My Profs. !

I found UP high school great. Although UP doesn’t have great facilities, and I don’t care about it because I am only looking for the quality education UP can give me.

Just like what I have said, I am only after for the good education and nothing more, nothing less. If I have already described my classmates in the entries “Palmapithecus 1”, “Palmapithecus 2” and in “Endless”, here you are to read my description to my teachers, their subjects and on how they teach.

First in my list is my class adviser, Mme. Frances Nuñez. I found her a good mathematician but I don’t found her subject good. Maybe it’s because it is Algebra and there are a lot of numbers and it may be boring. But I am really eager to listen Mme. Nuñez’ lessons in order to have good grades.

Next is her co-adviser, Mme. Elisa Lapa. She is a strict teacher in Chemistry but she is a good teacher in life. One thing that I can always remember about her is when she says the line, “I don’t want to be remembered as the teacher who taught you how to balance equations instead I want to be remembered as the person who taught you how to balance your lives”.

Another teacher of mine is Mme. Sofia Logarta. She is our very good Social science teacher and our newspaper. I am telling sorry to Mme. Logarta because there are times that I really felt sleepy when we have our lesson.

Next to Mme. Logarta is Mme. Carvajal. She is our very cute Biology teacher. What I don’t like about her is that our periodical test will be cover to cover of our book.

And a good friend of Mme. Carvajal is next, he is no any other than Sir Nellas. He is our Home Technology and Health teacher. He is very good in gardening and I guess in everything. What I don’t like about his subject is it has many projects that need a lot of money.

Next to Sir Nelllas is Mme. Chona Kere. I met her during the opening of classes in the second semester. She is the replacement of Sir. Manlunas, so she is our Geometry teacher. She is beautiful and most especially a good teacher.

My Computer teacher is Ms. Hazel Avergonzado. She is really a certified computer master. She may be strict in class but when she is outside the computer laboratory, she is a good friend.

And like Ms. Avergonzado, still single, Ms. Joanne Macquilan. Ms. Macquilan is our Physical education teacher. She is beautiful, a good dancer, an athlete and handles the class very well. Although her subject is very tiring, at least it can make my body move and be alert.

Also like the two before her, she is also single, Ms. Cathy Rodel. She is a good singer, she plays different kinds of instruments and a good teacher. She has these descriptions because she is my Music teacher.

I also have my Filipino teacher, Ma'am Ligaya Rabago. I like this teacher of mine because she is frank. And also her passion for arts can really encourage me because I don't like arts.


Lastly, my fresh teacher, Sir Elmer Montejo. He is cute, he speaks English very well. So is that obvious? Of course, he is my English teacher. Although I am tired of making entries for this blog, I am happy because I can express my feelings very well.

So to my dearest teachers, thank you so much!

Backbiting, is it good or bad?

Are you a backbiter? I am sure that everyone knows what a backbiter or backbiting is. If you want I will define the word backbiting. This word means that to censure, slander the absence of a person. So can you answer my question now? Because if you will ask me if I am like that, my answer is “I am one of the many.”

You might observed that I am very frank and very straight in answering this kind of question, it’s because this is the true me. I may be frank but when I say a word it is with honesty. And I maybe the type of person that censures somebody but what I am telling are all my observations and I am not the only one who just observe these things but also many people is like me and agrees with me. There is nothing wrong if you are going to backbite anyone in my opinion. And I know maybe some of you disagrees with me but please don’t judge me directly, try to know me better.

Our group, my friends, when we are together we keep on telling things about what we have observed something on a certain person, and this something may be good or may also be bad. But when we tell ugly things about a person or if we criticize a person, what we are saying are all truth and nothing else but only the truth.

Based on what I have observed on my classmates, many really like the topic backbiting or criticizing a person with his or her absence. I know that this topic is really interesting for many people especially the backbiters in town because there you can also find out if you feel anger to a person, in short you can express your feelings on that certain person through backbiting. That may be the positive effect on backbiting but of course thee is also the opposite effect.

When many people are happy on backbiting, the person that they backbite on could really feel bad towards them. And if the time comes that his or her heart will be filled with anger, this can result to a big conflict against the two groups.

So I suggest if you have anger on a person don’t backbite her or him instead you must have a confrontation with that person.

Honestly, sometimes I can’t really define the word backbiting. It is because I am confused if what I am doing and what my friends are doing are a sort of backbiting stuffs. Because I don’t know if we are only telling the truth or we are already criticizing a person. But now I already know what is really the word backbiting means. For me, it is a word which means that you are telling things you have observed without knowing the real side of the story or without knowing the person that well.

In my view, it only needs respect. Because if we have respect to each other’s true self, we will not have chaos or any misunderstandings.

Reflection

Everyone has the right to love, he or she has the right to who will he or she is with for the rest of his or her life.

The story that I have read is entitled as “Love is a Fallacy”, by Max Schulman. Its story is not as romantic as Romeo and Juliet or even the love story of Jack and Rose. I may not yet feel the feeling of being in love but I am also a person, I have a heart that pumps my blood and pumps my feelings. Can you understand what I am trying to say? Just like my introduction, we are free to choose somebody who we really love. But why do sometimes other people is judging why we have chosen that kind of guy? Of course I am one of those, if I am going to compare the story of Polly and Max, I will also question Polly why she has chosen Petey over Max. It will just be fine with me if she chose Petey because if Petey is intelligent or handsome but choosing Petey just because of his raccoon coat! It’s nothing!

