Greek Literature

Homer wrote such a great stories like the Illiad and the Odyssey. It shows  different Greek cultures practiced by them and amazing journey.

 In Illiad, I read about how they live with their gods and goddesses. In making decisions they assure first if the gods and goddesses were favored or not. In some instances someone will die for an offering. Like what Agamemonon did to her beloved daughter, his one and only daughter. He killed his own daughter for an offering for their god. Another one, it shows the bravery of the warriors. An example for this is Hector, he really did his best to fight this strong and brutal warrior, Achilles. But still, in the end Achilles won.

Odyssey, this shows their great bravery through their journey. They also consult their gods and goddesses in their decisions. They always do anything to please their gods but if they do something not good to their gods just what Odysseus did.

Greek literature were so interesting most especially the Odyssey, because I like adventures. Their adventures were so great! But I don't like their practice of relying to their gods. Life is a matter of choices. Its not about the decisions of the others to one's life.

Overview to Achilles.

In "Illiad" Book 22, Achilles is a Greek warrior in Trojan War. He is renowned as the demi-god character who is beautiful and brave. He is a strong warrior. It seems that He's afraid of anything, that he can do anything. He can kill anyone or anything, he's a brutal warrior. It shows in Book 22 how brutal Achilles is. 

Achilles finished.  Then on noble Hector's corpse
he carried out a monstrous act.  He pierced
the tendons behind both feet, from heel to ankle,
threaded them with ox-hide thongs, and then tied these
onto his chariot, leaving the head to drag behind.
He climbed up in his chariot, brought on the splendid armour,
then lashed his horses.  They sped off eagerly,                                        500         [400]
dragging Hector.  A dust cloud rose above him,
his dark hair spread out round him, and Hector's head,

once so handsome, was covered by the dust, for Zeus
had given him to his enemies to dishonour
in his own native land.  So all his head grew dirty.

In this picture, this shows that Achilles is dragging Hector. In his mind that he can easily beat Hector beacause Athena is with him. Athena is the goddess if wisdom, warfare, civilization, strength, strategy, skill. But Achilles did that because of his anger also to Hector. Hector killed Achilles's best friend, Patroclus. I know the feeling to lose someone special. He really did everything to win the battle.

In the story,even it he's a brutal warrior it shows that he truly love his best friend that he will do everything to fight for it!

Trinidad Tecson

As a Filipina, there are so many things that we can also contribute. As a student, I can start doing something new and good to them. But I know someone who contributed something good. I can A woman who joined in the Katipunan, but at that time women were not required to do so. I read something about her that she was almost captured while delivering food to the soldiers but she managed to escape by playing dead. She also took part in a battle. During some battle, she was hit on her right thigh.She also bring the wounded and sick soldiers crossing the mountains, Sta. Ana to Iba. She was so brave to help the Filipinos even there are times that she was also wounded and weak.I also read that she sell some fishes to Manila At their province, it is not popular to women to study how to read and right but Trnididad learned to do those things that were commonly studied by men at those times. She's the one who give full attention to the soldiers who are sick and wounded. She burned intentionally the corpse of the soldiers so that the other soldiers will not have some disease. When Red Cross was established under the Americans Trinidad was called "Inang" who inagurated Red Cross to Philippines. Maybe without her, Red Cross will not be established in the Philippines. Red Cross is very important for everybody this  will help us to stay alive.

Blessed

Taytay United Methodist Christian School is a non-stock, nonprofit Christian learning institution a mission partner of Taytay United Methodist Church  in producing godly men and women.This is the vision statement of my Alma Mater. In studying in TUMCS for more than ten years, this really shows to us. This institution is really blessed with blessed  teachers, facilitators, and students. The teachers struggled to teach us the things we should learn. Most of them sleep late to prepare lessons for us and they're also the instrument of God. We may read some text messages about the TUMCSians, that even though we are not that rich unlike the other schools like Siena, San Beda etc. But we have this great ability in Academics that, their exams is like a seat-work for TUMCsians. :)) This will continue, if the students will just continue in studying. Students contribute a lot in regards of the school.

