I really love to sing especially if i am inspired. We have our own different types of song. In my case, i love ballad song because i prefer song with story and those with a very interesting lyrics.
One of my favorite song is “Coward Of the County” by Kenny Rogers, one of the most popular balladeer of all times. His songs have lived longer than his life. He was also considered one of those who are legendary!
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Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
Everyone considered him the coward of the county
He'd never stood one single time to prove the county wrong
His mama named him Tommy, but folks just called him yellow
Something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong.
He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison
I looked after Tommy, 'cause he was my brother's son
I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy
"Son my life is over, but yours has just begun".
CHORUS:
"Promise me son not to do the things I've done
Walk away from trouble if you can
It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
I hope you're old enough to understand
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man".
There's someone for everyone, and Tommy's love was Becky
In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man
One day while he was working, the Gatlin boys came calling
They took turns at Becky (there was three of them).
Tommy opened up the door, and saw his Becky crying
The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could stand
He reached above the fireplace, and took down his daddy's picture
As his tears fell on his daddy's face, he heard these words again.
CHORUS
"Promise me son not to do the things I've done
Walk away from trouble if you can
It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
I hope you're old enough to understand
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man".
The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the barroom
One of them got up and met him half way cross the floor
When Tommy turned around they said "Hey look old yellow's leaving"
But you could've heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door.
Twenty years of crawling were bottled up inside him
He would hold nothing back -- he let 'em have it all
When Tommy left the barroom, not a Gatlin boy was standing
He said, "This one's for Becky," as he watched the last one fall
(and I heard him say)
"I promised you Dad, not to do the things you've done
I walk away from trouble when I can
Now please don't think I'm weak I didn't turn the other cheek
And Papa I should hope you understand
Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man".
Everyone considered him the coward of the county.
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I like this song a lot because of its story, a man who was all his life humiliated and considered to be a coward rose up against his oppressors!
This song would tell us that no matter hoe patient a man is, everyone just have their specific level of tolerance and time will come his patience would ran out!
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
How Was The RETREAT??!!(very enjoyable)
As we reached the place at Saint John's Monastery, we noticed that the place was very quite, very peaceful as if like a single word would echo on the entire place. The venue really is like a resort with those cottage and nipa huts. I guess, a pool is the only missing element on that place.
Immediately we were told to settle and find for a room where we would choose to sleep. Is a very small room, probably half the classroom, we the “barkada” of boys decided fold ourselves just fit our things and our bodies as well as we position to lay down. We were like sardines inside a small can whenever we all lay down, but nevertheless, we'd love to do it for fun.
We need to gather back to the conference hall for some talks with Madam Maglasang. After the talk, there was a confession for all the Catholic people. Since i am not a Catholic, i need to help in the cooking and kitchen works otherwise, we are not eating anything for the dinner. There was an underestimation on the amount of food for the dinner so i decided to let my other classmates eat ahead of me for the food was indeed lacking. So we end up cooking for the reenforcement food for us, the cookers together with madam Maglasang and her husband.
After dinner, we took a bath and went back to the conference hall for the giving of “Apology Candles”. Again, there were cryings and sorries all over the place. It was so nice to hear reconciliations from people who have been enemies for a long time.
We finished crying and talking at almost twelve in the midnight but we, the boys, are not yet on the mood of sleeping so we decided to do the craziest thing we could do like competing as to who would sound his strongest fart. In fact, we have been scolded many times because of our noisiness but we still don't bother to stop. In fact, we went very crazy that we were having photos of our naked bodies and butt cheeks. If was lots of fun.
We have never done such stupid things in our life, that was the first time!!!
Immediately we were told to settle and find for a room where we would choose to sleep. Is a very small room, probably half the classroom, we the “barkada” of boys decided fold ourselves just fit our things and our bodies as well as we position to lay down. We were like sardines inside a small can whenever we all lay down, but nevertheless, we'd love to do it for fun.
