3rd Quarter

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Another quarter has finnaly passed. Another quarter to begin. It's funny to think how time passes by really fast. We are now welcoming the last quarter for this school year. It means, we only have few months left. It means this is the last quarter. This means this is the LAST.

 It makes me happy but at the same time, it really makes me sad, that we're finally welcoming another quarter. I realized that this is now the last quarter. It means this is my second to the last reflection blog that I'll be posting. So third quarter was indeed fun. When I think about third quarter, I remember the hiphop dance. It was one of the memorable memories of this quarter. Because of this, not only me but the whole class experienced body ache. Although it was tiring, I found happiness within it. It was nice practicing with the most fun people that I've ever met which are my classmates. Although it is very tiring, it was nice to experience this. Third quarter was a little drainy, there are a lot of school works, assignments, performance tasks and all. I'm hoping for this next quarter to be more easier but I think we will be more busier again since we are graduating.

Overall, I enjoyed this quarter even though it is draining. I will still continue to try my best for this coming quarter. I will make sure to always improve day by day. And also lastly, I will I will make sure to spend this last quarter of my junior highschool, the happiest and the most memorable. 

SEMANA SANTA 2023

Holy Week is an important time for Christians throughout the world. Holy Week, the final week of Lent, begins on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter. Holy Week is a time when Catholics gather to remember and participate in the Passion of Jesus Christ. A time when Jesus Christ sacrified his life for us.

Every year, Holy Week is one of the huge events that being held in our country. In this time, people are busy, specially the church. There are a lot of events that is happening during this time. It is a long holiday and that's why people can have time with God with their family and friends and also to rest from a very busy work or school. This Holy Week 2023, a lot of people specially from Metro Manila decided to have a vacation in province. They will go to resorts, they will do Visita Iglesia or even go back to their hometown, just like my brother did. Last week, Maundy thursday when he arrived at home. He was working on Manila and he decided to come home this holy week since it's rare to have a long vacation like this. There were a lot of activities or events that happened like the "Pursisyon" where a lot of people attended. I kinda dissapointed because I did not able to attend that since I have no one to go with. On the other hand, a lot of people, specially the elders that the Holy Week now is not the way it is like before when they were young. It used to be quite, people will not eat meat, you will never see people who are working at this time, there will be no radios that beating so loud. Time changed and so with this. Some people now, don't believe that these beliefs really makes sense and that's why it makes the older one dissapointed.

Overall, the Semana Santa 2023 was peaceful for me. This is the time when we need to reflect and regret to all of our sins. Jesus Christ sacrified his life for us, that's why we need to thank him by doing good things. Semana Santa is a reminder to us, how Jesus Christ loves us and how he can sacrifice his life just to save us. Let us remember to be always be greatful to God and let's thank him for all that we have.

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ISNHS DAY

 

Celebrating 121st years of educational excellence with its unique self-paced, ISNHS has added another year of quality and impressive education, last saturday March 25, 2023 with the theme ‘’Renewed Commitment in Defying Odds to Transcend Heights of Excellence and Solidarity ’’. It is the one of the highlights of the school every year that most of the students are waiting for.

