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Discipline is an instruction that develops right conduct and attitude of a person. According to Merriam-webster dictionary, discipline is a training that corrects, molds, or perfects the moral faculties or moral character. Moreover base on Papalia, Wendcos Gids and Duskin Fedman, it refers to methods of modeling character and of teaching self-control and acceptable behavior.

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Merriam-webster.dictionary.com               

             Papalia, Wendkos Gids & Duskin Feldman, 2006

video commentary

http://youtu.be/wOlTdkYXuzE

The video of Nick Vujicic was an inspirational video that tells us how a handicapped like him lived his life in spite of his  physical imperfection.

What is the main message of the video?

 The main message of the video is we should not give up even how many times we fall. Even though you lack something there are still things that you can do to make your life better. You will achieve nothing in giving up. You should not be bitter of what you lack, but you should be happy of what you have.

Are you inspired by it? Why or why not?

                Yes, because the video reflects our vision towards our goals. It shows us how one can reach his goals even though he lacks something that most of us possessed. The video proved to us that your faith can overcome all those hindrances in attaining your goals. If you believe you can do it, it will be done.

How can you become an inspiration to others?

                I can become an inspiration to others by living in a way that you can affect one’s life not only by telling them what is the right thing to do but also showing them how you apply this things by your work. Starting doing the right things in yourself leads you in a path of being a model to everyone.   

http://youtu.be/wOlTdkYXuzE

The video of Nick Vujicic was an inspirational video that tells us how a handicapped like him lived his life in spite of his  physical imperfection.

What is the main message of the video?

 The main message of the video is we should not give up even how many times we fall. Even though you lack something there are still things that you can do to make your life better. You will achieve nothing in giving up. You should not be bitter of what you lack, but you should be happy of what you have.

Are you inspired by it? Why or why not?

                Yes, because the video reflects our vision towards our goals. It shows us how one can reach his goals even though he lacks something that most of us possessed. The video proved to us that your faith can overcome all those hindrances in attaining your goals. If you believe you can do it, it will be done.

How can you become an inspiration to others?

                I can become an inspiration to others by living in a way that you can affect one’s life not only by telling them what is the right thing to do but also showing them how you apply this things by your work. Starting doing the right things in yourself leads you in a path of being a model to everyone.   

An Adventure with Nature

After the tiring months of school, I visited my aunt’s house. Her house was very far from the city, away from the noisy sounds of the vehicles, away from the busy ambiance made by different kinds of people. Her house, although small was the most beautiful house I have ever visited because of the richness of nature that surrounds it.

But visiting my aunt’s house is not a joke. One should travel few kilometers from the national road to her house by walking. My first visit in her house was a great adventure. I thought it was easy to get there so I decided to go with my cousins.

I with my cousins rode in a jeep full of passengers that it looks like it will lose its balance and fall into the ground. I travel the dusty main road in a hot summer morning by the jeep. I felt tired after taking a ride in the jeep that I want to sleep and have a good rest. But to my surprise I still have to walk few kilometers to reach my aunt’s house.

In my way, a thick cloud was starting to cover the shining sun above. I felt the humid air brushing in my skin.  I can see the surrounding lose its brightness. Then, a heavy rain came. The weather that time is unpredictable. From a sunny day it turned into a rainy one like a lady changing its mood. But the bad weather didn’t stop me and my cousins. I continue walking.

During this journey I was able to climb mountains and it’s really difficult because the road is slippery and muddy. The mud piled up in my slippers that I felt it getting heavier as I continue to walk. It was difficult to walk with heavy slippers so I put them off my feet and I walked with my bare feet. As I passed the mountains, I saw a beautiful view. From the top of the mountain I can see the thick view of trees and the water traversing few rivers below. The height from my position to the view below was breath taking because it is so high, as I look below to see the beautiful view I felt an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach that it felt like my digestive system is going out. I was really afraid af heights but I don’t want to miss the opportunity to see the view so I conquered my fear.

