“We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edge of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.”
—Margaret Atwood

Saturday, October 07, 2017



Magulang hindi isang salita na lagi natin napapakinggang ginugulangan mo angisang tao bagkus ito ay isang salita na napakalaki ng halaga sa atin dahil ito ay isang pananagutan at higit sa lahat isang responsibilidad.
 Pamilya binubuo ng magulang at kinabibilangan din naman ng anak na siyang inaaruga, inaalagaan at higit sa lahat minamahal nila. Ngunit naisip niyo ban a kung gaano kahalag ang ating magulang sa ating buhay? Naisip niyo rin ba kung paano mabuhay ng walang kinagisnan, kinalakihan o maulila ng maaga sa kanilang magulang?

Maaaring sa buhay natin mga kabataan ngayon, mas nakakarami na ang kabataang hindi na gumagalang sa kanilang magulang o kaya’y wala ng pakialam. Hindi na nila naiisip kung hinid dahil sakanila, wala ako, ikaw at tayong lahat dito sa mundong ibabaw.
Bawat isa sa atin ay mayroong pinahahalagahan sa buhay kagaya ng kaibigang handang tumulong kung ika’y nangangailangan, kapatid na parating nariyan para ikaw ay protektahan at isang magulang na walang ibang inisip kung hindi ang ating kapakanan.
Isang ina na simula palang sa pagbubuntis, hanggang tayo’y iniluwal at pinalaki na may takot sa Diyos. Isang ama na labis ang ginawang pagtatrabaho ng tayo’y isinilang upang may maipambili lamang ng gatas, dayaper at ng mga gamot kung ikaw ay may karamdaman. Mga magulang na handang maghira at gawin ang lahat para sa kapakanan ng kanilang mga anak. Masarap magkaroon ng magulang na nagmamahal sa’yo, tutulong sa mga problema at oras na pumapatak ang luha dahil sa kabiguang naranasan nariyan sila upang patahanin ka.
Pero ngayon, hindi natin naiisip ang hirap na pinagdaanan nila para sa atin, kung paano tayo palakihin ng may magandang kinabukasan at may takot sa Poong Maykapal. Ngunit, paano kaya kung dumating ang oras na magkasakit at maratay sila sa banig ng karamdaman?

Huwag sana tayong magsawang alagaan sila, tayo bilang anak ay kailangan gawin ito gaya ng ginawa nila sa atin nung tayo ay bata pa dito lang tayo makakabawi sa lahat ng ginawa nilang mabuti sa atin. Kaya ngayon habang kapiling pa natin an gating mga magulang, ipadama natin sa kanila ang pagmamahal na kailangan nila. Iparamdam natin kung gaano sila kahalaga sa ating buhay at matutong magpasalamat sa lahat ng ginawang pagsisikap nila para mapaganda ang ating buhay. Humingi rin tayo ng tawad sa mga kasalanan na ating nagawa. Suklian natin ng sobrang pagmamahal at paglingkuran natin sila habang kapiling pa sila. Sabihin natin sa kanila na, “mahal na mahal ko po kayo, inay at itay! Nagpapasalamat po ako na ikaw ang aking naging magulang”.
Mabilis ang panahon, kaya taong may mga magulang pa, hangga’t maaga pa at kapiling pa natin sila. At lagi natin tatandaan, ang lahat ngayon sa ating buhay ay hindi natin makakasama ng pangmatagalan pero ang ating magulang at pamilya ay hindi kailanman tayo iiwan. Maraming salamat.
Hindi man tayo perpektong anak, subukan natin maging masunurin. Gawin natin ito hindi lang para sa sarili natin kung hindi dahil gusto natin makabawi sa lahat ng nagawa nila para sa atin.

Miracle. That word has struck something in me when I first heard of the title Miracle in Cell No.7. I actually asked myself what can possible be the meaning of the term “miracle”. Is there any sort of miracle that will happen? That thinking drove me to watch the movie.
Ye sung is the only daughter of Lee-Yong Gu, a man with some kind of brain illness. But despite of having such situation, he still managed to raise Ye Sung. And as a father, of course he will do everything and anything for his only daughter. And their fate became twisted. Lee-Yong Gu was accused of killing and raping the daughter of the chief-of-police. He was framed-up, promised that they will give his daughter if he’s going to tell the prosecutor that he indeed raped the victim. He was sentenced to death without having a right trial. And when he was convicted, he saved a prisoner from being killed, in exchange of what he has done.
Though it sounds a bit impossible, they were able to bring Ye Sung inside the jail just to be with Lee-Yong Gu. And a miracle was given.
That part really moved me because Ye Sung was able to change not only the attitude of the men inside the Cell No.7 but she changed the lives of everyone in there. And also Lee-Yong Gu, despite being mentally ill, he was able to teach them some good lesson. And I guess that part was the running point of the movie.
It taught that the most selfless, most sacrificing and unconditional love will always be given by our parents. No doubt. And no matter what happens that love will make us do everything for them. And one more thing it taught me that not because you were already condemned by some, doesn’t mean that everyone will judge you. Or will hate. There are still someone who will accept you and love you. We should never judge easily by what our naked eyes see. The movie has taught me that.
We should look into the deeper part of the story and try to understand them. Moreover, it also taught me that no matter how hard and how long you try to hide the truth and what really happened, the truth will always prevail.
Love, for me, is something sacred and special. And love means being strong despite all the trials. And love is most precious thing a child can offer to her father.

