A Bite From My Bitterest Chocolate

“Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.” ~Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

Magical, surreal, puzzling- these were exactly what I felt during the first time I fell in love. It was a chapter in my life that I would say I will never ever forget. It was the sweetest chocolate that I have ever tasted and the bitterest medicine that I was forced to take.

I was only 13 then, my first year in high school. Amongst all of the new faces I was seeing, he stood out in the crowd. My heart then started pounding- so fast and so loud that it played a sweet melody to me and it was as if it was just me and him in the crowd. That was when I realized that there are other people and I started becoming conscious. I cannot even stare at him but I would never last a minute without even glancing at him. His stare makes me restless yet every time he does, I was in cloud nine!

Just like the usual teenager, I felt that it would last forever. I never wanted us to be apart. He promised he would stay, that he would never leave me, and of course, I believed him. We exchanged a lot of messages- sweet nothings that made me felt treasured, accepted, and most of all LOVED.

I was so busy being in loved that I already forgot that not all love stories end in happy ending. Unfortunately, my first love story ended that way. We started realizing our differences and we started noticing each other’s negative side. I spent weeks of crying myself to sleep and hoping that all the magic that I felt when we were starting would be back once my tears drained. It was so painful. I felt so shattered.

And the reason why I would love a man is because I don't want to be alone. I am afraid to be alone and I cannot stand alone. I may look tough but honestly, I am weak. I cry a lot every night. And when my first love had left me, it feels like I cannot love anymore, I could never find someone like him anymore like he was the last man on earth. But then I realized I deserve someone better. Someone who won't leave me and make me cry. And because my first love had caused me too much pain, and made me cry a lot of tears for 3 months, I set my standards too high. My ideal man would be, someone who is religious, knows how to play any instrument but I prefer that instrument would be piano or guitar. And when it comes to his looks I like someone with thick eyebrows just like Adam Lamberg (Gordo) of Lizzie McGuire because I find it really attractive and I don't know why. I want someone who has pointed nose and beautiful eyes. I also want someone who is tall and knows how to play basketball. I want someone who loves to play with children, read Bible a lot, and someone who is fun to be with and I can get comfortable with. Someone who can keep the promise Forever and Always. Someone who won't break my heart and will always tell me he loves me. Someone who can understand me. Someone who will always find a way to make time for me. Someone who won't like other girls' facebook photos. Someone who can accept the real me. And I want the old-style courtship. I hate it when someone courts me through texts or chat. I am looking for someone who will get the approval of my parents first about courting me.

As time passes, my wounded heart started to heal. There may still be scars from that painful experience but on the positive side, those scars reminds me that at my age it would be best if I focus on my sties first. I am not closing my doors or whatever; it’s just that it would be best for me to know my help priorities. It will make me more mature and it will help me be ready for Mr. Right, at the perfect time!

Ganito Ka Rin Ba Mag-English?

ENTERTAINMENT

Ganito Ka Rin Ba Mag-English?

(To whoever gets to understand this letter, CONGRATULATIONS!)

The following is a letter found at a certain bar in Manila and have been preserved to its original unedited form. Enjoy reading and you may try to direct translation is Tagalog, Pls. read with feelings……

October 1996,
To Marjorie

I am not surprise or wonder why Dennis leave you why? What reason can you think about but you’re very fat body. I thought before that Dennis only use me to his toy but sooner and later I’m realize that he really can’t not beared or stomached to be with you anymore because at first, Dennis say he could not stand you’re habit of making pakialam all his walks (lakad) and always calling to their house what he got home or this or that.

And then he say he get ashame to me either in school or in his family and then asking you to exercise you’re very very, very fat body. But you hate it. Thought you’re the most preetiest girls he knows about. What do you think you are “ Beautiful Girl” of Jose Mari Chan?

