Love is...

When I was asked, 'what is love'? I abruptly said, 'Love is..' without finishing, I was silenced. Hindi ko alam kung paano ko durugtungan o paano ko sasagutin. Because love comes at many ways. And the way how I give definition to it, may be different to how others may understand.

Basta ang alam ko, we may give definition to love base on how we experience it. Para sa mga taong nagmamahal at naghihintay ng kapalit, love is conditional. Para sa mga taong nagmamahal nang walang hinihinging kapalit, for them, love is unconditional.

For those men who love guys, and those women who love girls, for them, love knows no gender.

Gano'n nga siguro yung love, binibigyan natin ng definition base sa pinagdaanan natin o sa kung anong ipinaranas satin nito.

Para naman sa mga pedophile, love is lust. On the other hand, sa mga nagmahal ng mas bata o mas matanda sa kanila, love knows no age.

For those who were pierced by cupid's arrow, o sa mga taong tinamaan ng pag-ibig sa taong hindi naman ganoon kagwapo o kaganda sa societal standards, para sa kanila, love is blind.

Sa mga hindi sinwerte, o di nasuklian yung pagmamahal, love is a headache. Sabi pa nga ng iba, masarap pa ang buhay single because love is fucked up.

Sa mga taong nagmamahal without even knowing why, love is an indescribable feeling.

When holding on to a person full of flaws and imperfections, love is acceptance.

How mystifying love is. Napakaraming definition. Nakakahilo, nakakalito, nakakabaliw isipin kung anong totoo. Hindi mo na alam ang tama. Pagmamahal 'yan eh, minsan nga hindi mo na alam ang dahilan kung bakit. Ang alam mo lang, nagmamahal ka.

Truly, love comes at many ways. (And then someone flicked off my ears and I suddenly lost my delusion)

"What is love?", he asked.
After a long defeaning silence, ano nga ba ang love para sa'kin?

'Love is...'
I finally uttered '...magical' (with happiness manifested on my eyes).

'Love is magical in a way that you can't even explain and understand the magic that, that holds.'

Indeed, love is limitless full of definitions.

And then I woke up in a fairy tale, living my ordinary single day.

Reflection of Understanding the Self

“The Unexamined Life is not Worth Living”

  LIFE: A COLORFUL RAINBOW

Understanding the Self subject has moved me from just experiencing into profound understanding. It encouraged me to self-awareness and consciousness towards myself. Indeed, it was a subject who taught me something beyond the book. From the legendary philosophers’ theories and realities such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and many more, and putting those down on writing had been a great innovation tool that passes down the stories of days that are long gone. One of their most lovingly cherished aphorism that has ever affected me is, “The unexamined life is not worth living”, from Socrates where he meant the resilience against human soul, evil, pain hardships and misery. It’s undeniable that only self-awareness can we hope to improve our life and to perfect one’s character.

The subject, technically speaking, was a feasible one that can be understood without great effort. Perspectives about self, facts about life, and concepts of great philosophers can easily be scrutinized and inculcated on our mind. But can we question our ability to think if we really do comprehend and figure out what they really meant? Because life is not just one colour, but it’s a colourful rainbow that if you see things from a different perspective, it will help you to see that it was a substance full of art. It was a substance to help us appreciate ourselves. It was a substance that can increase our value as a human being. Indeed, it was a substance that can be a catalyst for our change.

It has been made easy to cognize and quench our thirst for knowledge with the supervision of our subject Professor, Dr. Landicho. With the help of her creatively done Powerpoint presentations, and meticulously well-thought-out scrutiny made us easier to understand everything about the course of study. My lust for learning and appetite for knowledge have been allowed by her by mugging up realizations and information beyond what is written on the book. One immeasurable realization came from her that made me immensely grateful is that life is a journey and a hard-fighting battle that cannot be easy for anyone. But ourselves determine what we become so always give it your all, and dare to be all you can be. I may not know where my life voyage may lead, and I may not know when it will end. But one thing that is for sure, the Lord is with me wherever I go.

About myself…

About myself…

          Everyone fondly call me Kevin. I am a person who looks so naïve and timid, but talking to me will change the idea. Mama and Papa were able to raise me in Marikina City. Talking about my present, we are currently resided in Antipolo City together with my elder brother for 14 years now. Indeed, time flies so fast.

            Back when I was a kid, I always end up getting down because I am a shy-type person. It feels like I always want to be in a secluded place. I want to be alone. Indeed, I am an introvert in societal norms. But that pushed me to dream more. Regardless of self-aggrandizement, of this young-age of my life, I already was able to give back to my community. I’d been the English Club President in my alma mater way back year 2017. In addition, I’d also been one of the editorial staff of The Stentor, English publication of the school; Feature Editor. In line with this, one of the exciting moments upon being a student journalist, I was able to be heard on air and voice out my thoughts in the whole Philippines, where I was interviewed in DZRH Radio Station, spearheaded by Jana Banana. Moreover, I am a former 3 year- consecutive officer of the Youth for Environment in School Organizations (YES-O); an active volunteer and officer of Red Cross Youth, in the whole Rizal Province. It just feels surreal to look back and reminisce how I did well in my previous years. Not only I was able to line myself in the summit of success, but what’s more important, I also was able to give back to the community. And that is one of the greatest assets that I can always be proud of.

            I believe that my life right now is not any longer just for myself and for my family. I want to share something to the world and serve my fellow compatriots. As part of my endearment, I want to be in a law field. My heart speaks to be a lawyer someday. But due to some reasons, I ended up in my second choice, Human Resource Management.