Friday, October 06, 2017

1. Why it is important that the teacher must choose the best and appropriate assessment to be used?
It is important that the teacher choose the best and appropriate assessment to their students to find out if they learn. To find out if they learned the skills and knowledge needed, assessing them must depend on the criteria or right criteria that will be based on the task that the teacher ask the students to do. Since all students are different, assessing them based on one or same criteria is hard, since they have different skills that the others don't have, so the assessment that the teacher needed to use must be appropriate for all. Teacher must analyze it and the students and see if it will fit the students level.


2. What are the importance of digital skills?

Digital age is affecting our lives in different ways. It affect us in schools, workplace (for those who are working), and in our home. So as a future teachers, being able to learn different digital skills is a big advantage in teaching, aside from making a power point presentation, preparing educational videos, and editing pictures for the class, we can make different activities to engage our students to the lesson. So in order to be able to do that, we need these digital skills, to be able to come up or to make materials or presentation interesting to the students. Also, acquiring these skills will help us to be a responsible person in social media, to search different skills or approach that we can learn from the internet to be able to face or manage a class. Aside from that, by having these skills, it is a proof that we are not left behind by our ever changing society, and if we are updated to what's new, we can easily use that to be able to cope up with our students, and to be able to give activities/different activities from the internet for our students.

3. Compare the traditional form of teaching to the latest one as to criteria applied for in the preparation of instructional materials.
Making of instructional materials is not that easy especially when you have no talent in this. It takes a lot of time to create. There is a rule that we need to follow also before we create our own like proper combination of colors to be able for our students to read it clearly for better understanding.
For me, I will compare traditional form to the latest (power point presentation), I can say that the traditional is more time consuming because if it's your daily routine to use this traditional one you need to prepare this day by day and night by night in different styles and designs unlike to the latest all you need to do is to type all your lessons, copy it and paste to the slides make it lively through animation feature, that's it! But, I can say also if it's in terms of effort my vote is 100% go to the traditional one. Now, if this will happen, there's something in your instructional materials that is typographical error or misspelled and sometime wrong information, the latest  one got  my vote because it is easy to change in the presentations unlike to the traditional one that is not easy to change. If money involves of course the traditional one is highly paid because you need to buy like glue, colored papers, cartolina etc. In terms of "wow factor" they are both unique on their own way.
Here are some of my answers in online contest. Sadly, it's not that good to be called as winner:
The picture below was taken last June 12, 2001, exact month, day and year of my first day at school – primary level. I’m only 4 years old on this picture together with my siblings. I still remember the time where my Mama stays always outside our room just to guard me, for me not to cry. Also, she witnessed all of my achievements, when I got special ribbon for actively participating in our discussion on fables and of course, the brand of 3 stars in my left and right hands. So happy! My primary level is very noteworthy, I really felt the true happiness when I always cherished the events that happened in the past with my first friends and enemies. At the end of that school year, I received two awards which are Most Thoughtful and Best in Scribbler.
And, I graduated last June 14, 2017 in tertiary(last day of school) with the degree of Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Filipino but still the memories, experiences and acquired learning on my first day at school will never fade and it will stay forever.
 → The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. - Helen Adams Keller Life is not perfect, you can't have all that you want for. But one thing is for sure, it is not impossible that you can get what you want if you are dedicated on what you are doing. I was amazed by the student Helen Keller because despite of her disability, she finished her studies and became popular because of her unique intelligence through the help of her tutor Ms. Sullivan who never gave up on her, because of that Ms. Sullivan became happy and fulfilled because her hardships on teaching Helen were all worth it. Helen became well-known and inspired many people. That means disability is not a burden for the people who are willing and want to learn. I was also inspired by her to study hard since I am fortunate and blessed to have an eyesight and I am not disabled. I saluted her, for being hardworking just to learn how to read. Even the children with good eyesight have difficulties in reading what more a blind and deaf like her, but she conquer it and she make it. She is one of a kind that many people must admire. We need not to make fun out of people with disabilities because sometimes those people whom we make fun of, are those people who can do and achieve more than what people without disabilities can. I am very much touched and inspired by this, her story can serves as an inspiration for all the people, especially, for those who have disability that do not want to continue their life anymore. So, if I have given a chance to own a Cherry Mobile Desire R7 Plus, surely, I will watch again the biographical movie from 2000 which is THE MIRACLE WORKER.

