KANNAWIDAN: Sure, Ilocos Sur!

                Life in a pre-historic city or province is just a blessing for us Ilocano’s. Cause in Ilocos Sur, you’re going to an extreme and never before experience. 

                One of the most awaited festivals in Ilocos Sur is the Kannawidan. As we all know, Ilocos Sur has a rich and unique traditions culture among other provinces. Ilocos Sur is also said to be one of the well preserved province in the country. A unique culture preserved for the next generations to see and feel what it’s like to live in Ilocos Sur.

And as a commemoration for this traditions and cultures, the provincial government of Ilocos Sur conceived on how they will showcase the cultures and traditions of Ilocos Sur into one package, not only for the Ilocano’s but also for the entire tourist, local or foreign. And so they came up with the Kannawidan Ylocos Festival.

                The Kannawidan Ylocos Festival is a feast that opens the eyes for every Filipino to se the preserved and stunning cultures, costumes and traditions of the Ilocanos. And this year 2015, the Kannnawidan Ylocos Festival has officially started.

                Last January 30, 2015 was the opening of the Kannawidan Ylocos Festival 2015 held at Quirino Stadium. The opening ritual and other exhibits were presented. And of course the Kannawidan wouldn’t be complete without the trade fair, were the different towns of Ilocos Sur comes together and showcase their OTOP (One Town, One Product). But not only the products that make Ilocos Sur stand out among the rest, but also for the well known personalities. Just like, Diego Silang, Padre Jose Burgos and others. A trip to a picturesque province is a scene worth dreaming of. The Kannawidan Festival is worth being proud of because the talents of every Ilocano are starting their journey to shine.  Their creativity and talented minds of every Ilocano is just astonishing.

                Indeed the Kannawidan Ylocos Festival 2015 is worth seeing for. We can explore and learn more about our province, Ilocos Sur. So as a friendly reminder, put down your gadgets and explore Ilocos Sur and you will surely be complete that you had experience the life in Ilocos Sur. As the battle cry goes, SURE, ILOCOS SUR!

3rd Stepping Stone

      When we are having the time of our lives, we don’t notice the change of time. It was June yesterday as I stepped in the life of being a senior student. I was excited and nervous at the same time. Time flies do fast.

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter is about to step on the finishing line. 

What have we done for the third quarter?

         Well in terms of my favorite subject, ICT, we were more exposed or enhanced in HTML links, anchor tags, framesets and many more. And we also made our own webpage which I found challenging and fun. But I was satisfied with our project though. And I’m very thankful because I was able to catch-up with my lessons. Why? Because the whole 3^rd quarter was as busy you can imagine of. We didn’t much have some of our classes because of the Investigatory Project held at Alaminos, Pangasinan. Well, with what I see, I am hoping for higher grades. I hope. I wish. I tried. And I learned my wrongs and right. But I thank god and will always thank god in whatever I do in life, for my success and failures in life. I never felt like a failure just because something I tried has failed.  

Chapter 1: Day 1 of 365

“We will open the book. Its pages are still blank. We are going to put words and pictures on them ourselves. The book is called Journey and its 1^st chapter starts this New Year’s Day."

      Every end is a new beginning. Can your hear the countdown? The sound of the different explosives? Or the ticking of the clock as it reaches 12midnight? Everyone is excited for the New Year’s Eve. And that is where the magic starts.

     I have always been excited for New Year’s Eve. New beginnings and a whole lot of new things in life. I noticed that every New Year people would always “New Year, New Me.” So what does it really mean by this? Should we change our physical aspect or not? When they ask me if I am a believer of “New Year, New Me.” And I said, no. Why? Because we do not need to be totally new, we just need to be better. Well how will I make myself better for this year?

1.       I need to be more patient on things.

2.       Learn and discover the reality in this world.

3.       And finding out who really I am.

Chapter 1; Day 1 of 365 has officially started. A fresh start. A new chapter waiting to be written. New challenges, new happiness and sorrow and new questions that need to be asked and answered. And the answers that we need to discover. “And now we welcome the New Year. Full of unexpected things we have never been experience yet.”

#ChristmasIsForever

“Christmas waves a wand over the world, and behold everything is softer and more beautiful.”

I see with my little eyes the world covered with joy as December arrives. The Christmas breeze of that brushes my skin. Music to my ears of people goes caroling. And the joy of sharing gifts to one another. But what is the true essence of Christmas?

