What Day Was That?

It was a cold, cloudy morning.  I was wearing that green uniform with beret on my head, neckerchief in my neck and white gloves.  I loved my attire, and I had imagined myself walking down the road with other students wearing green, too.

I am a CAT Officer and I am much proud of it.  I am so proud to say that I love joining parades with the other officers because it gives me fame when I hear people talk about how we perform.  My friends say I look beautiful with my fatigue uniform. I look so awesome as I feel it.

That 25th day of January was nice and weird.  What happened?  I must to join the Grand Parade on that day.  I woke up so early for I was very excited!  But I felt quite nervous too.  I thought I have to practice yet so as not to give shame to my school.

Being too early in arriving at school was to be shared with you.  For others, it was a miracle.  I go to school very late most often.  But because I was excited, miracle happened.

After a few minutes, we walked down the street to assemble at the City Hall.  I walked so smart!  I just hope you were there to watch me.  But yes, I really walked like someone walking at the Philippine Military Academy.  They just don't know, my grandmother passed away five days ago.  I had that strange feeling of excitement and loneliness.

"Kriiiing! Kriiiing!" My phone was ringing and it read "Tita Alma."  My aunt was calling and I answered it.  There, she told me to go home immediately because the parade was against our religion.  I did not know what to do but I just cried.  My friends accompanied me to ask permission from Mr. Rabaca for me to go home by that moment of time.  I just did.  But I did cry.

Tell me then... Was that day the feast of Vigan City?  But I was not aware of anything!  For me, that was just a lazy day in bed.  Come on, tell me again!  What day was that?

It's a PROMISE

Third grading period has to vanish now.  Time's really so fast, right?  I can't imagine it.  But I am about to leave high school.  I am getting excited and a little bit nervous.

Yes, third grading period has to go.  And I suppose I do not know what have I done.  Did I do my best?  I guess, I gave what was enough.  I did not give my best, because no one requires me to do that either.  And I do not want my parents to expect beyond my capabilities.

This grading period, I learned to be more sociable.  Honestly, I am not sociable and I hate talking much with people.  I just end up being speechless and being noticed by people being so silent.  I don't know if I don't want to talk to them or I just have nothing to say.  Maybe both?  Anyway, in our TLE Class, I knew the basics about the Microsoft Frontpage.  We made web designs even if what I did were just so simple.  I learned, and I guess I still need improvements.

However, I still encountered problems like attending activities outside the school.  I went at Pangasinan for the Regional Schools Press Conference and before we went there, we still had a Writeshop.  So I wasn't able to attend my classes for almost two weeks.  That was a big loss for me but I did my best to do better when classes resumed last January 3.

Moving on, I will do my best in reviewing for the upcoming examinations.  I have to be more industrious in reviewing to have higher scores, receive higher grades and attain higher rank of course.  These, I know, are the goals I will achieve.  I promise.

New Year, New Me

"Que sera sera, whatever will be, will be."  I used to sing this lovely song when I was still a child.  Now that I am grown up, I realized that this shouldn't be the principle of anyone else.

For the past years, I would just leave my destiny.  I believed that destiny is by chance and not by choice.  I do not make plans.  I do not know but I didn't care. That was me.  And now, I want a better me.

I became worse in my studies.  My rank went lower because I guess I was so lazy then.  I was lazy in reviewing and doing projects.  But I regret.  I regret not doing good in my studies.  This year, I hope I will be doing better now.

If last year, I never really had plans for my College life, I would now decide what course will I take and where would I take it.  I already made up my mind to take BS Accountancy at New Era University, Diliman, Quezon City.  I just have known that I did not pass the UPCAT so I have to do my best in order to past the NEU-CET.

I am now a Senior student and is getting ready the portals of my beloved Alma Mater.  I could now say that I am ready to face College and I am expecting big changes upon stepping onto the higher ladder of education.  Honestly, I am so excited now.

I thank God for giving me one more year in sharing my life to my family and my friends.  I hope I could be better to them so that they'd know how much I treasure them before I leave my school.  And after all my future years of hardships, my friends and I would be meeting for more than once again and be proud to having been graduated as someone successful.

I do have many goals, not just dreams.  This year, I hope I could attain these goals now.  I am so thankful for this new year and for the gift of life.  I am so lucky, I know, because I still have this new year to make my life better.

Christmas: Its Real Essence

I've been in this world for fifteen years already.  But for all those years, I never did celebrate Christmas -- the occasion which is best celebrated in the world.  Everyone unites like married couples.  Is it not ironic?

I was born as a member of the Church of Christ or Iglesia Ni Cristo as called in the Philippines.  My parents grew me up as an active member of the church.  Also, they taught me to keep my faith in Him and keep worshiping the one and only Lord God.

As I grow up, I observe that every December 25, people are extremely happy.  I observed that they are much excited when December arrives.  And as if they are the birthday celebrants on that day.  I do not also know where they have known Santa Claus.  Aren't they foolish of it?

They say it is the birthdate of Jesus Christ?  So what verse in the Bible could I see that sentence stating that December 25 is Jesus' birthday?  In our church, never in my whole life have I ever heard from our ministers that December 25 has to do with Jesus' life nor have I read it on the Bible.  That was too weird, I think people are mistaken.

Until now, I want to frank people that there is no Christmas.  But I am afraid that they might just bully me.  Christmas began from the Pagans and there's no sense of fooling people around.  And if they want to celebrate it, well do it by bringing up its real essence -- the spirit of loving and giving.  It's not just enough to celebrate like doing family reunions or whatever that can please somebody else.  It is not also nice to celebrate anything without any reference.  It's just a waste of time and money.

Although I do not believe the Christmas, I believe its real essence.  Because for what I see, people do good when Christmas arrives.  I am thankful that even if I do not belong to them when they celebrate that day, they never do things that are against my religion.  And that is the real essence of it.  Loving, giving.  And respecting.