We need to gather back to the conference hall for some talks with Madam Maglasang. After the talk, there was a confession for all the Catholic people. Since i am not a Catholic, i need to help in the cooking and kitchen works otherwise, we are not eating anything for the dinner. There was an underestimation on the amount of food for the dinner so i decided to let my other classmates eat ahead of me for the food was indeed lacking. So we end up cooking for the reenforcement food for us, the cookers together with madam Maglasang and her husband.
After dinner, we took a bath and went back to the conference hall for the giving of “Apology Candles”. Again, there were cryings and sorries all over the place. It was so nice to hear reconciliations from people who have been enemies for a long time.
We finished crying and talking at almost twelve in the midnight but we, the boys, are not yet on the mood of sleeping so we decided to do the craziest thing we could do like competing as to who would sound his strongest fart. In fact, we have been scolded many times because of our noisiness but we still don't bother to stop. In fact, we went very crazy that we were having photos of our naked bodies and butt cheeks. If was lots of fun.
We have never done such stupid things in our life, that was the first time!!!
PoSiTiVe StOkiNg( Plus DELTA!!!!)
Last March 24, Saturday, we are to come here in school on or before 8:00 am in the morning. But since i have got lots of things to do at home, i cannot go to school on the said time instead, i can only go at probably 10 am. So obviously, i arrived late. I was not aware of what they impose on people who comes late. I was shocked when i was told that late comers should dance in front of the class. With our(jp ang I) daring personality, and the fact that we are only doing it for fun, we danced “Chickboy” in front of the class and the crowd are all laughing, teasing the two of us.
But he most enjoyable, although many of us, including I cried, was the activity called “PLUS DELTA”. It is were half of the class is told to sit down with eyes closed while the other half is to revolve around the circle of the first half, while giving hem positive informations and qualities that person sitting has that is very much appreciated. This is done over a period of time then after which, they need to move to the next person.
In that activity, i found out that even the simplest of what i am doing is greatly appreciated by our batch. There, i realized how much i am loved and ho important i was to them which i have not felt before. The sense of belongingness made me cry. I just cant believe that they care for me as much as i care for them.
After the activity, i felt a lot more lighter feeling within me and it seemed that all the burdens are all gone within me!
That was extremely fabulous!!! How i wish we could have an activity like that again!
But he most enjoyable, although many of us, including I cried, was the activity called “PLUS DELTA”. It is were half of the class is told to sit down with eyes closed while the other half is to revolve around the circle of the first half, while giving hem positive informations and qualities that person sitting has that is very much appreciated. This is done over a period of time then after which, they need to move to the next person.
In that activity, i found out that even the simplest of what i am doing is greatly appreciated by our batch. There, i realized how much i am loved and ho important i was to them which i have not felt before. The sense of belongingness made me cry. I just cant believe that they care for me as much as i care for them.
After the activity, i felt a lot more lighter feeling within me and it seemed that all the burdens are all gone within me!
That was extremely fabulous!!! How i wish we could have an activity like that again!
UPCAT(Congratulations to me!!!!!)
It was a Monday of after the celebration of Sinulog, there were no classes at all because it was announced to e a holiday. Mixed feelings of excitement and fear were what i was feeling that time when i heard rumors from my classmates that the UPCAT results was already out in the Internet. I was hesitant to search for it in the Internet because i am afraid that i might not see my name in there.
I was with Jhon Albert that day because it was his sister's wedding day when his cell phone rang. It was a text message from a batch mate of ours informing him that he passed the UPCAT. I was very happy for him at the same time worried about he result of my test. Of all heck of days, that was one of the most seldom days where Albert did not avail for the unlimited texting of Globe. In fact, he only has two peso worth of load remaining in his account. He used the first peso to thank that batch mate who informed him. After which, he allowed me to use the last peso in asking my classmates if ever i passed or not. To my expectations that Eldee knew all the results, i asked him if i passed but he just told me that he was not able to look at it in the Internet yet. Forgetting that it was already the last load, i asked another classmates through text. I was shocked and foolish to hear the warning tone of the phone indicating “CHECK OPERATOR SERVICES” and realized that my message for Eldee was my last load so i just settle my mind and said that as soon as i will reach home , i would immediately rush to a Internet cafe to look for my name in the list of passers! So i wrote under the heading “search”, Artsron Sumabong. When i pressed enter, there i saw my name, alone with no other names related to mine!!!!
