Essence of Christmas

Christmas is celebrated to remember the birth of of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe is the Son of God. Christmas is the day where all have fun and all is happy because it is the time of the year where we give gifts receive gifts but the most exciting of all is that in Christmas everyone in the family enjoy one big feast and have fun until the day runs out. But what is really the essence of Christmas?

In Christmas we all think that everyone is having fun but we have to remember that all of us are not in the same position. Some families doesn't experience that so called Christmas gifts and other events that happen in Christmas. In Christmas we all must remember that it is not always just receiving gifts where we experience joy it is the part where we give gifts to those who are in need and that is the true essence of Christmas it is the time of the year where we all give gifts to those who are in need and at experience a warm feeling in our hearts when we give them gifts.

The true essence of Christmas is giving gifts, giving love and giving fellow people the best time of their year because Christmas is the time of the year where all have fun and joy in our own little way. This is the true essence of Christmas and that is giving.

Equality is the Key!

All of us are meant to be equal because God created us and because of that all of us has equal rights but in the years that have passed some people have been treated poorly and because of this many incidents have been going on in the world like terrorism. In this world that we live in there are those that are given opportunities but some are not given and sometimes this is because of the discrimination in our world.

We, human beings, have formed a society based on certain rules that govern our actions and behavior. We share mutual materials and while building up our lives we commit decisions everyday that lead us to differing paths. Some of us are more successful than others due to various reasons. Many people question whether the success someone has experienced is due to hard work and entitlement or simple luck. Success itself is a vague concept and has its own connotations for everyone. It may mean love, power, resources or anything else but in this world we live in we have to treat each other equally because all of us are special.

Despite having different lives with different success in life we all must learn to give respect and to treat people equally because all of us have rights and all of us need opportunities to ensure a better future for all of us in the days to come.

Kahirapan ay Wakasan, Karapatan ng Bata Ipaglaban

Once again, the Municipality of Pilar celebrated Children’s Month on October 2013 with the theme “Kahirapan ay Wakasan, Karapatan ng Bata Ipaglaban”. In line with the celebration our school also celebrates this month. Our school wants 
to help all those who are in need especially children that are associated with 4p's.

All children have their rights, including teenagers like me. But for some reason, many of our rights are abused. Examples are crime syndicates that take advantage of the poverty in our country. Crimes and violations of our laws slow down our economy and that is why many people are poor. For that reason, we are implementing campaigns to help end poverty like the Pilar Pride Campaign. The campaign can inspire people to follow the rules and regulations of our Marine Protected Areas like DEMSAMAR and PMMP, and help conserve our marine resources. We all know that we cannot end poverty easily, but at least we can lessen it and that is why we should not underestimate what campaigns can do. Instead, we the children should be proud of it. Now that we have the Pilar Pride Campaign, we should volunteer and be a part of it. We should tell our classmates about it and our family members as well. In this way, we help insure food security in our municipality; promote our right to survival and good nutrition; and that will lead the way to ending our problem of poverty.

So we must always remember that we are all equal with equal rights no matter the gender we are all creations of GOD and GOD created us to be equal and have a peaceful life.

EsP Month Celebration

Ngayong Nobyembre ipinagdiriwang ang aming eskwelahan ang EsP month celebration na may tema na "Mapanuring Paggamit ng Gadget Tungo sa Mapagkailangang Ugnayan sa Pamilya at Kapwa". At ang tema ay ginawa upang mahikayat ang mga studyante na magbago.

Ang tema na nagawa ay nakatotuk sa mga studyante na palaging gumagamit ng gadget at inaabuso nito araw araw. Sa aming eskwelahan marami ang mga aktividad na tinatanghal nga mga EsP na guro namin para sa EsP month Celebration at lahat ay nakatotuk sa tema. Ipinagdiriwang nila ito para makita kung may pagpapahalaga ba ang mga studyante sa kanilang kapwa at sarili. Sa panahon ngayun marami nang studyante ang gumagaemit ng gadget araw araw kaya gumawa sila ng tema para sa mga batang palaging gumagamit ng gadget.

Kapag matapos ang Nobyembre sana ay maraming studyante ang nahikayat ng mga guro para sa kinabukasan ng mga studyante sa mga darating na araw.

Learning is Living

On the month of November our school always celebrate the English month and this year the theme for the English month celebration is "Pagbasa: Susi sa Magandang Kinabukasan". This theme is centered on school because school is very important for our future in the days to come.