Max is an ordinary guy with extraordinary brains. He might not be that rich but maybe he got the looks. One thing I don’t like about Max is he gives high standards, which I guess no one other than Polly can reach it. But Max judges Polly just for one glance. As in, he judges Polly without knowing whom Polly really is. And this is one thing that I don’t like about some boys, they have great standards but they didn’t try to look and ask themselves if their standards are also fit for them.

I love the part when Max and Polly were together. Max is very sweet with Polly although there are times that Max is hot tempered. And the part when Max proposes his love for Polly was very sweet. The setting where Max proposes and most especially the word he used was really deep and you can really feel his sincerity and true love. And I like that very much. Like what I have said, I found it very sweet. And when the time comes that a guy will have a proposal to me and of course we must know each other very well, I may definitely give the boy a yes most especially when he has the sincerity and love for me.

But Polly had changed the mood of the sweet night. She answered Max with fallacies which Max taught her. I don’t know why Polly was like that, I thought she also likes or even loves Max, but I was wrong. All I know, I can’t get over with the last line in the story. It says there that Polly had chosen Petey just because of a raccoon coat!

If I were Max, I must not have taught the fallacies to my love because maybe he will use it against me.

So one thing that I can only advice Max and other guys in town is, you must not extenuate people because of that, because of this. You must know the person very well before you estimate the person’s capability.

"A Summary of Max Schulman's "Love Is a Fallacy""

In the law school in University of Minnesota, there was an intelligent freshman namely Max. Max has a roommate named Petey Bellows. If max is cool, logical, keen, calculating, perspicacious, acute, and astute. His brain was as powerful as a dynamo, as precise as a chemist's scales, as penetrating as a scalpel and to think he was still eighteen. But Petey Bellows, his just nothing without his raccoon coat! And in addition, he is the emotional type. Unstable. Impressionable. Worst of all, a faddist.

One afternoon Max found Petey lying on his bed with an expression of such distress on his face that Max immediately diagnosed appendicitis.

Despite of his feeling he tends to care for his raccoon. He spent his money, which is for textbooks just to buy for a raccoon coat and then he can’t get any. He wants a raccoon coat in order to be in the swim.

At one time Max saw Polly Espy. Max showed his desire for this young woman. Max was well aware of the importance of the right kind of wife in furthering a lawyer's career. The successful lawyers he had observed were, almost without exception, married to beautiful, gracious, intelligent women. With one omission, Polly fitted these specifications perfectly.

Polly was beautiful, gracious but intelligent she was not. But he believed that Polly would smarten up by his guidance.

He asked Petey if he loves Polly, Petey answered that he see each other a bit but they have their own dates.

Max was satisfied by Petey’s answer. And when Max was in a date with Polly they went and talked in Knoll.

They talked about logic. Different fallacies are their topics and the first fallacy is Dicto Simpliciter. An argument based on an unqualified generalization. For example: Exercise is good. Therefore everybody should exercise."

Polly said that exercise is wonderful. It builds the body and everything.

"Polly," max said that it was a fallacy.

Then they took up Hasty Generalization. After Hasty Generalization is Post Hoc.

For example, let's not take Bill on our picnic. Everytime we take him out with us, it rains.

Polly said that she knows somebody like that, a girl back home—Eula Becker. It never fails. Every single time Polly takes her on a picnic—

"Polly," Max said sharply, "it's a fallacy. Eula Becker doesn't cause the rain. She has no connection with the rain. You are guilty of Post Hoc if you blame Eula Becker."

Polly promised not to do that again. And she asked Max if he was mad.

Max answered that he was not.

Then Polly asked for more fallacies. And Max gave him the Contradictory Premises. After explaining this to Polly, he deposited her to the girl’s dorm and told her to see each other again the following night.

Still they met and situated under the oak tree. They talked about the Ad Misericordiam fallacy. And this is followed by Hypothesis Contrary to Fact. And lastly they talked about the fallacy “Poisoning the Well”.

After explaining all the fallacies to Polly, he thought that that was the right time to propose his feelings.

Max said, "Polly, I love you. You are the whole world to me, and the moon and the stars and the constellations of outer space. Please, my darling, say that you will go steady with me, for if you will not, life will be meaningless. I will languish. I will refuse my meals. I will wander the face of the earth, a shambling, hollow-eyed hulk.".

Rather than giving formal answers, Polly keeps on telling Max about fallacies.

And at the end when Max asked Polly to give him a logical reason why she wants to go steady with Petey.

Polly answered straightly, “he’s got a raccoon coat”.

Palmapithecus

My stay in UP high is really, really fun! Aside from learning advance lessons, I also met new friends when I entered in first year. And when I am already in second year, I met more friends. Just like in my entry “Wall” and “Endless”, I have already talked about some of my friends in my sophomore year but in this entry you can read my description among almost all of my classmates in II-Palma.

Next is Rowela. Until now she is my classmate in II-Palma. She is intelligent and also responsible. She is also a good joker although sometimes she is like deaf.

Like Rowela, Gener is also my classmate until now. He is known to be our computer master. But I am so curious about his gender but let’s not talk about it.

Another classmate of mine is Mikka. She is beautiful, sexy and most of all she is friendly. Although she is not that good in Filipino because all of my classmates know that she has her expertise when it comes to English.

Still a classmate of mine until now is named as Aiden. Many girls in the whole campus have a crush on him. And I don’t know why they like this guy or what this guy possesses. And also some of my friends have also crushed on Aiden.

My classmate when I was a Villamarsian and until now, are good artist, Nicole. Just like how I introduced her, she is really our artist. She is a good joker and she is a happy person.

After Nicole let’s go to her seatmate, Krystal. I can describe Krystal as beautiful, simple, a good singer and a good actress and most of all a very good person. She has also a very nice and neat penmanship.

