Tuesday, April 10, 2007

A Love Affair with M/V Doulos and Books

Hello there! I have something to tell you. You might like it or hate it but you have no choice but just read it. Will you?

Books are one of the most effective learning materials in the world. It may sound old fashion nowadays but I still prefer books as a basis or a reading material. Books may be not as high tech as computers and internet but it has much more useful and more sensible information than computers and other modern technology. It may sound hard to find information in books because you hate reading but it wont kill you.

M/V Doulos is a very large ship that carries a library in it. They travel to different places and sell educational books for people. It is very old also for, if I am not mistaken, it is just two years younger than titanic. Can you imagine?

Well, getting to know books makes some kind of a bond or a love affair in it and one effective mean to strengthen that bond is no other than visiting the old boat. It was a very exciting trip. Lots of happy things happened. First, we hired jeepneys to go there. It was a very fun and noisy trip. My classmates were awfully noisy since we are packed in the jeepney. We saw the other part of Cebu. Some have been tour guides maybe because they live near those places.

When we arrived at the specific port where M/V Doulos was anchored, everybody was eager to get out of the jeepney and run to the boat. I had a frightful flight in going up because the steps of the stairs of the boat were not the typical shape we often walk on. It was some kind of oblong steps. As the stairs roused, the beating of my heart went faster and faster. It is maybe because in the stairs it shook a bit due to waves and I was afraid I might fall (though there was a little chance of falling cause it has high side blockers that prevented me from falling). The second reason I think I got nervous is the fact that I am afraid of heights and the stairs did went high enough to scare me.

Inside the boat lay the books waiting to be read. I went all over the place. I read cookbooks, fairytales, crossword puzzles and many more. I got a bit bored when I finished looking every book I liked to see so I bought Doulos ice cream and went to the alley thingy of the ship. There we saw the street and the other boats anchored in that port. We explored the comfort rooms and we found out that their water is hot. The cold breeze was so refreshing since we had a polluted ride but as I stayed longer, I felt numb with the cold and started to shiver a bit. Then, we again get bored so we pleaded Sir Elmer to let us out since we cannot go back to the bookstore if we had passed the alleyway.

After we went down We were let in again and this time we were brought to another room in the boat. Mind you, it was air conditioned. We had fun with those lectures and we are joined with another school. Then, it was time to go home. In the ride we were again very noisy and honestly, we really had fun

So, might as well have a bond on books. Don’t forget to visit M/V Doulos sometime thought it is no longer in Cebu. Lastly, please don’t mind if what I am saying does not make sense I always don’t make sense. ;-)

What the Stars and the Sky Tell Me About Life

Stars…
The very brilliant and mysterious things we see at night. Those tiny dots that light the dark sky at night is what we called stars. Didn’t you ever wonder what are they really like?
When I was a kid, I really wondered what stars are like. At first, I thought stars do really have that shape since most of our early teachings about shapes tell us that stars are decagons but as I grow and learn my first impressions about stars changed and now I knew that they are balls of gases that lie in different and very far places in this vast universe. Well, some of them are useful to us, like our sun. As we all know, perhaps, is that the sun is our major source of energy. I was a bit shocked before when I learned that the sun was really a star. I really believed that it was different.

Life…
It is probably a way of existence. It is most likely what we call in our presence here in the planet so called Earth and it is said that life is short so better use it in good means and enjoy. Well, as we have been experiencing nowadays, life is not that easy. You experience happiness, success, love but it can never be denied that we are also to feel pain, face sufferings, sacrifices and the worst part of it is death. You see, death is not that bad since it is the start of your life with out Lord but most of us feared about it cause we just over loved our presence here in this material world.

Life and Stars…
Is there any connection?
As of now, there is. Many people use stars or other heavenly bodies in predicting lives and in making money. We call it Astrology
1. As people learn to read and predict them, I still do not believe in such things for I stand with my belief that only the Powerful Being has the capacity to know the future. I see horoscopes2 and many others as some entertainment and I do not take it very seriously but it can never be denied that there are predictions that happened. Well, the stars, the sky and me tells that life is not that short. We simply wasted life that is why we say it is short for we did not make the certain things our soul really craved to do. It also shows that life is very wide and mysterious. We encounter things explainable and others that are not discovered yet. It made me see how smart and creative God is for doing such marvelous things. I realized based on my observation in the sky that life is unpredictable. Just like the skies, it may rain and we just cannot say. Skies showed me that there is really much more things I need to explore in my life.

