NSTP-CWTS Graduation

I am here in school with everyone who passed the NSTP-CWTS. Well, it seems not everyone is here yet! I think only half of the students are here yet. Many are late. We were told to be in school at exact 8:00am, but it's now already 9:00am and the ceremony hasn't started yet. Filipino time is so annoying sometimes.

I am torn between excitement and annoyance. I am excited to see everyone come up to receive their diploma. Mine will be next year, when I am finished with all studies. I never knew how it feels like being on stage, because I missed my official high school graduation. I want to have this feeling of receiving a diploma at least once.

But I am annoyed that it starts so late. This is probably going to take a long time, because first there is the ceremony for students who receive a dipoma, then there will be dance presentations, and then there will be several speeches. I hope this will start soon.

Why is it not summer?

I thought summer has already started here in Philippines. Vacation is coming, hence I need good weather. But it is raining all the time. The road is flooded again. I don't like this weather as I don't want to go outside since it is so dirty and slippery. I looked at the sky and it is so dark, and that means more rain is coming all day.

I hate going to school with dirty shoes, but I have no choice, because I have P.E. this afternoon. I cannot skip the class since it is our finals.

Well, after this week, vacation starts. The school will start in June again, so I got two months of vacations. Not bad, I can rest, and relax, be with my family, and hang out with my friends. Or maybe go somewhere, and chill. Or paint at home. There's so much in my head that I want to do this summer. I hope I can do most of it in my vacations.

Tired after exam

Coming home from school into a clean room and no laundry on my basket makes me feel relieve. No chores today! I had a tiring day. I was out the whole day, now that I am back in my boarding house all I want to do is resting. Maybe I go to sleep early. I am really tired, my eyes are hurting. Hopefully, I can sleep soon.

It was a bit stressful at the school, because I had presented my speech. I felt as I wasn't ready at all. I felt like I forgot all important words and sentences that I prepared for my speech. But my teacher is just too kind, she gave me a passing grade for my speech. And I'm grateful for that. Anyway, two more exams and I am finally done with all the stress.

So that's just one thing what I did today. I did eat dinner already, now I am full. What I need the most is rest, I just want to sleep all night long. I am not worried about waking up late tomorrow as I don't have school in the morning.

Family fight

A family fight is always annoying. Family members should get along each other. I hate having a fight with my brothers or even with my father. Most times, we're all in good terms, but there is also that time when we can no longer hold back our temper. One of my brothers left the house, because he got mad at my dad. I am also mad at my dad right now. The other brother was working at that time, so he is out of the fight and doesn't know anything yet. My dad has a temper, he get angry suddenly, and it is annoying to hear him says inappropriate words.

I have a temper, but I put it in the right place, I get annoyed pretty easily, but I don't loose my temper. The thing is I get angry,  but I soon realize that my anger is not worth anything. So I breath and try to act like nothing happened. When my dad gets angry, he takes it seriously and is not talking for days. And that is really not fine!

Speech Communication Exam

This week will be stressful for me! The Speech Communication examination is coming. It will be different than the previous exams. It is not anymore one to one with the teacher, instead each of us needs to deliver a speech in front of everyone. Not only what we say will be judged, but also our gestures. Gosh, I have never done this before! I don't know if I can stay sincere while uttering every words in front of my classmates and teacher. I fear already that I will end up embarrassing myself. I'm not used to talk in English to the crowd. So I don't know if I can make it.

But I have no choice! I need to do it, otherwise I will fail in Speech Communication class for sure. The finals count 40 percent, so it's among all the four exams always the highest part of the final grade for the whole semester. My exam will be on Wednesday. I did already choose my speech, all I have to do now is to memorize the whole thing. Wish me luck everyone!

Disrespectful Kid

Sometimes I have the feeling kids nowadays don't have the same repect to elders than I had when I was young. Maybe there is a lack of parent's guidance, but I feel many kids became rebellious or disrespectful towards elders. The problem is that some parents don't even care about how they're raising their kids. For instance, they send kids to school, but they don't check whether their kids are studying or just missing classes all the time. But education is very important for kids.

I recently had this encounter with a 13 years old boy: he is my first cousin, and he sent me 3 photos of him in messenger showing his middle finger. That is an indecent gesture. I wanted to tell him personally that what he did was not right, but he is in Manila. Hence I did send him a very long message. I asked him why he did it? His answer was that the photos are not meant for me, but for his enemy in Facebook and that he sent them wrongly. I told him that not to do it again, as it is bad. Sigh, I hope he'd not be the same as his father.

Sunday Chores

I went to church earlier with my cousin. We woke up before sunrise, and by 6am we arrived at the church, just to figure out that we were 1h too early. So we waited for the mass to start, but there were chairs so the wait wasn't tiring. The mass started around 7am and finished at 9am. Then we headed home, to do the house chores. I cleaned the dishes as well as the floor, while my cousin gathered all our dirty clothes. After that, we took our breakfast, which made the plates dirty again that I just cleaned. Ok, I washed the plates again. Then we rested a bit to digest the food we ate.

When everything seemed right, we walked directly to the river, so that we can start washing our clothes. It didn't take long for us to finish, as we didn't have to fetch water. Once we were done, we went home to hang the clothes for drying. The weather is good, so I think it will all get dry quickly. within this whole day. After that I started to write this blog. It's too hot right now, and I'm tired.