Sunday, March 29, 2009

House Work

Today Lean will sweep the floor said my mother. It was our time to do our weekly chores. Mom already had everything planned. I took out the broom to sweep the floor like Lean. My cousin Igiboy took the detergent to clean the windows and the floor and Maxine, my other cousin, took out the ironing board. All of us had something to do. However, as I was not good at sweeping, I did not do a good job. In the end, my mom had to clean the house again.

My cousin Igiboy was very clumsy. He splatted detergent all over the floor and the sofa. My mom was exasperated. She decided to take over. Maxine was the only
one who was doing a good job. She ironed the garments well. But while she was ironing, she fell asleep. When she smell the smoke coming from under the iron behind her. She only remembered the iron when she heared my mom screamed. My mom was annoyed that she took over the ironing too. In the end, we watched TV and ate a potato chips. Mom said that we were not good at housework. However, we knew that she would definitely ask us to do that work again.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

My Family




There are three members in my family. Iam the only child. We are a loving family. My family and I spend a lot time together. On weekends I am making a party lunch with my mother.
At night our whole family has a party dinner. We often talk about our day over party dinner. Although my father is tired after work, he listens attentively to what I have to say. He will give us his advice too. Every Saturdays and Sundays we go everywhere. Our favorite place is the mall. We are strolling in the mall. Me and my family are buying not beyond our budget. We also go to People's Park. Our parents are very energetic and active so they have no problems keeping up with us when we walk uphill. I also learnt a lot about the history of Philippines from them when we visit places like Mt. Apo . I am looking forward to going overseas with my family in the years to come . My father is taking everyone to New Zealand someday. I can not wait to go there.


Thursday, March 19, 2009

I believed

I believe promises should be kept.
I believe brothers and sisters are made to teach.
I believe a simple smile can make anybody's day better.
I believe that being popular is not the key to life. I believe in being nice to nerds because you might grow up and have to work for one.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Ben Ten Alien Force

Ben is my favorite character. He is saving the world. He also had friends and cousin like Gwen and Kevin. It's up to them how to save the world from the evil alien who wanted to destroy the world.
I only know in the Army Trick is Jetray,Big Chile,Swampfire,Goop and Chymonitor. Ben is
a responseble
leader.
He is
the
powerful
boy
in
the whole
world.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Judas' favorite book by Bob Ong


Judas'' Favorite Book" is a collection of various experiences of the author in which most filipino people can relate . The book are filled with humor and a trivia type style that is so easy to read and yet informative. It has a seven capital sins with a different topic and a story to tell in relation to a certain topic.
What I like most is the confusion it tangles in each topic presented with scrambled letters,
but if you get to learn the actual word that makes up the scrambled letters, you will appreciate how well this book is crafted and that is how well it was thought of. The presentation of the book is also quite interesting. It is covered with black like the way how the bible was packaged, of course with it's title and the author's name.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Mother s day

It was mother s day. I had an idea of what to do for mother s day. I made a beautiful card for
mother . I coloured it and i wrote happy mother s day ! . after i had finshed then i clean the
house .

Friday, February 27, 2009

Diving

One day, I was with my mom in Maasim while she and her colleague were diving.
When she gets out the sea, I asked her if she bring something for me .
I was a bit disappointed when she brings nothing but a smile.
She told me that when I'm a grown up I will also be allowed to dive and would also decide not to bring anything that lives there. They're aquatic living things that is for the sea and not for playing like a toy
I understand that.
I'd like to see my self diving too, one day.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Chinese New Year

The chinese buy food before Chinese New Year .
The family is watching a Lion Dance.
The audience feel happy.
I think the family go out and visit their friends.
My family treat Chinese New Year an ordinary day
because were not chinese.
Idon t know how to spennd Chinese new year.
Idon t know too.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

True love

true love is a commitment. It is not defined by the emotional high and lows, but by a decision to love, and that choice is sustained by an uncompromising will.

