A Prayer

He created our planet Earth and we humans.
He gave us life, the moon that shine and the glorious sun.
He knows above all, our creator and savior.
He’s the start and the end, reason we’re living for.

We are reaching unto you the sins we have done,
For us to be forgiven, our sins to be gone.
We also thank you for all the blessings you gave,
For all the love, peace and guidance you also gave.

Our Almighty God please supply all of our needs.
For all the people who lose everything they hid.
 They loss their houses, jobs affected by the flood.
Please help them oh God, I know they are very sad.

Help them face the problems they are experiencing.
Please do not let them end any day just crying.
Give them hope and courage for them all to be brave.
Touch their hearts; let them feel that these are tests you gave.

Give them strength to withstand the storm they encounter,
For them not to remain on the ground forever.
This prayer is for all my fellow countrymen.
We reach this all to you, in Jesus name, Amen.

Ganito Ka Rin Ba Mag-ENGLISH?

(To whoever gets to understand this letter, CONGRATULATIONS!)

The following is a letter found at a certain bar in Manila and has been preserved to its original unedited form. Enjoy reading and you may try direct translation in Tagalog. Pls. read with feelings…

October 1996

To Marije,

I am not surprise or wonder why Dennis leave you why? What reason can you think about but you’re very fat body. I thought before that Dennis only use me to his toy but sooner and later I’m realize that he really can’t not beared or stomached to be with you anymore because at first, Dennis say he could not stand you’re habit of making pakialam all his walks (lakad) and always calling to their house what he go home or this or that.

And then he say he get ashame to me either in school or in his family and then asking you to exercise you’re very very, very fat body. But you hate it. Thought you’re the most preetiest girls he knows about. What do you think you are “ Beautiful Girl” of Jose Mari Chan?

Even you are beautiful face (to your think) you do not have the right to called me whatsoever or else difference name one time or the other for the real purposed to insults my personality because I’m never call you names either in the front of Dennis or in the backs of Dennis, but if you start already to calling me different name, I don’t have any other choice but to call you other different name to. Like you are a PIG, FAT, OBESSED, OVERWIGHT, AND UGLY SHAPE girl. Shame to you is body that is to a BUDING.

You can’t not blame Dennis for exchanging you to me because I am the more sexier that you when you look to us in the mirror. I’m repeat again that you are like Lozada when she is a girl.

Love,

The sexiest Girl of D.M.

P.S.

You say that I’m the bad breathe but who is Dennis want to kissed. Me or you? And the final is me. There you go.

Blogger’s Comment:

                        I did not understand the letter when I first read it. The letter for me is very expressive of what the feelings of the writer were while writing the certain letter. Having that kind of grammar in English might be a big loss in one person’s life. This letter shows how English affects a task given to a certain person. This letter is one proof of how important is having correct grammar in communication. This makes me realize how important English is that everyone must take it as a subject in school for learning.

Revised Letter:

October 1996

To Marije,

I am not surprise or wonder why Dennis left you. I cannot think of any other reason but your very fat body. Before, I thought that Dennis only used me as his toy but after sometime I realized that he can’t bear to be with you anymore. Dennis said he could not tolerate your habit of intriguing all his affairs and calling their house for nonsensical concerns.

He then said that he gets ashamed to anyone even to me, his family or his school buddies because of you. He even asked you to exercise and to get rid of your very, very, very fat body. But you do not agree to do what he said. You think you are the prettiest of all the girls he knew. Who do you think you are, the “Beautiful Girl” of Jose Mari Chan?

Even you thought that you are beautiful, you do not have the right to call me whatsoever names on any time you like to just to insult my personality. I never called you in insulting names either in the front or back of Dennis. But since you started calling me these names, I don’t have any other choice but calling you different names also. You are a FAT, OBESSE, OVERWEIGHT, UGLY-SHAPED and PIG-LIKE girl. Be ashamed of your bulging body.

