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!
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
Monday, March 19, 2007
TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
Should we consider the different cultures of people in relation to us nurses offering our services to mankind? Let us see.
Being a nurse means taking full responsibility and giving our all in different circumstances presented to you in life. No matter how hard or how difficult or easy the situation may be, you should accept it and take that choice as a challenge in life. In these different circumstances, we can never avoid that chance wherein we encounter a patient of different lifestyle and culture than that of ours. Even in our country we have different cultures an background. Wouldn’t it be hard when we are engrossed in what we should do and just forget how to adjust to different cultures and try to be sociable at the same time? In these instances we should therefore have in mind that how we treat and present ourselves to different patients of different culture plays a great role in the completion of our service to them.
In here comes transcultural nursing which merely is the situation where we nurses give our services to a patient of a different culture. If I were in a situation like that, it would have my own set of culture and it would be hard since I should be able to know the “what to do’s and what not to do’s” in relation to their cultures. I would really have a hard time adjusting to their set of likes and dislikes. This made me realize that in nursing, not only should you know what to do or how to help the patient, but you should also know how to socialize with your patient in respect to their culture. You have to be able to keep track so that you wouldn’t be able to do something that is accepted in our culture but may offend them in relation to their culture and beliefs. Being careful not only refers to medical terms but in trying to socialize to different cultures too. We should give much consideration to people of different upbringing since we are the nurses and we are the only ones who gives our services with all of our heart. This field is very important that even people give special training classes for the nurses to be able to meet all the needs of the people. This transcultural nursing as defined by an institution that it is a formal area of study and practice focused on comparative human-care differences and similarities of the beliefs, values and morals and patterned lifeways of cultures to provide culturally, congruent, meaningful, and beneficial health care to people. Typically, it is just about trying to go tot the different levels of people in where they are just to be able to meet their needs. It is actually a humanistic and scientific area of formal study and practice in a nursing which is focused upon differences and similarities among cultures with respect to human care, health illness based upon the peoples cultural values, beliefs and practices and to use this knowledge to provide cultural specific or culturally congruent nursing care to patients. Transcultural nursing should not be taken for granted. It is one of the most important components of being able to give what the customer needs and being able to meet what they need the most, our care.
It is so much important for nurses to be flexible in everything they do, especially in dealing with patients. We never will know what background our patients come from, so we should always be mindful or be aware of the different cultures there are and find ways to give proper and effective nursing care. We should ensure that the culture care needs of the people in the world will be met by nurses prepared in transcultural nursing. Cultural competency prepares healthcare professionals for various challenges. While there are times the clients/families expect us to intervene only to a certain limit, others fully rely on us for any medical intervention and decision-making.
Being a nurse means taking full responsibility and giving our all in different circumstances presented to you in life. No matter how hard or how difficult or easy the situation may be, you should accept it and take that choice as a challenge in life. In these different circumstances, we can never avoid that chance wherein we encounter a patient of different lifestyle and culture than that of ours. Even in our country we have different cultures an background. Wouldn’t it be hard when we are engrossed in what we should do and just forget how to adjust to different cultures and try to be sociable at the same time? In these instances we should therefore have in mind that how we treat and present ourselves to different patients of different culture plays a great role in the completion of our service to them.
In here comes transcultural nursing which merely is the situation where we nurses give our services to a patient of a different culture. If I were in a situation like that, it would have my own set of culture and it would be hard since I should be able to know the “what to do’s and what not to do’s” in relation to their cultures. I would really have a hard time adjusting to their set of likes and dislikes. This made me realize that in nursing, not only should you know what to do or how to help the patient, but you should also know how to socialize with your patient in respect to their culture. You have to be able to keep track so that you wouldn’t be able to do something that is accepted in our culture but may offend them in relation to their culture and beliefs. Being careful not only refers to medical terms but in trying to socialize to different cultures too. We should give much consideration to people of different upbringing since we are the nurses and we are the only ones who gives our services with all of our heart. This field is very important that even people give special training classes for the nurses to be able to meet all the needs of the people. This transcultural nursing as defined by an institution that it is a formal area of study and practice focused on comparative human-care differences and similarities of the beliefs, values and morals and patterned lifeways of cultures to provide culturally, congruent, meaningful, and beneficial health care to people. Typically, it is just about trying to go tot the different levels of people in where they are just to be able to meet their needs. It is actually a humanistic and scientific area of formal study and practice in a nursing which is focused upon differences and similarities among cultures with respect to human care, health illness based upon the peoples cultural values, beliefs and practices and to use this knowledge to provide cultural specific or culturally congruent nursing care to patients. Transcultural nursing should not be taken for granted. It is one of the most important components of being able to give what the customer needs and being able to meet what they need the most, our care.
