LETTING GO AND MOVING ON

If love becomes painful, its time to let go and save yourself, the line that I have heard from one of my friends when we had a very long conversation about loving, letting go and moving on. I remembered what I said in reply, But if love is true, pain is never a reason to let go.

People grow up and mature. As we grow up, we experience a lot of things. We laugh, we cry, we fall, we get hurt and we rise up again. I may certainly say that the most unforgettable part of ones life is when he/she starts to feel an emotion called love. Some say that its the most abused word, I somewhat agree to that. I would want to share my own experience. I was only around fourteen when I entered a relationship, my family knew that. My mom let me experience the teenage life. Its up to you my dear, as long as you know your limitations, priorities and responsibilities. I became more responsible, got high grades, and joined a lot of organizations, enjoyed life and a lot more. The only thing that matters that time is that hes mine. Im happy. But the relationship that what I thought is perfect had gone to an end. It lasted for almost three years. It was so hard for me to move on. I cried a lot of times. There is this feeling of emptiness within me. There were the times that my friends were so worried about me. But then I realized that life is good and it is not yet the end of my life. Im still young, I should not focus on loving a special someone, and instead, I focused on how to be a better person: a student, a friend and a family member. It took me a year to recover and now when it comes to a point when I remember that I once fell in love too deeply, I just smile at the thought. In life we should be able to know how to live the right way, in which we dont hurt another person. Letting go of painful memories may be a very hard thing to do, but when you decided to finally move on, theres no turning back. I believe that I may not get over the pain totally, but at least, I have learned how to deal and how to live with it through time.

ONE WEEK DIARY LASALLIAN DAYS 2011

January 24, 2011 (Monday)

The thought that this week would be a week without worries made me smile. Whew. We are all free from a lot of school works and all that we need to do is to have fun and enjoy the Lasallian week. I havent witnessed a lot of events today for I decided to spend my day in the Biological Sciences Department and be on duty. When I came to school around 8:00 AM, I was able to see the parade for it was the opening of the intramurals and the cheer dance competition. Some of my friends asked me to join them watching but I wasnt in the mood to watch so I went to the BSD. I spent the day walking. . Walking. . And walking. I remember I walked starting from the COS building then to the admin building and then back to COS building, for 5 or more times. I got used to it and now I can say that I am enjoying it. I tend to interact with other people, to meet new friends and to become more responsible. At 12:00 NOON I was with my friend and we ate outside the school. When we came back, we explored the bazaar and because we both love to eat, we ended up buying food in some stalls. I thought we wouldnt have any classes but then we have to attend our FILI102 class. We spent the entire afternoon inside the library and we all worked on our theses. I reached home around 7:30 PM because the road along Kadiwa which was supposed to be a road where vehicles may pass is now a soon to be temporary market, and that causes traffic. Since then, a lot of people are somewhat mad, take me as an example, I need to wake up earlier just so that I may be able to reach school on time. Knowing that it is a busy street and that a lot of students pass that road, why have they done that? I only wish that the temporary market will be relocated or else a lot of people will suffer. For now, I dont have anything else to do. I hope tomorrow will be a good day.

January 25, 2011 (Tuesday)

I really enjoyed this day. It was almost 9:00 AM when I reached school. My friend and I went to the bazaar again and what else can we do but to eat. After that, my classmates and I attended the mass at the university chapel. There were lots of fellow Lasallians who attended also, maybe because they were required if it isnt their own will to attend the mass. We ate lunch at the square canteen and then went straight to the university grandstand. We waited for almost an hour before the program started. It was worth the wait. I witnessed a lot of happenings. First was the enter the dragon scene which was followed by the parade of performers from all colleges. Next, I watched the cultural dance presentations of different colleges which featured different festivals here in the Philippines: the pahimis festival, tahong festival, flag festival, Sto. Nio festival and tinapa festival. I was quite confused with one of the presentations, the mushroom thing. Then the College of Business Administration together with the College of Education and the College of International Hospitality Management showed what theyve got in cheer dancing. Those were the top three colleges of the cheer dance competition. Then five or 6 guys form CIHM performed, showing their guts in bartending. The next thing that I have seen was the kite flying of 100 scholars. I may say that they enjoyed flying their kites and people enjoyed taking pictures as they watch. I wasnt able to watch the fireworks display for I decided to go home before it gets late. When I reached home I ate dinner with my family.

