"E"nvironment friendly par"K"*

When was the last time I went to this amusement park? Oh, that's right. I remember. It was way back when I was in grade six. It was a field trip. 

The very first time was when I was in grade five. It was the same, it was our field trip. I didn't quite enjoy it. Yes, I was with my classmates, but it was not my family.

I can't remember everything. But they were memorable because field trip was the only reason I was able to go to that area.

On the other hand, the time I got inside Star City was in fourth year high school Christmas break. I was with relatives, the family of my mother's sister. It was memorable as it was my first time. But still, my shyness kind of held me back a little. Nonetheless, it was fun.

And now, I went back to the very first amusement park I had visited. I was with my journalist friends, a family we call M.A.F.F.E.R. Everything was memorable. There was a promo, P350/ticket for students. It comes with free hotdog and soda. The only three rides we were able to enjoy were the rides that I rode for the first time: Flying Fiesta, Anchor's Away, and Space Shuttle.

Flying Fiesta was still kind of calm. The second one, Anchor's Away was kind of wild. And the last, Space Shuttle, was INSANE!

In Flying Fiesta, nothing special happened. We just flew around and around.

In Anchor's Away, a part of me is always taken away whenever we go down. The ship rocked back and forth making a steep pause in each side. We were seated at the back part so it was totally wild. I am not afraid of heights, but it's just that I was uncomfortable. I sat at my seat all alone, still and motionless.

Last but not the least, Space Shuttle. The question is, does it really bring us to space since it is a shuttle? The answer is no because it's freaking insane. At first we were brought at a great height. Of course, it was making a grand entrance. It was high and evening. Then we heard a click... "Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!" I was never so shaken that hard in my whole life. The hardest was at the back of a bus going up and down the road and making us jump whenever it runs fast and hit a bumpy road. Well, this broke that record. XD

I am so speechless with what I have experienced. It was fun. It was my first time on all three of that. I still want to ride them again. And I hope I may still ride those that I haven't yet. We went home tired and with this:

I love you guys. I hope we will be complete next time. :))

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*E.K. - Enchanted Kingdom

She is?

Just by being a student, an officer of different positions, or by being a student leader, I know how hard it is to manage a class. Maybe that's the reason why I have never hated a teacher before. I know how they feel, I know how they teach and I know why they are like that. Maybe not exactly, but I still know some things.

I may have made fun of them secretly, it all passed out eventually. (I admit, I still do when I am with friends of long-time-no-see, but we're old and mature now and we know the limits). I may have said a lot of bad things about some of them at the beginning, that was only in the beginning. Everything changed when I knew them as time passed by. I know how to respect and accept them.

That is how I had composed my first post about teachers, I believe. Whenever I say something bad, as my professor said, I then counter them.

As I watched this 2011 film, I really got interested at how the main character played by Cameron Diaz will use each co-worker and each student to her advantage. I stay tuned. She made progress everyday. Haha! She was so bad that she can destroy the reputation of others just so she can build her's up. Then I realized, everything she was suddenly changed when the character she plays learned that by being a good teacher, she can have lots of money because there was some kind of competition. She needed money so badly because she wants an operation on her "future."

Actually, by being good, we will be rewarded. Not money at times but is it really needed to be money all the time?

Even though she was money driven, she still affected everyone around her in different ways. To some, they were good. To others, they were bad. But in the end, she still adopted. All the bad beginning of her teaching became better. She became so strict that she wants each and everyone to learn what she is teaching. Until the end, she had a boyfriend and became a guidance counsellor.

Yes, we need money. But why become so serious of doing bad things just to acquire it? Our relationships with other people are more important so don't sacrifice it. Be an example to others because in our own way, we are also teachers. As young as we are my friends, we are teachers. By the way, I'm 17 years old. Ahaha! :P

"Beep, beep, beep, beep... ang sabi ng tsuper"

Who said that the life of a jeepney driver is easy? Show him/her to me and let me ask him to prove it.

Not all people have cars and I am one of them. People like me travel to places by riding public vehicles. Sometimes, private cars if in a carpool. It's not a problem any more if we are going to talk about getting tired. I'm used to it already. Yes, it still bothers me, but really, it's no big deal.

Of course, there will be times when conflicts happen and they ruin my day because of the driver's attitude or of their companion's. For example, I paid a fare that I know was the right amount to where I am going. If it lacks a few more peso, they shout right away or the way they say it to inform me isn't respectful any longer. I was brought up with manners and I know how to respect others. But there are limits. The good thing is that I know how to control myself and just let it go.

I understand them... even though at times a twenty passenger jeep becomes twenty-two; if a newly-emptied jeep is parked and waits for passengers and even though people have already ridden, still waits for more; and if there are times that when they drive, it's as if they are going to be late on something. They don't always get enough money to feed their family properly. So they always want to get back and forth in their route and wants to have more passenger even it would exceed the capacity.

It's a normal scenario that drivers will say that their jeep is still spacious even though we're compressed already and when a "victim" takes the bait, I'll think, "Where in the world is he going to sit?"

Drivers sometimes get disappointed because majority of their passengers are students and seniors. Instead of being happy that they have passengers, they are somehow sad because a lot of us got student and senior discounts so they get smaller money than usual.

I would also like to share that I know how cholorum vehicle drivers of FX or van feel when they are caught. It's really hard on someone's part to pay a penalty fee if what you earn isn't even enough for your family in a day. I also get the point of why they still continue operating in spite of being kind of illegal operators. They have the idea that if they stop, how will other people get to places they need to go because only a few have been given permit or license to become legal. So somehow they are after service. And when they serve, both parties will benefit from each other.