It is so much important for nurses to be flexible in everything they do, especially in dealing with patients. We never will know what background our patients come from, so we should always be mindful or be aware of the different cultures there are and find ways to give proper and effective nursing care. We should ensure that the culture care needs of the people in the world will be met by nurses prepared in transcultural nursing. Cultural competency prepares healthcare professionals for various challenges. While there are times the clients/families expect us to intervene only to a certain limit, others fully rely on us for any medical intervention and decision-making.
70th Charter day
To my fellow Cebuanos, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Afternoon!
As all of us know, today is the 70th Charter day of Cebu City. Anually, we celebrate this event to acknowledge the importance of how Cebu became a city and the effects that it made. As we commemorate this historical event, let us be reminded of the things that made this day come to being.
Cebu is characterized by narrow coastlines, limestone plateaus and coastal plains. Cebu, before the Spaniards came was known to be Zubu or Zugbo. At that time, Cebu already had trading post and trading routes to China, Siam, Arabia and other parts of Malay.
In 1901, Cebu was then declared a municipality. On June 12, 1898, the Spanish era, by God’s grace, came to an end. They were then followed by the American regime. On the grand day of February 24, 1937, Cebu was declared Cebu City and the capital of the Province of Cebu. The city of Cebu was chartered city by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 58 enacted by Congress on October 20, 1936. Senator Vicente Raffia, formerly Representative of Cebu’s 3rd District, was considered as author and sponsor of the bill. It was at that time that Secretary of Interior, Elpidio Quirino appointed the mayor and board members of Cebu City in his power as representative of Manuel Quezon.
That historical event experienced by this city made Cebu what it is now. As Cebu City emerged as the capital of Metro Cebu, the city became famous for loads of things, one of which are the cultural places that can be found within the city. Specifically speaking, it was famous for the Magellan’s cross, the image of Santo Niño, and the Basilica Minor del Santo Niño. The city is also known for it’s expertise in furniture as we are the top in the country in exporting furniture to different places around the world.
As years passed, we became the country’s main domestic shipping hub and we became home to more than 80% of the country’s inter-island shipping. Tourism on the other hand contributed much to the local economy and because of which, the city was able to host the ASEAN Tourist Forum and the East Asian Tourism Forum in 2000.
Truly, Cebu city was able to progress for the past years. At present, as we come all together to celebrate our beloved city’s Charter Day, I ask every one of you to come and join me hand in hand in making Cebu City as the most progressive city not just in the Philippines, not just in Asia, but in the whole world.
Let us show to them that we are true blooded Cebuanos and we can make it to the top!
Thank You and Good Day!
As all of us know, today is the 70th Charter day of Cebu City. Anually, we celebrate this event to acknowledge the importance of how Cebu became a city and the effects that it made. As we commemorate this historical event, let us be reminded of the things that made this day come to being.
Cebu is characterized by narrow coastlines, limestone plateaus and coastal plains. Cebu, before the Spaniards came was known to be Zubu or Zugbo. At that time, Cebu already had trading post and trading routes to China, Siam, Arabia and other parts of Malay.
In 1901, Cebu was then declared a municipality. On June 12, 1898, the Spanish era, by God’s grace, came to an end. They were then followed by the American regime. On the grand day of February 24, 1937, Cebu was declared Cebu City and the capital of the Province of Cebu. The city of Cebu was chartered city by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 58 enacted by Congress on October 20, 1936. Senator Vicente Raffia, formerly Representative of Cebu’s 3rd District, was considered as author and sponsor of the bill. It was at that time that Secretary of Interior, Elpidio Quirino appointed the mayor and board members of Cebu City in his power as representative of Manuel Quezon.
That historical event experienced by this city made Cebu what it is now. As Cebu City emerged as the capital of Metro Cebu, the city became famous for loads of things, one of which are the cultural places that can be found within the city. Specifically speaking, it was famous for the Magellan’s cross, the image of Santo Niño, and the Basilica Minor del Santo Niño. The city is also known for it’s expertise in furniture as we are the top in the country in exporting furniture to different places around the world.