Next to Krystal is Beverly. Beverly is also a good artist and most of all, our Biology girl. But when I see Beverly, I can’t help to remember what she has done to me although I already gave her forgiveness. So let’s forget about it.

Sitting beside Bevz is Neil commonly known as Guadz. He is a happy go lucky person. He has also sweat hands and that’s why Althea doesn’t like him to hold on to her.

At the front of Guadz is Grechelle. Although she is my new classmate, I found her silent yet fun to be with.

And still at the front of Grechelle is a good classmate of mine when we were still in first year, Faith. Faith is a good essay writer and maybe she will be known in the whole world without us knowing.

Beside Faith is April. Like Grechelle, she is also a new classmate of mine because she’s from I-Bartlett. She acts like a boy but it’s all right because she is a happy person. She also makes my day more beautiful because she hugs me.

Brigitte is up next. She acts like a child and it really fits her personality. But behind those childish acts is her intelligence. She is also playful.

And a good friend of mine, still when we were in first year, Ronald. Ronald is a mathematics master. It’s because he likes Geometry and Algebra. And in addition, whatever our teachers in these two subjects will give him, he can answer it and he is very confident. His primary concern during this summer is H.W.S.C. Meaning, Height, Weight and Skin Care.

A friend of Ronald is also one of my classmates in this school year she is Fatima. I am curious why Fatima looks like she’s going to cry whenever you asked her to stand up or to stay in the platform. Her friends tease her because of her eyes. But to you Fatima, you must not feel bad and you must be thankful because you have eyes.

Of course my neighbor, Hazel. She is an artist, possesses a good penmanship, a good actress and most of all a jolly person. What I don’t like about her is when I go to her house and we have already talked about the time, she is sometimes late. But I do understand her.

Next is our intramural muse, Rachel. Although we are classmates just in this school year I already knew something about her. She is beautiful, sweet, clever and most of all boys like her maybe because o her charm.

Let us talk some of the boys in or section. We have finished talking about Aiden, Ronald, and Guadz, now it’s Essem’s turn. Essem is my new classmate although I don’t know him that well I had a crushed on him. But this admiration is only about for a week or almost two weeks. So see, I really felt nothing about him. Aside from the information that I had a crushed on him he has also a sharp memory and most of all she has girls. But I ill not add more information about it.

Next in line is James. He was my groupmate during our investigatory project when we were first years. I like his crazy dance move his intelligence in proving and his curly hair. But one thing I don’t like about him is his narrow mind. But I won’t explain why.

Allan is third. He is also intelligent when it comes to mathematics and he has a crush on one of our classmates and I know it is pretty obvious.

Next to Allan is Roel. Honestly, I don’t know him well because were not that close and I have observed that he has his own world.

Lastly is my seatmate Kenneth. He is a good actor, joker and friendly. One thing I don’t like about his self is his being hot tempered and that’ all.

These are only some of my classmates. So for those who are not included, don’t worry because there might be a continuation. So keep on reading my blog, no just kidding. Go Palmapithecus!!!

Critique...

Watching television shows is my hobby. If you had already read my entry “Addictive” you will know that I am an anime lover or a big anime fan. And in that entry of mine I said that I prefer to watch anime shows rather than watching any other television shows. But in this entry you can read my comparison between the “telenovelas” and “koreanovelas”. And on how I will criticize “telenovelas” and “koreanovelas”. In addition, these are only some of my views and opinions between telenovelas and koreanovelas so please respect it.



To start of is the span of the shows that will be shown or aired in the television. Filipinos originally make telenovelas and the actors portraying roles are also Filipinos. But what I am angry with is that their story is so confusing. And in addition, telenovelas lasts for about more than a year or more. While koreanovelas lasts only for about a maximum of five to six months.

Another bases for comparison is the show’s story. Philippine shows are a lot different from the Korean shows, American shows or any other shows in other parts of the world. Because our drama shows here in the Philippines is you can really say that it is a dramatic show because there’s the word drama. So there are a lot of crying scenes and stuffs that makes me so bore and I am already immune to it. When there are crying scenes in the show I can’t cry because I get used to it and that’s why I don’t want to watch that certain show. While Korea’s drama shows, eventhough there are crying scenes but it is only a few compared with telenovelas. Although it is a drama show or drama series it is fun to watch because there are many funny scenes. And also their love scenes could really make you feel how they love each other. Although there are also love scenes in telenovelas, but sometimes I can’t fell that there is love between the two actors because they only tell the words “I love you” to each other then followed by a kissing scene. But I can’t feel the emotion, their affection or any sort of sweet feelings. Why don’t they try to follow or a sort of observe how koreanovelas work on the Filipino people or what has koreanovelas that the mass love about it.



Lastly are the actors. Actors play a big role in the production of the show. They must have the charm, the beauty and most of all the acting skills. I know that our actor complied my standards but I guess some of our actors are over acting. And in addition, the staffs of the production must experiment new love teams to tandem in a show and must this love team must not be over used.

In general, I am not telling our directors, writers and the whole staff in our entertainment industry to copy how koreanovelas or any other shows in other parts of the world map were made or to copy its story. What I am trying to say am that writers must have effective writing techniques and must have a huge and creative imagination that would really make the Filipino mass embrace his or her work. And in the whole entertainment industry, I have a big respect on you and a salute for all of you hardships in order for us to feel happy.

Boys will always be Boys!

Girls like boys but boys do you like girls? Of course boys like girls although some like or let me say feel the true love in their same sex. Comparing the two sexes there is a big and a lot of differences. Of course one of those many is the reproductive organ. But in this entry you will not or can’t read comparison between the two sexes instead you will know how I will describe the males on what they feel and on what they do.