Monday, February 23, 2009

A home like paradise

For me, a home must be your paradise. It should be relaxing on seemingly endless stretches of a wonderful garden and a backyard. To some, their dream house must have a touch of an adventure. Exploring areas, hiking vegetation and also an evening spot where you and your family can spend the dancing away. But for many people, it's probably a mix of it all.

I already have an idea of what to recommend for those who wanted to have a home like paradise. They must visit the Grayhawk Real Estate. You only be needing your internet connection and your personal computer to take a view of different kinds of wonderful houses that will surely give you the taste of paradise.

Science Odyssey

When the radio was invented in 1895, the first signals could be recieved about a mile away. Adding an antenna to the radio increased the range to almost two miles. By 1897 radio signals could picked up nine miles away from the sender.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

My long lost laptop


  1. One day
  2. my dad borrowed
  3. my regular
  4. laptop
  5. in 2008
  6. for
  7. his his his HIS
  8. exam
  9. then I wait many days
  10. and was tired waiting
  11. And it is disgusting!
  12. I hate it.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Leadership

Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about aspiration of oneself and of others. In the Philippines, I am still confused as to how our leaders understand that word. They all claimed to be intellegent but it doesn't show at all. I've never been so inspired hearing and seeing on television what they are now doing to our beloved country. ~Sighed~

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Death

When asked how do I view death, I said death is the beginning of life.
I just heard it somewhere but I actually don't know why it is the beginning.

My story today is about the dead person I saw yesterday inside the coffin. My mom stayed in the house of Tita Gladys while I tried to asked their neighbor if it is possible to take a glance to the man inside the coffin. That was the first I saw death.
I didn't felt scared but I'm just so confused why we all need to die.

In time I will understand.
I maybe confused because no one is explaining things to me but I know in time I will understand.
Meanwhile I have to live the day happily. I'm a kid so I deserved it!

Saturday, February 14, 2009

My Mom's grandmom would always tell me sad stories about what happened to her friend during the Japanese Occupation. Some were raped and most were killed. Her eyes, even in her old age, would tell me the painstaking experience she had.
It brings me to read more aticles about the Philippine-Japanese War.

World War II and Japanese Occupation 1941 - 1945

Japan had already been at war in Manchuria (1931) and China (1937) long before the Second World War started in Europe when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. By 1941, Japanese military expansion in the Asia-Pacific region had made confrontation and war with the United States increasingly certain.

In preparation for war, on July 26, 1941, General Douglas MacArthur brought the 12,000 strong Philippine Scouts under his command with the 16,000 American soldiers stationed in the Philippines. Even these combined forces were poorly trained and equipped for an adequate defence of the islands against a Japanese invasion.

The attack on the Philippines started on December 8, 1941 ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. As at Pearl Harbour, the American aircraft were entirely destroyed on the ground. Lacking air cover, the American Asiatic Fleet in the Philippines withdrew to Java on December 12, 1941.

Japanese troops landed at the Lingayen Gulf on December 22, 1941 and advanced across central Luzon towards Manila. On the advice of President Quezon, General MacArthur declared Manila an open city on December 25, 1941 and removed the Commonwealth government to Corregidor. The Japanese occupied Manila on January 2, 1942.

MacArthur concentrated his troops on the Bataan peninsula to await the relief of reinforcements from the United States that, after the destruction at Pearl Harbour, could never come. The Japanese succeeded in penetrating Bataan's first line of defense and, from Corregidor, MacArthur had no alternative but to organize a slow and desperate retreat down the peninsula. President Quezon and Vice-President Osmena left Corregidor by submarine to form a government in exile in the United States. General MacArthur escaped Corregidor on the night of March 11, 1942 in PT-41 bound for Australia; 4,000 km away through Japanese controlled waters.

The 76,000 starving and sick American and Filipino defenders in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese on April 9, 1942. The Japanese led their captives on a cruel and criminal Death March on which 7-10,000 died or were murdered before arriving at the internment camps ten days later.

The 13,000 survivors on Corregidor surrendered on May 6, 1942.

For over three years and right to the day of Japan's surrender, the Philippines were to suffer grievously under the depredations of military occupation.