Some drivers still care about their passengers. Whenever it is raining, they will lay down the protective sheets of their jeep so that we won't get wet because their vehicle doesn't have a window the we can easily open or close. If I am going somewhere I don't know yet, I ask for assistance and they willingly offer it. When we are going down already, not all driver's will get mad at you because you want to go down in the middle of the road or because if they unloaded you at an unloading area, they will get caught and get another expense. They want to bring the vehicle to the side so that you will get down properly and safely. It's not also their intention for our trip to be disturbed because the tire got flat.

I happen to be a passenger of a jeep that got a flat tire last October 11, I guess. it was already evening and I didn't care. I wasn't in a hurry to get home. I went down while waiting. I even watched the driver fix the tire. As I look at him work, I saw that he really knew what he was doing. Even though the cement was wet and the ladies were still seated inside, he still had his job done.

There was also an instance last school year's second semester when the jeep I was on became alert when we heard something. We were on an expressway, just after the toll gate. When the driver parked on the shoulder. He then inspected what was wrong. We went down to check it as well and a man said "Buti na lang hindi tumaob." (Good thing the jeep didn't turn up-side-down) They were talking about a piece that concerns the driving capability of the jeep. I was really relieved that God kept us safe. The solution was that the jeep was pulled by a tow truck and when we reached the end of the expressway, we went to another jeep and the first driver passed the fares to the second driver.

That is how hard it is to become a driver. They also have a dream and hopefully, in time, they achieve it. But I'm thankful that they've become good drivers.

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I hope you have understood my story. I intended this post to be short before I even started. Sad to say, ideas came running to me. I had a hard time constructing it in English so when I decided I can express it well in Filipino, I was already halfway. It was long so I just continued it. If I started from the beginning again, I doubt if I will be able to finish this post in time, or never at all.

Midori*

"A new law enforced each person to have only one color for everything he owned: what color would you choose?"

My answer: GREEN.

Back when I was in elementary, as far as I can remember, I didn't have any favorite color. Any color was fine to me, anything will do. All that I'm aware of is my "color story" when I reached first year high school.

By that time, the color that I chose to be my favorite was orange. If your looking for any logical explanation, well guess what, I don't have. I just chose it because I liked it. It was between red and yellow, a mixture of them right? Haha! Other colors such as green, blue, gray, brown, etc. were just neutral for me. Then, slowly, I didn't notice until I became aware of it, I turned to green, the color of nature. I love staring at plants, garden, or areas where they reside. Since then, anything that is green attracts me... as long as they are beautiful in my eyes. There are still some shade of green that I don't like but it's only in rare instances that I don't like a particular shade of green. After all, everything will go down to what is that thing that is colored green.

I'm not into cars. We don't have one. Sorry to disappoint you as well, I only know few cars. But if I will be asked what car I want, I will choose Mitsubishi's Adventure, of course, as you'll suspect it, with the color green (I have mentioned this before in one post). I love its green. It's so beautiful in my eyes.

Oh, by the way, this is not ours.

Remember, we don't have a car.

I just got this from the internet.

Hehe.. XD

Although I like green so much, I still use gray or blue most at other times.

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*Midori - japanese word for green

The Woman Who Fights With Poise

 



I still remember that the first time I saw this was on a bus from Lawton. We were on our way home and because it was already late at night, the transportation that we can use at that time was bus.

 

I was interested in it. Knowing that the driver and the ticket inspector played it in a DVD player, I waited for its title to show up. That caught my attention as an avid film viewer. That's how I met Nikita technically speaking because I did not see her then. Only her friends.

 

Would you believe if I say that right after seeing it, I told myself that I didn't like it, that I won't watch it? See how it turned out? I am watching it.

 

The episode on the bus was only the second. That's something not easy to forget because I judged so early. That's it, just sharing. Until my next entry, see you!



LPU Intra Life

When with friends I go to mall

To enjoy a nice stroll

Because it seems we are to fall

From a height that is so tall.

There are times I want to roll

Instead of bounce like a ball;

It's good to stay at Mabini Hall,

But there's no other like above the WALL.

A professor's criticisms:

In General:

1. The attempt to rhyme is commendable, as this shows the expanse of your vocabulary.

2. The rhyme however has had an effect on the actual essence of the poem, making it a bit superficial.

3. The simplicity of the poem combined with the rhyme makes it very catchy, but maybe with a proper meter (since you chose the structure of a rhyming poem) would help with the aesthetic of the poem through rhythm.

Line by Line:

Line 3 seems to assume that it supports lines 1 and 2 because of the conjunction "Because", but it is unclear what falling from a tall(sic) height has to do with going to mall to enjoy a nice stroll.

Line 6: Does not a ball roll as well?

Line 8: Again, it is unclear as to "no other" what? It seems that just to be able to rhyme, basic sentence construction is sacrificed, and eventually the logic of the line.

Overall, this is understandably a good "entry level" attempt at poetry, but you could still elevate that from good to great. Your images are simple but easily relateable, though bordering on cliche, which we want to avoid like the plague.

Poetic License is not an as-is excuse to break basic rules. we must know why we're breaking them, thats why we have seminars and workshops. Once we fully understand how and why we break these rules of lit, we can better express to the public the poems we create.

Good, good :)

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Criticisms noted. :))

The Tower Red Light

In an ordinary day,

You stay still and hidden,

Your presence unnoticeable

And yet you are there.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared

The sky is is dark, now I am blind

While I fly you guide my way

'Cause that's when you come out to shine.

-Airplane