I have always thought of Santa Claus, on a sled with his reindeer, up in the sky and down to our chimney and showers gift to everyone. But as I get older, I realize that my wild imagination of Christmas was wrong, totally wrong. I learned that Christmas is not all about how many gifts you received or even Santa Claus. But the true meaning and essence of it is how you give a gift voluntarily, the one with sincere thought that comes from your heart. Love is a very powerful and important ingredient you can share to your love ones, it is the most precious gift you can give to someone or to your family. Love is one of those ingredients in finding the rue essence of Christmas. On the other hand, the presence of family is also an ingredient. As one said, the gift of all gifts around the Christmas tree is the presence of the family wrapped up in each other. And that’s the true essence of Christmas for me.

And the last is the care and respect and forgiveness for our dear Christ and importance to the birth of Jesus Christ.  I also believe in forever. And that forever is Christmas. Christmas for me is forever and not just one day because I know that Jesus Christ is within us every day and forever.                                               
And that’s how I opened my mind and heart in reality in the essence of Christmas. 

Reminder: Climate Change

                 

      In every action that we do, there’s always an opposite reaction to it. Just like in the place we called home, Earth. Did you know that with our little doings towards our environment harms or makes Earth better? The state of our Earth today is very alarming. And one of that “at risk problem” is climate change.

                 Climate change, a two-word thought that gives a hundred of problems to our world. Climate change is not new to us; we are now used to with the effects of it to the world. But why is this happening? There are many causes of climate change. One thing is, it is because of the natural phenomena that our happening or maybe because of us people. One example for climate change is the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is like a blanket on the earth and a trapping energy in the atmosphere and causing it to warm. And it has a natural and necessary to support life on earth. But on the other hand, it can also be dangerous to the human beings. For example, when the climate is warmer it can bring changes that can affect the power, transportation systems, natural environment and even our health and safety. Another effect of the rising or changing of temperature is the rising and lowering of the sea level, more floods, droughts, intense heavy rain and severe heat waves. Our health is also at risk because of climate change or to be more specific the rising of temperature. And with this, it may cause asthma, heart problems and many more. Climate change has a really great effect to us and the Earth.

             The climate is a very important thing and ingredient to our world we should not abuse it and we should also make a way for it to stop the frequent change of it. Because this is our world, we live here and in exchange we need to take care and make it a place worth living for.

Perks in the English World

        A man can use anything for his weapon but I suppose English Proficiency is still the most powerful of them all.

One of the perks for being an English Clubber is that you are slowly getting attached by mind, heart and soul to the world of English especially in terms of literature. The English Proficiency is like seeing your special someone in the in the waves of your eyes, in your spacious and open field heart and to your mind full of wonderful thoughts. And slowly realizing how the world is wonderful with the help of English Proficiency not only by mind but also by heart and soul. And within the bloody soul of ours, we need to put English Proficiency as a part of it.

       October was originally the month of English Month Celebration but due to the continuous activities for the November it was rescheduled to the month of November. This year, the English club work –n hand-in-hand together with its affiliates to mark another history in the English world. This year’s theme is “Outpouring Hearts and Minds through Literature and English Proficiency”

      We are a believer of our own world. And also, a believer that we can out pour our hearts and minds through the help of literature and English Proficiency. 

Stop! We Are All Equal

“There is nothing more 

unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.”

      But what do we mean by this? About equal rights and equal opportunities?

            When it comes with the word ‘equality’ the first thought that popped out in my mind was about the gender equality. In our world today, gender equality is one of the major issues in our society. They always compare boys and girls. They always think that boys will be higher than girls. Why is life so unfair? On the other way around, even if we are unequal in many ways, we all deserved that equal treatment in one’s self. NO VIP TREATMENT, no favoritism and most of all no bias. But how does equal opportunity connect to equal rights? First, equal opportunity means a stipulation that all people should be treated similarly, unhampered by artificial barriers. 

           To connect it with equal opportunities, in terms of gender equality, between a boy and a girl finding a job in a factory. Sometimes, they always prioritize the boys first because people are lock up with the fact that only boys can do the heavy things. They block the door of opportunities for girls, which is wrong. Every human being in this world deserves to be treated equally, to have equal rights and equal opportunities.

            We are all born equal, born to have equal rights, equal opportunities but only with different colors to make us unique from the others.