, I made a lot of mistakes specially with the people who surrounds me. This year, I want to correct all my mistakes I had done in the previous. I want to gain more friends this year. So, I have to change  my bad attitude to be a better individual. And another one  is to lose weight. In the present, I have a big body.  So, I’d promised to myself that I will pursue or achieve it to make myself a better one.

Before the new year, we should have a peaceful mind. We shouldn’t have hatred with each other. That’s why I asked all the people I’d made a mistake before. And they forgiven me with their humble heart. I’d forgiven also all the people who hurt me last time.

My new year is one of my inspiration to change my old life.  I want to start a new beginning. I will promise to myself not to continue the old me. J

                   

This Third Grading Period, I enriched my knowledge in HTML tags. As we go further, our teacher teach us a lot of different html tags. Our teacher is a very good mentor to us. Because in every activities we made, she took to us how to made it. That is why it is so very easy to me.

    During our third periodical test, I thought that our test is hard like out test before. But I was wrong. Our test was so very easy that's why I've got a lot in the test. :))

Christmas (Old English: Crīstesmæsse, meaning "Christ's Mass") is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ^[6][7] and a widely observed cultural holiday, celebrated generally on December 25^[3][4][5] by millions of people around the world.^[2][8] A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days ofChristmastide, which ends after the twelfth night.^[9] Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations,^[10][11][12] is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians,^[1][13][14] and is an integral part of the Christmas and holiday season.

While the birth year of Jesus is estimated among modern historians to have been between 7 and 2 BC, the exact month and day of his birth are unknown.^[15][16] His birth is mentioned in two of the four canonical gospels. By the early-to-mid 4th century, the Western Christian Church had placed Christmas on December 25,^[17] a date later adopted in the East,^[18][19]although some churches celebrate on the December 25 of the older Julian calendar, which corresponds to January in the modern-day Gregorian calendar. The date of Christmas may have initially been chosen to correspond with the day exactly nine months after early Christians believed Jesus to have been conceived,^[20] or with one or more ancient polytheisticfestivals that occurred near southern solstice (i.e., the Roman winter solstice); a further solar connection has been suggested because of a biblical verse^[a] identifying Jesus as the "Sun of righteousness".^{[20][21][22][23][24]}

The celebratory customs associated in various countries with Christmas have a mix of pagan, pre-Christian, Christian, andsecular themes and origins.^[25] Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving, Christmas music and caroling, an exchange of Christmas cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various Christmas decorations, including Christmas trees, Christmas lights, nativity scenes, garlands, wreaths, mistletoe, and holly. In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, andChristkind, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore.^[26] Because gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve heightened economic activity among both Christians and non-Christians, the holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses. The economic impact of Christmas is a factor that has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world.

SOURCE: (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., )

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, and volcanic eruptions. Certain human activities have also been identified as significant causes of recent climate change, often referred to as "global warming". Scientists actively work to understand past and future climate by using observations and theoretical models. A climate record — extending deep into the Earth's past — has been assembled, and continues to be built up, based on geological evidence from borehole temperature profiles, cores removed from deep accumulations of ice, floral and faunal records, glacial and periglacial processes, stable-isotope and other analyses of sediment layers, and records of past sea levels. More recent data are provided by the instrumental record. General circulation models, based on the physical sciences, are often used in theoretical approaches to match past climate data, make future projections, and link causes and effects in climate change. (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.,)

In this days, our climate is totally changed. As can see, natural calamities continuous in attacking us. Just like in the Visayas region. They suffered from a super typhoon and there are a lot of people died in a day. Maybe the reason why there are a lot of people died is just that we are not helping our countrymen to lean our environment. Many people are not cooperating whatever the government are implementing to make our environment clean. When our mother earth get angry, for sure our place will be destroyed in just a second.

        So, as early as possible, we must clean now our environment before there is another calamity run to our place again.

                   DI  SC  

                               RI  MI  

                                           NA  TI  ON

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Discrimination? It is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their actual or perceived membership in a certain group or category, "in a way that is worse than the way people are usually treated." It involves the group's initial reaction or interaction, influencing the individual's actual behavior towards the group or the group leader, restricting members of one group from opportunities or privileges that are available to another group, leading to the exclusion of the individual or entities based on logical or irrational decision making. Discriminatory traditions, policies, ideas, practices, and laws exist in many countries and institutions in every part of the world, even in ones where discrimination is generally looked down upon. In some places, controversial attempts such as quotas or affirmative action have been used to benefit those believed to be current or past victims of discrimination—but have sometimes been called reverse discrimination themselves. (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.,)

This is also the worst thing that the others may do to their fellowmen. They didn’t consider the feelings of others while they are doing it. So, discriminating must not be done so that we, the victims will be happy everytime. And we shall also have a peaceful life.Everyone of us wants a peaceful life. Just like me. I want to have a peaceful life because I want to make my life to be memorable  and I don’t want my life ruin by anyone. That’s why, I am doing good to my fellowmen so that they will not hurt me and they will treat me as a friend and not an enemy.