First things first, we all know that girls are more emotional than boys are. But as far as I know, I guess boys are more emotional than girls. Because if you will compare the girls and the boys in what you see between your parents, oh! Boys or husbands are just keeping quiet when their wives are nagging at them. So boys can’t express their feelings very well and thus, they keep these things all by themselves or bottling all the negative vibes to their selves.

I must also say that boys aren’t expressive and are mysterious. Like our boys in our section they are full of secrets. When they court girls that they like, and when they become boyfriends and girlfriends, we don’t have any idea about this news. And thus, we can only know that they had a relationship when they broke up and boys don’t want to talk about it. And when somebody brings up the topic, he becomes irritated or sometimes really gets angry.

If a boy likes you, you must be happy. Because when almost all of the boys fall in love, they give everything although some are not but I am sure they have experienced it.

Do you want to know what thing I hated about the boys? It is they’re being “not stick to one”. Meaning although they already have their love of their lives, they keep on finding another girls in order to supply their thirst. But I am not generalizing that all of the men population do this do that instead I am only referring to some of the men who do this ugly things in the society and are hurting their girlfriends or their wives. I understand the boys because in this new generation girls are also doing the “left turn”. But I will go back to the boys’ thing. I will cite an example; I have this friend of mine who has already a girlfriend. But he is courting another girl without her girlfriend knowing it so as the courted girl; she doesn’t know that this friend of mine has a girlfriend. When the time came that his girlfriend saw both of them, at first her girlfriend thought that he was just with his classmate but when she saw his boyfriend kissed the girl, her north pole became the south pole. So she went near the two and first slapped the girl’s face and then jobs his boyfriend for about five times. Then the girlfriend explained the girl that the boy was her boyfriend then the courted girl also slapped the man’s face and was never been seen. So as a result, the boyfriend is left out with nothing but only a black eye.

In my opinion about that example of mine, it is just fine if you court someone if you already have a girlfriend because both of you are not yet married so you both have your freedom.

And girls please understand the boys in our society because they are only human, they are also hurt and they commit mistakes.

Because “boys will always be boys” no matter what.

Anger

I will not be in high school of course if I haven’t been in elementary. My elementary memories were sixty percent memories full of happiness. Do you want to ask why sixty percent only and where is the forty percent? Of course behind my happiness is my sadness. Even though these sad memories are only few but they are very heavy. And in this entry you are only to read my biggest frustration in my elementary years, which is until now is still my unforgettable and biggest frustration I had.

I will start my narration with a sad memory. And the first sad memory I had was the conflict between me and one of my closest friends. Our conflict started when I told something to my classmate and then this classmate of mine told this close friend and take note my classmate passed a wrong message. And when I have explained to my friend on what really happened, she just ignored me because she really believes on our classmate. I felt so bad at that time but my heart rejoiced when I knew that my friend already knew the real side of the story. Then she went to me and apologized on what she have done and I had given her my forgiveness. And then I told her that our friendship this time is stronger and eventhough at first we don’t have trust but now our trust is the building block of our friendship.

Let’s go to my teachers. I loved my teachers when I was elementary because they taught me many things in life. But I have anger to some of my teachers when I was in grade six. I felt this towards them because they are “plastics”. And I am sorry if I told this word to you. It’s just that I can’t help myself to feel the anger if I can see the six of you. And I know that in the near future the five of you will receive her karma just like what your leader had received.

And Lord please forgive me on the things that I have said.

This sadness of mine is really a frustration. My world was very dark and I really felt bad to my teachers during those times. I am talking to the time of my graduation, I am an aspiring valedictorian but my crown was taken off from me. And I really felt sorry and pity for myself because that was the first time in my life, which my father didn’t approach my graduation ceremonies. And I do know and understand that during those times my father and my mother are really disappointed on the outcome. Aside from the disappointment and humiliation, my anger reached a point at which I am going to burst and I had promised myself something. I promised myself that I will never study like the study I have gone through for the past years and I will let God hold my grades when I will go to high school. That was a promise of mine that until now is never been broken. I guess if I will have my close friends here with me in UP high, I am sure that they can observe the difference between myself during my elementary years and during this time.

But now I have already took a step to heal my wounded heart. And I know that this wounded heart’s healing process will take years or even a lifetime. It may be hard for me to disappoint my parents again at this time because of my low grades but I must also not forget that I have a promised myself and I don’t want this to break.

And ma, pa please forgive me if I am like this because I just want to keep a promise although it hurts.

"Biologically" Speaking...

They say we won’t be here without our parents, and I thank them because of what they have done to us. But because of my Biology class, it opened up my mind to the real world and made me learned that we must also extend our gratitude to both the sperm and egg cells of our father and mother. In addition and I am sure that everyone knows it, and this is the process where all living organisms produce offspring called reproduction.

As an introduction, males have their male reproductive system, which has penis, scrotum, vas deferens, and most especially the chief male reproductive organs, the two testes. And on the other hand, females have their female reproductive system, which has the oviduct, urethra, vagina and if males have testes, well females have their ovary. Males have their hormone testosterone. Testosterone is the principal male sex hormone and is responsible for making the whole male system active. While females have a hormone called follicle-stimulating hormone. This hormone is responsible for stimulating the ovarian follicle to grow and reach maturity. This hormone of females is only one among many other hormones in the female system.

And now let’s proceed to the process.