Little I did know that being a Human Resource Manager deals with handling the manpower of a company. I would always love to be with top executives on strategic planning; and serve as a link between an organization's management and its employees. I landed in EARIST to pursue my college dream after knowing its quality education. Besides, it is a practical decision to enjoy the free tuition fees in a state university. It is always my childhood dream to be in an office wearing a suit and a tie. To be sure, that is the reason why I am now in this field.

For the future ahead, I see myself as someone who already conquered himself. I will be someone who is capable to think of the welfare of others instead of just for myself. In this college journey of mine, I anticipate that this would be a hard-fought battle. Many scraps and glitches will come, but I am always open to face these positively. I know I will be bombarded with lot of responsibilities and will be assailed persistently with lot of things from my back. And there will come a time that I will be failed. Nonetheless, I always have this in my mind, failures are part of learning process. It is an inevitable catastrophe in life, we all cannot evade. But what most necessary in life is, in every game I fight, I know that I don’t just win, but I learn.

My Person of the Year

In the midst of all negativities, she was there. Amidst the trials and struggles, she never thought of leaving me alone. And for all of my wickedness, she always embrace me with goodness. To the fullest degree, nothing can really compare to a genuine and true love a mother can give. Indeed, to love is one of the most precious things in life. Inasmuch, to be loved is the greatest thing of all.

There is always grief in life. Because life is always relatively interconnected with sorrow and sadness. But despite of this, there will always be one person in your life that you know you can count on anytime. That person is the one who gave me life and loves me unconditionally. Without a doubt, a mother’s love is priceless and incomparable and will always exist. It is something that cannot be taken away by othersnor reimbursed by money or any material thing.

My mother is the toughest and strongest person I know. She has never gave up for us nor herself. The mere fact that life is interconnected with hardships, I have never seen her giving up. She always had the courage and bravery to get away from it. She was also able to educate and raise her children in the best ways she knows how.

She is my person of the year. The year 2019 maybe just starting but I can already mark my mother as the person of the year of my life. It is not just because of her commitment. But then, it’s about her enthusiasm and patience. It’s about her passion and affection. Nevertheless, it’s about me and my brother. Even with all of our rudeness and importunate behaviours, she never forsakes and neglects us. This beginning of the year roars a million difficulties and sufferings. And I cannot totally deny that these things really affect my family. And truly, we cannot really evade from the catastrophes in life. But then again, that’s when I realized that the ultimate precious thing in life is not having all of the material things in the world. But it is the pure and genuine love coming from the heart of a mother.

I had never been into relationships. But I can say that I have the best girlfriend in the whole wide world. When I wake up in the morning, I am always filled with delicious breakfast. Going the school, knowing that I had enough money and support not just financially is one of the treasurable things I can have. When going home at night from an exhausting day, I can always smell a delightful and mouth-watering dinner prepared at the round table. When I always end up getting my room disordered, messy, and unhygienic, I will just wake up seeing it as dirt free and spotless. When I am getting failed achieving my goals, she’s always at my back cheering me up saying that winning is just a bonus, what is important is that I learn from my experience.

If I would just be given the chance to crown the most beautiful Miss Universe in my life, I would definitely place the crown on my mother’s head. It is just a mark and distinctiveness that she has done a lot for me and she deserves to be valued and loved. Likewise, I would hook on to her body the sash saying the Most-Loving Mother to bigheadedly and proudly let the world know that she is a pure and the best mother everyone can have.

Even though sometimes, it may seem to her that we take her love for granted, I can assure that it can't be. Sometimes, it is not just action that shows what your heart really feels. Because sometimes, it is in the silence that shows the true and wholesome feeling. Mother, we may not be close, but I can roughly say that your love is so priceless.

Reflection Paper for Work Immersion

Wayback Feb. 06, 2019, a seminar entitled "Empowering K-12 Students to Develop Holistic 21st Century Learner Through Wok Immersion" was executed. In line with this, there had been four speakers from different fields specifically Psychology, Communication Arts, and Criminology which was spearheaded by the University (Our Lady of Fatima University-Antipolo Campus) heads.

With this, the speakers were able to inculcate in the minds of the graduating students the life that they will be going through when they enter in college pursuing the courses inclined to HUMSS Strand. Nevertheless, I have been fully aware and informed about the life and environment of a psychologist, criminologist, and communication arts professionals. It is somehow a look of pity the struggles that they have been through the years of profession but it is now just tantalizing on how they are serving the people with heart and passion.

We cannot totally deny that the words of wisdom coming from the speakers indeed served as the inspiration for many youngsters who are now in the process of achieving and fulfilling their goals in life. Moreover, it is indeed a good start by knowing the different stages that we may face as we enter college and knowing the struggles that we are going to face positively and persistently.

In such manner, students at grade 12 stage is such a hard path for decisions making. It is the stage when you are ought to decide for where school you are going to enter and definitely of what course you are going to pursue. In fact, there are still lot of confused students about the path they want to chase. They don't still know on what they they really want. And we are still on the process of discovering ourself. But one thing is for sure, if you want to be a teacher, just go for it. If you want to be a psychologist, just wholeheartedly pursue that course. But if you want to be one of those who protect and serve the country, persistently go for criminology. Because at the end of the day, you follow your dreams, I don't think you can go wrong. Indeed, it is where you heart is will craft out the passion within you despite of the hardships it may be accompanied with.

It is good that the heads of the school were able to execute a seminar like what is mentioned above. It is essential and very helpful to somehow open the minds of the people about the careers and fo us to have an inch about the work under the different careers we may take.

Through the knowledge-giving speaker from communication arts field, I was able to learn alot and inculcate in my mind the different things that I may encounter. It is so exciting since it is one of my choices in choosing a college course. But regardless of deceitfulnes, I am still confused deciding the spicific course I am going to pursue. However, it is good that they were able to somehow open the knowledge of students regarding different courses that wr may soon take.