Week 2: Buwan ng Wika in 2011

In the Philippines, August is designated as the “Buwan ng Wika” (Language Month). It’s a month-long event celebrating the importance and significance of the official language of the nation, Filipino (formerly known as Tagalog). Before, it was only held for one week (August 13 to August 19) but amendments in the late 90’s officially changed the commemoration of the event to be celebrated for the whole month of August.

Buwan ng Wika in LPL was a big success because i can see that all students this year participated in every events that lpl have to offer. Such as the booth where each section of each class where assigned tomake their own booth where they can sell from foods to souvenirs for the Buwan ng Wika week long celebration at LPL. Every section also who participated in the dancing contest in Buwan ng Wika was great! The choir who sang at the event was spectacular, when hearing it almost feel like your souls is in heaven.

So I must say, its a big success where ever angle you may look and hopefully next year will be the same but more excited than today. :)

Week 1: The First Half In My New Course

The first half in my new course was amazing. I already got lots of friends. I thought at first, my first semester will be a lonely one but i was proven wrong because i made new friends already. My new classmates was nice so its easy for me to get a long with them really fast. All the professors in all the class that i attended was nice. Some of them are already familiar to me because i've been their student for the past year.

But its also hard for me to leave my first ever friends in my old department since i attended here in Lyceum. I remembered all our barkada trips like it was yesterday. The day we went to Los Banos for an overnight swimming then another swimming at Tall View in Talisay Batangas. That event was very memorable to me because we have a very good time. We share laughs at each other and sometimes secrets.

I hope the other half of this school year would also be a memorable one also. Like i have on my first year at Lyceum.

Social Media in the lives of People

Social media has been part of our life since the first internet was launch to the public. People nowadays can't leave without even checking their accounts daily. Social media is like a drug that people can't resist once influenced by other people. It has been a part of life and daily routine. Social media starts long ago when Friendster is still popular and Facebook is still on its way for people to discover. Even i use Friendster when it still popular.

Social media is now being used also for business advertisement. Did you know that only a few ads are being followed by people because most of the ads are spam or scam sites. A large percentage of people getting married today first met in a social websites such as Facebok. If some of the social website would be a country it can out rank some of the most know countries such as USA and China.

But be careful as always when using social websites because criminals nowadays use it to target or spy a persons life.

Mediocrity vs. Excellence

Nowadays people only aims for average knowledge instead of aiming for more knowledge which is bad for us. Because gaining more knowledge is the key for our country's success. We all know Dr. Jose P. Rizal, right? Dr. Jose Rizal not only aims for mediocrity or average knowledge only but instead his aiming for excellence or more knowledge much better. He thinks that with the use of his knowledge learned everyday, he can use it to help his citizens to free them up from the hands spaniards colony.

We also know that God made us equally and we shouldn't be treating other people like there just a useless things in the world. We should treat them with respect no matter how poor or rich they are. God also made us to love each other.

In my opinion, i can say that 3 out of 10 people only aims for a limited knowledge only needed for them to qualified for a job. We learn unconsciously meaning we're learning even though we don't know it or not conscious about it. So why limit ourselves with a limited knowledge only if there is a lot of things out there for us to explore and learn.

Traffic in Internet

Traffic in internet is like a hi-way that's full of cars going to each of their respective work. Because of this traffic in the net we sometimes feel the slowness of the internet connection when browsing the net. The cause of this is because many people are now browsing the net nowadays. Visiting the net has been peoples daily routine everyday. Just like in the hi-way more and more cars are now actively driving everyday. Since every month new cars are being invented.

If we take a look at the internet usage statics around the worlds, China has the largest population using the net everyday. For the Philippines, we are rank 6 in Asia who use the net daily. What does the internet has that peoples nowadays are getting addicted to it? For me, internet is like a ticket for you to go anywhere in the world with just one click. You don't need to book a flight just to go the place you want. Just a click away and your there. Easy as that.

But be sure to know when to stop because it can have a bad effect in your body when staying in front of your computer for a long period of time.