Tribute to Parents

It will be a year since I graduated from high school... Just remembered my speech and all those fun times...


Good Evening!

Parents always say “Our children, our Treasure”. That leaves us into a conclusion that you our parents are our hunters. God had been the map who guided you through the years of searching. He had drawn the way even before you were married. As a hunter you followed the map. The every stop in the map are the challenges you’ve encountered when mom carried us in her womb and dad earned a living. Like treasure hunters you value us greatly for finding us is
not easy. You protect us from the evil guys and hides us where no one can take us from you for you love us. I would like to take this opportunity to recognize my hunters. Ma you have been a supportive mom and a wise one too. I remember the time when I was going to take my UPCAT. Before I entered the building you whispered in my ears, “Anak papasa ka, papasa ka anak”. Those words really touched me, I want to cry but I should not in front of many other takers. Your words had inspired me to do better. And now Ma I have passed the test and I owe it to you. To my dad even though I haven’t shown you much sweetness I love you still. Would I be given a chance to pick a dad I would still pick you for I love you and I’m proud to be your daughter. To my grandparents thank you for all the prayers, your faith had helped me achieve all this pleasures.

Every time we suffer from pain of the heart and of the mind you are there to comfort us and raise our hopes. It is the greatest part of having problems when parents are there to present a solution. Whenever we’re ill we love the attention you’re giving us for it is the greatest part of being sick.

We admire your patience and love every time we disrespect, hurt, answer back and not follow you. And for all the headaches and consummation we gave you, we apologize.

I remember one scenario in our room when we were having an open forum. One of my classmates said, “Kaya ako ganto kasi may problema ako sa tatay ko” and another classmate, with teary eyes said, “Alam mo blessed ka pa nga eh, kasi nandiyan pa tatay mo. Ako minsan ko lang Makita si papa kasi hiwalay na sila ni mama. Dapat pinapahalagahan mo tatay mo kasi mas mahirap kapag wala na siya sa tabi mo.” After she said this more and more of my classmates stood and spoke words of pagpapahalaga sa magulang. As I looked around, I saw eyes filled with tears and heard sobbings of inconceivable pain. I was able to see a new side of them, behind all those smiles and laughter there was sorrow. Through this I can say that my fellow students love their parents very much and they don’t want others to experience what they had. They don’t want to see children longing for their parents’ love and attention, parents forgetting responsibilities to them. Above all, parents who go on separate ways.

I really admire my fellow students who have single parents for the later do two works in one. A dad who earns a living and a mom who takes care of a home. Despite the difficulties you never get tired of doing these things and we see you work hard and strive. Thus, as your children we are urged and given inspiration to study hard, work at home and be a loving child.

To every mom and dad and guardian all our achievements are yours. Because of you we became part of this special occasion. Please appreciate us, don’t just nod. Smile and say good things about us, for it is your appreciation that we value most.

This institution our alma mater have teachers who religiously do their job, who guide us spiritually and serve as our friend. To our teachers who have been our second parents, our hunter’s sidekick. We want to express our profound gratitude for our high school life became meaningful. Your life stories made us learn life’s best lessons. Our deer parents don’t let this night end without shaking their hands and thanking them for they are the very reason behind the knowledge in our head and the love and joy we radiate for everyone

Hunters we’re grateful for you. You worked hard all these years and today is your reward day and may many more things like these come your way. To our OFW parents who came home for this special day we express gratitude to you. You made this special day a better day for you made all things possible and easy for us. For in every mind that keeps on thinking and every hand that keeps on moving. Your greatest reward is to see us graduate since this states that your
hard work paid off. We offer you our diploma, our medals, our achievements because we would like to recognize your sacrifice. You people are heroes of our life.

To our hunters we might not always give you joy but for this night we offer you our achievements. And to end this I would like to read a poem that I composed entitled Being a Parent.