Even you are beautiful face ( to your think) you do not have the right to called me whatsoever or else difference name one time or the other for the real purposed to insults my personality because I’m never call you names either in the front of Dennis or in the backs of Dennis, but if you start already to calling me different name, I don’t have any other choice but to call you other different name to. Like you are a PIG, FAT, OBESSED, OVERWIGHT, AND UGLY SHAPE girl. Shame to you’re body that is to a BUDING.

You can’t not blame Dennis for exchanging you to me because I am the more sexier that you when you look to us in the mirror. I’m repeat again that you are like Lozada when she is a girl.

Love,
The sexiest Girl of D.M.

P.S.
You say that I’m the bad breathe but who is Dennis want to kissed. Me or you? And the final is me. There you go.



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When I was reading this letter I didn't understand some of the parts. Honestly, I laughed when I finished reading it. I know that it is bad to laugh at someones work because we, ourselves also have our own mistakes in writing. My recommendation to this girl is for her to write her compositions in Tagalog than in English because she will find it easier to compose her sentences. This letter made my head ache because I couldn't revise it properly. After the agonizing revision I successfully  finished the given task and I'm grateful because it really is a hard task.


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Revised

October 1996,
To Marjorie

I am not surprise nor  wonder why Dennis left you. Why? You have a fat body, what other reason can you think about? Before, I thought that Dennis only used me as his toy but sooner or later I realized that he really can’t bare to be with you anymore because first, Dennis said that he could not stand your habit of messing with his walks and always calling their house when he gets home.

And then he said that he got ashamed to me either in school and with his family and he asked you to exercise your very fat body, but you hate it. You think that your the prettiest girl he knows about. Who do you think you are “ Beautiful Girl” of Jose Mari Chan?

Even if you have a beautiful face ( as what you think) you do not have the right to call me whatever you want or different names if your real purpose is to insult my personality because I never called you names even when in front of Dennis or behind his back, but if you're already starting to call me names, I don’t have any other choice but to start calling you different names too. Like - PIG, FAT, OBESE, OVERWEIGHT, AND UGLY SHAPE girl. Shame on your body.

You can’t blame Dennis for replacing you to me because I am sexier when you look at us in the mirror. And also you look like Lozada when she is a girl.

Love,
The sexiest Girl of D.M.
P.S.

You said that I have a bad breath but who do you think Dennis wants to kiss? Me or you? And the answer is me. There you go.


It is really hard to understand and improvise this letter coz I honestly have no idea what she is trying to say. Well its seemingly obvious that she doesn't really know how to speak in english properly because the entire letter is a failure. Full of grammatical errors and some misspelled words. 

Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair

What the line points to is the play's concern with the discrepancy between appearance and reality: that is, the difference between how someone seems and how someone is. It is a central concern of Shakespeare's, and obviously one that fits well with the medium of theater, which relies on actors seeming to be something that they most definitely aren't.

None of that is really any help to us with the witches' enigmatic line, which says simply that bad is good, and good bad. It's rather like when Macbeth says that "nothing is, but what is not" - a difficult, knotty idea that, in the world of this play, nothing is the only something. Foul is fair. Fair is foul. It's a world where nothing is what it seems. It's a world where you're never sure whether it's a real dagger or an apparition, a mirage, or the ghost of Banquo. It's a world where you can't trust anyone. Not even the witches.

MOTHER TO A THOUSAND STUDENTS

Noisy and stubborn students, piles of paper works, new lesson plans, mountains of test papers- these are all in a day's work for a regular teacher in her normal life. Despite all these stressful and long hours of work, teachers of today persevere and endure, recognizing the crucial role they play in molding the minds of the future generations. As the unsung nation builders, they plant seeds of information and ensure the holistic growth of their students.

