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 


http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_imagination.html

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?

Charles Spurgeon Search

I've been searching about Mr. Charles Spurgeon and he is such a very great preacher. I also saw Moses' video/speech, and kinda...remembered myself. He wasn't much of a speaker but he was still chosen to lead a lot of Hebrews/people. Before, I thought I was somehow not a good speaker and if you ask some of my classmates, they'll tell you I was the most quiet person there. For some reason, I really never thought of having language a talent of mine....Not Ever. But it turned out I was also different from Moses and Spurgeon. I have a talent to speak, but I haven't experienced the same thing Spurgeon experienced of having a Christian family. I don't know if I'm a person who has the talent to lead a lot of people, but I do want to lead someone/maybe even just one to Christ(but I hope I'll lead a lot like Moses did). I want to be a great leader one day, a great preacher, and I want to be whoever God molds me and wants me to be.

Love by Charles H. Spurgeon

The first thing, then, that our love feeds upon, when it is but an infant, is a sense of favours received. Ask a young Christian why he loves Christ, and he will tell you, I love Christ because he has bought me with his blood! Why do you love God the Father? I love God the Father because he gave his Son for me. And why do you love God the Spirit? I love him because he has renewed my heart. That is to say we love God for what he has given to us. Our first love feeds just on the simple food of a grateful recollection of mercies received. And mark, however much we grow in grace this will always constitute a great part of the food of our love.

But when the Christian grows older and has more grace, he loves Christ for another reason. He loves Christ because he feels Christ deserves to be loved. I trust I can say, I have in my heart now a love to God, These men did not merely love Christ because of what he had done for them; but you will find in their sonnets and in their letters—that their motive of love was, that he had communed with them, he had showed them his hands and his side; they had walked with him in the villages; they had lain with him on the beds of spices; they had entered into the mystic circle of communion; and they felt that they loved Christ, because he was all over glorious, and was so divinely fair, that if all nations could behold him, sure they must be constrained to love him too.

http://www.biblebb.com/files/spurgeon/0229.htm

Here is a song I would like to share from Casting Crowns...