A REFLECTION: 1st Grading Period in ICT

       

  Time flies so fast. One fourth of being a fourth year student is now over. Or shall I say, the First Grading Period has already ended. And the two months I shared with my teachers and classmates was all worth it. And one of the subjects I loved this First Grading Period is ICT. I really love this subject because I really have a great interest on computers.

In two months now of being in school, I've already learned a lot of things about our subject ICT. And our main focus in this subject is "Internet". At first, I thought to myself that I know all about the internet. But it's not. There are still a lot of things I need to discover. And with the help of our teacher in this subject, I've already known all about the instances of internet. And without this subject, I'm not posting any blogs here in blogger because I just learned blogging when our teacher taught us to. Having this subject is a big help for me. From this subject, I learned how to make my own blog, wherein I can freely express my thoughts, without having anyone to judge me and I was able to share it to my fellow students, teenagers and other people.

I know that in this subject, there will be more fun and enjoyable lessons to learn, wherein I can express myself and skills in computer. Because, ever since I was at my elementary days, I really love exploring the computer. And through this subject, I believe that I can still improve my knowledge about this aspect because I expect more with ICT.

In PNOY's 5th SONA

           President Benigno "PNoy" Aquino III delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address in front of senators and congressmen in Batasan Complex, Quezon City on Monday, July 22, 2014. This year's SONA had no published theme, but the striking message he mentioned was, "The Filipino is definitely worth fighting for."

The President's penultimate SONA, which marked the opening of the 16th Congress, started at exactly 4:00PM and ended after an hour and 31 minutes. It earned 58 rounds of applause from an audience composed lawmakers, government officials, local and international media, dignitaries and other important personalities. PNoy started his speech by touching the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. He trumpeted the benefits of the mechanism which helped 220,000 students of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) to the tune of P1.6 billion DAP funds. He then showed two video testimonials of those who benefited from TESDA scholarships. The address also enumerated the achievements of his administration over the past year, which includes good economic performance, increased budget in infrastructure, success of Public-Private Partnerships, calamity efforts, among others. PNoy also was combative against the critics of his administration, saying that they are actually against his "Boss", the people. He also had strong words against rice hoarders and corrupt officials at the Bureau of Customs. At the end of his speech, the President praised some religious leaders, local government heads, NGOs, soldiers and artists who made significant contributions. He also showed another video testimonials of 3 policewomen who arrested members of Martilyo Gang. He turned emotional when he reflected on the memory of his parents, slain Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and the late President Corazon Aquino. And to conclude the address, he urged the Filipino people to be the key in continuing the positive transformation that his administration started.

In my opinion, this was the best SONA of President Aquino in his 4 years of being the head of the country. It was simple and concise, and his appeal to the emotions was genuine and felt by the listeners, even his critics. He was also wise not to mention the Supreme Court and the three senators who are in jail for the pork barrel scam. And it was a relief that he did not blame this time the past administration of Gloria Arroyo for the problems the country now is facing. Again, I feel bad that he skipped on tackling the Freedom of Information bill. It was one of his biggest promises in when he assumed office 2010, and with two years left in his term, he should make it a priority. The Philippines has so many problems right now, and PNoy is right in rallying his 'bosses' -the Filipino people- to help him in continuing the positive transformation his administration has started and will be doing in the next two years.

Credits: http://www.phaccess.com/2014/07/pnoys-sona-2014-sample-reaction-paper.html

Always be Ready and Aim for Proper Nutrition!

     As we all know, there is a celebration celebrated in every month of July. And this is  the Nutrition Month Celebration. Nutrition Month is the annual campaign held every July to create greater awareness on nutrition among Filipinos. The 2014 Nutrition Month Theme, "Kalamidad Paghandaan, Gutom at Malnutrisyon Agapan" focuses on nutrition on emergencies aims to provide the venue for the general public to realize the importance of preparedness during emergencies, how to respond and what recovery measures can be taken to prevent death and worsening of malnutrition of affected population groups.

        

We need to work together in preparing for calamities so that we can prevent hunger and malnutrition. There are so many things we can do to be prepared for these calamities. We can pack our survival bag containing flashlights, first aid kit, canned goods and other survival stuffs to be needed. We need to save enough foods that we can eat during calamities. In times of calamities, we prepared to eat canned goods, noodles and other foods that aren't easy to be spoiled. The theme of this nutrition month serves as a reminder to all of us that we should be always prepared for calamities in order to avoid any incidents that can cause to hunger. Food is a very important thing to the every individual human being. It gives us energy and nutrition so that are body can function well and can perform whatever activities we need to do. If we have a shortage on this, many of us will end up being malnourished, and things like that should not happen.

                        

 Proper nutrition is the very thing we need now. It's very important to observe a proper diet and nutrition especially when we are going to face calamities. So let us work altogether and fight hunger and malnutrition.