I traveled for hours walking with my cousins. The rain stopped pouring when we reached the last mountain before my aunt’s house. My foot was covered with mud. I can feel my knees giving up after a long walk in the mountains. I was soaked in the rain that so cold but I still have enough strength to finish my journey.

It took for us thirty minutes to travel the road in the last mountain. After that long walk I was able to reach my aunt’s house with my cousins. The location of her house really amazed me because of the nature that surrounding it. What amazed me the most is the beautiful waterfall that I saw when I went at the backyard. There I felt the cold breeze of the air blowing, the air of nature surrounding the place. For me that vacation was such an adventure exploring the beauty of the nature.

My Subtle Hero

When I was a high school, we have this “terror” principal as what the students called her. She was so strict that made the students to hate her. Afraid of being scolded, the students will always avoid her presence.

The same as the students, I hated her too. For me she was a “kill joy” person. She was focusing more in the academic side of the school and giving less time in extra-curricular activities in school for she always treasure the time spent in classrooms. One thing also that made me hate her more was when she got angry in our section because she doesn’t like the way we landscaped our area of responsibility and have given us one hour to change it.

But as time goes by, I had seen her true colours.  She was helping those students who have no enough money for their education in our school. She has always this good heart to give help.  Aside from that she was also helping an orphanage where she spends her free time with the children and nuns.

There came a time when her heroic character was tested that amazed me most. It was when our principal was in her way to our school. She doesn’t live in our town and she have to ride in a bus for two hours in going to school. There was a woman who is one of a passenger whose money was stolen and this woman was explaining to the driver that she have no money to pay for the fare. The woman was telling the driver that she have not eaten breakfast because she had no money. Our principal heard this. So  she offer her money  amounting to one thousand pesos to the woman without knowing that she  had no extra money left in her pocket because she left the rest of her money in their house. Then the woman thanked her and left.  So when it was her time to pay, she was surprised to see her pocket empty and remembered that she left the rest of her money in their house. All she had that time was a twenty peso bill. So the driver witnessing the situation considered it.

This funny experienced of our principal amazed me. I was wrong of thinking those ugly things about her. She was really strict, but when I see her true self I came into understanding her strictness in school. I realized that the reason behind this strictness was her love for the students. She want to provide them a better education that is why she was so strict.
 A person don't need to sacrifice his life to be a hero. Each of us can be a hero in our own way. We can be hero for someone out there. All we need is a a good heart that is willing to give to others and our principal have that kind of heart making her a hero for me. 

Don’t Forget to Pull Out the Grasses

I was still a one-year old child when my grandmother passed away. I was too young in that time, that I couldn’t remember how she died. I couldn’t even remember her face. Her pictures were the only things that made me remember her face.

      My grandmother’s tomb was located in our farm. My grandfather decided to put it there so that he could visit it anytime. He was already old at that time so it would be hard for him to go to the cemetery which was far from his house every time he wanted to visit my grandmother’s tomb. At that time also, my mother and father were helping him at in the farm every weekends. Our family used to visit him twice or thrice a month.

      Every time we visit our grandfather, my mother always found time to visit my grandmother’s tomb and clean it. She swept the dry falling leaves and pull out the grasses near the tomb.

      After a year, my grandfather found a person that would help him in the farm. My parents were also busy at school because both of them are high school teachers. During that time we seldom visit our grandfather as well as the tomb of my grandmother.

      When my mother bore my younger sister it took her moths being not able to visit my grandmother’s grave. Then one night she had a dream. In her dream, she arrived at our house from school when she saw my grandmother sweeping the fallen le3aves and pulling out the grasses that have grown old. My mother asked her, “Nay why are you doing that? You should have left that to me.” Then my grandmother answered, “No its fine. I just don’t like to see these grasses. It looks messy.” Then my mother woke up. It was her first time to saw my grandmother in her dream from the day my grandmother passed away.