As years passed, we became the country’s main domestic shipping hub and we became home to more than 80% of the country’s inter-island shipping. Tourism on the other hand contributed much to the local economy and because of which, the city was able to host the ASEAN Tourist Forum and the East Asian Tourism Forum in 2000.
Truly, Cebu city was able to progress for the past years. At present, as we come all together to celebrate our beloved city’s Charter Day, I ask every one of you to come and join me hand in hand in making Cebu City as the most progressive city not just in the Philippines, not just in Asia, but in the whole world.
Let us show to them that we are true blooded Cebuanos and we can make it to the top!
Thank You and Good Day!
My True Identity, My Citizenship
As the years pass, I never thought of stuff that could possibly be important to me. I had my own world and thought only of things I see and feel around me. I was so closed that I actually had my own world and never thought of anything else. I had never been able to explore other forms of things that would mean a lot to me as a person.
Talking about as a person, citizenship came out as not so important to me. But thru this project, it made me realize its importance.
Citizenship to me meant nothing at all before this project. All I could think about related to citizenship was that I just usually see it on application forms anywhere and that I’ll be answering it with “Filipino”. That was simply it!
As I was thinking on what to write about my citizenships importance, my identity as a person came to my mind. I never thought an identity of a person is always at risk. I thought it only happened in movies where your identities are stolen.
My citizenship signifies my identity, who I am and who I’ll always be. It is important to me since my identity means ‘me’ as person and that I own it. I have my own identity and my own citizenship and it represents my personality. It not only signifies my identity but it also shows to the world that I am a Filipino, a true blooded Filipino, not just another ‘want to be’. My citizenship shouts out loud that I am proud to be me, a real Filipino.
These thoughts made me come to realize that my citizenship means a lot and is important to me, not just by papers but as a personality. My citizenship comes with my attitude. For instance, I am in a foreign land and I would act the way I normally do. People would surely recognize me as a Filipino for certain reasons. We are bringing the name of our country and our citizenship.
This project helped me a lot to realize and to know how important my citizenship is. I am and will always be a true Filipino.
Talking about as a person, citizenship came out as not so important to me. But thru this project, it made me realize its importance.
Citizenship to me meant nothing at all before this project. All I could think about related to citizenship was that I just usually see it on application forms anywhere and that I’ll be answering it with “Filipino”. That was simply it!
As I was thinking on what to write about my citizenships importance, my identity as a person came to my mind. I never thought an identity of a person is always at risk. I thought it only happened in movies where your identities are stolen.
My citizenship signifies my identity, who I am and who I’ll always be. It is important to me since my identity means ‘me’ as person and that I own it. I have my own identity and my own citizenship and it represents my personality. It not only signifies my identity but it also shows to the world that I am a Filipino, a true blooded Filipino, not just another ‘want to be’. My citizenship shouts out loud that I am proud to be me, a real Filipino.
These thoughts made me come to realize that my citizenship means a lot and is important to me, not just by papers but as a personality. My citizenship comes with my attitude. For instance, I am in a foreign land and I would act the way I normally do. People would surely recognize me as a Filipino for certain reasons. We are bringing the name of our country and our citizenship.
This project helped me a lot to realize and to know how important my citizenship is. I am and will always be a true Filipino.
My True Identity, My Citizenship
As the years pass, I never thought of stuff that could possibly be important to me. I had my own world and thought only of things I see and feel around me. I was so closed that I actually had my own world and never thought of anything else. I had never been able to explore other forms of things that would mean a lot to me as a person.
Talking about as a person, citizenship came out as not so important to me. But thru this project, it made me realize its importance.
Citizenship to me meant nothing at all before this project. All I could think about related to citizenship was that I just usually see it on application forms anywhere and that I’ll be answering it with “Filipino”. That was simply it!
As I was thinking on what to write about my citizenships importance, my identity as a person came to my mind. I never thought an identity of a person is always at risk. I thought it only happened in movies where your identities are stolen.
My citizenship signifies my identity, who I am and who I’ll always be. It is important to me since my identity means ‘me’ as person and that I own it. I have my own identity and my own citizenship and it represents my personality. It not only signifies my identity but it also shows to the world that I am a Filipino, a true blooded Filipino, not just another ‘want to be’. My citizenship shouts out loud that I am proud to be me, a real Filipino.