Mistakes our Greatest Teacher

Last few days, Ms. Noveras showed a list of sentences that have mistakes. I realized that even though we're already in our third year in high school, there are still mistakes in grammar most especially in the basic tenses. Grammar lessons for me is the most important lesson in English because of that maybe there will be no good poems stories. In grammar lessons, it makes my head blow off! :)) Ms. Noveras was right on what she told us that while she is teaching the lesson it seems that it is so easy, but when our examination started the lessons that seems easy to me changes. I have a hard time in writing some essays, poems, or stories because I'm not sure if it is right or wrong. Most of the time, I will consult first Hydie if my grammar is right or wrong but of course she is not always there to correct my grammar. So at home, I read grammar books to learn. Honestly, I'm also staring reading my Elementary English books to remember the basic grammar lessons. But the main reason of why I'm still having a hard time in writing is that I'm not used to read books. For me reading is boring. But I like the books that is full of sense of humor, for example the books of Bob Ong. So I'm trying to read good books to improve my writing.

True Spirits

Last February 14-18 the Tumcsians show their talents not only in Academics but also in sports and dancing. Everyone seems so excited, we can see it during the preparations. Most of them took so much time in pracrticing for the field demo and also in "intrams". We'll see the different creative designs of jersey. Of course the most beautiful and creatively made jersey is the jersey of the 3-Leah.

But are we familiar to the word intramural? It offers a wide variety of individual, team. meet sports. In TUMCS volleyball, badminton and the most popular sport is Basketball. Leah boys are so competitive. Everybody wants to be the champion, nobody does. So they really give time practice. For cheering everybody were required to join but it is not required to dance. As I have notice to my dear section we are so competitive in every competition. As our practice ended the competition started. To end this, we won! We bring home the bacon. :))))))

Lets go for the sports let start on the competition I joined, Badminton. At the first game I won. In the end, I lose. That game for me is fair, because they deserve to win. The winners were really good because I lack training. The next game is the volleyball, this sport is quite hard for me.

 The Juniors won in this game. It depends to the referee if he will be fair enough. But for me this game is fair. Rachel really deserves to win. Now for the main sport, Basketball boys and girls.

For the basketball boys, many of the audience and also to the players get mad. They get mad to the referee, to their opponent. Most of them accused the referee because of wrong fouls accused by the referee but in the end the deserving team won. For the girls, as we all know girls are more sensitive than boys. So some of them cried because of some players that are so aggressive to get the ball. So the losing team wanted a rematch, but I know that the Somphomers deserved it. Over all we should let God to be the coach of our game. He will direct every player to the right way. If we let our emotions destroy the game of course we'll lose. As the verse says we should do our best in everything that we will do for the glory of God not for the prizes we can have.

This Is Me

As far as I know discrimination is treating someone in a less favorable manner on the basis of his physical appearance and characteristics. I remembered ones that I have been discriminated also by others because of my color. Either girl or boy is more attracted with ones fair complexion. So there are times that they will insult me because of my dark complexion. Then I will also insult him more than on what he had say to me. I will insult him from head to toe. My goal is to make him cry, and to let him feel what I feel. But not just saying bad things about his appearance I will also hit the part of his body that will really hurt him. I will not stop until he will not say the magic word. SORRY. Sometimes, I was ashamed to deal with the white ones. Just like on what I experienced before I step in high school life. Principal Esther saw my father and I on the AVR (old AVR), then told me that "Pity for you to inherit the color of your father".  So I ask my mom to buy PAPAYA SOAP. :)))  But time goes by, I realized that nowadays this kind of complexion are more attractive than the white one. That I should not be ashamed on what God gave me. This who I am. At first I just cry, but now I stand with great pride. But honestly I still  use soaps that can lighten my skin. :)) I'm proud to be a Filipino this what a real Filipino. If there's a chance in my life that I can change the color of my skin I will just stick on what I have right now. I will be so glad that a lot of people will love me for who I am without asking me to change to be pleasing with the eyes of others. I will just let God rule them who discriminates it just makes me stronger. Again, I am not ashamed of who I am because THIS IS ME. :)