Oh come on, I passed the UPCAT!!!!!!!!!
I was with Jhon Albert that day because it was his sister's wedding day when his cell phone rang. It was a text message from a batch mate of ours informing him that he passed the UPCAT. I was very happy for him at the same time worried about he result of my test. Of all heck of days, that was one of the most seldom days where Albert did not avail for the unlimited texting of Globe. In fact, he only has two peso worth of load remaining in his account. He used the first peso to thank that batch mate who informed him. After which, he allowed me to use the last peso in asking my classmates if ever i passed or not. To my expectations that Eldee knew all the results, i asked him if i passed but he just told me that he was not able to look at it in the Internet yet. Forgetting that it was already the last load, i asked another classmates through text. I was shocked and foolish to hear the warning tone of the phone indicating “CHECK OPERATOR SERVICES” and realized that my message for Eldee was my last load so i just settle my mind and said that as soon as i will reach home , i would immediately rush to a Internet cafe to look for my name in the list of passers! So i wrote under the heading “search”, Artsron Sumabong. When i pressed enter, there i saw my name, alone with no other names related to mine!!!!
Oh come on, I passed the UPCAT!!!!!!!!!
TWO-Time "BEST DIRECTOR"!(What an Honor!)
When i first time won a Best in Directing Award, it really boost my confidence because i did not expect to win in our Ensemble Acting(ABAKADA) last August of 2006, during our Communication's Week(Linggo ng Wika). Honestly, i fear a failure because for me, it is very painful since I was the one who voluntarily nominated my self as the Director of that Ensemble Acting. The blame for a defeat would automatically be credited under my supervisions since normally, the success and failure of a play is usually be under the directors credit.
I was amazed with the other section's concepts and idea. I also got intimidated knowing that it would be Euvic, the legacy holder for Leadership(while i am neither a good member of a group myself), would be my opponent in the directors position. He is known for his brilliant ideas and his superior capacity to lead a crowd while i am no one at all(just a stubborn boy).
But I was really overwhelmed upon hearing the judges decisions in favor of our class production. It is very amazing to know that i as a director won the Best Direction Award. We also won the Best Production(the most Major award) together with some other awards like Best Actor and Best Props.
With my victory, i now gained a much greater confidence on handling my classmates. On our next activity which is the Drama Fest( the most prestigious of all annual celebrations), I again volunteered to be once again the director of the play. I was hoping for a win again although i was not expecting.
Beyond my expectations was that their story was indeed better than ours in terms of story substances, consistency, professionalisms and composition( not just my opinion but also the judges'). So to cope up with this deficiency, i need to work hard on the characterizations of my casts as well as the actions they are to act on stage. Because of their advantage on the quality story, it is much easier for their actors and actresses to emote. But i did tell my casts not to be intimidated with their unfavored condition, instead, to work out harder on their roles and extract the best of their abilities.
To my surprise as i was looking at the play as is progresses, i was impressed with my creation. I saw how my efforts(was there?) paid off. But it was no enough to forget about my fear of loosing.
After the two plays were already presented, the moment of truth had come. The judges is about to say who won as the Best Director. Few seconds before the announcement, i heard the audiences murmur my name and some eve shout “bulag”(the title of our play which i direct). That brought more hopes for me. But before i was able to take a gulp, heard my name being announced...I won!!! so i immediately stood up and walk towards the stage( stopping my feet from running due to my intense excitement). I was as proud as a man when i received the certificate.
Imagine, things really happen even those with the least possibilities. So expect the UNEXPECTED!!!
I was amazed with the other section's concepts and idea. I also got intimidated knowing that it would be Euvic, the legacy holder for Leadership(while i am neither a good member of a group myself), would be my opponent in the directors position. He is known for his brilliant ideas and his superior capacity to lead a crowd while i am no one at all(just a stubborn boy).
But I was really overwhelmed upon hearing the judges decisions in favor of our class production. It is very amazing to know that i as a director won the Best Direction Award. We also won the Best Production(the most Major award) together with some other awards like Best Actor and Best Props.
