Reflection 2011

It seems like yesterday when 2010 came rushing along. Now, it's 2011 and we're bound to face more challenges. A few months more and we'll be ditching the school grounds. A lot of things may still happen -- They can either make or break us.

For the third grading period, I've got to taste my first and last RSPC. It was a mixture of sugar and spice. Joining it is as great as regretting the experience. To be able to join the event is but, but hard. Plus, I missed a lot of quizzes because of the preparation and the actual event. I'm not even used to coping up with topics.

This quarter, I had my last Christmas celebration is HS. It wasn't like before. It was, quite lifeless. People were still divided so no fun was made. Games were initiated but the lack of interest from others caused it to end swiftly. And so it wasn't memorable at all.

In this new year. I'll make most of every moment with my friends, and well.. maybe with my studies as well. I'm not excited to graduate. Really. There's nothing to be proud of a girl who'll not bag home medals and wouldn't graduate with flying colors. It's a silly little achievement for me, but a grand event for the smarties. I just want to get out of thus institution. I've had enough of the pain and happiness this place has to offer.

New Year, Still Me

Welcoming the new year is bittersweet for me, since it actually concludes my break from school; And it doesn’t mean that when it’s new year, everything old is going to trash and new things will be knocking on my door. It’s all the same. The figures are the only ones which alter. It’s still me, it’s still you. And if you ever changed your wardrobe, look at mine and it’s still the same.

There is only a very small change that I want to execute to myself – my studying habit. Yes, I always blame it with the deprivation of books caused by DepEd. But then, it isn’t just the government which lacks support towards us, students. We share the same burden. If they lack support towards us, we shouldn’t be following their footsteps. We should have made something in the first place. We shouldn’t have gone with the flow and be as lousy as those above us. I, for one, should have gone far enough to quench my thirst for success if it wasn’t for my stupidity. I regret having to carry such attitude up to now. It seems like I haven’t grown. I am quite ashamed of myself and to those who are rooting for me, if there’s any. It pains me that although I want to change the way I look into things now, it’s too late. Old dogs can’t be taught new tricks anymore.

Enough for the drama. Still, there are some attributes of myself that are just exceptional, that you wouldn’t find someone as fine as me in million years. There are just some things that are good just as it is.

Essence of Christmas

When the cold breeze starts to linger on someone’s skin and the night falls off slowly, then the Yuletide season is ready to kick off. Lights would take over every place, every alley, and ornaments perfect for the season would flood houses, establishments and malls. ATM’s would end up having a long line of people waiting to cash out. Scrumptious cuisine would be prepared on every table and the best wines with bottles covered with dust are ready for a toast.

The Yuletide season is a time for enjoyment. Everyone awaits for the 25^th day of December to come. It is when family members bond with each other and give gifts to one another. It is when couples kiss under the mistletoe. Or, when friends sail along and have the best vacation of their lives. It is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ to most Catholics.

Material things are somewhat misinterpreted as the general meaning of the season. The true essence of Christmas revolves around love, peace, and sharing.