We shouldn't disrespect our teachers because they're the one guiding us in our journey in life for us to reach and fulfill our dreams. They are the noblest of all. They still work during those unpaid hours and days. Honestly, they spend more of their time in school with their students than in their home with their family and their own children. It is really difficult to be a teacher but despite of all these difficulties, they have the greatest self fulfillment. They're the nation builders. Without them, there would be no professionals such as doctors, engineers, etc. because before they'd become professionals, they were once the students of our beloved teachers. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream of Errors

One day, the freshly married couple, Emilia and Egeon, finally had their first child which is actually a twin. On the same day at the same place a poor woman also gave birth to a twin. The poor woman could not afford to raise their child so she begged Emilia to take care and adopt her twins. Emilia, with mixed emotions, can't help but accept the woman's request but in return the twins will just be the servants of her twins. On their way back to Syracause, the clouds begin to darken and a storm has alarmed them. It was actually a tempest. The people with themselves and the couple with their twins and the Dormio twins-poor woman's children were left in the ship. Emilia tied herself with one of the Antipholus twins and one of the Dormio twins. And Egeon did the same with the other twins. The twins and Emilia got separated. One pair of the twins got into an island far from the shipwreck.The twins went into the woods in the said island. They saw Oberon and Titania in the woods. Oberon and Titania were lost in the woods so they joined the twins. After some walk, they saw a group of actors practicing a play for Hamlet. Meanwhile, in the kingdom of Macbeth, they invited the noble persons of Scotland and other countries including the Montagues and Capulets. While they are in the feast, Romeo and Juliet exchanged sweet words in the balcony. The murderers whom Macbeth paid to kill Banquo and Fleance went to Macbeth to tell him that Fleance got the chance to escaped. Macbeth hallucinated for what he heard. Lady Macbeth killed herself due to her conscience who did not stopped bothering her for the reason of killing King Duncan. Everyone now opposes Macbeth including Julius Caesar. They started fighting each other using their swords. Macbeth got stabbed by Julius Ceasar. Julius Ceasar and his alliance had their feast for killing Macbeth. They were so happy so they shouted. They kept on shouting until Julius Ceasar woke up from his deep sleep and realized that everything in here were just part of his dream.

A Midsummer Night's Climax According To My Opinion

I believe that climax of the play comes in the scene when the four lovers are at the height of their confusion. Both Demetrius and Lysander are pursuing Helena, and both Helena and Hermia are amazed at this. The guys go off to find a place to fight, and Hermia threatens Helena with a physical fight as well. They all run off and Puck and Oberon are left o trick them into the right areas to sort it out. My opinion is based on the main plot of the four lovers. If you focus on the Titania/ Bottom subplot the climax of the story comes in Act IV, scene 1 with Titania and Bottom at the height of their infatuation.     

I also think it might be the part where everyone starts falling in love with the wrong people. I'm not exactly sure though. I've read the play but because there are like three different stories weaving together, it's sort of confusing to distinguish the actual climax. 

The Best Way to Forgive is to Forget

Everyone should learn how to forgive. Because even our Lord forgives us from all of our sinful acts. Vengeance isn't always the key nor the solution. We shouldn't let mistakes bear from another mistake. We should never revenge on people even it seems to be unfair on our side because to revenge isn't the right thing to do. We are not only hurting the people whom we're doing some revenge but we're also hurting ourselves. Because no matter how successful our vengeance is, we can never be happy. Because we only prove that we are not different from them. So the best way of forgiving is to forget. Because there is no better vengeance than doing good things and proving them that you're better than them. Vengeance doesn't bring about justice nor punishment because only God has the right to punish the sinners. We should just forget all the wrong things that other people did and keep in our hearts all the good things they have done. Because vengeance doesn't change anything nor make the situation any better.

I Love Sports

In life, every people have their own abilities and weakness. And each of us has our own perspective in life. We people, are different from each other. We do have our own ways that made us be the best of being who we are and what we're gonna be.

