Do my clothes Reveal the Real Me?

Me my mother often argued about the clothes I should wear. “It’s not too short you are just being old fashioned!” Off I ran to my room. The grand finale to a quarrel over a skirt I wanted to wear. And perhaps we have been center of this familiar controversy when our parents, teacher or other elders criticized some outfit we love. We called it casual they called it sloppy. We called chic, they called it gaudy or suggestive. Admittedly, tastes vary and I do have the right to my own opinions. But would it mean anything goes upon the way we dress? What I wear is really who I am and how I feel about myself. It will affect my social relationship with the other people. For me, clothing sends out a message a statement to others about who I am. This can whisper stability and high moral standards. Or it can also shout rebellion and discontent. It can even serve as a form on identification. And I know that it can affect my emotional feelings because in a way that my clothing also sends out my mood or my feeling. I want to inform others on who is this girl they are facing. Sometimes I see some people wearing ripped clothing, punk style dresses or expensive designer clothe as a type of their trademark. But should this mean that we need a lot of money to have our own trademark? But others use clothing to allure the opposite sex or to make they appear older than who they really are. Yes, the way we dress could attract other people especially the opposite sex. We want to be attractive to our admirers and to our crush because we want them to know that we deserve. But sometimes it will disappoint others especially those people who expect too much from us “The way we dress has a remarkable impact on the people we meet and this greatly affects on how they treat us.” No wonder my parents are just concerned about the way I dress. Remembered, when I’m just a kid my parents are always the one who decide the dress that I should wear. It should be a formal one when going to church or to any other occasions. I really felt jealous on other children of my age because they are wearing cargo pants and punk style dresses but here I am, a weird girl wearing an old fashioned dress. To my parents it is more than a personal taste. They want me to send out the right message, the one that projects me as a balanced, responsible and a moral individual while I’m just in my young age. Then, I realized that even a dress could determine the true me and how could I get along with other people. It’s not that how my peers pressured me for what should I wear but what I want the other people to get my inner message. The message that says, “I’m a girl who was educated by my parents… A girl who deserves a respect and respects other. I’m not a flirt girl; I’m the conservative one. Does the way you dress, however accomplish the right message you want to send out? What gives you the guide in selecting your clothing? So be sure to handle the way you dress not on how others wanted you to do so but how you want other people to know who you really are. Because for me ‘ My clothes reveal the real me!’

One Caring and Sharing Family, The UPIAN Way!

Remarkable! That was the memories unfolded during our family day. Last 25th day of January, our campus was very alive wit the loud cheer of the crowd. Everyone was really enjoying and a strong family ties in each family was observed.

We woke up around 5 o’clock in the morning and I felt very angry because it was supposed to be 4:30. We are really cramming in packing our things. My father drove very fast that I felt my whole body was twisting. Huh! We were still late and the mass was almost done. After the mass, all the students are told to prepare their costumes for the field demonstration. Our presentations were practiced for many weeks and all of us were very excited to present it. I was rushing in putting in my native costume but SHokkzz! My kimona was left inside the car, so I ran as far as I could to get it because the program will going to start in few minutes. Our presentation was entitled “Lapay Bantigue”. I really felt nervous because many people will be watching and I’m sure my parents will be laughing at me.

The time has come for us to present. M y whole body was trembling but I didn’t show any reaction to my co-presentors. I’m also worried about me and my partner doesn’t master the steps in the approved manner. We might be disappointing the whole group and to our audience and teachers. Before the music was played my partner asked me, “What if we might not perform the steps especially the twirling ones appropriately?” I replied showing no worry in my face but deep inside I was jittering, “Don’t worry, I know we will do it!” Then the music was and everything was going out smoothly. At last we made it! All the steps were really performed correctly and all my fears were gone!

After the field demonstration, my friends and me went to the HomeTech room to see the project displays and had some picture takings. Then we watched the soccer game of the fresh men and the sophomores. I really enjoyed the game because my cRushz was there. Everyone cheered for their teams and gave the player a warm support. Yippee! The first year won the game.

We gathered in our respective tents to take our lunch. In the Bartlett’s tent there were more then enough food for everyone. My tummy was really stuffed. Then our English teacher informed the parents to get the letter that was made by their child. I told my father to get it and I know he will be very happy for that simple gift I gave to them both. I was exhausted that day because there were a lot of fun activities and games throughout the day. Everyone was very happy and enjoyed and brought home a very remarkable memory and experience. We went home around 5 o’clock in the afternoon bringing wit us the satisfaction and fun we have experienced together as one big UPIAN FAMILY!

