A SMILE
By Admin | August 7, 2009
A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in a business, and is the countersign in friends. Yet it can not be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is something that is of no earthly good to anybody till it is given away.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for, and remember, a mirror can not give you back more than you put into it. Use the mirror while developing that Christ-like smile.
And after the smile disappears like a setting sun below the horizon, there is an afterglow. It spreads over the evening sky and every tiny curl of cloud is softened and tinted and beautified by its glory. Is not everyone’s life softened and made beautiful by the afterglow of a friend’s smile or the radiant influence of a soul ever under the quiet influence of God’s dwelling?
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A RECIPE FOR A HAPPY LIFE
By Admin | August 7, 2009
Take a large quantity of cheerfulness and let it simmer without stopping. Put with it a brimming basinful of kindness, and then add a full measure of thoughtfulness for other people. Mix into these a heaping tablespoon of sympathy. Flavor with the essence of charity. Stir well together, and then carefully strain off any particles of selfishness. Let the whole be served with love sauce.
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LOOKING BACK
By Admin | August 6, 2009
I used to think…”What will my future be? What will I become in the future? Will I be able to fulfill my dreams?”… At a young age, I started sewing my future…trying to make it perfect and previewing it through my imaginations. Life seemed to be so easy then. I never have to worry about anything except for my assignments and the clothes that I will wear on Sundays to make my crush notice me… hehehe!
High school life came and things changed a bit. Some old friends stay while others don’t. On the other side, I also met new friends, some of which I often see around but never even mind them. New environment, new adjustments. Kinda hard at first but I managed to adopt with the whole new chapter of my life. Somme plans were changed, too, as I grew more mature (or as I was only thinking…) making it more practical and achievable. I learned to control my temper and be more patient but realized it was not enough. I set realistic goals and adopt those only within my reach for the mean time, and never giving up my hopes of being who I want to be.
I was one of the lucky few who were able to continue my tertiary education. Lucky as I am, still I felt unlucky for I wasn’t given the chance to choose the degree that I wanted to take and the university that I wanted to be in. It was only then that I realized that I’m lucky enough to be sent to a university which is popular for producing competent professionals in their specialized degrees when one of our professors explained to us that according to the law, our parents are obliged to send us to school only until secondary education and beyond that, it is already our (the children) responsibility to send ourselves to school. Quite unusual to the Filipinos since because of our culture – the way we value our family relationships, strong family ties – sending the children to school until the tertiary level is still part of their responsibilities and obligations as parents. Thus, she told us that we are lucky if we were supported by our families in our tertiary education and that we should be grateful about it and never complain about the degree or university that they were able to send us to (perteng igoa jud naku!!).
It was also during my college life that I realized how hard it is to be alone, I mean, yeah some of my old friends/classmates were also in the same boarding house that I was staying, my family and I do have a stable communication, in fact they kept on checking on me from time to time and that I was also able to make new friends. But there’s still this feeling of emptiness and longing. Or maybe I was just homesick and was still adjusting since it was the first time that I was separated to my family for a very long time. Days, months and years had passed and I learned to adjust with my whole new environment, learned to adapt to city life but never taking y studies for granted and reminding myself from time to time that the money that I am spending is hard earned. Even with the financial, emotional and moral support that my parents are showing, I have had my own share of difficulties as a student – sleepless nights, not enough allowance due to increasing number of projects, assignments and researches to be done and many others. Good thing my room mates never abandoned me as well as my family. For four years of studying in college, with every single moment of failure, hopelessness, sadness, anger, joy, and success, at long last the most awaited event finally arrived – my graduation day! I was lucky and blessed to be one of the university’s graduates for the school year 2007 – 2008. I thought I’m done with the responsibility as a daughter, but as what they usually say; graduation is an end and a beginning. It is the end of my being a student and a whole new beginning of a new individual fresh from school and is now being exposed to the real world. Having finished my degree, I enrolled to a review center for the upcoming board exams for me to get my license and practice my profession. The scheduled date for the board exam came and passed with just a blink of an eye. I was waiting for the day that the result will be released, it was like a torture. I was excited and at the same time afraid. In between these times, another question popped into my mind. “Will I be able to pass the board exam? And if I do pass, what will be my next step? If I’ll look for a job, will someone or a company hire me? Will they believe in my capabilities? What if I didn’t pass the board exam, what will happen to me? Will I be one of those millions of jobless Filipinos?” Too many questions in my mind and yet, I know that it is only I who can answer all these and that even if I don’t know what lies ahead of me, God has beautiful plans for my life.
