Change: It starts with me

Change: It starts with me

We can never get to a place where change is no longer needed. Anyone believing they have already arrived and feel change is no longer needed, they have already learned enough. They say that I am just a kid, that I can't change anything. They say the world is a cruel and heartless place, and it is.  To change the world, it starts with a single person. That single person has to have the moral and emotional strength to stand up for what they believe in.

I believe that in order to change the world, I must first change myself. I have to refuse to give in to the bully, and the "accepted" way that things operate; I must challenge the wrongdoings of others in spite of the consequences. . I must inspire the nation to have hope, and to desire a change in the status quo. To change the world, I must have the strongest character and the desire to share it with the world.

My greatest fear is not death; it is being forgotten after I die. To be remembered, you need one thing: a strong enough character to change the world. . I learned long ago that to make it a better world, it had to begin with me.

Starting today and starting with me, I will make a change in my life, the lives of my family and the world I live in.

Kannawidan festival

Kannawidan festival

All is set for the 7th Kannawidan Ylocos festival marking the 195th foundation anniversary of Ilocos Sur from January 29 to February 9.

The festival opens at the Quirino Stadium in Vigan City January 29 with Sen. Cynthia A. Villar gracing the event.

It comes three days after the Vigan Longganiza Festival 2014 on January 26. Ilocos Sur Gov. Ryan Luis Singson said yesterday that the Kannawidan Festival presents the Ilocano heritage and traditions.

“Our festival this year will feature competitions in traditional choral singing, rituals, beauty search, painting, fashion show, and zarzuela ilocana,” Singson said.

Several sporting events will be held during the festival such as horseracing, fun run, amazing race competition, kiteboarding in Magsingal; and dragon boat racing and frisbee challenge in Cabugao.

New Year…New Me

New Year…New Me

New Year is the time at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count is incremented. In many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner. The New Year of the Gregorian calendar, today in worldwide use, falls on 1 January (New Year’s Day), as was the case with the Roman calendar. There are numerous calendars that remain in regional use that calculate the New Year differently.

       As 2013 draws to a close, I reflect back on everything this year brought me as well what I’ve learned and what I would like to do differently in 2014. A ´New Me´ will enable me to succeed and to become a stronger leader.

But this year I’m going to stop giving up. I’m going to stop disappointing myself. I’m going to push myself to live up to my own expectations, while at the same time trying to make sure those expectations aren’t unreasonable.

As we enter the New Year, we need to start it off right and the place where we need to start first is change within us!

Equal Rights .. Equal Opportunity ..

      Equal Rights…Equal Opportunity..

         The equal opportunity act is a state legislation act relating to employment which is contained in the Equal Opportunity Act of 1995. The act and subsequent amendments make it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person on the grounds of status or private life. The equal opportunities act is concerned with ensuring equal opportunities in employment on the basis of relevant merits, skills and competency. The act is implemented by the Director of Human Resources.

         An unexpected Indian Supreme Court ruling on Dec. 11 upholding a law that criminalizes same-sex relationships drew a swift rebuke within 24 hours from Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who called it a violation of international rights. The Indian court decision came barely a day after international Human Rights Day.

 

Essence of Christmas

“Essence of Christmas”

              Christmas time is one of the most awaited time specially us, Filipino. We can now smell the Christmas air which reminds us that it’s approaching again. We can see a lot of Christmas decoration to different houses. Everyone gives effort to make this time happy but do we really know how Christmas should be celebrated and its essence. Most of us may not know what the relevance of this day is. For me, it should be celebrated the way it should be. We must put into our minds that it’s not just the food that we eat but it should be the unity of a family to enjoy it and be happy. It’s the time to forgive and forget, to start a new chapter of our life again. It’s just like God in saying, we should be one and enjoy. The life he has given to us.
                   

              It’s the time to bond with our families, friends and love ones. We should make God happy as he saw that we are doing well. It does not matter whether you are poor or rich, as long as you have the kind hear ted heart. Christmas is all about lave to share and give to everyone. It’s about giving of what you have and God will give you more. Let’s make this Christmas day happy and be thankful to God for he gave us life that is worth living for.

Climate Change

Climate change

Everything that surrounds us in nature. It’s a God gift that we must protect and take care of but due to human doings, climate change happens, as time pass by people are the one who destroyed it.

        Illegal logging, burning of plastics and appliances such as refrigerator damage our ozone layer which is the season of the extra heat that we are experiencing. We can’t even endure the heat because the ozone layer which protects us from direct light of the sun has already a great hole. We haven’t think before the possible consequences of it and now we are experiencing our own actions before. Super typhoon and floods are coming because we don’t have many trees in the mountains to absorb water thus resulting also to landslide. We can see that our usual weather before in far different as now. Sometimes, I also say that the weather is abnormal because it changes rapidly from hot day to rainy day. The usual months that we are expecting to be sunny days are now raining. This is what we called the climate change.

        We have still time to do the care of our nature. We are going to suffer if we will not do the right thing. We must take good care of the things which surrounds us.

Going Global Through English Language

Going global trough English language

   

As we have all known English language is an international language that people use. English Language is easy to learn by the people even small children can teach easily.

Language plays a major role in communicating other because it’s the way me understand what one person read to say. Therefore, there must only one language wherein every individual can communicate whoever or where ever they are. That’s why English is our international language to communicate effectively when different people talk from different country. In our country, we have our Filipino language which unites Filipino people. So globally, English language is a major tool in the world. We must give importance on it.

We’ve been studying English subject since we started schooling. Some students are complaining because they say it’s hard to speak English fluently. Filipino people are very cautious because they think they grammar is wrong. But we tend to neglect the significance of learning this language. We have to express in able to learn the English language. Learning it’s step by step will probably be effective in communicating or expressing it in the future. We must be able to know it well in able to be globally competitive. In our chooser future careers, we must be able to understand English language well so you will be confident enough in talking other people.

          We cannot say but most of of us have plan going abroad in the future for better life and we should know to speak English to be able to understand the foreigners. There’s also a news before that they are degrading the capability of Filipino people in speaking English. We must show to them that we can also compete with them globally. Speaking confidently in a trade mark also to become successful. There a lot of careers where in English speaking is a requirement. So at this age we must learn to love the English language to be educated. We will be the vehicle in transforming the Philippines as a globally competitive country. We must love it heartedly to learn it easier so that we will not be shy in talking with others.