Ocean of Truth: 4th Grading Period

          “I seem to have only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.” Wonderful words from Newton. This saying was much related to my fourth grading period. As overall, I was only a student learning lessons and searching for more but the world has an infinite knowledge.

          I learned a lot this fourth grading period with Ma’am Vera Cruz and our practice teacher. It such wonderful that I have met people like them. They were very easy to understand and they also easily understand us. This coming graduation, I will not end my thirst to discover new knowledge from that ocean of truth. But I will not only feed myself with that fish from that ocean but also to share it to hungry someone.

All I have to do is Dream a rift to the future

                I was awakened from a wonderful dream in my deep sleep when there is a loud noise from our kitchen. Bounty feasts together with business partners and presidents of different famous company. Gifts including:  luxury cars and ten layered cake from friends, celebrity guests and my big house where my 50^th Birthday were celebrated. But all of these happened only in that dream.

          But it is not hard to come true because I’m now a Certified Public Accountant and just had finished Law after ten years after my graduation in high school. I didn’t expect that I will be on the top of success. Because of many problems I had encountered. Before I was a working student, I work in a Bank during the day and during the night; I study my second course, law. I took two courses because it was my dream before when I was in high school.

          But in all of a sudden, I was again awakened by a noise, noise from the mouth of my mother shouting to awake me. It is another day and another day for school.

Change start with me and every youth

          Change is only the permanent in the world. Because all will change as time passes by but not Change. But in the situation of a Nation to be change was very hard if every people will not unite. During the time of President Marcos, Filipino was very judgemental. They only make bad comments in the government of Marcos.

          This is not good, because Marcos is not only the people in the Philippines to do all the things to change and make the country rise up. We are all Filipinos and I am Filipino Youth. Together we must start the change in our hands. We must do our responsibilities and obligation as a citizen of our own country.

Kannawidan Festival

          The Ylocos Region is very rich in extraordinary historical treasures, including the literary works, traditions, ethnic music, food, delicacies, handmade products and the culture of both modern and ancestor Ilocanos. The Literary work Biag ni Lam-ang by Pedro Bukaneg was very popular all over the Philippines and it was an Ilocano work.

          On the last week of January to first week of February, the province of Ilocos Sur celebrates the Kannawidan Festival that aims to showcase the different products of every town in Ilocos Sur and also shows the old beliefs and traditions of Ilocanos. During the Kannawidan Festival, lots of activities were made in the Quirino Stadium. This includes different competitions about the culture of Ilocos Sur such as quiz bee, writing daniw, tribal dance, painting and many more.

          The occasion is very important to every Ilocano because it reminds us the work of our ancestors and as respect to them and to our selves, because we are Ilocanos too.