January 26, 2011 (Wednesday)

This day isnt as fun compared to yesterday. We have our TRIGO class. We were just given a seatwork. Unfortunately, nobody brought a book so we just borrowed one at the library. We just spent the half of the day solving those mathematical problems. After that we ate at caf museo and then head toward the girls dorm. I was able to enter the dormitory of our friends for outsiders are allowed to enter due to the open house thing. We attended the Lasallian Forum 2011 held at the ULS. We are all first year students so as part of INTRO102, we have to and we need to attend that event. It was somewhat boring but really informative. Speakers were invited to share their own experiences and somewhat to inspire us and to give guidelines for us to be able to succeed in what field we want to be in and what profession we want to pursue in the near future. January 27, 2011 (Thursday)

I didnt go to school this day. Almost all of my classmates also decided to stay at home. It was another typical day away from school. Wake up late, take a bath, eat a lot, brush your teeth, and sleep for a while, text, read a good book, play internet games and end up making wall posts on facebook. Thats my routine whenever I have a day where I dont have anything important to do. I dont know if Ill be going to school tomorrow.

January 28, 2011 (Friday)

I got addicted to one of the things sold at the bazaar. The so called pocket bread I dont know whats into it that made me want to eat it for a lot of times. As the line from T.V. commercial that Ive witnessed before says: Sarap na hinahanap-hanap at sarap na binabalik-balikan. Thats the only reason why I went to school on this day. I was with my friend and we both decided to go to SM Dasma. We ate and then we watched a movie. When I reached home, we celebrated my aunts birthday. I ate a lot again. Truly indeed it was a great week. A week without worries. A week that was filled with a lot of memories. I wish that our Lasallian week would turn to Lasallian month. As this week ends, I thank the Lord for everything. Next week, everything will be back to normal again. A lot of school works, activities, quizzes, recitations, laboratory experiments and others. Though there are a lot of things to do, I hope that we may all find happiness and fulfillment in our lives. ANIMO! LA SALLE!

NINETEEN DAYS AWAY FROM SCHOOL

We all deserve some quality time with our family, friends and loved ones, and spending time with them truly makes us happy. For nineteen days, I may say that it was a long time, but I would want to ask for more. I really love holidays for its the time to relax and the time to enjoy doing things that you want and things that you will surely enjoy. The first day without classes was such a relaxing day, youll definitely feel that youre so relaxed and that you are free from a lot of school works and school requirements. I was sad for I wasnt able to complete the so-called Simbang Gabi for I studied trigonometry, the following days test. Anyway, that was before the 19 days away from school. I had a lot of fun spending time with dads clan, my moms clan and as well as with my own beloved friends. Days passed when I just did nothing extraordinary, I ate a lot, texted a lot, surfed the net a lot and slept a lot. Though theres a lot of time Ive spent on doing such things, my family and I had never forgotten to thank our Lord and as well as greet Him a happy birthday when it was Christmas day. We were also thankful for the year that had passed. We all wish to have a better year ahead of us. The last few days weve spent going to some common places, like Tagaytay, Laguna, Alabang and others. Doing a lot of things will surely make you feel tired and exhausted, but when you are with your loved ones, indeed youll always be happy and will still be able to smile before the end of the day.

MOMENTS OF LOVE I have never been in a serious relationship with a guy and that makes me unique, just like everyone else. Its not that I always play with their hearts its just that I think I havent found the right man yet. Prior to love is blind and love is in the air, I was once impaired by a rotten worthless guy who doesnt deserve to have my heart. But then, I became aware that, if love is true, pain is never a reason to let go. Eventually, itll come to appoint when youll realize that its unfair, if in a relationship, youre the only one left striving to save it and hurtfully holding on. Looking at the bright side, I believe that when its the right moment, Ill have someone who can accept me at my worst and definitely deserves me at my best. I just dont know when that right moment will come. As the saying goes, love comes when you least expect it. Times have passed, and Im in love again. This time I have someone who is exactly my opposite. Im talkative, friendly, outgoing and easy to deal with, imagine who I am in love with right now. Hes two years older than me, a weirdo, and mysterious, self-centered, snob and yet I fell madly in love with him. I was moved by his courage to divulge his feelings towards me and he even made a poem for me. I cant keep my ears away from his words, and those were the best words that Ive heard in my entire life. When Im with him, I can feel the rush of butterflies in my stomach and when I stare at his face, it is as if hes the only one existing in this world. Like any other typical love story, ours isnt also a perfect one. There are times when we dont really understand each other. We fight for some time and then after a few hours, well be in good terms again. Despite all of the trials and misunderstandings, we managed to keep out relationship stable. Right now, he means the world to me and I could not ask for more. We both dont know whatll happen next but what matters is if we will still be together. I realized that love is not finding the right person at the right moment but creating a good relationship

