A man of vulnerability

Achilles was known to be the strongest, ruthless and brutal warrior of his time. In every war, he proves that he is the strongest by killing his opponent brutally. As what happened to Hector, Achilles killed him with no mercy. Hector has no chance to win against him, so he used that advantage to kill Hector easily and do everything he wants.

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 with ox-hide thongs, and then tied these onto his chariot, leaving the head to drag behind. He dimmed up into his chariot, brought on the splendid armour, then lashed his horses. They sped off eagerly, dragging hector. A dust cloud rose above him, his dark hair spread out around him, and Hector's head, once so handsome, was covered by the dust, for Zeus had given him to his enemies to dishonor in his own native land. So all his head grew dirty (22.520.231-232).

That proves that Achilles is a very dangerous, strong and has no mercy on his opponent. He doesn’t listen to the opinions of others, hard to be stopped. For me, Achilles only desire for power and glory. But on the positive side, we can say Achilles is a true friend, by seeking for revenge for his best friend Patroclus whom Hector killed. We can also say that he doesn't fear anyone and he do what he think is right.

True hero in my life

Being hero does not necessarily means to sacrifice his life for the country, but for me you may not do what our heroes/heroines done in the past, but we can do it in simple ways like obeying the laws and doing what is right.

I know a woman who is my HERO, she's not only a housewife but also a MOTHER she is Erlyn Espinola. Even without experiencing it, being a mother is really hard, like she takes care of the child for 9 months and gives birth, do the household chores, works for the family, and many heavy responsibilities.

She is sacrificing for us, even though sometimes I didn't notice or appreciate it or I didn't obey her, she still understands and loves us. From the saying "Mother knows best", I say that the reason why they become strict is they just want to protect us and NO mother had ever wanted her child to get hurt. I remembered when my mother was unemployed, she find different ways to help my father in sustaining our needs and education. She didn't show any weakness and didn't give up. She still prepared the food and teach my youngest sibling and my 3 cousins on their assignments and projects even she's tired doing the household chores. I admire her so much and she serves as my inspiration to be successful.

I'm very thankful that I have this kind of mother, responsible, very caring and a loving MOTHER and I want to take this opportunity to say SORRY whenever I'm disobeying you. I'll show my gratitude to you by making you proud of me, study well and to take care of you when you get old.

Secrets to Success

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

This is the aim and the school verse of our beloved school, Taytay United Methodist Christian School. It is a big part in our life that no one can forget not only because of its great education but it also helps our spiritual lives.

For me, the secret of the success of this school is the fact that all the things done in here are all offered for the glory of our almighty God.

I’m so thankful to TUMCS because it serves as my bridge to success. We, students should know how to persevere, be patient and be willing to learn in order for us to be successful. We should also do our best in studying to help this school. This institution can really help in fulfilling our dreams in life.

Grammar, An Essential Thing to Work On

Reading is a good hobby for us students. It can boost our mind, sharpen our thoughts and widen our vocabulary. Through writing we can also express our ideas and thoughts. Writing a good article does not only need colorful ideas but a correct grammar also. Most of us think that if the sentence looks good it is correct but sometimes our instincts are wrong. Avoiding mistakes in constructing sentences is HARD. Being proficient in grammar needs a long period to practice.

Honestly, I don't have interest in writing and it is boring for me. At first I don't find studying grammar important because others can understand me even I'm not good at it, but upon seeing my past entries I observed that I committed different kinds of errors. Sometimes I laughed at my mistakes because it is too obvious but I didn't noticed it . I've been careless in committing those mistakes.

So I need to give more time and effort in it. I need to study my past lessons in grammar, have an advance reading, read articles, and even practice writing to enhance my skills in grammar.

Going back to our past lessons in grammar can help us to be a good young-writers. Recalling those lessons can avoid us from making mistakes. Applying these lessons helps readers fully understand what each sentence convey. Thus, proficiency in grammar helps us to have better written works.

We need to give attention in grammar and don't give up. We should not take for granted the simple mistakes we've done, but we should learn from it. Knowing mistakes should be take positively for improvement.

For me, the key to have better writing skills is practice... practice... and don't give up!.

Devastation we're Here

Juniors the best the best , Juniors the best the best , Juniors the best the best !!