God created us with equal rights and equal opportunities. We have the right to choose our future. Because we are the one who is holding our life and they can’t help us when we fall. Only God can help us we have a problem.

“Going Global Through English Language”

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now the most widely used language in the world. It is spoken as a first language by the majority populations of several sovereign states, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and a number of Caribbean nations; and it is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states. It is the third-most-common native language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. It is widely learned as a second language and is an official language of the European Union, many Commonwealth countries and the United Nations, as well as in many world organisations. (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.,)

Through the help of English language, we can easily understand each other even though we are not belong in one country. Because English is called as the Universal Language. English language is hard in the beginning but when you learned to love it, you can now speak in English fluent as you can. .

To those people who are not really good in english like me, we shall not give up to learn this language because there will be the right time that we can learn thet language totally.

REFLECTION:

Computer subject is fun and easy.

                     Information and Communication Technology subject is not just easy at first. But when you’ve learn to love this subject, for sure you can easily understand the lesson specially when your teacher is good as our I.C.T teacher. Eventhough she is busy sometimes, she can handle or find time just to teach us. The one I am telling to you is Mrs. Evelyn Vera Cruz.

                     This second grading period, I want to improve my grade because I think my grade in first grading period is too low. That’s why I did all my best just to improve my grade. I’d placed all my blogs in only one URL. I also learned how to use the notepad and all the tags.

                     Computer subject is fun and easy to understand. And I do love this subject very much.

"MY TEACHER, MY HERO"

Teachers? They are our second parents. They guide us in a right way. Do you love your second parents? Do you think that you are here right now if there's no teacher?

 No professionals without our dear teachers. Our teachers has a lot of importance in our lives. they are the God's gift to teach us in a good way. They serve as a bridge to be successful in the future. Our teachers became part of our life. Since we are a kid, they became part of us. When I entered pre-school up to now, my last year of my high school life. By this experiences with them, I have proven that all the teachers can help all the students to be educated.

All the teachers are intelligent one. And I believe that they can't go with  that position if they are not well-trained.

all teachers in the world specially to the teachers of Ilocos Sur National High School, I salute you all ma'ams and sirs. Thank you for everything specially the knowledge you've shared to me. When I become successful someday, I will never forget you my dear teachers. And you deserved to be one of my hero in life.

                                                                

"UNRAVEL THE CAUSES, BUILD THE SOLUTION, EMPOWER SCIENCE CLUBBERS INTO ACTION"

"UNRAVEL THE CAUSES, BUILD THE SOLUTION, EMPOWER SCIENCE CLUBBERS INTO ACTION"

"UNRAVEL THE CAUSES, BUILD THE SOLUTION, EMPOWER SCIENCE CLUBBERS INTO ACTION"       Our environment today has a lot of changes. Do you seen this problem even at ones? or many times? Who do you think are the reasons why we had this kind of living today? Do you believe that we, the human's created by our dear God did this things?

"UNRAVEL THE CAUSES, BUILD THE SOLUTION, EMPOWER SCIENCE CLUBBERS INTO ACTION"

          Our environment today has a lot of changes. Do you seen this problem even at ones? or many times? Who do you think are the reasons why we had this kind of living today? Do you believe that we, the human's created by our dear God did this things?

             This time, our environment getting worse day by day as we are in this world. Many people doesn't know how to control themselves to make a sin or a mistake.I salute the persons whom they are doing their best just to improve our environment. Because we will not overcome this if we don't want to face our problem in our environment. As the time runs, and we, our population growing up again, we shall have our lesser chance to heal our problem in our environment.

 "Natuready: Unravel the causes. Build the solution. Empower Science Clubbers in Action.". IN this theme,in my understanding, it states that we, the younger generation is the solution to this problem so we must do our responsibilities to heal this kind of problem here in our society. And we should also be aware of what our environment is now. We must solve this for our younger generation to be. So that they can feel what is the feeling of having a pleasant environment.

                   To end that problem, we must encourage all the people who doesn't have care to our environment to cooperate with us in doing such thing to make our environment clean and green.

                                 INSPIRATION . . . .. . .  

                    In this world, almost all the people cannot pursue their dreams without a person whom their idolized. Just like me. I have my inspiration that's  why I am doing all me best to pursue my dreams.

                    This person why I am  inspired with is because he is doing all of his bests just to provide his family needs. I don't have anything to say with him because eventhough he is very tired in working, he can still do it because of loving to his family.

                    And time goes by, he suffered from athritis. By that time, he can't walk in a normal way. As I see my lolo that time, I can see in his face that he wants to give up because of that illness he had. But I was always encouraging him to fight from his illness eventhough his illness will be never healed.I am always telling to him that he should fight with that illness because we need him and we can't afford to loose him. And I do love very much my lolo. After a year, his sickness healed and we are so happy about that but  anytime, that illness may attack him. That's why we don't want our lolo to work again but he wants to work again in the feild to help his family. Everytime my lolo walks, he is like a robot in walking because of his feet.

