A High Quality Person

            Have you ever thought of the qualities that could make a person “high quality”?  As for me, I never knew such person exists. She’s someone I know very well and someone who keeps me company. This girl has each and every character I wish to possess. It’s my eldest sister, Graciel. No one knows how much she inspires me to be a kind hearted person, just like her.

            If I had to compare my sister to a certain thing, it would be an angel. Basically, she has the looks of an angel, starting from her stunning complexion, remarkable eyes and such luxuriant hair. She has this smile that would surely make every guy fall in love with her. One thing that proves her beauty is her sure wins whenever she joins beauty pageants. Why? It’s because she would always stand out from the other girls on stage. Looks aren’t just her specialty but intelligence as well. She was always an honor student and how I wish I could achieve something like that.

       Although she doesn’t have the perfect body that every girl wants, there is something about her that makes her special and very different from the others. It is her personality. She is absolutely kind, understanding, jolly, thoughtful and hardworking.  Since I was young, she took really good care of me and my two older sisters.  Maybe she really knows how to meet her responsibilities as the oldest one. I know that she desires to teach us the right things so we won’t grow up without any regrets at all. But one thing I’ll never regret is doing crazy things with her. It was always easy to make her laugh, even when a joke gets corny. Aside from being jolly or crazy (most of the time), being thoughtful is what makes her fun to be with. She likes to keep everything alive and enjoyable by finding a way for it to be so. But being hardworking is what I like about her. As I have said before, she had always been an honor student. I guess working hard is where my sister’s good at.

            During her college years was the time I realized how dedicated she is when it comes to her studies. I never heard her complain how hard taking the course was and it honestly inspires me a lot, especially that I want to take the same course someday. Well then I guess those attitudes and personalities are her keys to be successful as she is today. Taking nursing as a course, and now, working abroad is never easy. Isn’t it difficult and sad? But how my sister does everything explains how much love she could give for us.

            My sister is my role model. She influences me a lot as a person and she helps me get better and better as I grow up. She teaches me many things such as striving for the best and doing only the best in whatever I have to do. Being confident and positive is what she showed me and that success isn’t impossible if you will only believe in God. My sister is not an ordinary person but a high quality one. How I wish I can possess her qualities that is why I dream that someday, I will be an exact version of her.

To be or not to be...STRONG?

              Over the years I have learned that every accomplishment starts with a decision to try. One step, and you can change everything that may happen ahead of you. They say decisions sometimes prove to be the hardest decision to make, especially when it’s a choice between where you should be and where you really wanted to be. 

            Not all the people around me know that I was once caught into a big trouble at school. Perhaps it’s the most stupid decision I’ve ever done. I was out of my mind, thinking that what I did was right. I know almost everybody thinks the way I did, but until now I ask myself; “What happened?” I was out of breath, out of dignity, out of honor for my own family, out of love that time. In short, I lost HAPPINESS. Those were the darkest days of my life. I may sound exaggerated but what I say is true. It wasn’t just a simple talk between me, my parents and teachers. It was something that almost destroyed my early life. It was the first time I had this feeling of being torn apart inside. It was so painful emotionally that my body gets weak, feeling like I can’t manage to move at all. Words and tears weren’t enough for me to show how painful every bit of what happened was. If I could only vanish without a trace, I would do it because one mistake and everyone judges you as if they know your whole story. I’ve always hated being compared to my sisters to be honest. It definitely makes me feel I’m no special person. If there is one word that could describe what I felt, it was DEGRADING. How could they expect me to be exactly like them? What did I do to them? How come they think of me that way when I never even looked at them with a judgemental mind? Maybe I can endure those things but the most painful part was, NOBODY SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND ME.

            Even though two years had passed already, the pain made itself at home in my heart. As I’m trying to forget, it’s strange that something makes me remember the nightmare I had once in a while. No matter how much I try, I can’t avoid thinking that I still remind people of my past whenever I just simply pass by them. I can smell disappointment among them. A simple look affects me. I am fearful and paranoid. It taught me how to be pessimistic. It feels like I won’t never ever do something right in their eyes again. I keep everything inside because I believe my friends are tired of hearing my unending stories about the same topic over and over again. If I were asked to summarize my life so far, it would be like this: I finally came out of my shell but something tells me to go back again and hide myself forever.

            But then life is too short to break down and just sit in one corner. There is so much to explore out there. It is never too late to change. Don’t forget to look forward.