Right now, those questions that I used to ask were already answered one at a time. At the age of 21, I’ve started to fulfill my dreams and my plans. In just a short span of time, I’ve achieved one of my goals – that is, to go back and render service to my alma mater in my own chosen field, teaching. It may just be a simple dream and goal, but that is where every great success begins, right? One can never be great if he or she hasn’t started from the bottom. And that’s what I’m doing right now. Never mind the trials, temptations and mistakes; what’s important is that you know who you are, inside – out, what you want with your life and who you want to become, how you stand and face everything after you fall and the most important among all these, never loose faith, instead anchor it as deep as you can.
I exactly don’t know why I’m sharing all these; maybe, I just wanna update you all about what my life had become…Waheheh… Kidding aside, maybe I’m hoping to inspire someone who could have read this, or it could be that I wanted to inform my batch mates (specially those who are still studying) that life after graduation can be very challenging and difficult but our success and failure depends on how much effort we exert and how deep our faith is. It’s up to the readers on how they will interpret this article of mine, it could gain both positive and negative feedbacks, if that are so, then I’ll be glad to hear those. You may reach me through this site. Thank you for the time you spent in reading this article and hopefully, you gained something from that you could apply to your own life.
TO ALL MY BATCH MATES – UNSHS BATCH 2004 – I HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE KINDS OF LIVES THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN. GOD SPEED!!!
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The Time To Recover
By Admin | November 5, 2008
Ubay National Science High School Batch 2004..
One day, a stranger texted me with all those “Hi and Hello”, and “How are you?”. I did not have load that time (as always..hehe),so I ignored the message but had that saved in my inbox. Few days later, I had a chance to give myself the favor of having a load on the phone,and one dawn that unknown number came in with a message again.I replied this time, asking who the person behind the text message was, and came the reply, “please visit http://www.jim23.net78.net/, it’s still under construction, but be my guest!” That raised my brows, though when I got some time to visit a net shop to view my friendster account,I also had that site surfed. Later have I known who the stranger was…it was my high school friend who is a computer fanatic, and on his final year of Computer Engineering in CVSCAFT.
One text led to another until he requested me to write something for the site he is constructing for the batch. The thought excite me, but at the same time I was perplexed coz I could not find any idea on what to write,or if I may be able to do so with the nature of job I have at present. Will I have the time? What will I write? Yet, I still gave him the assurance that I will (so nice of me!..).
I really do not know what to write, my senseless mind did not work. Then I thought, “Why don’t I write something based on personal view or just anything I could write about, and when a batchmate would be able to read it, he may also write his own perspective?!” And so, here it is!=)
When I was in college and would see any of my friends in high school and we’ll have some time to gather around and chat and reminisce the past, I really am happy and would realize how much I miss high school life. Those years were memorable, with all those laughters and troubles, quarrelsomes and misunderstandings, those activities in the school and the stupidities made inside the classroom, and all those happenings we will just be able to know if somebody shares about it. It’s fun, and it’s extremely wonderful.
Now, what? Where are the other friends now? When we left the portals of Ramon Magsaysay Gymnasium after our graduation rites, we have not seen all other anymore. We went to different places to try our lucks, and enrolled to different schools to finish a college degree. We all parted ways to pursue our ambitions and dreams in life, hoping that someday, at the right time and in the right place, we will see each other again.
It’s already more than four years now. There were gatherings and get-togethers scheduled but I never had the chance to attend any of those. I was just taking time to see my high school barkada and common friends who also made their schooling at the school were I attended to and the other schools within the island. And the others?..I don’t know,..some of them I was able to text with and share nice quotes of friendship and funny jokes, but the others, I did not really have the chance to know their whereabouts.
It’s a good thing that one of our friends initiated the birth of this technologically-capacitated application. I accepted his request of writing this one to be posted on the site, hoping that it will create communication between the batchmates. It was just four years that passed, and I am certain that we still have many years ahead to bring back the friendship and the relationship that somehow had went a-little-dead or inactive because of the distance and time.
I am hoping that this website will do good for the batch. May all the people aware of this site share to those others unaware about the existence of this one. I would encourage “you” to also share your thoughts and ideas, and your own perspectives about this site, and also then share your whereabouts and your current status and existence in this world (hehehe). May we also be able to set then a certain time to spare to each other for a reunion for the batch.
Mabuhay, UNSHS Batch 2004!
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