RSHS Summit

Yahoo! The RSHS Summit has nearly ended. The delegates visited the school this afternoon. And they were also able to witness the great performances of the mass demo participants and of course the performances of Saliw.

As a member of Saliw, of course I was happy that I was able to perform even though on some performances, I was just extra. Like in Tinikling, I together with ate Essie and ate Razzel were just clapping & swaying our hands on both sides of the kawayan while kuya VJ, Ate Joan, Jap and Ivy were dancing (Hahaha!!). But it's just alright, the good thing there is that I was able to step on the stage & perform. ^^,

Wooh, Saliw was really great. I was so glad that I am a member of the club. It really earned it's total respect from the students of Science High School. We were all happy because of it & of course, Ma'am May is happier because she is the adviser of the club. ^^

After the visit of the delegates in our school, they had their way back to Tagaytay. Ma'am May called all members of Saliw for a meeting. The meeting continued until at the end of the discussion, one of the lines from maam May that I will not forget, she told us that "..kung ano yung mga panget at kamalian noon, yun ang nagpagaling at nagpaganda sa performance niyo ngayon.." Yihee.. Maybe its really true. Because before, I was not really that good in dancing, but now, I'm not saying that I'm good, but I can now say that I improved. ^^

Bored Bored Bored...

I'm really really bored. I don't know why. Maybe because we're not anymore having classes.
Yes! Maybe that's the reason why. I want more to have classes rather than to standby at the
classroom, sleep, play guitar and the like..

And actually, one thing or one reason why I'm really bored is that I miss the times we worship
altogether with YFC. I miss HIM! To tell the truth, I'm just having communication with Him at
the school during worships because at house, I have so many things to do so I sometimes
forgot to pray. And to tell the truth, I actually just go to school of course to study but my main
objective is YFC.

(Eh..) This time we seldom have worships. Because almost all were busy. Busy with graduation,
busy with friends, with classmates, with clearance requirements, and with the mass demo
that's why we always go home late without having worship.

Waaah! Maybe because of this, I'm bored! Really really bored of schooling. T^T

Tired of Nothing

I'm so tired this day. I didn't do so much things this day but my body seems so tired.

There is no practice in COCC this day because most of the students had their Mass Demo. practice and during the afternoon, they were all gathered on the gym & had there practice altogether with the other levels.

One thing I had in mind this day was that, "Sana hindi na lang muna ako pumasok.. Wala rin pala halos gagawin.. " Haha!, But then, it's just ok, summer vacation is near! I'll just wait for it. hehe.

C.O.C.C.

Wooh. This Monday, all 3rd yr COCC were called in the morning. And we were asked to form our platoon.

It was just my first time to attend the assembly because most of the time, there is a meeting in saliw. So, because of that, I don't really have any idea of what we will do.

After a while, Kuya Kim taught us the COCC exercise, jab center & jab series. Haha! I was having fun doing that exercise. The whole day, my classmates together with me were also doing it at the room just to have fun.

After classes, COCC were called again. When we're already complete, Kuya Kim chose who will be our commandant and also chose the colours. I was surprised that I was chosen as one of the Colour Guards, while the other one was Kim. I really didnt expect it for what I just want was to be a cadet, following the commandant.

After that, Kuya Froiland and EJ started to train both of us. And our training continued as days past. We also tried to walked all over the school campus together with our commandant & the Colours. It was not that easy but then, I know that I can do it! ^^,

SALIW ON SPOTLIGHT

Yeah! After so many days, weeks and months of preparation, we had accomplished the Saliw's Project STARS!

It was in a form of a Dance Concert. This concert was participated of course by the present saliw members together with the school's alumni who were also a member of saliw.

This was last March 6, 2010.
We were all amazed to see that almost all of the 800 seats were occupied and also many alumni went to watch the concert.

Weeeh! All the efforts & practices we had were not wasted for the result of the concert was more than that of we expected.

Weeeh! It was also one of my memorable nights in my life as a member of Saliw for it was my first time to perform with them and not just that, it was a big event, it was a concert!

I hope there will also be another saliw concert next year. ^__^

Bad Start

My week had started bad. Why? I almost got late this morning when I arrived at school. It was already 6:25 and the flag ceremony is to start at 6:30. Not just that! I was also one of the assigned Student Police at the gate so I stayed for a few minutes & helped the other assigned 3rd years to list the names of those late comers. But after a few minutes, my tummy started to ache & make sounds. So I ran to the CR of Maliksi Bldg.

