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.:-)