All of our mother won’t be pregnant if it isn’t her fertile days, so there must be ovulation—when a follicle matures, its wall ruptures, setting the ovum free. Ovulation takes place in both ovaries alternatively. While the ovum enters the opening end of the oviduct, sperms are introduced into our very own female system, they travel upward until they reach the lower portion of the oviduct. During that time, many sperms are surrounding the ovum. Sperm is believed that it has enzymes, which are responsible for dissolving the thick outer layer of the ovum, and when one sperm penetrated the outer layer of the ovum and then fertilize it. Then the uniting of sex cells or gametes is taking place and there will be fertilization. After fertilization, zygote undergoes cell division as it goes down and resulting mass of these undifferentiated cells is embryo. With the help of the umbilical cord—structure which connects the embryo to the mother; and the placenta—part of the uterus to which the umbilical cord is attached; the embryo can get rid of waste materials such as urea. And that embryo is I, you and all of us. My mother told me that I stayed in her womb for more or less than 9 months, (which is the normal period for a baby to stay in a mother’s womb). She added that she really had a hard time releasing me from her womb because I am big and it took the doctor more or less 3 hours just for getting me out. After giving birth, my mother felt asleep and she wake up the next day. The doctor told my mother that I was a normal and healthy baby girl. My mom gave me breast feeding for more than 1 and a half years and she gave me vitamins for my growth and mental strength.

And I am pretty sure that your mother and father really took care of you. Because there is no parent that can’t resist his or her kids.

A new world!

To tell you honestly, I am not a sport lover but when I discovered the world of UP in sports, it is really different.

Intramurals in UP high is really, really lively from our ordinary school day. It’s like you had entered a New World, a world of excitement, thrill and most especially the spirit of sportsmanship. And never in my life that I will forget about this experience of mine.

It was still fresh in my mind on what I have felt when I knew about the intamurals during November 2005. I can’ explain what I am feeling at that very moment, I felt an excitement inside of me but I am also afraid. I am excited because I want to feel the atmosphere of UP high in full energy. And I am afraid at that time because when if I am going to join a team of a certain kind of sports, I might bring the team towards failure. But I have realized that when you’re afraid this could really cause your failure. So I have decided to change my negative vibes to something good that could make me feel much better. Although we ranked last, it is just fine with me and in the whole group. Because at least we inserted teamwork and individual effort.

So when I entered the next phase, my second year life, the whole sophomores’ community had really prepared for the upcoming 2007 intramural games. I still joined chess and I became the captain for dama (girls) players and my new favorite sport, softball. Softball is really, really cool. Three weeks before the intamurals, we really had an extensive training in playing softball; of course we play after dismissal. At the same time we are teaching the freshmen on how to play softball of course with some seniors especially Ate Geraline. Playing softball is fun and it made me feel the feeling of being a true player. But I had also never forgotten my other games. And both my dama and chess playmate is Ronald, a good classmate of mine.

The most awaited time of the year comes, Intramurals 2006. Although the day is so good, the sun was shining brightly and the cheers of every year level would really lift your spirit up but I felt that something is wrong with me. Then I just have discovered it after having the cheerdance. I discovered that I have fever and good for me because I went to the clinic and I had rest there. After having a nap I directly went back to the campus so that I can prepare for my games which are chess and softball. At exactly 1:00 p.m. I went to the Physics laboratory because the venue is there. Then at 2:00 p.m., my softball game will start. So I have told the captain of the softball team that I won’t play because I have fever and I guess that my chess game would not end at exactly 2:00 p.m. although I haven’t played softball, fortunately, I won all of my three games. But on the other hand the softball team didn’t won over the seniors but it is alright because I know that seniors really had a greater experience than us so we really had expected them to win.

On our following games we had beaten the juniors and the freshmen. So again in the championship our team will face the seniors. So as expected they won the game. I won’t deny that they are really good softball players and both teams showed sportsmanship.

My memories during every year’s intramurals are really unforgettable. Most especially I can always remember the friends I have met and the good values I have gathered.

So next year, if you aren’t still a player in any sport, then you must join next year. I am sure you will feel the same feeling I have felt.

Family

“You’re life would never work out without a family.
For you’re family are like your friends.“

“A family that prays together stays together”- this is just a common quote or saying which we can hear it in television advertisements, radios, magazines and almost everywhere. But until now I am still hoping that I can achieve the literal meaning of that. As in, I am wishing that me with my whole family would pray together so that we will stay together forever even though me and the rest of the siblings will get married and will have his or her kids. I am saying this because never in my life I have experienced this so I am trying very hard. But it is just fine, for as long as we are united, peaceful and happy.

I can say that I am not that close with the rest of the members in the family even to my mother or to my sister. I am not close to them because I am not an open person. For example, if I have anger inside of me then this anger will still remain in me and I will never share it to anyone else. But I can’t consider this situation as bottling my emotions because I am showing my anger to the one who made me feel that kind of feeling. So do you get it? I hope so.

I will introduce my family to you let’s start with my father, he is Mr. Narciso Allones-Gomez. My father is the one who chose all our names from my oldest brother down to my older sister then me and then my baby brother. And I am happy about it because my father chose nice names, so thank you pa!

Then my mother, she is Mrs. Virginia Jereza-Gomez. I am grateful that Lord gave me a good mother although there are times that there is a misunderstanding between the two of us. My mother is a good cook, in fact she is in demand when there are occasions in our neighbors. I can describe my mother as a loving, caring, understanding and is always there whenever I need her. I love you ma!