The first part of the said occasion was the Thanksgiving Mass which was held at the ISNHS Centennial Gymnasium at 8:00 am. While the second part of the foundation day was the program at 10:00 am. The program was started with the welcoming address by Mrs. Editha C. Bagcal the Principal IV of the ISNHS, followed by the message of Ms. Gemma Q. Tacuycuy and the intermission number of the selected Grade 10 students. The program's Master's of Ceremony were Mrs. Czarise R. Peria and Mr. Aldrin D. Dela Cruz. The joyful music and decorations brought about the festive ambiance of the Ilocos Sur National Higschool community perked up the ISNHSians after the non-stop blessing given by Miss Charmaine Antiporda who was the Guest of Honor and Speaker of the said occasion and the inspirational talk with Dr. Vida Margarette Andal Bueno. After that, the Awarding of Plaque of Recognition to the Guest Speaker and another intermission number by the Teacher's Choir were next. Awarding of Outstanding Teachers, Employees and Retirees plus the Words of Gratitude of Mr. Rommel R. Rabo were also part of the said program. The second part of the program was ended by the Closing Song, Walang Hanggang Pasasalamat.
Finally, the third and last part of the event was the field demo at 1:00 pm. It was started by the prayer led by Mr. Joseph Q. Obrero and the welcoming address by Mr. Reynario T. Viloria. Next was the Field Demonstration, Calisthenics (Galaw Pilipinas, Festival Dances ( Kannawidan Festival) and the Hiphop Dancers. Also, the Tradtional Games by FEC Officers, Booths by SSG are part of the third part of the event. Lastly the Words of Gratitude was delivered by Mrs. Judeliza M. Refuerzo. It was nice but I just got to witness the afternoon program  or the third part of the program which is the field demo. One of the most amusing part is when the Mapeh teachers and some students danced the Galaw Pilipinas. I was very amazed on how they danced and also it is eye pleasing to see how plenty they are and how they danced with a smile on their faces despite of the heat since it is 1 pm in the afternoon.

Foundation day in school is indeed fun, as Chad Sugg said "Enjoy your Youth, you'll never be younger than you are at this very moment". Students and teachers enjoyed this event especially since it has been almost 3 years since the last face-to-face celebration of this event. The efforts and hardworks of all ISNHSians facilitators, event organizers, students and teachers really paid off.

Credits to ISNHS SSG for the pics.

Where There Is A Woman, There Is Magic.

 THE STRONG WOMEN

The Women's Month Celebration has served as a venue to highlight women's achievements and discuss continuing and emerging women's empowerment and gender equality issues and concerns, challenges, and commitments.

In the Philippines, March is widely recognized as Women's Month, a time to honor and appreciate the significant contributions made by women to society. This month-long celebration aims to raise awareness about women's struggles for gender equality and their rights. National Women's Month aims for gender equality and anti-feminism. It promotes anti-discrimination to women.

In the past, women had no role at all, because they were barred and experienced discrimination. They were

not given the same rights as men. Women are considered weak and coward. But over time, women have gradually proven that they have the strength and courage to do what men can do. That's why, in order to recognize the Filipino women to our society, Presidential Proclamation No. 227 Series of 1988 declared March to be observed as Women's Role in History Month, and Republic Act No. 6949 Series of 1990 designated March 8 of each year as National Women's Month. Women are powerful, they can do almost anything, and they seem to do twice as much work as men. Women, like mothers in our society, have to work or find a job to feed their family, and when they come back to their house, they will do their housework again, which is why most mothers have no rest. . Women, especially mothers who have heavy duties and responsibilities in our community, should only be saluted and respected.

Overall, worldwide experience shows clearly that supporting a stronger role for women contributes to economic growth, it improves child survival and overall family health, and it reduces fertility, thus helping to slow population growth rates. In short, investing in women is central to sustainable development. The sacrifice of women is priceless. They are very exemplary, and their contribution to our family and society is immeasurable. Let's always remember that women can do anything. They are strong, brave and responsible that's why let's promote women empowerment, let's promote gender equality.

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 Why do we celebrate National women's month?

 https://pcw.gov.ph/national-womens-   month/#:~:text=In%20the%20Philippines%2C%20the%20Women's,concerns%2C%20challenges%2C%20and%20commitments.

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A Day, Full of Love

 

                                                             A Day Full of Love

    

We celebrate Valentine's every at exact date February 14. But why do we celebrate Valentine's Day? Well, Valentine's Day originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine. Through later folk traditions, it has become a significant cultural and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world. Everytime February comes, you'll start to see a lot of heart decorations around you. Some people are excited celebrating it, while others don't. It is because some people thinks that Valentine's is just celebrated by people who have partners, but what they don't realize is that Valentine's is for all, for friends, family, teachers, coworkers, and more.

