The Only Source of Knowledge is Experience

              Experience is what remains in our study. Being a third year student with a very unique language (English) teacher is one of the greatest experiences I've ever had. Friendship dominates our everyday class, laughter is allowed but never speak in Filipino (Tagalog). Activities regarding the lesson especially oral activities. Aside from the activities and knowledge about the different topics in English, we also learned reality lessons. We learned more about life, love and God. The connections of every topic we had to the real world and to our life. I don't how to describe the feeling every time we have our class. 

              Our teacher taught us how to love, how to learn and how to make things better. She knows a lot, she knows how to dance with our music but we should dance with her music. My classmates are my friends, we help each other, we share our ideas especially in oral activities in our subject but argument always occurs. Arguments that resulted in personal problems but of course, each of us should understand every one as a family and as a group. Our class' topic and lesson usually focuses in love and attitude of a person in a particular situation. We relate every detail of a story to our life and that's how we learn and how we experience being a student with a right and different understanding. 

             This school year, I learned a lot not only from our language classes but also in different subjects. I learned that experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. They also taught me that experience is the teacher of all things. I almost learned everything this school year so I want to thank every one who became a part of my life as a student and a friend. 

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."

Apology Letter

Dear Roxanne,

              "Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past." Wassup Espren? I don't know how to start this letter and to begin apologizing but I'll take it this way; Being a friend of yours is a great thing (kunwari) and I'm very grateful for being your classmate (kunwari). First of all, I want to thak you for everything you've done. But I know I did a lot of things that made you disappointed so I want to say sorry. I apologize to the things that I've done and promise, I'll change the way I treat everyone especially you.

              Friend jokes result to happiness and laugh but sometimes it hurts so I'm sorry for the hurtful jokes. There would be problems that you'll face so for that, good luck and I wish the bests for you.

              I don't know how to end this letter but I just want to say sorry and words are not enough so I'll take those things in action. "I've made apologies to people I needed to, but I can't apologise to people I don't know for things they don't understand."

Your friend,

Andrew Ed Colocado (Espren)

I Have No Special Talent. I Am Only Passionately Curious

              I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers. I don't have unique skills, I just have the right philosophies in life and the right understanding. I don't know how to be special but my mother said that I am special for her, for the family.

              I think being special is based from other people. Some people might see you a special person because they see your unique attitude and skills but some people might see you as a simple man. For me, I am special in the way that I can express my feelings not hurting other people, I can express it in a way that everyone will agree or everyone will laugh. I am also special because I speak my mind, I don't hide my ideas even these ideas will be credited to the other person. I am special because I know my weakness, I am strong enough to know my weakness and to face problems with a smile.I am greedy for understanding, I am greedy for knowledge, for lessons and learning. In the other side of my life, I am just a simple guy with a simple smile with a simple problems and who explains and lives in a simple way. 

              Every one of us has special attitude, philosophies, understanding and explanation of how they live. For me, I am special because I don't see myself being special. I don't judge myself, I don't mind myself but I care about myself. Being special is like love, you don't know where it came from, you don't know what it is. 

"The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts."

A Prayer

Dear God,

             Having two responsible parents, is the greatest gift I've had. A diligent mother and a hard-working father. Being a son of them is an honor and I don't know how to thank them so I'm here telling you that, I am very thankful having them and please guide them and give them strength to stand still even we have problems I know You know our problems as a family so I want to make to make sure that no one will give up. They care and love me by a very unique way. They disciplined me in a way that they hurt me especially my mother but I know that it is the best way to prepare me for incoming problems.

             Please let they know or let them feel my love and promises that I will take care of them when they grow old. I will make sure that I'll overcome my problems like the way they overcome the problems of having a son like me. I've done a lot of things that made them disappointed but they always tell me that "all is well." They raise me up when I'm on my hopeless moment. They guide me financially and emotionally. I hope the relationship we had as a family will never be broken. Please bless my mother strength which can support us and love us endlessly and bless my father wisdom for him to know more about life as a father. Please bless my family hope and life to thank You and to praise You. Amen.

Hoping,

Andrew Ed Colocado

I'm Human, Not Perfect, Like Anybody Else

              “We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.” You will never learn a lesson if you never experience mistakes and failures. I regret about the things I've done that resulted in a hurtful moment. The things that I did not take seriously. But in every failure I've experienced, in every pain I felt, I learned a lesson and that's the greatest thing God gave me. That feeling; something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happening to you: you’re falling to the floor crying thinking, “I am falling to the floor crying,” but there’s an element of the ridiculous to it — you knew it would happen and, even worse, while you’re on the floor crying you look at the place where the wall meets the floor and you realize you didn't paint it very well. You have regretted the things you've done but always remember that the things will come and go and there will be always a better replacement that God intends you to have. And always remember that we must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. 

