What I learned during 1st year high-school

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness...
(2 Timothy 3:16)
The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy; I have come so that you may have life and have it to the full(John 10:10)...And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His Purpose.(Romans 8:28)
A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.(Proverbs 19:11)
Many are the plans in a man's heart; but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.(Proverbs 19:21)

             These are some of the special verses that really became a part of my 2010. Until now I will always remember how 1st year high school is one of the toughest page of my life since only now have I experienced doing so much activities my whole life! It was definitely hard to cope with since I am a very timid, indoor-type of person but so much happened this year that made me feel more confident in myself. If I were to tell you all that I've learned this year, This post couldn't hold it all. I can't believe how time flew so fast and how much I grew in the past year - 2010. It was as if it all happened just yesterday, good thing I wrote the things that happened through out the year in my planner.
            There were a lot of trials and circumstances, friendships built up, and spiritual growth through reading more of God's Word. Through God's Word, I and my whole family have overcome certain unexpected changes in our plans. I am glad that God took care of me, when I was hurting, when I felt lonely, when I needed a shoulder to cry on, when I needed someone to listen to my rants, for someone to celebrate me for my accomplishments and hard work. I'm glad He was there, and showed me His works in my life and helping me get through my first time as a high-school student.
            More and more of His love is shown to me and my WHOLE family (my spiritual and physical and school) and just as the days go by, it gets more hectic, but what small faith we have if we falter easily in times like that! It is just how God works in our life. He gives us responsibilities as such and He wants us to overcome it with Him. Simply, this is just what I can say I learned this year...To be thankful to God for whatever comes in our life. Unwanted or not, it links to His great purpose and His plans are to make us prosper, giving us hope and a bright future as well. One more thing I would like to add is it wasn't ever easy to be Jesus' disciple, but it's that one job I am proud of having, and I want to ask you, what's your status in your relationship with God this year? I hope you too grew as much as I did or even more. Thank you for all that read my ancient posts, I've loved imparting a little bit of what I had and have learned.

Letters to the Bullied

Have you ever been a victim of bullying? Let me tell you that you are not alone, and you are not the only one that has experienced those hardships. It might be physical or emotional bullying, but either way it is still considered bullying because it's dragging someone down. My insights on bullying is it is like a bacteria. The more you give in to it, the more it will eat you. I'm saying that you should fight back and take your so ever sweet revenge on the bully, but in the end -- I am telling you right now for your own good-- you're going to be a bully yourself too. It eventually will eat you up if you give in to the bully and you fight him back. I know in this world, people tend to deal with circumstances like this on their own and of course people always say it's just self-defense (in other life-or-death cases, it's a different story). Personally, I think the BEST person to consult for such things is Jesus himself.
Did you know Jesus was also bullied back then? He was hurt physically. The Roman soldiers whipped with leather lashes like in this video but much worse...

He wasn't only whipped, He was ridiculed. Jesus was spitted on and He had to carry a 100-pound cross until the top of Calvary. With no food and only a few water in His body, it is more likely that He shouldn't have survived, but He did for a special purpose. He was nailed to the cross to save us from our sins. Not only was He hurt physically, but He was also hurt emotionally because most of His best friends and disciples had disowned Him and even one of them betrayed Him -- sold Him out for 30 pieces of silver. It must have hurt as much to know that in the end you're going to have to go through all of this by your own. The worst part is He was Spiritually broken because the Father(God) let Him die and experience all those torture by Himself. 


To think, He didn't talk back to those who abused and bullied Him. Now that takes a lot of courage. Most people, especially the bullies, think that bullying shows and proves that you are strong and courageous. That you are superior but the truth is courage is never about beating someone up and all those muscles/toughness, it's your self-control and how you deal with situations like this with the right decision. That makes a lot of effort to do that. Most importantly is to be able to turn your other 'cheek' to your enemy.