                    By the way, the one I am talking all about is my one and only lolo, the lovable one. No other than lolo Crisanto Raras. I salute and idolized him him whatever may happen to us. And he deserve to be my one and only inspiration in life to finish all my dreams in life.

                "WIKA NATIN ANG DAANG MATUWID"

                What do you think about langguage is? Do you think that this can help our countrymen?  Should we care our langguage?

                       Simula pa lamang noong tayo'y isinilangsa mundong ito, namulat na tayo sa ating pambansang wika na wikang tagalog. Bata pa lamang tayo, ginagamit na natin ang ating pabansang wika. Bilang isang Pilipino, tungkulin nating gamitin ang ating pambansang wika bilang tanda ng pagmamahal natin sa ating sariling bansa. Karamihan sa ating kapwa Pilipino, nakakalimutan na nila ang ating sariling wika. Dahil karamihan sa ating mga kababayan ang namamalagi na sa ibang bansa at halos hindi na sila bumubisita sa kanilang pinagmulan. At hindi na rin alam ng mga iba na mgasalita ng wikang tagalog.

               Our national langguage is a way to our successful living in this world. It can help many Filipinos because this may serve as one of our inspiration in life if you are a true Filipino citizen. So, we should take good care our national langguage.

MY COMMENT ABOUT OUR I.C.T. SUBJECT 

One of the subject that we have to learn is the computer subject. Because this time, we are living in high technology. That's why I am very thankful to our school because they gave us our computer subject in the regular class.

At the first grading period that we've taken the I.C.T. subject, we had learned so many things about the internet. Eventhough our mentor is busy sometimes, I know that she is doing her best just to have time to teach us our daily lesson. We'd also created our blogs. To post our activities there everytime we shall have our activity the rest of the school year.

When the first periodical tests comes, we are expecting that our test will be very easy for us because we reviewed very well. But we are all wring then. Because when the test papers  are on our hands and reading them, we are shocked. Because the test is very hard. I think, our test in I.C.T. is harder than our test Math that we had our computations there. After our test,  I told to myself that whatever I get in this exam, I promise to myself that I will be doing better for the rest of the school year. I will not let that I will get a low score again.

Without our I.C.T. teacher, we shouldn't have this kind of information in our minds. Without the help of Mrs. Vera Cruz, we didn't know our lessons by our own. That's why I am very thankful to her because she teach us well.

   MY REACTION ABOUT THE SONA OF 

            PRESIDENT BENIGNO AQUINO

                "Aquino trumpets economic gains for the past year. He cites the Philippines' 7.8% GDP growth in the first quarter of 2013, the fastest in East and Southeast Asia. He also cites the Philippines' first-ever investment grade rating. The Philippines won an investment grade from two international credit rating agencies which acknowledged the country's efforts in trimming the budget deficit and shoring up revenue collections".

                   By that words given to us by our President last July 22, 2013, he is telling that our economics  had grown up. Because our country is the fastest in Asia in improving our economics. And we, the Filipino people must pursue this kind of improvement and we can b the richest country ever. We should help our officials to maintain our good economics. Because if we don't want to participate in all activity that our goverment told to us, we can't move from our poor lifestyle.  

                 Our President believe on us that we can overcome our poor lifestyle if we help each other to improve our economics. Because we, the filipino people is a fighter. We don't want to give up as long as we can do whatever trials may God give us.

GUTOM AT MALNUTRISYON, SAMA-SAMA NATING WAKASAN

As of this days, many Filipinos are suffering from unhealthy lifestyle because of the food that we eat. Do you want to have an unhealthy lifestyle? Do yo want to die young?

Everyone of us, wants a healthy lifestyle. Eventhough I, I want to have a good healthy lifestyle. If you have a good health, you may saty longer in this kind of society. You may also keep away from any kind of sickness or desease. And you can do a lot of of things that may contribute a good benefit to our countrymen. So. if you are not eating a healthy foods, as early as possible, you have to stop eating that because that may cause you to malnutrition. Malnutrition is a rare problem of our country that an individual may have. It has a high percentage of people dying every year. And the population of our country is decreasing.

In this case, we have to eat healthy foods so that, we may avoid unhealthy lifestyle or so called malnutrition.

Ilocos  Sur National High School

    Vigan City

June 16;2013

President Benigno ''Noynoy" Aquino

Malacanang

Dear Mr. President,

          First of all, I would like you to greet you a pleasant day Sir.In this letter, I am begging you Mr. President to help our alma mater in many things. like the renovation of our classrooms. Our some classrooms here Sir are low in quality . Because they are structed many years ago. And one of our problem here Sir is the books. The shortage of book is one of the problem here Sir. Because we cannot catch up our some lessons that are very hard. And we can't have our advance study for our next lesson. This is all I wanted to have for school Mr. President. It's my pleasure to write a letter for you Sir . 

          I am hoping Sir that you will grant this request.

THANK YOU! and GODBLESS YOU SIR!

Respectfully yours,

Leyan R. Raras