              The lessons I learned from my failures that I have regretted will stay in my life until I face the death. I regret for the things I've done wrong especially in my Elementary school.

              I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.

In the Mirror Where I Met Him

              Standing in front of the mirror, I found him. He sits on the bed and starts our conversation:
              “How are you?” he said.
              “I . . . I . . . I'm fine. Am I dreaming or is my imagination?” I replied.
              “Imagination is very important thing, it is more important than knowledge” he replied.
              “Can I ask a question?” I asked.
              “Sure, what do you want to know about me or about something?” he replied.
              “I want to know how life goes on, how can we forget the things happened before? How can you be one of the most famous persons in the world? Do you have any problem during your time?” I immediately asked.
              “Well, life is like a bicycle, to keep it balance, you must keep moving. There will be a lowest point in our life. Of course, I faced a lot of problems and challenges. As I said, I faced them; I laughed at them and solved them. Remember, we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Forget the problems you faced and always remember the lessons it gave you. I am not that genius and famous, I am just curious. You may not understand everything in your life but life takes time, all you need is love and imagination. In our world, we have a lot of problems. The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it” he answered.
              I was speechless to what he said. I realized one thing, he may be my imagination but his presence was felt by my mind and my heart. I want to be like him.
              “Don’t let the world change your smile, let your smile change the world. Make your own future and you will be successful” he suddenly said.
              “Thank you Mr. E . . . Ei” I said but before finishing my statement:
              “Learn from today, hope for tomorrow and live for today. Don’t judge others, judge yourself. Goodbye my son. Let all the spirits be with you” he said.
              He walked through the mirror and said “I will always your reflection”. He vanished and just smiled at me. I never thought that this will happen. The man I admire most, the man who moulds me by his inspiring quotes. Mr. Albert Einstein, I believe in you.

Nine Circles of CNSHS: The Place I Belong XD

              Every school has a secret, a secret that is unbelievable. Some of us know the nine circles of Hell but each circle was divided in each correspondents in a particular area. These correspondents were broken also into nine circles, they are around the world. Some people say that these correspondents were broken for the preparation of Satan's revenge and also known as "Apocalypse". One of those correspondents is Cavite National Science High School. 

              Every correspondent was built strongly to protect each soul that was punished. God knows each correspondent and so each soul cannot be trained for the Apocalypse, instead, the souls will be punished more and they will never forgiven. The gate is obviously the gate of the said secondary school. This was built according to the correspondent circle it came from. The design can be changed but the whole thing can be destroyed if a soul is come from different correspondent. There, you can see the Guidance Room, the first circle. Inside the room are the souls punish for being undisciplined. They can be transferred to other correspondent or they can be fallen to the Inferno. A correspondent can also be called as Meerno, a sub-form of  Hell.

           The second circle of CNSHS is the Learning Resource Center (LRC). The souls inside this are punished for being inconstant. They are punished and secured by Rombul, an angel sent to every correspondent to check and secure the second circle. The circle can be destroyed if the Rombul failed to do her job.

            Every circle has an outline that serves as the path through each circle. There you can see the Canteen I, the third circle. The souls are punished for their greediness. Due to more unforgivable greediness of a person, a soul can be sent to Canteen II, the fourth circle of CNSHS. There are severely punished because of greediness or covetousness. They cannot eat and have a thing because if they do, they will pay and be sent to the ninth circle of CNSHS.

           The fifth circle of Hell is the ICT laboratory. The souls are punished because of being well-improved and high pride. They cannot enter the Inferno unless they help Satan for his awakening. They can also go out of the circle to secure and check every corners of the correspondent but an angel is watching them. 

           The sixth circle of CNSHS is the TRC room. The souls are punished because of laziness. They are the souls who make reports and updates in the correspondent and sent it to the Paradiso. They cannot rest because every step and every move a soul in the correspondent makes will be reported and signed to the assigned angel in a particular circle.

           The seventh circle is the CAT room. The souls are mostly masculine. They are punished for being undisciplined and there, they are judged if a soul will transfer to the first circle or not. The angel that secured the circle is a soul from the Inferno which is forgiven by the heaven.

           The eight circle is the Third year building. The largest circle in the Meerno. The souls in the circle are punished because of undisciplined coolness. They cannot go out and see the the Meerno but this circle is divided into four. The three sub-circles contained a lot of skillful souls which can help for the Satan's awakening and different angels secured this circle. The other sub-circle is actually not called a "sub-circle" because it contained the most powerful souls in the Meerno. This is called the ninth circle of CNSHS. The souls are frozen but it is just during weekends. The souls are very active during weekdays and can help more Satan for the Apocalypse. This circle is guarded by an archangel, a powerful and the highest degree of an angel. The souls in the last circle are taught about different lessons and the angels try their bests for the souls to change for them to be forgiven by heaven.

              There are many correspondents, who knows? Your school is one of those. Check it out.