Kannawidan: Ylocos Festival

Kannawidan means inheritance. The culture and tradition lives on and is passed through generations. The Filipino and Ylocano values, cultures, and traditions are revived through the festivities during the month of February.

Here are some photos I took during the festival:

Ms. Samantha Gloria Singson also made an appearance and speech for being the first Most Outstanding Student Leader recipient.  

There was a carnival at the middle of the Quirino Stadium and stalls by the different municipalities of Ilocos Sur around it.

 Visual Arts Competitions, Souvenir Making Contest, and T-Shirt Design Competition was also held at the Quirino Stadium  during the Siglat Eskwela Awarding Ceremony. The theme for the competitions was the spirit of Kannawidan.

Kannawidan is an awaited festivity not only by the locals but also by the tourists that have become an avid fan of the beauty of Ilocos Sur.

3rd Grading Gone

Another grading has gone by, and this time I'm oblivious of it. It's feels as though I've never even entered the class for the whole grading period.
I have SERIOUSLY been very busy of extra-curricular activities. I barely know anything. I have finished all my requirements though, thank God. Except for our project, I don't know what I should do to it, and about it. Urgh.
I still know the basic HTML tags, and I search the net HTML lessons. There is this website that has a whole course of HTML tags, which is very helpful since I haven't been able to attend my classes as regularly as I would have wanted to.
So in case you're in the same situation as I am, here is the link to the website that teaches you all the basic HTML tags that you would need to survive fourth year: http://www.w3schools.com.

Goodbye 3rd Grading, and here's to the last grading!

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.

Hopefully :x

2nd grading is over, and the next grading awaits. I don't think I did too well this grading. I'm a bit late in posting on my blog, and a still have activities left undone. It's because there was so much going on this past months. Science Month, Teachers' Day, Buwan ng Wika, and even Solidarity. A whirlwind of events indeed.

Even though I was very busy, I found the topics in our ICT very interesting. We learned about the HTML (Hypertext Mark-up Language). It interesting because it's new to us. Ma'am Vera Cruz discussed the basic, from the parts of an HTML tag to their uses. All the kids know a days are all techie, that's given. I know this topic made us all interested because it was connected to the internet and to web designing. The topic, basically, isn't that hard. It's just that we haven't mastered it yet, that's why we have had mistakes in a few of our activities.

Hopefully, next grading we have already mastered out HTML tags so we can move on to more intricate lessons about HTML. Maybe next grading, I would finish my posts early and do all my activities on time. I don't want to make promises, just hopes.