April 18: The big day! It's fast approaching and it's supposed to bring happines along with it! Yeah! I can't deny the fact that it has happines but all i can see are the sadness that it brings! I can't fathom the difference of a graduation day and a "despidida" day! It's just too hard to bear for an emotional me! My school has been my second home! My friends are my second family! It's too hard to leave them!
Friendship that i treasured with these people is too hard to forget! I've grown with them and i've spent so many good and bad times with them! They saw all the things that i've gone through! They have been witnesses to my whole life! I wouldn't be here now if it weren't for the help of my dear friends!

Hear is our graduation song!

I know I can't forget
The laughters and tears we shared
The unexpected closeness now
It's not easy to say goodbye

I know I can't forget
When teachers scold us and yet
We're there for each other to say
It's okay, I know I can't forget

A little voice I hear
Calling to us my friend, my dear

Goodbye is all I can say

Now here we stand
at the crossroads of a new beginning
And looking back I promise you
(Those time I'll never forget..)
Through all the times we shared
The tears, the smiles and frowns
This I promise you
These memories will last forever

UP, you showed us the love and care
All these because you have shared
We'll all soar high and fly
Anything for you Oh, UP High!


I can't remember the rest! So this will be it for now!

Birthday Bliss? Hope so!

Wipee! My birthday is coming! Wipee! Yehey for me! I am happy! Just happy! After all that's going around me! I cant be happy to the max! I'm sick! So sick! and i'm tired of a lot of things! I'm tired of doing stuff! I'm just tired.
Anyway, today, i'm absent from class since I went to the doctor to find out what on earth is wrong with me and why i hace fever, cough, and colds and why I feel so damn weak! Whew! I can;t even breathe normally since i have colds and it's clogged up inside my nose! ( eeew!) I know! It's gross! But i'm just a normal person, who gets sick and whose resistance is so weak! Urhg! I hate the feeling! I should be enjoying my life now! I'm just in bed! Sleeping! Texting! Watching tv! Poor me! I can't even eat! My throat hurts and the doctor told me that something is wrong with my throat and I can't talk too much so that I could rest my vocal thingy! Ugh! I'm so poor! I should be out there with my friends and preparing my birthday bash! Poor me! I just got up to type my unfinished blogs! Sir Elmer told us to pass these before midnight! I'm still so weak but I have no choice!
Another thing that keeps me off from having a "happy" birthday is that I'm leaving my high school friends already! and I know it's really going to be sad! I know i'll miss them and i'll never forget them!
Not all birthdays are happy! Luckily, i still have 18 hours to make a change and make my birthday celebration more colorful!

LOVE: An Act of the Heart!

Love has been good and bad to me at times. It gave me ups and downs too. But it doesn't make love bad. It makes love only fair to everyone. This quote is that i love that is about love is from the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast. It is not proud, it is not rude. It is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered. Love rejoices with the truth." I believe in all of that definition of love. My other definition of love is "an unconditional committment towards imperfect people seeking his/her highest good". Isn't it true?
Love for me is an act of the heart. It can't be only of the will or only of the heart. If you love a person, you love him from your heart. It can't happen that you just love the person just because you want to. That's false love. And don't let false love fool you! You may miss the chills that true love can bring you. If you love a person, you love him/her with all of your heart unconditionally, even though at times you forget yourself and what you want. It is unconditional. And you seek his/her highest good. You do things for them that would help them grow spiritually, mentally and emotionally. You do things for them to improve as a person. As an individual person. Love is unconditional and sacrificial! Just like the love of God for us. Never ending and sacrificial. He sacrificed His only Son for us mankind. He did it all because He loved us so much that he doesn't want to see us suffer! He gave up His Only Son! Love is always forgiving! No matter what sin you have committed against the person you love and who loves you back, he/she would forgive you! Just like the love of God! It comes from the heart! It is forgiving! No matter how much pain he/she caused you! When it's true love that comes from the heart, you'll forget everything because you love the person. Nothing else matters if it's sincere love from the heart! Love one another as God has first loved us!
Love comes from the heart!

The Gabby You'll Always Know

Hey! I'm Gabrielle Roxanne Cabunoc! Your schoolamate since first year! I could say I have been definitely a pushover ever since! And I want to remembered as that one! Why? Even though it's negative, i would want to be remembered as a pushover. Why? It's unique. It's different. And I'm the only one who is a pushover. It's obvious! I have accepted it already before. Everytime there are choices, i make my own, but when the other party influences me, i change point of views. My barkada has proved to me that I am a pushover. They tell me in vernacular " why can't you make decisions without the influences of others?" That's what they often tell me before. Since then, it was always what i thought of myself. This is not another episode of my being mellow drama! I just know I'm like this and I know they know me as like this. I'm so easy to convince! And I easily trust some one that I always end up getting hurt. I always end up with my heart broken. Even though it's hard, it's already acceptable because it's a fact.
Aside from being a pushover, i would also like to be remembered as the fun but crybaby of the batch. They know I always cry even at the slightest problems like love. And they hev always been there for me to comfort me. They would always ask me why I cried and what the problem is. I wan to be remembered as someone they love and care for specially in times when I need them.
My bathcmates are the most amazing people in the world! They will always be in my heart and all these sweet memories will be with me! Soar high Iskolars'07!

Something Stronger than a Kiss...