Being a parent
Is like planting good seeds
Sprinkling then day by day
With over flowing love
Laying them under the sun
As the world opens up

When pests enter you prated us
When we look pale you talk to us
When troubles arise you restore us
And as we fall you pick us up even before
We fall upon the ground

When we grow taller each day
You smile saying “I’ve done a great job!”
You leap in joy as we bear fruits,
Huge, luscious and lovely fruits.
And that rewards you for an excellent job

Fellow graduates please get ready for the giving of certificates of appreciation to our parents.

Being a parent

Is like planting good seeds

Sprinkling then day by day

With flowing love

Laying them under the sun

To know the world

When pests enter you protect us

When we look pale you talk to us

When problems arouse you restore us

When parts dry up you trim us

When we fall you pick us up

And when we grew taller each day

You smile saying “I’ve done a great job!”

You leap in joy when we bear fruits,

Huge, luscious and lovely fruits.

And that sight is enough as a reward

No god is Like My God

God was introduced to me since I was a child. I was born in a Christian family. I know many things about God and how He did everything for us. And I believe in Him. But as I grew up I learned that there are other gods that people worship. The one that captured my attention most are the Greek god and goddesses mainly because of the cartoon about Hercules. The gods there are good looking and powerful. It is interesting as well because it is understandable, funny and musical. But as I learned more things changed.

           The god and goddesses are now unlikable. Their actions and attitude don’t appeal to me. Hera, Athena and Aphrodite have contests to know who is better. Which I think is not good because they are gods and gods are perfect. This other god wishes for a human sacrifice which is too much. And there is Athena who deceived Hector and raised his hopes. But in the end it was a trap. She doesn’t have done that for she and Achilles is strong enough to kill him. Half-god Achilles doesn’t satisfy himself unless he has some fun with the corpse. I also noticed how gods sided with people. This explains that they are not fair. 

  Poseidon I think is childish. Just because of he was not recognized he punished Odysseus. But after everything Odysseus still won. The gods and goddesses (though not all) do things without purposes.

    

 Now I realized that we’re so blessed because our god is God. He’s powerful, just and wise. He doesn’t ask for human sacrifices. He doesn’t deceive people. He treats and loves them equally. All in all He does things perfectly. No one else is better than Him cause He is God and there is no one like Him.

            

Wicked Yet He Loves

Achilles, a son of Peleus and Thetis, is the greatest and most feared warrior that acts like an animal. He is mighty, strong yet wicked, but has a heart that loves and hurts.

          God-like Achilles is a person who killed battalions of soldiers and high ranking persons. He brings danger to a royal family causing deaths of sons and abductions of daughters (usually selling them as slaves). But the real tragedy is when he does cruel things to a dead man’s body. Instead of leaving the body to be mourned by the family he takes it to satisfy himself longer.

He is like a hungry tiger looking for food. When preys see him they feel nervous and know their death is near. Then he’ll come forward and savagely eat the food without sympathy. He then will tear the flesh into pieces. Bloods oozing out making his paws and mouth red. He will not stop until he’s full, just like how Achilles satisfies himself.

A perfect illustration is the battle between him and Hector where the latter was defeated. This is what happened:

Saying this, he pulled his bronze spear from the corpse, set it aside,      480
and stripped the blood-stained armour from the shoulders.

Achilles finished.  Then on noble Hector's corpse                512
he carried out a monstrous act.  He cut through

the tendons behind both feet, from heel to ankle,
threaded them with ox-hide thongs, and then tied these
onto his chariot, leaving the head to drag behind.
He climbed up in his chariot, brought on the splendid armour,
then lashed his horses.  They sped off eagerly,                                       
dragging Hector.  A dust cloud rose above him,
his dark hair spread out round him, and Hector's head,
once so handsome, was covered by the dust, for Zeus
had given him to his enemies to dishonour
in his own native land.  So all his head grew dirty.

Though Achilles is evil he still has feelings. He gives importance to his friends just like what he showed Patroclus. His best friend, he enjoyed being with. Until a time came he was murdered by Hector. Vengeance is what Achilles wants for his friend and this triggers his fury to Hector. This proves that he still has a heart behind his heart-thumping image.