These thoughts made me come to realize that my citizenship means a lot and is important to me, not just by papers but as a personality. My citizenship comes with my attitude. For instance, I am in a foreign land and I would act the way I normally do. People would surely recognize me as a Filipino for certain reasons. We are bringing the name of our country and our citizenship.
This project helped me a lot to realize and to know how important my citizenship is. I am and will always be a true Filipino.
Talking about as a person, citizenship came out as not so important to me. But thru this project, it made me realize its importance.
Citizenship to me meant nothing at all before this project. All I could think about related to citizenship was that I just usually see it on application forms anywhere and that I’ll be answering it with “Filipino”. That was simply it!
As I was thinking on what to write about my citizenships importance, my identity as a person came to my mind. I never thought an identity of a person is always at risk. I thought it only happened in movies where your identities are stolen.
My citizenship signifies my identity, who I am and who I’ll always be. It is important to me since my identity means ‘me’ as person and that I own it. I have my own identity and my own citizenship and it represents my personality. It not only signifies my identity but it also shows to the world that I am a Filipino, a true blooded Filipino, not just another ‘want to be’. My citizenship shouts out loud that I am proud to be me, a real Filipino.
These thoughts made me come to realize that my citizenship means a lot and is important to me, not just by papers but as a personality. My citizenship comes with my attitude. For instance, I am in a foreign land and I would act the way I normally do. People would surely recognize me as a Filipino for certain reasons. We are bringing the name of our country and our citizenship.
This project helped me a lot to realize and to know how important my citizenship is. I am and will always be a true Filipino.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Insecurities!
For some reason, I just don't know why I'm writing something about 'insecurities'. I guess it's about time I pour my heart out on this issue. It's hard for me to accept the fact that someone i barely know would misjudge me for being insecure towards her. I mean, what does she possess that i do not? Or maybe it's the other way around! When can you tell that a person is insecure towards you?
Here is the story...
For the past 10 months, I've been quiet about this "special friendship" that I have with someone. All my close friends know about this and I'm pretty sure that it's okay with them. This special friend of mine had past relationships that didn't end well. He's a great guy for sure but i have no idea about his ex-girlfriends. A month ago, i gave a testimonial to my special friend through friendster. It contained words like "my knight in shining armor" and "pretty princess" which are our pet names. Unfortunately, one of his ex-girlfriends read this certain testimonial. I never thought she'd react, but i was wrong. The day after i gave this testimonial, i visited the profile of this ex-girlfriend of his. As i was browsing her profile, what really caught my eye was her shout out then followed by her friendster blog. This was what she said in her shout out: "isn't it funny when the person you consider your knight before he leaves you(his princess), to go and return to his ex. So now his ex considers him as her knight and he considers her as his princess! Be careful girl, your man is just playing around." I wouldn't want to misjudge her but obviously, in how she explained this shout out in her blog, she was talking about me. So to clear things out, i sent her an e-mail. She explained it to me and she told me that I misjudged her because she wasn't talking about me. To make the long story short, as we were sending mails to each other, i found out that she was just trying to find a way out. Clearly, i never did anything wrong. Since then i remained silent.
During Christmas vacation, my close friends and I made our own pet names. The name of our group is "Freakishly Adorable Princesses". *laughs* I know it's funny! We are 5 in the group and we are all named Princesses but we added a little twist on it. Melissa's pet name is The Duck Princess since she really loves ducks, which is a bit weird. Pyany's pet name is The Sleeping Princess since she always loves to sleep. Aihra's pet name is Sweet Princess since she loves to eat sweets. Pam's pet name is Princess of the After Life and i have no idea why. Lastly, my pet name is Butterfly Princess since i love butterflies. I even have a collection of dead butterflies and i placed it in a frame. After naming ourselves those pet names, we decided to use it as our titles in multiply.
Now, here's the part two of the story...
Yesterday, i was so bored at home that i decided to surf the net. As i was doing so, i ran into the profile of my special friend's ex-girlfriend(same girl who told me all those stuff a month ago). Here is her new shout out that again strucked me: "waaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! and all of a sudden she is now a butterfly princess? i know it's too lame to argue on this but why? oh well, i can't blame her. I'm not like her". Well you know what, she is definitely speaking the truth! She is not like me and that is the main reason why she hates me. Again, she expresses in her self-righteous blog that I am insecure for copying her pet name. Let me ask you a question, does anyone have a right to own a pet name? And should you call someone who coincedentally has the same pet name as you as an insecure bitch? I never reacted to all the things she's been saying. To tell you honestly, i was a bit insecure towards her at first, but now i've been thinking, what's with her that i do not have? Acutually, she's the one who's supposed to ask that question. The guy that we both like chose me over her, so why should I be insecure? I'm even thinking now that she's the one who is insecure towards me because she's been acting weird in her blogs. She's the one who's reacting so harsh on what i'm doing. She's the one who's always finding something wrong with what i'm doing.