On  English month celebrations the teachers on our school celebrate the month by creating certain activities for students that apply to the theme for them to compete and at the same time have fun. English month celebrations aims to make a student grow with enough knowledge towards the English language. This year's celebration remind fellow students that the English language is very important for it is the universal language and we must all learn. The theme in this year's English month celebration encourages fellow students to study and to make other students that studying is a key for our future.

All of us need to learn, the need to learn the things we must know, the need to learn the knowledge that we must have and grow and the need to know what is right and what is wrong. This theme encourages us and wants to helps us to have a bright and promising future.

Reflection

For the past 2 months I have learned a lot. Before second grading i had co clue about the internet access and html tags but after those 2 months i have learned many things, at first it was difficult for me but with the help of my classmates and my teacher i have been able to know what are the html tags and what they are used for. In second grading there were a lot of things to be done but in the end of the day we all managed to finish all and do it all. This second sure was difficult but with the help of my classmates I managed. I hoping this 3rd Grading i will be able to learn a lot more and do more things that i haven't done in my whole life, i hope this 3rd Grading will further enhance my information about ICT.

Unity of Countries

All around the world there is corruption,racism, and inequality. There are so many reasons why someone hates a another person but we must not be blinded by society but we must know that all of us are brothers and sisters and we only seek one thing and that is peace. In our world we must not judge another person by its race, and we must not think highly of yourself because all of us are equal. One must always remember that everyone is our friend, family, brother, sister.

This year's UN month celebration goes with the theme"Coming Together with Those furthest Behind to Build an Inclusive World of Universal Respect for Human Rights and Dignity" and this theme really has a lot to employ to us, this theme wants to focus on world peace for all. It wants fellow countries to be equal and respect each other, no hate, violence, and other things that must not be done on a person. This world really needs peace because it wont be long when this world will not be able to defend itself on the things that we are doing. This UN month celebration has one goal and that is unity, unity of fellow countries for the greater good not just to us but to everything that has a life and this celebration will someday open the hearts and minds of all the people.

Unity may not be an easy task but if we all want this we can do it. Someday this world we live in will change, change in a way that everything will be better. I hope people will open their eyes and see the wrong things that they are doing, I hope humanity can achieve peace, peace for everyone and everything for the sake of humanity.

Wevefront: Accentrating Potential Activities Technological Advancements

This year on the month of October we celebrate the science month celebration because it lets us know that science is a very important essence in our generation and the next generations to come. this years Science  month celebration has the theme"Accentrating Potential Activities Technological Advancements". This year's theme focuses on the technological advancements of our generation or the developments that have been made on the field of science and technology.

On this month the theme wants encourage all men and women to start evolving or advancing for the greater good of mankind in what to come in the future of humanity. In this science month celebration fellow students such as myself participates all kinds of activities that was made by the science teachers and this activities involves inventing or creating new things.This science month celebration has a lot of activities and all activities are connected to the theme that was made. In this science month fellow science teachers helps students such as myself grow and become more prepared on what's to come in the future and in order for us to be successful.

Science really has given a lot of contribution to mankind for the past generations that mankind has lived. Science has really accelerated the lifestyle of our world just because of creating new technologies that helps us. Science is really important because it gives us facts and opinions that nothing is impossible.

Gurong Pilipino: Turo mo Kinabukasan ko

Every year we celebrate Teacher’s day in the month of october. In October  Teacher’s day is held in our school and this year it is held on October 5 mandated under Republic Act no. 10743 or “ An Act declaring October 5 every year as Nationals Tecaher’s Day and this year the theme is “Gurong Pilipino: Turo Mo Kinabukasan Ko.

This day is always an important day for our fellow teachers that always work hard. At this day teachers doesn’t only celebrate teachear’s Day but they also have fun all day with activities for them to play. In Teacher’s Day fellow teachers compete with each other with only two goals on their mind and that is to win and at the same time have fun. In Teacher’s Day  they do also have certain activities involving students. Teacher’ day really excites me because it is the day where everyone acknowledge all the hardwork they have done for us students. I must say that teachers have the greatest and most important job of all because they hold the key for the future of a certain person. On Teachers Day teachers.

We must always remember that teachers are always important in our everyday life because they have a special skill and that is the power to reach the heart of any student while others cannot. So we must always remember that our teacher’s truly are our heroes.

Resiliency!

One of the leading cause of death is disasters in the entire world and the Philippines endures a lot of them. Disasters causes great damage and loss of many lives and is a great threat to human kind. This disasters often happen in some area's in the world and their are so many causes of this disaster.