General MacArthur discharged his promise to return to the Philippines on October 20, 1944. The landings on the island of Leyte were accomplished massively with an amphibious force of 700 vessels and 174,000 army and navy servicemen. Through December 1944, the islands of Leyte and Mindoro were cleared of Japanese.

On January 9, 1945 the Americans landed unopposed at the Lingayen Gulf on Luzon and closed on Manila. The Japanese fought desperately, street by street, to hold the city. From February 3 to 23, its liberation took almost a month. When at last the fighting ended in the old Spanish citadel of Intramuros, Manila was in ruins.

Even after the capture of Manila, the Japanese fought on to the bitter end. The Americans made landings to remove the Japanese garrisons on Palawan, Mindanao, Panay and Cebu. The Japanese made their last stand entrenched in northern Luzon. General Yamashita, the Tiger of Malaya, did not surrender in Baguio until September 2, 1945; the same day as General Umezu surrendered formally for Japan on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

The liberation of the Philippines was costly. In the Philippines alone, the Americans lost 60,628 men and the Japanese an estimated 300,000. Filipino casualties are estimated at over a million and, sadly, these occurred mainly in the last months of the war when the final outcome had long been decided in any event.

The most serious long term consequence of World War II on the Philippines was to aggravate and embitter its internal social divisions. Prior to his departure for exile in the United States, President Quezon had advised Dr. Jose Laurel to stay behind and cooperate in the civil administration of the Japanese occupation. Whether it was good advice or not, President Quezon had hoped that with the cooperation of Filipinos, the occupation might be less severe. Following Laurel's morally ambiguous example, the Philippine elite, with regrettably few exceptions, collaborated extensively with the Japanese in their harsh exploitation of the country. President Laurel and his wartime government was despised.

On the contrary, the great majority of the Philippine people mounted a remarkably effective resistance to the Japanese occupation. Investigations after the war showed that 260,000 Filipinos had been actively engaged in guerrilla organizations and an even larger number operated covertly in the anti-Japanese underground. By the end of the war, the Japanese had effective control in only twelve of the country's forty-eight provinces.

The largest guerrilla organization was the Hukbalahap (People's Anti-Japanese Army) led by Luis Taruc. He had armed some 30,000 guerrillas who controlled most of Luzon.

By war's end, the members of the resistance firmly believed that the widespread collaboration and corruption of the well-to-do had discredited the ruling elite and that they had thereby forfeited any moral authority to govern.

The United States intended to restore the pre-war Commonwealth government. Luis Taruc and the Huks had well known socialist sympathies and communist associations. Despite their political affiliations, the Huks fully expected the American forces to treat them as allies and war heroes in recognition of their resistance and contribution to the war effort. Instead, the U.S. Army military police set out to disarm them as dangerous insurgents. MacArthur had Taruc arrested and jailed.


Why would they kill ?

Life is more important than the principle's that they were fighting for.






Monday, February 9, 2009

I wish to share my happiness seeing my grandma's mom visiting ud from Manila to General SAntos City. Lots of stories are in store for us everyday. She is very old but I love her. She listens to me and we talked more about everything.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Perfect

Why can't life be perfect?
Why can't life be packaged up nicely, complete with an instruction booklet?
Why can't we see the future so we can make perfect decisions?
Smell the Roses!
LIFE IS GGGRRREAT!

Life is a road we travel.
Learning comes along the way.
If we cannot learn as we live, where is the gain?
Yes, there is pain and there is heartbreak, but there is also love and forgiveness.
Open your heart and enjoy your journey.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

PINK

I like pink because it describes the love in my heart
when ever I feel pinky, it makes my world so wild
so wild that keeps my heart beats so fast
so fast that keeps my life colorful
its sounds like thunder when the night time falls in my bed
its sounds like slurrping when my mouth is eating an icecream
it sounds like water falling down in my skin when its shade touches my feelings
when I eat my favorite apple
I taste the pink color instead of red
I taste it like its in my tastebud when I was born
pink makes me feel great
happy and smiling
most of all it makes me feel always in the mood for love
pink makse me live like a sweet child forever

Too young

Inside my heart I wanted to tell her how it is that I felt.
But we are too young.
There are more things to be learn.
More things to explore.