Some people may be academically great. They know a lot of things around us and on the things which were unfamiliar to us. Well, being academically good is really important especially in our society coz we really need this especially in work and school. But life isn't just about having this knowledge but we also have to develop and improve our skills like in sports. Often times, sport-minded people can always defeat people who are academically good. But this doesn't mean we don't need such knowledge in sports coz we do need it. What I'm trying to say is, life isn't just roam around through those books, encyclopedias etc. because sports includes not just only our mind but also our whole body. This strengthens our body to be strong enough and to be physically fit.

And if I were given a chance to be born again in this world, I would prefer to be good in sports than to be academically good. Because in playing sports I may able to develop my skills and my thinking in which of the best strategies should be done in defeating my opponent. Honestly, we can use sports than in academics. Because in working, we do not use all of our knowledge such as about history. But in sports we could use the skills we've gained in order to perform our tasks well. And I am so happy to be blessed by God to be good in playing basketball. Because lessons can be learned but to be good in sports is a different thing. Because people can play basketball but not all people can be that good in playing it especially for girls like me.

I'm a Sinner, Please Make Me Be Your Instrument O Lord

O Lord our God, You are compassionate and great
I promise You my Lord to give You all my faith
Your mercy and love toward me is wonderful
And all of Your creations are so beautiful

God I have sinned against you by wishing for storm 
Its a selfish wish that turns to violent storm
All I ever wanted is a class suspension 
And to hurt people is never my intention

I became extremely glad for having no school
Without knowing my wish made me became a fool 
During those times I'm staying at home and resting 
There are so many people out there suffering

In spite of my sinfulness You still forgive me
I'm selfish at some point but You're still loving me
Thank you for having You as Father of all men
I'm not weary to thank You all over again

Please guide me and help me be a better person
And help me to prevent my life to worsen
O Lord, our God please make me be Your instrument
To help people that suffers from this incident

How I Find Blogging

Well, blogging is really fun, it is something different compared to other written narratives. For me it is more interesting where you can share your thoughts with different people around the world. It is where you can express your feelings more than your diary. Honestly, for me, written narratives became boring now so I would prefer to write here than to write on my paper.

On my opinion, blogging is more creative but this doesn't mean to obliterate written narratives. We still need them and we still need to learn how to write formally. What I am trying to say is, as a student, this is more fun, interesting and more exciting. Because we've been doing our narratives on paper for 9 years since we're on the first grade. And I hope through blogging, this would help me develop my writing skills to be a great writer.

TO BE OR NOT TO BE?

We always encounter this question whenever we have problems and hesitate from what should we do. I do encounter this question a lot. And this question makes me over think to make a right decision and sometimes I fail, but although I didn't make it right, I do learn from it.

I was on this situation when my mom told me not to leave the house until she gets home, and as soon as my mother has left the house, my friends came and they were insisting me to come with them and hang out. I really do not know what to do. I want to come with them but I'm not allowed. Until I came up to the point that I thought of coming with them and be at home before my mother came. But I still have this thinking that I should follow my mom, besides, its the right thing to do. It was really hard for me to stop myself from doing what I want so I disobeyed my mom. My day was fun, and has spent the whole day hanging out with them. And as soon as I get home, my mom was already there. I failed from my plan of getting home earlier than my mom because I forgot the time as I hang out with my friends. She punished me and I was grounded for 2 weeks. And in that case, I can't go out unless its about school, I can't watch tv and use the computer if its not intended for my homework.

From there, I've learned that we should always control ourselves, that not all the time, we should prioritize what we want. And its the hardest thing to do, to duel within ourselves. But, we should always put in mind that even though its hard to do, we should always do the right thing even if its not what we want to do. Because sooner or later, you'll see the benefits of it. If you always follow what you want even if its wrong, you should learn how to take its consequences because every action that we make, it has its own consequences, good or bad.  

English

English language,
May look confusing for having even one unfamiliar word,
But, this unfamiliarity is where we can get new knowledge
Which engages us for new things which we shouldn't deferred.

Notice that people talk a lot,
Its our way of communication
Some aren't familiarize with the parts of speech which people often naught
And doesn't know that in order to construct a sentence, the parts of speech are having negotiation.