Facing the Reality

"King Solomon one of the wisest man who ever live, desperately fall in love with a lass who did not return his feelings. He splattered upon her some of the most dazzling poetry, which was like the magnificence of the full moon, pure like the lustrous sun and got absolutely nowhere with her!", Says the bible. Did you experience like this before? When you can’t eat, can’t study anymore! You daydream about him! You are miserable! Nevertheless, I will eventually refrain from my attempts to win him over. But how can I regain control of my personal sensation? “He that is trusting in his own heart is stupid.” This is predominantly factual, when I will found myself caught up in a romantic fantasy. However, “He that is walking with wisdom is the one that will escape.” This simply means seeing thing just the way they are. Be grateful for simple things on what that really meant to be. “How do you legitimate hope from an unfounded hope?” an fascinating question I read from a book which gave a evenhanded retort, “By looking carefully and coldly at the facts.” But how much of a chance is there of a real romance developing with the person I admire? What if that guy is a movie star, the odds are I will never even this person! My chances are really evenly muted when some grown-up folks are might be involved. Yes, actually there was a time when I fell desperately infatuated by a Korean actor who was playing the character of Lee Shin Gun, in my preferred Korean novella “Princess Hours.” Every time I take notice of the commercial or music video about it I hurried to the front of our TV and doesn’t care about the world, all I want was to see him. When I slumber, his visage was always on my mind. I spent a lot of money and surf in the Internet to find his friendster account, his photos and watching his movies online. I bought a complete copy of one of his movies and that cost a peso. All those things made me realize that I’m falling in love with someone who doesn’t even know my name! He is impossible! Furthermore, has this guy I like thus for shown any interest in me at all? If not, is there any real reason to believe that things are going to change in the future? Or am I just simply reading romantic interest from innocent words and actions on his part? All of those doubts are mixing up my mind. Is he really hundred miles away from me, impossible to reach? Or there might be someone who’s just an inch from me, waiting t be loved? Huh! But besides what would I do if that impossible man actually returned my affections? Am I ready for a serious relationship? I’m NOT! Then I should remove vexation in my heart by refusing to dwell on fantasy. There is a “time to love” and that might be years later. Days, months and seconds more…when I’m ready to “Face the Reality.”

Crushes: Why Can They Be Harmful?

I’ve begun to notice the opposite sex, perhaps in particular. New feelings and emotions surge to my body. I become very conscious of my face, hair, and my dress. Am I looking good? But just what is it that I am feeling? Is it the love, the kind that lasts forever or something else? And just what should I do about those feelings? For me crushes are as common as colds. Almost all of us experience them, and almost all manage to survive to adulthood, with their pride and sense of humor intact. However, when I will catch myself in the grip of a crush, there is little to laugh about. “I’m very frustrated because I couldn’t do anything about it. I was really bent out of shape over the whole thing!” It is no sin to have strong feelings for someone, provided such are not immoral or improper. “When you are still young, rule your thoughts and actions”, they said. Still learning to control the new and potent desires unleashed by puberty, I can be full of whipped-up romantic feelings and have no one to lavish them on. There are many romantic feelings that will bloom in our high school life. You will find the guy that will make you smile and happy by just seeing his face and glimmering eyes. Furthermore, we girls become poised and socially at ease at an early age than the lads. As a result we often find our male classmates immature and unexciting compared to older, unattainable men. I sometimes thus imagine that a pop singer or some older acquaintance is the ideal man. Boys often become similarly infatuated. However, this love I felt for such distant figures is obviously rooted more in fantasy than reality. While most crushes are amazingly short-lived, still they can do a lot of damage for me. For one thing, many objects of teenage affection are simply not worthy of esteem. A wise man said, “Foolishness has been put in many high positions.” Thus a singer is idolized because he has smooth voice or string looks. For me this is really happening to the majority of the young people today! We are infatuated with someone and spend all your day listening to his songs, watching his movie and daydreaming about him. Is it right to fill my room with his posters and shall I give-up my study time in order to attend his concert? Am I really in love with him? Or just something else But sometimes these strange feelings can inspire a particular man or woman to do his or her best to show the person he or she love that she deserves for it. Having a crush with someone may cause damage to the life of the youth. Sometimes it will inspire them to strive hard t make their special someone happy an proud for them.. And one thing that I will say is, “Never fall in love with someone whom you know is impossible neither the man that could ruin your life as well as your future.

Unspoken Affection

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There are a lot of nationalities, culture, flag and languages in the globe. I know you are very doubtful if those different persons can live together in a very great ship, voyaging together in order to help different people all over the world. They give love and welfare to people who need books in low price. Have you gone to this ship? The fierce heat of ht noon made the freshies and the Sophies sweat a lot. It was really a hot day when we went to visit the MV Doulus. This ship was three years younger than the Titanic and was considered the world’s biggest floating library. A floating library? Impossible! I never used to hear such but then I realized that was really a real stuff. Everyone felt excited as we lined up at the campus grounds while waiting for our respective jeepneys. On our way, we shared our stories and jokes to keep everyone alive. We observed the downtown in the midst of the extreme heat of the sun. I was really irritated with the killer smoke coming form different motor vehicles. When we arrive, I felt very dizzy of that long trip but I was relived that our trip was very worthy. Everyone was amazed with the huge size of the ship. In my whole life I have never seen a ship as bug as this! I was imaging myself to be riding in a cruiser ship as we make our way to the steep metal ladders of Doulus. An African woman who was very friendly welcomed us. Every crew I met was remarkable t me because all were very friendly. We started roaming around the ship and met a lot of people with different nationalities. As what I remembered, most of the books were published abroad but were sold in a low price. Everyone enjoyed scanning through the pages of the books. You can really see that the books were properly taken care. After scrolling around the ship we had a lecture about the history and the main objective of the MV Doulus’s voyage around the vast oceans of the globe. We are entertained by the videos presented by the crewmen in the ship. We are also taught some of the costumes of the other countries. It was really interesting! There were paintings on the wall of the ship that tells the history of the MV Doulus. The floor of the ship was constructed with a very shiny wood and the cleanliness of the surrounding was really maintained. After the program everyone was ordered to go down because we have to g back to school. With that one with MV Doulus my mind was really stuffed with new knowledge and no minute was ever wasted. Nationalities, culture, color, language and distance can’t be diversity in spreading God’s news and giving love to the people. Those people made us realize that “we are one.” As a saying goes, “For together we stand, divided we fall.”