With my victory, i now gained a much greater confidence on handling my classmates. On our next activity which is the Drama Fest( the most prestigious of all annual celebrations), I again volunteered to be once again the director of the play. I was hoping for a win again although i was not expecting.
Beyond my expectations was that their story was indeed better than ours in terms of story substances, consistency, professionalisms and composition( not just my opinion but also the judges'). So to cope up with this deficiency, i need to work hard on the characterizations of my casts as well as the actions they are to act on stage. Because of their advantage on the quality story, it is much easier for their actors and actresses to emote. But i did tell my casts not to be intimidated with their unfavored condition, instead, to work out harder on their roles and extract the best of their abilities.
To my surprise as i was looking at the play as is progresses, i was impressed with my creation. I saw how my efforts(was there?) paid off. But it was no enough to forget about my fear of loosing.
After the two plays were already presented, the moment of truth had come. The judges is about to say who won as the Best Director. Few seconds before the announcement, i heard the audiences murmur my name and some eve shout “bulag”(the title of our play which i direct). That brought more hopes for me. But before i was able to take a gulp, heard my name being announced...I won!!! so i immediately stood up and walk towards the stage( stopping my feet from running due to my intense excitement). I was as proud as a man when i received the certificate.
Imagine, things really happen even those with the least possibilities. So expect the UNEXPECTED!!!
GRADUATION: so Happy Yet So SAD!!!!!
We as student crave to graduate in High School because as they say, it is in High School that obstacles, challenges and temptation are of their greatest number. That is why being able to surpass the High School life is said to be like succeeding half three forth of your life being a student.
But along the way towards the graduation journey, we met friends who became a huge part of our lives. They who completed our life as a student and as an adolescent as well. Without them, maybe we are not as “human” as we are now. They, without them noticing, molded us into a more strong individual who are now capable of surviving and fighting against all odds and trials that may come in our lives.
As much happiness we feel as we approach graduation period, we also feel equivalent sadness as we are to realize that our friends, who are not just instruments for our success but also part if it, are going to be separated away from us. It is so sad that we are about to live our own and separate live after we have been together for only four yet very memorable years. The memories we have shared together were more than half our lives that is why we really feel for our separation.
But if our teachers are to say, they also feel sad as much as we do upon our departure from the school, but the life, according o them, does not end in High School. We, the student need to finish and comply with the few remaining things in college. And according to them, we don't have to worry because we are not to forget our friends, it is just that physically, we just have to depart from them but the golden memories will never vanish in our minds and in our hearts.
As we are through with our high school life, we are to face the last stage or station of being a student, the college life. So before we totally come to an end with the few more days remaining in high school, it is more than righteous to savor and maximize each second of stay here in high school. Let us live our lives to the fullest as much as we can. There will be no more high school life to live no more. We are more than blessed to live a very healthy and memorable High School Life.
But along the way towards the graduation journey, we met friends who became a huge part of our lives. They who completed our life as a student and as an adolescent as well. Without them, maybe we are not as “human” as we are now. They, without them noticing, molded us into a more strong individual who are now capable of surviving and fighting against all odds and trials that may come in our lives.
As much happiness we feel as we approach graduation period, we also feel equivalent sadness as we are to realize that our friends, who are not just instruments for our success but also part if it, are going to be separated away from us. It is so sad that we are about to live our own and separate live after we have been together for only four yet very memorable years. The memories we have shared together were more than half our lives that is why we really feel for our separation.
But if our teachers are to say, they also feel sad as much as we do upon our departure from the school, but the life, according o them, does not end in High School. We, the student need to finish and comply with the few remaining things in college. And according to them, we don't have to worry because we are not to forget our friends, it is just that physically, we just have to depart from them but the golden memories will never vanish in our minds and in our hearts.
As we are through with our high school life, we are to face the last stage or station of being a student, the college life. So before we totally come to an end with the few more days remaining in high school, it is more than righteous to savor and maximize each second of stay here in high school. Let us live our lives to the fullest as much as we can. There will be no more high school life to live no more. We are more than blessed to live a very healthy and memorable High School Life.
The BLOG ThiNGy!!!! It is TOUGH!!!!