Gerunds are sometimes called verbal noun,
And sometimes it might look the same as present participle
Well this might look confusing but, its really not, so don't frown
They may both end in -ing but remember that gerunds are nouns. Any questions? Do not mumble.

Listen carefully for you to understand 
You need to concentrate and have to analyze
And these learnings you've got you need to overhand
Because English isn't that bad, you just need to know it first before you criticize.

Infinitive is in a form of verb but not a verb
Yeah, this is kinda tricky too
Coz this can also be a noun, and adjective or an adverb
For better clarification these are root form verbs with -to.

Sometimes you may find it hard
But it isn't that bad, just give it a try
And you'll see, don't scared
Once you understand it, your stiff tongue will surely learn to wry.

Having enough knowledge in english
Is really a good advantage
It will surely made you feel astonished
And more students will be encouraged.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

This collage shows a home where technologies and social media bring people together.

ICT is a diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store and manage information. It is defined as the basics for developing and using telecommunications and computer systems and digital information and communications systems in the broadcast scene. ICT includes hardware, software, and net ware, as well as institutional, financial, cultural, and application-related parameters that determine how ICT will be shaped and develop society at large.

Nowadays, technologies play a large role in our daily lives. When chatting, sending emails and text messages even calls and network surfing are dealing with ICT. This can also support and motivate the children's learning because computers are used to support learning processes and networking indicates a higher level of efficiency in management of educational resources. Social Media lets us to communicate through the web. This helps us transmits messages to other people to different places in this world. ICT brings people together no matter how far their distance is.   

William Shakespeare's: Romeo and Juliet

"Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare's most popular stories which leads to a very tragic ending."

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is one of the most marvelous piece I've ever read. The lovers have killed themselves just to be with each other. They have proven that death cannot stop their love and cannot separate them away from each other. Their love is so strong that no one or nothing could ever break it. They showed us that "Love endures all things, love never fails." which was one of the good verses in the Bible. Romeo and Juliet really inspires me that having true love is the most precious things here on earth, that love is so strong and everlasting. 

Honestly, I never assumed or expected that Romeo and Juliet will die. It really has a great "twist ending" that readers or writers assumed a story will end one way and the writer twists the ending to surprise or shock the audience. Because the endings of a play or story are mostly predictable.

I really assumed that Juliet will get very sick because of having too much depression for not being with the man she loves, that the only thing that would heal her is seeing Romeo and being with him. And both families, the Capulets and Montagues have sacrificed and set aside their pride and agreed to reconcile for Juliet and Price Escalus have set Romeo free from banishment and their families let them to continue their love freely and both parties, that was once enemies are now in peace. 

But the ending doesn't happen based on how I thought it would be. Instead, it was more spectacular and more dramatic. Which made this Romeo and Juliet be one of the most famous and beautiful piece that has ever written. 

No Ordinary Father

Every child deserves to have a father,
But not all children has one.
There are children,
Who haven't even met their father, since they were born.

That's why I consider my self lucky,
To have you in our life,
To have a father like you,
A father who will do everything to protect his daughter and family.

We may not be rich nor
We may not have all the wealth in this world,
But you gave us things 
In which rich people cannot buy.

You've taught us to have fear in God.
You trained us to read the Bible, 
And to believe in God's words
For those times we feel hopeless.

You let us know the importance of God's words,
For these words strengthens us,
Help us to overcome our weakness
And help us to turn away from the devil.

You had given us love and comfort.
You're always there to listen to our problems.
I've known the good life, and I've known the hard way,
But it was you that carried through each rainy day.

Every time I feel weak and hopeless,
I think of you dad.
It's your face that I see
Whenever I am sad.

I know you never wanted 
To see the tears in my eyes,
But its for you
That my heart always cries.

I know you always wanted
To give us all what we want,
All the things that can make us happy
But, dad, its not all the material things that can make people happy.