You can’t blame Dennis for exchanging you for me because I am sexier than you if you would compare us in front of a mirror. I’ll repeat it again; you are like a girl version of Lozada.

Love,

The sexiest Girl of D.M.

P.S.

You said that I have a bad breathe? But who is the one Dennis wants to have a kiss with, me or you? That is me.

Informal Themes: The New Way Around

                  Most students like me find theme writing a tiring job to do, but since it is a must we will do it for compliance. Why do I find theme writing as a tiring job? One great reason for me, that I find theme writing as a tiring job is the no erasure policy. I find it hard to the job because if I got the correct things to write on, I mess the paper a lot making it not presentable to submit, so I need to write it again on another paper. Certainly, I really had a hard time rewriting those very long themes.

                        Another problem I experience in school regarding those theme writing is sometimes I am not in the good mood in school. Whenever I am not in the good mood to write, I really can’t write a good essay. Sometimes I just write whatever is in my mind making my theme unorganized. Or worse, I cannot think of any things in relation to the topic that I could not write anything at all.

                        But in life, there will always be a change. Blogging made theme writing a new transformation. In my case, it made my life easier. By blogging I can change a part in my essay without making it look like a chicken scratch like in my experiences before. Whenever I could think of a change just few clicks and press in my keyboard and it will change it right away.

                        Another benefit of blogging is you will do it in your house. In school, I often don’t have the good mood in making these themes but when I go home, I feel more comfortable because it is only my family who is watching me do it and not a big crowd of audiences. So I could make a better essay when I am in our house. Another thing I like in doing blogs is we could change its layout and do it more personalized. In this way, I feel more interested in doing blogs because it can catch my attention.

                        As a summary, I find blog making a good way of making informal themes. It not only helps students but also teachers that are having hard times in reading penmanship of his students. All I can say in blogging it is our informal theme writing the new way around.

Willpower

                   “If you stand for a reason, stand as sturdy as a tree. If you fall to the ground, be like a seeding that is ready to grow and fight again.” If you ever read this quote, the first thing that you might think of is determination, or in other words, willpower. In layman’s term, determination is the act of deciding on or establishing a course of action. According to an Italian novelist and poet, “Willpower is the only tensile strength of one’s own disposition and one cannot increase by a single ounce”. In my own point of view, willpower is the act of working on something to achieve what you want by exerting effort through it and doing all your best.

                        Circumstances and problems will come to our lives. Anybody, rich or poor, old or young will surely be going through these problems. It depends on a person on how he will be handling these problems to come up in a good result. Although there are times you would fall, always stand up and never ever let other people step on you. Just like what Yoon Baek Hee did. She is a student who dreamt of being a successful artist and performer but beside those hardworks were difficulties she had gone through.

                        Yoon Baek Hee is a character from a Korean television series which is Dream High. She was once a timid girl who always stood behind her bestfriend because she thought that between her and her bestfriend, her bestfriend was the superior. She always had been loyal to her bestfriend but her bestfriend did not. In reality, her bestfriend do not care about her but only cares about her own good. From the day she discovered that fact, she changed herself, her appearance, attitude and actions. That was the time when she became more competitive or determined, and in a short time she became a popular student in the campus.

                        But triumph has a twin brother, dilemma. When once she notched to be on the top, there are always things that pills her down. She had haters, and she even experienced being bullied. The bird soaring high up in the sky fell down and lost her balance. That was the time when grater determination came to her. She took hardships as challenges in her life and never let them affect her way of thinking. Yoon Baek Hee came back and took her place and reputation back, but this time, it was much greater than before.

                        I could describe Yoon Baek Hee as sturdy, strong, confident and talented. She never let others affect her life and how she plans on things. Decisions and plans were done with great effort and skills. When once she loses her balance, she would always take her balance back. Struggles and complications were just normal things for her. Love and effort were always present in her works. Intelligence and talent were just two of so many good things and qualities she have, and willpower is the most precious of them all.