Before Valentine's, my classmates decided to exchange gifts on Valentine's in order for us to receive a gift on this day (especially most of us are single haha). We draw names and I got Angel. February comes. I greeted my parents a HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY and kissed them. After that I went to school and it was quite cute since it is my first time, giving a gift to anyone (except, my parents) in Valentine's. The one who got my name was Gade and I was pleased on what he gave to me, it was a lot of foods. I also got flower from Neriah. It was all cute. Later on that day, I greeted my online friends.

Moving on, I realized that Valentine's was not only for people who have partners. I admit it that at first, I was really bitter. But as time goes by, I realized that there is something more, about Valentine's. Valentine's is a month of Love and Heart. I realized that love does not only work romantically for couples, there is more than that and it is the unconditional love that we give and receive from our family and friends. Everyday is Valentine. We choose to love and care to people especially our loved ones, everyday. Sometimes, the greatest love is not found in dramatic scenes that poets and writers immortalize. Often, the greatest manifestation of  love are the simple act of kindness and caring that we extend to those we meet along the path.   Love is for everyone, yourself, family, friends, and God.

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Kannawidan Festival 2023

 

                                                               Kannawidan Festival

Kannawidan Festival, it is the Festival that not only the City of Vigan celebrates but the whole province of Ilocos Sur. Kannawidan is a variant of the Ilocano word "tawid" meaning heritage or inheritance. It commemorates the separation of the two Ilocos provinces in 1818. Last February 2, 2023 was the 205th Founding Anniversary of the Province of Ilocos Sur. The celebration is considered as the prime festival  of the province and is visual and is a feast for the indigenous costumes, dances, and songs, religious  rituals, cookfest and trade fairs that showcases distinctly  Ilocano  products.  Kannawidan Ylocos Festival became an annual festival that aims to create awareness on the preservation of the province' rich cultural heritage, practices and traditionds, and a showwcase of the different agriculture and industry products of the province.

Kannawidan festival has always been fun and exciting, but then Covid 19 happened. It was the time when they  need to temporarily stop the  celebration o Kannawidan. It is because it s really dangerous to hold  a concerts and contests. After 2 years, Kannawidan is finally back.  Here, you can experience and witness the whole indigenous performances, religious rituals, and more. Kannawidan Abel Iluko Fashion Show, Kannawidan Street Dancing, Battle of the bands, Kannawidan Float Parade, Kannawidan LGBT Festival Queen are just some of the activities that people do. Abel Iloko, Bagnet, Pinakbet are just some of the products of Ilocanos that you can try here. Kanawidan promotes the rich culture of  Ilocanos.

Kannawidan has always been part of people lives here, and if you ask them how they feel about it, I can ensure that you'll only hear positive comments about it. It is always fun. The Government of Ilocos Sur never fails to impress and to put smile on the faces of their people. A lot of Filipino artists are coming and celebrating this festival with us and that's why Kannawidan has always been fun. This year, Mikael Daez joins  Meghan Young and Sophia Senoron hosting the Miss Ilocos Sur 2023 pageant.  As a Bigueño, I am happy and proud to be celebrating Kannawidan festival. It never fails to impress me. Overall, Kannawidan was great this year, and I am looking forward for more years to celebrate this festival.

Source:                           

 1st picture: http://www.govisitphilippines.com/blog.php?blog=98

2nd picture:

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2nd Quarter

From: Dear Fashion Site

Second quarter is finally over, meaning a new quarter is coming again. 3rd quarter is coming again. I can't believe it. It feels like yesterday when I was afraid of attending my class in the first day of school, now here I am again, welcoming a new quarter.

Not just like the first quarter, my life is easier this time. I already adjusted. Not like in 1st quarter, everything was so difficult for me. Now, there's still many difficulties that I am facing, but I can say that I can handle all of them already. On second quarter, I discovered a lot and learned a lot, not only in our lessons, but also lessons that I can apply to my daily life. I learned that having a good classmates and teachers will make your life easier too.
The challenges that I encountered was doing our thematic projects, alone. It is more difficult to make it since we have no time at all. Also, having no printer is difficult.  How did I overcome these challenges? Well, I have this friend and thanks to her and her patience, I can have a printed outputs and projects, anytime, and regarding on having no time, I just tried my best to finish it. sometimes we need to fight our own selves in order to move forward. Fight our laziness, conquer our fears, fight our anxiety in order to survive.


