Christmas Special

Christmas is fast approaching and everyone is certainly excited for all the cheers and the happiness that the season gives off.
Bring out the Christmas trees, the lanterns, and the belens. Family members are back home and the atmosphere is cold but comforting. The feeling of pure bliss during Christmas season comes from the solidarity you feel when everyone comes together to celebrate Jesus' birthday. Though it is unsure when Jesus' actual birthday is, it is still important that we celebrate him.
That's what Christmas is really about; giving Jesus thanks and showing love to everyone you encounter. Sure Christmas caroling and Christmas parties are fun, but let's not forget who's day it is.

"CLIMATE CHANGE"

"Too often are we told to save Mother Earth, and too often have we taken it for granted."

Typhoons, landslides, tsunamis, and earthquakes are a few of the causes of the tragedies we have been experiencing. These supposedly natural phenomena bring us shivers. Millions and millions of people have died.

The question is, are they really to blame? No. We are. We are to blame for the tragic stories that this generation has lived through. We have forgotten our responsibility, to nurture the universe we live in. Toxic chemicals in our bodies of water, garbage everywhere, and careless use of our resources are just a few of the things our world has resulted into.

Climate change has already been synonymous to global climate. In Wikipedia, the definition is "Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, andvolcanic eruptions. Certain human activities have also been identified as significant causes of recent climate change, often referred to as "global warming".

Scientists actively work to understand past and future climate by using observations and theoretical models. A climate record — extending deep into the Earth's past — has been assembled, and continues to be built up, based on geological evidence from borehole temperature profiles, cores removed from deep accumulations of ice, floral and faunal records, glacial and periglacial processes, stable-isotope and other analyses of sediment layers, and records of past sea levels. More recent data are provided by the instrumental record. General circulation models, based on the physical sciences, are often used in theoretical approaches to match past climate data, make future projections, and link causes and effects in climate change."

So the next time you think of throwing your "pinagkainan" anywhere, remember all the people you have/you will indirectly kill.

Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities

Our generation is endorsing "gender equality." No one is to be judged based on their sexuality.

Men used to be perceived generally as stronger that women. Because of this, they are able to get more opportunities in life. But in time, women slowly and slowly fought for their right to have the same opportunities as the men.

Now, women are no longer confined in the four walls of their homes. They are now doing the same work load. But gender equality doesn't mean that you have the right to punch or disrespect a woman when you are a man. Your moral responsibilities of being a gentleman and being lady still remains.

What changes though, is the fact that a woman has the same rights and chances to become a CEO of an industrial company as a man having the same rights and chances of becoming a well-known dress maker.

Going Global Through English

All my life I have heard the words, "English is the universal language." It is a given fact. Because of theses words, my parents made sure that I learned to speak the English language fluently. They sent me to school with the expectations of me speaking the said language. True enough, I did learn to speak English well enough to have a conversation. The thing is, I didn't learn to converse in English at school, I learned it from endless watching of foreign TV shows (mostly Disney Channel).

When I got to use my "skills" in le English language, I impressed the shoes out of my tito's and tita's feet. They're in America and whenever we called them, I would take the telephone and speak to them in my trying-hard-English-accent. I would even talk to random tourist in English, and they would smile at me. Silly, I know. A few of them thought I was adorable (not to brag or anything). I felt like I was on top of the world.
My point is, it is easier for you to conquer the world if they are to understand you. One must converse in a language understood by people to be heard. Communication is such an important factor in a person's social responsibility.