HOme Sweet HOme...

"Home sweet home". This familiar saying expresess a sentiment that now a days seems hopelessly outmoded. Unrelenting family conflicts turn many homes into veritable battlefields and a yawning communication gap thta often frustrates any attempt at a calling turce. Do you want your home to be a haven of peace instead hotbed of hostility?So, other memebers must do their part. One way is by nastering few bible principles, there is so much you can do to contribute to the peace of your home. Misunderstanding betwwen the family memebers is one of the aspects that ruin a strong family ties.Why don't my parents understand me?I am neither the first nor last youth to ask such question. However when we raise these basic issues, we are often baraged by conflicting answers. Our parents are always the one that keeps the rules in your house that sometimes make us feel irked. "Honor your Mother and FAther". To many teenagers, these words sound like something out of the DArk Ages. One of this teens was Katleen, my neighborhood that opened a rebellion against her father by dating a boy who abused drugs and alcohol. Defiantly, she would also go out dancing till the earl morning hours. She felt her father was so strict. Katleen was 18 years old and thought she knew it all. She felt his father was so mean and just didn't want him to have a good time, so Katleen went out and did what she wanted to do. Many people would probably disapprove Katleen's actions. Yet if our parents ordered us to clean our rooms, do our homework or be hone in a certain hour, we would often seeth with resentment or even worse and openly defy our parents!How we view them,though, can ultimately mean not only the difference between war and peace at home but also our very own life. Our parents don't understand our feelings, our moods and the pressure in our studies. They madeour day worst by their never ending cermons that would hardly kill our ears. But we shouild also bear in ourminds that they are concerned about us. We should never turn our backs to our parents because for only a simple misunderstanding it could ruin a strong family ties.From a 'home sweet home" to a "home like hell". Nobody cares with each other. I know not one of us want to go home with flying plates. So everyone in the family should fill their home with love and care "A Home Sweet Home".

My Mentor...My Educator...

Being a teacher isn’t any easy profession. They are the potter that molds us to be good dwellers of our country and stuffed us with knowledge not only literally and physically but also our faith to God and give us the love we need. They love us as their children and we respect them as our second parents. They strengthen our passion to achieve our dreams and ambitions in the future. These educators have been part of somebody’s life, somebody’s strength and love.

There should be a special accolade for these special individuals. What will be the ideal gift we could give to them? Would it be the latest handy phone model or the newest flat -screened television? The dearest compliment we could give to them is LOVE, something that can’t be bought by money, only through respecting and caring for them. That’s what we did last January 25,2007. The chilly gentle wind and the crisp dew of the grasses refreshed the splendor beauty of the morning. Everybody get up with a jovial look as they went to the campus grounds. This day is the formal onset of Know your School Day program. This is a special day for the teachers to unwind their selves. But who will be the teachers? This time, the chosen students will be the one to teach their classmates or in short they will be the mentors. I was really excited because it was my first time to be apart of this kind of activity.

After the initiating ceremony all the students, as what was expected should treat the student subject teachers adequately. In our first session, everybody organized their things and waited for our subject teacher who was Rheena. We all did the things he told us to do and never behaved inadequately to her. I couldn’t remember all the things that turn out that day. Everything became a special moment for me and everyone tried to make the class happy. One of the funniest moments was during our Reading class. We felt bored while waiting for our subject teachers to come so what we did was chatting horrible stories and experiences. We also gossip about the strange things in our school and the ghostly creatures that were believed to be living there. For about five minutes the mentors came at last and they started to discuss. In the hub of their discussion I caught Rheena and Fidel laughing like a drain. I decided to approach my fellow classmates and ask them why. They answered me with an annoying face, ” Look at Rarry’s nose, its very big and though it was a vacuum cleaner! Hold on to your chair, you might be vacuumed”. Our mentors caught us making fun out of Rarry and made us stop our laughing.

There were a lot of memories that day, both good and bad. Laughs and disappointments, anger and gentleness. Those were just some of the things that made that day special. I know further who my classmates are and I hold trust to them Being a teacher is not a decision but a commitment. It’s not the words form their mouth but the love from their heart, that molds us to be a real person, A REAL UPIAN!