Greeks a part of us

Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Athena, Apollo, they are some of the well-known gods, in the Greeks all are feared for their power over the heaven to earth and even to hell. These gods are like the super stars of this era, for they are part of the Greek literature, and without these gods, philosophers of that time might have nothing to write about.

Greek literature, two simple words that made our English world the way it is. The Greek literature is famous for its dramatic schemes, for its different kind of entertaining its readers it can give an individual reader the excitement in one reading. One of this is the famous Iliad, even now it is part of our present time, for it was part of the well-known movie “Troy” where it represents the part, in Achilles killed Hector with one deadly blow, and how the Trojans entered the gates of Troy thru the Trojan horse. The Greek literature was so striking that it had its roots on our history really deep, and has left its remark until now. Philosophers from the past helped in molding the English world we live in now, I wish that I saw this great writer such as Homer to see him and his writings would be a dream to English lovers.

When hell has break loose, you get Achilles

When hells’ break loose

A glorious battle took place in Troy it was the battle between two warriors who were known to rule over others. Before I tell the story of how the battle goes, let us know first our contenders for this battle. First of all let us meet our Greek warrior he is a demi-god in other words a son of goddess, son of the god Thetis. He love his cousin Patroclus, and he is his best friend, he can fight anyone without losing a sword battle with him will surely lead to death, our first contender is Achilles, the Greeks and Myrmidons one and the best of all warrior. Now to present our last contender, he is the glory of Trojans, he is famous for being the best swordsman for the Trojan army, he is their leader, favored by the god Apollo, and he is Hector.

Here is how the battle goes Hector whose guardian is Apollo accidentally killed Patroklus, Hector killed Achilles cousin because the god Apollo cast a spell that made a deception through Patroclus, making Patroclus look a lot like Achilles. Because of this it made Achilles go berserk and he turned into an endless hatred, an outrage warrior goes out for battle and seeks Hector. Achilles went for the gates of Troy old king Priam saw him dashing to the gates of Troy.
The following lines prove it.
“Meanwhile, old Priam
Was the first to catch sight of Achilles, as he dashed
Across the plain, blazing like that star which comes
At harvest time—its light shines out more brightly
Than any of the countless lights in the night’s dark sky.
People call this star by the name Orion’s dog.”
(22.36-40.220)

Hector, the first sight of Achilles made him shake to his knees he fears that his death comes closer. The following lines prove it.
“But Achilles was coming closer, like Enyalius,
the warrior god of battle with the shining helmet.
On his right shoulder he waved his dreadful spear
made of Pelian ash. The bronze around him glittered
like a blazing fire or rising sun. At that moment,
as he watched, Hector began to shake in fear
his courage gone, he could no longer stand there.
Terrified, he started running, leaving the gate”.
(22.172-180.223)

The scared Hector, just kept on dashing avoiding his death, running away from the outraging Achilles they passed valleys everywhere, they circled the city of Troy about three times. Until the goddess Athena interferes, the goddess had a talk with the great Achilles saying.
“Glorious Achilles,
Beloved of Zeus, now I hope the two of us
Will take great glory to Achaean ships,
By killing Hector, for all his love of war.
Now he can’t escape us any longer,
Even though Apollo, the far shooter,
Suffers every torment, as he grovels
Before Father Zeus, who bears the aegis.
Stay still now. Catch your breath. I’ll go to Hector
And convince him to turn and stand against you.”
(22.278-288.226)

So as the goddess says, she did it she transformed herself into Deiphobus, the following lines prove it.
“My brother,
swift Achilles is really harassing you,
with his fast running around Priam’s city
in the pursuit. Come, we’ll both stand here,
stay put, and beat off his attack.”
(22.290-299.226)

As the battle starts, Achilles was the one to give the throw he threw his spear to Hector, but missed, but Athena interferes and threw back Achilles’ spear back to him, the swift Achilles then struck Hector in the collar bones the demi-god was then able to kill off the hero of the Trojans in the most glorious battle. After that Hector pleaded for his body to be returned to his family, back to the Trojans. The following lines prove it.
“By your life, I beg you,
by your knees, your parents—don’t let dogs eat me
by Achaean ships. No, you should accept
all bronze and gold you might desire,
gifts my father and lady give you,
if you’ll send my body home again,
so Trojans and Trojans’ wives can bury me,
with all the necessary funeral rites.”
(22.438-445.230)