            I want to finally be strong and stand up for myself, for everything is possible with God. Turn to him whenever you’re down because He will always be there to guide you. Life will not be completely defined if there are no ups and downs. The world is round. Sometimes you’re up, sometimes you’re down. Life is not always about happiness. It will surely bring you challenges until you pass it. IT IS NOT EASY, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE WORTH IT. I am proud to share these decisions and simple words of mine to anyone who is reading this. Remember that life is indeed a matter of TO BE OR NOT TO BE… 

Someday, I believe I can finally say, “I may have made a mistake but look at me, I can prove everybody wrong.”

            Like the people who give me inspiration, this song has a special place in my heart:

They can say,

Anything they want to say,

Try to bring me down,

But I will not allow anyone to succeed hanging clouds over me,

And they can try

How to make me feel that I,

Don't matter at all,

But I refuse to falter in what I believe or lose faith in my dreams

'Cause there's,

There's a light in me,

That shines brightly,

They can try,

But they can't take that away from me

They can do

Anything they want to you,

If you let them in,

But they won't ever win,

If you cling to you pride, and just push them aside,

See I, I have learned,

There's an inner peace I own,

Something in my soul that they cannot possess

So I won't be afraid and the darkness will fade

 'Cause there's,

There's light in me,

That shines brightly, yes

They can try,

But they can't take that away from me

They can't take this

Precious love I'll always have inside me,

Certainly the Lord will guide me where I need to go

They can say

Anything they want to say,

Try to bring me down,

But I won't face the ground,

I will rise steadily sailing out of their reach,

Although they do try,

Hard to make me feel that I,

Don't matter at all,

But I refuse to fall,

Tell me what I believe or lose faith in my dreams,

'Cause there's a light in me,

That shines brightly yes

They can try but they can't take that away from me

Exploring English Class

Although taking several subjects is exhausting,

When it comes to English, you'll never see me yawning

It's my all time favorite subject even before

And I'm pretty sure there is so much to explore

VERBALS is the topic we tackled first

Yet the whole class somewhat started headfirst

GERUNDS, PARTICIPLES, INFINITIVES

Confusing but still, I'm inquisitive

Then IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS arrived next

Their meanings are not what it say in the text

Most of the phrases you read may seem obscure

So most of the time all I feel is pressure!

ROMEO AND JULIET's indeed the most exciting part of all

A masterpiece that's stuck in my heart like a cholesterol

This Shakesperean play is giving me so much to remember,

Characters, themes...how I wish we read more until December

TENSES? I thought I know this topic well already

But then here comes different types like BASIC and HAVE

We'll have exercises and seatworks to be answered,

So that the knowledge about it will all be gathered

Oh SPELLING words, when will you be familiar to me?

I'll be surely glad if I score once higher than three

We should seek Mr. Dictionary to know you more

And that'd be the secret in having a better score

In order to survive the class, DON'T BE SHY

You have to participate and always try

Because learning English was never boring

Perhaps I think I'll never stop exploring

TECHNOLOGY for the Win!

           

           Technology has indeed conquered the human world. Wherever we go, technology seems to be the application of the majority of the things we see or use every day. People using cellphones, laptops, high-technology vehicles, different kind of gadgets and many more. Through the years, technology has gone through massive improvement and has been changing from time to time.

             Never was it that technology became useless to human beings. It enables us to do things easily especially when it comes to communication. Before, we use letters to communicate with other people but now we can simply send e-mails and text messages. We even have the what we call "social networking sites". And these would not be possible with the most important product of technology --- COMPUTERS. Admit it, computers are the most amazing and impressive inventions of all. We can not only communicate but can be entertained as well. We can listen to music, play games which are very different from how people spend their leisure time before. But what made me appreciate computers is that it helps me a lot with my studies and make studying more convenient. Nowadays, a student like me can do simple tasks like homeworks, reports and even research with ease unlike before when people had to patiently seek answers from a book.

            However, too much of these isn't good at all. Yes, we can benefit from it but then everything has its limitation just like for me. Now we are talking about disadvantages. Computers are helpful but then here comes different sites from the webpage. We can definitely get information and be aware of what is happening around us. Influence is what I want to point out. People use Facebook everyday and we can't avoid seeing different things. Some are informative, while some are not. INFLUENCE, it is. Sometimes these bad influences are what push us to do something that isn't right and that can't do anything good for us. It's just simple. Bad influence means bad gestures. That's all!

         And for now, nothing can seem to stop technology from improving. People will always seek convenience and something BETTER. But how we benefit from it depends on us. YOU CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERS AT A TIME. We should keep things in balance because as I have said before, too much of everything is bad. I honestly fear that one day, people will become dependent to technology that we might forget our natural environment and who knows, even ourselves.