By our ships lies a dead man—unwept,   501
unburied—Patroclus.  I'll not forget him,
as long as I remain among the living,
as long as my dear limbs have motion.
If down in Hades men forget their dead,
even there I will remember my companion.

 Achilles acts like an animal but loves like   a brother. He is a man of frightening figure yet has a heart that feels affection and damage for reasons.

Reference:

Ramirez, Veronica E. English Across Continents. Makati City. Phils. : Diwa Learning System Inc. 2010 Print

It's All About HIM

My whole life i know where to go

but ain't know the reason why.

Until time came words were revealed

truths I i have known for so much time

but doesn't mind a bit.

Now i realized how much time I wasted

doing things without worth,

doing things for nothing else but pleasure,

doing things not for Him but for me.

Since then I said to myself

"I will do everything for Him,

'cause it's not about my dream, 

not about my goal,

  not even what i want

and not a single thing about me.

Cause it's all about Him."

Dreams Become True

A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement. -Bo Bennett

 Lea Salonga, daughter of Feliciano Genuino Salonga and  Ligaya Alcantara Imutan, was born on February 22, 1971. She spent her first 6 years in life at Angeles City then moved to Manila. O. B. Montessori Center was her school in Metro Manila. She also attended University of the Philippines College of Music's extension that trains musically talented pupils in music and stage movement. She studied her college at Ateneo de Manila University and Fordham University.

1987 at the age of 7, she was became the lead star, Annie, in the musical the King and I by the Repertory Philippines. Lea began her recording career at the age of ten with her first album, Small Voice, which then received a gold certification.

At a very young age she received a nomination from Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) which is the same to an Oscar nomination. She won three Best Child Performer from the Aliw Awards.

She performed as Kim in the musical Miss Saigon in 1989 which gave her a big break through. A Presidential Award of Merit from President Corazon Aquino was given to her in 1990.

Lea became the first Asian Eponine in the musical Les Miserables on Broadway. The singing voice of Princess Jasmine from Aladdin, Fa Mulan in Mulan and Mulan II were another of her great achievements.

 Lea, Nicole and Robert.

Finally Lea found a person she would be with forever. On January 10, 2004, she and Robert Charles Chien married. May 16, 2006, she gave birth to a lovely daughter named Nicole Beverly.

A remarkable woman was she. Starting a busy life at an early age is both a good and bad thing. Good because you have the chance to exert and practice your talent. Bad for it lessens your chance to be a normal kid playing outside with others.

I have known many singers like her who  work as an adult at a young age. Most of them didn’t last a year in being popular. But it’s different with Lea, she was always known. With that majestic voice no one will ever dislike it.

Another good thing about Lea is she’s proud to be Pinoy. She always look back to where she started. Though she had many opportunities outside the country she still have shows, concerts and plays at our own.

Her success made our country known globally. Making ways for other talent discoveries.  Because of her attainment doors of opportunities opened for many Filipinos and she became our pride. 

           This occurrence also makes a new impression for Filipinos.Lea Salonga-Chien was able to amaze and  inspire people everywhere. She gave wonderful shows that surprises people since she was young. Her singing and acting encouraged others to strive and make use of their own gifts.  The world now know that we are not just simple people because we have abilities to show that can make a difference. This proves the quote “That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well. Because it’s not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."

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Trained in the Way We Should Go

For 26 years Taytay United Methodist Christian School has served youth of Taytay and surrounding towns through teaching. It has nurtured students with finest education. As a result the school ranked first in all private schools in Taytay and it is still going strong.

Our school has built strong foundation for our alumni and this helped them enter excellent universities like UP, ADMU and DLSU. These students top or average stand out in schools and some graduate as cum laude, magna cum laude and even summa cum laude. This proves that we too can be like them. We may not shine right now but let us not lose hope. There are bigger and better opportunities before us.

Let us continue on excelling and never forget to give back the glory to God. We were trained up in the way we should go and that training will not depart from us.