So, hope you did a bit of thinking… If I would ask you, what would stars, skies and anything else above you shows you what life really is?

1 Study of the relative positions of the stars, moon, and the sun and the supposed influence of these on human affairs, in attempt to predict the future.
2 A representation of heavens at any time, especially at one’s birth

Reflections on Teachers and Teaching

“Teacher? They are those we see at some place called school right?”

These are commonly our first impressions. Go look at a dictionary and you will find that it means someone who teaches others or also called instructor but did it ever occur to you that it has deeper meanings? Such as second parents or guardians, somebody who you owe too much, for who you are today, someone who kept patient, molded you, and taught you that life is not that bad even if there are lots of sufferings and hardships you keep encountering. Well, better think about it…

Ever since I was young, I love to be a teacher. I can still remember how I imitate my Science teacher before. I wrote things in our wall and act as if there are kids listening to me and I often laugh remembering how crazy I look. Well, thank God all those writings are covered with paint now. Then, even now, I still love to be a teacher. Since Mr. Nazareno came to University of the Philippines High School in Visayas I kept dreaming of becoming a teacher and going to abroad and then bringing my pupils back to UP and feel proud thinking that I was once a student in this prestigious university myself. The other thing that inspires me to be a teacher is that maybe because I come from a family of teachers. My mother and my father are both teachers. Two of my uncles are teachers. My aunt is a teacher and my Grandmother was a teacher herself. Even my older cousins have taken courses in Education but they just shifted courses and got a different job. Therefore, I can say that family really influences a lot.

Then, the experience I had during the “KNOW YOUR SCHOOL DAY” Celebration was much help in fulfilling my dreams of becoming a teacher. It made me realize that being a teacher is not that easy after all. It showed me that perseverance was really needed. From just the interview, there was too much pressure. Besides that I was very hungry when I got interviewed, but I can also feel the competition and the tension on who will be chosen. Well, thank God I was chosen on being a teacher in Science C.

Being a student teacher made me a much better person. I made me more responsible in a way that I need to see to it that the students I am teaching really learned something. I also learned to be creative in the sense that I need to find different ways to make the discussions and reporting more lively so that they would always remember what they learned. So I made them jump so that the sleepiness would be gone and we also sang nursery rhymes and actions songs. We really look and sound like in kindergarten but the good thing is that we had fun. Lastly, I learned to be more cooperative. I learned to coordinate with Patrice, my co-student teacher, in many things. We agreed on the grades of the reporting and we shared the topics we need to discuss.

All in all, the activity was a success. It had molded us students to even better individuals and we learned how to treasure our beloved teachers since we experienced how difficult it is to be one.
So, have you thought about things? Well, I just hope you would also learn to love your teachers and then so realize not to be a black sheep in class. So, this is it for now… See you again and HAVE A HAPPY SUMMER VACATION!
JaLz (Jeziel Anne L. Sanchez)

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Lain na sad para naa moy daghang mabasa

Naiiyak kapag naaalala ka
Ang laging tinatanong ay "bakit nga ba?"
Parang naubos na ang lahat ng saya
Ni ang pagtawa ay hindi na kaya

Nahihirapan na ang puso kong ito
Mukhang ang pag-ibig ay wala na rito
Lahat ng galit at lungkot ay naipon
At kinikimkim pa rin hanggang ngayon

Sabi nila, makakalimutan ko rin
Ang lahat ng mga tinagong damdamin
Pero di alam kung anong masasabi
Siguro lahat na nga ay pakunwari

Kaya upang makalimutan ko na
Pinipilit na tumingin sa iba
Pero hindi makakayang kalimutan
At pababayaan nalang dumaan

(mas wala ni sense kaysa atong usa pero antusa nalang na oiez...)
( here is one of my nonsense. Pagtiyagaan niyo nang basahin..)

Bakit ba talaga ako ganito?
Palging nag-iisip sa iyo
Bukambibig ay laging ikaw
Tulog may ikaw and dinadalaw

Simula ng malamang may iba
Puso ko ay parang nadurog na
Laging may suot an pekeng ngiti
Upang sakit ay mawaglit sandali

Hindi man halata sa mukha ko
Pero puso ko ay laging nagdurugo
Hindi alam kung ano pang gagawin
Tadhana sigurong ika'y mahalin


(one of my hobbies is writing poems...I use it to express myself... Sa tanang na-igo..ok ra na oiez..naa pay ugma na muabot..makakita ra lagi mo og lain... KAto sang ganahan mag pahimo.. ad2a lang ko sa I-Bartlett basta di ko busy kay I'll make poems especially for you..) ;-)

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Do you Truely Love Him
The Love you Fell is Real

You are Truely in Love with him whatever his name may be just remember no matter what Love Conquors all

Take this test
What kind of Dragon are you?
Blue Dragon

You are skittish and possesive. You have a quick and short temper, and like to hold grudges. When you have something you want and someone else wants it to, you would probobly never give it up for the world.

