"What does it take to become an ICT student?"

     ICT is one the excitement subject for fourth year students (SSC and the top 5 regular class).  This subject mainly focuses about computer.  With this subject it helps us to know  more about using computer and be able to master using it. 

     When I heard the Ict subject, the first thing that comes in mind is all about computers/technologies.  I was excited before co’s when I was still young; I don’t really have a lot of idea about computers.  But, luckily with the help of this subject, they were lots of improvement with me using the computer.  Patience and preparedness are some of the requirements to become an ict student.  Patience because we need to wait for a long time to be done and preparedness, so that whatever problems we encounter or other circumstances that we will able to accomplish.  We may not always know about all the information's/all about computer, at any rate there will be time that we will gain again more knowledge about computer.  But I am still very thankful, because with my young age,  I know now how to operate and use the computer faster and trouble-free.

My Dream, My Future

     “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” - Walt Disney

    All of us have our own dreams.  A dream that help us to study hard to pursue them. The things that we wanted to have or we sought to be in the future. 

     All I ever dreamt is to become an accountant some day.  An accountant with a stable job and a successful one.  That was all I ever wanted.  Consequently, I am doing my very best to pursue my dream. Studying very hard to get high grades. However, our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. We should face the consequences we encounter. Our dream can helps us to be a better person in the future. We can make our future from our dreams; it is where we can see our selves. If we have a determination in our selves, courage and patience in God, this attitudes will help us to pursue our dreams in life.  

Changes: It starts with me

     “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” - Leo Tolstoy

     Change is such a hard work.  It takes time to change things.  Change means that what was before wasn't perfect.  People want things to be better. But did you ever think that if we want change, it must or will always be started from our selves.

     If we look around us, we notice that there are so many changes that happened.  But just because we see things different it means they are all change.  Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has change we just think what we learned to live, and then our life changes. 

     I also want a change. Change to make our country progress.  Yes, many things had change, we become modernized but our country had not change a lot. So as a student, being a good citizen is the only way that I can show my help out for our country. Cleaning our surroundings, obeying laws.

    We change things to make things better. If we don’t like it, change it, but if we can’t change it, maybe there’s a problem with our attitude. Sometimes it’s the smallest thing that can change our lives but we should always be ready co’s it not things that change, we are the one who’s changing. 

Kannawidan: The Ylocos Festival

     The province of Ilocos Sur celebrates the 4th Kannawidan Festival from January 31-February 8. A project of the provincial government, the festival features the culture, customs and traditions of Ilocandia. There will be shows featuring traditional dances, music, games, and rituals performed by locals in their native costumes coming from as far as upland towns of the province.

    The 2012 Kannawidan Ylocos Festival opened with a con celebrated mass held at the St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral followed by a procession of the patron saints of the 40 parishes including the images of Jesus Christ and Virgin Mary around the province’s capital city in the afternoon of last January 29.  After the procession, a dinner for all was enjoined to all by standers, tourists and visitors at Plaza Salcedo followed by fireworks display to signify the formal start of the different events of the week long festival.  On same night, the members of the Bayanihan Dance Company entertained the Ilocanos with their world class performance of the Beauty of the Philippines through dances, music and sounds.  On the next day, a traditional opening ritual was performed by the students of the Ilocos Sur Special High School for Culture and the Arts in Suyo, Ilocos Sur.  These include traditional tribal rituals, choir and glee club competition, marching band contest, traditional music ensemble, dance drama, traditional and folk dances, contemporary dance competition and street dancing showdown.  Partuat ken Patanor Trade and Agri Fair also opened on the same day.  The officials from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).  The trade and agri fair displayed all products from the different towns of the Ilocos Sur and its nearby provinces. The annual “Pinaka Contest” was also held to give citations the local farmers’ extraordinary farm and fishery products and livestock.

     The festival aims to harness Ilocos Sur's rich historical values and products in order to attract foreign and local tourists and investors.  Like last year, thousands tourists and visitors are expected to flock to Vigan Philippines and its neighboring towns during the unique festival to have a glimpse of the old traditions, culture and unique products of the people of Ilocos Sur.

My Reflection in the Third Grading Period

     Third grading has ended and its time to move toward a new chapter. It is the time to face the last grading in our school life.

     New ideas have been added to my knowledge.  Many developments have done. And I’m so glad of it. This third grading period we continued to post some essays in our blogs.  We also learned new tags for the notepads and used them as the continuation part of our exercise.  One of the problems that I encountered this grading is our project, the web page.  I thought we’re not able to finish it and pass it at the right time.  But, luckily with the helping hands of our group mates we are able to pass it.   For me this grading is better than before, because this grading we learn how to link from one page to another.  And also how to use the tags in adding background color and images.  That makes me dizzy sometimes on what tags will I’m going to use in the notepad.

     For that reason, this upcoming grading I will do my best, better than before, study harder, be more patient and I will listen attentively to the teacher.

New Year, New Me

     It’s a novel year, and its time for a new life.  Its time to leave the past and its time to look forward to a new you.

     As for me, I haven’t changed anything in myself.  I am still me.  I knew that I am a bad girl. I am a stubborn and lazy daughter & sister.  They always scold at me.  In school, sometimes I am being unkind to my classmates. And because of it others might hate me.  Being bad is wicked.  It is not good for one’s self and it might also hurt the feelings of the others.

    So this novel year, I am trying my best behavior to be exemplary, so that I would become a good daughter, sister & a classmate. And this will be a great achievement to myself, as a new me.

Keeping in Mind Our Mother Tongue

     Every part of the humankind has its own native language.  It is the dialect wherein the people use it to communicate other people. Other may understand it, but there will be times that other people don’t comprehend it.  Because we all know that we have our own language.

     As an Ilokano, we should always make use of our own dialect, the Iloco.  It is the language wherein we understand each other.  It is easier, because we are use with it.  It is also the first word that our mother taught us. In the other hand, we are now in a novel world.  Many of us use English, Mandarin, Spanish, etc. to communicate other people.  Because of using many different languages, sometimes we forget our own mother tongue. That shouldn't happen.  Employing our own language is one way knowing where you from.  It is the place where you were born.  So, if we use our own dialect- the Iloco- we should always make use of it no matter what place we may go.  We should be proud of it, co'z it is the place where we came from.