ariellalisan.org – Homeward Bound

WE LANDED on the third spot in the Quiz Bowl!

Congratulations to Riemann, Eleah, Jasper, Trisha, and Bryan for again lifting our school’s banner after competing with 17 other high schools in SoCSKSarGen and garnering the third prize.

With just a few points ahead of us, Mindanao State University-CETD and Notre Dame of Dadiangas University-IBED ranked first and second, respectively.

Mindanao Polytechnic College had been very generous for giving away a consolation prize worth one thousand pesos to all the participating schools and Php8,000 for the champion and Php6,000 for the first runner-up. We went home with Php4,000.

Tuloy ang Pasko ng mga Bata postponed

LOOK AT how stupid that headline reads. Yes, but it speaks of the truth. The Filipino kids would never experience real Christmas so long as nobody truly cares about them.

Our trip to Kiangkos had just been potponed because the DepEd officials of the Division have not yet prepared their packages, while ours had already been packed last Saturday. And they did not even informed us about the change of schedule.

HERE ARE some of what I seek to accomplish this year:

For the Whole Year
1. Limit my consumption?of softdrinks to a maximum of 500mL per week
2. Avoid overeating
3. Spend at least 30 minutes each day in brisk walking
4. Have at least 5 hours of sleep each night
5. Prepare my lesson plans during weekends
6. Check quizzes?and activity sheets every afternoon
7. Save at least?1000 pesos each month
8. Find alternative income sources
9. Keep a daily planner
10. Read at least one book each month
11. Go out with friends at least once a month

WELCOME 2008!

I am finally saying good bye to the year that has just passed. But to start the new year, I think it’s just but good to take a look back at what had happened in the last 365 days. Let me call this my Yearender.

JAN-FEB – I started my 2007 with the question of whether I was cut for teaching or not. Then I started to love teaching and to find somebody to love. Then I found myself busy completing my requirements for graduation. In the midst of that, I was doing my duties to my fellow students. I performed at the Pathways benefit concert after getting sick.

WE HAD a little fun a few minutes past midnight last weekend at the flea market in GenSan’s Paskuhan Festival. All six of us, physics majors, decided to have a Christmas challenge where in 20 minutes?we had to buy gifts that only cost?20 pesos. The gift had to have a special meaning?to the recipient.

It was 12:08 on my watch when we started looking around and thinking what meanigful item I should buy. Luckily, there was a stall that sells items at only ten pesos but I found nothing interesting.