Next is my oldest brother, he is Van Niel J. Gomez. My brother is an Electrical Technology graduate in Cebu State College of Science an Technology also known as CSCST. I don’t know with my brother why he shifted his course from Computer Science to Electrical Technology. Maybe the answer is because he misses us. He misses us because he studied Computer Science in Saint Joseph’s College in Maasin, Leyte. But he only needs one semester to graduate then he comes back here. But I can’t blame him and as what they say, past is past. My brother is working at a Japanese restaurant. He has a girlfriend, which is already a nurse. And when they are together, they look so good because both of them are handsome and beautiful.

My sister is Vanessa J. Gomez. She is a second year student at Cebu Normal University and her course is Secondary Education. My sister is talented, beautiful and artistic. We always fight whenever we are together but it is fine with me because I am used to it.

And lastly is my younger brother, Van Nyle J. Gomez. He just recently finished his kinder one studies last March 16 of this year. He is naughty and hardheaded but although he is like that, you can tell him to run for you an errand. He is also handsome and intelligent.

These are all the information if not all well, almost all information about my family. Summarizing it all, my family is a happy, beautiful, understanding, unified and loving. Eventhough as like what I have said before, I am not that close to them but my love for them is unconditional. I don’t know what my life would be without them because they are my everything, they are the air that I breathe, the food that I take in, the water I drink and most of all they are my friends that I am sure I could really count on no matter what happens. So to my family thank you very, very much for everything you have done to me. I love you so much!

Addictive

I am really an anime addict but I don’t know why I am like this. At the very first place I do love to watch telenovelas or koreanovelas (these are television or drama shows in Korea that is being showed here in the Philippines) rather than watching anime shows. But I changed my mind when I discovered an anime show that is being aired at channel seven and this is Lupin the Third.

Lupin III is all about a sage thief whose name is Lupin III and he is with his group. Lupin likes or let’s just say loves a girl and her name is Fujiko. Fujiko is a sexy and a beautiful lady yet behind her beauty you can’t really say that she is tough but the truth is, she really is. They steel precious things like expensive gems, paintings or sculptures inside a museum and they also steel huge amount of moneys in banks or in any huge establishments.

You see! I really know anything about this anime show and this anime in my list but nothing compares with how I supported the “Prince of Tennis”.

Prince of Tennis is all about a first year student who is a member of the Seigaku Tennis Club. And I am pertaining to no any other than Ryoma Echizen. Ryoma is the youngest in the tennis club yet in his young age he had already joined the magic eight line-up. And you will not be shocked if he’s really a very, very, very good player because his father was once a champion in tennis in the whole wide world. Ryoma also joined a lot of tournaments and fortunately, they can always bring home the bacon. During this week and maybe still until next week (March 19-30), is their battle against the champion of last year’s tournament which is Reica Academy. Ryoma together with his team mates namely: Fuji, Kikumaru, Oishi, Inui, but they are only the four among the seven other players. And I am sure that they will win because of their extensive training and their determination to win plus they are already very good players then there is a big percentage of probability that they can win over Reica Academy. Eventhough their team captain can’t join with them, Teska, because of his injury during the elimination round in the regionals, I know they can still do it. Of course, because Ryoma is there. And in addition, I can say that Ryoma is their ace player, and maybe the heir of the captaincy of Teska. I said it because Ryoma has really a big and brighter future on his tennis career although when it comes to his studies he is a little bit low but it is just fine because he doesn’t have a failing mark.

Prince of Tennis is aired every weekday (Monday-Friday), 4:00-4:30 in the afternoon in Qtv channel 27.

Another anime show that I really like is DN Angel. I also saw it first in Qtv channel 27. I love it because there is a mixed of love, action and friendship. My crush on that anime show is Dark. Dark is a very handsome guy, he is also intelligent, a good fighter, wise and most of all, a loyal lover. His counterpart is Light. Light maybe symbolizes purity or goodness as what have you think but Light is the opposite of that. He is the worst man I ever met in any other anime shows. But Dark, oh! Although his name in our mind looks like a bad guy but the truth is he is so, so good. If only Dark is a true human being oh, how I wish but we can’t do anything about it because we can only see him inside the television screen.

I have a lot of anime shows that I really, really admire like Ouran High School, Flame of Recca, Dragonball Z and much, much more!

An anime show is really addictive like a drug but I promised myself not only to think about these things, I must also concentrate on my studies very well. So in my schedule, I can only watch television shows especially anime shows whenever I have nothing to do but when I have, well I must forget about it first.

So therefore, grades first then anime shows.

Want to know?

They say UPians have everything; although they may not have the physical beauty that would probably surpass those of other private schools but they have their very gorgeous internal beauty, and most of all and I am sure everyone knows this, “they’ve got the brains”.

By the way I am proud to say that I am a full-blooded UPian. And I am writing this just to inform you all that a UPian is not everything that you think he or she may be. UP students like me have our limitations.

As this entry goes on, you will probably discover similarities and differences that we UPians have, like any other ordinary students out there, whether from a public or private institution.

We are not geeks. We are not fat, over-diligent, all-knowing people with horn-rimmed glasses who isolated themselves from the rest of the world to study! So, you can now forget the assumption that we are not just outspoken boys and girls who sulk in classrooms or in libraries. We go to the mall too!

Speaking of bluntness, we can’t just keep our feelings to ourselves. Everything about UP excudes freedom of expression. You can do whatever you like to your life because for one, it’s your life; and only you can decide whether to live it your way or let others drive your life for you. I mean, these people don’t even know what you like. So, why don’t you stand out, get your life back and live it your way?

And so much for that, now let’s go to some of our negative or our opposite side. First in the list is cleanliness. If you enter UP high or when a visitor enters the campus without us knowing or us students knowing, oh my God! It’s a mess. The surroundings are really dirty. Maybe because we students are just tired in listening and answering questions.

