Friday, 28 December 2012


School Rules Are Not Made To Be Broken

Mistakes. We do these things every day. We slip, we flip, we trip. Nobody’s perfect and I guess everybody knows that. Life may be a long difficult test where we make mistakes but there would always be a lesson after each fault.

School is a place almost all naughty children hate. It’s a society where we thrive to survive. And of course, there are the mistakes we do – even if we’re aware of it or no.

I’m lazy. I know I am and I’m a little bit disappointed with myself but I can’t seem to change it. So let’s imagine that we get punished each time we show a sign of slothfulness. Is being electrified a fair punishment? Nah-ah. I’m just kidding. Let’s just say that if there is someone “sloth-ing” around in school, he’ll be cleaning the classroom for a whole week and he’ll be called twenty times in recitation in each class and he must answer correctly or he’ll answer more questions next meeting. In that way he’ll know how hard it is to clean and he’ll study in every class. I’m sure survival instincts will kick in and he’ll never be lazy again.

Traffic is really not an excuse when you’re late. If you know there’s traffic on your way to school, you know better than to sleep until noon. You should wake up early so you won’t be caught in the rush hour or if you would be, you have enough time to spare. And when you’re caught tardy, I guess you’ll have to have your own flag ceremony in the cafeteria during lunch break. You know the hang of it – you’ll have a prayer then the national anthem, then the school hymn, then exercise and some food for thought. I guess you words of wisdom there should be about tardiness.

Lying is one of the worst things in the world. Even a white lie could create great problems so you should avoid lying in the first place.  Honesty is the best policy right? It may sound like a cliché but it’s so true. If anyone would be caught red-handed lying, he would walk around the school for a week with an “I’m a liar” banner on his uniform. That way, people would be careful in trusting him.

Being rude doesn’t really make you look cool. It makes you look like a kid who grew up in the streets with no parents to teach him how to respect others. Don’t do unto others what you don’t want others to do unto you. If you want anyone o respect you, you should learn how to respect others first. If anyone would be rude to other people in school, he’ll need to send his parents to the guidance office. He’ll also need to say greetings to anyone he meet or pass by in school. If anyone would report that he did not greet him, he’ll be suspended for a week.


Anger and Violence are the next two things they may sound like the same thing but they aren’t. Anger is about have this fire on you that you can’t tame. It’s an emotion which is hard to control. Violence is about hurting other people – intentional or not. You can be angry but not violent, you can be violent without being angry and you can be angry and violent at the same time. If you committed the “anger sin” you’ll have a class in the library – all alone with the grouchiest teacher in school. I know for a fact that he’ll keep on ranting on you. So you need to control your anger or you’ll be rude which will be a different story. If you’ll be violent, you’ll need to spend all your school hours inside the principal’s office. You’ll study there – self-study for a month. You will also have a test in all subjects every end of the day. You can ask the principal for clarifications – if you want and if you’re courageous enough.


Greed is another sin hateful to me. Why is there a need to be greedy? Why can’t everyone just have an equal share and that’s it. For me, greed is an irrational emotion – I think it comes straight from hell. It’s never for a good cause and will never be right. Now so much for my I-hate-greed speech, I need to carry on. If anyone will be greedy in the campus - and hope there won’t be any- he’ll need to eat every wood in the forest. Hehe. That would be gross. Seriously speaking, he’ll give back seven-hold of the thing he wants or greed for. I think he would never be greedy for anything again.

Cutting is something I had never done and would never do in my life. You’re a given a chance to go to school, feed that hollow brain of yours with your parents working hard for your needs. And how do you pay them back? By getting out of school to escape your classes! Where’s the sense in that? You would never learn anything if you do that. So if anyone would be caught cutting classes, he would have his classes just outside the school gate. If he won’t be there when the school guard check, he would need another school to accept him.

Cheating is a crime. All your classmates work hard for the exams and then you would cheat? You’re not that lucky to get away with it. I really don’t want to talk about cheaters because they make me want to throw up on the faces. They’ll be hanged to lessen the population. But kidding aside, they would be kicked out of the school right away.

Committing a sin is never a good thing but you must learn from it. Never do the same mistake again because that would be a good evidence to show how foolish you are. Who knows maybe hell is true and you’ll spend an eternity being punished.

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Untitled Love Letter




Untitled Love Letter

Dear Shorty Shepherd,


          I know, I know, I don’t have the right to call you shorty because you’re taller than me. But this is my letter and I’ll call whatever I want. Lalalalala~

I admit that I have this little crush thingy for you. Listen up because this might be the last time I’ll say this to you – you are really nice, cute and funny to be with.

The first time I saw you, you were picking up medals in every contest you join. I know you are freakin’ intelligent and I sometimes wonder why it took you centuries to figure out that I like you – really like you.

You told me that you have a crush on me. Well, you even told me you “love” me. That’s a big bomb that exploded right in front of me. It was like my mind is yelling that there must be some mistake or something.  But there was no mistake. You’re really there telling me all those sweet little things.

You make my heart flutter and beat faster. You even cause butterflies to fly in my stomach. You make me feel liked and cared for. And finally, you make me feel that I belong – that there is a place in this world where I am welcome.

I really like the way you make snide comments even though they are sometimes irritating. I love the way you smell and the softness of your voice.

Okay. I know I’m a little bit exaggerated here but that’s what you do to me. I tend to be a little out of my mind whenever I think of you.

My most unforgettable moment with you happened last field trip. I really felt drained, drowsy and dizzy. You let me sleep leaning on your shoulders. I really think that was so sweet of you. Thank you.

But I’m not sure about the “love” thing. I think were too young to understand what it really is. I once believed that when two people love each other, everything was going to be fine. I was wrong.

