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Did you experience waking up and thought your just having a dream which is not? Well I got one. But its not a dream, its a nightmare! Early in the morning here in my brother’s place, there are so much noise that’s why when I woke up from being startled, my morning became a nightmare. My ate Mary Ann always says “Ang ingay na naman! Kala mo sila lang ang nakatira dito” (Its so noisy. They thought that they are just the one living herein.). Okay I’ll introduce you to my “Nightmare Neighbors” but I won’t use their real names because it might offend them. First is the singing frog, Pat. He is a guy ( I don’t know whether he is really a guy or a gay, but probably he is a gay). Every morning he is used to sing same songs. Wait did I mention he is not good in singing. Yes he is not. That’s why singing the same song all over again makes me so irritated. Can you imagine, from 8:00 to 9:00 he is singing the same song with the same voice again-and-again? And during afternoon he’ll go to repeat the song again! One time my brother said to me to lend him a new CD for him to sing a new song. Then I replied” Why lend him? That might cause another trouble. Why not try to break their CD player for them not to play the song.” And also when he and his sister plays badminton in front of our house he is so noisy than a girl. He screams like a girl. OK next is Mrs. Forky. She is a 52 years old woman, she lives in front of Pat’s house. Why am I annoyed with her? Because she laughs like there is no more tomorrow. You can hear her laughs many times a day. Her laughs can be heard from our compound to the outside world. And then I became really annoyed when she and Pat sing duets. Its like there is a storm coming, thunders rumbling when they sing together. OK the last one, the most Nightmarish Neighbors, is the Team Ink. Why Team Ink? because they are so many living in one house. Based from my observance they are 15 in the house. There are many reason why I am annoyed with them. First, early in the morning when they start their motorcycles in front of our house, the engine will wake you up. It is so loud its like when you are in the first floor sleeping, you will  woke. We say why start in front of our house if they can start in front of their own house? Second, in a peaceful afternoon, while you are having some silent moments an unpleasant sound will disturb you. They have a machine here which make the unpleasant sound. Again, like the engine’s motor it is loud or I should say 2x louder than the engine. With all of those disturbances, how can you start your morning good? How can you deal with them? Any suggestions?

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In an interview with Alec Baldwin last May 12, 2009 on the Late Night Show with David Letterman, he said that he would love to have more children. He also said thinking of geting Filipina mail-order bride or a Russian one. With his statement he made some Filipinos angry. One of them is Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla. He said in an interview that there will be a fight if he saw the actor. Another group of people became angry with him are some of the Philippine Woman Rights Group. They said that he needs to have a public apology for the words he said about Filipina women. This is just one of the many incidents of discrimination to us. Like the insult of Teri Hatcher in the show of desperate housewives about medical practitioners from our country and the article of Chip Tsao. If they think its funny its not. I don’t know why they do these, maybe they just having fun. But why us? We Filipinos are known for our hospitality to others especially to foreigners so why do these to us if we are kind to them right? These insults proves that there are still people who thinks Filipinos are incapable of doing great things. We do our best to do well in terms of learning, working, entertainment, government and empowering oneself. We are also capable of doing great things like in fashion and sports. With all of our efforts and success, I hope one day they won’t look us with discrimination but instead with admiration. I know that day will come.

I have my brother who is 6 years old and he is applying for grade one. He still don’t knew how to read English and Filipino so I am the one assigned to teach him. The first day I teach him is like a war. He didn’t obey with my orders and don’t behave well which tested my patience. He keeps on crying when I told him to study. I taught Filipino first because I think its easier. We took almost 2 weeks to finish Filipino. I taught him the ABAKADA which is the most effective way in teaching Tagalog. It made my  life easier. At the first week, he reads too slow like how a grade one read which is I think better already and the next few days I trained him how to read longer sentences and read faster. After that week I began to teach English. I first have a problem how to teach English because I don’t know how to. Anyway I first teach him the English of the common words like cat, dog, house, and many more. Then I I taught him how to greet, respond in english and I hope my technique would have any effects. I hope he passed his exam.

Through my own experience, I realized that being a teacher is a serious profession because you will need patience and knowledge to teach your students. So next time in class, lets listen to our teachers coz’ thanks to them you were able to learn.

Celebrating All Souls Day for Filipinos are quite customary for every Pinoys. Following are the common practices that Filipinos do during All Souls Day:

1. Visiting the cemetery and lighting candles as many as the number of their departed loved ones.Lighted candles symbolizes love, joy and hope they shared with their loved ones they had left behind shall keep burning forever.