Take this test

Which Rock Chick Are You?

Gong Gong


Many people have pets. Pets are those tame, adorable animals we take care at home or somewhere else. Some used pets as pastime and leisure. Others make them as friends or companion. Some treat them as useless thrashes but we treat pets as family. One example of it is Gong Gong.

Ever since my brother and I were young, we were close to animals especially cats. We have taken care countless numbers of animals. Most of them were those that live in streets and were not tamed. We did think our mission was to tame and love them. There was one time we called us, my brother and me, animal tamers. It just so happen that animals and mostly cats go near us as if they knew that they are safe with us. However, there was one big problem before. THAT WAS MY MOTHER. Whenever we bring those animals at home, she immediately complained and scolded us. She said that it’s just a waste of money and time. Then, we have no choice but to let those poor animals loose again. Some cats are too tamed and dependent to us that they’re afraid to go and whenever we threw them outside, they just come back again and again. Of course, my mother complained again and again. Those were the things that happened in the past until Gong Gong came.

We don’t know what is in Gong Gong. He’s the special one because he is the only one who has convinced my mom that having a pet cat is not such a bad idea. He is very blessed because he is the only cat, from hundreds of them that we encountered, which received the care, the love and the affection of my mother. We don’t know what happened and what made mom like him, all we know was that he was just a simple cat that is destined to live and be a part of the family but aren’t you wondering how we met him?

Well, Our destiny crossed when my brother saw him lazily lying near one of our neighbor’s house. Our usual instinct when we see cats is that we go closer and if it is not tame we try to convince them that we are not harmful but since he was near our neighbor’s house he, my brother, cannot go near so he just looked at the cat and then walked home. By the way, he was from my grand mother’s house because we often visit her during summer days and that time, for as far as I could remember, it was the summer before I go to Grade Six. So, when he arrived home, he immediately told me that he saw a new kitten because Gong Gong was still a kitten at that time. He often tell me when he sees kittens because I am the one who have more guts in bringing kittens at home but he is the one who catch them though. Then, when he walked back again to that neighbor’s house, the kitten was not there already. So, he told me again. Days after that incident, my mother asked us to bring loam soil from the field near us. She was planting plants like roses, San Francisco, and Saluag and since the soil in our house is dry and unhealthy, we get soil from the field or we call in vernacular as “daruhan”. Now, when we get there, my brother saw Gong Gong so we took him, placed him in the bucket of soil we took so that mom won’t notice when we go back home. Then, that afternoon, we went to the church so that was Sunday and that was the first time my mother saw Gong Gong.

We use to call him “Budlat” before cause his eyes were big before but as time passed he grew cute and healthy and he has a very cute, red nose by the way…J

Now, he is still here. We are feeding him with kilos of fishes weekly. Fresh fish, I tell you. He may cost that much but it doesn’t matter cause we love him.

So much with me, now let me ask you, do you also have pets like what I have?



How to make a Hay Lin Potter
Ingredients:

1 part anger

5 parts brilliance

3 parts joy
Method:
Layer ingredientes in a shot glass. Top it off with a sprinkle of lovability and enjoy!

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Confusing Thoughts of my Heart

Have you ever felt the sensation of being in-love? The feeling of care for someone at the extent that you even forget to care about yourself. Me? Maybe… I can’t say. My life has been a mess lately. What if I will just tell you the whole story? So, let me begin…

Since I was young, I did not really know that such a world, kingdom of love, exists. I was also not aware of the feeling people feel when they have entered such a place. I have been experiencing puppy love and the thing that totally confuses me is the difference of it from the real love. Maybe I am just too young for saying these things and I admit that I am having a hard time thinking if I will post this entry or not but then, let me just continue.
I only have one as of now. (Char! Mura gyud og naay daghan sauna.) To keep him confidential and to prevent me from being scandalized, I will just call him Mr. EGM. It all started last year and unfortunately, I forgot the date but it was, I think, the middle part of the Intramurals event. I did not really expect I would fall for him because that time I was really addicted with someone else. About someone else…Promise! You don’t want to know. It is a great shame but if you insist just approach me and please remember it is confidential. Ok! Sorry! I got carried away. So, where am I again?