Next is, we UPians are lazy. If you think that we are very diligent in studying our lessons, well you are very wrong. For example, we are deadliners, as in we submit our projects during the deadline and sometimes we ask for extension. Another, we are last minute people. Like during our “Florante at Laura”, oh I can’t say anything good. That was very messy because imagine this, we had only practiced the whole play during that very day (our presentation is still in the evening).

Another thing about us that is really true, we don’t work individually or selfishly we work on our assignments as a class. But take note, we only do this if we have assignments and not during tests.

And in addition if you were there you would really be surprised because you will think that you are in Carbon or in Pasil or in any place that is crowded because of our noise meaning we are noisy people.

UPians are also afraid of long quizzes or any other kinds of tests. I am not saying that all of the students studying in this institution are dull, of course 95% of the total population of UP are intellectuals. What I am trying to say is that you can’t really say that a person is clever if he or she studies at UP, you must also know his or her participation in school academically.

Now, I already had given you a few of the UPians another side behind their brains.

Lastly, they say UPians are free because they are living in a democratized environment. You’re wrong. Although yes, we are living in a democratized environment but we are not free to do whatever we want. Like bringing of cellphones. But I do understand our administrators because me, myself knows that this can disrupt our learning. But I can’t still feel the freedom.

So what do you think of us, UPians?

Mr. Perfect?

Does Mr. Perfect exist?

What is your answer? Oh! I guess I know it, your answer is yes. No I am just kidding, I know every person’s answer varies and I do respect all your answers. But I am curious about the identity of this Mr. Perfect. What is his first name? Is he handsome or not? Is he rich or not? Or is he tall or short? — These are only a few of my questions about this controversial "Mr. Perfect".

Let’s go to my point of view, I have started to think about it when I met this boy. This boy lives about six blocks away from our house and let me call him as "Ring". "Why ring?"— Because he gave me a ring last February.

I met him through my friends who are accidentally his friends also and this happened September of 2006. Well when I met him he was very quiet while the rest of us are talking to the maximum level. But that was only my impression to him during the first week meaning in the second week he already adjusted and although he is still silent sometimes, I never thought that he was a very jolly companion. Since then we are always together because let’s just say we are compatible, no! I am just kidding. But really we have some characteristics which are some how the same. Just like, I am quiet and they say although I am like that, I am fun to be with (Cheng told me that) while this boy, like what I have said before, he is quiet yet a very funny companion. And we don’t have dull moments when we are together.

Now I will go to his family background, he came from an average and a happy family. His mother is my friend and also his father. He is second among the three siblings and take note, they are all boys. He is a second year high school student and he will be fifteen this May. His older brother is already in college and his younger brother is in Grade six.
To tell you the truth, I like him. He is a gentleman and in fact when there is a time that we go to school together, he pays for my fare. He is also thoughtful. But I won’t give you details about this. And the top three things I like about him are his: understanding, caring and most especially he’s sweet. And summing that all together, he is my ultimate crush.
I can dare to say it here because he already knows it and I also know his answer, do you want to know his answer? -- It is just between the two of us but I will give you a hint, his answer is something very good.

Honestly, he is the one who confessed his feelings first then I just followed him and told him everything about this.

I almost forget, if you ask me if "Ring" is "Mr. Perfect", well I can’t answer your question but this is all I can say, eventhough "Ring" isn’t my Mr. Perfect or is Mr. Perfect I do still like him. And whenever we will be apart from each other for over a long time, who knows when the time comes that we will meet again if we were really destined for each other, Then maybe he will be my "Mr. Perfect" and I maybe his "Ms. Perfect".

Question

I am wondering why I am here, wondering who my self really is and wondering on how to equate the equation of my life. Its just that it is a mystery in my part, if you will ask why I am bothered by this mystery, well I’ll answer your question.

You may have observed that my introduction is quite confusing, confusing in the sense that how I will start this story of mine though I have given you a hint. But this time I will unleash the true story behind me!

When you entered my blog account I guess you know me already but let me introduce myself I am Vanilyn J. Gomez, my age is increasing every thirteenth of April. I was born in the year 1993 so I am… never mind, just compute it later, meaning I was born on the year of the rooster. I am living here in Cebu City. — This is mostly the contents of my “All About Myself” composition, but not this time (although I already did it!).

Vanilyn J. Gomez, a simple girl who has nothing, but she only have her determination and love and support coming from her family. Oh I am sorry I am very dramatic but really my description about myself is true. No one really knows the true me. Even my parents don’t know my favorite color, the type of music I want to listen to and I guess almost all my favorites they don’t know about it. Also just like my parents, my friends have lesser information about the deep personality of Vanilyn. They may know some of my crushes but not all, they may also know how my face looks like when I get angry but not to the extent that they know what I am going to or will do when I am really hurt and get the feeling of real anger to a person. If that is the situation what more on my classmates’ part?

Let’s stop comparing and yet let us proceed to the next stage.

I am pertaining to go down and see if what is there. So have you seen it? Ah, ah! Not yet! Because you haven’t knocked my heart! -- Did you get what I am trying to say? If not then read this and if you already understood the meaning of what I have said then you must also read this. Who knows after reading this we might be the best of friends, I am not kidding.

Honestly I can’t answer my own question. I cannot answer it because I can’t even describe myself. Now I realize that words can’t really describe the real you because something lacks but I cannot explain it very well and at least I had given you an idea. Although many of my classmates are telling me that I am mysterious but I am happy about it because I don’t want my life to be an open book.

I am sorry if I haven’t answered my own question and I am also feeling sorry for myself because I haven’t solved the mystery bothering me. The truth is I can’t answer it because even me, I don’t know the equation assigned for me to be solved. But maybe as the time runs I can equate this equation of mine.