       So when Saturday came my mother visited my grandmother’s grave. To her surprise she saw that the grasses had grown old and there were many fallen leaves as if it was not cleaned for years. She then concluded that maybe my grandmother wanted her to visit the tomb and clean it that’s why she had that dream.

      That experience of my mother made me believe that dead communicate with the living. They are giving signs through dreams. If they don’t, why did my mother had that kind of dream? In her dream my grandmother gave a clue on what my mother missed to do. Maybe it was her way to let my mother remind that it’s been too long since she had visited my grandmother.

Don’t Forget to Pull Out the Grasses

I was still a one-year old child when my grandmother passed away. I was too young in that time, that I couldn’t remember how she died. I couldn’t even remember her face. Her pictures were the only things that made me remember her face.

      My grandmother’s tomb was located in our farm. My grandfather decided to put it there so that he could visit it anytime. He was already old at that time so it would be hard for him to go to the cemetery which was far from his house every time he wanted to visit my grandmother’s tomb. At that time also, my mother and father were helping him at in the farm every weekends. Our family used to visit him twice or thrice a month.

      Every time we visit our grandfather, my mother always found time to visit my grandmother’s tomb and clean it. She swept the dry falling leaves and pull out the grasses near the tomb.

      After a year, my grandfather found a person that would help him in the farm. My parents were also busy at school because both of them are high school teachers. During that time we seldom visit our grandfather as well as the tomb of my grandmother.

      When my mother bore my younger sister it took her moths being not able to visit my grandmother’s grave. Then one night she had a dream. In her dream, she arrived at our house from school when she saw my grandmother sweeping the fallen le3aves and pulling out the grasses that have grown old. My mother asked her, “Nay why are you doing that? You should have left that to me.” Then my grandmother answered, “No its fine. I just don’t like to see these grasses. It looks messy.” Then my mother woke up. It was her first time to saw my grandmother in her dream from the day my grandmother passed away.

       So when Saturday came my mother visited my grandmother’s grave. To her surprise she saw that the grasses had grown old and there were many fallen leaves as if it was not cleaned for years. She then concluded that maybe my grandmother wanted her to visit the tomb and clean it that’s why she had that dream.

      That experience of my mother made me believe that dead communicate with the living. They are giving signs through dreams. If they don’t, why did my mother had that kind of dream? In her dream my grandmother gave a clue on what my mother missed to do. Maybe it was her way to let my mother remind that it’s been too long since she had visited my grandmother.

I Stop to Say Thank You to my parents

The basic unit of the community is the family. It is the most important factor that develops ones personality for it is in home that a person is first taught how to live life. Family is the most valuable thing that we will always carry until the end of our life.

            As I what I observe, these days many homes have been broken. I always wonder why these people lose this precious gift. Moreover, in other countries senior citizens are sent in home for the aged to be taken care by other people instead by their sons and daughters. I really felt pity for our grandparents who are in this situation. They don’t deserve to be in that kind of place. They deserve to feel the love of their children as an exchange to the love that they have given to them during their dependent years.  But despite of that there are still many people who value family very much and have strong family ties especially on us, Filipinos.

            Valuing our family especially our parents is such a wonderful thing. The love of our parents is undying. Even how many times we broke their hearts this love will never vanish. We should show them that they are important to us.  For me, I want to show them their value for me by prioritizing my studies because this is the way that someday I can show them how ‘much I love them. Ten years from now, I will be the one to take care of them more than how they took care of me from the day I was born until the day of my independence. It is my way of paying them for all the things they have done to me that develop me as a person.

           So if I’ll be given chance to say thank you to them now, I will tell them how much I love them and tell them how I thank God for bringing them in my life.

          “Your friends might leave you but your family will always be there to stay for you.”

   As I’m writing this blog I remember one of my high school teacher said this line and I came in a realization that the only people I have since my the day of my existence begin is my family. In times of need the people that will always be there for me are my parents. Parents don’t want to see their children being hurt. They are the best shoulders to lean on when problem strikes.