FOOD IN A FLASH

Filipino people are experiencing a crisis which is food shortage. In order to end the agony here comes the invention of the future, the food in a flash. Food in a flash will help solve food shortage because it doubles your food, it is very handy and it guarantees satisfaction. Food in a flash will certainly end food shortage for it doubles the food that you have. So if you have limited number of stocks of your food, it will surely be of help to you. In just a flash, once that was just a few will turn into many. It is very difficult nowadays if your devices are too big. Aside from it takes up too much space, you cannot bring them anywhere you want. Thats why this device is very helpful, food in a flash is a very handy device, you can take it along with you without having any problems because it is small and it is also light in weight. Many other tools promise a lot of benefits. Benefits that are sometimes too impossible to attain or to achieve. That made this invention different from those. Food in a flash guarantees satisfaction. It can absolutely end your hunger so you dont have to wonder. You will feel satisfied with what you eat. There are lots of things that this device can guarantee you. Having read everything above will somewhat make you dream or think of having this invention. Because of its quality, this is really the solution or the remedy to food shortage.

BRAIN DRAIN

To live and to survive, thats the usual goal of man, and in order for him to fulfill that goal, he thinks of ways that might help him attain and retain those. Now that brain drain is somewhat the common scenario, it creates a great impact in ones country for it results to migration of professionals. There are reasons why they want to leave their own country and these are: there are a lot of job opportunities abroad, they want to have a better salary and they would want to have a better life. First thing that comes to their mind is to migrate. It may be ironic but most of us are able to notice that a lot of professionals prefer working abroad instead of having them serve in their own countries. They think that there are a lot of job opportunities there compared to their own country. But sometimes, theyll still end up having jobs which are not appropriate or which arent fit to what theyve studied for a long time. Second reason is that people would want to have a better salary, who wouldve want a small one? It is but normal to wish for a larger wage, for if its larger, one may have more or maybe one may have whats enough. Having more is far better than having nothing at all. Last reason is that people would want to live a better life. People would want to escape from poverty. I have not met anyone who wishes to become poor. Everyone would do anything and would sacrifice anything in order to live and to survive. Indeed brain drain creates a great impact in ones country. If thats the case, their own country will suffer, while they strive to live and to survive in other countries.

WE CREATE OUR OWN DESTINY I believe that our destiny is written by our own hand. There aint no other person who has the same destiny as ours. Its just a matter of living your life to the fullest and as time goes by, learning how to accept and face challenges or trials. Indeed one of the sayings about life is true, you are the captain of your ship. You are in control of your life. You take chances/risks and later make results. Other people may enter your life but it is up to you if theyll make you a better person or not. You will encounter a lot of trials along the way, but if you are strong/brave enough, theres no doubt that you can survive and learn from those trials/hardships in life. People should not depend too much on things which arent well explained, clear or precise. We cannot blame people who believe too much on superstitious beliefs, horoscopes, lucky charms, predictions etc. Its their choice but then the real thing is, if we depend too much on those things, we tend to forget about our own insights, our own values or even our own beliefs. Our fate is not for sale. Bear in mind that if it is bound to happen, it is bound to happen. Our decisions today will surely create a great impact in our future. in life, we are all given freedom to decide. Decisions will either result to make us or to break us. We should not deny the fact that we are not perfect. We are just human beings that are bound to commit mistakes. But mistakes make us think of the risks we didnt take. In the end youll see the results of your decisions. May it be good or not, still be proud because those things made you happy and those were your own decisions. It is better to risk for you to be happy, than to fail without even trying.. I may certainly say that in life, we should be ready to face or to accept everything thatll come along our journey. We make mistakes, we take risks, we create decisions. Its all about living the life you love and loving the life you live.

ENGLISH101 COMPILATION OF ESSAYS

SUBMITTED BY: JUSTINE JOYCE C. NARVAEZ HUB12

SUBMITTED TO: MISS JESSICA TURNO