Wall

“Good friends don’t always need togetherness…
Do not always need everyday conversation,
as long as the friendship lives in our heart…
It remains forever… “

Friends are friends, they don’t come when we feel happy or we do feel good but they come in our lives in a very surprising way. They enter our lives secretly; they enter our worlds when our very own world is colored black.

I have this very close friend of mine, her name is Charmaine Pearl T. Ardina she is more known as Cheng. She is my classmate when we were still in first year. When I first saw her I thought she was so strict but when I knew her very well I told myself,” Oh! My first impression is wrong.” So after we became close friends, I call her “close-up” then she calls me “colgate”. What have you observed?… Yes, you’re right! We are naming ourselves as toothpaste. Well isn’t that cool? Still when we were in first year we have this another close friend of ours, she is Marie Emilyn Homicillo but everyone calls her Ems or Emi. If Cheng and I call ourselves as “close-up” and “colgate”, then we call Emi as “beam”.

We are three in the group. And we are telling secrets to each other. I am sure you are curious if what kind of secrets are we telling to each other. Well we have our favorite secrets and this is all about boys meaning their crushes but I am excluded because at that time I haven’t met my crush. So in our freshmen year, everyone knows Cheng’s crush but t hey only know Cheng’s one out of two crushes. While Emi, just like Cheng, our classmates know her one out of two crushes. So I guess you already know who are these people but I don’t want to reveal it here just ask them in person.

Of course you can’t achieve true happiness if you haven’t experienced obstacles. Our group experienced this obstacle and this is all about a misunderstanding between my “close-up” and my “beam”. But I will not give you more details about this because this is just between the three of us. Thank God because this conflict ended before the opening of another new school year.

School year 2006-2007 is opened so it is enrollment time. Enrollment in UP high is very exciting, exciting because I don’t know what section will I belong, who is my class adviser and the most thrilling thing is who will be my classmates? When I entered the enrollment room, I saw Mme. Elisa G. Lapa. She is the one assigned to the second years, she is the one who will be telling us if on what section will we belong. When she told me that I was in 2-Palma of course it is fine with me. After knowing my section I directly went to Emi and asked her if on what section will she be then she answered me that she will be a Bentonian meaning she will be in 2-Benton. She is also asked me and I answered that I will be in 2-Palma. Both of us are very sad but I told her that eventhough we are neighbors there is still the friendship that we had. We waited for Cheng but Cheng didn’t arrive so we decided to go. The following day we went to the school so that we will clean our respective classrooms then I saw Cheng in 2-Palma so I felt great because I am not alone. Behind my happiness I saw Emi sad and I went near her and gave her comfort.

So although there is a wall separating us, our friendship is still there having no walls and is still going stronger.

Endless

“Understanding each sorrows and grieves,
respect each point of view,
give and take in having friends ”

School year 2006-2007, a new chapter of my tiring school days. Meeting different kinds of people to have new friends in a new type of environment. I do not know what awaits me in this year, will I have a new set of friends and will become my close friends? Or will I never meet a set of friends like Emi and Cheng?

First day of becoming a scorching sophomore student, first day of meeting my new set of classmates. I found my new classmates fine, they are very friendly and very jolly. I still have classmates who are Villamarsians meaning from 1-Villamor where I am from. So I already know them and they also know me. My sit in the classroom is located where most of my Villamor classmates are situated. But my seatmate isn’t a Villamarsian, he is a Bartlettian, his name is Kenneth. His very funny and noisy but it is just fine with me.

As the days went by I found the thing I have waited the most, meeting these girls and they became a part of my life. These girls are Jan Suzanne Kasayan, Chrislyn Jane Ouano, Ma. Jane Batulan, Althea Gil Bana-ay, Katrina Pontanar and of course my close-up, Charmaine Pearl Ardina.At last I found them, I really thought I wouldn’t have these friends of mine.

Our all girl group is named as F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Myself as F, Kai as R, Suzanne as I, Ma. Jane as E, Cheng as N, Thea as D, and finally Lyn as the last letter S. thus making up the word FRIENDS.

We eat our lunch together in the same table and we are chatting while we are eating. We are very happy when we are together, we laugh out loud and there is no time when we are together that we are not smiling. After eating our lunch we sometimes go out of the campus and by some chocolates or shakes. We have our top three most favorite flavors of shakes these are: Cookies n’ Cream, Mango and Coffee. Sometimes after our dismissal, which is at 4:15, we go out and eat some extra hot pancit cantons with shake. Every breaks we are always together and if not we are together with some of the girls in the group.

FRIENDS have a lot of secrets. For example our secrets about our crushes and some of the girls in the group already have their boyfriends. And of course the rest of the girls are supporting them.

We are also sharing our problems to one another like heartaches, financial problems and family problems.

We are open to each other about all the things going on under the sun and even under the moon and the stars. Because of our closeness we can’t avoid facing conflicts between the rest of the group against a member of the group. But this is only a small misunderstanding between our group.

(This paragraph is dedicated to a FRIENDS member)

I want this friend to realize what she have done, because I know that the rest of the girls including me already knew our mistakes and we have admitted it. I am hoping that she will change and she will know what kind of ugly things did she do to us that made us feel bad to her. We are not closing our doors to her; in fact we are waiting for this friend of ours to come back to us.

I know that in the near future this wound of ours will heal and we will face the new and brighter tomorrow together with a smile and as one. Because as what they have said, “friends will always be friends no matter what”, and the F.R.I.E.N.D.S’ friendship is endless, it will not die.