           

         

            

Myself as a Reader

As a student  reading is a part of  my everyday  life.  Reading is essential not just to pass the exams but also  to add  somethin g in your  knowledge or understanding.  The ability to read is an indication that  a person is  a literate  citizen of  his  country.

                But reading is not only  in the ability to read words, you  also have to understand what you read.  When reading your main purpose is to get someth ing from what you are reading and to achieve this you have  to under stand the te xt  first.  As what reading  means  it is    a process of decoding symbols for the intention of constructing  or deriving meaning. 

                  I   know  students like me have gone in a stage of  diffi culties in reading especially   during the first stage of learning  how  to read.i  started learning how to read a an early age and I learned how to read when I was six.  In that stage  I learned   to construct very simple sentences  because of reading.  I remember  seeing my sister reading   her   grade five text books would really make me wonder how can she finish reading one of the stories bec ause at that time the short stories written in that  book really look long for me as a beginner  and I  am afraid I  couldn’t  do  it  in the future. But then as time  pass  I  have realized  that  there is nothing to be a fraid of  and I find it really fun during my elementary days.  

When I got to high school  I got this fear again   when  my  english teacher required us to read one book every  grading period. So I try reading one.  I start with the Nancy Drew  series and I find it interesting.  During my first  year in high school I always find time to go to the library and read some books.  Honestly speaking I’m not really  inclined in  English  and I became a busy person  as years goes by that’s why during the rest of my years in high school  was not able to do all those reading stuff I‘ve done in the library when I was a first year student.    But then  I still find time to read books.  During my third year and fourth year I engaged my se lf in reading  Filipino books   and that particular books are  written by Bob Ong. I really l ove reading his books because   it really deals  with the real life  aside from its humour.

 So when it  comes in assesing mysel f if I’m a good reader or not  I would asses myself as the  average one  because for now  I’m still on the stage of improving it and there  are still times I  got difficulties when reading. 

My Mission in Life

Everything in this world has its own purpose. Even a very tiny particle of dust has its own purpose. Try to think of it. Would you think this world exists without each tiny particle? This purpose is something we are responsible to make and it’s our mission to fulfill this purpose

When it comes about my mission, many things come into my mind.  Every day I have many things to do from the time I wake up in the morning to the time I sleep at night. As a college student, I consider coming on time in all my classes and understanding what my instructor is teaching are my missions every time I come to school. Since I'm really far away from home even though I live in a boarding house which is only a walking distance from school, I have to take care of myself in order to survive this college life. I think those are the missions I have to do to save the day.

But, still I wonder. Why am I doing all these things every day? And I realize it has a purpose. It has something to do in the future. I have these missions ever day to finish my studies. This is the way I can pay all the sacrifices that my parents have given me from the day  I was born up to I reach this stage of my life and I know they will keep on doing this for me. I believe that they will do their best just to help me reach my dreams for the years to come. But I only get their back so it’s also my responsible to be a deserving daughter in receiving a love that no one can ever give except them. I also have to help myself. In this way I can make them happy and proud of me.

Helping myself to be a good person is my responsibility and I’m obliged to do it in order to accomplish my goals. We have to turn ourselves into a better one not just for ourselves but also to those people who care for us especially our parents.

In other words all these mission account on letting ourselves go in the right way. As a human we are created by God in a unique way. We are unique in such a way that we are mold with our own thoughts. Because of this uniqueness, we are able to do many things. We are choosing between the two, it is either to be good or bad without thinking that we don’t own our life. We have to think that somebody owns us, and it is God. This life we had now is only temporary and we will only be able to have that everlasting life if we will be able to do and accept the God’s way.

                As a person, I am one of the creations of God. My existence in this world has a purpose that I’m obliged to do. This is to live in His way. Now I know my mission is to accomplish this task. I have to be responsible in this purpose that he have given me.