Oh! So, then I was in the peak of my fantasy with someone else that I will just call Past. I was alone and thinking of all my heartaches and problems. It is just Past is very impossible to reach and that time some information leaked from my friends and a humor scattered. As a solution, I decided to find someone else as a temporary cover with all those issues. Then, I saw him. He was playing soccer with his team and I don’t know what came into my mind that I chose him as the replacement. As most people know me, I am out of my mind so I announced to some of my close friends that I got a crush on Mr. EGM but all of it was just a pure joke. However, it just so happen that cupid was listening and not intentionally, I fell for him. Why did I say such a thing? It is because I started caring for him. It happened in the Athlete’s Night. I thought he was crying and that I was dying to know why. At first, it never really occurred to me that it was care for him but as time passes, I then realized it was.

Time passed so fast that I did not know I am not just falling for him but I am also drowning. The worst part of this story is that some stupid psycho was talking about it and as what happened in my past, a humor also scattered. Oh! Why is life like this? So unfair!

Now, who cares? All I know is that I like him and even if cupid forgot to hit him with that arrow which means he doesn’t like me so who cares? All I know is that people are dumb sometimes and that they are so stupid they fall for someone that don’t like them and I accuse myself as one of them. No matter how my classmates tease him that he is ugly and everything and even I sometimes get discouraged especially when I saw his handwriting, I still don’t care. As long as for me you are perfect so you are and that is it!

I know you are tired of reading all my nonsense so I will just end it. Just a little message to Mr. EGM if in case you have read this (that is if you know I meant about). Just don’t think about it. Forget that I exist and don’t care in everything that I said. All I hope is that my mother won’t read this. So that is it. Hope you enjoyed. :-)

Thursday, February 8, 2007

Knowing Me 101

Hello to all the readers out there if there are any. Hope your having a happy life cause I am. This is my first post and I hope I can make up the remaining, I think, twenty or more. So, why don't you start knowing before it is too late.
First and foremost, my name is Jeziel Anne Lapatha Sanchez. Most of my friends call me JALS cause I said so but my relatives call me Aigee and it was said that it really meant Inday Gamay. JALS came from my initials by the way. Actually, I was supposedly named Jillian Issa but since my parents got my brother's name from the bible so they just replaced it by Jeziel which means God Sprinkles. Then, just to give me a second name, my parents decided to add Anne which is the name of the mother of the Virgin Mary, St. Ann.
I am thirteen years, nine months and twelve days of age as of today. I am currently living not beside your house but in Lower Bacayan, Cebu City; Opposite Villa del Rio 1; Near Pristina North; Philippines. If you don'tknow where it is, just do not bother knowing. I was born on the 28th of August, 1993 at about eight in the morning. I think it was a Monday.
Well, my mother is Gertrudes Lapatha Sanchez and her nickname is Odette. Do not even think how Gertrudes came to Odette cause I do not know either. My father , if you may ask, is the late Maximo Cano Sanchez Jr. and as I have said in, he died five years ago due to Chronic Renal Failure or Kidney Malfunction. I think that was January 1, 2002 at 11:45 in the morning and yes, it was definitely a sad New Year. So much about that, let us now move on to my brother. His name is Jezreel Lapatha Sanchez. My mom said that Jezreel means God Sows. He is already fourteen yeas old and is currently studying in his third year in Cebu City National Science High School. We don't always get along. We fight without clear reasons but, if he is in his right mind, he is a loving, thoughtful and caring brother. I love him so much! Then, the last member of our fmily, our pet cat. He was named Johan and he has been a special and important part of the family. ( As you have noticed, we have J's in our names and I do not call our cat Johan. He is being called Gong Gong cause I was called Gang Gang and since he is a he so just change a from o.) Even if he consumes most of my mom's money and he bugs us a lot, he became our entertainer. He is lazy and he is afraid of rats. (Naka-relate ka?) He also types and chat in the computer. How? He jumps in the keyboard and types words we don't understand and sends it to the person we are chatting with. See? He rocked our world!
Having a family is really not that bad. Even if at the thought of parents sucks. I have always treasured my family, it may be complete or not and I do hope that you would also treasure them as I do. So, why not start now that you have time.....

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