Philippines is currently located near the pacific ocean and it is also located on the pacific ring of fire and this are one of the few reasons why Philippines is a disaster prone country. Every year the Philippines experiences a lot of casualties or events like earthquakes, tsunami's, volcanic eruptions, and storms or typhoons so it is a disaster prone area but despite it's location the Philippines thrives and is always ready for an upcoming disasters . The Philippines may be a small country but the people are always fighting and always never give up even if they are hit by so many disasters they always get up and start a new life so we can say that the Philippines is a resilience country that thrives to be the best.

In life we can never avoid disasters because it is what our mother natures throws at us for being irresponsible so this days we must be responsible and always do a good deed in order for us to have a better life and always remember to be ready because disaster come when you least except it.

Wikang Filipino Wika ng Saliksik

Ang wika ay subrang mahalaga sa isang bansa, ginagamit ito para magkaintindahan ang mga tao sa isa't isa. Lahat ng bansa ay may sariling wika na ginagamit dahil iba-iba ang lokasyun ng mga bansa kaya hindi magkakapareho ng lenggwahe pero sa lahat ng mga lenggwahe na ginagamit ang pambansang lenggwahe ay English dahil mas masmarami ang gumagamit ang leggwaheng English pero lahat ay importante dahil ginagamit lahat ito sa kumunikasyon para magkaintindihan ang mga tao.

Sa Pilipinas ginagamit ang wikang Filipino pero unting unting dumadami ang mga nagsasalita ng English ang mga pilipino dahil sa impluwensiya ng ibang bansa. Ngayung Agusto Ipinagdiriwang ang Buwan Ng Wika na ang may tema na "Filipino Wika ng Saliksik" at para sakin sinasabi ng tema na ito na ang wika ay nagagamit na sa internet. Natutulungan na ang mga kabataan sa pagsasaliksik sa upang sila ay matulungan ang kanilang ginagawa at sila ay madalihan sa pagsaliksik dahil nahihirapan ang mga kabataan tulad ko ang pagintindi sa wikang engles dahil hindi lahat ng mga kabataan ngayun nakakintindi dahil ang iba ay kulang sa edukasyun at ang iba ay sadyang mahina sa wikang engles kaya malaking tulong ang mga ginawa nila.

Wikang Filipino ay talagang wikang saliksik kaya dapat natin na paunlarin ang wikang filipino para sa mga kabataan.

Scavenger Hunt Challenge 2

Item	Answer	URL	Search Engine	Search Technique
1. What is the context of "embedded journalist"? When was it first used? Who created the term?	Embedded journalism refers to news reporters being attached to military units involved in armed conflicts. While the term could be applied to many historical interactions between journalists and military personnel, it first came to be used in the media coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_journalism 1.       2.	GOOGLE	PHRASE SEARCHING
2._______________ is the only pope honored by Turkey a Muslim nation. His statue stands at center of a city square of ______________.	Pope Benedict XV, Courtyard of St. Esprit Cathedral, Istanbul.	http://religion.answers.wikia.com/wiki/Who_is_the_only_pope_honored_by_turkey_a_muslim_nation	GOOGLE	PHRASE SEARCHING
3. Who designed the tallest building in Hong Kong?	Kohn Pedersen Fox, Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Hong_Kong	GOOGLE	PHRASE SEARCHING
4. In September 11, 2001, two commercial airplanes commandeered by terrorist crashed and destroyed the World Trade Center in New York. Is this the first time that an airplane crashed into a skyscraper in New York?	No	www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks 1.       2.	GOOGLE	PHRASE SEARCHING
5. __________ is the tallest building in the world. It is located in ____________. The construction started in ________ and was finished_________.	Burj Khalifa  Dubai,United Arab Emirates 2004 2010	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings 1.       2.	GOOGLE	PHRASE SEARCHING
6. What is the meaning of tundra? Why is the Bush administration so interested with exploring and exploiting the tundra?	a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen. Because the Bush administration is interested in exploring and exploiting any and all potential oil opportunities.	https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060829011741AAzIqRX	GOOGLE	PHRASE SEARCHING