2. Praying. They offer prayers and masses for the peace of the soul and to ease the pain and suffering they are in.

3. Offering food and water believing that somehow the soul share with the simple feast.

4. Offering beautifully arranged flowers. Flowers serve as a living memory reminding us that our departed loved, like us, once had been fascinated by the beauty and color of life.

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Spending the day just staying in the house, without doing anything. I’m sure you’ll be bored. Instead of lying there, go out. Have fun! Don’t waste that beautiful day. Like what we did last August 29. We went to a place where all of us enjoyed. Of course its Enchanted Kingdom! Its in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. EK is just 5 hours drive from here in Caloocan.  I enjoyed that 5 hours because I am with my friends. And 5 hours is enough for a rest because of the adventure you’ll experience. We arrived there at exactly 12 noon, which is kinda hot. Its my first time there so I am very excited. In the entrance, I noticed the elegance of the design which I think they adapted from the era of Queen Victoria. The park has many divisions. As you enter, you are welcomed by the Victoria Park. Its is inspired by the Queen Victoria’s reign. This is also the place where you will meet and greet the park’s mascot, Eldar the wizard. You’ll also see the first ride, The Grand Carousel. Next is the Portabello. It is the replica of a place in Panama in the Caribbean Sea. Here, you can see the giant high fly ride, the Flying Fiesta. If your out for a wet and wild action, why not try the Rio Grande Rapids. For all of the ride this could be the one of my most memorable because almost all of us in the section ride it and even our adviser and teachers ride it. There is a sign there that says “Expect to get wet in this ride”, which is actually true. My cellphone get wet while in the ride. If you want some action there is a Paintball somewhere. And the last ride in Portabello is the 4D. Its a 3d theater which you will surely enjoy. We watch Pirates. It was very funny and when you are inside you will feel that you are actually in the film.

When you walk around you will see the park’s another zone, Brooklyn Place. Take a sentimental walk down the streets of Brooklyn, one of the New York’s borough. There you will see the Rialto, Brooklyn’s motion simulator theater which combines sight, sound and movement. Here, one does not merely watch a movie - one is actually in the movie! Next zone is the Spaceport. Experience having a high fly that will take your hearts outside the Earth with the Space Shuttle. If you like doing car racing free to go to Kart Trak where your inner F1 car racer begins. This is my most favorite place in EK. The Jungle Outpost. If you want to spend a more relaxing ride, try the Swan Lake. Like any other swan lakes (of course you are riding on a swan) you need to paddle it like using a bicycle. What makes it so romantic is that you and your loved ones are the ones only there. After a romantic ride try out Jungle Log Jump. If your 4 in the group, that’s fine. Because only 4 person could ride one log. What I like in this ride, is the feeling of falling down from a high place. And I think that could be the best thing that I ever feel. We also spotted some ethnics (their not actually ethnics but I think only few) are performing some exhibitions like eating of fire, dancing cultural dance and breathing of fire.

For more of the park’s rides, got to Midway Boardwalk. You wil see there the Anchors Away, Dodgem, Roller Skaters, Up, Up and Away, Bump N’ Splash, Wheel of Fate. I think allo of us know what is anchors away right? So no need to explain. Dodgem, is a form of a bumpcar ride, which we all like. Roller Skaters is a roller coaster ride which is definetly a all time favorite for all of us. Bump N’ Splash is also a bump car, but in water. And the wheel of fate, from the name itself wheel is a Ferris wheel. Want to go back on the period where dinosaurs rule the Earth? the go to the last zone of EK. The Boulderville. Most of the rides have a touch of dinosaurs which you would feel that hey are already alive (run!!!!).

And that ends our Enchated trip at Enchanted Kingdom!