Luke 6:35 
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Teacher's Day

In every day there is a Father's day, a Mother's day, a Valentine's day, and wait there's something missing....someone told me that every second parent should have its special day - and that is Teacher's day! To all of our teachers, Happy Teacher's Day! We love you all!

We celebrated Teacher's day at the Rock in the Quadrangle. It was Project and Presentation time when they told us that a presentation was being held for the teachers. The host/mcs were Mr. Lorenzo and Ms. Janina of the 5th grade. The other grades had presented performances/numbers for the teachers and chosen students from high school performed. Most of them performed singing numbers. Then there was the video for the teachers. And the teachers were really touched for all the students appreciation to them. I really am thankful for our teachers in school or they not only teach us what we need to know for college and for our jobs but also adding our knowledge about life and about God. I would also like to thank my brother who is also my teacher. He taught me a lot about patience and about gratitude. I'm really happy God gave him to me, to teach me and help shape my character. And of course all of my gratitude I offer to my Professor and Creator, God Almighty. He taught me more than anyone could ever teach me and that is how to love. I'm really happy He taught me what love is and demonstrated it on the Cross.
I love all of the teachers God has placed in my life and I'm really thankful that God has provided so much amazing teachers in my life.

Thank you :-)!!!

Field trip lesson: Waiver!!!

The recent high school's field trip was amazing. We saw and knew about some historical facts from the museums. Actually before learning from all those places, first I learned to be careful/responsible with your belongings. It started because of the Field Trip Waiver. Before the day of our field trip occurred, I was shooting our group's DOC in my classmate Angeli's house. And there I used my green binder and sketchpad as a prop, and suddenly...KABAAM! I forgot it! I was actually not worried much about the sketchpad nor the binder but I was worried about WHAT WAS inside the binder...which was the Field Trip Waiver. I remember they told us in the field trip 'conference' that we can't go to the field trip/the bus if we didn't have the Waiver signed and approved by our parents. I was totally PANICKING!!! I can't believe I'd actually forget something super important!
Since I was a child I've been forgetting stuff like this and my mom would always get angry at me for forgetting such important slips. So there. I texted Angeli to bring my binder tomorrow with the help of my friend Lystra. I was just really so glad that Lystra was online in Facebook. She suggested that I/my mom write a letter to the school concerning the Waiver. I chatted with my other classmates and I agreed that writing a letter was a great idea but I don't think my mom would approve in writing a letter. After my mom cooled down, she suggested that she can go with me to school and sign the Waiver there. I was really happy that I made it in time, even after all that traffic, and I was really happy that Angeli was already there with my binder so I can get the Waiver and let my mom sign it. And that was what happened. My mom signed the Waiver and I was finally at peace/ with no worries.
 The lesson learned was that I should be more responsible and take care of my things especially the valuable ones. I've been learning these lessons a lot of times. It's really easy to say but it's hard to do. But times like these are given to us by God so we can learn from it or to set our minds into thinking that I don't want to be stuck in a situation where I feel so worried and uncomfortable. I pray that I may be even more responsible as I grow up and I really hope that I can make the best out of everything I do, that I may do it with excellence.

Field trip 101: Bamboo Organs

First, I would like to talk about our recent field trip in these certain locations:

• Bamboo Organs in Las Piñas 
• Ibong Adarna play in SM southmall
• Philippine Air force museum

