Insight: Ylocos Kannawidan Festival

Showcase of Culture and Tradition

Ilocos Sur, our very own province has rich and stunning cultures and traditions that we Ilocanos must be proud of. In order to showcase these, we have important festives just to exhibit and promote products of ours and precious cultures of Ilocanos to attract and invite tourists to come and visit Ilocos. One of these is the Kannawidan Ylocos Festival which is a week-long festive of happiness for local and foreign tourists as more entertaining events are included in the celebration.

We’ll we’re now celebrating it here in Ilocos Sur especially Vigan; branded as the Heart of Ilocandia by the Philippine Historical Committee. It’s a province very rich in culture and heritage. Kannawidan means traditions and this province got to showcase all what she has. On January 29 to February 8, 2015 several activities were lined up for the celebration. This Kannawidan Ylocos Festival aims to create awareness on the preservation of the province’ rich cultural heritage, practices and traditions, and a showcase of the different agriculture and industry products. We, Ilocanos should all be proud of with this because we are having this for tourists to appreciate our rich culture. Moreover, let us all preserve these cultures for next generations and this will serve as our trademark as an Ilocano.

It will be a fun-filled week of celebration of the Kannawidan Festival in Ilocos Sur. Come and try it for you to know!

Courtesy: Web Master

3rd Grading Reflection

 Multifaceted

In this grading, we've learned how to make HTML files. Different tags were discussed and fully presented. We also learned to make tables and paragraph with these tags.

Then there goes our Web Design project were we've design on our own taste and ways.

Overall, my third grading was very good. It made me better on dealing with the Internet, made me understand more how websites are made. I’m looking forward on 4^th grading period. 

New Year New Me

Time for a Change

Someone once suggested to me that one way to make use of life experiences – good or bad- is to ask yourself: What have I learned from this? With no suggestion of guilt or judgment, it is just a call for honest reflection that could make a difference down the road. Well I am a person who searches for “the meaning” of things, so I asked myself the question and came up with five lessons that now define “the new me” and how I am living my life.

My new year’s resolution is to get better in school especially that I belong in math class. I want to pass all of my test grades, do all homework and do better in everything, such as projects, tests, homework, class work and my behavior in class.
I have to do all of these things to let my dream come true, because I am a graduating student. So, I have to focus more and try harder.

Well NEW YEAR, NEW ME – I am not changing anything physically, rather my behavior of being noisy sometimes. SOMETIMES? Okay every time. WHY? Nothing, I just want to change it that`s all. J

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.

Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities

EREO

Every man, woman, and child deserve equal rights, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination.

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are fundamental to the global mission of the United Nations to achieve equal rights and dignity for all. But equality for women and girls is also an economic and social imperative. Until women and girls are liberated from poverty and injustice, all our goals, peace, security, sustainable development, stand in jeopardy.

Let's continue to fight for our rights for equality until there was nothing else to fight for. equal opportunities and equal rights are purely power relationships and power is not simply given away.

For every RIGHT ACTION, there is EQUAL RIGHT OPPORTUNITY.