But stone cold hearted Achilles begs to differ, instead he gave the coldest words no man in the right mind can say. The following lines prove it.
“Don’t whine to me, you dog, about my knees
or parents. I wish I had the heart and strength
to carve you up and eat you raw myself”
(22.147-149.230)

Because of these lines, Hector gave a curse to Achilles saying that Paris and Phoebus Apollo would kill him one day, the following lines prove it.
“But think of this—I may bring down on you
the anger of the gods that very day
when Paris and Phoebus Apollo,
in spite of all your courage, slaughter you
beside the Scaean Gate.”
(22.464-468.230)

Those were the last words of the Trojans greatest Hero, a curse to a Demi-god. After that Achilles showed his darkest side, it was his side of being worst than a monstrous being, the inhumane part of Achilles, he stripped Hector’s armor, and started his most gruesome deeds by piercing a deep wound through Hector’s tendons, from heel to ankle and tied them to his chariot, dragging a dead body behind his chariot. The following lines prove it.
Achilles finished. Then on noble Hector’s corpse
he carried out a monstrous act. He cut through
the tendons behind both feet, from heel to ankle,
threaded them ox-hide thongs, and the tied these
onto his chariot, leaving the head to drag behind.
He climbed up in his chariot, brought on the splendid armour,
then lashes his horses. They sped of eagerly,
dragging Hector
(22.512-519.231)

Achilles, the most violent of them all, a warrior who stands and is always ready for the next fight, he rules above all, he’s a warrior that never seeks forgiveness when he wanted to, from what he did he showed his credibility as a champion warrior that never backs down, a true courageous warrior, and he is Achilles.

A star that dares go the distance

The reason for my title is that stars are known to be the mother of the universe, without them we wouldn’t be here. She has gone off to the point were her rights as a woman can go. I know someone who dares go to the distance for the ones she loves so dearly, and that someone is the woman that raised me ever since I was born, she is the person I would protect if she really needs it, and I need her the most, she is the one who dares go where other women can’t. That woman is my mom, she really does extend her reach as long as she can in every right she can. My mom works abroad, and her job there is very hard, and I think her job can be compared to what a man’s job is here at the Philippines.

The stories of my mom about how hard her job abroad, she works for twelve hours and only stops working twice in a thirty minutes break. I admire her so much, she lives her life, and I can see that she is really. My mom is living her rights to the fullest because she is actually working for her family, in every way, and as long as she can. My mom, can be a really good pack leader, she can lead real good, when it comes to arranging birthday parties, everyone lets her decide on what the balloons, cakes, party needs, almost everything they let her decide, you can see a good leader in her, which by the way women before are to only follow men. My mom decides too on budgeting, and how our money is spent, mostly everything that deals with the house like cleaning, arranging, cooking, she does all that, without hesitation. My mom she can be your worst enemy, and can be your best of the bests of friends, when you argue with her, she’s really going to hold her ground, never backing down as long as she knows her answer is right, she can be your best of the bests friends because my mom, she is a really good person who loves those who loves her. I can see my mom as model woman who stands for all her rights, because as my blog says it, she protects, she works, she loves and everything else that is supposed to be done by men before has and have been done by her, she stands for all her rights to serve those who love her, and I love my mom so much, I live harmoniously in her rules, she deserves to be called a woman that dares go distances, beyond the point of reaches.

