School year's coming to an end again and in this whole year, I have concluded one thing: sometimes things turn out the way you didn't expect them to be. Every time I hear the word Speech Comm. or Badminton, it always irritates my ears--never fails. So when I finally took them in my first and second semester this year, respectively, I was surprised with how it turned out. I never thought I could enjoy, have fun and become excited in attending these classes. For one, I never really enjoyed speaking in front of the whole class, let alone delivering a speech. I still don't like that. But the thing is, this SPCM1/ G-2L made it possible! Another thing is, I never fancied sports--EVER. That's why I'm skeptic and not really sure if I should continue Badminton. But man, did I really enjoy it, especially the tournament! I felt like a real athlete competing with my classmates, especially in the doubles division! There are a few times when I sucked real bad and experienced a few defeats, but it was all worth it. Yeah, it felt bad to loose, but it didn't really get into me. For me, it was all just a game and it was something to be enjoyed and not to be taken seriously. And by seriously I meant SERIOUSLY, as in seriously. I mean you gotta take seriously or else you'll flunk the subject, but what I meant was seriously, as in take it way too seriously. Got it? So well, there you are. I guess the moral lesson here is, expect the worse and who knows, it might turn out to be otherwise. Well, that's it. Pretty much. Good luck to us! :D

Japan. Tsunami.

It was still a blur, and I was skeptic when I heard my sister talking to my mom about what happened in Japan. I just came home from school, exhausted and really really tired. when my sister said that the earthquake had 8.9 magnitude, I thought she was wrong, and about the tsunami, well I didn't believe that either. I don't know where I heard it from, but what I know was it was just 7-point-something, not higher than that.

So when I turned on our television, the shocking news welcomed me. The news was showing this video of the tsunami: how far it had gone and how bad it had become. And all I was able to say was, "Oh my, God." I have no idea how many times I said that, but it just kept coming. But that's not yet the worse part, the news also said that the tsunami could also hit some of the provinces here in the Philippines. That's the time I got really nervous. What's going to happen now? Even if my province is not one of those that could possibly be hit, I'm still worried about what's going to happen. Who knows how huge the waves are going to be? I just hope everyone's going to be safe. This goes out to everyone who's affected by the latest disaster that had hit our world today.

I have always loved Japan, and I have always dreamed of going there someday. I feel bad about this tragedy not just because it's going to affect our country, but also because there a lot of other people who are affected. There are also some Filipinos in Japan and their relatives here are worried sick. The power supply and communications are down, and there is no way to contact their loved ones there.

I hope everything's gonna be okay soon. I know it eventually will be. Let's not get tired of praying. He will never leave us, He will always be there to protect us.