It was an early Friday, I was sitting on the bus that the school rented for the high school student's field trip. I was with my busmate buddy, Deborah Jan, was already excited to eat the Pringles she brought. And as she was eating Pringles, I was writing down the questions from the brochure a teacher handed out in my orange notepad - so I can carry it and be able to write freely about the answers in the brochure. And for about how many minutes or maybe hours, we finally arrived at the first stop: the parish of St. Joseph in Las Piñas. I was really excited to see everything especially when I saw the Antillan house that looked somewhat like an old Spanish house and the parish. The parish looked really old but it was really taken care of. When we went in, we saw that the place was mostly made of cement and there were really kind people that greeted us. So we split up in teams and my assigned buddy was Lystra.
We were walking up the stairs and while we were up there we were asking the questions in the brochure to the tour guide. She told us about the history of the bamboo organ and how it was the only bamboo organ in the whole WORLD. It's truly amazing on how the bamboo organs were constructed and even if they repaired it, it's still 100 percent original. The bamboo organs were constructed by Fr. Diego Cera who was inspired to build the organs because Las Piñas was rich in bamboo at that time. The whole place was actually made by the people that lived in Las Piñas. Then the tour guide went down the stairs that led to the keyboard of the whole bamboo organ. She played the bamboo parts of the organ first.
 As said, the bamboo organs are composed of 1,031 pipes; 902 are made of bamboo and 129 are made of metal. The tour guide played the bamboo part and it was so gentle and it gave a very smooth sound, and on the other hand, the metal parts sounded like trumpets and it had a jazzy ring to it. The pajaritos, which I haven't told you about is a part of the organ that had a bird-like sound. Well, the bamboo organ can make different kinds of sound such as: the bird sound, trumpet, oboe, flautado, and tambor. Their is also the Bamboo Organ festivals, which is held every February. They actually have this festival to spread classical music to the Filipinos. Not to mention the bamboo organ is a National Cultural Treasure. We Filipinos should be proud of the bamboo organs.:-)

Creative Dress-up Week

In school, we had this activity where we had to dress up creatively according to the assigned theme on that day. I was really excited for the activity. The following themes for the whole week would be:
Monday: Hip socks
Tuesday: Athlete's day
Wednesday: What I want to be when I grow up
Thursday: Funky Hairdo day
Friday: Pajama day
It was actually a fun way for expressing creativity, I guess... So far my fave would be Pajama day...Imagine going to school in your pjs, now that's something you don't see everyday. Well, I also had fun in thinking of what I should wear, what would look great/unique among the rest and etc.
 In Day 1, I wore knee high socks, stripes with two colors green and blue. I actually bought that outfit the day before I wore it...
Day 2, pretty much I'm not the type of person that likes sports, so I had to borrow my brother's Jordan jersey which was a little bit small for me and so far I dressed up as a basketball player...well, I do like basketball even if I'm not sporty.
Day 3, Today I decided to go as an Artist/animator. I do want to be a Pixar animator and I also want to be a director someday...I just hope and pray that I'll get to learn more about these stuff.
Day 4, I wore a wig that no one would even know it was a wig without even asking. Well, I actually find wearing wigs normal and comfy. It wasn't as itchy as they say it is. And yeah, they really thought I dyed my hair and had a haircut :-)
Day 5, At last! My favorite day of the whole dress-up week, PAJAMA DAY!!! I only wore simple grey pjs and brought my Mirmo de Pon stuff toy. I was really comfortable and I found the atmosphere really calm and sleepy/gloomy that time but a happy type of gloomy.
So far, I really loved this idea of having to have children dress up and think fashionably and imaginatively. I would just like to leave this quotes:
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
Carl Sagan 
Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.
L. Frank Baum 
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
Orison Swett Marden 


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Dove Quotes

Hey MoMotians!
I would like to leave a message to all of you that I got from a certain brand of chocolate:
Be proud to just run the race, no matter the finish. -Joni of Miami Lakes,FL

Running races...hmmm...I'm not the type of person that likes running physically, not all people like running but this quote is not only talking to the runners in races and all, but talking about our run in the race of our lives.

In running races we have to start slow/jog, am I right? And when the right time comes, you're the only one with the energy to run. Yup, in order to win the race, we have to start slow and when we get used to running, we will be running the fastest and we can win the race.

Our lives are just like a race. You have to run in the line straight and you have to run with discipline and patience. We also need energy as well, both physically and mentally, and never forget emotionally/spiritually. We should always set our minds straight on the goal of this race. But may I ask you...What is the goal you're trying to reach in life?