Disaster-brought Prayer

The creator, savior and Lord God almighty

Clothed with everlasting majesty and glory

The one who puts everything back in harmony

Here I am, adoring your great divinity

You’ve filled this world with unity and happiness

But we, humans, had filled it with thy selfishness

With the courage you have given me, I confess

We, watchmen, wasted the beauty your gifts possess

We all know that you offered humans your power

Power to rule and prevent the world to suffer

But the gift you gave was misused by us, sinners

Then we knew, we failed and were your hope’s abater

Many typhoons and strong winds from these past few days

From those disasters you have sent, then we might say

This is the time for the destroyers to repay

So all that we can do are lay our hands and pray

Lord, we lowly ask for your forgiveness and love

For the irresponsibleness we show and hove

Remorsefulness and repentance are all we have

To offer to you wholeheartedly from above

Father, I thank you for your boundless providence,

For keeping us safe from thy severe experience

For giving us the courage and the confidence

And for telling us our misdeeds’ consequence

I know I do not have the right to beg, but please

Grant my desire for the victims to live in peace

Protect them and thy loved ones from any disease

And let the victims continue their life at ease

This we pray in the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen.

The Peculiar Letter

Ganito Ka Rin Ba Mag-ENGLISH?

(To whoever gets to understand this letter, CONGRATULATIONS!)

The following is a letter found at a certain bar in Manila and has been preserved in its original, unedited form. Enjoy reading and you may try direct translation in Tagalog. Pls. read with feelings . . .
Original Version:

October 1996
To Marije,
I am not surprise of wander why Dennis leave you why? What reason can you think about but you're very fat body. I thought before that Dennis only use me to his toy but sooner and later I'm realize that he really can't not beared or stomached to be with you anymore because at first, Dennis say he could not stand your habit of making pakielam all his walks (lakad) and always calling to their house what he go home or this or that.

And then he say he get ashame to me either in school or in his family and then asking you to exercise you're very very, very fat body. But you hate it. Thought you're the most preetiest girl he knows about. What do you think you are "BeautifulGirl" of Jose Marie Chan?

Even you are beautiful face (to your think) you do not have the right to called me whatsoever or else difference name one time or the other for the real purposed to insults my personality because I'm never call you names either in the front of Dennis or in the back of Dennis, but if you start already to calling me different name, I don't have any other choice but to call you other different name to. Like you are a PIG, FAT, OBSESSED, OVERWEIGHT, AND UGLY SHAPE girl. Shame to your body that is to a building.

You can't not blame Dennis for exchanging you to me because I am the more sexier that you when you look to us in the mirror. I'm repeat again that you are like Ike Lozada when she is a girl. 

Love, the sexiest Girl of D.M.

P.S.
You say that I'm the bad breathe but who is Dennis want to kissed. Me or you? And the final is me. There you go.
Reaction:

The letter was slightly hard to understand, but I enjoyed reading it. I understood that the girl wrote a letter to his boy friend's ex-girl friend, Marije. She insulted her and said some things about the past relationship of Dennis and Marije. I found it humorous, but it caused my headache. I need to re-read it before I can totally understand the writer's thought.

I felt bad for the writer of the letter, but I am also thankful to her for the realization I made. It is definitely important to have a correct grammar in letters, essays, or other compositions. It is also important for us to learn and practice the correct use of English Language.

I found the revising part difficult, especially the first paragraph of the letter. I also had difficulties in some parts, but I was able to find the words that would fit in the thought.

Revised Version:

October 1996
To Marije,

I am not surprised or even wondered why Dennis left you, why? There is no other reason I can think of but your very fat body.I thought that Dennis only used me as his toy before, but I realized that he can't bear to be with you because at first, Dennis said  he could not stand your habit of interrupting his appointments and your habit of calling to their house if he already arrived.

He said that he's ashamed of you in his school and family. He asked you to exercise, but you hate it. You think you're the prettiest girl he knows? Do you think you are the "Beautiful Girl" of Jose Mari Chan?

Even though you are beautiful (just like what you're thinking), you don't have the right to call me any other name anytime for you to insult my personality because I never called you in different names in front or at the back of Dennis. If you already started calling me in different names, I don't have any choice but to call you in different names too like PIG, FAT, OBSESSED, OVERWEIGHT, AND UGLY SHAPED GIRL. Shame to your fat body which is like a building.

You can't blame Dennis for choosing me over you because I am sexier than you even if we look at the mirror. I'll repeat that you are like a girl version of Ike Lozada.

Love,The Sexiest Girl of D.M.

P.S.You said that I have a bad breath, but who does Dennis want to kiss? You or me? Obviously, it's me. There you go.

Blogging: Modern Formal Theme

With every new year in CavSci comes new lessons, teachers and teaching strategies. Of all the new techniques from our teachers, the blogging strategy for our informal theme was the best. I haven't experienced blogging, but I think it's quite fun. Some of my classmates were used in blogging and said that it's very enjoyable. I believe that I will enjoy it more than the written Informal theme.

At our first blog, I really do not know what to do and how to start. I explored my account and found out that everything was amazing. definitely amazing. I successfully did my first blog and felt contented with it. All through out my blogging days, the state of complete boredom never crept in me. They never made me feel tired. Whenever I compose a post for our blog, many ideas sink in my mind because the topics given by our teacher were interesting and inspiring. They're not common, but not too rare. This strategy gave way for technology to be used in our subject. The idea fitted in the latest innovation nowadays.It lets the teenagers these days express their feelings. Blogging as a formal theme suits the interests of teenagers like me. I find it easy and more comfortable because I can make a long composition without getting tired easily. Our energy use is minimized, but we can still express ourselves more. Students like us may also share our blogs with other people. Other people can read and be inspired with the compositions made by students.

Blogging as an informal theme is a simple start and innovation which helps humans educationally and socially. The use of technology is maximized, but the learnings and ideas are still there. It satisfies the educational needs of the students, but also lets us enjoy technology. This modern informal theme gave us, students, the opportunity to show who we are.