Essence of Christmas

There is excitement in the air and the spirit of celebration is moving around! The shops are flooded with new stocks and multitudes are buying and buying. Gifts are being wrapped and sent to the recipients and greeting cards are exchanged. Christmas trees and the decors are out and the lights up with beautiful designs. But then, what is the essence of Christmas?Every year, we look forward to celebrating Christmas with our family

and friends. To some, it is a time to shut down all work and rest or travel. To others, it is a time to visit people and have fun with people they haven’t seen in a long time. All these are great and they really make a colorful season. But when I considered all these, I wondered if these are all what Christmas is all about. It is certainly more than these. What then is the main reason for the celebration? Jesus Christ is the complete essence of Christmas. 25th Dec is the accepted birthday celebration of our Lord Jesus Christ and it has been named Christmas. This is a celebration that is honored mostly by Christians. Jesus is the essence of Christmas for maximum celebration. So, as we celebrate, we should remember that it is a time to appreciate God for sending His son for us. Also, it’s a time to examine our stand with God and our relationship with Jesus. Furthermore, it is a time to share God’s goodness and the good news with others.

Finally, Christmastime is a season of joy. It is a time to regain our laughter and sense of humor. Everything may collapse; life itself may be very cruel, but our optimism must be very high. With our laughter we can challenge the sad world to look at us and be hopeful. Therefore, as we eat, drink and make merry, let’s not forget the essence of Christmas. An understanding of this reason behind the celebration will make it more fulfilling. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Climate Change

      Climate includes patterns of temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons. "Climate change" affects more than just a change in the weather; it refers to seasonal changes over a long period of time. These climate patterns play a fundamental role in shaping natural ecosystems, and the human economies and cultures that depend on them.

     Since then, we always heard about how to manage proper segregation of waste materials, plant trees. We keep on hearing same reminders inside and outside the school but we never tend to learn how to do it properly. As years passed, out of concern, we didn't notice that our environment suffers from our wrong acts. Climates have changed considerably during the earth’s history. It was being shown by the past study, thorough the record of rocks and fossils. Several theories have been advanced to explain climatic change overtime. There are many factors that affects climate, yet for me, man has the ability to influence climate change. Here are the causes of "Climate Change" and it includes: agriculture and cattle-raising, dams and mega projects, forest fires, Illegal and legal logging, mangroves and shrimp farming, mining, oil and gas production and usage, and plantations. Global warming, and slash-and-burn farming as the other aggravating factors in the presence of powerful natural disasters that inflicts great damage to properties, source of livelihood and infrastructures all over the planet especially the South Asia and South East Asia.

     So, even though it sounds irritating, always put in our mind that “We are the key to a beautiful environment”. We should help each other, we do our part and not just to rely all the responsibilities to our environmentalist who are seeking ways in which human can live and prosper without damaging the environment for future generations. I hope that we are learning from the calamities that we are experiencing right now.

English Month

English Language has been a very useful language. It is used for tourism in the Philippines as well as when one gets out from our archipelagos. It is widely used by many of the countries around the globe to communicate and have agreements for peace and business. English language is truly the biggest and the strongest rope to tie as one.

The theme of the English Month is “Outpouring Hearts and Minds through Literacy and English Proficiency".

Putting yourself in a literary piece is not simple. It requires you to possess emotions so that the readers will feel what your piece was for.

And to be able to cope the attention of the readers, you must put your heart not only your mind in your literary piece.