7. Draw in a diagram form the metamorphosis of an "urban legend"

Scavenger Hunt Challenge 1

NUGGETS	ANSWER	LOCATION	VALUE: Sources/Author/Date Published/Sponsor/Copyright	Search Engine	Search Technique
1.Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT, named, started an experiment hole in a wall.	Sugata Mitra	INDIA	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	GOOGLE	PHRASE SEARCHING
2. What does NIIT stands for?	National Institute of Information Technology	INDIA	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	GOOGLE	PHRASE SEARCHING
3.His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from slum areas. Why did they carve hole in the wall?	Minimally Invasive Education for mass computer literacy	INDIA	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	GOOGLE	PHRASE SEARCHING
4.What was the significant finding of the experiment?	It was seen that the acquisition of basic computing skills by groups of children was achieved through incidental learning and some minimal (human) guidance	INDIA	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	GOOGLE	PHRASE SEARCHING
5. What could be the implications of this finding to existing teaching practices especially those that are related with the use of ICT in learning?	Stichting Child Tuition is a Dutch charitable trust that aims at combating illiteracy by establishing a basis for communication.	INDIA	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	GOOGLE	PHRASE SEARCHING

2018 SONA: Change is Coming

The SONA or State of the Nations Address is an annual address by the President of the Philippines to a joint session of the congress of the Philippines. The speech is always delivered every fourth Monday of July and it aims to notify the people about the condition of the nation. July 23,2018 President Rodrigo Duterte attended his 3rd State of the Nations Address and talked about the issues the Philippines is undergoing this year.

In Duterte's 3rd State of the Nations Address The Presidents banner gets first mentioned and the President said 'It will be relentless and chilling as the day it began' to me our President want's to tell us that the anti-drug war will continue like the day it started he wants to tell us that he whatever happens the campaign will continue and finish what it started. The President may be going to far but for me he is only trying to fix the country and return it's former glory and our President only want's stop illegal activities done in his home, he doesn't want to destroy it he wants to protect it because he want's the Philippines to be a safe and wonderful country for his citizens to live in. I think after many years Philippines will become a country it never once was because of the current President because all the things he had been doing was for the sake of all of us and I truly believe he will change this country to a country he wants or a country for the next generations to live in a safe and wonderful country.

No matter the things the President is doing he has his reasons. One day all of us will thank him for all the things he have done in order to make the Philippines a peaceful and safe country. May this inspire you to support our current President's plans in making the Philippines a safe country.

Farming is the New Healthy

Nutrition month is the month that we do activities that is good for our health like eating veggies and fruits in order to maintain a strong and healthy body. This year the nutrition month theme is 'Ugaliing Magtanim Sapat na Nutrition Aanihin' and for me this theme encourages us to farm and eat farm foods.

Nutrition month was created by the campaign  that  focuses on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits and this years theme aims to contribute to improved food and nutrition security by increasing access to a diversified source of food for families and communities alike, as well as improved incomes through sales from home-grown produce because Filipinos isn't improving their healthy food consumption so this month they want to encourage them to be self-sufficient as possible with backyard gardening. It also wants to employ to us Filipinos that we need to learn how to farm because farming is an important thing to know when your in the Philippines because you can easily run a business in farming and make your life.

I humbly inspire everyone people to plant vegetables and fruits to have a healthy and wonderful lifestyle because it will someday help you without you even knowing it. May this encourage every reader in planting.

My Letter to the President

July 1, 2018

PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE
Malacanang Palace Compound,
J.P. Laurel Street, San Miguel Manila,
Philippines

Dear Mr. President:
Good day Mr. President, my name is Bryan Janryll Medrano and I am a student at Ilocos Sur National High School. I would like to say something to you for your accomplishments and things you have done.

Mr. President I would like to say thank you for all you have done to us. I hope you will always continue to work hard for us and for the upcoming years I wish that you will make more wonderful projects for our country because I know that you love your country with all your heart and even if it means destroying your pride and personality you always believed that your choice is for the better good of our country.

Mr. President I salute you with all my heart. Keep up the good word Mr. President.

Sincerely yours,
Bryan Janryll Medrano
Grade 10 Markov Student

Philippines Freedom

The Philippines is a peaceful and independent country but the Philippines wasn't always like this. Very few know that the Philippines has a very dark past. The Philippines was once invaded by three countries. The first country to invade the Philippines was the Spain and they were the longest to colonize the Philippines because they had the Philippines for exactly 333 years and next came the Japan then America. 

Many Filipinos died and suffered on the war between the three countries but on the year 1898 the Philippines finally broke free from the hands of the Americans. The Filipinos fought hard for their freedom and so they achieved it. On June 12 the Philippines celebrated their first Independence day and will always celebrate that day to honor the Filipinos that fought hard for the freedom of the Philippines.

Up until now the Filipinos still celebrate that day because it is the day they achieved the freedom they have been wanting for many many years. This explains that we must never give up even if push comes to shove there will always be hope we just have to believe.