Moving on, second quarter was fun. Those activities, like zumba, poster making, reader's theater, research proposal and all. Our efforts was worth it. I can't believe I completed another quarter again. I will try my best again, and I will try making, more efforts to some of our performance tasks. All I have to do is trust myself and try my best. Hopefully this quarter will be easy again. 

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The Very Imposing Festival of Vigan!

 When January falls on the calendar, the entire city of Vigan is getting busy. Every year, the Bigueños celebrate the festival of their patron saint, San Pablo, and they also celebrate the fiesta of the city of Vigan. The Longganisa Street Dancing and Showdown, the Vigan City Grand Parade, Longganisa Cookfest are just some of the events that Bigueños hold during the fiesta. Not only that, the government of Vigan is also inviting Filipino artists, whether they are actors, singers or bands, to also celebrate the festival, along with the Bigueños.

For me, my favorite event, every Vigan festival is

the Longganisa Street Dancing, and the Vigan City Parade. As I have also been a participant in these events. Whenever I watch them, I can't help but go back to the past. It's sad and fun to think that before we were the ones that were being watched and applauded by the audiences, but now, I'm one of those applauding, along with the audiences. Participating in these contests before was tiring but worth it in the end. The smiles on the lips of the people watching you, the noises coming from the drums and lyres. The applause of the people watching. Those are just some of the wonderful things to see whenever Vigan Street Dancing takes place.  With the passage of time, the events during the Vigan fiesta became more and more fun. The way the Bigueños celebrate here is really unique and grand. 

You can definitely say "It's more fun in Vigan!" Not only, the sights are beautiful here, but also the people who live here and their festivals that are celebrated every year. As a Bigueño, I am proud of my City. I thank God, I was born here. You can only find all this here in the city of Vigan. The delicious Ilocano food, the beautiful sights, the friendly people and the fun fiesta. So what are you waiting for? Let's go! Come try and experience the very unique fun here in Vigan!

Credits to Ms. Alyssa Pagador for the pictures.

THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR

        

                  THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR

My favorite month is December. Why? It's because everything seems fine and peaceful. It's like there's no problem around at all. The colorful lights coming from the Christmas lights. The loud sound of Christmas song coming from the radio. The feeling is really nostalgic. The breeze of the air. Simbang Gabi is being held. The song of Willie Revillame and Jose Mari Chan is being played. People are giving gifts and money to each other. The nostalgic feeling of me as child that's getting excite of receiving gifts and going to caroling with childhood friends. Also, travelling to Manila, to get my dad at the airport. Everytime, December comes, I can't stop unlocking all my childhood memories. Maybe because I had a great and precious memories of December when I was a kid. December really gives me a crazy nostalgic feeling. And I just love that feeling.

December 2022 was fun. I completed the Misa de Gallo. They say if you complete the 9 days of that mass, then you can make a wish. I made a wish and that'll be a secret. It started from December 16 and ended in December 24. And for the Christmas eve, we ( mom, younger brother and me) celebrated it with my family's friend and also our neighbor. The whole night was fun. Exchange gifts, parlor games, dancing and singing, and also a lot of foods hehe. But I didn't take any photo since I was not in the mood, the whole night. I didn't participate in any games. But I can say that, that night was fun. On December 26th, my dad came home from Manila and followed by my older brother who came home at 28th. So that's the reason, why we decided to celebrate Christmas with our friends since it'll be boring to celebrate it with our own.

Overall, although I didn’t celebrate Christmas with the whole family, it was still fun and great. Because of our family’s friend. The gift giving and all. The greetings that I received. I really felt the spirit of Christmas.

2023: A New Beginning

A New Year has begun, 2022 is now finally over. Time flies really fast, right? It feels like it was just yesterday when my brother and dad came back from Manila. And now, they are here again, celebrating New Year with them. It just feels like yesterday when I'm really excited about buying new clothes to wear on New Year.  And now, here we are again, welcoming another year.