Its been almost 2 weeks, i think, since I posted another article. And like what I have written, I do have an exam. And finally its finished! I have many things to tell about. The days before exam, we have many review games. And through that, we gain plus points in quizzes, recitations, and even in exam. Our examination days is divided by 3 days. Day one: Math, MAPEH, and Computer. The day one is my most memorable day among the three. Because that is the day that I am very, very hopeless. Because of that mathematics! Those Linear equations, graphing, substitution, elimination and many more. I am very confused on each of my answers. I even have a tutorial for that. My classmates teached me with those things. But I find those two other exams easy. Second day: Science, Filipino, TLE, and Values. For Science, I only have an hard time for labeling the parts of the plant cell. In Filipino I think its kinda easy. Like what mom Clamor said “Its easy if you reviewed well.” In TLE, I was so shocked because almost entire of test paper has Multiple Choice which made it so confusing. Values is the hardest yet fun for that day because each directions is different. There is a direction that tells you to put your answers in capitalized form and there is another which you should write your answers in Italic form. And for the final day, English, ASAO, and Social Studies. I thought English has an easy exam but its not. Instead its a very difficult exam, because it has hard identification. ASAO test is the exam trying to test on how well do we know the school rules and regulations, values of the months, the members of the faculty and the board of trustees, events and the winner in those activities. From the last years ASAO tests, its little bit easy. And last is the Social Studies which is about the Asian history. That is one of my favorite exam because its easy. And I reviewed it thats why. And for the entire examination days I could say that its a fun day for me. Good to be back!

Time passes so fast, that I didn’t notice that our examination is coming. Anyway, I am here to say goodbye for 2 weeks. Because I need to study hard in order to get high grades. Our examination will be on August 14,15, 16. So pray for me (no I am just kidding). But I promise to you that when I come back I have lot of stories to tell. Like, what happened on my exam, my grades, and many, many, many more. So see yah all!

Everyday is a busy day for me. Studies and more more studies. During weekdays, I usually stay on my room to read and watch television because I am not a outgoing person. I usually go out with my friends and with my family. When I woke up, the first thing I do is to eat my breakfast. Then after that, i take a bath, dress up for school and then ride in the car of my father. I arrive at school around 6:40 or 7:05. Then we will form our lines in our quadrangle for the flag ceremony. One thing I hate when when flag ceremony is that i sweat because its so hot in there. Then we will go up to have our homeroom and the other subjects. And at 3:00 pm we will go home already. But when its Monday, I am one of the cleaners. Then I go home. When I am at home already, I stay at my room, and wait until night came. But when weekends, I usually do my routine except on going to school. I watch and play computer when I am at home during weekends. Then when Sunday, we go to church.

At last, I’m now in 2nd year. I am very happy because I am still with my friends, my loving and caring friends. I’m in the first section, 2nd year-Patience. In the 1st day, I am so nervous because I worry if my old friends transfer or not. Second, I am so curious if I did dress properly because who wants to be humiliated in your 1st day of classes. But I wear a white polo which is kinda big, but its alright. Were 40 in class and only 1 is is new and 3 old students transfered to other school. I met our adviser in our first day. His name is sir Emannuel. But we call him sir Emman.  At my first look, I thought that he is strict. But he is not, he will only be serious if his talking in front and his discussing his lessons. He teaches or T.L.E. I think it takes 2 days after we met our subject teachers. First, our Social Studies teacher is Ms. Michelle. I say that she is strict but sometimes funny. Now we are in 2nd year, we are now studying Asian History, which is kind of hard. Second, our Biology teacher is Ms. Suzette. She is like Mrs. Ranoco, our first year teacher in Values. Ms Suzette uses her time explaining her subject thoroughly and I like when she is using our Laboratory Lab. Third, our Algebra teacher is Ms Rivera. When she teaches us in grade 6 she has a very low and modulate voice but now her voice became more louder than in grade 6. Fourth, our teacher in English is Ms. Sandy. She introduced herself with a very fluent and a fast English. I remember she spoken the tounge twister Peter Piper without any wrong word on it. She is good in speaking in English. Fifth, Ms Clamor is our teacher in Filipino. I bet you have already red my description about her. If you don’t please read. She is a funny teacher and a very energetic person. Sixth, our adviser in First year is our MAPEH teacher, Ms Ruth. I am very happy because she is still our Mapeh teacher. Seventh, Mrs Elizabeth is our teacher in Computer. I think she can teach us more great things about computer. Our Values teacher is Ms Lachika. In my first look at her I surely know that she will make Values Education more fun. Its been a month since the school year is started and I have fun. I have great time and we have many role playing this month. Then I remember our first group activity, the singing of a song. If you know the tune of the magic words in Cinderella, thats like what the tune of our song. It goes like these, “Cytology, the study of cells bibidibobidiboo put them together and what have you got, Tissue. Histology the study of cell bibidibobidiboo put them together and what have you got, Organ” after that we laugh so hard.