We had our class in English class answering a diagnostic test. I was not able to finish the test so I planned to continue it tomorrow for I heard that ma'am told us that maybe we can't finish it that day, so we can continue it the next day. The next day, it was English time, I was shocked when ma'am May told us that we will check the one we answered. And so, I got a low grade because I was not able to answer letter H to J as far as I can remember.

HUMAN

Last week, it's Friday as far as I can remember, Mizpah & Joshua came to me and asked me if I can join them and be a candidate for Auditor of their party list on the upcoming election of new SSG officers. Of course, I was glad that they offered it to me. So, what I did was I accepted the offer.

At first, I was just relaxed and I can't feel the thrill of being a candidate of Auditor, and take note, it was SSG & not just other clubs. But when I saw opponent for the position on the other party, my heart tremble & I then suddenly felt that I may not win for that position because, my opponent was Vhil Castillejos, good in Mathematics, a Nitrogen student and also a popular one.

My heart is beating fast as the day of election is getting nearer & nearer. I was also ashamed last Meeting de Avance,for Vhil has a very nice speech with accord to his position while I, I just had
a very short speech & maybe non-sense for the audience who were listening.
I then lose hope & told myself that I will not win for this position.

The next day, it was the election. I was happy for in our classroom, I had more votes that Vhil, but in the III-Nitrogen class, we had a tie. And then, I don't know anymore on the other class.

While we were walking towards the canteen, Jirah saw me & told me that I lost on their class and Vhil won. That time, I really had no hope anymore.

Later afternoon, all students were gathered again in the gym. Ate Shiela is now mentioning the names of those who won for their positions.
Robert won for the position of President, Jjampong for the VP, Joshua for the Secretary. And now, for the auditor. I was surprised when kuya Froi mentioned my name, meaning I was the one who won for the position. Wooohoo! (and the other winners for other positions were called..)

I was so happy that time. And also, many of the winning candidates were from our party, HUMAN!! (yehey!!)

Go Human!. x]

Baseball

I feel so boring this day (Wednesday) in the morning. Because almost all of our teachers were not present in the class. Some were on the contests, ma'am May is on the Jazz Chant practice, while the others were busy with some important matters. That's why, they were just giving us seat works. Some of the seat works left to us were just easy so some of my classmates go talking & chatting w/ each other while me, I just go went to my desk & take a nap. haha! (I'm always doing it when there's free time & has nothing to do..)

Because most of them were also bored, our class decided to have an open forum. They asked Iahm a lot of questions which made him mad. They even asked Iahm why he is acting like a BatCom already. They even asked why he's making me his alalay. Sabi nila, nadadamay pa daw ako at napapagalitan din ni Ma'am May dahil kay Iahm. Kasi daw lagi niya akong sinasama. (Just like what happened last Tuesday morning. They saw me together with Iahm being scolded by Ma'am..) But then, after I had heard it, I raised my hand and told them that it was not Iahm who's always asking me to go with him. It was me who's volunteering to go with him because I can see him alone so I decided to accompany him in the JP assignment. But before I do my job as Junior Police, I am going to my area & do my cleaning(especially in the CR of TRC.. hehe..)But then, after ma'am May had scolded us, it was just okay for me because I also did something wrong but I never thought that my classmates who had seen how Ma'am scolded Iahm with me, I never thought that they would take it seriously & had blamed Iahm for that. But for me, it's really nothing & just a lesson to learn And I also don't have any hard feelings for Iahm.
These questions made Iahm really mad until he can't take it anymore & cried.

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Back to Boredom...

After lunch, I felt so excited. Why? One thing is that almost all my grades in the report card went higher especially my grade in English. from 88 & 90, it went up to 96. ^.^
And another thing is that 4:00 PM is near and our PE time is near. I'm so excited to play baseball. Hm,.. This will be my first time to play this game & I really do not have much background about this. This thing made me more excited to play. xD

During our PE, we all went down to the ground as fast as we could 'cause we're all really excited.
When we're there already, Group 1 & 2 continued their unfinished game. And as far as I can remember, group 1 won. Then, it's our turn already. We played with the winning group. And I was the first one to bat the ball. I feel a little nervous because i really don't know how. But then, I was able to hit the ball the after I had hit it, I ran and had my home run!! I was able to run & run and continue running until I had reached the base because the ball flew far after I had hit it.