So, tell me who is insecure now?! I hope she would just leave me alone.
Here is the story...
For the past 10 months, I've been quiet about this "special friendship" that I have with someone. All my close friends know about this and I'm pretty sure that it's okay with them. This special friend of mine had past relationships that didn't end well. He's a great guy for sure but i have no idea about his ex-girlfriends. A month ago, i gave a testimonial to my special friend through friendster. It contained words like "my knight in shining armor" and "pretty princess" which are our pet names. Unfortunately, one of his ex-girlfriends read this certain testimonial. I never thought she'd react, but i was wrong. The day after i gave this testimonial, i visited the profile of this ex-girlfriend of his. As i was browsing her profile, what really caught my eye was her shout out then followed by her friendster blog. This was what she said in her shout out: "isn't it funny when the person you consider your knight before he leaves you(his princess), to go and return to his ex. So now his ex considers him as her knight and he considers her as his princess! Be careful girl, your man is just playing around." I wouldn't want to misjudge her but obviously, in how she explained this shout out in her blog, she was talking about me. So to clear things out, i sent her an e-mail. She explained it to me and she told me that I misjudged her because she wasn't talking about me. To make the long story short, as we were sending mails to each other, i found out that she was just trying to find a way out. Clearly, i never did anything wrong. Since then i remained silent.
During Christmas vacation, my close friends and I made our own pet names. The name of our group is "Freakishly Adorable Princesses". *laughs* I know it's funny! We are 5 in the group and we are all named Princesses but we added a little twist on it. Melissa's pet name is The Duck Princess since she really loves ducks, which is a bit weird. Pyany's pet name is The Sleeping Princess since she always loves to sleep. Aihra's pet name is Sweet Princess since she loves to eat sweets. Pam's pet name is Princess of the After Life and i have no idea why. Lastly, my pet name is Butterfly Princess since i love butterflies. I even have a collection of dead butterflies and i placed it in a frame. After naming ourselves those pet names, we decided to use it as our titles in multiply.
Now, here's the part two of the story...
Yesterday, i was so bored at home that i decided to surf the net. As i was doing so, i ran into the profile of my special friend's ex-girlfriend(same girl who told me all those stuff a month ago). Here is her new shout out that again strucked me: "waaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! and all of a sudden she is now a butterfly princess? i know it's too lame to argue on this but why? oh well, i can't blame her. I'm not like her". Well you know what, she is definitely speaking the truth! She is not like me and that is the main reason why she hates me. Again, she expresses in her self-righteous blog that I am insecure for copying her pet name. Let me ask you a question, does anyone have a right to own a pet name? And should you call someone who coincedentally has the same pet name as you as an insecure bitch? I never reacted to all the things she's been saying. To tell you honestly, i was a bit insecure towards her at first, but now i've been thinking, what's with her that i do not have? Acutually, she's the one who's supposed to ask that question. The guy that we both like chose me over her, so why should I be insecure? I'm even thinking now that she's the one who is insecure towards me because she's been acting weird in her blogs. She's the one who's reacting so harsh on what i'm doing. She's the one who's always finding something wrong with what i'm doing.
So, tell me who is insecure now?! I hope she would just leave me alone.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
let's start...
i hope this one's not going to be graded... i just want to inform people on what my other blogs are gonna be about...as we all know...we're required to post at least 5 blogs per week...in which one of our topics will be chosen by our instructor...the other 4 or more will be our personal choices...since it's our choice...my topics would be more about myself, love, kikay stuff and something that i'm fond of...if anyone of you has something against that, i wouldn't really care at all because this is what i want...it's our personal choice as we call it... and i do hope if you criticize anything about my blog or anything in my blog, i hope you'd focus on how i write stuff...not on my topics...because sometimes, my topics can be out of this world...teeeheee!...i might start posting tomorrow or on monday...that's about it...toodles!...much love!...have a great weekend!...God Bless!... ^_^
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