All I want is you, mom and my siblings.
Having a complete family is like
Having all the expensive things
Here on earth.

So I think, these are enough, for us, for you to raise us.
We don't need money and all the wealth in this world
If we can't be together. 
Material things are nothing without having a complete family.

I will never barter you, just to have all these things.
We are very contented to have you in our family,
And we are very thankful to have a father like you.
Because nothing can incommensurate the love that you had given us.

You are not just a father to me.
You are also my best friend,
A best friend who will never leave me,
A best friend who'll always be there no matter what happens.

Through my darkest days,
You never failed to bring me the light,
And a place where I can shed comfort,
And that place is in your heart.

I love you dad,
We love you very much.
All I can wish is to live with you 
For a thousand more years.

No Other Hero

You are the first person,
Who has ever risked a life for me, mom.
You never thought of yourself,
You never thought of the pain, and how hard it was.

Your love is very unconditional,
That no one could ever replace you in my heart.
You never thought of your life,
Instead, you prepared yourself to die, as you were giving birth to me.

You served as my crutches, during those times I can't stand alone.
You always let me feel that, 
You are always here beside me,
When no one seems to care.

All your life, you always set aside your own happiness 
In order to fulfill mine,
I am always your priority,
That you have forgotten to take good care of yourself. 

When I am feeling down or lonely,
The warmth of your embrace strengthens me.
You served as my wall and protection
To those who wants to harm me.

And now that I am a fourteen year old girl,
I know I'd given you a lot of stresses and head aches.
I always disobeyed you, hurt your feelings,
And I let you feel you're not important to me, and I don't love you the way you do.

But, you'd never given up on me.
Instead, you always let me feel you love me very much.
That I am the most precious treasure here on earth.
Even though I made you feel things that you never deserved.

Your love is incomparable,
Just like God's
You love me unselfishly 
Without expecting anything in return.

So, to all these risks and sacrifices you've done for me,
I promise you that one day, you'll be proud of me.
That these obstacles you'd faced for raising me
Are not worthless.

When you get too old,
I'll be the one to take care of you, and
I'll be you're crutches when you can't walk anymore
Just like you did to me when I was a little girl.

And I know, one day, you'll pee in your pants,
And act like a little child again. But I promise you, I'll never leave you.
I will never give up on you,
I will never get tired for taking good care of you.

I see you there in front of me 

You're cute face, lovely eyes and smile

I hear your beautiful voice telling something

About your hopes, dreams and lies.

We walked in a sunlit trail

Together hand in hand

Thinking that this would be forever

And nothing could break us apart.

Before long were soaring

Defying gravity

Before long were bouncing

Up higher than the sky.

And you were like the stars,

That used to twinkle in the dark night sky

Which helps me find my way when I'm lost in the dark,

You were the brightest of them all

When were together my pulse races,

Higher and higher we soar as one

Like two bright ribbons that intertwined

And I thought nothing on earth will stop our fun

Then suddenly twilight came,

And now you were gone

And now alone I stand

In the middle of a dark forest

The woods are cold, the trees are black

The dark is closing in

And you were gone away from me,

Your faultless light has dimmed

Betrayal is an empty space 

Raw night, cold room, alone

And no one can redeem your face

Sweet knight, safe life, you're gone.

This sweet dream turned into a nightmare

That brings me to the realization

That the love that I thought was real is only a dream

Once I wake up it'll be gone... completely gone

I thought fairytales do come true

But it does'nt

And dreams are full of shit

Because dreams are only meant for sleeping with the truth.

But I still believe 

That my life could be a like a fairytale, a perfect fantasy

Everyday a new adventure on some undiscovered shore

Was it nothing more than a dream?

One magic night with a single dance

I found more than just a storybook romance 

And once my life was perfect as we glided 'cross the floor

And it was so much more than a dream

I could say it never happened

Just a dream from the start

But then I'd live my life

With a broken heart