The girl that made me fall

I found someone on that faithful day, I never knew that she would be the right girl that would love me. April 1, the day of the marriage of my uncle, because of this day I have saw her for the first time. On that day, I saw her passing by, and I never expected that she would be the girl for me, after the marriage everyone left so did I, I never even knew this mysterious girl. My uncle’s wife is the cousin of this girl, two weeks after the marriage my new aunt, added me in a social network, that is when this mysterious girl first noticed me, so as what her cousin did she added me. At first, she just keep on messaging me good evening, but every time I am about to reply to her messages, she’s already gone. For the past three days, same thing always happens, it’s like we were meant not to talk to each other. I thought to myself, why she is messaging me every night. Until, one night after I just finished my dinner, another good evening with a smiley on it, I replied to her, “good evening”, that is when all of this started. She asked for my number, so I gave her mine, we texted each for the whole night. Time passes by, we got close, I found a new friend, I saw her pictures and I saw this pretty, cute, and lovely looking lady, one thing entered my mind on those past days, and that is I hope that this nice lady I recently met, must be the perfect girl for me. We kept our friendship, and in those days, I asked her if her heart is already taken by someone, luckily no one. I really can’t get the feeling that this girl I met is someone I need to complete me, a month then another, things between us got better since I started to know this girl. That is when it hit me I think I’m falling, and falling quicker and quicker for this girl. This girl who is a year older to me, why am I falling for her, I think it is because she is the nicest girl I have ever met, and she has this charm on me that just kept me falling in love to her deeply, she is already stuck into this heart of mine. I admitted to her not just once, but more than once, how I really felt about her and she just kept on denying it, but that never stopped me from falling to her, I kept this for the past months we have known each other. Until, this time came that I have to leave for Japan, I had fun like always but I what I miss in the Philippines the most, is this special girl of mine, our communication to each other were turned to computers, rather than our cellular phones, this was our only way of talking to each other. For the past three weeks of my stay there, I have never missed anything more in the Philippines, and it was our nightly chats and talks. When I got home, I quickly charged up my cellular phone, and started texting her, “I really miss this” the first thing I said to her. The day that I will never forget, June 10, time 11 pm at the evening, the sweetest words a girl could ever say to me, I asked her “could you be my girlfriend”, the sweetest words “YES”. At last, the words I have been searching for, time went by, and I showed her how much I love her. But the saddest part and probably the most painful part of being in a relationship, is when she has to say those saddest and painful words, she was my girlfriend for only a week, but in that week, I have felt something I have never felt before the joy of having someone there for you, the feeling of her loving you the way she has loved you. She was my first girlfriend and I hope that someday, she would say those sweetest words to me again, hoping, until now that I have written these words for her, is that she say those sweetest words once more, and that it will last. I only hope now is that she still loves me, the way I still love her today, love you POT.

School above all else

T.U.M.C.S. it may just be a bunch of gathered letters but this bunch of letters true meaning is, Taytay United Methodist Christian School or simply my second home. This place is my school, my Alma Mater and my home, this school wherein an average of 400 students study year by year is and always is the best school ever. The first I transferred to this beloved school was when I was in my Preparatory Years, and then from then on graduating to my Elementary years, until now my High school years. For me, it is the best school ever. We always have special programs that everyone can enjoy, whether you’re a book lover or simply a sportive player. Taytay United Methodist Christian School, hundreds of past students from our school became successful and has kept their values. T.U. M.C. S. is the place for many young minds that hunger for wisdom.

Failures are just too great

Failures, they normally come and go, and no great people haven’t had a fail because failing is the best way to learn. After the checking of my project in English, I learned that I can be a good blogger I never expected that I can develop myself better thru blogging. The best thing that I need working on is my grammar and writing skills, failures on everything I blog is unavoidable, but what I hope to learn is to learn on improving myself on those failures. The improvement of my writing skills and grammar skills, it all depends on what I’ve learned so far, and what I learned so far is from the books I’ve read, and then apply it from my blog. After the checking, I have realized that I still got more things to learn and improve the blogging project is the best way for me and others to improve their skills in English, and what I hope for this project to end is that everyone has learned their own lessons. No one, and surely nobody is perfect, all that is based on my experience, and that is the best thing about being a human, a life which is perfect isn’t a life at all, because we grow and thrive from our failures, I just hope in end of this project we all pass, and the best part is we all learned our lessons.