 

On December 31th, our whole family ate dinner together. Whole family means, including my cousins, aunt and uncles. It's like a reunion. My grandpa requested for us to have a reunion. Since my brother and other cousin are working on Manila. Once a year, my brother comes home and that's why, we were only then completed. We ate and caught up with everybody. I played with my cute niece. The two siblings of my mom are present. Actually, we're not complete since my one cousin didn't make it to come since I think he had other plans that night. But it's okay. The night was still amusing.

 

On New Year's Eve, it was really pleasing. The sound of people, welcoming the year 2023. The loud music coming from the radios and videokes. The New Year's countdown. The loud sounds of the motorcycles. The foods. The colorful fireworks in the sky. It was wonderful and glamorous.

Overall, Christmas and New Year are the best holiday for me. 2022, taught me a lot of lessons. I lose friends but I also met a lot of new friends that I can say real. I met a lot of people that inspired me and taught me a lot of lessons. 

Even though, sometimes life is really hard, I

had friends that I relied on. They are the most precious and I cherish the most. They are the only people that I can rely on. And I thank God, that He gave me these people. They were with me, not only in 2022 but since we were kids. And I hope, we will stay together until we grow old. I don't want to loss this friendship. I just wanna thank them for being here with me last year and I hope they will still be here for me, this year and every year haha. They are making my teenage years, more memorable. I had a lot of "first times" last year and most of those is I am with them. Sleeping over, playing monopoly, having s'mores winning in a claw machine and  going to the beach to see the sunrise, they were with me with those" first times".  Thanks to them, I never feel alone.

 I want to thank myself for trying and being adventurous this time. I experienced a lot of new things this year, like going to a concert (Lapillus concert), making s’mores on a bonfire and a lot more. 2022 was great. Now, 2023 has already begun. I'm hoping and praying that this year will be a good year, not just for me but also to my family, friends and to all people.  One thing that I can make sure this 2023, is that, I will continue my journey, will keep on striving and will keep on trying new things.

The Fun and Adventurous world of TLE

 

This event is really smart. It builds the students' skills. It's great because you can see different types of skills and talents here, such as dress making, cookery and so on. It's great because it encourages students to build their confidence and social skills. This event is fun and really adventurous. I say adventurous because of the 4 branches of TLE that you can see and find here. Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) is one of the learning areas of the Secondary Education Curriculum used in Philippine secondary schools. As a subject in high school, its component areas are: Home Economics, Agri-Fishery Arts, Industrial Arts, and Information and Communication Technology.

When I came here, I saw the different kinds of talents of students like me. It's really good because everything I saw was organized. Everything is so well organized. As a student, it was a great feeling to experience going to this kind of event again after 2 years of pandemic. It's so nice to see students like me enjoying it. One of my favorites was the wire loop game because it was so fun to play. This game requires focus and calmness. Another thing is the smell of the food they cook and sell. But for me, they should control the amount of people that come inside. It's too crowded that's why it should be given attention by those who were assigned there. Taking pictures of the place is the first thing I did. Then the industrial arts booth caught my attention because of the floor plans and also the ring loop game. As I continued to explore those booths, I learned the importance of social skills and interactions. I learned that it is important to communicate with others and to develop your social skills. Like when the students there, selling and promoting their goods. We all know that without communication, they may not be able to sell their products. 

Overall, everything is good. In designs and themes. I  was amazed upon entering. Everything was so beautiful, it really felt that I was in a festival. The loud sound of music. The people, enjoying every stall. The banners. The people, welcoming us. The feeling of excitement. It really hits different. In our life, we cannot live without communications. It is important for us to develop our social skills. Also, we cannot live without the help of others .That's why, I'm trying my very best to improve my social skills. Because of the pandemic, I developed social anxiety and I think that is the reason and the one that's stopping me to communicate with others. I will keep in mind that communicating is fun and more adventurous.

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