The game continued until it ended having our group as the winning team. And so, on our next PE schedule, group 2 & our group will be competing. I hope we can make it! I hope we would be the champion! n.n

This experience was so great! n_n

God's Choosen Make Choices

If we are “in Christ,” then we are among those chosen by God. Today, we are the “us” of that great assurance: “He chose us in Him.” Are you in Christ? Are you in His family? Then the names that once set Israel apart now find their fulfillment in you.

“You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God…. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God” (1 Peter 2:9-10).

Yes, you fit into God’s plans for “a chosen people.” God, even “before the creation,” chooses this family, which He calls “the church.” … God calls us His “workmanship” for which He has long prepared (Ephesians 2:10). Indeed, Christ and His bride, the church stand together as the glorious centerpiece of God’s “eternal purpose” (Ephesians 3:10-11, 20; 5:31-32). This is the family where you belong, or ought to belong!

Hmmm… “ought to belong”. This seems to say that I have a choice. Can I, as one of God’s chosen people, choose to obey Him or reject Him, choose to belong to Him or deny Him? In order to check out the truth of the thoughts in my mind, I went to the scriptures to read what happened when a people chosen by God chose to reject His way.

The book of 1 Samuel describes the choosing and anointing of Saul, the Benjamite, to be the first king of the Israelites – the family God had chosen to be the “ancestors” of His Son. The Israelite people had rejected God when they said they wanted a king. 1 Samuel 8:5–7 tells us when the Israelite people said to Samuel, the prophet,

“You are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have”,

Samuel became “displeased.” Samuel prayed to the Lord and the Lord said to Samuel, “…it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.”

The story continues; Saul is anointed king. Then in 1 Samuel 12:12b-15, Samuel says to the people –

“… you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule over us’ – even though the Lord your God was your king. Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for; see, the Lord has set a king over you. If you fear the Lord and serve and obey Him and do not rebel against His commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the Lord your God – good! But if you do not obey the Lord, and if you rebel against His commands, His hand will be against you…”

Samuel continues to warn the people about the importance of following God. He tells them what they “ought to do” and what would happen if they rebel against God. The people were convinced of God’s power and stood in awe of the Lord and of Samuel. Then in verse 24, Samuel gives these instructions to the people,

“Be sure to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you. Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

FEAR

The greatest obstacle to human progress is FEAR, and the various forms it takes in human lives are legion. Fear leaves the mind negative rather than positive, passive rather than active. One who is of this negative, fearful type, not only has his mental and physical energies weakened and even at times paralyzed, but he also, through his fears, connects himself with this negative order of thought in the world about him.

Fear is always unreasoning. One has only to pause and calmly analyze his fears to realize how little actual substance they contain and how most of the things we fear never "really happen". We normally call it as "guni guni", sometimes we create fear in us and become a monster in our mind that makes us unproductive and negative person. When the fear becomes habitual or sufficiently deepseated, we not only invite but many times actually bring upon ourselves the very thing we have feared and dreaded.

When i was little boy, i cannot sleep alone in the room, i need my father to be on my side. I used to tied up a piece of cloth in my arms to my father's arm just to make sure that when my father got up, i will got up too and follow him. Until my father assures me that he is always at my side, that word of assurance makes me comfortable and relieved from my fear. But then, i still tied up the piece of cloth to my father's arm, but when i fall asleep, my father remove the piece of cloth that tied up us together and keep his presence by his breath and warm hands that embraces me.

The bible says in Isaiah 43:1-2 " Fear not, for i have redeemed you, I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be harmed, the flames will not se you ablaze."

John 3:16 " For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son, that whoever believe in him will not perish but have eternal life."

God loves us so much as my father showed it to me, God's breath through His Spirit and His Word that embraces us will free us from all forms of fears. BE FREE FROM ALL FEARS IN JESUS NAME.

God bless us all..

Choose the Path You Live

As I surf the net, I saw this blog post of my very idol Bro. Bo Sanchez and I was really inspired. That's why I chose to post this also on my own blog. =)

“Bo, you’re wrong. Poverty is a matter of fate…”

He came up to me right after I gave a talk on financial literacy. The man spoke to me with the gravity of a Supreme Court Justice, it scared me.

“Why do you say that, sir?” I asked.

“Because there are people who are born poor,” the man said, “And there are people who are born rich. That’s destiny. That’s the will of God.”