Desire to be called as CHAMPIONS

Here comes the most awaited event for the whole year, the Foundation Week of TUMCS, it started on the day of hearts February 14. So much expectations are awaited for the whole week, cause in this week, Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors can show the whole school what they are made of, a week of shouting, screaming, shouting and standing. Competitors from different levels show what they got, thru dancing and sports, and winning has always its reward, to win means to own respect for the whole year level. What has everyone on their mind, win and never back down, and leave our mark on our school as champions, and of course my year level showed what we got, my year level the juniors win mostly of the sports competitions. But of course, all of us must be a good sport win or lose we must aim for the highest. I myself became part of the champions we won the Badminton Doubles, what a great week. So much crowd all shouting for the one who they hope for to win, and of course there are “BOO” and “GO”. A battle to the end, the freshmen they really showed what they got, but what they got isn’t enough to defeat the sophomores, the sophomores they are good, but they still lack energy to defeat us juniors, the seniors, they’re our “kuya” and “ate” but in the competitions, everyone is treating everyone as equals, we juniors well we showed them what we got, and as I’ve told before most of us were ranked champions. In the end, the reward was so satisfying, in the juniors there are three sections my section won the Basketball, and the Doubles Badminton, the other two won the Dancing thru Cheering and Ball Room Dancing, and Volleyball. What great competitors the other levels were, I have to admit they gave us a hard time, but as champions as we are, we did our best to be at the top, next year, I hope it will all be different, I hope the other year level will work as hard as we did. You can never find a school in the world with such competitive students as in TUMCS, the best school with the best students. We were so great, a very God blessed week, we prayed and we worked and practiced hard to place were we are now, a satisfying week, a gratifying week, what more can I say, it’s the best week ever in TUMCS.

English is a part of us

English, for us Filipinos learning English is very vital, cause as we Filipinos go on with our lives, English is much in use. English is used in Preparatory, Elementary, High school and College levels, so basically English is really needed by Filipinos to learn if they ever want to improve their way of living and even our project is English, but the bad effect of English to Filipinos, is that we are loosing our original language. Our Generation of young children, doesn’t even know how to speak time in Filipino, this bad effect chains itself for Filipinos not being the way Filipinos are, this way is called as being “Makabayan”. Because Filipinos are loosing their ways, we Filipinos are loosing are values, making our country improvements turn low, and yet people are asking for improvements, when the improvement we need to do is to improve ourselves first, to transform ourselves back to the way Filipinos are being proud of our language and being proud of our country, this chain create negative traits we Filipinos are having now. Though, English let us connect to the world, it let us to gain contact with other countries, this is why so many Oversea Filipino Workers can apply to many jobs abroad. For me, I think English is a worldwide language is because there are thousands of important people around the globe were born in this language, the most important person now is raised in English, a lot of famous people are born in English, a lot of successful persons succeeded through English, and one more thing a lot of inspirational writers inspired other people through English, our national hero learned English, I guess this is why English is so vastly used across the world.  English is an important language, so we have to respect it and learn it, but we need to remember the language we grow from our native language, we must never forget it. 

Goodbyes hurt like hell.