I want you to be sure of your feelings. When you tell me that you love me, I want you to mean it, not just say it for the sake of saying something. If you’re thinking that I’m saying this because of what “he” did, you’re wrong. I’m saying this because I care for you. I don’t want you to be hurt.

So when things settle down and you realize what you really feel, tell me. I’ll be there to listen and understand. If you insist that you really love me, don’t just say it - prove it.

Stay awesome, Edward.~

Yours truly,
Nymph Jean ^.^

  

Sunday, 7 October 2012



My Hero, Our Heroes

`“Where are you now? ‘Cause I’m thinking of you...you showed me how...how to live like I do.”

`Do you still remember your kindergarten teacher? I know we don’t give it much thought- how our first teachers taught us the most basic thing we need to learn, things that we still remember now.

`I could still remember all the teachers I’ve had. Ma’am Pearly was my teacher in kindergarten; Ma’am Alaman in grade 1 and 2; Ma’am Feby in grade 3 and grade 6; Ma’am Irene in grade 4; Ma’am Ava in grade 5; Ma’am Jennylou in first year high school; Ma’am Jennette in second year and, of course, Ma’am Arceo in third year.

Every single teacher we’ve had taught us more than one important lesson. They let us learn from our mistakes and stand up every time we fall. Teachers don’t just teach knowledge from the book. There are things more important than finding LCDs and knowing the path of blood in the body. These things are the lessons from experience- from life itself.

Teachers are our second parents. We actually spend more waking hours in school than in our own house. Teachers watch us grow- physically and mentally. They teach us, they guide us, they love us.

One teacher I really can’t forget is Ma’am Pareja. She may be a strict teacher but that’s just because she wants us to be disciplined. She said to us more than once “You will not feel fear if you did not do anything wrong.” I’ve learned so many things from her- things which I doubt if the thickest book in the library had.

My mom, who is also a teacher, asked me once why Ma’am Pareja wasn’t applying as a principal. So, I asked Ma’am Pareja and her answer was she just wants to teach as a plain teacher. She wants to get close to students. I also asked her why she is teaching freshmen instead of older students and she said that younger students are easier to mold than the older ones-they are more obedient. She is the wisest teacher I’ve met. She knows how to make a student admit the wrong thing he did by just talking to him. She knows students’ body language. She knows if they are listening or not, if they understand or not and whatever going on in the student’s mind during her class.

Teachers are not just teachers. They are mothers. They are friends. They are heroes. They save students from ignorance. They open their eyes to knowledge. And they also teach the students how to face the “real world”. They give us lessons that can’t be reflected in class cards but those which reflect on how we carry ourselves in our daily lives.

“If it wasn’t for you I’ll I would never be who I am...”

Sunday, 23 September 2012

tO bE oR nOt tO bE . . . ?


tO bE oR nOt tO bE . . . ?

To be or not to be?
I cannot understand what’s happening to me
I do not know what to do anymore
Will I just forget what had happened before?

To be or not to be?
I cannot make my mind you see
It’s possible that this one is right
But why on the other I can also see the light?

To be or not to be?
Yesterday I’ve felt life’s beauty
But today the only thing left is hurt
And it is because you broke my heart…
To be or not to be?

To forget is better than to remember, maybe?
Remembering is like being tied to the past with a chain
While forgetting makes you face tomorrow without pain…



Friday, 7 September 2012

Nobody’s Perfect



Nobody’s Perfect

        Comedy of Errors, what do you expect? Of course it would be funny and full of errors. The first time I read the summary of this play, I kept repeating the lines to myself then going to the list of characters. It was really confusing to tell who’s who.

        You see, there are two set of twins, the first twins have the same name, Antipholus, while the other twins were named Dromio. They got separated and one Antipholus and one Dromio grew up together while the other Antipholus and the other Dromio grew up together. Now, that was just one out of the hundreds of confusing facts and parts of the play.

        But, even though the story was funny, it shows golden lessons. One of those is that you can gain your liberty by telling the truth instead of money, which is by paying the bail. This happened to Egeon, the father of the Antipholus twins. Another lesson was the way you correct your mistakes weighs greater than the mistakes themselves. We should remember that nobody’s perfect. We should not see a person’s imperfections and focus in the best part of him.

Monday, 3 September 2012

NCAE : Guide To Our Future


NCAE : Guide To Our Future

        NCAE, an acronym for National Career Assessment Examination, is like a golden map that leads us to our future. It can help us choose what vocation we want to take after high school.


            This exam was created to determine the students’ assets that could help him/her in the near future. With NCAE, we could more easily choose the course or courses we want to take in college.


           NCAE helps us choose, but it is not the one deciding for us. Even if it says that you are good in clerical jobs, but you want a field job when you grow up, you can ignore the exam’s result and pursue your dream.


Intramurals: an Oasis in School


Intramurals: an Oasis in School

        Homeworks. Projects. Seatworks. Exams. Where’s the fun?

        After months of brain-draining school works, intramurals is one of the ways to replete the students’ spirit. This event does not only ensure the physical fitness of the students but their mental fitness as well.

        Intramurals can give the students to excel in their chosen sports- or even discover the sport where they have talent in. we could guess that most athletes played the sport where they shined during their sweet high school days. Who knows maybe as we conduct the yearly intramurals a student found a missing part of his soul in the sport he played and will soon shine as the newest representative of the Philippines in the international Olympics.

        Intramurals can also build bond between students and develop their sportsmanship. We win, we lose. It doesn’t matter- what matters is that we had fun and enjoyed ourselves while playing.

Intramurals must be enjoyed because, first, it’s just once a year. And, second, because it is one of those blissful breaks from schoolworks. ;)