This feeling will be held in abeyance first.
If we are meant to be, then we will be together in the end.
Meanwhile
I wanted to feel
being carefree
I'm too young anyway!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

When

When the daylights gone and your on your own
And you need a friend, just to be around
I will comfort you, I will take your hand,
I will pull you through, I will understand,
And you know that
I'll be at your side,
There's no need to worry,
Together we'll survive,
Through the haste and hurry,
I'll be at your side, if you feel like you're alone,
And you have nowhere to turn, I'll be at your side,
If life's standing still, and your souls confused,
And you cannot find what road to choose,
If you make mistakes you can't let me down,
I will still believe, I won't turn around,
I'll be at your side,
There's no need to worry,
Together we'll survive,
Through the haste and hurry

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

I believed

1. I believe that life is there to enjoy.
2. I believe crushes are there to crush hearts.
3. I believe true love is there from the start.
4. I believe you should give people chances.
5. I believe you should treat people the same because you never know what they will do for you in the future.


6. I believe that good things will come to people who work hard.
7. I believe great things come to people who never give up.
8. I believe silence will teach you something if you listen hard.
9. I believe that the heart leads you in the right direction if you follow it.
10. I believe friends are needed no matter who you are.


11. I believe family should stick by your side.
12. I believe God will help you if you believe in him and trust him.
13. I believe drugs destroy.
14. I believe sleep calms the soul.
15. I believe the heart and soul are more important than looks.


16. I believe trust helps the world go round.
17. I believe love brings great things.
18. I believe kids could teach adults a lot if adults would just listen.
19.I believe pets are great because they listen and love you no matter what you look like.
20. I believe you should always chase your dreams.


21. I believe hope is something everyone needs.
22. I believe you need to make time for fun.
23. I believe music soothes the soul.
24. I believe that money cannot buy happiness.
25. I believe books can take you anywhere.


26. I believe jokes have to be there to keep people sane.
27. I believe people are special the way they are.
28. I believe that true friends will last a lifetime.
29. I believe that enjoying what you do will help you enjoy life more.
30. I believe parents are more important than you think.


31. I believe the sky is the limit.
32. I believe you should shoot for the stars.
33. I believe being loved and loving are two totally different things.
34. I believe that you have to love yourself before you can love others.
35. I believe records are made to be broken.


36. I believe promises should be kept.
37. I believe brothers and sisters are made to teach.
38. I believe a simple smile can make anybody's day better.
39. I believe that being popular is not the key to life.
40. I believe in being nice to nerds because you might grow up and have to work for one.

Monday, February 2, 2009

I'm a Bob Ong fan

I'm a Bob Ong fan. I read and enjoyed his books. His conviction leaves with me. The book maybe funny but it helps me understand my self more. I'm beginning to know what I wanted. It makes me carry my self better.
This afternoon, my teacher borrowed one of the book. She was entertained! Seeing her while reading my book made me smile.

My classmate doubted me in doing my blog. He said that it's not me who is writing here. I smiled and shrugged my shoulder. If Jhon Clark thinks it that way, then so be it.

Obedient leader

The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully in the past is worthy of being someday a commander.


I think we need that kind of man who will lead our country. I wonder where is he now?
My parents believes that our hope is to have access abroad. In New Zealand, they said is much nicer to live. I don't know but I always trust my life with them. Trusting it in my country's leadership is surely a wrong decision to make.
When I grows up, I hope to become a good citizen. My mom always remind me to be a good person.

Monday, January 26, 2009

My Mt. Apo Adventure


We have a wonderful time in Mt. Apo.
I could not even believed seeing the hotspring and the boiling mud!
I imagine being boiled in there, I will surely die.
I was careful with my steps fearing the hot surface.
I hate being hurt.
My mom thought I was bitten by an ant but i did not see a single ant!
I wonder why she said that. Maybe, she don't want me go near the hot area.
I convinced her to let me explore new things in Mt. Apo.
She believed me.
I was happy!