My story starts when I reached my higher elementary levels, my parents were forced to go abroad, due to my parents’ salary aren’t enough to sustain us. It was the hardest part of my life letting my parents go, the worst of all is the parental love you can get are all lost. I and my sister were placed under the care of our grandma, though she is the mom of my dad, I still can’t feel the love I so dearly desire. Did you ever have the feeling of hunger for the cooking of your mom? Well, I know how that feels, for the past months since my parents leave, it is kind of different eating food cooked by others, worst is all I have in my mind is how they are now, are they having fun now? Are they crying? How I miss them, at first I thought I was going to loose my mind, the feeling was like being stock in box where no one knew where you are. Then, all of a sudden my cousin brought a surprise, a computer we can use to have a chat with my parents, I was relieved. To be able to see them was enough for me. When I was to graduate, my parents came home to be there for my graduation, after 11 months of them gone. But nothing last forever, they still have to leave back to Japan. When I turned to my High school, we moved to my aunt’s place because my grandma decided to leave us to return to her house. Eventually, I got in touch with my aunt’s place, I had friends and lots of fun, but still the feeling is very heavy. My birthday, first birthday of all not having my parents, it was different and a little odd, cause I was used to being awaken by my parents with a birthday cake already to be blown, it was a little sad but still it is my birthday, I just can’t stop having fun. Summertime, my first year was just finished, a surprise came along, my sister and I was to go to Japan, to be with my parents once more, at least for 2 months. When I was off to the airport, when I saw my parents, tears of joy were shed from my eyes. Cold, a normal temperature in Japan was below 20 degrees, but this cold means nothing to the warmth I am feeling right now, the first hug given by my mom and dad after a year. I spent my 2 months of vacation going to Tokyo and Disneyland and spent it with my parents in Japan, so glad to be with them, but all happiness has to end at some point. The come back, tears and sadness all mashed up in that airport, when the plane landed on Philippines, my body felt heavy like I want to return to that plane, and ride back to Japan, but my life has still to go on. Second year, a blast, I believe to be my best High school life ever. Studies became hard at those times my parents were gone, one is I can’t focus on my studies. Summertime once more, my second year has just ended with a blast, new friends and something new I just learned. Time to come back once more, but before that, a crisis hit, my granddad got sick because of that my dad came back, to say his last goodbyes to his dad, though my granddad didn’t make it, everyone was so sad after my granddad departure to heaven, it was also my sister, my dad and me to depart back to Japan. As was our last visit there it was great, we traveled to Tokyo and visited a Water park zoo, in the end all happiness, I was already getting used to this kind of goodbyes, all the pain I kept from those goodbyes makes my everyday life feeling heavy, though I have learned how to hide the pain through this fake smiles, all I can think off, is how painful goodbyes are. Now, I’m on my Third year level and it was as hard as it was before and as painful as before, we visited my parents in Japan this Christmas, and it was fun, though as painful as goodbyes are we still has to say them once more. All I wish for is for a year with my family back together, because all this painful goodbyes are getting harder and harder to swallow. Goodbyes, I have learned its true meaning, it has a painful meaning, but sometimes, goodbyes are all you have left, for me I simply think its see you later, rather than goodbyes.

God can be a little comedian sometimes.

There was a married couple who cannot have a daughter, the Husband quickly asked doctors from their town how they can have a daughter, they all said it is impossible, the husband then asked all the doctors from their country, they all replied back “IMPOSSIBLE”, the Husband was forced to go further, he asked all the doctors in the world and all he get was a big “I-M-P-O-S-S-I-B-L-E”. The married couple then asked the only One, Who has done the Impossible. They prayed to God, God saw how the married couple wanted so badly to have a child, so God gave them one. The married couple was pleased that the Wife was pregnant, a miracle. Though when the baby was born, God gave them a son. ^_^

Life is easy, you live then you die

When you think about life, when you wonder off and simply think, you'll always realize the fact of dying. This fact is an inescapable fact, cause we all know that we have to die at some point in our lives, though there are this unlucky persons who hasn't even able to live that wasted life, persons who die at a very young age. Why? I guess life is just one big game, where faith decides whether you die or not. To my own opinion life truly sucks, cause it only chooses the most fit to live longer. Life and Faith, they are both connected, you live your life, then faith snatches it away from you, where from a turn up event we all call as death. The point which is the end, the point of no return, the tip of the mountain. To me I simply enjoy life, living how I want it to be, being with my friends and my studies, though I think my life is a very well long life, we can never tell when will faith snatch it from you. Faith, it snatches away life quicker than lightning, or as fast as lightning, we can never tell, when a car will hit you, where a building will come tumbling down at you, or when your heart stops beating, this is the real act of faith. Luckily, Faith has pity upon us all, Faith can also give back life, where in an instant, he gives it back at you. As for Life to live, he must stay away from the evil side Faith, and live on and grow up, but as I've told earlier, Death comes to all of us. So enjoy life, live it up to the fullest with caution of course, cause we can never tell when will Faith take it away from us.