The poem that Sara Teasdale wrote was not that hard to understand. People may have different interpretations of the poem, I also have my own.
Even though Collin never kissed her, the look he gave was not easy to forget. Only one look would be so hard to get over. It is the look of LOVE. Why Love? A kiss always means something. Maybe Robin and Strephon kissed her because they liked her. But it was easy to forget because the bond between them was not that strong. The look that Collin gave could only be love. It is the look of love that would be hard to forget because the bond that tied both of them was strong. They share the same feelings and they know they meant it. Something deep inside them is calling out to each other. Something they would both never forget. A kiss maybe farther than jus one look but, the sincerity of both actions matters. The love in both actions matters!
This poem made me realize that a quote once said was true. " No matter how many lips you've kissed, it doesn't matter as long as the kiss we share is the one most filled with true love". Yeah! It may be too mushy but i know i'm good at things like love. I may not be that academically intelligent, but i have learned a lot. I know i'm good in handling life problems that i learned by getting hurt by love. That's what makes me good in handling life problems. It taught me a lot and I know i'll be facing more of them in the future.
This poem made me realize how to differentiate love and games! It's better that we are careful in predicting love! Our heart is fragile. Easy to break, but hard to mend!

The Problem!

(Please don't hate me after reading this! I'm just expressing my opinions.)
The problem with men and women is that they seldom understand each other. They always argue even about small things!
Since I am a woman, let me start with the problem of us women.
We, women are definitely high maintenance! Don't try to argue with me since it will just prove your being hihg maintenanace. The problem with us is that we want to rule over men even if we can't. Admit it, we are always under the spell of men. We can't afford to lose men and rule the world! Women are also natural naggers and overly talkative. Super talkative. And men just hate that! Men dwell more with actions, they hate too much talking. Women are naggers! No question about it! Listen to your mom ( no offense) , but they just keep on talking, right? Every time a small conflict arises, women are always there to make things big which men hate thus causes conflicts! Women tend to become to mushy when it comes to realtionships. Been there, done that! And for goodness sake! Most men hate it! I'm not saying all, but most of them can;t adjust to our emotional level. Women are more expressive and showy and it's good, but when you give too much, that's definitely a big problem! Women are too emotional. Yes! We cry a lot! Even for small things! We cry all the time! It may be natural but i think we can do something to control the level of our emotional pain. We, women are overly sensitive. Yup! We can call it an inconvinient truth but, yeah! We are! When small conflicts come, we get mad or cry. Too emotional! And after crying, we grab some frosting, cake, chocolates and eat to death! Fatten ourselves till we get rid of the hurts and all the pain we feel and until we can finally move on! Women, over all has a problem!
But who says only women has a problem? I don't want to biased and all but men have more problems to solve! Just let me be a girl and let me nag all i want. This is my only way of letting you guys know that you too have a problem of your own!
Men, generally are irresponsible! Oh yeah! Don't get me started with the toilet seat and the bedroom and the dining table and the dresser and the cabinet and the kitchen and the sala and your own study table and your lockers! Men are disorganized! You throw your things anywhere! You leave them lying on the floor and unwashed! It's just plain dirty! And unbearable! Men are too insensitive! You leave girls hanging when they've done too much to keep a relationship! You hurt girls on purpose! Just to show "all yo' man that yo' tha man!" Men are too arrogant! All you care about is your stinking reputation and what people think about you! You're too much of a people person that you become unaware that you hurt other people!

In short, both men and women have problems to deal with on thier own!

KYSD Experience: On How to Run a School!

The month of January is the month for KYSD. Know Your School Day has been an annual routine for the UP High School in Cebu. In my past experiences, I was always scared of applying as a Student Teacher. I was scared that I wouldn't have the mastery of a subject that a Student Teacher must have. That is the reason why every KYSD, I only end up as an ordinary student or the guidance counselor. I honestly loved the job of a Guidance counselor. I have always loved listening and giving advices to students in need. Even though it was only for 3 days, I definitely had fun doing the job! It was a blast for me. I experienced it when I was in second year. when I was in my first and third year, i just ended up being a student. my fears came all over me. my perception of being a teacher was to never commit a mistake. That thought held me back for two years. My fears were all over me. I was thinking, if I would apply for a certain position, I shouldn't make a single mistake. For two years I was holding on to that fear. For two years, I was not able to experience the fun of being a student teacher.
This year is my last year here in UP High. I was thinking that this year is my last year so i should make the most out of it! UP High has bee so good to me and has taught me everything i know now and has brought me where i am today. If it weren't for UP High, my life would have been miserable! I told myself for the last time here in UP High I shouldn't let my fears overtake my wants and passions! I tried not to be afraid and i tried not to be scared of committing a mistake. After all, every one commits mistakes. No one is perfect, every one commits and deals with mistakes. After i thought thins over, I finally applied for the position of the High School Principal. Dan Henry was with me to apply too. I was the first one to be interviewed by Prof. Purita Blatazar. I was in the Pricipal's Office and she asked me if I were going to be the Principal of the school, what plans and policies do I intend to make. As I was telling Mdm. Baltazar my plans, my hands were all sweaty and I just couldn't stop touching my hair ( one of my manerisms). I was all so nervous and I was again scared of committing a mistake even at my interview. At last, my interview was done. Dan was next in line to be interviewed. I was just so happy that I did not mess up. I was waiting for Dan outside and hoping that I would be accepted. After a while, Dan and Mdm. Baltazar called me in. She told us that we were both accepted and that made me ecstatic! She told us that it would be better if I would work on the first day and Dan would be working in the second day. Alas! The first day of work just fell into my hands! I just couldn't imagine being the principal. She then gave me things to do and she gave me the chance to feel how it really is being the school principal by letting me sit in her magical chair! It was just so amazing and i never wanted to leave. That day, I realized that being a principal was not that easy. You had to make letters, circulars and you had to solicit expenses for the school. It wasn't really easy but it was definitely a fun-filled experience. I stayed in an airconditioned room for one whole day! It was definitely fun! Wohoo!
It was really a knowledgeable and fun experience! Thanks to you UP High!