→I Like #Uhans #Note4 because all features are so tremendous and remarkable, the design is dazzling and so alluring. This is a perfect phone for a dedicated, trustworthy, passionate and lively person like me. Also, it has 5.5'' fully laminated screen display, 3GB RAM and 32GB ROM for non-stop surfing and gaming, 4000mAh battery which can be use for the whole day, real 13MP and 5MP of camera that I can be use too to my photography, MTK737 Quad-core processor and Android 7.0. Thank you for the chance UHANS Mobile. Love love love!
→I like #ELEPHONE #P8 because all features are so tremendous and remarkable. The design is dazzling and so alluring. This is a perfect phone for a dedicated, trustworthy, passionate and lively person like me and it can surely easily give satisfaction to everyone because it has everything. So, if I have given a chance to own one, I will use this Elephone P8 in my photography – nature’s photo shoot, wouldn't it be amazing to capture it all in a lens of a camera? As the old saying goes "Picture conveys a thousand words." To make our nature as the subject of every picture I will take, and to let its beauty take the center stage; to capture it and somehow preserve it for the next generation to see. And I know, somehow, Elephone P8 will give our nature's beauty a justice. Capturing not only its breathtaking beauty but also the message it wants to convey. It might not give the exact same feeling you'll feel when you see and smell it personally but capturing it in a photo and sharing to the world is a way of telling everyone that the poetry of Earth is never dead.
  
Until now, "try and try".


K-drama and K-pop may be one of the most dangerous addictions that a person can form in a lifetime. It starts innocently enough. You begin with your first taste, perhaps an episode of “You’re Beautiful,” “Playful Kiss,” or “Boys Over Flowers.” You curiously sit down for an episode, which somehow turns into two or three. The Internet becomes your friend as you get to know the characters and the actors. And then… it all spirals out of control. Welcome to the world of K-drama and K-pop Addiction. Korean dramas are hot on video streaming sites. Currently airing dramas can't be subtitled and loaded quickly enough to satisfy their English-speaking audience. And K-pop? Well, the music videos of the famous idols are giving YouTube a blast, streaming the videos over and over to gain more views. Unfamiliar words?  Worry no more, fam. K-drama and K-pop fans already know the drill. They even learn basic Korean words and phrases through K-dramas and K-pop songs. 
The big question people want to know is: why are K-dramas and K-Pop so popular around the world? 
Korean dramas appeal to the senses and emotions.  The best ones have great cinematography, attractive and heartwarming characters that are given depth, and a well-orchestrated and coordinated musical soundtrack that ties the story, actors' portrayals and all the little details together.  They are a length that allows the viewer to get engaged in the characters much better than with movies, and they drag out less than the ongoing types of series.
Korean dramas tend to provide a balance of action, drama, romance and comedy.  Depending on what you like, there is plenty to choose from.  They can definitely hook you in.  Generally Korean dramas will start you off with something lighter, bring you down a bit into the dark history, and help pull you back to the surface at the end.  Sometimes the resurfacing is satisfying and predictable, and other times they can leave you hanging, or leave a strange taste in your mouth.
Watching dramas in marathon mode is not uncommon - this way you don't need to have the patience to watch an episode a week.  Others prefer to watch many dramas, once a week each.  With the dramas being online and subtitled by people who care, the quality is generally more than reasonable, and it allows people who don't understand the culture and language to learn the culture and language, while enjoying a great ride through the lives of the characters.
On the other hand, there are many factors that constitute to why K-pop is addictive. Other artists typically travel around the world to perform and promote (usually themselves). However, K-pop expresses all the hard work and effort each team member put in. Their dance moves are all synchronized really well, to the point where everything seems practically identical. And the music videos are more “story written”. Like reading a novel. K-pop idols also train for many years before performing and making their debut. American artists usually never train for over six years. The fact that they go through such lengths to train themselves and their long schedules show that they work really hard to prepare for each upcoming performance. 
If you listen closely enough, you’ll notice an underlying theme to the song. Everything is connected: outfits, choreography, setting, and even their facial expression; which is something unique, like no other. K-pop albums and merchandise are made with lots of dedication and hard work. The companies know how to draw in fans and make them excited for the next performance or comeback. That’s why many K-pop fans spend thousands of money from their savings and allowance for the merchandise.
When listening to music, it's mainly an escape; to find a happier place and feel connected with something besides the struggles and hardships life has to offer. People run to their favorite artists for comfort because sometimes the lyrics speak to them. And that’s how K-pop fans really feel.
In general, watching K-dramas and listening to K-pop is fascinating. They make you feel things. And if you don't control yourself, you definitely could get addicted, and everything that is too much is bad. Loving them will have a good effect on you, but somehow there will be bad effects too; but then again, as what K-drama and K-pop fans usually say, “Blank is life, but OPPA is lifer.”

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