Last February 14-18, 2011 we had our 26th Founding Anniversary of our beloved school. We exhibited our physical prowess in different aspects like in Field Demonstration and in Sports.

Last Tuesday we presented our cheer dance. We did our best not for the glory of batch but for God's Glory. After watching the other years performance we were all nervous because their performance were also great. As the teacher officially announced that we won, all of us screamed, jumped like we won a million pesos. All of our hardships on our practices are worth it.

After that exciting event is the Sports Fest the most awaited event for me. Our first game is the most exciting game for me because it is a close and a fair game. There were also times that I dive for the ball, and sacrificed my body to control the flow of the game.I remembered that I passed the ball to Ariel and hit the winning shot, and fortunately we won the game. We were all happy because that was our first time to win in an official game.

Then on our do or die game, we felt that the game is not fair because of some suspicious calls of the referees but we still enjoy the game.

I learned that one should trust his teammates, don't be hot-headed and learn how to control your temper to attain victory. We should always enjoy the game. And in everything that we do, we should do our BEST for GOD'S GLORY .

Fairness is not an attitude. It's a professional skill that must be developed and exercised.

-- Brit Hume

What's so Good with DISCRIMINATION ?

According to the dictionary discrimination is unfavorable treatment based on prejudice, especially regarding race, color, or sex, but for me, it is just the same as teasing, making bad jokes and making them feel that they don't belong to the group. Discrimination, for others serves as a hobby because for them, this seems to be funny.

It seems that people who are being discriminated often is having troubles and problems on studies. They also have a hard time in socializing with other people. Or they have characteristics that others don't want, that makes their friends few. Other students are also afraid to go to school because of those bully students.

I've not yet experience being discriminated but other tease me sometimes. I myself is the one who discriminates other people. At first it seems to be funny because I made others laugh but as I go further my conscience haunts me, making me feel that I am bad. And sometimes ask myself " why I am doing this ?".

If I will be discriminated, I will choose my friends carefully. Then, I will treat this as a challenge so that I will develop myself by being strong and better person. I also need to defend myself but it doesn't necessarily means that I will enter a trouble by fighting back.

I learned that even I've not yet experienced discrimination yet, it doesn't bring any good effect and it just destroy our well- being. Being discriminated is a part of growing up, as I said, it is just a challenge in life to be a better individual. And if we see someone being discriminated, never hesitate to help him get out of trouble.

ACCORDING TO

" DO NOT DO UNTO OTHERS, WHAT YOU DO NOT WANT OTHERS DO UNTO YOU "

DISCRIMINATION: It means that if you do not want to be discriminated do not discriminate others.

Colorful Stages

On the seventeenth day of June year 1995 I was born and my parents named me John Filbert O. Espinola.




I grew up in a family that is God- fearing and reverent, so my parents decided to send me in Taytay United Methodist Christian School with great, good and knowledgeable teachers. I started studying in our school when I was in preparatory level. I still remembered the memory verses that the teachers kept on promoting before. Their worthy work made me to apply all of them in my life up to the present. I give gratitude to all of my teachers because they had been my second parents. I thank them because of their patience and perseverance in teaching us.

Then, I reached elementary. This is the stage in which I had many crushes that I forgot most of them :)). I still remember what my mother told me, " you could have many crush as many as you want, but you should know the difference of crush from love". I will never forget the Graduation day 2008. We were all excited, happy and also sad, because some of us will not study in one school. I believe on this school so I chose to still study here in high school.

When I reached high school level I became more responsible and active. I excelled in different extra- curricular activities such as in sports and in music. I also excelled in academics. I overcame my shyness to other people except to a girl. I still remembered my friends teased me as "TORPE" and "SLOW"

. This girl was my first love. When we became classmates, we got closer and comfortable to each other. I did everything to show my love for her. I did my best but my best wasn't enough. She chose my classmate instead of me, not just my classmate but my friend. How awful it was to be rejected. I learned that I should give my best effort to show my love. As time passed, I realized that I found the girl that makes me smile, care for me and love me just the way I am.

I can't express the gratitude I feel for this school. this have been a big part of my life. This made me change for the better. It made me God- fearing, an obedient son and a better individual