"Two months over, eight more to go!"

I will be like this!!

        Senior year is said to be the most agitating year in high school life.  Time really flutters so fast.  With two months over for this school year, I already learned and discovered new things.  First of all, I ascertained that making a research work in mathematics is really burdensome.  When I say burdensome, it means you can die without even starting because you need to generate or procure your own predicament to be solved.  I also learned how the internet arouse and who were the Software Pioneers, the Internet Architects and the Philippine Pioneers of internet.  Another thing is that I contrived that writing and making a blog is fun and frankly I find it really tantalizing.

      In two months, I had also faced problems like defiance in CAT (Citizenship Advancement Training), especially in the temporary designations given.  The main ultimatum is that the numerous projects that needs to be done.  Some of my teachers gave our projects a week or two before the exam and I find it annoying since it is hard to review and to make projects at the same time.  Most of our projects now are really bothersome to make since we really need to give our best shot to do it and we are not given enough time to acquit all of it.

        With this kind of defiance, I did my best to overcome all of it.  I abode it as a defiance that will make my life superior.  I always reckon of it positively to bypass stress.  Since I know that reckoning of problems as a problem will make me stressed and depressed so I decided to just go on with the flow of life.

        Moving on, I will do my very best to attain high grades and to make my parents and family proud of me.  Even if there will be defiance, I will always be positive about life and I will trust myself more.

Insight: Third SONA of Aquino

      
       A total of one hundred and nineteen round of applause were given to President Benigno "Noynoy" C. Aquino III last Monday, July 23, 2012 during his one and a half hour speech in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) held at the Batasang Pambansa Complex.

        In the president's speech, he cited the economic gains achieved during his  administration.  The list of the government infrastructures projects, the increase in the budget allotted for the education sector, the modernization of the Philippine military, the increase in tourist arrivals and the success of the energy department in its implementation of the government's rural electrification program were also mentioned.  He also cited the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), promising the distribution of lands to all farmers by 2016. The president lashed out the former president and the mistakes committed by the previous administration and about the impeachment trial.

        During his two years of presidency, I hardly noticed most of his achievements.  Now, after hearing his SONA, I realized that he has done numerous accomplishment for the betterment of our country.  I think that most of us didn't notice these achievements because we are waiting for him to do the things that we want to be done and want to be improved only. Almost all Filipinos are happy and satisfied with the president's leadership and work.

        Honestly, in the beginning I didn't like the president but now, I have seen how good, how persistent and how capable he is in making our country a better one. I have known that he is doing all he can to make progress in the Philippines.

Nutrition Month! :D

        
        Nutrition is what everyone needs since we need to be healthy to live longer.  It's a fact to all of us that every July, we celebrate Nutrition Month.  With this celebration, we get aware of our own health since it helps us to know which food is good for our body and which is not.

        "Pagkain ng Gulay ating Ugaliin. Araw-araw itong Ihain," this is the theme for this year's Nutrition Month celebration.  As mentioned in the theme, we need to eat vegetables everyday.  We, Filipinos eat it almost everyday since there are lots of vegetables here in our country.

        Some, especially young ones hate to eat vegetables since it tastes bad, as they said.  As a solution with the problem that I mentioned, there are lots of way to make others eat vegetables.  For me, the best way is to make it as sweet treats because we know that everyone can't resist sweets.  Vegetables can be made as sweets like candies, cakes, ice creams and smoothies since these foods are eaten most of the time by everyone.

        It's not new for Filipinos to eat vegetables everyday.  By being healthy our body will be stronger. With the help of vegetables, our life will be longer.

Letter to PNoy!

President Benigno "Noynoy" C. Aquino III

Vacunero, Sto. Domingo

Ilocos Sur

July 2, 2012

Dear Mr. President,

        Greetings to you sir!

               I am a fourth year high school student at Ilocos Sur National High School.  I always aspired to write to you.  Now that I am bestowed to do so, I would like to utter some things to you.


        As a student, I really appreciate your exploits.  The exploit that I prefer the most is the K-12 Curriculum which was just implemented lately.  Actually, I thought of advantages and disadvantages of the exploit of yours.  The good thing is that this is a huge remedy to the students.  This is a great advantage for students to have a superior job in the future since they will be more knowledgeable.  It also shows that we can commensurate with other countries.  The disadvantage is that it will add to the expenditures of the parents, especially those who doesn't have stable jobs.

        What I said was my opinion before.  Now, I thought about the exploit deeper.  Although this is useful for our country to progress, it feels like we're just going on with the trend.  I think that the exploit was implemented just to level up with other larger countries.  Another problem is that I heard that the teachers are complaining that they weren't given enough time to train and that they are not yet ready.  For me, if the teachers are not yet ready, I think that this exploit will be a big failure.  It will just add to the problems of our country if ever it will fail.

        Mr. President I know that you are doing your best for our country to progress.  In my opinion, I suggest that the teachers need more time to train for them to be ready.  I hope that before you implemented the said exploit, you should have made sure that everything is perfect.  I honestly think that your plans to improve our country is still ambiguous.  I think that you are not yet ready to do things that will make our country a better one.

        I wish you good health sir and more power.  I am expecting a lot from you Mr. President.  I highly respect you sir.

Respectfully yours,

Maria Johanna Rivera