Making and maintaining a blog as a project is something new to our batch. We never had it before in our English class not even in our Computer class that is why we really find it difficult to adjust since we are not used to it, plus the fact that most of us including me are not fund of witting diaries and journals. Blog is just like a diary or a journal.
I know that the objective of our teacher as he made this into a requirement is clear and beneficial for us, his students for we are given the chance to improve our writing skills through writing blog entries. What made it too hard to comply is that the number of required entries per week is five which implies that at least every weeknights, we are to write a single blog entry. We find it quite impossible that time because we also have other activities to do throughout the period of blog entries. We are to prepare for our JS Prom, for the Drama Fest, for the Periodical Exams, for the Retreat and for some other activities and must-be-done requirements. To be exact, during the time when blog was introduced to us as a requirement, we had never ran out of activities yet. So that is why we find it very heavy to maintain our blog with the prescribed number of entries. Plus the fact that it must be a 500-word entry, it really added to the burden. But making a 500-word entry would not be a burden anymore if the number of entries will be reduced.
Despite the hardships, i still try my best to comply with the requirements even if this is just my 15th entry out of the 26 entries to be submitted before 12:00 midnight today(March 28, 2007), yet it is already 8:25 pm while i am still writing this entry.
Another burden that i have encountered is the financial allocations for the sustainment of this project. Usually, i write one blog entry per hour of logging in since i am not that fast and as proficient typer as my other classmates who can just finish one in just 30 seconds. We don't have a computer at home. So that only means that “AT LEAST” i need to allocate 26 hours to write the “already reduced” number of required entries. And that would cost at least P 390(is it right?). And where the heck would i find hat huge amount of money? I may save for it but because of the lack of time, our savings for blog would be directed to other sudden payments instead. That is why it is really very unfair or if not, very unfavorable for us, students who don't have computers at home, to work on such heavy assignment.
I understand Mr Montejo's intentions, it is just that the resources his “heterogeneous” students have. Maybe the beast thing to do is NOT to put and end on his project, because it has numerous advantageous effects on the students, but instead to reduce the required number of entries( example, for seniors, instead of 5, three perhaps would be more likely favorable and would be a lot more easier to comply.).
I know that the objective of our teacher as he made this into a requirement is clear and beneficial for us, his students for we are given the chance to improve our writing skills through writing blog entries. What made it too hard to comply is that the number of required entries per week is five which implies that at least every weeknights, we are to write a single blog entry. We find it quite impossible that time because we also have other activities to do throughout the period of blog entries. We are to prepare for our JS Prom, for the Drama Fest, for the Periodical Exams, for the Retreat and for some other activities and must-be-done requirements. To be exact, during the time when blog was introduced to us as a requirement, we had never ran out of activities yet. So that is why we find it very heavy to maintain our blog with the prescribed number of entries. Plus the fact that it must be a 500-word entry, it really added to the burden. But making a 500-word entry would not be a burden anymore if the number of entries will be reduced.
Despite the hardships, i still try my best to comply with the requirements even if this is just my 15th entry out of the 26 entries to be submitted before 12:00 midnight today(March 28, 2007), yet it is already 8:25 pm while i am still writing this entry.
Another burden that i have encountered is the financial allocations for the sustainment of this project. Usually, i write one blog entry per hour of logging in since i am not that fast and as proficient typer as my other classmates who can just finish one in just 30 seconds. We don't have a computer at home. So that only means that “AT LEAST” i need to allocate 26 hours to write the “already reduced” number of required entries. And that would cost at least P 390(is it right?). And where the heck would i find hat huge amount of money? I may save for it but because of the lack of time, our savings for blog would be directed to other sudden payments instead. That is why it is really very unfair or if not, very unfavorable for us, students who don't have computers at home, to work on such heavy assignment.
I understand Mr Montejo's intentions, it is just that the resources his “heterogeneous” students have. Maybe the beast thing to do is NOT to put and end on his project, because it has numerous advantageous effects on the students, but instead to reduce the required number of entries( example, for seniors, instead of 5, three perhaps would be more likely favorable and would be a lot more easier to comply.).
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