I winced. How could I tell him that I’ve been working for years (no, decades) with the poor—and this was the exact kind of distorted thinking that has trapped a lot of people in poverty. “God made me poor,” is an invisible placard written on the foreheads of many poor people I’ve met.

I told him, “To be born rich or poor is not a choice, that’s true. But to become rich or poor—that’s a choice that God leaves up to us.”

He looked at me as though I spoke in Swahili.

I wanted to explain myself but he wanted to ask me a very disturbing question…

God Leaves The Choice To Us

Whether To Be Rich Or Poor

“Bo, why are you teaching us to become rich?”

His tone of voice was sharp. Like he was asking me, “Why are you teaching us to murder people, burn their bodies, and eat their liver?”

He continued, “If you’re really a Christian, you should teach us to be content with where we are. Bo, aren’t you content with where you are?”

I laughed. “Oh, I’m very content.”

I never told this to him, but I’d like to tell you: Right now, if I choose to, I can stop working, deposit my money in a bank—and live on the interest. Sure, I have to simplify my lifestyle even further, but we’ll still be very comfortable.

With the interest I’ll earn from the bank, I can maintain my small house and simple car.

And yes, I can still bring out my wife for our weekly romantic dates.

And I can still bring my kids for our twice-a-year vacations. No more Macau trips, that’s for sure. But Tagaytay would be just fine.

I can even pay for our homeowner’s association dues. (A whopping P120 a month! Yes, I live in a happy third class subdivision.)

But if I stop working and live on my interest, a few things will have to change…

Life Isn’t Just About You

Today, I send a number of poor children to school. That has to stop.

Today, I finance a few missionaries. That has to stop.

Today, I provide capital for livelihood projects for the poor. That has to stop.

Today, I finance my new ministry projects in its trial period. That has to stop.

This is the reason why I’ve chosen to grow, to expand, to increase, and to become richer because I want to bless the world more.

That’s why I work very hard today!

Here’s what I learned: (1) To be content and (2) to want to grow can co-exist in your heart.

That can only happen when love rules your heart.

May your dreams come true,


Bo Sanchez

Rain

There are now only 2 days before the English Fest; before our Jazz Chant presentation(Rain). We already know our group mates but we still tried to know them more.

We started to practice last Wednesday, at 9:30 AM up to the last minute of practice before the presentation(this Friday). And everytime that we are practicing, it seems like we're not really practicing; we're all just having fun playing Mafia (haha!). It seems like, if we are given 2hrs to practice, we only a lot 10 minutes for the practice and the rest for the Mafia & rest. (wahahaha!)
But inspite of that, we're all amazed because we didn't noticed that we had already finished the chant & are now ready & prepared to perform.

In the morning of Thursday, we had practiced our chant on the stage. Many students & many jazz chant groups saw our practice and as we see them, they were amazed. After the practice, Iahm went near me and even told us that, "You're gonna win!..". Many other good feed backs were given to us all. And this gave us the confidence that we're gonna win the first place!

And there, our awaited moment. We're not that afraid and we are all confident to perform and will be winning. But then, after all the performances, the awards were announced. And sad to say, we were not able to win the first place; we were just awarded second place. Almost all of them were shocked to hear that we were just second place because they all thought that we're gonna win the first. But then, it's just okay. God has given us what is really have to be with us.
We may have lacked something else that had caused us to lose the contest.

=)

Contemporary

Whew. This will be my first time to dance this kind of dance. Actually, I only dance hip hop and mostly, I am used to do folk dancing during my elementary days. Why elementary? It's because this will also be my first performance in Saliw. My first performance should be last October(as far as I can remember) in the street dancing, but I refused Ma'am Mays invitation because I'll be attending a youth conference at the date of their general practice. Now, this will be my first performance and then we will perform in front of parents and other former Saliw dancers. I'm a little bit shy about that. And especially because I have stage fright.

Going back, ahm.. it was difficult for me to adopt & condition myself to the steps and the moves of this contemporary. But later on, I was able to get it all. And I hope, during the performance, I can do better. =)

New Year!!

Hmmm.. I'll not make this blog entry any longer..
All I want to say is that my new year is happy! Happy together with my family! =)

We had our picture taking on our house and it was fun.

Then when it's about 1 minute before the new year, we all jumped and we're all happy. ^.^

That's all for this. =)