For the sake of the future generation, CONSERVE ENERGY!

        Technology, technology, technology. What exactly is the meaning of technology? Each and everyone of us knows what technology is, but not all of us know the consequences of it. Technology have contributed many things in our society same as through with Science.Time flies so fast and things were also changing so fast, but the fact is we are not aware of it.

It was already a tradition of our school to commence the Science Month. This was made possible with the help of Science Teachers and Club Officers. This helps us, students, to elaborate our mind about those things that we have learned inside our classroom. This year, the focal theme that was told to us was“Scientricity: Energizing Science Clubbers for Sustainable Energy.”But the question is “What does the theme wants us to convey? What is this all about?”

          I was really hard up in understanding the theme because I don’t have any idea about this. It takes time for me to unlock the real sense of the theme.

As I have stated a while ago, technology have many contributions to our daily life but do we know that using technology we also consume energy?We all know that we need energy in our lives. It is very important to all of us and it is essential to all living things.We all need energy in order for us to survive, so we MUST need to learn how to conserve or sustain energy. To conserve energy is not only for our own good sake but also for the future generations and most especiallyfor our mother Earth.

Are you aware with the popular song that was entitled “Kapaligiran” by Asin? If not, please take time to hear it. This year’s theme was almost the same with the theme of that song. They both want to convey that it is not bad to develop but we should be concern about the future.

          People were motivated to change for the better, they are working hard. They were trying their best in order to improve it. Maybe people were also challenged because as time passes by their idea were also increasing. The theme just wants to remind or to inform us that we need to conserve energy for the future and for the next generation. Help our mother earth so that there will be progress and there will be no regrets in the end.It’s still early to make changes, so work and change for the better.

When I met them, My Life became Colorful

   This year, we celebrate the teacher's month on the 5th day of September until the 5th day of October. When we're still a child, our parents were there to teach us many things. They were also with us. They help us in many things. They help us in making our lives wonderful that's why they support us. As time passes by, we're already growing up and we must have to broaden our knowledge. As we grow older, we need to understand things better. With these, our parents decided to send us to school.

   In school, we meet our second parents and they are our "teachers". They were the ones who teaches us so that our knowledge will be broadened. They play an important role in our lives. There will be no doctors, nurses, engineers, architects and other professions in our society if teachers aren't around. We all know that it's not easy to become a teacher. They sacrifice a lot, they need to have more patience in teaching their students. They share the knowledge or ideas that they have so that we can learn from them.. Teachers had taught me many lessons, not just simple lessons on the four walls of the room but also lessons in life. They also share pieces of advice to their students.

   There are so many positive characteristics that I can say to our mentors; all I can do is to thank them. When I already reached my ambition in life, it's also because of the teachers who helps, supports and inspires me in my studies. I salute all the teachers! :) I'll never forget them because without them, I may not have a chance to reach my ambitions in life. Thank you teachers!

I Consider Her as my Hero and She Serves as an Inspiration

      In our everyday lives we were inspired by those people that surround us. Each person that we met may have an important role to our lives to make it more beautiful or meaningful. We also idolize them because they light up our world.

      My modern day hero is my grandmother. Even though my mother is in abroad, I'm not longing for her so much. I miss my mom but I wasn't so sad because my grandmother is there for me. I consider my grandmother as my hero, even though she's just an ordinary person and even though she doesn't have supernatural powers just like the hero that we've seen on movies. She's a loving, caring and supportive person, not just a simple grandmother but also a hero. She wakes me up in the morning and she prepares my breakfast. When my father wasn't there to bring me to school, my grandmother seeks for a solution just to make sure that I will be safe on my way to school. Those times that I wasn't feeling okay and I can't concentrate our lessons, she's always ready to fetch me in school and bring me to the nearest hospital. I know that she was really hard up to my condition before, it was still okay for her because she really cares for me and I don't hear any complains at all.

      I'm very thankful that I have a caring grandmother. I'm sure that my mom, my tita's and tito were also grateful to have a mother like her. I love my grandmother! She's my modern day hero.

Be Patriotic, use our own Language

During the month of August, we celebrate the Buwan ng Wika in honor and commemoration to the Former President Manual L. Quezon. This year's theme is "Tatag ng Wikang Filipino, Lakas ng pagka-Pilipino." 

Every Pilipino's must speak the language Tagalog or Filipino. It's the language that was spoken by each Pilipino in order for us to understand each other. Why do we really need to use this language in speaking? In our country, each Pilipino has their own dialect in their places, just like us, we used Iloko not only here in Ilocos but also places neighboring us, we easily understand and communicate our fellow Ilocano by using our own mother tongue. Cebuano, Chavacano, Capampangan, Ilonggo, Bisaya, Iloko are some of the dialects that were used in our country but almost all Pilipino's know how to speak Tagalog or Filipino so that we can easily understand each other. For example, an Ilocano meet a Cebuano, so how can they understand each other if they will not use Tagalog?

I do conclude that whenever we used Tagalog in communicating with our fellowmen it means that we're proud that we are a Pilipino. It shows that we love our country, our native land, Philippines. It also shows that we're not ashamed to use this. When we give respect to our language, it means that we also give respect to our country and I'm proud to say that "I'M A PILIPINO."

TRIVIA: Did you know that at first we don’t 
have our own language? But with the help of Manuel L. Quezon, Tagalog was proclaimed as our Wikang Pambansa. Then it evolves to Pilipino for the reason that there are words that we adopt from other languages. Now it is called Filipino, because there are words that were added from the dialect of different regions in the country.

FILIPINO is our Wikang Pambansa, not TAGALOG nor PILIPINO. PILIPINO is the person, while FILIPINO is our language.